Day 77

Today was an Act-80 day, so students were dismissed at noon.  We watched "A Christmas Carol" from 10:30 - noon, which meant our core classes were only 15 minutes long.  We used that time in science class to watch a www.brainpop.com video on Winter Holidays.

No homework was assigned, and the Chapter 5 test will be on Friday, January 3rd.

Day 76

We had shortened periods today due to the afternoon winter olympics.  During that time, we discussed section 5-4 notes on Momentum.  I took the students out into the hallway and used push carts to demonstrate the Law of Conservation of Momentum.  Once back in the classroom, students completed worksheet 5-12 before we went over the answers.  Students spent the remainder of the period working on the crossword review on page 5-17.

No homework was assigned, and the Chapter 5 test will be on Friday, January 3rd.

Day 75

Students completed worksheet 5-7 in 20 minutes today, and we went over each of the nine problems.  We then completed worksheet 5-8 together.  Finally, students completed problems #11-16 on page 5-14, including the two graphs on page 5-15.

No homework was assigned, and the Chapter 5 test will be on Friday, January 3rd.

Day 74

After a 2-hour delay, students completed their Marble Lab by calculating the speed and graphing speed vs time on pages 5-10 and 5-11.

No homework was assigned, and the Chapter 5 test will be on Friday, January 3rd.

Day 73

After we collected the week #15 science, students worked in their group to complete the "Marble Acceleration Lab" from worksheets 5-9 & 5-10.  They needed to have all of the timings and calculations done by tomorrow's class in order to make the graph.

No homework was assigned, and the Chapter 5 test will be on Friday, January 5th.

Day 72

We discussed section 5-2 notes on graphing motion, and I told students that 11 of the 25 test questions will be on interpreting speed and acceleration graphs.  Students completed worksheet 5-4 within their groups and we discussed the answers together.  Finally, students were assigned worksheet 5-6 in the last 10 minutes of class and we went over the answers before the bell rang.

News article #15 is due on Monday, and the Chapter 5 test will be on Friday, January 3rd.

Day 71

We discussed section 5-3 notes in class today on Acceleration.  Students worked in their groups to complete worksheet 5-3, and we reviewed every answer before the end of the period.

No homework was assigned, and the Chapter 5 test will be on Friday, January 3rd.

Day 70

Students took a break from science today and instead took a state-issued youth survey that was collected at the end of the period.

No homework was assigned, and the Chapter 5 test will be on Friday, January 3rd.

Day 69

Students were given a double-sided handout today that was the foundation of our lab.  Students worked with their partners in the hallway by the guidance office.  They timed each other on how long it took them to hop, walk, speed walk and walk backwards a distance of 5 & 10 meters.  Once we collected all the data, students returned to the classroom to determine their speeds for each exercise.  We also used the backside of the lab to extrapolate some answers based on their calculated speeds.

No homework was assigned, and the Chapter 5 test will be on Friday, January 3rd.

Day 68

Students handed in their Week #14 news articles.  I handed back their speed quizzes and we went over the answers.  We also went over the answers to problems 7-10 on page 5-13 & 5-14.  Since we had a shortened schedule due to a 2-hour delay, we watched holiday Mythbusters with the last 5-10 minutes of class.

No homework was assigned, and the Chapter 5 test will be on Friday, January 3rd.

Day 67

Students took the Speed Quiz today.  Any time that remained after they were finished was used to watch holiday myths from Mythbusters.

News article #14 is due on Monday, and the Chapter 5 test will be on Friday, January 3rd.

Day 66

Students took a practice quiz today on calculating speed.  The quiz was located on page 5-16 in their packets.  Once they were finished, they were to begin pages 13 & 14, problems 1-10.  We went over the practice quiz and the first six problems from page 13 before then end of the period.

No homework was assigned, and the Speed Quiz will be tomorrow.

Day 65

After listening to the 13th week of science news articles,  I explained problem # 9 & 10 on page 5-2.  Students then were given 6 minutes to complete those two problems before I revealed the solutions.  Students were then assigned page 5-5, which was a graphing page to find average speed.  After 12 minutes, we went over the answers. 

No homework was assigned, and the Speed Quiz will be this Friday.