Day 116

Today was the last day that students had to complete their Pulley Lab in class.  They were to create a bar graph with the data from the bottom of page 10 using the link and information settings available on Moodle.

News article #24 is due on Monday, and the Chapter 7 test will be on Thursday, March 6th.

Day 115

Students worked on their Pulley Lab again today.  Their goal by the end of the period was to be on Page 10.

No homework was assigned, and the Chapter 7 test will be on Thursday, March 6th.

Day 114

Students were given a new lab packet today as we began our 3-day lab on pulleys.  The goal for the end of the period was to be somewhere in the middle of page 6.

No homework was assigned, and the Chapter 7 test will be on Thursday, March 6th.

Day 113

Students had their 21-page online lab packets checked today for 105 points while they watched Mythbusters.

No homework was assigned, and the Chapter 7 test will be on Thursday, March 6th.

Day 112

After collecting the 23rd week of science news articles, students took their Chapter 7 vocab quiz for 50 points.

The simple machines online lab packet is due tomorrow, and the Chapter 7 test will be on Thursday, March 6th.

Day 111

Today was the last day that students were given class time to complete the online lab on simple machines.  The completed packet will be checked on Tuesday, February 25th.

News article #23 is due on Monday, and the Chapter 7 Vocab Quiz will also be on Monday.

Day 110

Students continued to work on their online lab today, with the goal being to get to page 19.  Students also played a vocab review game to get ready for Monday's quiz.

News article #23 is due on Monday, and the Vocab quiz will also be on Monday.  The online lab packet check has been pushed back to Tuesday, February 25th.

Day 109

Students continued to work on the online lab today.  Most students started on page 10 or 11, and the goal was to be on page 16 by the end of the period. 

No homework was assigned, but this completed packet is due on Monday, February 24th.
News article #23 is also due on Monday, the 24th.
The Chapter 7 Vocab Quiz will also be on Monday, the 24th.

Day 108

After a 2-hour delay today, students continued to work on the online lab.  The goal for today was to be somewhere in the middle of page 10 by the end of the period.

No homework was assigned, and the Chapter 7 Vocab Quiz will be on Monday, February 24th.

Day 107

News article #22 was collected before students continued working on the Simple Machines online lab.  The goal for today was to be somewhere on page 6 by the end of the period.

No homework was assigned, and the Chapter 7 Vocab Quiz will be on Monday, February 24th.

Day 106

School was cancelled yesterday due to snow, so we had yesterday's lesson today.  We began the online simple machines lab, using the link on Moodle (and also on my school website).  By the end of the period, students needed to have up to and including page 3 completed.

News article #22 is due on Monday, and the Chapter 7 Vocab Quiz will be on Monday, February 24th.

Day 105

We went over the four remaining simple machines today (wheel & axle, pulley, wedge, screw) and watched www.brainpop.com videos on Wheel & Axle and Pulleys.  Students were given one minute to complete worksheet 15-11, and we went over the answers together.  Finally, we went back to worksheet 15-9 to complete problems #6 & 7 from Friday.

No homework was assigned, and the Chapter 7 Vocab Quiz will be on Monday, February 24th.

Day 104

We learned about levers today.  Using the IWB, I differentiated among the three classes of levers.  We watched a www.brainpop.com video on Levers and took the quiz.  Students were given a minute to complete worksheet 15-12 before we went over it.  We then proceeded to do the top of worksheet 15-15 together before I gave them 4 minutes to complete the bottom part.  After having students up to the board to give the answers to that bottom part, we completed worksheet 15-16 together before the bell rang.

No homework was assigned, and the Chapter 7 Vocab Quiz will be on Monday, February 24th.

Day 103

After listening to the 21st week of science news articles, students worked within their groups to complete the lab on pages 15-13 & 15-14.  The lab is about the mechanical advantage of an inclined plane.  We went over the lab in the last 8 minutes of class.

No homework was assigned, and the Chapter 7 vocab quiz will be on Monday, February 24th.

Day 102

We had 25-30 minute classes today to accommodate our "42" assembly at the end of the day.  During class, we reviewed worksheet 15-6, discussed how inclined planes make work easier, and watched a www.brainpop.com movie on Inclined Planes and took the quiz afterward.  In the remaining 10 minutes of class, we completed problem #5 on page 15-9, and worked about halfway through problem #6.

News article #21 is due on Monday, and the Chapter 7 vocab quiz will be on Monday, February 24th.

Day 101

We had no school yesterday due to snow.  Today, students were given back their Work & Power quizzes and I went over the answers on the board.  We also went over worksheet 15-5 from Monday's class.  We then discussed section 7-3 & 7-4 notes on mechanical advantage and efficiency.  We completed the first problem (all four parts) on page 15-8 together.  In the last 10 minutes of class, students worked in their groups to complete the four problems on worksheet 15-6.

No homework was assigned, and the Chapter 7 Vocab Quiz will be on Monday, February 24th.

Day 100

Students took the Work & Power quiz in class today.  Once everyone was done, we moved to the computer lab so that students could complete a district-mandated survey on technology use in the district.

No homework was assigned, and the Chapter 7 vocab quiz will be in mid-February.

Day 99

After listening to the week #20 science news articles, we went over the answers to worksheet 15-3, which students completed last Friday.  Students were assigned worksheets 15-4 & 15-5 in class, and we had enough time to go over the answers to worksheet 15-4 in the last 10 minutes of class.

No homework was assigned, and the Work & Power quiz will be tomorrow.