Day 137

Students took their chapter 8 test using Moodle today.

The notebook check is tomorrow, and the Chapter 11 test will be on Tuesday, May 5th.

Day 136

Students turned in their 27th science news article today, which is the official start of the fourth marking period.  We also played Jeopardy to review for tomorrow's test.

The notebook check will be on Wednesday, and the chapter 8 test will be tomorrow.

Day 135

Students were to complete the remainder of the packet during class today.  This included problems 6 & 7 from page 8-2, problems 4-10 from page 8-14, and the crossword review from page 8-15.

News article #27 is due on Monday, and the chapter 8 test will be on Tuesday.

Day 134

We did a lab today that compared the difference between series and parallel circuits from pages 8-19 through 8-22.

No homework was assigned, and the chapter 8 test will be on Tuesday, March 31st.

Day 133

We discussed section 8-6 notes on electric circuits.  We learned the four necessary parts of a circuit and I demonstrated how they collectively come together to create a closed circuit.  We watched a www.brainpop.com video on Electric Circuits and took the quiz.  We completed worksheet 8-13 together, and they worked on worksheet 8-14 within their groups for the last 5-10 minutes of class.  We reviewed the diagram at the top of page 14 before the bell rang.

No homework was assigned, and the chapter 8 test will be on Tuesday, March 31st.

Day 132

We discussed section 8-5 notes on AC vs DC.  We watched www.brainpop.com movies on both Batteries and Current Electricity and took the quizzes afterwards.  Finally, students were assigned worksheet 8-4 (only 3 problems) and we went over the answers before the end of class.

No homework was assigned, and the Chapter 8 test will be on Tuesday, March 31st.

Day 131

After going to the movie theater to see "Insurgent", we had 21-minute classes, during which time students turned in their 26th week of news articles.

No homework was assigned, and the chapter 8 test will be on Tuesday, March 30th.

Day 130

Students took their quiz on Ohm's Law today.  With whatever time was leftover, we watched a National Geographic video on Lightning.

News article #26 is due on Monday, and the Chapter 8 test will be on Tuesday, March 30th.

Day 129

We discussed the bottom of section 8-4 notes on electrical energy.  I showed students how electric companies read the energy meters outside their home and passed out sample electric bills from previous years.  Students were assigned worksheet 8-11, and we went over the answers before the end of class.

No homework was assigned, and the Ohm's Law quiz will be tomorrow.

Day 128

We discussed the first half of section 8-4 notes on electrical power.  Students completed problems 1-5 on worksheet 8-2 as a primer for today's assignment.  After we went over the answers, students were assigned worksheet 8-3, 8-9 and 8-10.  We went over the answers before the end of class.

No homework was assigned, and the Ohm's Law quiz will be on Friday, March 20th.

Day 127

Mrs. Kirol, the district's dental hygienist, was in my classroom today to speak to students about periodontal diseases.

No homework was assigned, and the Ohm's Law quiz will be on Friday, March 20th.

Day 126

Students turned in their 25th science news article today.  We discussed section 8-3 notes on Ohm's Law, and students were given the new formula that will be assessed on Friday's quiz.  Students were assigned worksheets 8-5, 8-6, 8-7 and 8-8 to be done in class.  We went over the answers to all 20 problems before the bell rang.

No homework was assigned, and the Ohm's Law quiz will be this Friday, March 20th.

Day 125

We discussed section 8-2 notes on conductors vs insulators, and conduction vs induction.  We watched a www.brainpop.com video on Static Electricity and took the quiz.  We ended class with a demonstration on static electricity using the Van de Graff generator.

News article #25 is due on Monday, and the Ohm's Law quiz will be on Friday, March 20th.

Day 124

We began chapter 8 on electricity today.  Students were given a new packet and we discussed section 8-1 notes on atoms.  We watched a www.brainpop.com video on Electricity and took the short quiz afterwards.  Students were assigned worksheet 8-1 within their groups, which took all of two minutes to complete.  We went over the answers and watched the first 18 minutes of an electricity video to end the class.

No homework was assigned, and the next quiz on Ohm's Law will be on Friday, March 20th.

Day 123

Students had their chapter 7 notebooks and pulley labs checked for 100 points and 40 points, respectively.  During that time we watched the "See-Saw Saga" episode of Mythbusters.

No homework was assigned, and the Ohm's Law quiz will be on Friday, March 20th.

Day 122

Students took their Chapter 7 test using Moodle today, and any time remaining was used to work on their notebooks or to get a news article for next Monday.

The chapter 7 notebook and pulley lab packet will be checked tomorrow, and the next quiz will be on Friday, March 20th (Current, Voltage and Electrical Resistance).

Day 121

Students turned in their 24th week of science news articles.  Afterwards, we played Jeopardy to review for tomorrow's test.

No homework was assigned, and the chapter 7 quiz will be tomorrow.

Day 120

We watched the final www.brainpop.com video for this chapter on Wheel & Axle, and took the quiz afterwards.  We completed worksheet 15-17 together, and they were assigned worksheets 15-19 & 15-20 within their groups to review for Tuesday's test.

News article #24 is due on Monday, and the chapter 7 test is next Tuesday.

Day 119

We finished up the chapter 7 notes today by going over section 7-7 on ideal mechanical advantage.  Students were assigned worksheet 18, which took about two minutes to complete and review, worksheet 8 (problems 2, 3 & 4), which took about five minutes, and ended class by completing worksheet 10 in their groups.

No homework was assigned, and the chapter 7 test will be on Tuesday, March 10th.

Day 118

Today was the 4th and FINAL DAY for students to work on their pulley lab in class.  They absolutely needed to have all of their measurements done by the end of the period, though they still have to make a graph online on their own time.

The packet is due on March 11th, and the chapter 7 test will be on Tuesday, March 10th.

Day 117

*Early dismissal, 1:00- periods 5, 6, 7 were shortened to 30 minutes each

We watched a www.brainpop.com video on Pulleys and took the quiz that followed.  The remainder of class was used for students to work on their pulley lab.  The goal was to get to page 10.

No homework was assigned, and the chapter 7 test will be on Tuesday, March 10th.

Day 116

After the 23rd week of science news, students had the rest of the period to work on their pulley lab.  The goal for today was to be on page 7 by the end of the period.

No homework was assigned, and the chapter 7 test will be on Tuesday, March 10th.