Day 75

We watched "A Christmas Carol" in the auditorium in the morning.  In the afternoon, students were in the gym for our annual Winter Olympics.

No homework was assigned, and the chapter 5 test will be on Wednesday, January 6th.

Day 74

Students turned in their week #15 science news articles.  Students were assigned worksheet 5-6 within their groups.  By the end of the period, I told students that every worksheet should be finished, except for pages 5-12 & 5-17.

No homework was assigned, and the chapter 5 test will be on Wednesday, January 6th.

Day 73

Students finished their marble lab today, including graphing their data on worksheet 5-11.  After completing the lab, students worked on pages 5-7 & 5-8 through the end of the period.

News article #15 is due on Monday, and the chapter 5 test has been pushed back to Wednesday, January 6th.

Day 72

We did a lab today from pages 5-9, 5-10 and 5-11.  Students timed a marble as it rolled different lengths down a ramp.  They used those results to calculate and graph speed.

No homework was assigned, and the chapter 5 test will be on Tuesday, January 5th.

Day 71

We discussed section 5-2 notes on graphing motion.  I demonstrated how to interpret Distance vs Time graphs and Speed vs Time graphs.  Students were assigned worksheet 5-4 to be done in their groups.  We went over the answers before the bell rang.

No homework was assigned, and the chapter 5 test will be on Tuesday, January 5, 2016.

Day 70

We discussed section 5-3 notes on Acceleration, including the new formula to calculate acceleration.  Students were assigned the seven problems on worksheet 5-3 to be worked on in their groups.  We went over the answers before the end of class.

No homework was assigned, and the chapter 5 test will be on Tuesday, January 5th.

Day 69

Students turned in their 14th science news article.  I then returned their Speed Quizzes from last Thursday's class and we reviewed those answers.  We then reviewed worksheets 5-13 through 5-15 before the end of the period.

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

Day 68

Students worked in their groups to complete the lab on page 5-18 and 5-19, which they did in the guidance hallway.  We went over the results at the end of class.

News article #14 is due on Monday, and the Chapter 5 test will be on Tuesday, January 5th.

Day 67

Students took their Speed Quiz today, worth 40 points.  After completion, they were assigned Part II of page 5-14, which was graphing two sets of data onto the graph pager on page 5-15 and answering four questions based on the graphs.

No homework was assigned, and the chapter 5 test will be on Tuesday, January 5th.

Day 66

Students took the practice speed quiz today at the beginning of class (page 5-16).  After going over the answers, students were assigned problem  #1-10 on pages 5-13 & 5-14.  We went over the answers for problems #1-7 before the bell rang.  We will do the rest tomorrow.

No homework was assigned, and the Speed Quiz is tomorrow.

Day 65

Students went to the board to show their work for problems one through eight from worksheet 5-2 that were done yesterday.  During that time, students were assigned problems 9 & 10 from the same page.  After going over those solutions, students were assigned worksheet 5-5, and we went over the answers before the end of class.

No homework was assigned, and the Speed Quiz will be on Thursday, December 10th.

Day 64

Students turned in their 13th week of science news articles.  We completed worksheet 5-1 together, and then I assigned worksheet 5-2 (# 1-8) for students to complete in class.

No homework was assigned, and the Speed Quiz will be on Thursday, December 10th.

Day 63

Students were given their chapter 5 packets today and we discussed section 5-1 notes on frames of reference, speed and velocity.  We watched a brief 4-minute video on Frame of Reference and then watched a www.brainpop.com video on Distance, Rate and Time and took the quiz before the end of the period.

News article #13 is due on Monday, and the Speed Quiz will be on Thursday, December 10th.

Day 62

Students had their chapter 3 notebooks checked for 100 points today.  During that time, we watched Mythbusters: Star Wars Edition.

No homework was assigned, and the Speed quiz will be on Thursday, December 10th.

Day 61

Students took their chapter 3 test using Moodle today.

The notebook check is tomorrow, and the Calculating Speed quiz will be on Thursday, December 10th.

Day 60

Students turned in their week #12 news articles today.  Afterwards, we reviewed chapter 3 by playing Jeopardy.

The chapter 3 notebook check will be on Thursday, and the chapter 3 test is tomorrow.