Day 94

We finished the movie, "Gravity", in class today.

News article #19 is due on Monday, and the Work & Power quiz will be on Friday, February 5th.

Day 93

Students had their chapter 6 notebooks checked today for 65 points.  During that time, we watched the first half of the movie, "Gravity".

No homework was assigned, and the Work & Power quiz will be on Friday, February 5th.

Day 92

Students took their chapter 6 test on Moodle today.

The notebook check is tomorrow, and the next quiz will be on Friday, February 5th.

Day 91

We played Jeopardy today to review for tomorrow's test.

No homework was assigned, and the chapter 6 test is tomorrow.

Day 90

Students turned in their 18th science news article, and following that, they filled out a STEM college survey.

No homework was assigned, and the chapter 6 test will be on Wednesday, January 27th.

Day 89

Students were assigned worksheets 6-9, 6-12 & 6-13, to be completed before the end of class.  We went over the answers before the bell rang.

News article #18 is due on Monday, and the chapter 6 test will be on Tuesday, January 26th.

Day 88

We discussed section 6-4 notes on terminal velocity and projectile motion.  We watched a www.brainpop.com video on Gravity and took the quiz.  We completed worksheet 6-7 together.  For the last 5-10 minutes of class, we played a review game to reinforce Newton's 3 laws of motion and law of gravity.

No homework was assigned, and the chapter 6 test will be on Tuesday, January 26th.

Day 87

We reviewed worksheet 6-6 at the beginning of class.  Students were then assigned a 4-square activity based on Isaac Newton's four laws.  I gave each group 12 minutes to complete the task before they presented to the rest of the class.  We then completed worksheet 6-10 together, and worksheet 6-11 was assigned in the last five minutes of class.

No homework was assigned, and the chapter 6 test will be on Tuesday, January 26th.

Day 86

Students turned in the 17th week of science news articles, their last of the marking period.  We discussed section 6-5 notes on gravity.  Students then completed worksheets 6-5 & 6-8 before the end of the period.

No homework was assigned, and the chapter 6 test will be on Tuesday, January 26th.

Day 85

Students were given back their Force quizzes and we reviewed those answers.  We went over section 6-3 notes on Newton's Laws of Motion.  We watched a www.brainpop.com video on Newton's Laws of Motion and took the quiz afterwards.  We ended class with students assigned worksheet 6-6 to be worked on in their groups.

News article #17 is due on Tuesday, and the chapter 6 test will be on Tuesday, January 26th.

Day 84

Students took their Force Quiz today and did extremely well.  Once everyone was done, we put the answers to the problems from page 6-4 from yesterday on the board.

No homework was assigned, and the chapter 6 test will be on Tuesday, January 26th.

Day 83

We watched a 5-minute Mythbusters video on forces.  Students were then assigned worksheets 6-3 & 6-4.  With 10 minutes to go before the end of class, student volunteers put the solutions to page 6-3 on the board.

No homework was assigned, and the Force Quiz was moved up to tomorrow.

Day 82

We discussed section 6-2 notes on Friction and Newton's 2nd Law of Motion (F=ma).  Students watched a www.brainpop.com video on Force and took the quiz using student responders.  Students were assigned worksheets 6-2 and 6-3 through the end of class.

No homework was assigned, and the Force Quiz will be this Friday, January 15th.

Day 81

Students turned in their 16th science news article today.  I handed out the new packet for chapter 6, and we discussed section 6-1 notes on Balanced vs Unbalanced Forces.  After completing worksheet 6-1 together, students watched Bill Nye: Balance for the last 20 minutes of class.

No homework was assigned, and the Force Quiz will be on Friday, January 15th.

Day 80

Students took the mid-year biology assessment on Study Island today.

News article #16 is due on Monday, and the Force Quiz will be on Friday, January 15th.

Day 79

Students had their chapter 5 notebooks checked for 100 points today.  During that time we watched Winter Holiday edition of Mythbusters.

No homework was assigned, and the Force Quiz will be on Friday, January 15th.

Day 78

Students took their chapter 5 test online using Moodle today.  They had time to work on their notebooks and/or get a news article for next week after the test.

The notebook check will be tomorrow, and the Force quiz is Friday, January 15th.

Day 77

We played Jeopardy today to review for tomorrow's chapter 5 test.  After our review game, I reviewed how to read data from distance/time and speed/time line graphs.

No homework was assigned, and the chapter 5 test is tomorrow.

Day 76

For our first day back from Christmas break, I took the students out into the hallway to learn about Momentum (section 5-4 notes).  I put students on 4-wheeled carts and demonstrated how mass and velocity effect the momentum of objects.  When we returned to the room, students were assigned the five problems on worksheet 5-12.  After reviewing those answers, students worked on the crossword puzzle on page 5-17 before the end of the period.

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