Day 97

We discussed section 7-2 notes on Power, watched a www.brainpop.com video on Power, and completed worksheet 15-2.

No homework was assigned, and the work & power quiz will be this Friday, February 3rd.

Day 96

Since the ScienceDaily.com website has not been consistently working for the past week, there were no news articles due today.  Students were given their new packets to begin chapter 7 today.  We discussed section 7-1 notes on Work, watched a www.brainpop.com video on Work before students were assigned worksheet 15-1 to be completed in their groups.  We went over the answers before the end of the period.

No homework was assigned, and the Work & Power quiz will be this Friday, February 3rd.

Day 95

Students watched the second half of the movie, "Gravity", and hypothesized how Newton's 1st and 3rd Laws of Motion played a role in the main character's survival.

No news article is due on Monday due to Science Daily's website being down, and the Work & Power quiz will be on Friday, February 3rd.

Day 94

Students had their chapter 6 notebooks checked today for 65 points.  During that time, we watched the first 34 minutes of the movie, "Gravity".

No homework was assigned, and the Work & Power Quiz will be on Friday, February 3rd.

Day 93

Students took their chapter 6 test today using Moodle.

The notebook check is tomorrow, and a quiz on Work & Power will be next week.

Day 92

(2-hour delay)

I checked worksheet 6-12 & 6-13 for homework at the beginning of class.  We then played Jeopardy for the remainder of class to prepare for tomorrow's test.

The notebook check will be on Thursday, and the chapter 6 test is tomorrow.

Day 91

Today is the first day of the 3rd marking period.  Students turned in their 18th science news article at the beginning of class.  We reviewed worksheet 6-11 before they were assigned worksheet 6-9, which we went over in the last 10 minutes of class.

Worksheets 6-12 & 6-13 are due tomorrow, and the chapter 6 test will be on Wednesday, January 25th.

Day 90

Students completed a STEM survey while watching coverage of the presidential inauguration.  They had about 10-15 minutes remaining to get a news article for Monday or work on other homework.

News article #18 is due on Monday and the chapter 6 test will be on Wednesday, January 25th.

Day 89

We watched a brief 90-second video on the world record space jump and discussed how gravity influenced that feat.  We went over section 6-4 notes on gravity's effect on airborne objects.  After watching a www.brainpop.com video on Gravity and taking the ensuing quiz, we completed worksheet 6-7 together.

No homework was assigned, and the Chapter 6 test will be on Wednesday, January 25th.

Day 88

We went over worksheet 6-6 at the beginning of class.  Students then worked in their groups to complete a 4-square based on Isaac Newton's different laws.  We completed worksheet 6-10 together, and students worked on page 6-11 during the last 5 minutes of class.

No homework was assigned, and the chapter 6 test will be on Wednesday, January 25th.

Day 87

Students got their Force quizzes back today and we went over the answers.  We discussed section 6-5 notes on Gravity and weight.  We did worksheet 6-5 together, and I assigned worksheet 6-8 to be worked on for 10 minutes in their groups, and we went over the answers at the end of class.

No homework was assigned, and the chapter 6 test will be on Wednesday, January 25th.

Day 86

Students turned in the 17th science news article at the beginning of class today.  We discussed section 6-3 notes on Newton's Laws of Motion and watched a www.brainpop.com video on the same topic.  We ended class with students working in their groups to complete worksheet 6-6.

No homework was assigned (as long as they finished worksheet 6-6 in class), and the chapter 6 test will be on Wednesday, January 25th.

Day 85

Students took their Force quiz today and did exceptionally well.  After completing the quiz, students could get caught up on their notebook and get a news article for Monday,

News article #17 is due on Monday, and the Chapter 6 test will be on Wednesday, January 25th.

Day 84

No school yesterday (Wednesday, January 11, due to weather)

Today we made up any work missed due to Tuesday's early dismissal.  Students then completed worksheets 6-3 and 6-4 in their groups.  We had enough time to go over page 6-3 before the bell.

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

Day 83

(Late post from Tuesday, Jan 10th)

Early dismissal at 12:30; Did not meet with periods 7 nor 8

We discussed section 6-2 notes on the different types of friction and learned about Newton's 2nd Law of Motion, F=ma.  We watched a www.brainpop.com video on Forces, and students completed worksheet 6-2 within their groups before we went over the answers together at the end of class.

No homework was assigned, and the Force Quiz is now scheduled for Friday, January 13th.

Day 82

Students turned in their 16th science news article at the start of class.  I handed out the new packets for chapter 6 and we discussed section 6-1 notes on balanced and unbalanced forces.  After completing worksheet 6-1 together, we watched a Bill Nye video on forces.

No homework was assigned, and the Force Quiz will be this Thursday.

Day 81

Students had their notebooks checked today for 100 points, during which time we watched Mythbusters.

News article #16 is due on Monday, and the Force Quiz will be on Thursday, January 12th.

Day 80

Students took the chapter 5 test using Moodle today.

The notebook check is tomorrow, and the next quiz (on Force) will be on Thursday, January 13th.

Day 79

We checked the homework (worksheet 5-17) at the beginning of class.  I handed back their graded Farcebook rubrics and answered any questions they had.  For the rest of the period, we played Jeopardy to review for the chapter 5 test.

The notebook check will be on Friday, and the chapter 5 test is tomorrow.

Day 78

Students turned in their 15th science news article at the beginning of today's class.  We then discussed section 5-4 notes on Momentum.  I took them out in the hallway for a demonstration on momentum, and afterwards, students worked within their groups to complete worksheet 5-12.  We went over the answers to those five problems with 10 minutes of class.

Worksheet 5-17 is due tomorrow, and the chapter 5 test will be on Thursday, May 5th.