Friday, April 28, 2017

Agenda April 27 and 28 Block Schedule

1 Video Imagineering Friction
2 Activity Weight of Shoes related to Friction
3 WS review Newton's Second Law
4 Return Work.

Race Day on Friday

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Agenda April 26

1 CH10 HW, Vocabulary, and Constructing Meaning due date has been moved to May 1/2 (block schedule)
2 Activity Motion Stations Day 2 check today
3 WS Newton's 2nd Law Practice check/stamp today

Still aiming ant May 1/2 Monday/Tuesday for CH10 Test

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Agenda April 24 and 25 Block Schedule days

1 Check J95 CH10 Pre Reading
2 Check CH10 Marking the Text (using a random number generator hehe)
3 WS Video Imagineering Newton's Three Laws due today
4 Activity Motion Stations Day 1
5 WS Newton's Second Law Day 1

Testing Day One and Two.

Friday, April 21, 2017

Agenda April 21

Panorama Picture Day
Next week has a block schedule so agenda entries are for 2 days
1 J95 CH 10 Pre Reading due M/T 4/24-25
2 HW CH10 Directed Reading p171-188 all Target Reading due T/F 4/27-28
3 J96 CH10 Vocabulary due T/F 4/27-28
4 J97 CH10 Constructing Meaning due T/F 4/27-28
5 CH10 Marking the Text due M/T 4/24-25
6 Turn in:
Eureka video notes
WS Distance vs Time Graph
WS Velocity Acceleration Graph Review
Act Hot Wheels Acceleration Lab
WS Rollercoaster Acceleration

Miniatures Club will have Tanks, artillery, infantry, terrain and maybe safety goggles.

Agenda April 20 Thursday

1 Test CH 9 Motion (std 1)
2 All work due today has been pushed to tomorrow.

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Agenda April 19

1 Eureka Video Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy
2 J93 Kinetic Energy
3 J94 Potential Energy
Test tomorrow

Agenda April 18 Tuesday

1 Activity Hot Wheels Acceleration Lab due Thurs. April 20
2 WS Rollercoaster Acceleration due Thurs. April 20
CH9 Test on Thurs. April 20
Make Up Test day after school Thurs. April 20

Monday, April 17, 2017

Agenda April 17 Welcome Back from Break

Mr G told me we have only 7 Fridays to go.
1 J    Acceleration
2 Eureka Video Notes Acceleration Part 1 and Part 2
3 Check CH9 Marking the Text if time
4 Return Work if time

I listen to NPR on occasion and heard a story on their show called This American Life about something called the Dunning Krueger Effect.  It was fascinating as it points out the obvious.
Scroll down to Act 2.
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/585/transcript

I think they have a link where by you can listen to it as well.

Agenda April 7 Friday

Hope you all have a wonderful, safe Spring Break
1 Stamp WS Calculating Slope
2 Check CH9 HW Directed Reading, J  CH9 Vocabulary, and J  CH9 Constructing Meaning
3 Video Bill Nye Motion WS due today
4 Check CH Marking the Text if time

Aiming at April 20 for CH9 Test

Thursday, April 6, 2017

Agenda April 6

Huzzah.  I am back to being even.
1 Activity Galileo's Marbles due today
2 WS Calculating Slope of Distance versus Time Graphs due Fri April 7

Make up test day after school today.

Agenda April 5 Wednesday

1 Videos and WS Eureka Speed
2 J89 Relative motion and Reference Point
3 J 90 Distance and Displacement
J91 Speed and Velocity

Make up test day Thursday after school.

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Agenda April 4 Tues Open House shooting rockets

1 HW Directed Reading p155-170 Target Reading p168 only due Fri.  April 7
2 CH9 Marking the Text due Fri. April 7

Make up test day is Thursday after school.
Detentions for gum are Thursday after school.

Agenda April 3

1 Test Rate of Change (from your Math Standards)

Agenda March 31 Friday

1 Check J CH9 Pre Reading
2 Check CH8 HW Directed Reading, J  CH8 Vocabulary, J  CH8 Constructing Meaning, Activity How Many Molecules, and WS Substituted Hydrocarbons
3 J87 CH9 Vocabulary due Fri April 7
4 J88 CH9 Constructing Meaning due Fri April 7

Agenda March 30 Thursday

1Activity Speed Inquiry Sector 33 landing planes at SFO courtesy of our friends at NASA
2 CH9 Pre Reading due Friday 3/31