Student Requirements---Science
Notebook Mandatory
10/14/08 NEW SEMESTER: bring your notebooks each
day.
HW---complete the two dittos ( both sides ).
10/15/08 Correct the HW dittos and discuss. LAB
ACTIVITY--Find the DENSITY of a block of wood. Give the
HYPOTHEISIS and mathematically compute the density of the block.
HW--study notes for a TEST.
10/16/08 TEST on previous notes and science concepts
SPEED---ACCELERATION---DENSITY. HW--anthropologist--
create 5
letter
words or more using the letters in anthropologist. Study the
three types of trusses.
10/17/08 Standardized Comprehensive Test.
10/20/08 Correct and Review Test. HW---compute the
answer to the word problems. Make sure you follow the correct
format: step 1
FORMULA step
2
EQUATION step
3 ANSWER
all numbers should have a UNIT OF MEASUREMENT after it.
10/21/08 Correct HW assignment. Is a copper penny
REALLY COPPER. Prove it. Find the DENSITY of a copper
using the formula Density = Mass / Volume. HW---complete the
science ditto questions.
10/22/08 Correct HW ditto questions. Explain the
element MAGNESIUM for tomorrow's lab.
10/23/08 LAB EXPERIMENT---Magnesium Chemical
Reaction. Independent Variable---Heat Energy + Oxygen Gas
Dependent Variable---Magnesium Metal
Chemical Equation--- 2Mg
+ O2
------------- 2Mg O
10/24/08 Comprehension Test 25 Questions.
HW-----define 15 vocabulary words.
10/27/08 Classwork--complete pages 1-3 of the science
assessment workbook. HW--complete the science ditto.
10/28/08 Discuss the science vocabulary words.
HW--study the science vocabulary words for a test.
10/29/08 TEST on science vocabulary words.
HW---complete the science ditto on density and density problems.
10/30/08 HW---study the vocabulary words: mitosis,
meiosis, truss, qualitative and quantitative.
10/31/08 COMPUTER LAB---graphing on microsoft excel.
Bridge building techniques on the computer.
11/03/08 LAB EXPERIMENT---Find the DENSITY of four
IRREGULAR shaped minerals, using the WATER DISPLACEMENT
METHOD to find the VOLUME of the mineral. HW--complete the
science ditto.
11/04/08 Discuss the results of the LAB EXPERIMENT and the
science elements homework. No written homework.
11/05/08 LAB EXPERIMENT---What will happen when heat energy
is added to an unknown metal. HW---Krusty Krabs
ditto.
Find the independent / dependent variables in the experiment.
Remember to define the underlined
words on the backside of the ditto.
11/06/08 TEST on the lab experiment and materials /
spatula--beaker--ring stand--tirrell burner. HW---complete the
ditto on INERTIA aand MASS.
11/07/08 COMPREHENSIVE TEST.
11/10/08 Correct and discuss questions and answers of the
comprehensive test.
11/11/08 NO SCHOOL ( VETERANS DAY )
11/12/08 Newton's Second Law---Force = Mass x Acceleration
discuss and compute problems. HW---complete the science
ditto sheets.
11/13/08 Review the science ditto sheets.
ACTIVITY--use the Chem Cubes to study and learn the elements.
11/14/08 Introduce the concept of WORK. Work = Force
x Distance. Explain levers. There are six types of simple
machines---lever, pulley inclined plane, wheel and axle, screw and
wedge.
11/17/08 Study notes for test on the 5
formulas--velocity,acceleration, density, force, work.
HW---complete the science ditto.
11/18/08 Review and discuss the homework. TEST on
formulas and work. HW---science ditto on Grdat Scientists.
11/19/08 Lab Activity--create a beam, arch, and truss
bridge using a single index card and observe the stress acting on
it.
HW---complete the science ditto on the Elements.
11/20/08 Test on word problems, simple machines and
bridges. HW---study notes and complete all ditto science sheets.
11/21/08 COMPREHENSIVE TEST QUESTIONS.