Week of 5/10/2010

State Test - Practical Portion May 25, 26, 27
State Test - Written Portion: June 7th

Homework & Weekly Plans:
Monday 5/10: Honors: finish entire green packet. Periods 3-9: Finish part II
Tuesday 5/11: Honors: Shark Dichotomous Key. Periods 3-9: Finish Part I of state test - multiple choice.
Wednesday 5/12: Quiz on sorting station and microscope station.
Thursday 5/13: Full length Part I (multiple choice)

Pond Water Critter Identification Page
Another good one

Week of 4/26/2010

Monday 4/26/2010: Aerosol Blast and Heat transfer (conduction, convection, radiation) worksheet due Wednesday.
Heat Transfer:Conduction Lab due Tuesday 4/27/2010
Wednesday 4/28/2010: Periods 3,4,5,9 - Thermos Bottle Handout Period 7: Venn Diagram - compare and contrast conduction, convection and radiation
Thursday4/29/2010: Period 1: Finish Conduction lab write-up and graph. Periods 3,4,5,9 - Celsius to Farenheit conversions worksheet (back of thermos handout)

Honros Rube Goldberg Projects

Eighth grade honors science presents their Rube Goldberg projects. Nicely done!

Week of 4/19/2010

Monday night - no homework.
Honors: Rube Goldberg due this Friday. The final drawing is due on Wednesday!! Here is the link to the rubric Tuesday: Design an experiment
Wednesday: Rube Goldberg Design is due today (honors)
Thursday: HAPPY EARTH DAY
http://www.abcteach.com/free/b/bookmarks01_line.pdf

Thursday 4/22: Honors - respond to earth day prompt - what is earth day? discuss 2-3 things you can do to honor earth day and why it is important to do these things.
Periods 3-9: Graph worksheet - phase change graph

Week of 4/12/2010

Welcome back from Spring Break - I hope you enjoyed your time off!!
We have a TEST on Friday on your notes from Chapter 9 - Energy and Energy forms.
This FRIDAY is the end of the third marking period - please get any work you owe in!!!
Monday 4/12/2010: Read page 4 of your notes (all of g and h - Energy conversions and the law of conservation of energy) carefully and fill in the blanks, answer the questions in the boxes and draw the diagrams when asked.
Tuesday 4/13/2010: Kinetic and Potential Energy calculations
Thursday: Complete your review sheet USING YOUR NOTES!
HONORS: Here is a rubric for the Rube Goldberg Project

Large Hadron Collider Smashes Protons, Sets Record

Large Hadron Collider Smashes Protons, Sets Record
The LHC for dummies like me:) An understandable explanation!

Week of 3/22/2010

Energy - Chapter 9
Monday - quiz corrections due tomorrow
Tuesday - Honors: Kinetic and Potential energy math
3-9 Kinetic and potential energy cut and paste


Helpful Links:
Foucault Pendulum
Energy and the roller coaster
Energy and the trebuchet
Which angle is best for projectile motion?
NASA real life mathematics PE and KE