Friday, 17 December, 2010

Students will be able to:
use information from hands on activities and classroom discussions to
-describe phase changes.
-describe the tranfer of heat energy from one object to another.

Students did an FCAT transparency as their do now.

Students then did the heat transfer lab activity, by making ice cream. You can find the handout to the activity, along with the directions for making the ice cream mix, at the top of this blog.

The home learning for the holidays is to complete the Winter Package for Science on Scientific Method.

Have a Safe and Blessed Christmas and I pray all of God's choice blessings for the coming New Year for you!

Thursday, 16 December, 2010

This is home learning 9. Place on a properly headed sheet of loose leaf notebook paper. Be sure to follow the written directions.

Students will be able to:
use information from supplementary reading material, virtual online activities, and classroom discussions to
-review the fall interim assessment.
-differentiate between speed, velocity, and acceleration.

Students completed the review of the fall interim assessment.

Students received home learning 9, on speed, velocity, and acceleration. Students took 3 column notes, writing the word, definition, and example for the following words: speed, velocity, instantaneous speed, acceleration, and deceleration.

Students then wrote their Costa leveled questions (level one, level two, and level three), using highlighters to identify the question and answer. Students also wrote a summary of the notes on the bottom of their Cornell notes page.

Home learning can be found at the top of this blog.

Tuesday, 14 December and Wednesday, 15 December, 2010

Students will be able to:
use information from the interim assessment exam and the CPS clicker sytem to
-review the interim assessment exam and exam 5.

Students used the clicker system to review the fall interim assessment. Students were placed on teams and asked to discuss and then answer the questions. The team with the most points win a free home learning pass!

There was no home learning on either day.

Monday, 13 December, 2010

Students will be able to:
use information from notes, past lessons, and classroom discussion to
-take an exam on Force and Motion.

Students took Exam 5 using the clickers.

There was no home learning.

Wednesday, 8 and Friday, 10 December, 2010

Students will be able to:
use information from videos from the internet, internet access, and classroom discussions to
-define and explain Newton's Laws of Motion.
-apply Newton's Laws of Motion to real life situations.

Students took the third mini assessment on Wednesday. Due to the lab, there was no do now on Friday.

Students began the exploration as to how changing the ramp height affects how far a ping-pong ball will roll when a car it is attached to hits a barrier.

There was no nightly home learning.

Tuesday, 8 December, 2010

Students will be able to:
use information from videos from the internet, internet access, and classroom discussions to
-define and explain Newton's Laws of Motion.
-apply Newton's Laws of Motion to real life situations.

The do now was an FCAT transparency.

Students did the online Glencoe lab on Newton's Second Law. The lab can be accessed by visiting Dr. Gayden's Science Zone (drgcdmd.podomatic.com) for today's date and clicking the link for the Glencoe lab. Be sure to read the procedures and information located on the left of the screen in order to perform the activity correctly and record the results which will help you answer the questions.

There was no nightly home learning, but there will be a mini assessment tomorrow (postponed from today).

Monday, 6 December, 2010

Students will be able to:
use information from videos from the internet, internet access, and classroom discussions to
-define and explain Newton's Laws of Motion.
-apply Newton's Laws of Motion to real life situations.

The do now on was an FCAT transparency.

Students explored Newton's Laws by using a balloon on a string to explore how force affects acceleration, how for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, and the law of inertia.

There was no nightly home learning, but there will be a mini assessment tomorrow.

Thursday, 2 and Friday, 3 December, 2010

This is HL 8. Be sure to only place the answers on your correctly headed loose leaf paper.

Students will be able to:
use information from videos from the internet, internet access, and classroom discussions to
-define and explain Newton's Laws of Motion.
-apply Newton's Laws of Motion to real life situations.

The do now on Thursday was an FCAT transparency.
The do now on Friday was a quiz on Newton's laws of motion.

Students also reviewed HL 7 and received HL 8.

Students read an article about inflatable seat belts and related it to Newton's Three Laws of Motion.

On Friday, students began vocabulary search.

Home learning 8 can be found at the top of this blog.

Wednesday, 1 December, 2010

This is HL 7. Be sure to only place the answers on your correctly headed loose leaf paper.

Students will be able to:
use information from videos from the internet, internet access, and classroom discussions to
-define and explain Newton's Laws of Motion.
-apply Newton's Laws of Motion to real life situations.

The do now was an FCAT transparency.

Students also reviewed HL 6 and received HL 7.

Students worked on the Discover Education activity Monster Truck Pull. In order to access your account, visit Dr. Gayden's Science Zone for Tuesday, 30 November, 2010. Click the link for Discovery Education. Sign in to the portal. Your user name is:
miami_youridnumber (put YOUR real ID number in the space!).

The password is: youridnumber_miami

Once on the site, click the tab for assignment resources and then click the link for Monster Truck Pull.

Once that activity is completed, watch the interactive movies on Constant Speed and Laws of Motion. If you complete these, be sure to do the Knock the Pin Down activity.

Home learning 6 can be found at the top of this blog.