Tuesday, 31 January, 2012

This is HL #3. Answers only, on your own paper. Be sure to write only true or only the word that makes the sentence true for questions 1-5.

Students will be able to:
use the information from the textbook and classroom discussions to
-understand what determines gravity.
-describe the role of inertia in keeping objecs in motion.
-determine how gravity helps form objects.

Students took notes from chapter 3, section 3 in their texts (pages 104-109) on the effects of gravity and planets, stars, and solar systems.

Home learning 3 can be found at the top of this blog.

Monday, 30 January, 2012

This is HL #2. Copy the chart and complete. Answer the questions using complete sentences.

Students will be able to:
use the information from virtual activities and classroom discussions to
-observe that gravity causes objects to fall toward the center of Earth.
-Use controlled experiments to discover that gravity becomes stronger as a planet's mass increases and weaker as a planet's radius increases.

Students completed Activities A and C for the GIZMO Gravity Pitch.

Home learning 2 can be found at the top of this blog. Be sure to copy the chart and answer the questions using complete sentences.

Friday, 27 January, 2012

Students will be able to:
use the information from previous studies and classroom discussions to
-review plant and animal cells.
-review the body systems.

Students had a competition between Ms. Wingates's classes for periods 2, and 4-6. Periods 1 and 3 played Jeopardy! in order to review the topics cells and body systems. This will be done every other Friday to prepare for the science FCAT 2.0.

There was no home learning.

Thursday, 15 January, 2012

Students will be able to:
use the information from individual reading assignments, group discussions, hands-on activites and teacher discussions to
-review the lowest reporting category information from the Winter interim assessment.

Students reviewed questions one through four from the Winter Interim Assessment.

Students then were placed in differentiated instruction groups to review the area on the exam for which they scored the lowest.

Students read passages on the reporting category, and will also complete a hands-on activity associated with that category.

Those low in the Nature of Science read about experimental set ups and will graph data from an experiment to determine conclusions.

Those low in Physical Science read about gravity and air resistance and will measure how friction affects gravity.

Those low in Life Science read about genetics and heredity and will determine how predicting inherited traits occurs.

Those low in Earth and Space Science read about factors that alter the Earth's crust and will determine how sea floor spreading occurs.

There was no home learning assigned.

Wednesday, 25 January, 2012

This is HL 1. You received two copies. Complete them both. Keep one copy for yourself. Turn in one copy to me tomorrow.

Students will be able to:
use the information from laboratoary activities and classroom discussions to
-compare and contrast inertia and motion.
-determine the effect of gravity on the motion of an object.

Students watched a BrainPop video on gravity.

Students then did a laboratory experiment to determine what forces act on an object. They spun a ping pong ball, attached to a string, around over their heads and recorded the forces that acted on the ball.

Students also received HL 1, which can be found at the top of this blog.

Tuesday , 24 January, 2012

Students will be able to:
use the information from handouts and classroom discussions to
-read a science passage and determine the main idea.

Students read several passages on objects in outerspace, using the reading action plan to find the main idea and answer questions based on the passage.

There was no home learning assigned.

Friday, 20 January, 2012

Students will be able to:
use the information from handouts, group interactions, or texts to
-explain the processes that occur in the circulatory, respiratory, and digestive systems which work together to maintain life in an organism.

Students reviewed the sixth grade benchmark dealing with the human body, specifically, the respiratory system. Students completed a packet after watching a BBC activity. They also answered questions.

There was no home learning assignment.

Thursday, 19 January, 2012

Students will be able to:
use the information from handouts, group interactions, or texts to
-review and relearn information relating to the four bodies of knowledge.

Students worked in differentiated learning groups to review information such as:
the properties of matter, food webs and chains, the scientific method, and using math in science.

Home learning 18, from page 107 in the text, is to answer questions 1-4 of Do The Math! on properly headed loose leaf paper.

Students also submitted notebooks.

Tuesday and Wednesday, 17/18 January, 2012

Students will be able to:
use the information fromthe textbook, articles, and classroom discussions to
-describe how astronomers measure distance.
-describe objects in space.
-distinguish between star systems and galaxies.

Due to testing, classes will meet on a different schedule.

Students watched BrainPop movies on The Life Cycle Of Stars, Galaxies, The Milky Way, and The Solar System.

Students completed the group presentations on the objects in space.

Students read the article What's Out There?

Students in some classes completed the GIZMO on the H-R Diagram.

Students read chapter 3 on astronomical units.

Home learning 17 can be found in the text, page 129 #s 1, 3, 4 and page 131 #s 1, 3. It is due next class meeting.

Notebooks will be collected on Thursday.

Friday, 13 January, 2012

Students will be able to:
use the information from online sites and classroom discussions to
-describe the functions of cell organelles.
-identify organelles of plant and animal cells.
-explain how plant and animal cells differ.

Students interacted with the BBC Cells to Systems activity, found at the site http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/science/organisms_behaviour_health/cells_systems/activity.shtml

Students then read for understanding the handout on cells and systems and answered questions on the topic.

There was no home learning assigned.

Wednesday and Thursday, 11 and 12 January, 2012

Students will be able to:
use the information from hands on laboratory experiments and classroom discussions to
-visualize that the universe is expanding.
-calclulate how galaxy positions change as the universe expands.

Students performed a lab that modeled the expansion of the universe and the effect of this expansion on the galaxies in the universe.

Students received HL 16, which is from page 129 in their text. Students are to answer questions 10 and 11 on a sheet of correctly headed loose leaf paper. Be sure to place the name of the stars on your paper.

Students watched a BrainPop movie on the life cycle of stars.

Students also used the reading action plan to read a passage about the objects found in outer space.

Students completed the GIZMO on the H-R diagram.

Monday and Tuesday, 9/10 January, 2012

Students will be able to:
use the information from virtual activities and classroom discussions to
-classify stars based on their color, temperature, luminosity, radius, and mass.
-identify relationships between different star characteristics.
-explain the relationships illustradd by an H-R diagram.

Students began a GIZMO on the H-R Diagram. Since the activity was not completed, it will be completed in class during this week.

Students have home learning 15, which is due in class next class meeting. It should be done on loose leaf paper, properly headed. Students should answer both do the math questions found on page 96. From page 115, they should also write the star types for stars A, B, and C,using the H-R diagram found on page 114.

On Tuesday, as some classes complete the lab, others will use test taking skills to complete a reading passage about objects in outer space.

Thursday, 5 January and Friday, 6 January, 2012

Students will be able to:
use the information from the textbooks and classroom discussions to
-discover and describe the objects that exist in the universe.

Students were assigned information to present to their classmates on Thursday and Friday about the objects found in space. Each group was assigned a category to research, including planets, stars, comets and other bodies, galaxies, the solar system, and black holes.

On Friday, students took mini-assessment 4 based on photosynthesis and cellular respiration.

Remember, short story 2 is due in class on Friday, along with your laboratory write-up for Measuring Parallax.

Wednesday, 4 January, 2012

Students will be able to:
use the information from hands on laboratory activites and classroom discussions to
-construct a model to measure parallax.
-describe how parallax can be used to find the distance between a star and Earth.

Students did a lab that demonstrated how parallax is used to determine the distance between the earth and the nearest stars. The completed lab sheet is due in class tomorrow.

The short story is due on Friday.

Students are also reminded that the winter packet MUST be turned in tomorrow (Thursday) in order to receive extra credit.

Tuesday, 3 January, 2012

These are the directions for short story two, which is due in class on Friday.

Students will be able to:
use the information from the textbooks and classroom discussions to
-discover and describe the objects that exist in the universe.

Students who have not submitted their Winter package MUST do so on or before Thursday. In order to receive full credit, BOTH activities must be completed and correct. Extra credit will be given for each assignment in the package. However, if you receive a grade of less than a C, no extra credit will be given.

Students received the directions for Short Story 2, which can be found at the top of this blog.

Students were assigned information to present to their classmates on Thursday about the objects found in space. Each group was assigned a category to research, including planets, stars, comets and other bodies, galaxies, the solar system, and black holes.