Calendar 2011-12

August 2011
16
Tuesday
Orientation night - I am looking forward to meeting all of you!
17
Wednesday
first day of school :)
17
Wednesday
Syllabus and safety contract will be sent home to be reviewed. (Is your 1st homework)
18
Thursday
Experimental Design handout to be added to science journal notebook as well as a reference page
19
Friday
explore mini-lab using experimental design set up and complete science journal startup
22
Monday
Energy Machines and Motion Lab lesson 1 (circuit of inquiry)
23
Tuesday
Finish E.M.M. lab 1 and discuss reflecting on what they've done.
24
Wednesday
Types of Energy; Galileo and his notebook
25
Thursday
Safety with chemicals discussion and getting started with energy transformations lesson
26
Friday
E.M.M. Lesson 2 - making a wet cell battery
29
Monday
Wrap-up lesson 2 lab with energy transformations; add Glossary section to journal
30
Tuesday
lesson 3 Lab over rechargeable batteries
31
Wednesday
practice graphing as a class and wrapup lesson 3 with reflections and battery readings
September 2011
1
Thursday
lesson 4 - homework tonight to graph the results from the activity today
2
Friday
Grade graph in class, wrap-up knowledge of batteries, teacher looks over notebooks for first check
5
Monday
Labor Day - no school
6
Tuesday
Renewable vs. nonrenewable energy notes page and powerpoint slide/video clips
7
Wednesday
Quiz over energy . SCIENCE CLUB MEETS from 3:15 - 4:00 to learn about science fair
8
Thursday
Intro to forces notes and start lab over forces; Homework - 5.1 worksheet graphing and questions
9
Friday
Compare difference between weight and mass, balanced vs unbalanced forces. complete lesson 5
12
Monday
Go over energy quiz; grading 5.1; notes called Intro to Forces
13
Tuesday
Lesson 6 : frictional force lab; added to glossary today (load force, force, mass, weight)
14
Wednesday
Lesson 6: frictional force reflecting
15
Thursday
reading on forces; discussion; add to glossary/review gravitational (attractive) force; friction
16
Friday
contact vs noncontact forces; net force diagrams; finished discussion over lesson 6 lab; HW - worksh
19
Monday
Magnets lesson; finish up video clips over forces
20
Tuesday
Magnets Lab and review of forces and energy; Homework - Net force diagrams practice worksheet
21
Wednesday
Science Jeopardy Review Game for Energy and Forces Test
22
Thursday
TEST over Energy and Forces (reviewing the energy section of your notebook is a good idea)
23
Friday
(Graded) Notebook check; Video over electricity
26
Monday
NO SCHOOL for students
27
Tuesday
Finish Video; add learner objective codes to notebooks and test analysis for Energy and Forces Test
28
Wednesday
electricity reading and notes
29
Thursday
Light Up predicting and testing Lab; what is a conductor? what is an insulator? discussion day
30
Friday
Static Crazy lab day
October 2011
3
Monday
Guest speaker for electricity - Mr. Boren from Empire electric
4
Tuesday
Notes on circuits and practice drawing circuits correctly with symbols; series vs. parallel circuit
5
Wednesday
Meet in Library for circuits weblink for practice
6
Thursday
multiple reciever lab day to test resistors
7
Friday
study guide over electricity and discussion of series/parallel lab results
10
Monday
NO SCHOOL for students
11
Tuesday
Science jeopardy review game
12
Wednesday
TEST over electricity
13
Thursday
Sound day 1 - introduction to what is sound, pitch and amplitude (test in 1 week)
14
Friday
Sound day 2 -labs to test how matter effects sound and
17
Monday
Sound reading and notes (study for test Friday); data analysis of electricity test
18
Tuesday
Sound Lab 3 - pitch and the wavelength; rotating sound stations
19
Wednesday
sound explorations demonstrations and activity
20
Thursday
Review game of "sink or swim for sound"
21
Friday
Sound TEST
24
Monday
Pretest for Light kit -then Lesson 1 Introduction to light lab
25
Tuesday
finish lesson 1 rotating lab stations and reflecting questions; data analysis of sound test
26
Wednesday
finish any of lesson 1;read pg 12-19, begin lesson 2 - sources of light with a sicence journal entry
27
Thursday
complete lesson 2 on sources of light
28
Friday
light notes and vocabulary for glossar; HOMEWORK: lesson 2 -Energy transformations worksheet due Mon
31
Monday
homework from Friday due; Light lesson 3 - how light spreads out
November 2011
2
Wednesday
quick wrap-up on light lessons 2 &3; read pgs 35-39
2
Wednesday
Quiz on lessons 2-3, notes and then add Light and Distance notes to journals
3
Thursday
EARLY OUT due to conferences: Lesson 5: Vocab. Lab
4
Friday
NO SCHOOL for students
7
Monday
First day of pinhole cameras (lab packet for lesson is due Wednesday)
8
Tuesday
Pinhole Camera Lab and reading; Homework - complete the paragraph on last page of packet
9
Wednesday
Wrap-up Pinhole camera's and how the light carries the image; Quiz over lessons 5 & 6; SCIENCE CLUB
10
Thursday
Prisms Lab (refraction of light)/ Why do we have Rainbows Lesson
11
Friday
Lesson 9 - electromagnetic spectrum lesson (afternoon substitute)
14
Monday
complete electromagnetic spectrum activity and video
15
Tuesday
Electromagnetic spectrum notes and reading
16
Wednesday
organizing EM spectrum cards and understanding how the spectrum works
17
Thursday
Jeopardy Review
18
Friday
First Light TEST (7:30 morning study group in Mrs. Baird's room)
21
Monday
Eye diagram and chart given to study for test on Dec. 16th; Eye Video
22
Tuesday
Complete Video and go over first light test for mastery coding
23
Wednesday
Thanksgiving Break
28
Monday
Spectroscopes; discuss diffraction
29
Tuesday
Spectroscopes lab
30
Wednesday
wrap-up of Spectroscopes lab; reading in kit book and writing reflections
December 2011
1
Thursday
Filtering out colors
2
Friday
Lesson 11 computer lab activity - subtractive color mixing
5
Monday
Computer lab activity on lesson 12 - additive color mixing
6
Tuesday
Lecture and notes on additive/subtractive color mixing; notebook fix/fun day if hour brings 15
7
Wednesday
Quiz on spectroscopes and color mixing; Lesson 14 begins (mirrors/how they reflect); SCIENCE CLUB
8
Thursday
Lesson 14.2 and 14.3 teacher led lab on reflection diagraming
9
Friday
How is light refleted? Measuring angle of incidence and angle of reflection Lab 15
12
Monday
finish lesson 15 Lab and notes, reading pgs 159-161
13
Tuesday
Quiz on lessons 14 & 15; Bending mirrors Lab(convex mirror vs. concave mirrors) Lab 16
14
Wednesday
Notes and reading over concave VS convex
15
Thursday
Eye dissection Lab day - Dr. Repsher as guest lab director
16
Friday
Eye diagram TEST; lesson 17 (notes and reading only)
19
Monday
Quiz on lessons 11-16 big ideas; Get back eye diagram test
20
Tuesday
Grade quiz in class; video on sight
21
Wednesday
Winter Break
January 2012
3
Tuesday
Notebook check and begin Lesson 17 Refraction
4
Wednesday
Return from winter vacation
4
Wednesday
Lesson 17 Notes
5
Thursday
Conclude Lesson 17 with a lab and diagram
6
Friday
Lesson 18 Convex Lens lab
9
Monday
Lesson 18 Concave Lens lab
10
Tuesday
Go over powerpoints on Lenses and refraction; fiber optics discussion
11
Wednesday
Optical Illusions; study guide for Friday's test
12
Thursday
Science Jeopardy Review for Final Light test
13
Friday
Final Light test (will not be an open book- please study!)
16
Monday
NO SCHOOL for students
17
Tuesday
Star Trek video and notebook listing of five technology designs and how inventors are working to mak
18
Wednesday
Notes added to notebook over Machines and how forces effect work
19
Thursday
Discussed and practiced the work formula (work=force and distance)
20
Friday
complete a notebook entry on Work word problems and
23
Monday
Began our comparison of simple machines and how effort force not work was lowered.
24
Tuesday
Inclined Plane lab data collection; Looked at Light tests; grade reports sent home to be signed
25
Wednesday
Inclined plane wrap up discussion over effort force changes according to slope; glossary
26
Thursday
We continued the comparison of work and machines-looking at how levers affect work. compared input/o
27
Friday
Today we read about types of levers; completed and graded a Lever worksheet; wrapped up on Levers
30
Monday
Compare Input work and Output work for the pulley systems
31
Tuesday
Discuss the 3 simple machines and which reduces effort force the most and why; Practice work problem
February 2012
1
Wednesday
Complete worksheet over work and power (L 8 -work and the motor); Quiz; Science Club meets
2
Thursday
Read and discuss forces and how they effect work; Notebook check of lab entries and glossary;
3
Friday
Reflecting questions; powerpoint discussion HW: labeling on lever and pulley worksheet
6
Monday
Jeopardy
7
Tuesday
Science test over machines, work and forces
8
Wednesday
Motion and potential/energy changes; L18 Fan Cars Intro; Science club experiment afternoon
9
Thursday
L18 Fan cars data collection: Types of motions:circular, projetile, straight line HW- graph lab data
10
Friday
Turn in L18 lab paper for grading graph; complete reflecting questions, read about frame of referenc
13
Monday
Motion Notes, Newton's Laws
14
Tuesday
Reviewing Newton's Laws - Newton activity
15
Wednesday
Online links for Newton's Laws
17
Friday
Video on Newton;s Laws and worksheet
20
Monday
NO SCHOOL for students
22
Wednesday
Roller Coaster Day 1 - tieing motion all in together (Designing and planning a group coaster)
23
Thursday
Building coaster and testing workable design
24
Friday
Collecting trial data on time to run and distances for data tables and questions over coaster
25
Saturday
Present groups coaster to class (each group presents coaster and answers as other groups watch)
28
Tuesday
Final day for coaster presentation
March 2012
1
Thursday
EXTRA CREDIT Device Poster due
6
Tuesday
TEST ON MOTION (with speed, Newton's Laws, and graphing)
16
Friday
NO SCHOOL for students
19
Monday
SPRING BREAK WEEK
21
Wednesday
Coaster introduction with video over potential and kinetic energy and roller coasters; start design
April 2012
2
Monday
This is MAP week, so photosynthesis review and trophic level discussion as well as 10% biomass rule
6
Friday
NO SCHOOL
9
Monday
NO SCHOOL for students
10
Tuesday
Wrap up photosynthsis (HW -worksheet); study guide for test; limiting factors and reproductive poten
11
Wednesday
IN Library for reproductive potential activity on Milkweed Bugs using the computers for kit resource
12
Thursday
IN Library for computer activity on Milkweed Bugs finishing worksheets (HW only if not done in class
13
Friday
Oh deer and discussion over limiting factors for reproductive potential
16
Monday
review food webs and go over study guide; revisit pretest and make corrections
17
Tuesday
TEST on Pop and Ecosystems part 1
18
Wednesday
adaptations study for rest of week
23
Monday
fossils and ecosystem issues study for the week
30
Monday
Genetics study week
May 2012
7
Monday
Sexual versus asexual reproduction week with Punnett squares
14
Monday
review for final Pop and Eco test
15
Tuesday
Final Pop and Eco kit test
17
Thursday
Final Exam over Experiment variables and graphing