Week of October 26-30

6^th Graders and 8^th Graders will be in the Computer Lab 206 on Monday and Wednesday of this week. 6^th Graders will be working on their Pop Corn Lab Report. 8^th Graders will be working on two assignments involving waves, seismic waves, and Electromagnetic Waves.

Science Fair: On Tuesday, all competitors can check student folders (mailboxes) in classroom. In your mailbox, you should find a colored science fair folder with all of your forms and your research plan inside. If the Checklist for the Adult Sponsor has been signed, that means your project has been approved and you may begin your experimentation. If your checklist has not been signed or there is not special folder in your mailbox, you will need to see Mrs. Flynt about your project. Also, please check your research plan, bibliography, and all forms for suggested revisions. These MUST be incorporated in your final version.  Please be sure to return all revised Research Plans, bibliographies, and forms to your Science Fair Folder by FRIDAY!!!

Monday, October 26, 2009

6^th Grade

7^th Grade

8^th Grade

Computer Lab Day for 6^th and 8^th Graders

Daily Launch

Take out anything relating to your Popcorn Lab. Take out Lab Report Format 09-10  and Pointers for Writing a Good Conclusion handouts.

2^nd Period: Complete Water Bottle Rocket Blast Off WS. Turn WS into INBOX when done.

3^rd Period:

FreeRice.com Chemical Symbol Challenge. BEFORE YOU START, sign in with the exact start time on YOUR COMPUTER!

Daily Mission

Click on the link that follows for details on today’s assignment:  Popcorn Lab Report Assignment

2^nd Period: Water Bottle Rocket Lab. Students will conduct 10 trials testing ¼ full and ¾ full water bottle rockets while using the altitude trackers to determine maximum height at apogee.

3^rd Period: Review Phases of Matter Venn Diagram Journal Entry. Discuss and differentiate between the characteristics of solids, liquids and gasses due to the motion and spacing of their particles. Students then will select their jobs for our rocket lab and establish where they will be positioned and with whom they will work.

Click on the link that follows for details about today’s assignment: Earthquakes and Seismic Waves Assignment. Many of you started this assignment last week. Print out of this assignment will be due in class on Wednesday.

If you finish early, you may start on assignment on Electromagnetic Waves.

Electromagnetic Wave Assignment

Resources

Lab Report Format 09-10, Pointers for Writing a Good Conclusion

Water Bottle Rocket Blast Off WS

FreeRice.com, Earthquakes and Seismic Waves Assignment, Electromagnetic Wave Assignment.

Homework

Work on Popcorn Lab Report at home. Meet in classroom tomorrow.

Next Computer day is Wednesday

Provide three examples of action-reaction force pairs. Write your examples and description on notebook paper to hand in tomorrow.

Next FCAT Explorer report due Friday. ALL STUDENTS must turn in a report this week! Earthquake and Seismic Waves assignment due on Wednesday.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

6^th Grade

7^th Grade

8^th Grade

Throughout the morning hours (8AM-12PM), we attempted to watch the test launch of the Ares rocket from Kennedy Space Center. However, after repeated delays, the launch was eventually scrubbed until tomorrow (same launch window).

Daily

Launch

1^st Period: Watch updates on possible launch of Ares rocket.

Both: Locate Current Events article and begin working on Current Events assignment.

Turn in homework to INBOX for a grade.

Journal Entry: Action/Reaction Force Pairs.

Organize Portfolios. Students will add several assignments to their portfolio. Please see Portfolio TOC in the classroom.

Daily

Mission

Science Fair students will locate Science Fair folders in their student mailbox. Mrs. Flynt will meet with each student to go over needed or suggested revisions to Research Plans and required changes on official forms. Whenever a student revises and returns a document to their science fair folder, the student must turn the folder so it sticks up out of the mailbox. This will tell Mrs. Flynt that there is something that she needs to check or approve.

Marker Wars Review Session

Students will use student response boards to review some of the vocab terms and basic concepts covered in Physical Oceanography unit since the beginning of the year. Concepts covered in class: features of the ocean floor, history of ocean floor mapping, bathymetry, characteristics of oceanic and continental crust.

Topics to continue to review tonight: structure of the earth and characteristics of Earth’s layers, types of waves, types of seismic waves, use of seismic waves to study Earth’s interior, parts of a wave, evidence for Theory of Continental Drift, types and real-world examples of plate boundaries.

Al other students will work on current events articles today in class. Most students are in the process of finishing up their summary rough draft.

The last few minutes of 1^st period were spent reviewing how to calculate percent difference.

Students will evaluate several student-generated examples of possible action/reaction force pairs. Students will learn to distinguish between examples of cause and effect versus action/reaction forces.

Resources

Current Events assignment

Journal Entry: Action/Reaction Force Pairs

Homework

Non-Science Fair: Work on Pop Corn Lab Report. Meet in Computer Lab 206 tomorrow.

All: Study Portfolio. Meet in computer lab 206 tomorrow.

Study all Portfolio entries and vocab. Web Quiz tomorrow. Meet in computer lab 206.

Science Fair: Work on revisions to Research Plan, bibliography, and/or forms (if needed).

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

6^th Grade

7^th Grade

8^th Grade

Computer Lab Day for All Grades

Daily Launch

Take out anything relating to your Popcorn Lab. Take out Lab Report Format 09-10  and Pointers for Writing a Good Conclusion handouts.

Web Quiz: Water Bottle Rockets Pop Quiz

FreeRice.com Chemical Symbol Challenge. BEFORE YOU START, sign in with the exact start time on YOUR COMPUTER!

Daily Mission

Today you will continue to work on your Pop Corn Lab Report OR your Science Fair Research Plan and official forms. SCIENCE FAIR TAKES PRECEDENCE!!!

If you are working on your lab report, make sure you read:  Popcorn Lab Report Assignment

If you are still struggling with your conclusion, we will continue to go over writing a conclusion and calculating percent difference tomorrow.

Today you will be working either on 3 new History of Rocketry Research Questions OR revising Science Fair Research Plans and official forms.

If you need to work on your Research Plan or forms for science fair, you MUST do that FIRST!

Click on the link that follows for details about today’s assignment: Introduction to Waves Assignment. Many of you started this assignment on Monday.

Part-way through the class period, students will take online web test on Topics covered in 1^st 9 weeks in Oceanography.

If you finish all other assignments, you may start on assignment on Electromagnetic Waves: Electromagnetic Wave Assignment.

Resources

Lab Report Format 09-10, Pointers for Writing a Good Conclusion

History of Rocketry Research Questions

FreeRice.com, Earthquakes and Seismic Waves Assignment, Electromagnetic Wave Assignment.

Homework

Work on Popcorn Lab Report at home if you are not finished.

Meet in classroom tomorrow.

Work on History of Rocketry Research Questions. You will need to cite at least 4 new sources for these questions by Monday.

Study your portfolio and then retake today’s web test.