Glenn's Garden

Agenda for the week of April 18-22, 2011

Agenda subjet to change

Monday  4/18  - Watched move\is "Signed and Deliverd."

Tuesday  4/19 - Completed handout on light and colors (all classes)

Wednesday 4/20 - Research information on successful airplanes.  Students will investigate the relationship between force, mass, and motion of objects.  Media Center, Flight:Paper Airplanes.  Students will visit several websites related to flight.

Thursday 4/21 - Complete research over flight and paper airplanes.

Friday 4/22 - Students will construct, design or build paper airplane models.  Students will collect data and calculate speed, distance and time.

Have a great week.  Testing is over!!!!

Agenda for the week of March 21-25, 2011

Agenda subject to change

Monday - 21 Go over quiz (20-3 Wave Interaction),  discuss and go over 20-3 Section Review handout, Introduction of Light & Lens (Guided Notes)

Tuesday - 22 Complete guided notes(lens and light), Video-Electromagnetic Specturm, Practice Sheet

Wednesday - 23 Begin Study Guide, Practice sheet

Thursday - 24 Review study guide , review game--Millionnaire

Friday - 25 Unit Test I-Respond

Have a good week.

Agenda for the week of March 14-18, 2011

Agenda subject to change

Monday - 3/14  Completed Guided Reading assignment (21-1 &20); Watch video---Weird Connections, "Weird Sounds," United Streamin g                                                                                                                                                                                    A/C - Student will complete choice board assignment; Watch video-Weird Connections

Tuesday - 3/15 Quiz 21-1 & 2, Work on Wave Interaction-20-3, Brain Pop: Refraction and Diffraction

A/C Students will engage in a Guided Reading assignment 21-1 & 2 (What is Sound and Properties of Sound)

Wednesday 3/16 Watch video:  Doppler Effect (8:20 min), work on handout--Wave Interaction Review and Critical Thinking.

A/C Quiz 21-1 & 2, Guided Reading 20-3 (Wave Interactions)

Thursday - 3/17 Characteistics of Waves (use letters or numbers to complete blanks and solve problems of wave speed

A/C Alternative Energy: Describe possible alternatives to Nucllear energy in lieu of earthquake and Tsunami of 8.9. Handout will be provided as well as link.

Sad Times Nuclear Zerbs.docx

Fiday  3/18 Quiz 20-3 (materials taken from guided reading assignment), Introduction into unit of mirrors and lens (guided notes)

A/C Present speech of best alternative energy source instead of nuclear energy 

Have a good week!!!

Agenda for the week of March 7-11, 2011

Agenda subject to change

Monday - 3/7 Review Guided Reading Package, quiz over vocabulary terms

A/C - Presentation of Power point  (anchor activity)

Tuesday - 3/8 Introductory activity on sound, Video: Breaking the Silence

A/C - PP notes (sound), Introduce Sound Choice Board (Due Friday, 3/11)

Wednesday - 3/9 Lab: Online Activity (Sound---Dangerous Decibels, the Ear, & Pitch)

A/C - Complete PP notes, ComputerActivities--Dangerous Decibels, Pitch, the Ear

Thursday - 3/10 Virtual Lab--Nature of Sound, Create a graphic organizer showing the relationship among the following terms: frequency, amplitude, crest, pitch, trough, wavelength, and energy

A/C Complete Computer activities, work on Choice Board

Friday - 3/11 Guided Reading 21-2 Properties of Sound, Properties of Sound Review, & "Turning Vibration into Music" using palm pipes ( all classes)

Have a great week.

 

 

Media Worksheet ----What are waves

Here is the website for the above assignment.  (Questions 1-9)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/aqa/radiation/anintroductiontowavesrev1.shtml

Questions (10-28) see website below

http://westfieldnj.com/eis/team6/6science_ch17_3.htm

Anatomy of a Waves  (29-34)---see link below

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/waves/

 

 

Agenda for the week of February 28-March 4, 2011

Agenda subject to change

Monday - 28 Vocabulary activity (using the Frayer Model for the ten key terms); due Thursday 3/3/2011.

Tuesday - 1 Technology assignment (http://phet.colorda.edu.," Waves on a String"--in the Sound & Waves)

Wednesday - 2 Technology, continuation Waves

A/C:   Anchor activity

When students finish the lab they will begin the anchor activity: Wave Research Presentation.docx

 Poster Presentation: PosterPresentations.com-48x36-Pro.ppt

Thursday - 3 Go over unit Test---Electric Current, Guided Reading 20-1 & 20-2

Due assignments:  Vocabulary Exercise & Ice Pack (all classes)

A/C:   Go over unit test-- Electric Current & Poster Presentations

Fridady - 4 Quiz over 20-1 & 20-2

A/C:  Finish Poster Presentations

Have a good week.

Agenda for the week of February 14-18, 2011

Agenda subject to change

Momday - 2/14 - Complete Snoopy's Dog House project (building circuits)

A/C - Students will complete Quandry Project (build house, small school or yacht and illustrate circuits)

Tuesday - 2/15 - Students will present circuit projects (all classes including A/C)

Wednesday - 2/16 - Review using Think-pair-share activity; issue and work of study guide

A/C Student will work on study guide

Thursday - 2/17 - Review study guide and Millionaire review game (all classes)

Friday - 2/18- Student will take unit test---Electricity and Magnetism; begin vocabulary activity on waves (all classes) 

Have a wonderful week and enjoy your break next week

 

 

Agenda for the week of February 14-18, 2011

Agenda subject to change

Momday - 2/14 - Complete Snoopy's Dog House project (building circuits)

A/C - Students will complete Quandry Project (build house, small school or yacht and illustrate circuits)

Tuesday - 2/15 - Students will present circuit projects (all classes including A/C)

Wednesday - 2/16 - Review using Think-pair-share activity; issue and work of study guide

A/C Student will work on study guide

Thursday - 2/17 - Review study guide and Millionaire review game (all classes)

Friday - 2/18- Student will take unit test---Electricity and Magnetism; begin vocabulary activity on waves (all classes) 

Have a wonderful week and enjoy your break next week

 

 

Agenda for the week of February 7-11, 2011

Agenda subject to change

Monday - Students will finish viewing viedo, Electricity, A First Look; engage in activities building different circuit (Path Finders)

A/C - complete notes on Electric Charge, engage in building circuits

Tuesday - Review path finder handout, Build circuits using  WS ( Will These Circuit Work?, Electric Charge

A/C - Review path finder handout, BuildCircuits

Wednesday - Discsuss Project-Snoopy Dog'sHouse, create schematic for dog house, quiz notes 17-2

A/C - students will work  on choice scenario in which they must correctly design and wire a house, yacht, or small school, quiz over notes

Thursday - NASA

Friday - student will work on choice scenario, guided notes 18-2 (Magnetism)

A/C - Work on project

Have a great week!

 

Agenda for the week of January 31-February 4, 2011

Agenda subject to change

Monday 31 - Guide Notes 10-2 (Heat Transfer), Worksheet (What is Heat)

A/C Complete Anchor assignment (Poster--heat transfer methods)

Tuesday 1 -Quiz (Heat transfer methods), Video:  Electricity, A First Look (used a graphic organizer to record key points from video.

A/C: poster assignment, review study guide in prepartion of unit test

Wednesday 2 - Work math shops, Advisement, Guided notes 17-2 (Electric Current and Electric Energy)

A/C Unit Test

Thursday 3 - Technology----Gizmo (Circuit Builder)

A/C Guided notes over circuit,  play around with building a simple circuit

Friday 4 - Complete technology assignment, discuss notes on Electric Current, use materials to build a simple circuit

A/C Design a  curcuit from a choice scenario (rough draft), for wiring either a yacht, small house or school; design  must have both a parallel and a series ciruit.

Have a great week.