Thursday, 24 February, 2011

This is HL 8. Follow the printed instructions, including how to head your paper.

Students will be able to:
use information from videos from the internet, explorations, textbooks, hands-on activities, virtual activities and classroom discussions to
-explore how various surfaces affect the fruction of pulling a block.
-evaluate forces acting on different objects and surfaces.
-illustrate different types of contact forces.

Students received HL 8, which can be found at the top of this blog.

Students completed the Discovery Education exploration on how the motion of objects is affected by other objects.

Students then took notes on contact and non-contact forces.

Tuesday, 22 and Wednesday, 23 February, 2011

These are the instructions for writing short story 3. Be sure to follow them!

Students will be able to:
use information from videos from the internet, explorations, textbooks, hands-on activities, virtual activities and classroom discussions to
-explore how various surfaces affect the fruction of pulling a block.
-evaluate forces acting on different objects and surfaces.
-illustrate different types of contact forces.
-update the interactive notebook

Short Story 3 is due on Thursday. You can find the directions at the top of this blog.

Students updated the interactive notebook, by updating page 3 (assignment sheet) and adding any missing pages from the front or back of notebook. Students should have notebooks ready for inspection by Monday.

Students were introduced to contact and non-contact forces, via a Discovery Education activity.

Tuesday, 15 and Wednesday, 16 February, 2011

Students will be able to:
use information from videos from the internet, explorations, textbooks, hands-on activities, virtual activities and classroom discussions to
-make observations on how motion occurs with respect to a particular reference point.
-measure the distance objects move using SI units.
-record the time it takes for an object to move a given distance.

The do now on Tuesday was an FCAT transparency. There will be no do now on Wednesday, so students can expeditiously complete the lab.

Students began the speed lab, using toy cars to determine the effect of surface on the speed of the car. This lab will be completed and written up on Wednesday.

There was no home learning.

Friday, 11 and Monday, 14 February, 2011

On Friday, students spent the remainder of the class setting up the experiment on speed for next week, by determining the problem, hypothesis and variables.

On Monday, students completed the Discovery Learning activity On The Move. To access the activity, sign in to the student login page of Discovery Learning: http://students.discoveryeducation.com

Use your username and password to log in:

username: miami_youridnumber
password: youridnumber_miami

Click the link for On The Move. Complete the activity sheet you were given in class.

Tuesday, 8 through Thursday, 10 February, 2011

This is HL 6. Follow all written directions. It is due on Friday.



This is HL 5. Be sure to follow the printed directions. Copy and complete the chart for EACH problem.

Students spent the day reviewing the recent winter interim assessment. Since we did not finish, we will continue the review on Wednesday or Thursday. On Thursday, students completed the review of the interim assessment.

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

Monday, 7 February, 2011

This is HL 4. Turn in a completed copy.

Students will be able to:
use information from videos from the internet, explorations, textbooks, hands-on activities, virtual activities and classroom discussions to
-make observations on how motion occurs with respect to a particular reference point.
-measure the distance objects move using SI units.
-record the time it takes for an object to move a given distance.

Students received HL 4, which can be found at the top of this blog. Complete one sheet to turn in; keep the other sheet to place in your notebook.

Students read and learned about distance and speed. You can read the information from your online text, pages 504-510, or in your work a text, pages 275-278. Remember to write all vocabulary and definitions. Also, write 3 leveled questions and a summary. Don't forget to use your highlighters!

Wednesday, 2 February, 2011

Students will be able to:
use information from virtual lab and classroom discussions to
-investigate the interdependence of the organisms in an ecosystem.
-determine the flow of energy through a food chain.

Students continued the Glencoe virtual activity on Food Chains about the flow of energy in food chains. Visit Dr. Gayden's Science Zone (drgcdms.podomatic.com) and click the link under Tuesday, 1 February to access the activity.

There was no nightly home learning.

Tuesday, 1 February, 2011

This is HL 3. Place answers only on a correctly headed sheet of loose leaf notebook paper. Use blue/black ink or pencil only.

Students will be able to:
use information from virtual lab and classroom discussions to
-investigate the interdependence of the organisms in an ecosystem.
-determine the flow of energy through a food chain.

Students began the GLencoe virtual activity on Food Chains to continue learning about the flow of energy in food chains.

Home learning 3 was distributed and can be found at the top of this page.