Wednesday, 30 March through Friday, 1 April, 2011

This is HL 14 and is due on Thursday. Turn in one copy of the handout to me, keep the other page for your notebook.


This is HL 16, due on Friday. Head your loose leaf paper correctly.

Students will be able to:
use information from the Science Court Series and classroom discussions to
-define Newton's first law of motion, mass, inertia, and friction.
-demonstrate Newton's first law of motion.
-explain why some objects have more inertia than others.
-provide examples of forces that get objects moving and that slow them down.

Students continued the Science Court project on inertia. Today, students did the laboratory activity to accompany the series. Students designed clay figures and placed them on a moving vehicle to demonstrate the result of inertia on objects. Students continued to work in teams to find the answers to the problems.

Since we will be working on this activity for the remainder of the week, all home learnings are posted on this blog.

Home learning 14 is due on Thursday and can be found at the top of this blog.

Home learning 15 is due on Friday, and can also be found at the top of this blog.

Tuesday, 29 March, 2011

THis is HL 13. Follow directions. Be sure to pay attention to the equation used, there MIGHT be some negative acceleration!

Students will be able to:
use information from videos from the internet, explorations, textbooks, hands-on activities, virtual activities and classroom discussions to
-define Newton's first law of motion, mass, inertia, and friction.
-demonstrate Newton's first law of motion.
-explain why some objects have more inertia than others.
-provie examples of forces that get objects moving and that slow them down.

Students began a Science Court investigation on inertia. Students watched the video presentation to prepare for the case. Groups were established to perform experimentation. Students will continue the activity throughout the week.

HL 13 can be found at the top of this blog.

Friday, 11 March, 2011

Students:

Here are the questions for your spring package. Go to the site below for a treasure hunt to find the answers!

http://drgcdms6.podomatic.com

You can find the questions above.

Thursday, 10 March, 2011

This is HL 11. Turn in one of the two handouts on Friday. Complete the other and place it in your interactive notebook.

Students will be able to:
use information from videos from the internet, explorations, textbooks, hands-on activities, virtual activities and classroom discussions to
-identify gravity as the force that causes objects to fall to Earth.
-derive and calculate the relationship between mass and weight.

Students do now was an FCAT transparency on gravitational forces.

Students visited the ylearn site (ylearn.co.uk) to review forces. Students should take notes on any new vocabulary. They should also view each video and solve the problems. Remember, the access code is sc6p132.

Home learning 11 can be found at the top of this blog.

Wednesday, 9 March, 2011

Students will be able to:
use information from videos from the internet, explorations, textbooks, hands-on activities, virtual activities and classroom discussions to
-identify gravity as the force that causes objects to fall to Earth.
-derive and calculate the relationship between mass and weight.

Students took mini-assessment 5 today.

Students then completed notes from chapter 17 on forces, contact and non-contact forces, and on balanced and unbalanced forces.

The home learning received (HL 10) can be found on yesterday's blog.

Tuesday, 8 March, 2011

This is HL 10, due in class on Thursday.

Students will be able to:
use information from videos from the internet, explorations, textbooks, hands-on activities, virtual activities and classroom discussions to
-identify gravity as the force that causes objects to fall to Earth.
-derive and calculate the relationship between mass and weight.
-take an exam on speed, acceleration and velocity; contact and non contact forces; balanced and unbalanced forces.

Students began with a do now on forces.

Students made a word poster using one of the vocabulary words. The poster included:the word, a pictorial representative of the word, the definition, and a sentence using the word correctly in context.

Students then took notes on forces and gravitational forces.

Home learning was SUPPOSED to be assigned, but I forgot! But rest assured, you WILL get it tomorrow! For that reason, it is pasted at the top of today's blog.

Tuesday, 1 March, 2011

This is HL 9. Be sure to follow directions.

Students will be able to:
use information from videos from the internet, explorations, textbooks, hands-on activities, virtual activities and classroom discussions to
-illustrate different types of non-contact forces.

Students used GIZMOs to learn about non-contact forces like magnetism and gravity. They also explored the contact force of air resistance. The activities can be done at explorelearning.com. Use your username and password to sign in, and launch the last three GIZMOs on magnetism, free fall tower, and gravity pitch.

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