Monday's Class 10-31-11

Today the students copied a diagram of the Water Cycle into their science notebooks.  They then put some Water terms into the notes portion of the notebook.
Here is the diagram in case you were not able to finish it or were absent.  It goes on pg. 24 of the science notebook.

Friday's Class 10-29-11

Today the students completed a scavenger hunt of Weathering and Erosion terms and questions.  They were to go around the room and ask different students questions from the handout.  It was due at the end of class.

Thursday's Class 10-27-11I

I was not there today for class.  I assigned the students workbook 7-1 p. 75-78 #'s 1-24 and it will be due Friday.

Wednesday's Class 10-26-11

Today the class watched a video over Erosion and then took a quiz over it.

Tuesday's Class 10-25-11

Today we took notes over erosion/ deposition today.  The power point is located on my school web page.  the link is: Mr. Reynolds School Website

Monday's Class 10-24-11

Today the class took notes over weathering and the different sub-types of it.  We filled in note pages and put it on pg. 21 of our science spirals.

Friday's Class 10-21-11

Today we did research on specific examples of catastrophic events throughout history.  The students put this research on pg. 14 of their science spirals.

Thursday's Class 10-20-11

To get today's notes go to the link that is given on Wednesday's post and find the catastrophic event power point.

Today we finished up the unit 5 vocabulary and started on catastrophic events notes. Tomorrow we will have a quiz over the catastrophic events notes at the beginning of class.

Tuesday's Class 10-19-11

Today we inserted some notes over catastrophic notes into our science spiral.  We then started a powerpoint over unit 5 vocabulary and will continued that Wednesday as well.

If you would like to download that powerpoint and/or print it off for your use go to this link: Unit 5 Vocabulary Website

New Spiral Needed

The students need to bring a new spiral starting tomorrow for the 2nd nine weeks.  If no spiral is brought to class then the student will fall behind at the start and it will be hard for them to catch up.

PLEASE BRING A NEW SPIRAL TUESDAY!

Monday's Class 10-17-11

The students took the Science Olympics Test today during class.  I will have those graded and will let the individuals who made it know soon.

Friday's Class 10-14-11

Today the students were told what they made on their 9 weeks exams and what their final average was for the 1st 9 weeks.

We also had our pictures taken as well.

Thursday's Class 10-13-11

Today we watched a video titles "Forces of Nature".  The students were asked to write 15 facts about the video and give a brief summary of the video when it was over.  The facts and summary were due at the end of class and picked up.  The grade on the summary and facts will go towards the first grade of the 2nd 9 weeks.

Wednesday's Class 10-12-11

Happy Columbus Day
This is the actual day that Columbus discovered America even though we celebrated it Monday.

Today we took the 9 weeks exam.  They should be graded and entered soon.

Tuesday's Class 10-11-11

Today we did a review game called "Trashketball" in order to review for the upcoming 9 weeks exam tomorrow.

Today's class 10-10-11

Today I handed out the review for the 9 weeks exam.  The class took the class period to go over that filling in the answers.  I also told each student what their average was for the class and what they needed to make on their 9 weeks exam to either pass, stat the same, or move up a letter grade.

9 Weeks Review

Complete the review and get your parent to sign it at the top of the first page for extra points on the 9 weeks exam.
*The review must be 100% completed and signed to get the points.

Friday's Class 10/7/11

Today we took the Energy test and the students seemed to do very good on those.  I will have the grades posted soon for viewing.

Analysis of Photosynthesis Shoe-Box Project

On pg.29 write a summary of your project
Describe why you made your shoebox the way you did.
Describe whether your plant did or did not grow and why you believe it did or did not grow.
Give a final analysis of the success of your shoebox maze.
This should be between 2 to 3 paragraphs long.

I will be checking it during the exam.

Exam Review Help

1. Work is the transfer of energy that occurs when a force makes an object move.
2.   Work= Force * Distance
3.   Joules
4.  A force must be applied
          The force must make an object move in the same direction as the force.

-If the object does not move, then no work is being done.

5. 800J
6. 700J
7. 200M
8. 5,000N
9. Power is the rate at which work is done, or the amount of WORK done per unit time.
10.  Power= Work/Time
11. Watts or kiloWatts
12. horsepower (hP)
13.  120 Watts
14.True
15.False

Thursday's Class 10/6/11

Today the students received their study guide for the exam tomorrow (Friday).  We also watched a very interesting video over Energy and took a quiz during the video as well.

Wednesday's Class 10/5/11

Today we finished our power point over Work.  We then worked through a packet over work, that was due at the end of the class.  The class then made their final observations of their plants.  The final analysis was to write 2-3 paragraphs over the photosynthesis shoebox mazes in their interactive notebooks.

Tuesday's Class 10/4/11

Today we graded 5-1 in the workbooks.  We then took notes over Ch. 5 section 1.  If you go to my school web site you can find it there titled "Ch. 5 Work and Machines".

Monday's Class 10/3/11

I was not there today and had the students work in their workbooks.  They were assigned workbook 5-1.  It will be due Tuesday.

Friday's Class 9/30/11

Today we did a liver lab and saw how energy moves through the body system, more specifically the digestive system.