Test link

Click the link below to go to the login for the test

http://www.schoolobjects.com/Aware/OnlineTesting?org=JAR-16063957-3F1

I will give you the password tomorrow in class.

Tuesday December 17, 2013

Today we played a review game going over the review that I handed the students yesterday.

FOR EXTRA CREDIT GET YOUR PARENT TO SIGN THE FRONT OF YOUR STUDY GUIDE AND GIVE TO ME BEFORE THE TEST TOMORROW.

Monday December 16, 2013

Today the students recieved their mid-term review.  Tomorrow we will be playing a review game to go over it and study for their mid-term that will be either coming up Wednesday or Thursday

CLICK HERE to get the review answer guide

Friday December 13, 2013

Today we took a short quiz over the formation of coal and oil.  Those grades will be added tio the grade that they recieved on their coal and oil project presentations.

Thursday December 12, 2013

Today the students went into the computer lab and continued their work on the oil/coal formation project.  The project was due at the end of the class period and tomorrow we will have a quiz that will test them over the material that they should have included in their presentations.

Wednesday December 11, 2013

Today the students did the hour of code with is a mini course on computer coding.  If they want to they are more than welcome to go to the link provided in the previous post and sign up and continue the courses.

Hour of Code

Tomorrow we will be doing the hour of code.

Check out the website below to get a preview.

http://csedweek.org/

Tuesday December 10, 2103

Today we were in the computer lab for the last time to work on the oil and coal formation prezis.

Monday December 9, 2013

I wasn't here today in class.  They were in the computer lab  working on their coal and oil formation projects though.

Friday December 6, 2013

Today the students took their vocabulary quizzes which I will try and have entered into the grade book as soon as possible.

Afterwards the students started working on a new project:
Create a prezi or slideshow showing both the formation of coal, oil and natural gas. 
Needs to show formation of coal
Needs to show formation of oil and natural gas 
Have an introduction page 
Have a page or slide showing the main differences between the two formations 
Needs to show the individual steps that lead to coal and oil formation
Needs at least 10 slides 

Due next Tuesday!!!!!!!

We will be working on this next Monday and Tuesday in class, but the students can work on it anytime outside of school if they like.

The link below is an animation of the formation of both coal and oil.

http://www.hk-phy.org/energy/power/source_phy/flash/formation_e.html

Thursday December 5, 2013

Today the students played a vocabulary game going over the words for the quiz tomorrow.

QUIZLET ROCK VOCABULARY

Wednesday December 4, 2013

Students watched a video over weathering, erosion and deposition.  They then drew examples of those and turned it in for me to check for understanding.

Tuesday December 3, 2013

The students worked on their vocabulary and translating them into a creative story of their choice.  If they didn't finish in class it was given as homework.

Here is the assignment they were given with the requirements:

Using the following vocabulary words:

Deposition

Erosion

Fossil Fuels

Landforms

Mass Movement

Natural Gas

Natural Resources

Non renewable Resources

Renewable Resources

Weathering

Define each in journal and draw a picture representing each

    * title that page "rock vocabulary"

Write a story that uses all 10 words in their correct form.

      *must include the term in its correct form.

      * each term needs to be underlined

      * must be at least a notebook page length (front only)

Video HomeWork

Watch the video below and use the note taking guide to complete your homework.

Sedimentary Rocks and Fossil Fuels Vocab

Click HERE to get to the quizlet over the vocabulary for the quiz on Friday this week.

Extra Credit for free 100

Complete the following experiment and post your video demonstrating it or pictures showing you have done it to edmodo. www.edmodo.com

You will get a free 100 homework grade for doing it. 

• A jar large enough to fit a chicken/turkey bone
• A chicken bone - a leg or "drumstick" bone works best
• Vinegar

1. Have a nice chicken/turkey dinner and save a bone. Leg bones work best.
2. Rinse off the bone in running water to remove any meat from the bone.
3. Notice how hard the bone is - gently try bending it. Like our bones, chicken bones have a mineral called calcium in them to make them hard.

4.Put the bone into the jar and cover the bone with vinegar. It might be a good idea to put the lid on the jar or cover it - let it sit for 3 days

5. After 3 days remove the bone. It should feel different. Now can rinse it off and try bending it again. Is it really a rubber bone?

So what happened? What is so special about vinegar that it can make a hard bone squishy? Vinegar is considered a mild acid, but it is strong enough to dissolve away the calcium in the bone. Once the calcium is dissolved, there is nothing to keep the bone hard - all that is left is the soft bone tissue. Now you know why your mom is always trying to get you to drink milk - the calcium in milk goes to our bones to make our bones stronger. With some effort and you can really get the bone to bend.

Tuesday November 26, 2013

The students and I graded the workbook we began yesterday.  We also watched the Bill nye video over rocks and soil.

Bill Nye Video for Tuesday

You can preview the video we will be watching in class tomorrow below:

Monday November 25, 2013

Today the students started working on on an assignment out of their workbook.  Most finished and the others were told to finish during tutorials or come by at the end of the day and get a textbook to finish at home.  We will be grading those workbook pages tomorrow.

Thursday November 21, 2013

Today the students began their rough draft of the report on their egg drop.  We will be continuing them tomorrow, and the final draft is due at the end of the class tomorrow.

Wednesday November 20, 2013

Today was the egg drop.  The students had a great time doing it and we will be beginning the report over it tomorrow.

Tuesday November 19, 2013

Today the students continued to work hard on their egg drop projects.  Tomorrow is drop day at the school.  Parents are more than welcome to join.

Monday November 18, 2013

Today the students began building their egg projects.  I explained the grading process for them and restrictions that would be involved.  

Here is the grading scale:  

 

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  You MAY not coat your egg or glue anything to your egg!

 

You may NOT use the glue, tape, string, or anything else to strengthen your egg!!  Glue, tape, string, etc. is for either holding your structure together or for packing material.  You may not adhere anything to your egg.  Your egg may be surrounded by supplies, but they may NOT be glued or taped to your egg.

 

 

Your structure may be NO LARGER than 12x12x12 inches.

 

You MAY work independently or in group of 2.  No more than 2!!

 

 

Egg drop is Wednesday November 20, 2013

 

 

 

This project is a TEST GRADE.  Grades are as follows:

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Egg survives with no cracks/damage = 100

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Egg is cracked but intact = 90

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Egg has lost its innards = 80

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Student doesn’t participate or tries to “cheat the system” (uses boiled egg, rubberbands one cotton ball onto the egg and drops it, etc.) = 0

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your structure is difficult to open after it’s dropped and it takes me more than 3 minutes to cut it open to inspect your egg = minus 10 points

 

You may build and test at home as much as you wish.  

 

NO BUILDING or REDESIGN will be allowed on your drop day.  I will have to cut open your structure to inspect your egg after it’s dropped.  Eggs and structures will be TRASHED at the end of the period.  You may NOT take your structure or egg with you.  So take a picture of it at home!

 

Egg drop is Wednesday November 20, 2013

 

Want +5 pts?  POST a picture of YOU building or launching your egg at home on EDMODO!  

Smile!  Say “cheese” or, um, “egg”!

Monday November 11, 2013

Today we went over notes on forces and motion.  The students had an exit ticket quick notes quiz over them.  We will be doing benchmarks for the rest of the week.  Starting next week we will begin a new egg citing project check it out.

Egg Drop Projects 

5 th Grade REGULATIONS AND MATERIALS

 

 

Hold an egg at ceiling's height. Drop it. What happens? Can you design a container that will prevent the egg from breaking or cracking? That's not really so hard if you think about what you will use inside the container to cushion the egg's fall.

 

That is the focus of the experiment, and that will be the fun part – a really “eggscellent” activity! Before you begin designing your project, however, you should review the materials provided so that you get a good idea of the science involved in the experiment. Read over all of the information provided in this packet before you start so you don’t “crack” under pressure. The more knowledge you have about the science behind the experiment, the better your results will be. I am sure that we will see some very “eggstravagant” projects, and have lots of fun in the process.

 

 

INTRODUCTION

 

Gravity is a powerful force that has a fundamental impact on the way we live our lives. Even walking, which we take for granted, is not possible without gravity. Gravity provides the necessary downward force on our bodies which creates friction between our feet and the ground, allowing us to walk (push our body weight forward with one leg and then the other).

 

When astronauts tried to walk on the moon, they found it extremely difficult, as the gravity on the moon is approximately one sixth of what it is here on earth. When we jump into the air, even though it is only for a second or two, we can be said to be momentarily overcoming the force of gravity. Engineers have designed many ways to overcome the effects of gravity. For instance, in a Dodge Truck commercial, a truck is dropped to the ground from a height of perhaps three feet. The truck should be damaged by this fall, but the truck is equipped with shock absorbers and springs. The shock absorbers and springs of the truck dissipate the kinetic energy of the truck falling, compressing them almost to the point where the bottom of the truck hits the ground. The truck, because of the shocks and springs, finally returns to its designed position, with the bottom of the truck a foot or so off the ground.

 

When other forces are combined with gravity, such as motion (the movement of an object), inertia (the tendency of an object to resist change with regard to movement based on its mass), or power (the ability to exert energy over time), it may be impossible to prevent an impact which will cause damage.

For instance, if you roll an egg along the ground downhill at considerable velocity towards a wall, you can reasonably expect the egg to break. Your arm provided the force (power) to accelerate the egg to a certain velocity (motion). That motion is being increased due to the acceleration of the egg down the hill (gravity). The egg will not drastically vary its direction and avoid the wall (inertia tends to keep it moving in a straight line). The combination of power, gravity, motion and inertia will probably be sufficient to result in an impact between the egg and the wall that breaks the egg. This impact is called the primary impact.

 

There is a further impact which takes place when the egg hits the wall; this is when the mass inside the egg impacts against the inside of the wall of the egg. The egg white and egg yolk are usually in liquid form, and though liquid has considerable mass, the liquid inside the egg will rarely be the cause of the egg shell breaking. If you put a steel ball bearing into a plastic egg, and then shake the egg, you can hear the impact of the ball bearing hitting the inside of the egg, and it is easy to imagine the egg cracking because of the steel ball bearing.

The impact resulting from the ball bearing striking the inside of the plastic egg due to the motion or change in motion of the egg is called the secondary impact.

 

Scientists and engineers have been working for many years to reduce the effect of impacts, primarily in the automobile industry. Efforts to reduce the primary impact (energy absorbing bumpers, crumple zones, modified chassis construction) and efforts to reduce the secondary impact (airbags, padded dashboards, collapsing steering wheels, and seatbelts) are commonplace.

 

 

OBJECTIVE

 

The objective of the project is to successfully drop a packaged egg from a predetermined height without breaking the egg.

 

This is an individual project to be constructed at home and at school.  You are to design something that is the lightest possible weight (if you are considering weight to be a factor in victory) following the constraints listed below. The project must be durable enough to protect an egg dropped off at he deterrmined height so that the egg doesn't break from the fall. Think of the egg as a passenger in a car going through a crash test.

 

RESEARCH REQUIRED

 

You may decide the amount and form of research that you do prior to the experiment. You may want to research aspects of this project that you personally find interesting. Learning mathematical formulas to calculate the force of an impact, researching the impact absorbing capability of different materials, identifying the most stable geometric structures, or even studying the basic egg are all research opportunities related to this project.

 

Kinetic energy is the energy that a body possesses as a result of its motion. Potential energy is the energy that exists in a body as a result of its position or condition rather than of its motion.

 

In building the container, you should think about how the energy is converted from potential energy to kinetic energy, and the work done on the container and the work done on the eggs.

 

 

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

 

You might want to research the latest discoveries on how best to dissipate force. You should then decide on the concept you want to employ, and begin the design process.

 

Once the prototype egg container has been designed, you should sketch the design, including labels, and create a list of materials required for the construction of your design. This Materials List should be submitted to Mr. Reynolds prior to construction. If the materials fall within the established criteria (see Design Constraints), you may begin to construct your container.

 

 

CONSTRAINTS

 

Only raw, store bought chicken eggs - size large - may be used. Your design must not include changing the egg in any way (no tape on the egg, no nail polish on the egg, no soaking the egg in vinegar, no hollow eggs...). You must supply the egg to be used in the project.

 

No glass of any kind may be used in the design, for obvious reasons.

 

If you use a box the box lid must be secured – you don’t want the lid to come off at impact. Any type of common adhesive may be used to secure the lid.

 

The box and all materials must remain intact. For example, no parts – inside or out - can fall or break off during flight or impact.

 

The box must be able to be opened once we return to the classroom so that we may check on the condition of the egg. The inside materials must be designed to allow a raw egg to be easily inserted and removed.

 

Design materials should be readily available, as you must provide what is used in your individual construction. If you have trouble finding the necessary materials, see Mr. Reynolds.

 

The materials containing the egg will be dropped from a pre-determined height.

Containers must be constructed prior to the school day of testing.

 

Label your package with your name – you may also assign a name to the project itself. Be creative – example: “The Eggs-terminator” (certificates will be given for the most creative name, most creative project design, etc.)

 

Once a project is in school it may not be touched by anyone other than its owner or Mr. Reynolds

You may bring your project in early to have it weighed (without the egg) if you are considering weight as a factor in winning the competition. If you feel it is too heavy, you may take it home and make the necessary adjustments, as long as no substitutions in materials are made without Mr. Reynolds “okay”. Remember – if there is a “tie”, the project that weighs the least (without the egg) will be named the winner!

 

 

THINGS TO CONSIDER

 

Do keep in mind that your egg-protection device will be dropped from the roof. Mr. Reynolds will be dropping them, and only general instructions/guidelines have been given to him concerning the technique for the drop. It will, for the most part, be up to Mr. Reynolds how the devices are dropped.

 

 

CONSTRUCTION AND TESTING

 

You will construct your impact-absorbing container according to the designs you submitted to Mr. Reynolds.  Should you discover flaws in your design during your construction or test phase, you should go back to the drawing board and resubmit a design or a design modification.

 

 

COMPETITION

 

The competition determines whose method enables an egg to survive a drop from the pre-determined height.  Each package will be weighed before the drop (including the egg). All packages will be dropped from the same height. In the event there is more than one successful drop, winners will be based on the lightest weight package.

 

 

POST-EXPERIMENT ANALYSIS

 

Think about these questions:

 

What are the forces acting on the egg as it falls?

 

How can you control the forces that cause the egg to break?

 

Was it the material, the amount of it, or its compression factor that was the key?

 

What are the common characteristics of the materials that protected some eggs?

 

Did layering of materials play a role in protection?

 

 

Video to watch for Homework

Ok here is the video you need to watch for homework and will have a quiz over tomorrow.  you may use your notes over the video on the quiz tomorrow.

Helpful Videos

Wednesday November 6, 2013

Today the students finished up their light web quest presentations.

Turning in an assignment on edmodo

Tuesday November 4, 2013

Today the students continued on their light energy mini project.  Those need to be completed and turned in by the end of class tomorrow.

Monday November 4, 2103

Today The students worked in pairs on their next assignment which is a webquest.  The assignment is on their edmodo accounts.  They will have three days to complete it and its due this Thursday.

Thursday October 31, 2013

Today the students did their presentations.

Wednesday October 30, 2013

Today the students continued and finished their quizzes.  If they did not finish then it was assigned for homework.  

We will be presenting tomorrow

Tuesday October 29, 2013

Today the students continued working on their quizzes.  

We will work on them the first part of class tomorrow, then we will switch and the students will take their classmates quizzes.

DON'T FORGET PROJECTS ARE DUE TOMORROW 

Monday October 28, 2013

Today the students started on the creation of their own assessment of the unit we have been covering.  They were not able to finish today but will have the class period tomorrow to do so.  

Don't forget the project is due WEDNESDAY 

Friday October 25, 2013

Today the students spent the class period in the computer lab working on an online program called Study Island.

They can work on it anytime at home through the link from yesterday's post

Thursday October 24, 2013

Today the student's spent their final day in the computer lab working on their research.  Tomorrow we will be in the computer lab but will be working on a science study website called study island.

Don't forget that projects are due October 30, 2013.

The website we will be visiting tomorrow is STUDY ISLAND

Wednesday October 23, 2013

Today the students are taking the energy vocabulary quiz.  

I also had the students turn in their spirals for a spiral quiz grade.

Tuesday October 22, 2013

Today the students were once again in the computer labs working on their projects.

I also got each logged into a service called edmodo.  There is a parent edmodo you can ask your child for the parent code for you.

Monday October 21, 2013

Today the students were in the computer labs doing research for their projects.  We will more than likely be in there tomorrow as well.

There is a vocabulary quiz Wednesday as well.
CLICK HERE to get to the quizlet for that.

There is a spiral quiz Wednesday here is picture of my table of contents.  You might want to update yours for the Quiz.

Work for after research

Practice this quizlet

5th grade STAAR vocabhttp://quizlet.com/_6ppdl

Friday October 18,2013

Today we finished the four square vocabulary and then the students started working on their projects

Thursday October 17, 2013

Today the students were introduced to the project they will be working on.

Here are the requirements for the project:

Requirements for the energy Project

Take the thing you are passionate about and:

Make a 2 minute presentation displaying how that passion has all five energies in it.

Thermal, Electric, Mechanical, Sound and Light

Make a display that has at least 4-5 pictures on it displaying your passion and the energies.

Display can be powerpoint, poster board, or visual display of some kind

Due: October 30, 2013

Wednesday October 16, 2013

Today the students completed their energy booklets and turned them in.

DON'T FORGET TEST CORRECTIONS AND JUMPING FROG EXTRA CREDIT IS DUE BY FRIDAY!

Tuesday October 15, 2013

Today the students and I started and worked on an energy booklet.

We will continue working on those tomorrow as well.

The students also were told their averages and how to help them.

Remind 101

Parents please join my remind 101 notifications.  Just text the info below.  When you join you will get important messages about my class

Free 100 Assignment

For a free 100 homework assignment complete the following.  It will be due by next Friday

Here is the link to the video over how to make an origami frog. http://m.wikihow.com/Make-an-Origami-Jumping-Frog

Here are the extra credit questions you need to answer over the origami frog.

  1) When does your frog have potential energy?

  2). When does your frog have kinetic energy?

 3) When does your frog have the most energy?  Explain your answer

Thursday October 10, 2013

Today we graded the workbook we started from yesterday.  We also watched a video over forces and motion.

Great video over Forces

Here is a great video to watch over forces.  

http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=2Twkj0y 

Wednesday October 9, 2013

Today the students finished up their lab questions and then worked out of their workbook.

Tuesday October 8,2013

Today we did a lab in class exploring potential and kinetic energy.  

TEST CORRECTIONS

The students will be bringing their exams home for the parents to view.  They have the opportunity to make corrections on their exams for extra credit.  The students that failed the exam must bring the exams back corrected and signed by their parent/guardian.  Below you will find the exam for corrections purposes.

Or you can open up the test by CLICKING HERE

Mixtures and Solutions Exam Questions

1	What's a physical blend of two or more substances?
		A Heterogeneous B Mixture C Solution D Homogeneous

2	How many types of mixtures did we talk about
		F 1 G 3 H 2 J 4

3	Which type of mixture is not uniform in composition?
		A Heterogeneous B Homogenous C Solution D Mixture

4	Which of these BEST describes the change in salt grains as they dissolve in water?
		F The grains change their chemicals until they become water. G The grains get higher in temperature until they melt into a liquid. H The grains get smaller in size until they can no longer be seen. J The grains are washed clean until they are perfectly clear.

5	Raphaela is making a tossed salad. She mixes together lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, and carrots. Her friend Shannon does not like carrots. Which of the following BEST explains why Shannon will be able to eat the salad without eating the carrots in the salad?
		A A tossed salad is not a true mixture. B A salad is a mixture that can be separated. C Tossing the salad combines all the ingredients. D The carrots change their properties when mixed.

6	A student mixes sand and pebbles in a cup. How can the student separate the parts of this mixture?
		F heating them and collecting what is left G soaking them in water until the sand disappears H touching them with a magnet and keeping only the parts that stick J pouring them onto a wire mesh screen and catching what falls through
An

7	Which mixture could be separated using water?
		A sand grains and seashells B iron filings and sugar C salt and sugar D pebbles and marbles

8	Beach sand is made of small, worn rocks and fragments of shells and sponges.  This means that beach sand is —
		F a solid G a mixture H a compound J unstable

9	Which choice below is a mixture?
		A   B   C D

10	How many phases do you have with a Homogeneous mixture?
	F 1 G 2 H 3 J None

11	What is the special name scientist give to homogeneous mixtures?
	A Phases B Solutions C Composits D Distillations

12	What type of mixture has a completely uniform composition throughout itself?
	F Homogeneous G Distillation H Phase J Heterogenous

13	Which is NOT a way that mixtures are seperated?
	A Phasing B Sifting C Evaporation D Magnetic attraction

14	What is the process called when a liquid is boiled to produce vapor that is then condensed again to a liquid?
	F Mixing G Refining H Phasing J Distillation

15	Which mixture could be separated using a magnet?
	A pepper and sugar B pebbles and marbles C sand grains and seashells D iron filings and pepper

16	Any part of a system with uniform composition and properties is called a?
	F solution G phase H mixture J none of the above

17	How many phases are in a heterogeneous mixture?
	A 0 B 1 C 1/2 D 2 or more

18	Orange juice with pulp would be an example of what kind of mixture?
	F None of the Below G Solution H Homogeneous J Heterogeneous