March14
Welcome Back!!
I Hope you all had a wonderful Spring break! We are getting closer and closer to the end of the school year, CRAZY!! This is the last week of the 9 weeks!
This week we are finishing up force and motion, then we will quickly cover simple machines!
Objective:
Students will complete motion notes and review for upcoming quiz.
Through investigation, this lesson allows students to develop a fundamental understanding that inclined planes and pulleys affect the force needed to move an object.
Monday/Tuesday
Finsih Motion Notes
Review
Wednesday/Thursday
Quiz (distance, direction, displacement, average speed, force, velocity, acceleration)
Friday/Monday
Pulleys and inclined planes
February28
Hello,
Since last week was a little crazy, we will have to catch up this week. You students most likely has homework due next week. Maroon day classes have part 1 and 2 of walking lab and White day classes have part 1 and 2 of walking lab and Speed, velocity, and acceleration page.
Objective:
Students will investigate motion through a variety of activities in order to identify changes in position and direction and the speed of an object. Students will also graph changes in motion.
Monday:
Speed, Velocity, Acceleration (possible homework)
Motion Notes
Tuesday/Wednesday
Math/reading Benchmark
Thursday/Friday
Stomp Rockets (Hopefully)
February21
Hello Parents and Students,
We will be continuing out study over force and motion this week, this unit will take us all the way to end of the 9 weeks. This 9 weeks ends that Friday we get back from Spring Break!
Objective: 6.8 A, B, C, D
Students will investigate motion through a variety of activities in order to identify changes in position and direction and the speed of an object. Students will also graph changes in motion.
Monday/Tuesday
Walking Dead Lab – ( A little but of Zombie fun)
Wednesday/Thursday
Acceleration and Velocity discussion
Motion Notes
Friday
Finish Motion Notes
Activity
February14
Hello Parents and Students,
I hope you are enjoying your much deserved 3 day weekend! 🙂
We finished up energy transfers and transformations last week, and this week we are moving on to motion and speed. We will have some math to do in this unit, so be prepared! Depending on the weather, we will try to go outside for a lab this week.
Objective: 6.8 A, B, C, D
Students will investigate motion through a variety of activities in order to identify changes in position and direction and the speed of an object. Students will also graph changes in motion.
Monday:
No School
Tuesday/Wednesday
Direction, Displacement and distance
*Notes and demonstrations
Thursday/Friday
Distance and Time Lab
-Go over unit 6 test
unit 6 test reteach will be- Wednesday during PE
retake will Thursday during PE
February7
Hello,
We will be finishing up our unit on thermal energy transfer this week. Be looking for homework Tuesday and Wednesday night, as well as studying. We need to be looking over Potential and kinetc, energy forms, transformations, and thermal energy transfer. Everyone should have great notes to study, as well as a song to learn on You tube.
“Radiation, conduction, and convection song.”
Objective: 6.9
This lesson focuses on the movement of thermal energy through processes such as conduction, convection, and radiation. Students will conduct several investigations in order to gain an understanding that thermal energy moves in a predictable pattern from warmer to cooler until the substances attain the same temperature
Monday:
Convection Lab
Going to symphonic band concert at 12:30
Tuesday/Wednesday:
Review
Energy Homework
Study
Thursday/Friday
Grade Homework
Test
January31
Hello Parents and students!
This semester seems to be going by faster than the last, I didn’t think that would be possible! I hope the kids are enjoying our energy unit, this week will be a fun one!
Objective:
This lesson focuses on the movement of thermal energy through processes such as conduction, convection, and radiation. Students will conduct several investigations in order to gain an understanding that thermal energy moves in a predictable pattern from warmer to cooler until the substances attain the same temperature.
Monday/Tuesday:
QUIZ- Potential and kinetic, energy transformations, energy types and forms.
Hot or Cold ?
Radiation Lab
Wednesday/Thursday
Convection Box Demo
Convection
Friday/Monday
Conduction Lab
**If students have any missing work they are not allowed to do labs until work in completed!
January24
Hello Parents and Students
This week will be getting into energy transformations. This will be a fun week because we will be up and moving quite a bit! Wednesday is a Half day! 🙂
Objective: 6.9C
Students will compare and contrast potential and kinetic energy using a simple system and demonstrate energy transformations that occur within the systems.
Monday/Tuesday
Activity: Energy in a Ball
Discussion: Energy Types and forms
Wednesday/Thursday
Demonstration/Discussion- Transformations of Energy and Law of Conservation of Energy
Activity- Energy Transformations
Friday/Monday
Activity: Descriptive Investigation
January16
Hello Parents and Students,
We are just about done with energy resources. We will be having our debate in the think lab on Tuesday and Wednesday, then have a quick open note test on Thursday/Friday.
I will be gone at the UIL meet on Friday
Objective: 6.7
Students research and debate the advantages and disadvantages of using specified energy resources. Students then design a logical plan to manage energy resources in the home, school, or community based on the research they have done.
Monday: No School MLK Day
Tuesday/Wednesday
Debate – Info sheet due
Thursday/Friday
Test
Vocabulary- Make sure you have your comp book.
January10
Hello Parents and Students,
We made it through the first week back and we finished our projects, WHEW!! 🙂
This week we are finishing our energy resources research to prepare for our debate. We also have to take our universal screener this week.
Objective:
Students research and debate the advantages and disadvantages of using specified energy resources. Students then design a logical plan to manage energy resources in the home, school, or community based on the research they have done.
6.7 A,B
Monday:
Energy Resource Research
-Student will become an expert on assigned resource. Student will debate why his or her resource is the way to go.
Tuesday/Wednesday
Finish research
Sort Clarification
Thursday/Friday
Universal Screener
Work on Energy Resource
January1
Hello Parents,
I hope you had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Years!
I am so excited for this semester, we have so many cool new things to learn! But first we have to get those projects done from last semester. We will then be jumping into energy resources.
Objective:
Present projects: Due Wednesday/Thursday
Students will research and debate the advantages and disadvantages of using specified energy resources.
Monday/Tuesday (BRING SUPPLIES TO FINISH PROJECT)
Introduce energy resources
Work on Projects
Wednesday/Thursday
Present Projects
Friday/Monday
Energy Resource Research
