| DATE |
Activities and Assignments |
| Wed Sept 2nd |
"Follow the Bouncing Ball" Lab.
Homework - log on to and post on the science blog -
http://pmoseley-9thgradehonorsscience.blogspot.com/ |
| Thur Sept 3rd |
Complete lab. Class notes and discussion about meaning of results and their application. |
| Fri Sept 4th |
Review class instructions, Safety contract and survey (copies found in class info) - have same signed and returned on Tues Sept 8th.
Class notes on hypothesis, graph, and conclusion writing.
Homework - rewrite answers to lab as per yesterdays class notes; due Tues Sept 8th. |
| Tue Sept 8th |
Class notes on writing questions, materials lists and procedures.
Based on last lab and notes, plan a new experiment to test an additional variable that could affect bounce height. |
| Wed Sept 9th |
Complete yesterdays lab or for homework - due tomorrow
Turn in first ball lab.
Homework - first full blog activity; due Wed Sept 16th |
| Thur Sept 10th |
Review first lab write ups.
Class notes - brainstorming
Parachute DVD's to aid brainstorming and to prep for Fridays lab |
| Fri Sept 11th |
Whole class lab based activity on why objects fall.
Homework - bring a picture of a moving object to class Tuesday. |
| Mon Sept 14th |
Class notes - introduction to forces |
| Tue Sept 15th |
Complete yesterday's notes.
In class activity - Free Body Force Diagram; turn in same |
| Wed Sept 16th |
Filters lab - part 1
Complete for homework |
| Thur Sept 17th |
Filters lab - part 2
Complete for homework |
| Fri Sept 18th |
Introduce Big Bang Theory project.
Introduce and start webquest activities.
Homework - Big Bang Theory project; (Presentation Rubric); Due 10/5. |
| Mon Sept 21st |
Webquest Activity II
Homework - log on to and post on the new science blog: due Mon 9/28 |
| Tue Sept 22nd |
Finish Webquest Act II
Start Webquest Act III
Homework - Big Bang Theory project; (Presentation Rubric); Due 10/5. |
| Wed Sept 23rd |
Finish Webquest Act III
Start Webquest Act IV
Homework - Big Bang Theory project; (Presentation Rubric); Due 10/5. |
| Thur Sept 24th |
Finish Webquest Act IV
Homework - Big Bang Theory project; (Presentation Rubric); Due 10/5. |
| Fri Sept 25th |
Homework project graded check in day.
Work on project in class.
Homework - Big Bang Theory project; (Presentation Rubric); Due 10/5. |
| Mon Sept 28th |
Webquest Act V
Homework - Big Bang Theory project; (Presentation Rubric); Due 10/5. |
| Tue Sept 29th |
Webquest Act V
Homework - Big Bang Theory project; (Presentation Rubric); Due 10/5. |
| Wed Sept 30th |
Webquest Act V - due today
Homework - Big Bang Theory project; (Presentation Rubric); Due 10/5. |
| Thur Oct 1st |
Big Bang Project - graded check-in day #2
Work on project powerpoint.
Homework - Big Bang Theory project; (Presentation Rubric); Due 10/5. |
| Fri Oct 2nd |
Half day - use time for catch up
Homework - Big Bang Theory project; (Presentation Rubric); Due 10/5. |
| Mon Oct 5th |
Turn in Big Bang Projects and do PowerPoint presentations. |
| Tue Oct 6th |
Complete presentations.
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| Wed Oct 7th |
Complete presentations.
How are elements formed in stars - readings and video with questions |
| Thur Oct 8th |
Finish: How are elements formed in stars - readings and video with questions
Discuss student report cards: homework - get same signed; due 10/12
Discuss unit assessment (Webquest VI). Students collect information for assessment.
Homework - Unit assessment; due 10/12 |
| Fri Oct 9th |
Fusion PowerPoint w/notes
Homework - Unit assessment; due 10/12
Homework - get report card signed; due 10/12 |
| Mon Oct 12th |
Modern Marvels: Speed - watch DVD, collect data, draw graph, answer questions
Homework - finish class work; due 10/13 |
| Tue Oct 13th |
Introduction to Velocity lab |
| Wed Oct 14th |
Complete lab questions
Start Velocity inquiry lab
Homework - finish lab plan and hypothesis |
| Thur Oct 15th |
Finish lab and turn in same
Homework - finish lab; due 10/16 |
| Fri Oct 15th |
Instantaneous vs Average Speed Lab
Homework - Speed machines worksheet; due 10/19 |
| Mon Oct 19th |
Complete lab questions
Class notes on speed types and lab
Homework - study for tomorrows assessment Homework - Speed machines worksheet; due 10/19 |
| Tue Oct 20th |
In class assessment on speed and photogates |
| Wed Oct 21st |
Frame of Reference Lab |
| Thur Oct 22nd |
You tube video and discussion of lab questions.
Spaceship activity
Discussion of frame of reference
Class Notes: Motion graphs |
| Fri Oct 23rd |
Motion lab |
| Mon Oct 26th |
Review test and homework
Class notes - displacement and velocity |
| Tue Oct 27th |
Class notes on equations of motion
Practice examples of same.
Homework - review science fair information on web site and have ideas/questions by Monday |
| Wed Oct 28th |
DVD showing how to use equations in real life
Continue practice
Homework - review science fair information on web site and have ideas/questions by Monday |
| Thur Oct 29th |
Calculating acceleration lab
Start Ramp steepness and acceleration lab
Homework - review science fair information on web site and have ideas/questions by Monday |
| Fri Oct 30th |
Finish Ramp steepness and acceleration lab
Homework - review science fair information on web site and have ideas/questions by Monday
Homework - complete both acceleration labs, graphs and questions; due 11/2 |
| Mon Nov 2nd |
Class notes on Acceleration
Measuring acceleration due to gravity lab |
| Tue Nov 3rd |
Terminal Velocity lab
Homework - complete both labs, graphs and questions |
| Wed Nov 4th |
Terminal velocity DVD |
| Thur Nov 5th |
Class notes on Acceleration/gravity and terminal velocity/balanced forces
Class notes on Friction
Homework - study for mid-term test, Mon Nov. 9th, on all topics |
| Fri Nov 6th |
Demo and notes on Inertia.
Newtons 1st Law labs
Homework - study for mid-term test, Mon Nov. 9th, on all topics |
| Mon Nov 9th |
Mid-Term Test |
| Tue Nov 10th |
Momentum Lab
Homework - Google Maps mini project; due Wed Nov 18th |
| Wed Nov 11th |
No school |
| Thur Nov 12th |
Class notes - Newtons 1st law; Momentum
Homework - Google Maps mini project; due Wed Nov 18th |
| Fri Nov 13th |
Continue work on Momentum and impluse
Homework - calculations; due Tue Nov 17th
Homework - Google Maps mini project; due Wed Nov 18th
Homework - science fair blog entry |
| Mon Nov 16th |
Newtons 2nd law labs
Homework - Google Maps mini project; due Wed Nov 18th |
| Tue Nov 17th |
Newtons 2nd law labs - finish
Homework - review calculations w/s p1, p2; due Fri Nov 20th
Homework - Google Maps mini project; due Wed Nov 18th |
| Wed Nov 18th |
Class notes: Newtons 2nd law
Newtons 3rd law lab 1
Homework - review calculations w/s p1, p2; due Fri Nov 20th |
| Thur Nov 19th |
Newtons 3rd law lab 2
Class notes: Newtons 3rd law
Homework - review calculations w/s p1, p2; due Fri Nov 20th |
| Fri Nov 20th |
Online review of Newtons 2nd law |
| Mon Nov 23rd |
Potential energy lab |
| Tue Nov 24th |
Kinetic energy lab |
| Wed Nov 25th |
Complete kinetic energy lab |
| Mon Nov 30th |
Review egg drop project requirements
Class notes: Review of Newtons Laws; Energy
Homework - egg drop project, requirements, timeline |
| Tue Dec 1st |
Energy lab
Homework - egg drop project, requirements, timeline |
| Wed Dec 1st |
Class notes: Energy
Homework - egg drop project, requirements, timeline |
| Thur Dec 2nd |
Work Lab
Homework - egg drop project, requirements, timeline |
| Fri Dec 3rd |
Review work lab
Power lab
Homework - egg drop project, requirements, timeline |
| Mon Dec 7th |
Review Power lab
Work and Power calculations - finish for homework; due 12/11
Homework - blog entry; due 12/14
Homework - egg drop project, requirements, timeline |
| Tue Dec 8th |
Online machines lab; worksheet
Homework - blog entry; due 12/14
Homework - egg drop project, requirements, timeline |
| Wed Dec 9th |
Inclined plane lab
Homework - blog entry; due 12/14
Homework - egg drop project, requirements, timeline |
| Thur Dec 10th |
Levers Lab
Homework - blog entry; due 12/14
Homework - egg drop project, requirements, timeline |
| Fri Dec 11th |
Complete lab
Calculations review
Class notes: machines, moments
Homework - egg drop project, requirements, timeline |
| Mon Dec 14th |
See Saw Saga
Homework (DUE THURSDAY) - egg drop project, requirements, timeline |
| Tue Dec 15th |
Start Pulleys lab
Homework (DUE THURSDAY) - egg drop project, requirements, timeline |
| Wed Dec 16th |
Finish Pulleys lab
Machines Assessment
Homework (DUE THURSDAY) - egg drop project, requirements, timeline |
| Thur Dec 17th |
EGG DROP DAY!
Machines Assessment |
| Fri Dec 18th |
Half day - happy holidays. |
| Mon Jan 4th |
Continue with Machines Assessment |
| Tue Jan 5th |
Class Notes - types of machine |
| Wed Jan 6th |
Machines scavenger Hunt
Make machines powerpoints |
| Thur Jan 7th |
Continue with powerpoints |
| Fri Jan 8th |
Finish powerpoints and turn in same |
| Mon Jan 11th |
Green Eggs and Ham Science |
| Tue Jan 12th |
Field trip to Endeavor |
| Wed Jan 13th |
Gears review and quiz
Gears Lab
Homework (DUE TUESDAY)- Bicycle worksheet |
| Thur Jan 14th |
Class notes: gears
Gears Lab
Homework (DUE TUESDAY)- Bicycle worksheet |
| Fri Jan 15th |
Finish gears lab
Homework (DUE TUESDAY)- Bicycle worksheet |
| Mon Jan 18th |
No School - MLK day
Homework (DUE TUESDAY)- Bicycle worksheet |
| Tue Jan 19th |
review day |
| Wed Jan 20th |
review day |
| Thur Jan 21st |
No class - finals |
| Fri Jan 22nd |
Half day - Finals |
| Tue Jan 26th |
Finding Uncle Bob (handout) |
| Wed Jan 27th |
Review notes for Uncle Bob activity (notes)
Intro to the periodic table (notes) |
| Thur Jan 28th |
Periodic table activity - reasearch day (handout) OR
Scientist activity (handout)
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| Fri Jan 29th |
Complete Thursdays' activity |
| Mon Feb 1st |
Halogens and Noble Gasses DVD's; answer questions on both. |
| Tue Feb 2nd |
Milk lab
Class notes on lab
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| Wed Feb 3rd |
Complete class notes
Start planning surfactant investigation
Homework - complete investigation plan; Periodic table information worksheet (page 1, page 2). Both due tomorrow.
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| Thur Feb 4th |
Carry out and write up Investigation
Homework - complete investigation write up
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| Fri Feb 5th |
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| Mon Feb 8th |
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| Tue Feb 8th |
Graphing periodic trends w/s
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| Wed Feb 9th |
Discuss relavence to Periodic table.
Show Group 1 metals reactivity DVD to show same.
Start electron configuration class notes
Fill in blank PT with p,e,n, symbol and name for first 36 elements
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| Thur Feb 10th |
Continue/review electron configuration class notes
Draw Bohr model diagrams for first 36 elements - class notes
Fill in blank PT with symbol and electron configurationfor first 36 elements
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| Fri Feb 11th |
Atoms pop quiz
Complete Bohr model diagrams and electron configuration sheets
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| Thur Feb 18th |
Continue to review electron configuration ideas (see last page of notes Feb 10th).
Class notes on Valence electrons and Ions
Homework - Sliding Away Investigation questions, due tomorrow
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| Fri Feb 19th |
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| Mon Feb 22nd |
Calculating ions practice
Class notes - forming ionic compounds
Review writing formulae
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| Tue Feb 23rd |
Writing formulae practice
Counting atoms w/s
Forming ionic compounds practice
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| Wed Feb 24th |
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| Thur Feb 25th |
Finish notes
Practice covalent bonding
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| Fri Feb 26th |
Procedure and conclusion writing quiz |
| Mon Mar 1st |
Final review of covalent bonding
Element puns activity
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Tue Mar 2nd
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ionic vs covlent lab
Homework - Paradigm Shift blog activity due March 11th
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Wed Mar 3rd
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Discuss lab
Work in library on blog
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Thur Mar 4th
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Fri Mar 5th
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| Mon Mar 8th |
Carbon Project |
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Tue Mar 9th
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Carbon Project |
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Wed Mar 10th
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Carbon Project |
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Thur Mar 11th
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Carbon Project |
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Fri Mar 12th
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Carbon Project - DUE TODAY |
| Mon Mar 15th |
Radioactvitiy notes
Pennium Lab
Homework - Acme substances questions, due Wednesday |
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Tue Mar 16th
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Wed Mar 17th
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M and M lab - turn in tomorrow |
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Thur Mar 18th
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Fri Mar 19th
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Class notes - Decay equations and practice questions
Homework - Isotopes worksheet, due Monday |
| Mon Mar 22nd |
Decay Lab
Homework - Half life problem page, Decay equations problem page, due Wednesday
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| Tue Mar 23rd |
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| Wed Mar 24th |
Cool Fuels video |
| Thur Mar 25th |
Frosty Lab
Lab review |
| Fri Mar 26th |
Frosty lab write up
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| Mon Apr 5th |
Alka Seltzer Lab
Class notes - |
| Tue Apr 6th |
Chemical reaction in a baggie - lab |
| Wed Apr 7th |
Reactions DVD |
| Thur Apr 8th |
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| Fri Apr 9th |
Complete class notes - balancing equations and practice same
Combustion lab
Homework - Balancing chemical equations page, due Tuesday
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| Mon Apr 12th |
Class notes from book on dissolving
Starbucks senario - finish for homework
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| Tue Apr 13th |
Bleach lab 1 and lab 2 |
| Wed Apr 14th |
Class notes from book on moles
Peer review of starbucks senario
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| Thur Apr 15th |
Precipitate lab |
| Fri Apr 16th |
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| Mon Apr 19th |
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| Tue Apr 20th |
Starbucks scenario lab |
| Wed Apr 21st |
DIP Trip - no new work |
| Thur Apr 22nd |
Starbucks scenario lab |
| Fri Apr 23rd |
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| Mon Apr 26th
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Class notes - Solubility and concentration
Homework - Solubility questions, due Friday
- Sunscreen scenario, due Tuesday |
| Tue Apr 27th
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Color and Light activity |
| Wed Apr 28th |
How does light reflect from surfaces - lab |
| Thur Apr 29th |
Class notes - Review yesterdays lab and todays lab
Where do you eyes focus - lab
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| Fri Apr 30th |
Sunscreen investigation - lab based on homework scenario
Homework: Conclusion and reflection - due Tuesday
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| Mon May 3rd |
Flat mirrors and images - lab |
| Tue May 4th |
Class notes - image formation
Homework: Who Sees?- due Thursday |
| Wed May 5th |
Full length mirror lab
Homework: Full length mirror (p1 only) - due Friday |
| Thur May 6th |
Review mirror labs and reflection/color
Copy fig 14 p502 in to comp books
DVD on sound |
| Fri May 7th |
Class notes - Properties of waves
Practice calculations |
| Mon May 10th |
Sound waves lab circus
Homework: calculations - due Thursday
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| Tue May 11th |
Sound lab circus |
| Wed May 12th |
Wave DVD's
Homework - with a buddy find a swing set and investigate when do you have to push to get the max. and min. height gain. Then does the same principle apply when you are swinging yourself? - due Monday
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| Thur May 13th |
Half Day - Refraction lab |
| Fri May 14th |
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| Mon May 17th |
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| Tue May 18th |
Electricity and Magnetism introduction |
| Wed May 19th |
Electrostatics lab circus |
| Thur May 20th |
Class notes - charge |
| Fri May 21st |
Finish class notes
Oersted's Discovery lab
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| Mon May 24th |
Magnetic fields lab
Class notes - fields
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| Tue May 25th |
Complete class notes
Start investigation
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| Wed May 26th |
Electromagnets investigation |
| Thur May 27th |
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| Fri May 28th |
Electricity DVD |
| Mon May 31st |
No school |
| Tue Jun 1st |
Present Board games |
| Wed Jun 2nd |
Boyles Law lab |
| Thur Jun 3rd |
Boyles law extension paper
Class notes - p83-85 in text book
Homework - Pascals' Principle w/s
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| Fri Jun 4th |
Pressure-temperature lab |
| Mon Jun 7th |
Catch up day |
| Tue Jun 8th |
Class notes - gas laws |
| Wed Jun 9th |
Complete gas laws class notes
Finals study time
Homework - download motors notes
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| Thur Jun 10th |
Finals study day |
| Fri Jun 11th |
Finals |
| Mon Jun 7th |
No class |
| Tue Jun 8th |
Last day of school |
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