Earth Science Schedule for Mar 29th - Apr 2nd

Monday: Today we will discuss sec-7.2, Nonrenewable Energy. Students will learn concepts such as; why coal is a fossil fuel, how petroleum and natural gas are removed from Earth, the process of nuclear fission and nuclear fusion, and how nuclear fission generates electricity. Next students will watch videos on these concepts. Do the section review for homework.

Tuesday: Discussion on sec-7.3, Renewable Energy. Students will learn how geothermal energy may be used as a substitute for fossil fuels, they will learn to compare passive and active methods of harnessing energy from the sun, and how water and wind can be harnessed to generate electricity. Do the section review for homework.

Wednesday: Discussion on sec-7.4, Resources and Conservation. Students will learn about the environmental impacts of mining and the use of fossil fuels, how the environmental impacts of mining can be reduced, and identify various ways that we can conserve natural resources. Next students will watch videos on conservation of resources. Do the section review for homework.

Thursday: Students will work on an inquiry lab - Blowing in the wind. The objective of this lab is to design and build a functional windmill that lifts a specific weight as quickly as possible.

Friday: Students will work on their chapter assessment for part of the class period and then study for the chapter test.

JA &B Science Schedule for Feb 16th - 19th

Tuesday: Discussion on mass, units of mass, the measurement of mass, and the difference between mass and weight. Next students will work on measurement of mass lab where they get to measure the masses of various objects using spring scales, common balance, electronic scales, and platform scale.

Wednesday: Today students will learn about volume of liquids, volume of regular solids, and volume of irregular solids. Later they will do several labs to measure volume of both regular and irregular solids.

Thursday: Discussion on density, units of density, and densities of common substances. Next students will do problems to figure out density when mass and volume are given, followed by the measurement of density lab.

Friday: Today students will learn to measure time and temperature. We will focus on units of temperature, measuring temperature, comparing Celsius and Kelvin scales, and conversions between units. Do the sec-1, section assessment for homework.

Physics Schedule for Feb 16th - 19th

Tuesday: Discussion on sec-3.2, Vector operations. Students will learn to identify appropriate coordinate systems for solving problems with vectors, and to apply Pythagorean theorem and tangent function to calculate the magnitude and direction of a resultant vector. Next they will work on practice A and practice B problems.

Wednesday: We will continue our discussion on sec-3.2. Today students will learn to resolve vectors into components using the sine and cosine functions, and to add vectors that are not perpendicular. Later they will work on practice C problems and section review.

Thursday: Discussion on sec-3.3, Projectile motion. Students will learn to recognize examples of projectile motion, to describe the path of a projectile as a parabola, and to resolve vectors into their components and apply the kinematic equations to solve problems involving projectile motion.

Friday: Today students will work on practice D and practice E problems. Do the sec-3.3, section review for homework.

Earth Science Schedule for Feb 16th - 19th

Tuesday: Students should turn in their Ch-3 section reviews and chapter review today for grading. Students can get help for the first half hour. Next students will study for the test in groups.

Wednesday: Test on ch-3, Models of the Earth. Next we will begin our discussion on sec-4.1, Matter.

Thursday: We will continue our discussion on sec-4.1. Students will learn to compare chemical and physical properties of matter, to describe the basic structure of an atom, compare atomic number, mass number, atomic mass, and isotope, and to describe the arrangement of elements in the periodic table. Do the section review for homework.

Friday: Today we will discuss sec-4.2, Combinations of atoms. Students will learn about compound and molecule, how to interpret chemical formulas, to describe the two ways that electrons form chemical bonds between atoms, and to explain the differences between compounds and mixtures. Do the section review for homework.

JA 7B Science Schedule for Feb 1st - 5th, 2010

CHAPTER PROJECT: Students are supposed to select a specific question, design and conduct a scientific experiment to investigate it. This project is due on February 8th, and is worth 200 points. Students who need extra help with this project can come to me after school. This project was assigned on January 25th.

Monday: Students will work on skills lab - Piecing information together. Next, they will work on ch-1 chapter review.

Tuesday: Today we will study in groups for the test on ch-1, What is Science?

Wednesday: Test on ch-1 for first part of the period. Next, we will discuss sec-1 on ch-2, Measurement - A common language.

Thursday: Presentation by the volunteers from Gem and Mineral Society. Students will work in groups and study about various rocks, fossils, magnetic sand, and flourescent rocks.

Friday: Discussion on common SI prefixes. We will learn the common conversions for length followed by a lab for measurement of length.

Physics Schedule for Feb 1st - 5th, 2010

Monday: Discussion on sec-2.2, Acceleration. While discussing this section we will learn about motion in terms of changing velocity, compare graphical representations of accelerated and nonaccelerated motions, and apply kinematic equations to calculate distance, time, or velocity under conditions of constant acceleration.

Tuesday: Students will work on numerous problems related to average acceleration, displacement with constant acceleration, velocity and displacement with constant acceleration, and final velocity after any displacement. Do the section assessment for homework.

Wednesday: Discussion on sec-2.3, Falling objects. Students will learn how to relate the motion of a freely falling body to motion with constant acceleration, calculate the displacement, velocity, and time at various points in the motion of a freely falling object, and compare the motions of different objects in free fall. Next we will work on problems related to falling objects. Do the section review for homework.

Thursday: Presentation by the volunteers from Gem and Mineral Society. Students will work in groups and study about various rocks, fossils, magnetic sand, and flourescent rocks.

Friday: Students will work on ch-2 chapter review.

Earth Science Schedule for Feb 1st - 5th, 2010

Monday: Discussion on sec-2.2, Energy in Earth System. Students will study about Earth's four spheres such as; the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, the geosphere, the biosphere; cycles in the Earth System - the nitrogen cycle, the carbon cycle, the phosphorus cycle, and the water cycle. Students will then work on a quick lab - Effects of solar energy. Do the section assessment for homework.

Tuesday: Today we will discuss sec-2.3, Ecology. We will learn about the ecosystem, three factors that control the balance of an ecosystem, how energy is transferred through an ecosystem, and various ways that ecosystems respond to environmental change. Next we will do a quick lab - Studying the ecosystem. Do the section assessment for homework. Students will also work on the ch-2 chapter review.

Wednesday: Test on ch-2.

Thursday: Presentation by the volunteers from Gem and Mineral Society. Students will work in groups and study about various rocks, fossils, magnetic sand, and flourescent rocks.

Friday: Students will work on a lab - Testing the conservation of mass.