December 4-8

Monday 12-4-06
Activity: Draw and label the stages of the water cycle. Use kinesthetic activity to help remember each stage of the cycle. Label each layer of the atmosphere. Evaporation and condensation experiment. Notebook Check.
Homework: water cycle wksht, atmosphere drawing, Quiz Wednesday on water cycle and atmosphere layers

Tuesday 12-5-06
Activity: Use the weather vane and the compass to determine wind direction. Check data by looking at local weather on the net.
Homework: Read 8-1, complete SG 8-1

Wednesday 12-6-06
Activity: Quiz on the atmosphere and the water cycle.
Homework: Names of Clouds puzzle

Thursday 12-7-06
Activity: “The Tilted Earth” activity and “The Earth’s rotation and revolution” activity. Wind belts and the Coriolis Effect.

Friday 12-8-06
Activity: “Relative Humidity” lab activity
Homework: Quiz Monday on relative humidity (practice solving relative humidity problems)

This week's websites:

EXTRA CREDIT: (Perform this experiment for the class):http://www.spartechsoftware.com/reeko/Experiments/ExpMarshmallowPressure.htm

http://www.west.net/~science/co2.htm

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/wind1.htm

http://www.kidzworld.com/site/p1440.htm

http://www.spartechsoftware.com/reeko/Experiments/ExpCloudsInBottle.htm

http://schoolscience.rice.edu/duker/weatypeclouds.html

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/cldtyp/home.rxml

http://www.carlwozniak.com/clouds/types.html

http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/time/seasons.html

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/uts/seasons1.html&edu=elem&back=/seach/search_navigation.html

http://www.learninghaven.com/science/articles/seasons.htm

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/skytellers/day_night/about.shtml

http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/moisture.html

http://www.bom.gov.au/lam/humiditycalc.shtml?Dry_Bulb=23&Moist_value=15&Moisture=WB&rh=0

EXTRA CREDIT:http://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/hair/hair_activity.html

November 27 - December 1

Please ask your child what his or her grade is on the Electricity and Magnetism test. Any student who scored below a 70% must get a parent/guardian signature. Any student who fails to do so will be kept in for recess detention until the test is returned to me with a signature.

Monday 11-27-06
Activity: Observe and draw a concave and a convex lens. Discuss reflection and refraction and what causes each to occur (behavior of light). Think about how light reflects and/or refracts with each lens. List real world examples of each. Try to bend light using water and a spoon, then pour water in a cup until you see a penny (up against the side).
Homework: Finish color lab (due Tuesday)

Tuesday 11-28-06
Activity: “Looking at Images” lab activity

Wednesday 11-29-06
Activity: Create a station model for a city of choice using geometer sketchpad.
Homework: Print and finish your station model.

Thursday 11-30-06
Activity: Graphic organizer for molecular structure and behavior to be completed with demonstrations of the concepts related to molecular structure and behavior (evaporation: alcohol, condensation: ice water, sublimation: dry ice).
Homework:

Friday 12-1-06
Activity: Draw and label a diagram of the layers of the atmosphere with 2-3 characteristics mentioned in each layer of the diagram. Use the internet as a resource. Things to think about: temperature, thickness, distance from Earth’s crust, benefits from layer, dangers of layer.
Homework: SG 7-1, Notebook check Monday

This Week's Websites:

EXTRA CREDIT: http://sol.sci.uop.edu/~jfalward/physics17/chapter12/chapter12.html

http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/light/u12l1a.html

http://acept.la.asu.edu/PiN/mod/light/reflection/pattLight1.html

http://acept.la.asu.edu/PiN/mod/light/lenses/pattLight2.html

http://freespace.virgin.net/gareth.james/virtual/Optics/Lens/lens.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/28160/english/reflection/index.html

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/wxwise/station/page5.html

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/comets/sublimation.html

http://www.dryiceinfo.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaporation

http://www.americanwaterheater.com/support/bulletins/Ta_1001.pdf

http://www.msu.edu/~goldenc1/redesign/watercycles.htm

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Atmosphere/layers.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/balloon/science/atmosphere.html

http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/space/atmosphere.html

http://curriculum.calstatela.edu/courses/builders/lessons/less/les3/layers.html

November 20-22

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Monday 11-20-06
Activity: “Eggspert” whiteboard review
Homework: Study

Tuesday 11-21-06
Test on Chaptes 1, 2, and 3

Wednesday 11-22-06
Activity: “Heat racers” activity, “disappearing penny” activity, and “reverse arrow” activity

November 13-17

Big Test next Tuesday on Chapters 1, 2, and 3... Study guides will be sent home this Thursday and are due (with signatures for the 5 bonus points) in class next Monday.

Monday 11-13-06
Activity: ”What makes an electromagnet stronger?” lab activity
Homework: SG 2-2

Tuesday 11-14-06
Activity: Complete graphic organizer for electric motors and generators. Use internet to research and describe how electric motors and generators are used in hybrid vehicles. Research and describe some hybrid vehicles on the market.
Homework: SG 2-3, 2-4

Wednesday 11-15-06
Activity: thermal expansion lab
Homework: electricity and magnetism pretest

Thursday 11-16-06
Activity: Complete “Properties of Light” worksheet, internet webquest
Homework: SG 3-1, study guide for test on ch 1,2, 3 due Monday

Friday 11-17-06
Activity: frequency of colors lab activity
Homework: Lighten Up worksheet and study guide for Tuesday's test


This week's websites:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_motors

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/teachers/lessons/roygbiv/roygbiv.html (Thursday's Lab)

http://www.howstuffworks.com/electromagnet.htm

http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/iconmagnetism.html

http://www.mcwdn.org/Physics/Magnetism.html

EXTRA CREDIT: http://www.seed.slb.com/en/scictr/lab/relax/relax.htm

http://www.seed.slb.com/en/scictr/journal/engineering/motor.htm

http://www.howstuffworks.com/question262.htm

http://web.njit.edu/~mab4/how_does_a_hybrid_car_work.htm

http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/HSCmotors.html

http://www.psinvention.com/kinetic.htm

http://www.purchon.com/physics/electromagnetic.htm

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/index.pl

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/waves_particles/index.html

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/xray/index.html

http://lectureonline.cl.msu.edu/~mmp/applist/Spectrum/s.htm

November 6-10

Parent-Teacher conferences are this week, with an early dismissal every day.
I will not be available for conferences Monday, but you can call me or email me to set up another time to meet.
No school Thursday and Friday of this week.

Monday 11-6-06
Activity: Quiz on electricity and circuits.
Homework: Concept map on current electricity

Tuesday 11-7-06
Activity: “Can you map a magnet’s force?” lab activity pg 53 in text.
Homework: SG 2-1

Wednesday 11-8-06
Activity: ”What makes an electromagnet stronger?” lab activity
Homework: Lab conclusion questions

This week's websites:

http://www.article19.com/shockwave/oz.htm

http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/HSCmotors.html

http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/magnetism.htm

http://www.howstuffworks.com/electromagnet.htm

http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/iconmagnetism.html

http://www.mcwdn.org/Physics/Magnetism.html