Question of the Day Period 2
8-30-11 From the video or article, what is something you can do to be
successful?
8-31-11 How many ropes are there?
9-1-11 If something is a model, is it a copy of reality?
9-7-11 From the article, what is one way science was "happening"?
9-8-11 What do you know about Oobleck?
9-12-11 According to the book, what is Oobleck?
9-13-11 How do you collect evidence in science?
9-14-11 What was one observation you made about Oobleck?
9-16-11 If you had to describe a space probe that would work on Oobleck,
how would it work?
9-19-11 Describe your spacecraft.
9-20-11 Describe how science can be creative.
9-21-11 What questions do you have about the the letter?
9-22-11 How is the universe centered?
9-26-11 Have you used the letter requirements to help you write your letter?
Explain.
9-27-11 What did The Church believe was at the center of the universe before Galileo's work?
9-28-11 How did Galileo come to agree with Copernicus's view of the universe was accurate?
9-29-11 Describe Galileo's though experiment.
9-30-11 Do you read your horoscope? Why or why not?
10-3-11 Based on the results from the horoscope activity, are horoscopes accurate. Explain.
10-4-11 From the video, describe how objects fall when they are at the same height.
10-5-11 Do you think there is life on other planets? Explain.
10-6-11 What do you think happens to the amount of warmth as something gets
farther away from the heat source?
10-10-11 How does a radiometer work?
10-11-11 What did the pepper represent?
10-12-11 What was Ptolomey's view of the universe?
10-13-11 What did you accomplish on your project yesterday?
10-14-11 What are the temperatures like on your space object that you are studying?
10-17-11 What's something you've learned about your space object?
10-18-11 What do you have left for your project?
10-19-11 On a scale of 1-10, rate your effort on your project.
10-20-11 Of the projects presented on so far, are any able to support life? Explain.
10-21-11 What pattern is there with the atmosphere and the gravity?
10-24-11 On which planet would it be hardest to jump? Explain.
10-25-11 On a clean, EVEN (left) page, write the title: "Keeping Your Distance," Problem: How far apart are the planets?; Prediction: Write your answer.
10-26-11 Describe your reaction the distance between the planets.
10-27-11 What is the trend between order from the Sun & the distance from the distance each planet/object?
10-31-11 What shape do you think Earth's orbit is?
11-1-11 What is eccentricity?
11-2-11 How does changing the semi-axis affect how long it takes a planet to orbit?
11-8-11 What's one new thing you learned about Veterans Day?
11-21-11 T/F Alaska and Antarctica daylength would be opposites. Explain.
11-28-11 What did you do on your break?
11-29-11 Why can't you see a new moon?
11-30-11 How is a new moon different than a full moon?
12-1-11 What type of project are you doing?
12-5-11 What do waxing & waning mean?
12-6-11 What phase would there be at a lunar eclipse?
12-7-11 The moon forms a 90 degree angle with the Earth and Sun, and the shadow is on the right side.
12-8-11 T/F After a full moon, the phases are waning.
12-12 Are the phases right now waxing or waning? Explain.
12-13-11 T/F The phases repeat shapes.
12-14-11 What item would be most important for your survival on the moon? Explain.
12-15-11 How does the lunar eclipse work?
12-16-11 How does a solar eclipse work?
12-19-11 What do you have left to do on your project?
12-20-11 What parts of the rubric do you have left to complete?
12-21-11 Do I have your project, rubric, and calendar?
1-4-12 What did you do over break?
1-5-12 What questions do you have about the test?
1-9-12 What is a force?
1-10-12 How did the Magic Trick show inertia?
1-11-12 Which would have more inertia a car or a hot wheels car?
1-12-12 T/F When you sit in your chair, the forces are balanced.
1-13-12 T/F Forces are measured in Newtons.
1-17-12 What pattern did you notice between distance and time with the dominoes?
1-18-12 Regarding the math we have covered so far, what do you need extra help with?
1-19-12 How does one decide which variable goes on the x-axis and which one goes on the y-axis?
1-24-12 What is average speed useful for?
1-25-12 Order from greatest to least: 100 miles, 100 in., or 100 yards (Do the
math!)
1-26-12 What do you need help with on the Force and Motion Problems?
1-30-12 What pattern did you notice with adding more marbles to your ramp?
1-31-12 How do you think increasing or decreasing the height of your ramp
would affect distance?
2-1-12 Why do the outer horses on the carousel have to travel faster than the inner?
2-2-12 Make up YOUR OWN example for Newton's First Law in action.
2-3-12 According to the free fall site, why doesn't the water leak through the cup?
2-7-12 T/F The height that plants grow in response to the amount of light would be a dependent (responding) variable. Explain.
2-8-12 If you are having a tug-o-war with a friend and you are pulling with 100 N and your friend is pulling with 150 N are you exerting opposite forces? Are you exerting equal forces? Explain.
2-9-12 Yay! Quiz Day!
2-21-12 What is Newton's 3rd Law known as?
2-27-12 If Kitty traveled 350 m in 5s, how could we figure out her speed?
2-29-12 You push on the wall, and the wall pushed back. What would happen if the forces weren't equal and opposite?
3-1-12 Think of a bowling ball & a marble. Which is harder to push? Which has more inertia?
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3-19-12 What types of substances does convection work in?
3-20-12 Where was the hottest part of the wax? Why?
3-21-12 What is a circuit?
3-22-12 Describe one of the ways you got the bulb to light.
3-26-12 T/F When the switch is down, the circuit is open.
3-27-12 What is static electricity?
3-28-12 What happens with like charges approach each other?
3-29-12 If two objects repel each other, what can you say about their charge?
3-30-12 What kind of circuit do you think most houses or buildings have? Why?
4-2-12 What questions do you have about the test?
4-4-12 What do you know about how the periodic table is organized?
4-10-12 What is a molecule?
4-11-12 Why do the water molecules go so easily together?
4-12-12 Which solution did you say would have the most drops?
4-13-12 Was your prediction accurate, why or why not?
4-16-12 How does the movement of molecules in solids compare to those in liquids?
4-17-12 T/F gas has mass.
4-18-12 Describe how the molecules of gas compare to those of liquids and solids?
4-19-12 How did heat affect evaporation?
4-23-12 How does water vapor (gas) condense into liquid?
4-24-12 T/F Condensation is when gas goes to liquid.
4-25-12 T/F the atom is made of three types of particles.
4-26-12 Why did the two plastic strips repel each other?