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?