- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Test Revisions due by Friday, 11/08
- Finish Concept Review Game and Concept Attainment Quiz (in STEMscopes) by Friday
- Kick-offs Weeks 11-12 due Friday
- Finish STEMscopedia (STEMscopes online) & Linking Literacy (paper handout) by Tuesday
- Next Test on Scopes 3-4 Gravity & Kinetic Energy is on Friday, 11/15
Friday, Nov. 08, 2019
- Kick-off: What is the equation to determine kinetic energy? What does it mean?
- Due: Kick-offs Weeks 11-12, Test Corrections stapled to your test, Concept Review Game & Concept Attainment Quiz (in STEMscopes)
- Handouts: None
- Agenda:
- Upcoming Due Dates:
WEEK 11
Monday, Oct. 28, 2019 New Seats!
- Kick-off: List 2 things you already know about gravity.
- Due: Kick-offs Weeks 9-10
- Handouts: Kick-offs Week 11-12, Assessing Prior Knowledge/Investigative Phenomenon, Graphic Organizer & Picture Vocabulary, Labs Packet
- Agenda:
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Finish any of today's handout (APK, Hook, Graphic Organizer) not completed in class
Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019
- Kick-off: What is the definition of gravity?
- Due: Test Make-ups
- Handouts: None
- Agenda:
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Finish Explore 1 Mass & Gravitational Force if not completed in class
- Finish STEMscopedia Questions handouts by Friday
Block Day, Oct. 30-31, 2019 (Mrs. Witter out Thursday)
- Kick-off: How are gravity and mass related?
- Due: None
- Handouts: Linking Literacy Concept Map
- Agenda:
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Finish any of today's classwork not completed in class by Tuesday
Friday, Nov. 01, 2019
- Kick-off: What is space?
- Due: STEMscopedia Gravitational Forces Questions
- Handouts: Video Notes
- Agenda:
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Will return STEMscopes Scopes 1 & 2 Tests on Monday! Sorry for the delay.
- Finish this week's STEMscopes Assignments, Google Classroom Assignments & Scope 3 Lab Packet pg. 81 - 86 by Tuesday
WEEK 10
Monday, Oct. 21, 2019
- Kick-off: What questions do you have about Friday's test?
- Due: None
- Handouts: Explore 3 TUVA Lab: BMX Dirt Bike Racing, Independent Practice Worksheets
- Agenda:
- (1.) Note: In Illuminate, I incorrectly recorded STEMscopes Scope #1 in "Assessments" rather than "Classwork" - please recheck your class grade!
- (2.) Explore 3 TUVA Lab: BMX Dirt Bike Racing
- You can access the TUVA data set in the STEMscopes app via the SCSD Clever Login.
- (3.) Independent Practice: Scope 1 and Scope 2
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Explore 3: Tuva Lab BMX Dirt Bike Racing due tomorrow!
- Binder Check #3 tomorrow!
- Independent Practice due on Block Day!
- Study for Test on Scopes 1 & 2 this Friday (Link to Study Guide)
- Prepare a 4"x6" Notecard, one-side, handwritten to use on the test.
Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019
- Kick-off: In Newton's 3rd Law of Motion, how are action and reaction forces related between 2 interacting objects?
- Due: Binder Check #3; Tuva Lab BMX Dirt Bike Racing
- Handouts: Newton's 2nd Law of Motion Problems
- Agenda:
- (1.) Postponed until Block for All Classes Peer-Graded Binder Check #3
- (2.) Assigned online via STEMscopes App in SCSD Clever:
- (A) Scope 1 Concept Attainment Quiz
- (B) Scope 2 Concept Attainment Quiz
- (C) Scope 2 Claim-Evidence-Reasoning Quiz
- (3.) Complete Independent Practice Packet for Scopes 1 & 2 (from Monday)
- (4.) Begin Newton's 2nd Law of Motion Problems (only if time)
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Due on Block: Independent Practice, Both Concept Attainment Quizzes, Scope 2 Claim-Evidence Reasoning
- Binder Check #3 postponed from Tuesday to Block!
- NOTE: Newton's Second Laws Problems in class work only (Don't finish for homework!!)
- Study for Test this Friday (Link to Study Guide)
- Prepare a 4"x6" Notecard, one-side, handwritten to use on the test.
Block Day, Oct. 23-24, 2019
- Kick-off: In Newton's 2nd Law of Motion, how are mass and net force related to acceleration?
- Due: Independent Practice, Concept Attainment Quizzes and CER
- Handouts: None
- Agenda:
- (1.) Peer-Grade Binder Check #3
- (2.) Brain-pop: Newton's Laws of Motion
- (3.) Review Independent Practice Packet & Concept Attainment Quizzes, CER
- (4.) STEMscopes in Clever - Complete:
- (A) Elaborate Science Today Watch It Rockets
- (B) Concept Review Games for Scopes 1 & 2 (key concepts & vocab)
- (5.) Newton's Second Law of Motion Practice Problems (Finish page 1, #1-4)
- (6.) Video on Special Theory of Relativity
- (7.) Ticket pull!
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Study for Test on Friday (Link to Study Guide)
- Prepare a 4"x6" Notecard, one-side, handwritten to use on the test.
Friday, Oct. 25, 2019
- Kick-off: How are you feeling today?
- Due: 4"x6" notecard, one-side, handwritten for the test
- Handouts: None
- Agenda:
- (1.) Physics Test on Scopes 1 & 2: Newton's Laws on Motion
- Upcoming Due Dates:
WEEK 09
Monday, Oct. 14, 2019
- Kick-off: None
- Due: None
- Handouts: None
- Agenda:
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- STEMscopedia Changes in Force & Motion Questions (from Friday) due 10/16
Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019
- Kick-off: Calculate the net force acting on an object w/ the following forces: 7N Up, 5N Down, 3 N Right, 2 N Right.
- Due: Tauscher collecting Explore 1 Balanced and Unbalanced Forces & Test Correction from Friday
- Handouts: Graphic Organizer/Picture Vocabulary; Net Forces Calculations Practice
- Agenda:
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- STEMscopedia Changes in Force & Motion Questions (from Friday) due 10/16
- Net Force Calculations Practice (all) due on Block Day
Block Day, Oct. 16-17, 2019
- Kick-off: What is the difference between a balanced vs. an unbalanced net force?
- Due: STEMscopedia Changes in Force and Motion Questions, Net Forces Calculations Practice
- Handouts: Explore 2
- Agenda:
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Explore 2 Inquiry Newton's 2nd Law of Motion due end of class tomorrow
Friday, Oct. 18, 2019
- Kick-off: Give a summary of your group's lab design.
- Due: Explore 2 by end of class
- Handouts: Study guide
- Agenda:
- (1.) Explore 2 Presentations
- (2.) Stamp & Review Net Force Calculations Practice
- (3.) Peer Grade Newton's Stations Lab
- (4.) Study Guide Work Time
- (5.) Binder Organization - Prep for Binder Check #3
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Binder Check #3 on Tuesday, Oct. 22nd!
- Study for Test on Scopes 1 & 2 next Friday, Oct. 25th
- Prepare a 4"x6" Notecard, one-side, handwritten to use on the test.
WEEK 08
Monday, October 07, 2019 (Conference Week - Minimum Day)
- Kick-off: How are forces measured?
- Due: Explore 3 Shock Absorber Engineering Project (collected Friday)
- Handouts: Hook: Newton Knew...
- Agenda:
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Hook Newton due tomorrow
- Kick-offs Weeks 07-08 due Friday
- Physics Test #1 Corrections (required if score <30/40) due Friday
Tuesday, October 08, 2019 (Conference Week - Minimum Day)
- Kick-off: What is inertia? Give an example. (Newton's 1st Law of Motion)
- Due: Hook
- Handouts: Explore 1 Balanced and Unbalanced Forces
- Agenda:
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Explore 1 Balanced & Unbalanced Forces & CER due Friday
- Kick-offs Weeks 07-08 due Friday
- Physics Test #1 Corrections (required if score <30/40) due Friday
Wednesday & Thursday, Oct. 09-10, 2019 (Mrs. Tauscher out Thursday)
- Kick-off: Describe Newton's 2nd Law of Motion.
- Due: Newtons Laws of Motion Lab due end of class!
- Handouts: Stations Lab: Newton's Laws of Motion
- Agenda:
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Kick-offs Weeks 07-08 due Friday
- Explore 1 Balanced & Unbalanced Forces & CER due Friday
- Physics Test #1 Corrections (required if score <30/40) due Friday
Friday, Oct. 11, 2019
- Kick-off: Which is your favorite of Newton's Laws? Why?
- Due: Explore 1 ; Test Corrections; Kick-offs Weeks 07-08
- Handouts: None
- Agenda:
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- STEMScopedia Changes in Force and Motion Questions due end of class
- Mrs. Tauscher will collect Explore 1 & Test Corrections on Tuesday 10/15!!
WEEK 07
Monday, September 30, 2019
- Kick-off: Describe Newton's 3rd Law of Motion.
- Due: Absent Work
- Handouts: Kick-offs Weeks 7-8, Explore 2 packet
- Agenda:
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Explore 2: Action and Reaction Forces due on Block Day
Tuesday, October 01, 2019
- Kick-off: How are action and reaction forces related?
- Due: Explore 2 Action and Reaction Forces by end of class
- Handouts: STEMscopedia Questions, Linking Literacy Modeling Motion
- Agenda:
- (1.) Discuss rubric and complete Explore 2 CER
- (2.) Sign-in to Google Classroom
- (3.) STEMscopedia & Reading Guide Questions in Google Classroom
- (4.) Math Connections (extra credit)
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- STEMscopedia due Friday in Google Classroom
Wednesday & Thursday, Oct. 02-03, 2019 (Conference Week - Minimum Day)
- Kick-off: What is engineering?
- Due: Explore 2 Lab: Action and Reaction Forces
- Handouts: Explore 3 Engineering Solutions Shock Absorber
- Agenda:
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Explore 3 by end of class Friday
- Group presentations tomorrow
Friday, Oct. 04, 2019 (Conference Week - Minimum Day)
- Kick-off: Explain the reasoning behind your team's shock absorber design. How does it relate to Newton's 3rd Law of Motion?
- Due: Explore 3 due end of class, STEMscopedia Online Questions
- Handouts: Scope 1 Mission Log
- Agenda:
- (1.) Explore 3 Engineering Solutions Shock Absorber Group Presentations
- (2.) Return Tests & Review
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Physics Test #1 Corrections due next Friday, required if score <30/40
WEEK 06
Monday, September 23, 2019
- Kick-off: Why does it hurt when you kick a soccer ball with bare feet?
- Due: None
- Handouts: Accessing Prior Knowledge / Graphic Organizer, Hook What is a System?
- Agenda:
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Organize your binder for Binder Check #2 on Block Day!
- Study Guide (all) & Practice Test (#1,2, 4-19) due on Block Day!
- Kick-offs Weeks 5-6 due Friday
- Motion & Energy Ch. 9 Quiz next Friday 9/27!!
- (NOTE: 4"x6" notecard, only one-side used and handwritten can be brought to the quiz.)
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
- Kick-off: What is a force? Give an example.
- Due: Hook: What is a System?
- Handouts: Explore 1, Picture Vocabulary
- Agenda:
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Organize your binder for Binder Check #2 on Block Day! Won't be accepted late!
- Study Guide (all) & Practice Test (#1-2, 4-19) due on Block Day!
- Kick-offs Weeks 5-6 due Friday
- Motion & Energy Ch. 9 Quiz next Friday 9/27!!
- (NOTE: 4"x6" notecard, only one-side used and handwritten can be brought to the quiz.)
Wednesday & Thursday, Sep. 25-26, 2019 (Mrs. Witter out Thursday)
- Kick-off: What questions do you have about the test?
- Due: Binder Check #2, Study Guide, Practice Test #1-19
- Handouts: None
- Agenda:
- (0.) Absence & Shadowing Procedure Review
- (1.) Binder Check #2
- (2.) Review Acceleration & Graphing Motion Review Questions
- (3.) Peer-grade Hotwheels Graphing Speed Lab & Marble Roller Coaster Challenges
- (4.) Review Study Guide & Ch. 9 Practice Test
- (5.) Jeopardy Game
- (6.) Work on Notecard
- (7.) Crash Course Motion in a Straight Line (if time)
- (8.) Ticket Pull
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Kick-offs Weeks 5-6 due Friday
- Motion & Energy Ch. 9 Quiz next Friday 9/27!!
- (NOTE: 4"x6" notecard, only one-side used and handwritten can be brought to the quiz.)
Friday, Sep. 27, 2019
- Kick-off: How are you feeling today?
- Due: Test 4"x6" One-side handwritten notecard, Kick-offs Weeks 5-6
- Handouts: None
- Agenda:
- (1.) Ch. 9 Physics Motion & Mechanical Energy Test
- Upcoming Due Dates:
WEEK 05
Monday, September 16, 2019
- Kick-off: How can a car's brake, gas pedal and steering wheel all cause acceleration?
- Due: None
- Handouts: Kick-offs Weeks 5-6; Motion in Graphs Packet; Graphing Motion Practice Problems
- Agenda:
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Dress for lab work on the floor tomorrow!
- Acceleration Calculations due tomorrow
- Graphing Motion problems due block day
- Quiz #1 Corrections due Friday
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
- Kick-off: Draw a graph where "slope = speed" and another where "slope = acceleration" and then draw in a line illustrating positive acceleration on each.
- Due: Acceleration Problems checked
- Handouts: Marble Roller Coaster Design Challenges Packet
- Agenda:
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Dress for lab work on the floor tomorrow!
- Graphing Motion problems due block day
- Quiz #1 Corrections due Friday
Wednesday & Thursday, Sep. 18-19, 2019
- Kick-off: Do you enjoy roller coasters? Why or why not?
- Due: Graphing Motion handouts
- Handouts: None
- Agenda:
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Marble Roller Coaster Lab due tomorrow
- Quiz #1 Corrections due Friday
Friday, Sep. 20, 2019 - Mrs. Tauscher & Mrs. Witter Out
- Kick-off: What is the difference between potential and kinetic energy?
- Due: Marble Roller Coaster Lab; Quiz Corrections if you scored <30/40 = 75%.
- Handouts: Test Study Guide, Practice Test, Binder Check #2 Rubric
- Agenda:
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Binder Check #2 on Block Day!
- Study Guide (all) & Practice Test (#1,2, 4-19) due on Block Day!
- Motion & Energy Ch. 9 Quiz next Friday 9/27!!
- (NOTE: 4"x6" notecard, only one-side used and handwritten can be brought to the quiz.)
WEEK 04
Monday, September 9, 2019
- Kick-off: How can you determine how fast or slow something is moving?
- Due: Binder Check #1
- Handouts: Physics Ch. 9 Notes; and Distance, Displacement and Reference Points Handout
- Agenda:
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Density of Liquids Lab due tomorrow
- Reference Points and Distance vs. Displacement finished by tomorrow
Tuesday, September 10, 2019 (Picture Day!)
- Kick-off: What is the difference between speed and velocity?
- Due: Density of Liquids Lab; Reference Points and Distance vs. Displacement handout
- Handouts: Distance Time Speed Problem Set
- Agenda:
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Speed Distance Time Problems due block day
Block Day, September 11-12, 2019
- Kick-off: How do you determine the slope of a line on a graph?
- Due: Speed Distance Time Problems
- Handouts: Hotwheels Lab
- Agenda:
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Hotwheels Lab due tomorrow (graded on Monday)
Friday, September 13, 2018
- Kick-off: What are 3 ways you can change the velocity of a car?
- Due: Hotwheels Graphing Speed Lab; Check DTS Problem Set; Kick-offs Weeks 3-4
- Handouts: Acceleration Calculations
- Agenda:
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Peer-Grade Hotwheels Lab on Monday
- Acceleration Problems checked on Tuesday
- Quiz Corrections due Friday
WEEK 03
Monday, September 02, 2019 - Holiday
- Kick-off Question:
- Assignments Due:
- Handouts:
- Today's Agenda:
- (1.) Labor Day Holiday - No School
- Upcoming Due Dates:
Tuesday, September 03, 2019
- Kick-off: How are mass and volume different?
- Due: Metric Stations Lab
- Handouts: Density Notes; Density Practice Problems; 4"x6" Notecard
- Note: Study Guide already given - see back of notes packet.
- Agenda:
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Dress for Lab tomorrow!
- Be sure to finish the line graph on the back of Friday's graphing packet for Block Day (if you didn't finish in class.)
- Quiz #1 on Friday (NOTE: 4"x6" notecard, one-side used and handwritten only can be brought to the quiz.)
Block - Wednesday/Thursday, September 04-05, 2019
- Kick-off: Define density in your own words.
- Due: Density Practice Problems (Complete at least #1-9 & #15)
- Handouts: Density of Liquids Lab
- Agenda:
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- 4"x6" Notecard (one-side & handwritten only) for the Quiz
- Binder Check #1 on Monday
- Density of Liquids Lab due start of class on Tuesday
Friday, September 06, 2019
- Kick-off: How are you feeling today?
- Due: 4"x6" Notecard (one-side & handwritten only) for the Quiz
- Handouts: Quiz
- Agenda:
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Binder Check #1 on Monday
- Density of Liquids Lab peer-graded on Tuesday
WEEK 02
Monday, August 27, 2019
- Kick-off Question: Write down 2 observations and 2 inferences about your classroom.
- Assignments Due: None
- Handouts: Ch.1 Notes Packet, Binder Organization, Trimester 1 Extra Credit
- Today's Agenda:
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Safety Cartoons due Friday.
- Note: Quiz on Safety and Procedures postponed
Tuesday, August 28, 2019
- Kick-off: What are independent, dependent and controlled variables?
- Due: None
- Handouts: Think Tube Demonstration, Simpson's Variables
- Agenda:
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Simpson's Variables due tomorrow on block day
- Safety Cartoons due Friday.
Block - Wednesday/Thursday, Aug. 29-30, 2019 (Back to School on Night Th 8/29)
- Kick-off: What is the metric system and why is it used in science?
- Due: Simpson's Variables
- Handouts: Metric System Stations Lab
- Agenda:
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Kick-offs Weeks 1-2 due Friday
- Safety Cartoons due Friday
Friday, August 31, 2019 (Minimum Day)
- Kick-off: What are some key features of a graph?
- Due: Kick-offs Week 1-2, Safety Cartoons
- Handouts: Graphing Packet
- Agenda:
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Quiz Safety, Procedures & Ch. 1 Scientific Method next Friday 9/6
- Notecard 4"x6", one-side only, handwritten can be used on the quiz
WEEK 01
First Day of School!
Wednesday, August 21, 2019 (Minimum Day Schedule)
- Kick-off Question: None
- Assignments Due: None
- Handouts: 8th Grade Science Guide and Agreement, No Wrong Answers
- Today's Agenda:
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Signed 8th Grade Science Agreement (pink) due tomorrow
- No Wrong Answers due tomorrow
Thursday, August 22, 2019 (Assembly Schedule)
- Kick-off: Describe 2 goals you have for science class this year.
- Due: Signed 8th Grade Science Agreement & No Wrong Answers
- Handouts: Classroom Hunt / Personal Progress Chart
- Agenda:
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Signed 8th Grade Science Agreement (pink) if you forgot today
- No Wrong Answers if you forgot today
Friday, August 24, 2019 (Alternate Assembly Schedule)
- Kick-off: What do you think are the 2 most important safety rules in the science lab? (Skipped for 2nd period only due to Assembly.)
- Due: Signed 8th Grade Science Agreement & No Wrong Answers
- Handouts: Laboratory Safety Cartooning
- Agenda:
- Upcoming Due Dates:
- Lab Safety Cartoons due next Friday