Treadway Science Quarter 2
Agenda for Thursday, December 13, 2018
Getting Started: Planner - HW. SciNotebook: skip 2 blank pages. On next, clean, right-hand page write today’s date & “Measure Mass.” Open your textbook (ScienceFusion) page 415.
Today. Measure Mass
- Textbook - read p. 415 & 416. Write in science notebook.
- SLIDES: 2.1 Measure Mass
- Weight on other planets
HW: none except missing assignments (last day is Dec 18)
Agenda for Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Getting Started:
Today: Measuring Matter
- Test: Particles of Matter
- When finished, read ScienceWorld magazine.
3. Pretest: Measure Matter
HW: Bring textbook to class tomorrow (Thurs.) Complete any missing assignments by Dec. 18.
Agenda for Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Getting Started: Planner - HW. Return old papers.
Today: Review for Test: Matter and the Particle Theory
- Handout: 1.6.2 States of Matter
- SLIDES: 1.6: Matter and the Particle Theory
- 1.6.3 Online Review: Particles of Matter (gray)
HW: 1.5.2 Online Worksheet: Kinetic Theory (maroon) due TODAY. Complete 1.6.3 Online Review - gray (for practice only).
Test tomorrow - Particles in Matter.
Last day for missing assignments is Tues, Dec 18.
Agenda for Monday, December 10, 2018
Getting Started: Planner - HW. In Science Notebook, glue in blue “Kinetic Theory (Particle Theory) of Matter.” GC - open the Molecular Workbench. Observe animations of particles in gas, liquid, & solid.
Today: Kinetic Theory (Particle Theory)
- Sci notebook, SLIDES 1.5: Kinetic Theory (Particle Theory) - explore models of particles in gas, liquid, and solid.
- More online models (American Chemistry Society)
- Read: ScienceFusion textbook, pp. 378-379 #5.
- Read: ScienceSaurus, section 253 (available in ThinkCentral)
HW: Blue - 1.4.3 Online wkst due today. Maroon - 1.5.2 Online Worksheet: due Tues (tomorrow), Quiz Wed.
Agenda for Friday, December 7, 2018
Getting Started: Planner - HW, Get out your science notebook (with purple notes for SLIDES 1.4)
Today: Matter is made of particles.
- SLIDES 1.4 Atoms and States of Matter (with video clips)
- Complete the purple notes
- 1.4.3 Online Worksheet (blue): Atoms and States of Matter
- Finished? Read quietly (your book or ScienceWorld)
Homework: Complete and submit 1.4.3 Online Worksheet (blue): Atoms and States of Matter - due Monday. Complete missing assignments.
Agenda for Thursday, December 6, 2018
Getting Started: Planner - HW, Get out your science notebook. Glue the notes handout in the “Matter” section.
Today: Matter is made of particles
- 1.4 Slides - Atoms and States of Matter
- Complete the notes handout
Homework: Due today - 1.3.2 Online Worksheet: What is Matter? Use notes, slides (1.2 and 1.3), and textbook to answer questions on the online worksheet. Complete missing assignments.
Agenda for Wednesday, December 5 (2-hour delay)
Getting Started: Planner - HW.SciNotebook and Textbook (HW).
Today: Summary of Introduction to Matter
- 1.3 SLIDES: Intro to Solid, Liquid, Gas. Finish / review demonstrations about the characteristics of solids, liquids, and gases.
- Clarify homework in textbook, pp. 472-3, #5, 6, 7.
Vocabulary: definite volume, definite shape, fixed position.
- 1.3.2 Online Worksheet: What is Matter? - due Thurs. You may use notes, SLIDES 1.3, textbook.
Homework: 1.3.2 Online Worksheet - What is Matter?
Agenda for Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Getting Started: Planner - HW. Science Notebook (section on Matter) - create a large data table as shown on the board.
Today: Explore Solid, Liquid, Gas
- 1.3 SLIDES: Introduction to Solid, Liquid, Gas - takes notes, write explanations, and create models in your sci notebook
- ScienceFusion textbook: read pp. 472-473. Answer questions 5, 6, 7 in your book.
HW: ScienceFusion textbook: read pages 472-473. Answer questions 5, 6, 7 in your book OR on a piece of paper
available at ThinkCentral first.last iloveSCI19!
Agenda for Monday, December 3, 2018
Getting Started: Planner - HW, Google Classroom - answer the Monday Question. Open your science notebook to “Matter”
Today: Introduction to Matter - Solid, Liquid, Gas
- Use your science notebook to take notes and answer questions.
- SLIDES 1.3 - Intro to Solid, Liquid, Gas - Explore a lava lamp
- HW: none except missing assignments
Agenda for Friday, November 30, 2018
Getting Started: Get out your white “Is It Matter?” paper. Get your SciNotebook. On the next clean page, skip 2 pages. On the next right-hand page, write “Matter” and today’s date.
Today: What is matter?
- matter vs matter
- Handout: Is It Matter? & SciNotebook
- 1.2 SLIDES: Introduction to Matter
- Textbook: p. 414 #5 & 6 What is matter?
Homework: none except missing assignments.
Agenda for Thursday, November 29, 2018
Getting Started: Planner - HW, Handout - Is It Matter? (white) Get your Science Notebook. Open to next clean page. Skip 2 pages. On the next right-hand page write “Matter” & today’s date.
Today: Lab Safety. What is Matter?
- Finish SLIDES: Lab Procedures and Safety
Yellow paper - back of science notebook
- Handout: Is It Matter?
Discussion and notes in science notebook
HW: none except missing assignments
Agenda for Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Getting Started: Hand in blue statistics homework late. Clear desk & get out pencil for quiz. Questions?
Today: What is matter?
- Pre-quiz: practice
- Quiz - Statistics
- Handout: Is it matter? - complete individually. Then share and discuss.
Homework: none except missing assignments
Agenda for Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Getting Started: Planner - HW, Get out your blue statistics paper (due today). Any questions?
Get out your sci notebook.
Today: Lab Equipment and Safety
- Blue Homework - questions? hand in
- Handout: Lab Equipment and Safety - fold and glue to back of science notebook.
- SLIDES: Lab Procedures and Safety (begin)
HW: Quiz tomorrow - Statistics. Bring textbook to class.
Agenda for Monday, November 26, 2018
Getting Started: Planner-HW. statistics practice per.9 and per.10
Today: Complete visual displays (line plot, histogram, box plot)
- A word about Mars and Measurements (textbook p. 51)
- SLIDES: Statistics - Ways to Analyze Data
- median, quartile, upper & lower extreme, mode, range
- (blue) Your class data: Average Student Speed. Complete and hand in.
- Create class displays of class data (large paper)
HW: Complete your blue paper - class data (due tomorrow).
- Statistics Quiz - Wed.
Agenda for Friday, November 16, 2016
Getting Started: Get out your white Statistics Notes.
Today: Practice using statistics - line plots, histograms, box plots
- Statistics Period 9 - complete and check your answers
- Statistics Period 10 - complete and check your answers
- Blue - Your Class Data - complete using your class’s data (see back of the paper)
Homework: Enjoy your Thanksgiving break!
Agenda for Thursday, November 15, 2018
Getting Started: Get out your white “Statistics Notes” from yesterday.
Today: Create Box Plots
- Statistics Notes (white) - example on back
- 4.1 SLIDES - Statistics: Ways to Analyze Data (example)
- 4.3 Practice Statistics: Period 9
Homework: None except missing assignments.
Agenda for Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Getting Started: Think - Any questions about speed vs time graphs?
Today: Finish speed-time graphs, practice statistics
- Questions about speed-time graphs?
- GC Quiz - Motion and Speed vs time graphs
- 4.1 SLIDES: Statistics - information and examples
- 4.2 Statistics notes (white) - this will not be handed in
- 4.3 Handout - Practice Statistics, Period 9 (white)- not graded
Homework: none except missing assignments
Agenda for Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Today: Practice Speed vs Time Graphs, Statistics- box plots
- Reminder - 3.2 Online Worksheet (green) due today
- 3.3 Online Practice - Speed vs Time Graphs (purple)
- 4.1 SLIDES: STATISTICS - Ways to Analyze Data
- Handout - 4.2 Statistics Notes
HW: Quiz tomorrow (Wed) on Speed-Time Graphs, Hand in late assignments
Agenda for Monday, November 12, 2018
Getting Started: Planner - HW.
Get out your Sci Notebook - speed-time graphs
Today: Graphing Motion on Speed-Time Graphs
- Sci Notebook: 3.1 SLIDES - Speed vs Time graphs
- 3.1 Online Practice - Speed vs Time Graphs
- 3.2 Online Worksheet - Speed vs Time Graphs
HW: 3.2 Online Worksheet - Speed vs Time Graphs Due Tues. Quiz Speed-Time Graphs - Wed.
Agenda for Friday, November 9, 2018
Getting started: Planner - HW, Sci Notebook- turn to next clean page. Write today’s date in the corner. Topic is “speed vs time graph.” Write a definition for speed.
Today: Motion on a Speed-Time Graph
- What is speed? Prediction: Speed-time graph of a Bus
- Team Whiteboard challenge - graphing speed
Homework: Think snow. Complete missing assignments.
Agenda for Thursday, November 8, 2018
Getting Started: go to Google Classroom. Questions before test?
Today: Assessment - Motion and Distance-Time Graphs
- Questions?
- Test - Motion and Distance-Time Graphs
- ScienceWorld Magazine
Homework: none except missing assignments
Agenda for Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Getting Started: Planner - HW. GC - Wednesday Question. Get out white squirrel worksheet.
Today: Review for Test tomorrow.
- Review White Squirrel paper (2.10* SLIDES)
- Online Practice Quiz #4 - Distance-Time Graphs
- 2.14 SLIDES: Sample Distance-Time Graphs
HW: Test tomorrow (Thurs) - Motion & Distance-time Graphs. Review old worksheets, practice quizzes.
Agenda for Monday, November 5, 2018
Getting Started: Planner - HW, Hand out blue squirrel worksheet
Today: Analyze and interpret distance-time graphs
- White squirrel worksheet - due Wed. GC - “2.10 SLIDES: Analyze and Interpret Distance-Time Graphs” - updated.
- The Adventures of Tom - Ambassador visits.
- Respectfully discuss interpretations of graphs - 2 minutes each turn. Ambassadors rotate with index card of answers. Hosts welcome ambassadors and answer questions.
- With lab team, review answers & make changes as necessary. Complete 5 sample graphs. Hand in.
HW: Review 2.10 SLIDES. White squirrel worksheet - due Wed (if needed) Test Thurs - Motion and Distance-Time Graphs
Agenda for Friday, November 2, 2018
Getting Started: Planner - HW, Hand in late assignments.
Today: Interpret Graph Stories - The Adventures of Tom
- How to collaborate in small groups
- With your team, analyze and interpret the graphs.
- Choose the story that matches the graph.
- 4 Scenarios - graphing challenge (optional)
HW: Test Thurs. Complete missing work. Play outside.
Agenda for Thursday, November 1, 2018
Getting Started: Get out your blue squirrel worksheets. Prepare to ask questions about it.
Today: More practice - read and interpret graphs from stories
- A note about teams - Lab teams collaborate (work together)
- Blue Squirrel Worksheets - questions, review, and hand in
- GC - 2.11 Online Practice Quiz #3: Distance-Time Graphs
- The Adventures of Tom - tan and green papers
Read and interpret graphs
Homework: complete any missing assignments
Agenda for Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Getting Started: Planner - HW, Hand in yellow Experiment - Student Speed.
In your Sci Notebook on the next clean page, summarize (words or pictures) what you learned about graphs and speed.
Today: Create and analyze line graphs about stories
- Sci Notebook, SLIDES: Analyze & Interpret Distance-Time Graphs. Key vocabulary: y-intercept
- Blue Squirrel Worksheet - Create and Analyze Graphs
- Graphing Stories - 4 Scenarios (tan) - a challenge activity
HW: Finish blue Squirrel Worksheet, turn in missing assignments.
Agenda for Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Getting Started: Get out yellow Experiment: Student Speed
Today: Complete Experiment Student Speed, Create line graphs
- Experiment: Student Speed - see guidelines
- Testable Question: How does student speed affect the slope of a line on a distance vs time graph?
- Complete claim, evidence, reasoning, and reflection.
- Hand in
- GC - SLIDES: Analyze and Interpret Distance-time Graphs
- Blue - Squirrel Worksheet: Create & Read Graphs
HW: Complete experiment, missing assignments
Agenda for Monday, October 29, 2018
Getting Started: Planner - HW. Hand back papers. Get out yellow Experiment - Student Speed.
Today: Calculations, graph, & write-up Experiment: Student Speed
- Review white paper - speed and average speed
- Experiment: Student speed
- Testable Question - How does student speed affect the slope of a line on a distance vs time graph?
- Sample problems - calculate average time and speed
- Sample graph - Student speed (average time vs distance)
HW: Complete Data Tables and Graphs of Experiment
Agenda for Friday, October 26, 2018
Getting Started: Put away all materials. Sit quietly.
Today: Presentation: Drugs, Alcohol, & Tobacco. by KMS School Resource Officer - Officer Barnes
HW: complete calculations for average time and average speed on the yellow Experiment: Student Speed - round to tenths place (this does NOT include graph)
Agenda for Thursday, October 25, 2018
Getting Started: Planner - HW, Hand in white practice (late) - calculate speed. Preparation for quiz - clear desk.
Today: Speed and the Slope of a Line Graph
- Quiz - Motion and Graphs
- Experiment: Student Speed
- Testable Question: How does speed affect the slope of a line?
- Share collected data with lab team members
- Calculate average time, then average speed
HW: Complete calculations for Experiment: Student Speed
Agenda for Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Getting Started: Hand in white - Practice Calculating Speed
Experiment: Student Speed - Each team needs:
- 1 clipboard with pencil (at lab station)
- 1 yellow data collection paper on clipboard
- 1 Chromebook (in case there is a problem with stopwatch)
Today: Collect data in large gym
Testable Question: How does student speed affect the slope of a line on a distance vs time graph?
Students will travel 20 m at different speeds. Each student will travel the distance twice at a particular speed.
HW: Quiz tomorrow - Review worksheets & practice quizzes
Agenda for Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Getting Started: Planner - HW, get out your gold worksheet - Fox, Dog, & Cat. Get out colored pencil or highlighter.
Today: Review motion and graphing
- Review gold worksheet
- Practice Quiz 2: Motion and Graphing
- Practice: Calculate speed and averages (handout)
- Preparation for Student Speed Experiment tomorrow.
HW: Finish speed practice (white). Wear gym shoes tomorrow, Quiz Thursday - motion & graphs
Agenda for Monday, October 22, 2018
Getting Started: Planner - HW, Hand back work
Today: Read Distance-Time Graphs
- To the Board -
- Positive Slope - move away from ref. point: fast, slow
- Negative slope - move toward ref. point: fast, slow
- Zero slope
- Probe: Motion Detector - Match the Graph
3. Practice Quiz 1 - Graphs and Motion
HW: Finish gold worksheet. Quiz Thurs. Wear gym shoes Wed.
Agenda for Friday, October 19, 2018
Getting Started: Planner - HW, Late white worksheet? Get out your pink Worksheet - Read & Create Distance-Time Graphs. Get out your SciNotebook.
Today: Reading and Creating Distance-Time Graphs
- Pink Worksheet: Read & Create Distance-time Graphs-squirrel. - hand in.
- SLIDES: Reading Distance-Time Graphs
- Student demo - position and reference point (door)
HW: Go outside - play or go for a walk
Agenda for Thursday, Oct 18, 2018
Getting Started: Planner - HW. Get out white worksheet - Practice Reading & Analyzing Graphs (Weather). Open Textbook to p. 388. Get Sci Notebook. Colored pencil or highlighter.
Lesson: Graphs: position, reference point, and motion
- Worksheet - Practice Reading & Analyzing a Graph- hand in
- Textbook and SciNotebook: Read pp. 388-389. Answer Questions 5, 6, 7.
- SLIDES: M1 Basics of Distance-Time Graphs
- Pink Worksheet: Read & Create Distance-Time Graphs
HW: Complete pink worksheet
Agenda for Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Getting Started: Planner - HW, GC - Wed Question, SciNotebook: skip a page, then on next clean, right page - write today’s date & “Graphs”
Today: Reading Graphs
- National Weather Service - Hourly Weather Forecast Graph
- SciNotebook: Graphs - SLIDES - Parts of a Line Graph
- Worksheet (white) - Practice Reading and Analyzing a Graph
- Questions? ThinkCentral Library - Read ScienceSaurus, sections 394-396
HW Complete worksheet (if needed), bring textbook Thurs.
Agenda for Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Getting Started: Planner - HW. PowerSchool - Check your science grades. Hand out papers.
Today: Read Graphs
- GC - Pretest - Motion and Graphs
- Play Battleship (handout)
- Read online graphs
- National Weather Service Hourly Weather Forecast Graph
- Scale, Range, Interval
HW: GC, Classwork - Link graphs at National Weather Service