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Semester Test will be Dec 20th from 1:03 to 2:36.  It will cover Lab Safety test, Harnessing Human Energy test,  and Force and Motion test material. You should study these tests in google classroom to prepare for the Semester test.

Lesson Plans

Feb. 23-27

Monday-Do Finger Lab

Tuesday-finish Finger lab

Wednesday-go over pretest and critical junction

Thursday-do post test 4.4 Light Waves

Friday-start Laser  Light  labs

Feb 16-20

Monday-no school

Tuesday-Optics

Wednesday-continue notes-Optics

Thursday-NAEP Testing for 3 and 4th hours or Watch October Skies in Mrs. Schapp's room or study hall in Mrs. Durno's room.

Friday-Finish up optic notes, do Light Wave Vocabulary Test

Feb 9-13

Monday-lesson 3.1 Following the Path of Light

Tuesday-3.2 What Eyes Can See

Wednesday-3.3 Reflection, Transmission, and Energy

Thursday-3.4 Critical Junction

Friday-3.6 Explaining Skin Cancer Rate 

Feb 2nd to 6th

Monday-Lesson 2.1 Investigating Different Light Sources: Sim and Lab

Tuesday-Lesson 2.2 Harvesting Sunlight-read and annotate article, Sim,

Wednesday-Lesson 2.3 Wave Properties-simulations, read and annotate article

Thursday-Lesson 2.4 Effects of Different Types of Light, Sim, Model, read and annotate article

Friday-Analyzing Evidence About Melanin and UV Light-sim, notes.

Jan 26-30

Monday-Magnetic Field Chapter Test

Tuesday-pretest light waves, light wave vocabulary terms

Wednesday-1.2-1.3

Thursday-1.3-1.4

Friday-Slinky lab, do 1st 2 pages on board, then do lab portion. 

Jan. 19-23

Monday-no school

Tuesday-4.1 do as spider

Wednesday-Measuring Magnetic Force lab

Thursday-Earth's Magnetic Field lab

Friday-finish lab, go over 3.4 critical junction 

Jan. 12-16

Monday-3.1 Exploring Force and Potential Energy

Tuesday-3.2 Simulating Magnetic Force

Wednesday-3.3 Modeling

Thursday-finish 3.3

Friday. 3.4 Critical Junction, do 3.5 based on color level from 3.4

Jan 5-9

Monday-Magnetic Fields 2.1-read articles, annotate, highlight

Tuesday-lesson 2.2-explore energy in system

Wednesday-2.3-Magnetic potential energy

Thursday-2.4-Simulating launch

Friday-do Magnetic Force lab Stations 

Dec. 15-19

Monday-Mag lev trials

Tuesday-finish trials

Wednesday- no class, semester testing other hours.

Thursday-semester test-covering lab safety, Harnessing Human Energy, and Force and Motion chapter tests

Friday-no class semester testing

Dec. 8-12

Monday-Explanation of Electric and Magnetic Force-do as guided, watch utube 

Tuesday-Start Exploration as guided then rest is homework

Wednesday-Magnetic Fields Vocabulary Test, then watch Bill Nye Magnetism

Thursday-Start Mag lev build

Friday-Mag lev 

Dec 1-5

Monday-lesson 1.2-Intro to Magnetic Spacecraft-lab, reading

Tuesday-lesson 1.3- Evaluating Magnetic Force Evidence-evidence cards, model system in sim

Wednesday-lesson 1.4-Earth's Geomagnetism-read and highlight artlcle

Thursday-lesson 1.5-investigating Magnetic Field Lines-sim 

Friday-Lesson 1.6-Analyzing Field Line Data-modeling 

 Nov 24-26

Monday-review, make up work

Tuesday-Force and Motion Test

Wednesday-pretest Magnetic Fields, start vocabulary

Thursday-Friday-No School

Nov 17-21

Monday-Mosa Mack Energy Transfer

Tuesday-4.4 Post Test

Wednesday-Walking Dead lab

Thursday-finish Walking Dead lab

Friday-Thanksgiving Dinner with Elementary 

Nov 10-14

Monday-lesson 3.1 Crash

Tuesday-no school

Wedneday-lesson 3.2 Investigating Collision Forces

Thursday-vocabulary test, lesson 3.3. effectss of Collisions

Friday-lesson 3.4 Reasoning About Crashes

Nov 3 to 7

Monday-Wednesday Do Newton's Motion Labs

Thursday-finish labs, Balanced and  Unbalanced forces as homework

Friday- go over labs, do Net force as homework

Oct 27-Oct 31

Monday-2.2 Reading Design Wheelchairs

Tuesday-2.3 modeling effects of different masses

Wednesday-Do Inertia lab

Thursday-finish lab

Friday- preview samples for 2.4, then do critical junction 

Oct 20-24

Monday-power plant field trip

Tuesday-Mosa Mack Force and Motion Animation watch video do 4 vocabulary

do 7 questions listen to song take quiz

Wednesday Mosa Mack

Ghost Cars Force and Motion, watch video-show video on tv, then have work in pairs.

do 2 episode questions do Let's Figure It Out-draw model and explain

Do Constructing an Explanation

Do Quiz

Thursday-do Amplify Science Chapter 2 lesson 1

Exploring Mass, Force, and Velocity Do Warm Up

Do Investigating Forces on Different Object lab. Need one day for lab portion

Do Investigating Force and Mass simulation

Do Investigating Force and Mass: Moving Objects simulation

Friday-finish up work, preview lab for next week.

Oct 13-17

Monday-watch video on Force and Motion, start 1.4, do warm up, do word relationship, article

Tuesday-1.4 nvestigate weak and strong forces lab

Wednesday-1.5 simulation, modeling force and velocity

Thursday-1.6 evaluationg claims

Friday-no school

Oct 6-10

Monday-potential and kinetic energy escape room

Tuesday-HHE chapter test

Wednesday-starting Force and Motion vocabulary terms

Thursday-Force and Motion Chapter one lesson 1 and 2

Friday- Force and Motion Chapter one lesson 3

Sept 29-Oct 3

Monday-No School

Tuesday-Friday-work on Little Bits, Squishy Circuits, Circuit Blocks, Snap Circuits

Sept 22-26

Monday-present poster, start Mosa Mack animation

Tuesday-present poster, start Mosa Mack Phenonemon

Wednesday-present poster, start Mosa Mack Lab

Thursday-Friday-finish up Mosa Mack Lab

Sept 15-19

Monday-finish potential and kinetic exploration guided notes, start pendulum lab

Tuesday-finish pendulum lab

Wednesday-do vocabulary test, start electricity packet begin work on poster

Thursday-finish poster

Friday-continue electricity packet

Sept 8-12

Monday-roll back can

Tuesday-HHE chapter 2 lesson 1 investigating how objects get energy

Wednesday-HHE Chapter 2 lesson 2 second reading energy inventions

Thursday-HHE chapter 2 lesson 3 wprd relationships

Friday-guide potential and kinetic energy

Sept 1 to 5

Monday-no school

Tuesday-Harnessing Human Energy Chapter 1 lesson 1

Wednesday-HHE lesson 2

Thursday-HHE lesson 3 and 4

Friday-build popsicle stick catapult

Aug 25-29

Monday-lab equipment notes

Tuesday-questions equipment, do Making Observations

Wednesday-Kesler Lab Safety

Thursday-go over Kesler

Friday-final lab safety test, start Harnessing Human Energy Vocabulary

Aug 18-22

Monday-expectations, letter, Know You

Tuesday-lab safety-who has

Wednesday-Nightmare Lab Safety

Thursday-lab safety stations

Friday-finish station, test