4/23/10 Warm up Warm up: How have you helped your group during the project this week? Review: No review today. Turn in your sheets

4/21/10 Warm up Warm up: Which amusement park ride would you most like to try? Review: Why does the the first hill usually have to be the tallest? Hint: To build up a lot of _______energy.

4/20/10 Warm up Warm up: What do you feel if positive G forces are applied to your body? Review:What do you feel if negative G forces are applied to your body?

4/19/10 Warm up Warm up:What is kinetic energy? Review:At what point of a roller coaster ride do you have the most potential energy?

4/15/10 Warm up Warm up:What is going well with your experiment? What could be improved? Review: no review today (we are in the computer lab the second half of class.)

4/14/10 Warm up Warm up:What is the next step in your experiment? Review: no review today (we are in the computer lab the second half of class.)

4/13/10 Warm up Warm up:What is the next step in your experiment? Review: At what point of a roller coaster ride does the rider have the most gravitational potential energy?

4/1/10 Warm up Warm up: Why is it important to identify sources of error for an experiment? Review: Describe 2 sources of error that your group tried to control in the experiment plan?

3/31/10 Warm up Warm up: Which kind of information should be on the “X” axis of a graph? Which belong on the “Y” axis? Review: Which information did you put on the “X” axis of your graph? Which information did you put on the “Y” axis?

3/30/10 Warm up Warm up: Why is it important to change only 1 variable in an experiment? Review: Which variable did your group change? List at least 3 variables that your group will attempt to control (keep the same).

3/29/10 Warm up Warm up: Why is it important to introduce background information at the beginning of an experiment report? Review: Which prompt did your group choose?

3/17/10 Warm up Warm up: No warm up today 3/18/10: If you could go anywhere for spring break, where would it be and why?

3/16/2010 Warm up: Which kinds of planes flew the farthest? Which kinds of planes had the most hang time?

3/15/2010 Warm up: What are four forces acting on an airplane as it flies? (see page 399 for the answer.) This is repeated from last week. Use at least 1 complete sentence and make a labeled illustration.

3/12/10 Warm up Warm up: What are four forces acting on an airplane as it flies? (see page 399 for the answer.) Use at least 1 complete sentence and make a labeled illustration.

3/10/10 Warm up Warm up: Why is it harder to breathe at the top of a very high mountain? Remember to use complete sentences! Activities: -Discussion/Notes: Fluid pressure -p.392 #1-5 together Reading notes 13.2 pp due at warm up Thursday

3/9/10 Warm up Warm up: How many hours of sleep do you get on an average week night? (the reading assignment we are doing today relates to hours of sleep)

3/8/10 Warm up Warm up: What is a simile?

Warm up No warm up questions March 3-5 We were state testing

3/2/10 Warm up Warm up: What is the procedure for finding out what the warm up question was from an absence? Answer: (3 parts)  Check the website found in “Department resources” section of the high school website.  Click on the warm up questions link.  Also check the green wall for a printed copy to borrow during work time.

3/1/10 Warm up Warm up: What is the procedure for finding out what assignments were given when you were absent? Answer: Collect the class calendar from the red folder on the green wall when you return. The due date is extended 1 day if the absence was excused.

2/26/10 Physical Science Warm up: What is the most abundant gas in the Earth’s atmosphere? How much of the atmosphere is made up of this gas?

2/25/10 Physical Science Warm up: Which natural force most likely caused the layers to deform into the wavy pattern? A D C B

2/24/10 Physical science Warm up: Place the fossils (1,2,3,4) in order from youngest to oldest. Explain how you know your order is correct. A D C B

2/23/10 Physical Science Warm up: According to the most current scientific evidence, how many years ago did two large objects collide to form our planet? Rephrase the question into your answer: “According to the most current scientific evidence….” Activities: - State test review “Fearless planet” -subduction zones -radiometric dating -ages of fossils

2/22/10 Physical Science Warm up: What is the hardest thing that you have ever done that ended in success? Classroom Activities: -p.393 #1-9..go over tricky questions then turn in. -papers passed back -quiz corrections  Getting ready for state testing: Review of topics from the past that are likely to be on the state test. (EARTH SCIENCE review)

2/19/10 Physical Science Warm up: Choose 1 of Newton’s laws of motion and state that law of motion. (see pages ) Make sure it is a different law than the one you chose on Thursday! Classroom Activities:  Review video: Newton’s laws of motion  Quiz…use your study guide on the test!  Read pp p.393 #1-9 due Monday at warm up

2/18/10 Physical Science Warm up: Choose 1 of Newton’s laws of motion and state that law of motion. (see pages ) Classroom Activities:  Newton’s laws comic strips warm up  Study guide work time…. you can use them during the test. They will be stapled to the back of your test and graded at the same time as your test.

2/17/10 Physical Science Warm up: Describe two forces that are acting on a baseball or softball after it is pitched. Classroom Activities:  p.362 #1-8 due at warm up  Video: forces (does screaming help increase force?)  Newton’s laws comic strips due warm up

2/16/10 Physical Science Warm up: What are two things a student can do to successfully prepare for a quiz? Classroom Activities:  Reading notes :12.1 pp due at warm up  Pass back graded work  Pass back grade update  Quiz corrections  Video: forces  p.362 #1-8 due WED at warm up

2/11/10 Physical Science Warm up: How can an object have negative acceleration? Classroom Activities:  pp #11,14,19,21,24,29,31 due at warm up QUIZ TODAY Reading notes :12.1 pp due Tuesday at warm up

2/10/10 Physical Science Warm up: Describe two parts of a velocity measurement. Give 3 examples of velocity measurements. Example: “5m/s east” Classroom Activities:  Reading note 11.3 due today at warm up  guide due today at warm up pp #11,14,19,21,24,29,31 due THURS at warm up

2/9/10 Physical Science Warm up: What is the difference between speed and velocity? See pages 332 and Classroom Activities:  p.333#1-2 and p.337 #1-4 warm up  p.337 #5-9 (together if time allows) due at end of the period  guide (completed and due WED at warm up )

2/8/10 Physical Science Warm up: Describe 1 goal that you would like to accomplish this year. Also explain at least one thing that you are doing to accomplish this goal. Classroom Activities:  guide (due at end of period)  p.333#1-2 and p.337 #1-4 due warmup

2/5/10 Physical Science Warm up: Make up a short story about a person who travels the yellow path. In the story discuss answers to the following questions: Where are they going? Is the yellow path their total distance or total displacement? How could this person make it so their distance and displacement were the same? Classroom Activities:  Reading notes 11.2 due at warm up  Motion graphing  Notes: distance vs displacement

2/4/10 Physical Science Warm up: What is the difference between displacement and distance? Classroom Activities:  notes:displacement and velocity  Experiment design sketches/storyboards (due at the end of the period)  Reading notes 11.2 (pp ) due Fri at warm up

2/3/10 Physical Science Warm up: Describe at least 3 habits that allow students to be successful in school. Classroom Activities:  pp.331 #1-8 + “writing in science” p.331 warm up  revisit quiz  notes: distance and displacement  Experiment design sketches/storyboards (due warm up)

2/2/10 Physical Science Warm up: What is the name for a chemical reaction between an acid and a base? Classroom Activities:  Review notes due at warm up  Quiz: solutions, acids/bases  pp.331 #1-8 + “writing in science” p.331 due warm up  If time allows: start experiment design sketches/storyboards (due warm up)

2/1/10 Physical Science Warm up: What is the scientific definition of an acid? Classroom Activities:  Reading notes pp due at warm up  REVIEW for Quiz  Hand back papers….work time on late work TUES Quiz: solutions, acids/bases

1/29/10 Physical Science Warm up: (20 points) Which chemicals get released when acids and bases are dissolved in solutions? Hints:  Write your best paragraph with an introductory sentence that rephrases the question.  Include chemicals that are released by acids (H 3 O + )  Include chemicals that are released by bases (OH - ). Classroom Activities:  Week in review  Quiz: solutions, acids/bases  Reading notes pp due warm up

1/28/10 Physical Science Warm up: What is a solute? (see page 229) Use complete sentences Classroom Activities:  Notes: solutions, acids, bases

1/27/10 Physical Science Warm up: Which variable did your group choose to change? Use complete sentences Classroom Activities:  Reading notes pp warm up  Finish experiment plans due today  Notes: acids and bases

1/26/10 Physical Science Warm up: Why is it important to get work completed on time? Use complete sentences Classroom Activities:  p.234 #1-6 warm up  finish test corrections  Introduction to experiment  Planning time for experiment plan Assignment: Reading notes: pp due warmup

1/25/10 Physical Science Warm up: Describe something about yourself that you are proud of. Use complete sentences Classroom Activities:  8.1 worksheet due at warm up  review classroom procedures/ policies  TEST corrections Assignment: p.234 #1-6 due Tues at warm up