Week 1 Monday 4/9 - Peppered moths Tuesday 4/1 0 - Peppered moths continued Wednesday 4/11 - Natural Selection Thursday 4/12 - extract DNA from strawberries Friday 4/13 - Introduction to Motion Science Talk HW: Student Notecard due Wednesday Resource videos: Figure Skater, What is Energy? Week 2 Monday 4/16 - Lesson 1.1: Anchoring activity Magnetic Cannon HW: Reading 1.2 "Newton's Cradle" p. 3-4 Download Checklist for Good Models into Notability Resource videos: What is Force? Part 1 Tuesday 4/17 - Lesson 1.2: Driving Questions for Motion HW: Finish Reading 1.2 "Newton's Cradle" if not finished Resource videos: MythBusters Newton's Cradle, Paul Orselli Newton's Cradle Wednesday 4/18 - Lesson 2.1: The Four Devices HW: none Thursday 4/19 - Lesson 2.2/2.3: Contact and Distance forces Resource videos: What is Force? Part 2 Friday 4/20 - Lesson 2.4: Putting it all together HW: Finish 2.4 in yellow packet Week 3 Monday 4/23 - Lesson 3.1: Objects that begin moving HW: Video of Person hitting Tennis Ball Tuesday 4/24 - Lesson 3.2: Free Body Diagrams HW: Reading 3.3 p. 36-37 answer questions #1-5 Wednesday 4/25 - Lesson 3.3: Complex systems the being moving HW: Reading 3.3 p. 40-41 answer questions #12-16 Thurday 4/26 - Build an Electric Car HW: none Friday 4/27 - Test an Electric Car HW: none, have a good weekend! Week 4 Monday 4/30 - Making sense of data for Electric Cars. See attached Electric Car Data Measuring force Lesson 4.1, 4.2 4.3 HW: Reading 4.3 p. 49 “What is friction?” #2 all of p. 50 “What makes it difficult to move furniture?” #3-6 Tuesday 5/1 - Friction investigation Resource video: What is friction ? HW: Reading 4.3 read p. 51-52, answer #7-12, stop at "What makes friction Change" Wednesday 5/2 - Friction investigation continued STUDENT SAMPLE DATA TABLE HW: Completed, quality The Four Devices (yellow packet) is due Thursday (no 4.3) SN L1, L2, L3 will also be due Thursday Resource video: For a laugh, A World Without Friction Thursday 5/3 - Interactive Rocket Sledder Game Interactive Free-body diagram Forces and Motion Quiz #2 Week 5 Monday 5/7 - CW: PS3 - Lesson 5 Puppy Tug-of-War Adding force measurements to understanding of Fan Car and Balloon Rocket HW: Reading 5.2 (pp. 66-69) circle and underline –Strong force = stop quickly –Weak force = stop gradually Tuesday 5/8 - CW: PS3 - Lesson 6 Introduction to Time-Motion Graphs HW: HW 6.1 Rat Race p. 74 #1-4 Wednesday 5/9 - CW: Walk the Graph - see Ruzicka's website HW: none, if you are caught up Bring your iPad on Friday! Thursday 5/10 - CW: Bus route bell work Lesson 7: Why do things change their speed or direction? Present and answer questions in SN for one of the four situations Airplane, Skydiver, Runner, or Sail boat (pp. 79-81) HW: none, if you are caught up Bring your iPad on Friday! Friday 5/11 - YOU NEED YOUR IPAD FOR CLASS! CW: PHET simulation OnPAR Motion and Forces Quiz #2 HW: none, have a good weekend! Week 6 Monday 5/14 - CW: Introduction to Solar Cars Solar Car Intro video GM Sunraycer Relate PS3 Scientific Principles (Newton's Laws) to Solar Cars Newton's first law Newton's second law Newton's third law HW: C-notes on first half of Solar Car Fact Sheet or Design Considerations Turn-in Science Notebook for grading Tuesday 5/15 - CW: Fact sheet Drawing and design HW: Refine your design, C-notes on second half of "Solar Car Fact Sheet" Wednesday 5/16 - CW: Solar Car Reading 2.1 Cut the chassis and axles HW: if not done, C-notes on Solar Car Fact Sheet Thursday 5/17 - Bell work: Solar Car Vocabulary quizziz Solar Car Reading 3.2 CW: Attach bearings, axles, and wheels to solar cars Friday 5/18 - CW: Roll down test What to do if your car does not roll straight HW: none it roll down test score recorded IF you were absent for Roll Down test ask your team for data. IF your entire team was gone for the Roll Down Test, come in Monday or Tuesday doing lunch, before or after school to conduct test! Week 7 Monday 5/21 - 8th grade testing Tuesday 5/22 - 8th grade testing Wednesday 5/23 - Solar-powered car for humans Gear Ratio Lesson and Gear Ratio reading Thursday 5/24 - Attach gears, motors, battery packs Solar Car Readings - go to Reading 6.1 Friday 5/25 - Build day for Solar Cars Week 8 Monday 5/28 - No School Tuesday 5/29 - OAKS Science Testing Wednesday 5/30 - OAKS Science Testing, Finish p. 4-12 of SC packet Thursday 5/31 - 2nd roll down test, Solar Panel Angle Investigation Friday 6/1 - Solar Panel Angle Investigation (continued) and Attach solar panel supports HW: Finish p. 13-20 of SC packet (1st and 2nd period no p. 14) Week 9 Monday 6/4 - Build day Solar Cars Resource video: How do Solar Panels work? Sci Show: Solar Energy Tuesday 6/5 - Warm-up: OnPar Review Activity OnPar Assessment (Satellites) Wednesday 6/6 - Build day Solar Cars Thursday 6/7 - Solar Car Speed Test and Interview Preparations Friday 6/8 - Planetary motion PHET Gravity and Orbits Resource video: Our World: Gravity in Space Saturday 6/9 - Solar Car Challenge at Cal Young Middle School, 8:30am-1:00pm Week 10 Monday 6/11 - Ms. Trujillo's last day (refer to Mrs. Ruzicka's website for further class information) |
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