| Trimester
3
| Science, Team 7-2,
Mrs. Cyr-Sinicrope |
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April
28-May 2, 2008
Thursday, May 1: Friction Lab Report due tomorrow, May 2nd.
Wednesday,
April 30: 1.Continue to work on your Friction Lab Report.
2...Data Chart AND
Graph this time, you can either
do them on the computer or by hand!!!
3.Typed Lab report due Friday, May 2nd.
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April
21-25, 2008
Wednesday, April 23: Friction lab work will continue for the rest of
the week.
Tuesday, April 22: Bring
in different samples of "Textures" for the Friction
Labs. (Ex: pieces of carpet, sandpaper, cloth, tile, wood)
Monday,
April 21: Finish "Your Part" for the Poster of 1 of Newton's
Laws.
* * *Core 4: Draw a sketch of a picture to illustrate 1 of
Newton's Laws.
April
7-11, 2008
Friday, April 11:
Have an awesome vacation!!
Thursday, April 10: IF
you want to, bring in pictures of amusement park rides
and /or internet info. about the physics of amusement park
rides.
Wednesday,
April 9: Test tomorrow...Study, Study, Study!!!!
Tuesday,
April 8: Study for Thursday's Test.
Work on the Study Guide and some practice problems.
Monday, April 7: Complete the
"How Do You Measure Motion" review sheet.
Study Chapter 1 and 2 typed notes for Thursday's
Quiz.
School year 2006-2007
Student
Homework:
June 11 - 15, 2007
Monday, June 11: |
1. "Building Big" Web Site worksheet is due tomorrow.
3.
* * * The Structures Quiz will be Friday, June
15th.
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Tuesday, June 12: |
Study
all your Bridge and Structures notes for Friday's Quiz.
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* *Report Cards will not be mailed home to any student who
has not returned any textbooks! So, check your bedroom and
locker for any science books that you still need to turn in. |
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Wednesday, June 13: |
Same comments as yesterday... |
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Student
Homework:
June 4 - 8, 2007
Monday, June 4:
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Rest your brain from the hard studying
you did for the simple Machines Test! |
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Tuesday, June 5: |
"Building Big" website worksheet is due
Tuesday, June 12. |
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Wednesday, June 6: |
1.
Read the "Bridges" note packet to be prepared for the
"Bridges" BINGO games tomorrow.
2.
"Building Big" Web Site worksheet is due Tuesday.
3.
The Structures Quiz will be Friday, June 15th.
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Thursday, June 7: |
Congratulations
to the BINGO winners!
Homework
items #2 and #3 from yesterday are also tonight's homework. |
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Friday, June 8: |
When you finish the "Building Big" labs
worksheet(due Tuesday), try the Challenges. They will help
you for next week's quiz! |
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Student
Homework:
May
29- June 1, 2007
Tuesday, May 29:
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1.
Answer the 5 conclusion questions for the Inclined Plane Lab.
2.
Study Guide Part 2 is due tomorrow. |
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Wednesday, May 30: |
1.
Do the "Edheads" web site interactive simple machines
activity. Record your scores on the score sheet, and bring
it to school tomorrow.
2.
Study for Friday's Simple Machine test. |
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Thursday, May 31, 2007: |
Simple
Machine test is tomorrow.
Dress
comfortably for the heat and humidity of the room! |
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Student
Homework:
May
21-25, 2007
Monday, May 21:
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1.
Solve the practice Lever problems.
2.
Bring in any cardboard egg cartons you don't need.
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Tuesday, May 22: |
1.
Complete the "Class Acts" Lever Pictures homework.
Label the parts of each picture (F, E, R). Write on each
picture what class lever it is. Cut the pictures out, and
glue or tape them onto the appropriate page of the 3 sheets for
each class of lever.
2.
Don't forget about egg cartons.
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Wednesday, May
23: |
1.
Memorize the Simple Machine formulas for next Wednesday's test.
(I'll give you practice problems for Pulleys
after the lab tomorrow, and Inclined plane practice problems Friday
after the Inclined plane lab.)
2.
* * * * Closed-toe shoes for labs tomorrow
and Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3.
Finish any late/overdue homework. |
Thursday, May
24:
Friday,
May 25, 2007: |
1.
Good News!!: Simple Machines unit test is moved from Wednesday
to Friday, June 1st.
2.
Study Guide #1 is due Tuesday, May 29th.
3. Think of a
way to memorize the formulas for the unit test. Study them
a little bit every night.
Same
Homework as yesterday.
Don't
forget closed toe shoes for Tuesday's Incline Plane Lab!!!!!!!!!1
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Parent
Homework:
May 14 -18, 2007
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Please ask your child what school supplies
they need. Many students are coming to class without pencils,
pens, highlighters, and other necessary learning tools. We
still have almost 2 months of school before vacation! Thanks you
for your help. |
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Student
Homework:
May
14, 2007Monday:
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Typed
Friction lab Conclusion is due tomorrow.
Staple
it to the lab and data sheet. |
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Tuesday: |
Learn about levers by using the interactive websites. |
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Wednesday: |
Finish the "Work and Power" worksheet. |
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Thursday: |
Study the inquiry lab data and answers to questions
to be prepared for Monday's quiz. The quiz will not be a traditional
quiz. You will do another inquiry lab. Tomorrow in class,
we will assess the work you did for the inquiry labs on levers.
It will be the same way that I assess the quiz inquiry lab you will
do on Monday. |
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Friday: |
Study for Monday's Lever Quiz. |
Parent
Homework:
May 7 -11, 2007
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Please ask your child what school supplies
they need. Many students are coming to class without pencils,
pens, highlighters, and other necessary learning tools. We
still have almost 2 months of school before vacation! Thanks you
for your help. |
Student
Homework:
May
7 - 11, 2007
Monday: |
Find
an interactive "Simple Machine" web site. Bring
in the address, so I can visit the site, and add the best ones to
my LINK list. This will allow all the students on the team
to access many great interactive sites while we study simple machines! |
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Tuesday: |
1.
Wear closed toe shoes for lab tomorrow.
2.
Spend 3o minutes at interactive web sites to learn about simple
machines. |
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Wednesday: |
Calculate
the median scores on the Friction Lab data sheet.
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Thursday: |
Write the rough draft of your Friction lab conclusion
for tomorrow. |
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Friday: |
1.
Get a parent signature on your Force and Motion Test for Monday.
2.
Edit, Revise, and Type your Friction Lab Conclusion for Tuesday. |
Parent
Homework: April 30 - May 4, 2007:
1.Students
are happy: The Final
Physics Test
had to be moved to this Thursday, May 3rd, (because I chaperoned the
8th grade Spanish trip today, and the Chorus Broadway trip is Wednesday)
2.
Encourage your child to arrange for extra help with me if the math skills
needed in this Physics unit are troublesome!
Student
Homework: April 30 - May 4, , 2007:
Monday,
April 30th: 1. TEST is Thursday!!!!!
2. Complete the
Chapter Review sheets if you did not
complete them in class today.
3. The "Force
and Motion Practice" packet must be
turned in on Thursday.
4.
Finish any unfinished review sheets to turn in on
Thursday as well!
Tuesday,
May 1, 2007: Homework is the same as April 30th above.
Wednesday,
May 2, 07: 1. Unit Test is tomorrow.
2. Don't forget to bring in your "Practice Problems"
packet, and all your review
sheets. they are
due tomorrow.
CHORUS students, AND anyone who was absent today
from science class,
you
all need to arrange a time to meet with me for
a 55 minute period to make
up the activity the
other students did today.
It can be during
period 3 or 5 (tomorrow,
Friday, or Monday),
or after school tomorrow.
Schedule this with
me as soon as you
can.
Thursday,
May 3, 2007: 1. Lab tomorrow - Wear long pants, long
sleeves, socks, and closed
toe shoes, long hair
must be tied in an elastic!
Friday,
May 4, 2007: Rest your brain, and enjoy the great Spring weather!!
Parent
Homework: April 23 - 27, 2007:
1.Great News:
The Final Physics Test
will be Tuesday, May 1st, 2007.
2. Encourage
your child to arrange for extra help with me if the math skills needed
in this Physics unit are troublesome!
Student
Homework: April 23 - 27, 2007
Monday,
4 - 23
- 07 |
1.
Final Physics test will be Tuesday, May 1st.
2.
"Force and Motion Practice" packet is due May 1st. (It
will be
graded.)
3.
Study Guide #1 - Tonight complete ONLY the questions that relate
to the motion concepts we've studied together. |
Tuesday,
4 -24
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1.
Get a parent signature on your Motion Quiz.
2.
Tonight read page 4 (Newton's Laws of Motion) in your Chapter
2 typed notes packet.
3.
Answer the few fill in the blank questions on Study Guide #1 about
the Laws of Motion.
4.
Solve a few of the word problems in Study Guide #2. |
Wednesday,
4 -25
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1.
Tonight, as a preview for tomorrow's lab stations, please finish
reading pages 1, 2, and 3 of the Typed note packet called:
"Part 2: What is Force?"
2.
Finish the circled questions on Study Guide # 1.
3.
Solve a few of the word problems in Study Guide
#2.
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Thursday,
4 -26
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1.
Finish Study Guide #2 for tomorrow.
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Friday,
4 -27
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1.
Finish any unfinished review sheets. That is a great way to study!
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* * IMPORTANT* * * * *Do not memorize the formula circles!!
I
will give you a sheet with all of them to use while you take the
test.
Instead
use your study time to:
a.....
go to the web site links you can access on my web page or Mrs.
Johnson's page.
b.....Mrs.
Dixon has a link on her web page with interactive flash cards
about all the physics vocabulary.
c.....Study
both of the packets of typed teacher notes.
d.....Study
any items that you got wrong on any of your study papers. |
Parent
Homework: April 9 -13, 2007:
1. Encourage
your child to arrange for extra help sessions with me if the math skills
needed in this Physics unit are difficult for them!
Student
Homework: April 9 -13, 2007:
Monday,
4 - 9 - 07 |
1.
Finish side 1 of the "Motion Problems to Solve"
worksheet.
2. Study
for Thursday's quiz. |
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Tuesday,
4
- 10 - 07 |
1.
Study for Thursday's quiz.
* * *
I'm offering an after school study session tomorrow.
Make arrangements with a
parent if you'd like to attend. |
Wednesday,
4
-11 - 07 |
1.
Study for tomorrow's quiz.
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* * Solving some practice problems will help you to study! |
Thursday,
4
- 12 - 07 |
Rest your brain! |
Friday,
4
- 13 - 07 |
1.
Have a Fun and Restful Vacation!
2.
Check out my new Physics Links! |
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April
2-6, 2007:
Monday:
1. Complete the following overdue assignments (if you have not done
them yet):
* Parent signature in planner of Geology test
grade
* Finish Motion Lab worksheets (matchbox car
w/ ramp)
* Find a fun interactive web site about motion,
acceleration, velocity, speed...
and bring in a print out
of the address. (I will put it on my web page as a
link for other students to
try.)
Tuesday:
1. Finish the Physics problems you began in class today.
make
sure you
try the Bonus question!
Wednesday:
1. Finish any unfinished Physics word problems.
Thursday:
Spend a little time over the long weekend studying the Motion
vocabulary and formulas.
We will have a quiz toward the end of
next week.
Parent
Homework:
March
26 -30, 2007
1.
If your child is participating in the Spring session of the Project
Oceanology program, tomorrow is the first of the Spring sessions.
Your child must bring a bag lunch to school, and a beverage that is
NOT in a glass containter.
2. The Heart Expo was a superb
followup to the Circulatory System unit we studied earlier this year!
The students who participated really enjoyed seeing everything they
had learned in the unit about the parts of the heart in our unit!
hopefully you were able to come for a tour of the mobile MEDTECH Lab.
It was parked in the back Polson parking lot, and open to the public.
3.
Please remind your child to write a thank you note for the St. Raphael
cardiologists and technicians who presented the Heart Expo sessions.
Student
Homework: March 26 - 30, 2007
Monday:
1. Turn in your geology book tomorrow.
2. Bring a thank you note in for the Heart Expo
presentors.
3. Don't forget your rock and drawing (if you took them home).
Tuesday:
1. Thank You note (if you didn't write one yet).
2. Turn in your Geology book (if you didn't today).
Wednesday:1.
First Motion Lab will be tomorrow. (You may bring you own
matchbox
car, if you'd like.)
2. Project Oceanology Spring Session starts tomorrow for a few
students
on our team. Remember to check with each teacher
during
homeroom about the class and homework you will need to
make
up.
3. Rock lab/Splitting rock will be Friday! You must wear long
pants and
long sleeves to participate in the lab!!!!!!!
March 19 - March 23, 2007
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Monday,
March
19,
2007 |
1.
Good News!!! The Geology Test will be Friday to allow you
a full week to make the 3" X 5" Note Card that you may
use during the test, and to work with the study guides!
2. Get
a parent signature on the "Heart Expo" permission slip....DON'T
wait until Thursday to bring it in!!! We need to know how
many students will need alternate activities.
3. Each
night, review one chapter in the geology book, and decide what
you need to put on your "Test Note Card"...actually
add to the card each night.
4. Remember
to use the interactive web sites on Mrs. Johnson's and my web
links this week to help you study, or to quiz yourself.
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Tuesday,
March
20,
2007 |
1.
If your class watched the "Ocean Floor" and "Plate
Tectonics" Brainpops during the last 10 minutes of
class today, please complete both sides of the Brain Pop comprehension
check. That's our last class review of chapter 3 concepts.
2.
Use the Unit study guide to help you decide what you need to add
to your test "notecard".
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Make sure to re-read the Home Work items listed above in the March
19th box. Those are Home Work reminders for the rest of
the week. |
Wednesday,
March
21,
2007 |
1. Work
on your Test "Notecard". Study as you make the
additions.
2. Practice
with the Rock Cycle Example sheets.
3.
Put your Chapter 4 "Purple Notes" on your Test "Notecard". |
Thursday,
March
22,
2007 |
Geology
Unit Test tomorrow....
Don't
forget to bring your "Test Notecard" to School!!!!!!!!!! |
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Structures
Unit Test- Friday, May 19, 2006
Homework:
Monday, May 22, 2006:
1. "Building Big" Interactive Lab Questions will be corrected
on Wed.
2.
Structures Study Guide will be corrected in class on Thursday.
(Do 1/3 of the study guide questions tonight, 1/3 on Tuesday,
and 1/3 on Wed..
3. Study a little every
night for the Unit Test this Friday, May 26th.
Tuesday, May 23, 2006: 1.
"Building Big" Interactive Lab Questions will be corrected
in class
tomorrow.
2. Structures
Study Guide will be corrected in class on Thursday.
(Do the second 1/3 of the study guide questions tonight,
and the
rest on Wednesday.)
3. Practice
drawing the different kinds of bridges, and
quiz yourself
to see if you can identify the names of the different
types. Study
a little every night
for the Unit Test this Friday, May 26th.
Wednesday-Thursday, May 24, 25, 2006:
See above .
Friday, May 26, 2006: Enjoy your
long weekend! If you have some spare time, look on the internet
for pictures of different styles of architecture from different periods
in history.
Examples:
Renaissance, Medieval, Gothic
Monday,
May 15, 2006: Study for a quiz
this coming Friday, May 19th.
Tuesday,
May 16, 2006: 1. Complete the "Structures HWK II" worksheet.
2.
Return your Motion and Forces book tomorrow.
3.
Study for Friday's quiz.
Wednesday, May 17, 2006: Study
for Friday's quiz. (all structures notes except
architecture in
different countries throughout history)
Thursday, May 20, 2006: Study
for tomorrow's Structures Quiz.
Friday, May 19, 2006: Go to
the Building Big Web Site and do the Forces Lab, The
Materials Lab, the Loads Lab, and the Shapes Lab.
They are fun interactive labs!
Tuesday,
May 9, 2006: Find some interactive web sites about Structures
such as bridges, skyscrapers, and tunnels. Try them out, and print
out the web site addresses of the best ones, so
we can share them with all the other 7th grade students.
Wednesday,
May 10, 2006: Read and highlight the "Architectural Forces"
2 page handout.
Thursday, May 11, 2006: Do
the "Structures HW I" worksheet. We wil correct it together
in class tomorrow.
Friday, May 12, 2006: Get a parent
signature on the Science Progress Report. Play some interactive
structures games on the internet. Remember, any overdue work that
is not turned in by May 19th will receive a zero for a final grade.
I will stay after school on both Tuesday and Thursday next week until
4:00 to offer extra help, or for people to do labs.
| Monday - 5/1 |
Finish Study Guides Part 1 and 2.
Study for Thursday's Test. |
| Tuesday - 5/2 |
Complete the "Simple Machine Combinations" Student
Sheet
Study the "Machines Review Sheet" that was given out
in class today. |
| Wednesday - 5/3 |
Study for tomorrow's Unit Test.
Answers to Inclined Plane LabQuestions, and Pulley Lab Questions
are due Friday. HINT: Answering these questions will
help you be better prepared for the objective questions on tomorrow's
test!!!! |
| Thursday - 5/4 |
Pulley Lab and Inclined Plane Lab Questions are due tomorrow. |
| Friday - 5/5 |
1. Rest your brain!
2. If you have time, start looking for pictures of different
kinds of bridges in different parts of the world. (books,
magazines, internet, photos, etc.) |
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| Monday - 4-24 |
Finish "Lever Worksheet #2" if you didn't finish
in class.
Do "Lever Homework II". |
| Tuesday - 4-25 |
Practice drawing pictures of pulley systems with different
numbers and types of pulleys in them. (fixed pulleys and movable
pulleys)
Get ideas from the pictures on page 99 in your book, or from
the internet. |
| Wednesday - 4-26 |
Memorize pulley formulas.
Practice drawing pictures of pulleys. |
| Thursday - 4-27 |
1. Get parent signatures on returned papers. (motion
test, lever homework , simple machine quiz) ---core 4 will be
due on Monday. if you did not receive all 3 papers, it means
you did not turn the homework in, or were absent for the quiz
or test, or have not finished the quiz or test. It is your
responsibility to make arrangements with me to complete the missing
item!
2. Complete the "Pulley and Inclined Plane" review
sheet for tomorrow.
Simple machine Unit Test will be
Thursday, May 4, 2006 |
| Friday - 4-28 |
Finish Classwork Review packet.
Core 4 - Get parent signatures on returned papers.
Study for Thursday's Unit Test. |
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| Monday - 4/17 |
Restock your binder if it's not done! Ask
your parents to buy highlighter, pencils, pens, etc. if you need
them!
Lever + Penny Lab due Thursday. (lab sheet, chart with pictures
and 3 statements, and Concluding paragraph)
Mini-Quiz Friday, April 21 on Levers and Mechanical Advantage |
| Tuesday - 4/18 |
Lever H.W. Sheet I is due tomorrow.
Lever + Penny Lab is due Thursday.
Mini-Quiz Friday, April 21 on Levers and Mechanical Advantage |
| Wednesday - 4/19 |
Label, cut, and glue Lever pictures onto your chart with the
3 collumns of the different classes of Levers.
Lever + Penny Lab is due tomorrow.
Mini-Quiz Friday, April 21 on Levers and Mechanical Advantage. |
| Thursday - 4/20 |
Mini-Quiz on Levers and Mechanical Advantage tomorrow.
Do the "Types of Levers" worksheet to help you review
for the quiz.
Make a chart of the key ideas about Ideal and Actual Mechanical
Advantage to help you review for the Quiz.. (List the same items
from your notes that we reviewed in class.) |
| Friday - 4/21 |
Read Section 4-4 on pages 92 -101 in your Motion Book.
Have a restful weekend! |
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| April
3 - 7, 2006: |
| Monday: Read pages 83 - 87.
Do the "Calculating Activity" on page 85. Do the
"Doing Activity" on page 87. |
| Tuesday: Restock your science
notebook/binder with pencils, pens, highlighter, etc!!!! |
| Wednesday: Read Section 4
- 3 on pages 89 - 92. Answer the section 4 - 3 Review Questions. |
| Thursday: Finish the Lever
& Penny Lab Statements, and the Conclusion Questions 1 -3 that
you started in class. |
| Friday : Have a fun and restful
vacation. I'll see you on April 17th! |
| March
27 - 31, 2006: |
| Mon. HW: Decide
which "trick" you'll use to memorize the formula circles...and
try to memorize them. |
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Do the "Calculating Work: Applying the Main Ideas" worksheet. |
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* * Test on Chapters 1-3 will be Monday, April 3, 2006 |
Finish Study Guide I. we will correct it together in class
tomorrow.
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HW: Friday's "Force Worksheet" will
be collected and graded tomorrow. |
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Do as much of the "Working With Forces" worksheet
as you can. I will work through them with
you in class tomorrow. |
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Begin working on Study Guide - Part 2. We will work
through the problems in the study guide on
Thursday. |
Wed. HW:
Finish Study Guide 2 for tomorrow. Remember to use the "FGASS"
process to solve the
problems: F (what are you trying to find?),
G (What info. is given in the problem?), A (What
formula will you apply?), S (Substitute info. numbers in
place of letters in the formula.), S (Solve
for the answer
using a calculator.) |
Thurs. HW: Finish "Force and Motion Practice" See
answers to Study Guide - Part 2
* * * Test on Chapters 1-3 will be
Monday, April 3, 2006
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| Study Guide - Part 2 - Short Answers: 15. the moon
in orbit around the Earth, 16. high and low tides, 17.
Newton, 18.
an object that moves horizontally when thrown, and curves down because
of the pull
of gravity - ex. softball, 19. trajectory, 20. speed = distance
and a period of time, velocity =
distance,
a period of time, and a direction. |
| Crossword Puzzle Answers: ACROSS: 1.
centripetal force, 5. three, 8. second, 9. first, 11. momentum,
14.
acceleration, 16.
friction, 17. inertia
DOWN: 2. Isaac Newton, 3. action reaction, 4. force,
6. law
of inertia, 7.conserved, 10. matter, 11. motion, 12. ma, 13. mass,
15. third |
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| Don't
Forget : Push clocks forward 1 hour on Saturday!!!! |
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| March
20 - 24, 2006: |
| *Study Sheet I Newton's
Three Laws due Tuesday |
*Bring Tabletop
Raceway data and answers to questions to class Wednesday.
* Fill in the Blank Note Packet is due Thursday.
*Turn in
final revisions of Tabletop Raceway Questions Thursday.
*Work due Friday: 1.
Label "Friction" pictures.
2. Solve "pink" Motion Problems using the FGASS
process.
3. Since I will be the Project O chaperone tomorrow...Parent Signatures
on Rock Profiles
are due Monday for
cores 1 and 2....Tuesday for cores 3 and 4.
*Due Monday:
"Force" Worksheet.
*Study Guide
-Part I will be corrected in class Tuesday.
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