INQUIRY SCIENCE

9/2/11	Scientific method - global / individual
9/6/11	what is in the text? who did it!
9/7/11	who did it, analysis of ocean water - activity
9/8/11	analysis of salt by mass in the ocean - lab
9/9/11	analysis of salt by mass in the ocean - lab
9/12/11	lab safety / metric measurements ws
9/13/11	lab safety / metric measurements ws - metric conversions (1-14)
9/14/11	observation/inference - ice man video
9/15/11	ice man pg 13 (3,4) pg 16 (1-4)
9/16/11	mass of water - activity
9/19/11	temperature conversions - ws
9/20/11	review game - inquiry
9/21/11	Test - Inquiry / sci. method
9/22/11	mystery sports drink - state the problem/gather info
9/23/11	metric conversions review - ws
9/26/11	electrolytes / benedicts test - for mystery sports drink
9/27/11	what is in the label - calculations
9/28/11	evaporation of a mystery sports drink
9/29/11	evaporation of a mystery sports drink - pg 40,41 (1-9)
9/30/11	develop plan for own sprots drink - sci method
10/3/11	making of the sports drink - activity
10/4/11	construction of the label for the sports drink
10/5/11	using blocks to calculate densities - activity
10/6/11	calculate densities using displacement / overflow method - activity
10/7/11	swimming in syrup - review
10/10/11	using clay to manipulate volume and density - activity
10/11/11	density pkt with questions - on own paper
10/12/11	performance quiz - volume/density of irregular solids
10/13/11	performance quiz - volume/density of irregular solids
10/14/11	no school - inservice
10/17/11	density activity - w 1,2,3 marbles and water
10/18/11	float or sink - ws virtual interactive
10/19/11	northridge / kobe earthquake video - review
10/20/11	measurement cw - 1 item density quiz
10/21/11	what you know about(earthquakes,volcanoes) - earth layer cut out
10/24/11	earth layers model - earth facts (Chemical/Physical properties)
10/25/11	graphing expotential values - toyko/CA earthquake readings
10/26/11	earthquake / magnitude / destruction - timeline
10/27/11	scientific notation - mult/divide
10/28/11	aluminum foil activity - density/mass held per mass of vessel
10/31/11	northridge / kobe earthquake video - review
11/1/11	1st quarter lab book check - seismometer readings on paper
11/2/11	seismometer readings on paper - earthquale tower construction
11/3/11	earthquake tower construction
11/4/11	earthquake tower construction
11/7/11	three types of boundaries between plates
11/8/11	magnitude of earthquakes in relation to each other (11)
11/9/11	review game - earthquakes / land forms
11/10/11	loma preeta earthquake
11/11/11	No school - Veterans day
11/14/11	Quiz - earthquakes / land forms - element acronymn
11/15/11	Parts of periodic table - P,N,E # family/period
11/16/11	Electron shells #
11/17/11	Short form electron shells / which atom is which ws11
11/18/11	braniac ect - video for families - you tube
11/21/11	perioidcity laser disc - finding atomic mass (1-15) even
11/22/11	periodic table cw, - atomic mass (1-7) on board
11/28/11	how an atom gets a charge(5)? - combining ions to form compounds (9)
11/29/11	combining compounds -rules / cut out tabs
11/30/11	combining compounds -rules / cut out tabs - naming and formula
12/1/11	naming and formula of compounds(+1,-3 ect.)
12/2/11	naming and formula of compounds(+1,-3 ect.)
12/5/11	ionic and covalent bonding (1-15)
12/6/11	study guide - PNE
12/7/11	Review game - PNE
12/8/11	Test - PNE
12/9/11	What happened to the hindenburg (mb)
12/12/11	building structures w/ models (bonds)
12/13/11	famous chemists cw
12/1411	finish hindenburg - test review
12/15/11	toothpick tower construction
12/16/11	chemistry puns
1/3/12	Physical / chemical changes demo – what could you do! - ws
1/4/12	phys/chem changes types - ice cube density
1/5/12	best thermos - graph / 3 ways to change chemical/physical
1/6/12	heating ice water - lab
1/9/12	motion terms - calculating speed with foam track
1/10/12	ke/pe notes - roller coaster w sketch
1/11/12	roller coaster construction w/ 3 tracks and calc pe and ke
1/12/12	roller coaster challenge - hill/loop
1/13/12	roller coaster challenge - hill/loop
1/16/12	no class - mlk
1/17/12	snow
1/18/12	snow
1/19/12	study guide - semester final
1/20/12	glass bending
1/23/12	semester final review game
1/24/12	semester final
1/25/12	glass bending - 6 types of energies
1/26/12	6 types of energies
1/27/12	no class - end of course
	end of semester
1/30/12	6 types of energies - Pros/cons
1/31/12	one parargraph - most important energy source
2/1/12	speed and acceleration of a runner - outside group activity
2/2/12	accleration of runner calculation
2/3/12	speed/acceleration of wind up toys - graph d/t and s/t
2/6/12	conservation of momentum - ws
2/7/12	bill nye - momentum
2/8/12	momentum of a tennis ball vs a golf ball - activity
2/9/12	momentum of a falling egg - activit
2/10/12	finish eggdrop/tennis ball
2/13/12	crash lab - concrete barriers
2/14/12	10 piece / 3 speeds/3accelerationa/3momentums - activity
2/15/12	motion vocab - design crossword for review
2/16/12	super worm activity
2/17/12	half day
2/20/12	no school - holiday
2/21/12	study guide - motion
2/22/12	review game - motion
2/23/12	motion - test
2/24/12	sports science - forces
2/27/12	friction boards - inclined plane activity
2/28/12	law of levers - activity - Inclined MA
2/29/12	Lever MA - Pulley giving a light force
3/1/12	4 simple pulleys - MA worksheet with the 3 simple machines
3/2/12	4 simple pulleys - MA worksheet with the 3 simple machines (2nd period)
3/5/12	newtons 3 laws of motion - group of 3 project
3/6/12	newtons 3 laws of motion - group of 3 project
3/7/12	newtons 3 laws of motion presentations
3/8/12	3 laws of motion poster from presentations
3/9/12	partner posters - 3 laws of motion - gravity lab
3/12/12	gravity lab calc. / % loss of force of gravity on sports balls - activity
3/13/12	no class - state testing
3/14/12	gravity reading pkt w/ questions
3/15/12	no class - state testing
3/16/12	gravity reading pkt w/ questions - gravity sites online research
3/19/12	tinsel strength of paper - activity
3/20/12	penny drop - mb review
3/21/12	tinsel strength of paper - activity - quiz review
3/22/12	quiz - laws of motion / gravity / simple machines; period 4
3/23/12	quiz - laws of motion / gravity / simple machines; period 2
3/26/12	parts of waves - constructive
3/27/12	destructive waves sketch
3/28/12	waves - laser disc / types of waves - video
3/29/12	sound notes and worksheet
3/30/12	catapult competition
4/9/12	law of reflection - break the bank construction
4/10/12	reflection with 6 angles - start to finish
4/11/12	refraction construction in a dish / water
4/12/12	dish/mirror/mirror/dish -construction
4/13/12	dish construction no laser -ws
4/16/12	refraction in a dish - lab
4/17/12	archemedes death ray - mb
4/18/12	study guide - waves/reflection/refraction
4/19/12	lab book check - practice laser performance
4/20/12	Test - waves/reflection/refraction
4/23/12	reflection performance quiz (3 mirrors, 1 laser)
4/24/12	calculating heights with mirrors
4/25/12	calculating heights with mirrros(5)
4/26/12	brain games - color/light review
4/27/12	brain games - straw flute const.
4/30/12	straw flute calculations - three not flute
5/1/12	sound questions - ipods
5/2/12	wavelength of visable color - grid
5/3/12	colors of pigment - swatches
5/4/12	colors of light - notes, color disks
5/7/12	star light/star bright - light and color ws 79
5/8/12	parallyx - (luminocity - temperature graph )
5/9/12	space travel - how will it be done? - video
5/10/12	(distance - temperature graph)
5/11/12	spectroscope and stars - ws
5/14/12	planets- size and distance proportion sketch
5/15/12	find gravity, your mass and days of a year for each planet
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5/30/11
5/31/11	Rocket - construction / company meeting
6/1/11	Quiz (stars-planets) - Rocket - construction
6/2/11	October sky / Rocket - construction
6/3/11	October sky / Rocket - construction
6/6/11	October sky / Rocket - construction / company meeting
6/7/11	October sky / Rocket - construction
6/8/11	October sky / Rocket - construction
6/9/11	Rocket - Launch Day
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6/17/11	1/2 day - End of school