Wednesday, May 16, 2012

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Hand in quiz and discuss
  • Weather Observations
  • Pressure and Precipitation Notes
  • Reading

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Weather Observations
  • Clouds and Precipitation Notes and discussion
  • Precipitation Reading
  • Quiz

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Weather Observations
  • Pressure Response Sheet
  • Pressure Lab
  • Reading: Barometric Pressure

7th/8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Planetary research and modeling of solar system

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • BLM Summer Science Camp
  • Weather Observations
  • Finish Pressure Lab

Monday, May 7, 2012

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Weather Observations
  • Pressure/Temperature Demonstrations
  • Lab Sheet due at the end of the period

7th/8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Read: "Solar System in a Nut Shell"
  • Begin Planetary Research

Monday, April 30, 2012

7th/8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Finish Digitizing Process
  • Begin Planetary Research

Friday, April 27, 2012

Monday, April 23, 2012

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Daily Weather Observations
  • Condensation and Dew Point Lab
  • Dew Point Questions

7th/8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • APOD
  • Organizing Lunar Craters Lab

Thursday, April 19, 2012

7th/8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • APOD
  • Moon Observations and turn in
  • Investigating Meteoroid Size Lab

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Monday, April 16, 2012

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Daily Weather Observations
  • Go Over Relative Humidity Homework
  • Water In the Air Response Sheet

7th science

Today's Agenda:
  • APOD
  • Moon Observations
  • Model Impact Craters

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Weather Observations
  • Condensation/Evaporation pop quiz
  • Relative Humidity

7th/8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Moon Observations
  • Craters on the Moon Lab

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Weather Observations
  • Is Water Really There? Lab
  • Discussion and Notes

7th/8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Vocab Quiz
  • APOD
  • Moon Observations
  • Craters Controversy

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • New Seating Chart
  • Is Water Really There?
  • Lab Planning and exploration

8th science 2

Today's Agenda:
  • APOD
  • Moon Observations
  • Moon Questions
  • Organizing Activity

8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • APOD
  • Moon Observations
  • Astronomy Word Search

7th science

Today's Agenda:
  • APOD
  • Moon Observations
  • Type up Myths in computer lab until 10:00
  • Come back and share

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Work on Lunar Myths in Computer Lab
  • 10:25 come back and share

7th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Moon Observations
  • Lunar Myths
  • Lunar Myth Assignment

Monday, April 2, 2012

7th/8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • APOD
  • Moon Observation Sheets
  • Moon Phases Quiz
  • Lunar Myths
  • Write your own myth

Friday, March 30, 2012

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Pass in Density Quizzes
  • Finish Density Lab
  • Density of Liquids

7th/8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • APOD
  • Locating the Moon with Altitude and Azimuth
  • Phases of the moon
  • Lunar Myth #2

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Monday, March 26, 2012

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Pop Quiz: On a sheet of scratch paper, write the equation for calculating density.
  • Lab: Going to the lab to work on densities of objects.

Lab Reports are one of the tools that I use to grade your lab work. Filling them out carefully and completely is important to your grade!

7th/8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Finish Review
  • Hand in homework
  • Take the Test

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Density Review
  • Calculate densities of objects in the lab

8th 1 science

Today's Agenda:
  • Local Noon pop quiz
  • Review for Test
  • Test tomorrow

7th science

Today's Agenda:
  • pop quiz: Sunrise today: 7:00 am , Sunset 7:11 pm...calculate local noon (use scratch paper)
  • Thinking About Time
  • Time Zone Homework
  • Revisit quickwrites

Friday, March 16, 2012

7th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Go over Local Noon
  • calculate local noon for today
  • Timezones

Thursday, March 15, 2012

8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Thinking About Time wksheet
  • Use the resource books to help you p. 36, 37
  • Time Zone Homework

Monday, March 12, 2012

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Test Review
  • Take Midsummative Exam 4

8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • PAWS Discussion
  • Timekeeping
  • How Many Hours Have You Worked

7th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Timekeeping
  • How Many Hours Have You Worked
  • Local Noon

Friday, March 9, 2012

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Matter and Energy: Particles of solids, liquids, and gases
  • Read: Heating the Atmosphere
  • Questions from the reading
  • Test Tuesday: Heat Transfer and conduction

7th science

Today's Agenda:
  • What Causes Day and Night
  • Quickwrite
  • Notes and Discussion
  • Demonstration
  • Homework: Can you see stars during the day?

Thursday, March 8, 2012

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • go over Conduction Through Materials and Heat Conduction Lab sheets
  • Revise and Correct
  • Observation activity

8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Introducing Day and Night
  • Day/Night Simulation
  • prepare for Midsummative Exam 2

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Review Conduction Lab 1
  • Discuss Lab 2
  • Set up and conduct Lab 2

8th 1 science

Today's Agenda:
  • Shadow Evidence Lab
  • Complete the lab sheet
  • Read "Eratothenes: The First Person To Measure Earth"

7th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Go over homework
  • Shadow Evidence Lab

Monday, February 27, 2012

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Conduction Through Materials Lab
  • Heat Conduction Sheet

8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Shadow Evidence Lab

7th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Round Earth/Flat Earth
  • Shape of Earth Activity
  • Homework: Round Earth/Flat Earth Response Sheet

Thursday, February 23, 2012

8th science 2

Today's Agenda:
  • Quick Review
  • Midsummative Exam 1

8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Sailing Ships Lab

Prove that the Earth is round by using the two models

7th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Review for Test
  • Midsummative Exam 1
  • Pluto Files

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Review Radiant Energy notes
  • View Energy Transfer Multimedia (take Notes)
  • Read: Heating Earth's Materials
  • Answer 1-6 p. 26

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Discuss Results of Heating Earths Materials
  • Discuss Radiation

8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Discuss Resolution
  • Review
  • Take Midsummative Exam 1 for PS

7th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Finish the Neighborhoods and Communities Activity
  • Where Am I Response Sheet

Monday, February 20, 2012

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Review "Heating Earth Materials" lab
  • Discuss Data
  • Graph
  • Conclude

7th/8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Maps quick review
  • Neighborhoods and Community activity

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Thermal Energy Quiz
  • Discuss Lab Set up
  • Set up Heating Earth Materials Lab

7th/8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Introduction to Planetary Science
  • Lesson 1: Where Am I?
  • Homework: School Map Sketch

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Heat Transfer Review
  • Heating Earth's Surface Lab

Friday, February 10, 2012

Thursday, February 2, 2012

8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Momentum discussion and notes
  • Understanding Car Crashes

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Weather Observations
  • Read: "Wendy and Her Worldwide Weather Watchers"
  • Seasons

8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Wrap up Galileo's Law
  • Discuss gravity and acceleration
  • Read: How to Get and Hold on to a Planet
  • Test

hypothesis on moon formation

impact hypothesis video

Friday, January 20, 2012

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Weather Observations
  • seating Arrangement
  • video: Nature's Fury

8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • review experimental setup
  • Conduct experiment
  • conclusion

Thursday, January 19, 2012

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Weather Observations
  • Globe demonstration and notes
  • Read: Wendy and Her Worldwide Weather Watchers

8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Design an experiment to test Galileo's Rule
  • Conduct experiment
  • Draw conclusions

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Weather Observations
  • Continue discussion on the Cause of the Seasons
  • Read: "Wendy and Her Worldwide Weather Watchers"
  • Answer questions

8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Finish Galileo video "On the Shoulders of Giants"
  • Discuss a way to confirm Galileo's Rule
  • Set up experiment

7th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Working in computer lab
  • finishing up notebooks

Monday, January 16, 2012

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Revisit Hours of Daylight for Berkely
  • Notes on Seasons and the sun
  • Sun/Earth Demonstration

8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Galileo's Discovery
  • View video on Galileo (notes)
  • Discussion

7th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Science Fair Projects are due Jan. 31
  • Computer Lab: Complete checklist items for notebook and board

Thursday, January 12, 2012

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Learn how to calculate hours of daylight
  • Calculate light hours for Berkely, CA for 1 year

8th science 2

Today's Agenda:
  • Correct Life Raft Drop A and B
  • Response Sheet- Gravity
  • Velocity and Distance Practice

8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Liferaft Drop A and B
  • Answer Questions

7th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Working on Science Fair Projects in the library

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Weather Observations
  • Briefly discuss Atmosphere
  • Why we have seasons: a quick write
  • Hours of Daylight

8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Discuss Life Raft Assignment
  • Do Life Raft A and B

7th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Working on Science Fair projects in the library
  • Project boards will be on sale in the office ($5/each)
  • Start bringing in notebooks and putting the final touches on projects
  • Use Check lists

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Design and Conduct the air experiment
  • Predict and record what happens

8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Read: "Gravity, It's the Law"
  • Discussion
  • Quantify acceleration due to gravity
  • Life-raft drop A and B

7th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Working in the library on science fair
  • complete data and graphs

Monday, January 9, 2012

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Read "Thin Blue Veil"
  • answer questions
  • design a weighing air experiment

8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Force Review
  • Midsummative Exam 6
  • Gravity

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Monday, January 2, 2012

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Weather Observations
  • Earth's Atmosphere

8th science 2

Today's Agenda:
  • Force Review
  • Force Bench Experiments (computer lab)

8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Forces in Action
  • Forces on Carts
  • Homework: complete Forces on Carts