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Wednesday, February 23 E

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Period 1:
-Spend first half of class going over study guide for the Energy test
-Word Sort vocab activity (from Deb)
-demo balloon filled w/ water over the candle http://www.abc.net.au/science/surfingscientist/pdf/teachdemos_7.pdf

Periods 2-4:
-Open class with a review of States of Matter, Thermal Energy sheets (posted yesterday)
-demo balloon w/ water

-Review some of the ??s from study guide
-streaming video of Electricity and Magnetism- Current Electricity from Discovery Education.

Period 7:
-Review some ??s from the study guide and give out the Nature of Energy w/s
-demo balloon w/ water (heat energy)

Tuesday, February 22 D

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Period 1:
-Go over the penny problems (PE and KE) from yesterday
-Hand out review sheet for Friday’s test (due thursday)
-Talk to kids who still have to finish Heat transfer lab conclusion
-do problems with KE and PE and energy transformations

Periods 2 and 4:
-Review questions from the Heat Transfer lab (show questions and review)
-Review yesterday’s penny problems
-Heat Transfer PPT (supposed to have been covered Fri 2/11)
-w/s on States of Matter, Transferring Thermal energy, etc.(save for Wed)

Period 7:
-same w/s as 2 and 4, also Nature of Energy Study Guide (save for Thurs)

statesmatter.pdf
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Thermal_energy_worksheets.pdf
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Review_Questions_for_the_Really_Big_Quiz_on_EnergyL3.doc
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can_you_kill_someone_by_dropping_a_penny.pptx
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natureEnergystudy.pdf
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Monday, February 21 C

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2 Hr Delay
Give review sheet for Friday’s test to periods 2-7 (due Wed)
Periods 1- 7 Watch Mythbusters Penny Drop (Season 1 Episode 4) and calculate KE and PE of the penny using this info:
mass of penny = 2.5g
height of Empire State Bldg = 390m
terminal velocity of the penny = 29m/sec
gravity constant = 10m/sec2

PE = mgh

KE = .5mv2

Review_Questions_for_the_Really_Big_Quiz_on_Energy_no_answers.doc
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Review_Questions_for_the_Really_Big_Quiz_on_Energy.doc
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Wednesday, February 9 F

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Period 1-7:
-Collect Thermal energy reading and questions
-Review 3 methods of heat transfer. Draw diagram of the solar cooker lab and point out the 3 methods
-Begin solar cooker lab
-grade students "on the spot" w/ lab performance rubric
 
Period 6/7 LAB:
-design and conduct solar cooker lab and begin write-up

Solar Cooker CAPT lab L2.pdf
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Solar Cooker CAPT lab L3.pdf
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Lab performance assessment.doc
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2010 CAPT LAB REPORT FORM.doc
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Friday, February 4 C

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Energy Transfer Lab Stations.pdf
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*Remind all students to take the Moodle vocab quiz by Monday night and do the reading and questions by Tuesday (note the date change).
Period 1:
-Review PE and KE types
-Lab stations (Energy Transformations Toy Lab)
 
Period 2:
-finish PPT
-review PE and KE word problems
LAB (Per 3)- Energy Transformations Lab
-resume reading h/o and questions (if time)
 
Period 4:
-review types of PE and KE
-wrap up Energy Transformations Lab from yesterday
-PE and KE word problems
 
Period 7:
-finish PPT
-Energy Transformations Lab
 

Thursday, February 3 B

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Energy.pdf
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REMIND all kids about Moodle vocab quiz and Study Island!
Period 1:

-Review PE and KE word problems and demo a Pendulum
-Finish PPT
-Hand out HW reading (energy transformations)
-Start Energy Transfer Toy lab

Period 2:
-Hand out energy reading (questions due Mon)
-Review PE and KE word problems and Mid-T
-demo a Pendulum
-Finish PPT

Periods 4 and 7:
-Hand out energy reading (Questions due Mon)
-Energy Forms PPT and word problems

LAB (Period3/4): Energy Transfer Toy Lab