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September 2008

Blue= Lesson Focus,  Red=Testing/Grades/Main Events, Green = Technology Lab Projects, Pink=Homework, Mustard = Sciencce Lab

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Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

1
Labor Day Holiday

2
Lab Rules 1:03
EQ: Can I recognize and eliminate potential safety hazards ? How do I use safety equipment?


Homework:

Do word map cards: Observation
Hypothesis
Experiment
Control

Study Lab Rules and Equipment Sheets
Review Scientific Method Notes

3
Measuring Length 1:03/1:06
EQ  What is  the appropiate instument and unit for measuring length?

LaB: Use of Scientific Method to answer "Is there a corrolation between shoe size and hond span

Homework:
Measure at least 5 items in any room in your house in feet and meters

 

4
Measuring Length Continued

Lab:Drawing to scale
 

 

Homework:  Study and Organize Folder

5
Drawing to scale


Quiz 2: Lab Rules, Equipment and Measuring Length


Homework:
Have a great weekend!

8
Project Dream House
 

1:07 eq: hOW CAN i USE MEASUREMENT SKILLS TO CREATE A bLUEPRINT OF A ROOM? (notes below)


Homework: Reveiw
Feilds of science
rules and Equipment

Blue Print blues
day 1
Design and draw blue print

Present to groups
Patio/Rec room/BR/Br

Self evalute and IMProve

Describe

 

9
 Project Dream House
 

Progress Reports Go OUt
 

1:07/ 106 eq:  CAN i UTILIZE my  measurement skills to  enlarge a bLUEPRINT ?

 


Homework: Reveiw
Scientific Method
Mass And length

Day 2
Enlarge blue print

Evaluate PeerS

Present to groupt o sell blueprint plans

group evaluation

Process/  Ba da Bings
word problems

10
Measuring Mass

Lab Practical Reveiw

 

 

 



Homework

Use rubric to Organize notebook
REVEIW FOR lAB pRACICAL
 

11
Lab Practical FOR 1ST AND 3RD

 nATURE OF sCIENCE nOTEBOOK dUE

 


lAB PRACTICAL WILL COVER :

Feilds of science
rules and Equipment
Scientific method
mass and Length

12
lAB pRACTICAL FOR 2ND AND 4TH

nATURE OF sCIENCE nOTEBOOK dUE

 

15
Weather Unit
Properties of Air Demonstration

105 /301 Eq Based on My observations of Class demonstrations what are 5 properties of air
?
 



Homework
:
Writing Prompt- Captain Jack does not believe air has mass or takes up space- Write a short letter to convince him it does. 


 

16


Layers of the atmosphere


EQ 105  How do the properties of Air create atmospheric layers? What happpens to air pressure as altitude increases?

r
esource: Skydive through the atmosphere

Homework:
You have just jumped out of a hot air balloon.  describe your plummet through one layer -

 

17


Layers of the atmosphere


Eq301  What gasses make up the atmosphere?What  impact will changing percentages of gasses have on climate?

resource  astroferret
 


Homework: Reveiw classnotes


 

18

Measuring density

EQ 102/106 How can I utlize science equipment to accurately determine density?

106 how does density effect the behavior of solids/liquids/gasses


 

19

 Heating of the Atmosphere

Eq 301/305 wHY DOES HEATING effect  earth'S weather?

lab/ANGLE OF lIGHT AND AREA

 quIZ
 PROPERTIES OF AIR
LAYERS OF ATMOPHERE
dENSITY

 

Homework:
Have your Weather Folder ready for a notebook check

22

Global Wind Patterns –

eq 305 what factorS created existing global wind patterns?   How does the relationship between airpressure and temperature effect atmospheric condidtions?

Homework:
Drawing
Review P50-55

23

Sailing Activity

Homework:

Drawing
Review P50-55

24

Sailing activity

Mapping the  Course/Taking notes  Homework:Interim Reports Issued to Students

25

Sailingactivity

 

 

 

 

26

Sailing activity/

 TEST on pages 40-55


 

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