Learning Science Anywhere (1/26/15 - 1/30/15)

Please use this section of the blog if you are absent or on distance learning to help you understand what is happening in science class any day of the week.  A new issue of Learning Science Anywhere will come out weekly.


Monday, January 26, 2015

• QOD: How do you think wave speed and frequency are different?

• I can: measure wavelength and amplitude as well as find the frequency.

• Lesson: 
• Students will draw a chart in their journal that represent how much energy different waves contain
• Students will measure with a ruler the wavelength and amplitude of different waves.  They will then use a calculator to find the frequency of the waves
• Early Finishers = Students will look up information about tsunamis and their relation to waves

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

• QOD: What frequencies do you think would be the hardest to hear and why?

• I can: accurately create a hearing response curve graph

• Lesson:
• Students will be given a survey on a paper provided by the STEMconnector.
• Students will go to a hearing response website to determine what pitch they can hear best and worst.  Students will then create a hearing response graph for their own hearing and write a response about comparing theirs with their classmate

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

• QOD: How do you make the wave speed faster?

• I can: determine wave speed by manipulating the equation

• Lesson: 
• Students will take notes about wave speed.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbk6P5wJJRo
• http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/vibrations-and-waves-wavelength-amplitude-period-frequency-speed.html
• Students will receive several examples of using the wave speed equation
•   If the wavelength is 5 mm and the frequency is 7 Hz, what is the wave speed
• What is the Wave Speed of a wave that has a Wavelength of 2 meters and a Frequency of 6 Hz?
• Students will look at different musical notes and see how wavelength and amplitude are connected
• Students will be introduced to the concept of reflection by folding a paper in half and drawing a couple of shapes on one side.  Students will switch with a partner and they have to draw the reflection

Thursday, January 29, 2015

• QOD: What does each of the symbols represent in the wave speed equation?

• I can: define reflection, refraction, and diffraction

• Lesson: 
• Students will be taking notes and drawing pictures representing the three vocabulary words: reflection, refraction, and diffraction
• Students will play Kahoot to review for their quiz on Friday over Wave Properties

Friday, January 30, 2015

• QOD: Draw a wave with a high amplitude and a long wavelength.

• I can: be proficient on the properties of waves and explain resonance & interference.

• Lesson: 
• Students will be taking a quiz over wave properties.
• Students will be taking notes over three vocabulary words: interference, resonance, and standing waves.

Hearing Test

Go to this website http://goo.gl/zSJKs4 to do the hearing test.

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When you are finished, research about how animals use different frequencies to communicate at this website http://goo.gl/t90JfY

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Daily Agenda

Today's Agenda

1. Champs / I can Statement
2. Answer and Discuss QOD
3. Guided Reading
4. Nearpod

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Wave on a String Simulation

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Learning Science Anywhere (1/20/15 - 1/23/15)

Please use this section of the blog if you are absent or on distance learning to help you understand what is happening in science class any day of the week.  A new issue of Learning Science Anywhere will come out weekly.


Tuesday, January 20, 2015

• QOD: What are three different medium examples where waves can travel?

• I can: compare and contrast six different types of waves (sound vs. light, transverse vs. longitudinal, & mechanical vs. electromagnetic)

• Lesson: 
• Wave Comparison Chart = Students must copy down the chart into their notebook.  Each student will become an expert in their wave.  Students will them rotate to find the answers to the rest of the chart.  After the activity, ask one group of each of the waves to give their answers or write their answers on the board.
• Wave demo = What kind of wave do you think this will make?  Make one pulse down the wave.  What did you see?  How did the gummy bears move?  Where did the wave move?  How did you get the energy down the tape?
• Wave drawing = Students will receive a white sheet of paper and they will draw both a longitudinal wave and a transverse wave.  They will need to label the parts of the wave (crest, trough, rarefaction, compression, amplitude, and wavelength).  

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

• QOD: What is the difference between mechanical and electromagnetic waves?

• I can: determine what variables affect wavelength and amplitude

• Lesson:
• Messed Up Waves Practice = Students will receive sentences that have been mixed up.  The sentences must be corrected to make sense.
• Waves on a String - PHET = Students will work together to investigate transverse waves using the PHET simulator.

Thursday, January 22, 2015

• QOD: How do the particles move in a transverse wave versus a longitudinal wave?

• I can: be proficient on my CFA over the nature of waves.

• Lesson: 
• Nature of Waves CFA  = Students will work individually to test themselves.
• Wave Bottles = Students will use a wave to bottle to make different types of waves and manipulate variables.
• Wave vs. Amplitude Practice 

Friday, December 23, 2015

• QOD: What does the frequency of a wave mean?

• I can: manipulate the wave speed equation

• Lesson: 
• Wave speed equation practice
• Tuning Fork Lab
• Introduction to Section 3

What's New?

KAHOOT!

Students today used an online resource called Kahoot. 

It helped students review for their quiz on different forms of energy.

                          

 

Kinetic Energy with Marbles

Students worked really hard in class to determine which type of marble (wood, glass, and metal) and what track height (one, two, or three books) would have the most kinetic energy. Take a look at our fun experiment.

Learning Science Anywhere (12/15-12/19)

Please use this section of the blog if you are absent or on distance learning to help you understand what is happening in science class any day of the week.  A new issue of Learning Science Anywhere will come out weekly.

Monday, December 15, 2014

Week 10 QOD: What is an energy conversion?  Give one example

Today you will be working online using the Phet Simulator to help you understand energy.  Get your Energy Skate Park handout and go to  http://goo.gl/A40BV4
Once you are on the website, press RUN to take you to the simulator.  If it does not work the first time, usually it has to download and you have to save it and open it.  Follow the instructions on the worksheet to manipulate variables on the simulator.  Don't let your skateboarder fall off the ramp!!! :)  If you may write a paragraph explaining the Rube Goldberg device below.  What is happening at each step? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg_machine)




I can explain energy conversions in my own words

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Week 10 QOD: What type of energy conversion occurs when a you turn on a light?

Today we will be picking out energy conversions from real life situations.  First, write down all the different forms of energy on a blank sheet of paper.  Write a SHORT description of each energy form (e.g. Thermal = Heat).  An energy converter is a machine that changes energy from one form into another.  You need to find 5 different pictures of 5 different types of energy converters from a magazine. Cut out each energy converter and paste it onto a thick white sheet of paper (you may use a half sheet).  Under each picture, you need to identify the energy conversion.  Write the energy conversion like this:  ______energy to______ernegy
If you need to also add more of an explanation underneath you may.  Present your poster to the teacher, classmate, or parent explaining each of the energy conversions. 

I can pick out a real life energy conversion and explain it fully.

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Week 10 QOD: What are all the energy conversions that occur when you light a fire?

Today you will be learning about how energy can not be created or destroyed.  Open up your book to the conservation of energy section from pages 138-141.  Answer the following questions on the worksheet or take notes using the questions as your guide.  Ask a teacher to take a look at your notes or worksheet and make sure it is complete and accurate.  Explain to the teacher three things that you know, two things you learned, and one thing you still do not understand.  
 In energy conversions, the energy you start with is equal to the energy that you end with which is the Law of Conservation of Energy.  Use your math skills to complete the set of problems on the next worksheet.


I can understand the meaning of the law of conversation of matter. 

Thursday, December 18, 2014

Week 10 QOD: What is energy conservation?

Students will be reviewing over the topics that were covered from Monday through Wednesday.  

I can explain an energy conversion

Friday, December 19, 2014

Week 10 QOD: Name one form of potential energy and one form of kinetic energy?

Students will be taking a CFA on Energy conversions.  Allow yourself five minutes to study before you take the test.  Make sure that you know all 9 forms of energy. After the test, we are going to watch a short clip about the Law of Conservation of Energy if there is time ( http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/first-law-of-thermodynamics-law-of-conservation-of-energy.html).

I can be proficient on my CFA over energy conversion.