Class this week: Short, 4-day week, this week. Ask your child what an "Obscertainer" is (round flat, black box with a ball) and what we used it for. We will begin our Forces and Motion unit with the concepts of a change in position, straight line distance, and relative motion.
HW = Homework WU = Warm Ups Monday, 9/3 - No School No HW or WU today. Tuesday, 9/4 HW: Turn in any remaining Lab Safety Contracts. Listen for name to be called in class if missing. WU: 1.What is an observation? Give an example. 2.How else can you observe something if you cannot see it? 3.What is a hypothesis? Wednesday, 9/5 HW: Remind parents about Meet the Teacher night tomorrow from 6 to 8 pm. Finish any remaining Obscertainer activity questions. WU: Use the Obscertainer sheet to answer these questions: 1.Why is a hypothesis not just a guess? 2.Once you make and test a hypothesis, you can come up with an explanation that is also called a_____ or a _____. 3.Why is it important for other scientists to verify the results of your experiment? 4.Which indirect observations did we use on the Obscertainers? Thursday, 9/6 HW: Work on Vocabulary Sheet WU: 1.What landmarks would you use to describe how to get home from school? (Name at least 3.) 2.How could you describe the location of an object in the room? 3.How can you determine how quickly or slowly an object is moving? Friday, 9/7 HW: Work on Vocabulary Sheet WU: Use this link and scroll to the last page of the pdf to compare the motion of the two trains pictured there. 1.Explain the motion of the train, camera, and ground in the top picture. 2.Explain the motion of the train, camera, and ground in the bottom picture. 3.Give an example of how the apparent motion of an object depends on the observer’s motion. Comments are closed.
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