Class this week: Our unit on the Atmosphere is in full effect. We have a vocabulary sheet and quiz this week on atmosphere words. Students are learning about the different layers of the atmosphere and how the atmosphere changes from ground to outer space. We will also explore weather measurements on a weather app or website and learn more about the Greenhouse Effect, air quality, and climate change. Overall, Quarterly Assessment grades were good. Students who earned below a 70 on the QA should use the new code they were given and re-take their test in Wolf Time by end of day on Friday, 11/22.
Atmosphere Unit Table of Contents Resources Blank Warm Up Sheet Blank Table of Contents Sheet HW = Homework WU = Warm Ups Next Test or Quiz: Atmosphere Vocabulary Quiz, Tuesday, 11/19 Monday, 11/18 HW: Finish atmosphere vocabulary sheet. Study for quiz tomorrow. WU: No written warm up today. Tuesday, 11/19 HW: None WU: Write the term and definition for any three terms from the Atmosphere Vocabulary Sheet. See ToC #2 for a new sheet if you need one. Wednesday, 11/20 HW: Finish any unfinished class work. WU: A 1.1 - Earth's atmosphere supports life 1.A12: What is the carbon cycle? 2.A12: What is the water cycle? 3.A14: Explain how a sudden change can happen to the atmosphere. Thursday, 11/21 HW: Finish any unfinished class work. WU: A1.3 - Gases in the atmosphere absorb radiation A1.4 - Human activities affect the atmosphere 1.Name at least 3 greenhouse gases. 2.How do greenhouse gases keep Earth warm? 3.How would the temperature on Earth be affected if the levels of the greenhouse gases changed? Friday, 11/22 HW: Finish any unfinished class work. WU: Find the questions on the last page of this link: A1.4 - Human activities affect the atmosphere Page A33, #1 - 6. Class this week: New Unit!!! We have weather on our radar for the coming week, just in time to figure out the how and why of an arctic blast with plunging temperatures. It will be helpful (but not required) if your child has a weather app on their phone that includes atmospheric pressure and other weather details. In this unit, we will investigate the composition of the atmosphere and examine air quality causes and patterns before beginning our study of the factors that influence our daily weather patterns.
Atmosphere Unit Table of Contents Resources Blank Warm Up Sheet Blank Table of Contents Sheet HW = Homework WU = Warm Ups Next Test or Quiz: Atmosphere Vocabulary Quiz, Tuesday, 11/19 Monday, 11/11 - No School, Veterans Day HW: None WU: None Tuesday, 11/12 HW: Atmosphere Vocabulary Sheet WU: See Atmosphere resources page for online textbook in pdf form. 1.What is the name and letter of the chapter about the atmosphere? 2.Page A36: List 3 terms you know the least. 3.Write the page # of an important/iconic diagram from this chapter. Wednesday, 11/13 HW: Atmosphere Vocabulary Sheet, Study for quiz on Tuesday, 11/19. WU: 1.What is meteorology? 2.How accurately can meteorologists predict the weather? Give an example. 3.When you need to know the current weather or a forecast, what source do you use? Thursday, 11/14 HW: Atmosphere Vocabulary Sheet, Study for quiz on Tuesday, 11/19. WU: 1.A20: Draw a picture of Earth and it’s atmosphere (a circle within a circle). How thick or thin should the outer circle be? 2.A10: Read the top paragraph about the 2 British balloonists. Why did one pass out and the other was barely able to bring the balloon back down? 3.A11: What gases and things make up the Earth’s atmosphere? Be specific. Friday, 11/15 HW: Finish the CK-12 Layers of the Atmosphere questions. Finish Vocabulary Sheet. Study for quiz on Tuesday, 11/19. WU: Write down the following weather measurements from the Weather Bug app or weather website. List the city, date, and time. 1.Current Temp. 2.Dew Point temperature. 3.Current Conditions (icon?) 4.Humidity. 5.Pressure – change to millibars. 6.Current Wind speed and direction. 7.Percent chance of rain (forecast). Class this week:
Week of 11/4: We will conclude our unit on Work and Energy with a brief foray into circuits and simple machines. I hope to work in some time for students to actually set up a circuit instead of just using a diagram. We will also use another PhET Simulation from the University of Colorado - such a useful site for physics topics. Next up: Weather! Table of Contents: Work and Energy - These papers should currently be organized in your binder! Resources and online textbook: Work and Energy HW = Homework WU = Warm Ups Lost your Warm Up Sheet? No problem. Print one here. Warm Up Sheet Next Quiz or Test: Next week. Monday, 11/4 HW: Finish Circuits assignment on Google Classroom WU: 1.What is the difference between an open circuit and a closed circuit? Explain which one allows electricity to flow. 2.What is the difference between a parallel and a series circuit? 3.What could be a source of electricity in a circuit? Tuesday, 11/5 HW: Finish Circuits assignment on Google Classroom AND finish the review quizzes on circuits. WU: 1.Draw the circuit symbol for a battery. 2.Draw the circuit symbol for a switch. 3.Draw a circuit diagram with a lightbulb, a battery, and a switch. Wednesday, 11/6 HW: Finish Circuits assignment on Google Classroom AND finish the review quizzes on circuits. WU: 1. What are the basic parts that a circuit needs to function (3)? 2. What material is the wire made of? 3. If something conducts electricity, we can call it a _____. Thursday, 11/7 HW: Finish Circuits assignment on Google Classroom AND finish the review quizzes on circuits. WU: 1.Name the 6 simple machines. 2.List the two ways that machines can change a force. 3.Explain mechanical advantage and at least two examples.. Friday, 11/8 HW: Finish Circuits assignment on Google Classroom AND finish the review quizzes on circuits. WU: 1.Describe or draw a pulley. How does it help perform work. 2.Describe or draw a Lever. What is a fulcrum? How does it help perform work? 3.Describe or draw a inclined plane. How does it help perform work? Another way to review for your Q1 Quarterly Assessment is to take your old tests and quizzes. The retakes will not count as a new grade, but will help give you extra practice!
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We will interrupt our regularly scheduled unit on work and energy to prepare and take the Q1 Quarterly Assessment for science on 10/31. Students will take it online through SchoolNet on NC EdCloud. They will not be allowed to retake this test, so we need to stay focused and study hard! I will prepare review materials that we will work on in class and at home on Tuesday and Wednesday before the test. The QA will cover Forces, Motion, and Energy. The grade will count on Q2. Table of Contents: Work and Energy - These papers should currently be organized in your binder! Resources and online textbook: Work and Energy HW = Homework WU = Warm Ups Lost your Warm Up Sheet? No problem. Print one here. Warm Up Sheet Next Quiz or Test: Q1 QUARTERLY ASSESSMENT (QA/Benchmark) (No re-takes), Thursday, 10/31. Monday, 10/28 HW: Review any old materials in your binder for the upcoming QA. WU: 1. How are potential and kinetic energy related to mechanical energy? 2. What happens to the total amount of energy when energy is transformed from one form to another? Is it lost? Does it disappear? 3. Think of a skateboarder on a halfpipe. Where is the Potential Energy and Kinetic Energy of the skateboarder the highest and lowest? Tuesday, 10/29 HW: Review the questions on your Q1 QA Review sheets that we completed today in class. WU: Chapter D1 – Relative Motion! 1.What information do you need to know in order to tell whether an object has moved or not? 2.If you are in a moving vehicle, what objects appear to be moving and not moving? 3.If you are in a moving vehicle, describe what the speed of a vehicle moving in the opposite direction might look like. Wednesday, 10/30 HW: HW: Review the questions on your Q1 QA Review sheets that we completed today in class. WU: 1.How much work is done when a heavy box is pushed using a 20 N force across a room a distance of 5 meters? Use w=fd 2.Briefly sketch a graph that shows an object gradually increasing its speed over time. 3.Briefly sketch a graph that shows an object that travels away from home very quickly, pauses for a while, then travels back home very, very slowly. Thursday, 10/31 HW: None! WU: 1.Label one box kinetic energy. 2.Label the middle box potential energy. 3.Classify the following terms as one of the above: thermal, light, mechanical, chemical, sound, gravitational, nuclear, electrical. Friday, 11/1 - No school, teacher work day and parent conferences. Class this week:
We have started our Work and Energy unit by learning about different types of energy. We will also calculate work, mechanical energy, and learn about electrical circuits. Ask you student about the scientific definition of work compared to our everyday definition of work. New vocab sheet came out on Friday. Vocab quiz on Friday, 10/25, on the new work and energy words. Table of Contents: Work and Energy - These papers should currently be organized in your binder! Resources and online textbook: Work and Energy HW = Homework WU = Warm Ups Lost your Warm Up Sheet? No problem. Print one here. Warm Up Sheet Next Quiz or Test: Work and Energy Vocabulary Quiz, Friday, 10/25, Words #1 - 9. UPDATE: FULL QUIZ will be on Friday with a surprise! Monday, 10/21 HW: Work on the Work and Energy Vocabulary Sheet. Quiz Friday, 10/25. WU: 1. Write your everyday, common language definition for the word work. 2. Write the textbook, scientific definition for the word work. 3. How are these meanings similar and different. Explain! Tuesday, 10/22 HW: Work on the Work and Energy Vocabulary Sheet. Quiz Friday, 10/25. WU: #1, 2, and 3. Write down the name and definition of any 3 different kinds of energy from your vocabulary sheet. Wednesday, 10/23 HW: Work on the Work and Energy Vocabulary Sheet. Quiz Friday, 10/25. WU: 1.Energy is the ability…. 2.When you do work on an object, some of your energy… 3.In fact, both work and energy are measured in … Thursday, 10/24 HW: Work on the Work and Energy Vocabulary Sheet. Quiz Friday, 10/25. WU: 1.What type of energy depends on an object’s position? 2.A rotating turbine is which type of energy? 3.Atoms fusing or splitting is which type of energy? Friday, 10/25 HW: Work and Energy Vocabulary Sheet due today! WU: Write the term and definition for any 3 vocabulary words that you think are difficult or want clarification on. Click this link to go to the Forces and Motion PhET simulation.
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We are working on our unit on forces and Newton's Laws. We will use a computer simulation to manipulate forces, mass, and friction to calculate net force. We will do a lab using spring scales, blocks, weights, and sand paper. Test on forces and Newton's laws will be on Friday, 10/18. Table of Contents: FORCES - These papers should currently be organized in your binder! Resources and online textbook: FORCES HW = Homework WU = Warm Ups Lost your Warm Up Sheet? No problem. Print one here. Warm Up Sheet Next Quiz or Test: Friday, 10/18, Forces Test. Monday, 10/14 - We did a lab today! Static and Dynamic Friction Lab with Spring Scales HW: Study for test on Friday, 10/18. WU: 1.If two people push a heavy box in the same direction, each with a force of 20 N, and friction from the floor is a force of 10 N, then what is the net force on the box? DRAW it out! 2.What happens when you push a chair across the room with a medium force and then a stronger force? 3.What instrument could we use to measure Newtons of force? Tuesday, 10/15 HW: Study for test on Friday, 10/18. WU: 1.What is centripetal force? Give an example. 2.Give examples of real situations with balanced and unbalanced forces. 3.If you push a 20 kg box with an acceleration of 2 m/s2, what is the force you used? F=ma Wednesday, 10/16 HW: Study for test on Friday, 10/18. WU: 1.You shove a shopping cart down the aisle of the store. It has a mass of 18 kg and an acceleration of 3 m/s2. What force did you use? (F = ma) 2.If a car makes a sudden stop, what happens to a passenger in the back seat who is wearing a seatbelt? What law is this? 3.List the following objects in order from least to most inertia: large rock, feather, pencil, textbook. Thursday, 10/17 HW: Study for test on Friday, 10/18. WU: Page D71 can be found at this link: Chapter 2 Forces Review 1.Review: What is the average speed of a runner who runs 5 km in 0.25 hours? Write the formula. SHOW Your WORK! 2.Page D71, #1 – 5. 3.Page D71, #6 – 9. Friday, 10/18 HW: Retake test if needed. WU: Page D71 can be found at this link: Chapter 2 Forces Review 1.Page D71, #11 – 15. 2.Page D71, #19 3.Page D71, #20 Class this week:
We are working on our unit on forces and Newton's Laws. Students took a vocabulary quiz last week on our vocabulary unit. This week, we will continue our study by watching some video clips, reading a few articles, and doing a hands on activity with forces. Last week, students updated or started their digital portfolios. Many teachers will have students post selected assignments to their digital portfolios for a grade this year. Table of Contents: FORCES - These papers should currently be organized in your binder! Resources and online textbook: FORCES HW = Homework WU = Warm Ups Lost your Warm Up Sheet? No problem. Print one here. Warm Up Sheet Next Quiz or Test: Friday, 10/18, Forces Test. Monday, 10/7 HW: Finish reading the Friction Blister article. WU: No written warm up today. Tuesday, 10/8 Classwork: Use this interactive PHET Simulation to discover the relationship between force, mass, net force, and friction. HW: None WU: Use the Friction Blister article to answer these questions. 1. What are the two types of friction? 2. Explain what causes blisters according to the scientific explanation in the article. 3. Look at the table of surfaces and numbers: Which materials have the highest and lowest numbers? Wednesday, 10/9 - No Warm Up, Teacher Work Day HW: WU: Thursday, 10/10 HW: Finish the graphic organizer on Newton's laws of motion. Next test is on Friday, 10/18, Forces. WU: Watch this Brain Pop Video on forces. (You can also access Brain Pop through the Wake ID Portal) 1. Give an example of a contact force and a non-contact force. 2. What are all the forces on a book sitting on a table? 3. What is the net force of a book sitting on a table? Friday, 10/11 HW: Have a great weekend. Next test is on Friday, 10/18, Forces. WU: 1.What is the relationship between force and motion described by Newton’s first law? (D44) 2.What is inertia? How is the inertia of an object related to its mass? (D46) 3.INFER: Once a baseball has been hit into the air, what forces are acting upon it? How can you tell that any forces are acting upon the ball? (D42) Follow this link to answer a few questions about a Digital Portfolio.
Digital Portfolio Survey Instructions for creating a digital portfolio. Class this week:
We will finish this unit on Speed and Motion by analyzing distance-time graphs and visualizing what stories that graphs can tell about the motion of an object. Test on Friday, 9/27, on this unit. Students were given study guides on Monday. Table of Contents: MOTION - These papers should currently be organized in your binder! Resources and online textbook: MOTION HW = Homework WU = Warm Ups Lost your Warm Up Sheet? No problem. Print one here. Warm Up Sheet Monday, 9/23 HW: Study for test on Speed and Motion this Friday. Complete "Reinforcing Key Concepts" study guide. WU: Tuesday, 9/24 HW: Study for test on Speed and Motion this Friday. Complete "Reinforcing Key Concepts" study guide. WU: Wednesday, 9/25 HW: Study for test on Speed and Motion this Friday. Complete "Reinforcing Key Concepts" study guide. WU: Thursday, 9/26 HW: Study for test on Speed and Motion this Friday. Complete "Reinforcing Key Concepts" study guide. WU: Friday, 9/27 HW: Study for test on Speed and Motion this Friday. Complete "Reinforcing Key Concepts" study guide. WU: Class this week: This week, we are studying speed - how to calculate and graph it! Ask your child about the "Speed Machines" sheet. We have calculated the speed of some of the fastest vehicles in the world and watched short video clips of them. For perspective, we've been comparing all of these fast speeds to how fast you might drive on Hwy 540 or through a parking lot or neighborhood. On Friday, we will time Hot Wheels cars on a track and see how much human error plays into detecting and calculating speed. We will also graph the speed of our Hot Wheels cars.
Table of Contents: MOTION - These papers should currently be organized in your binder! Resources and online textbook: MOTION HW = Homework WU = Warm Ups Blank Warm Up Sheet Monday, 9/16 HW: Finish the "Match Practice" paper, front and back. WU: 1.Write the definition of three different vocabulary words, one in each warm up box. Tuesday, 9/17 HW: Finish the front of "Speed Machines" WU: No written Warm Up today. The fund raiser assembly abbreviated our classes. Wednesday, 9/18 HW: None. WU: 1.Describe how your position changes as you jump over an object. 2.Keisha runs 36 meters in 9 seconds. What is her speed? Use the speed equation and show your work. 3.Kyle walks 3 blocks south from his home to school. Aliyah walks 2 blocks north from her home to Kyle’s home. How far and in what direction is the school from Aliyah’s home? Draw it out! Thursday, 9/19 HW: None. Test on Motion and Speed most likely on Thursday, 9/26. Will confirm Monday. It will not be earlier. WU: (Pages 324 - 327 in online textbook here.) 1.Page D 21 (Page 325 online): What kind of graph is this? What is the zebra doing at points 2 to 3? 2.D 22: Draw vector arrows to represent the speed of two cars moving east on your paper where one car travels further than the other. 3.D 25: What is the relationship between speed and velocity? Friday, 9/20 HW: None. WU: 1.A car traveled 50 miles in 4 hours. What was it’s speed? s = d/t 2.A swimmer swam at a speed of 1.5 m/s for 25 s. What was her distance? d = s x t 3.A runner ran at a speed of 2 m/s for a distance of 440 meters. How much time did it take? t = d / s Class this week: This week, we are studying motion, frames of reference, relative motion, relative position, and the concept of speed. The quiz on motion vocabulary has been moved to Monday, 9/16. Ask your child about straight line distance vs. actual distance. Which is longer? You can also ask about the train picture and see if they can explain relative motion to you.
Table of Contents: Motion Resources and online textbook: Motion HW = Homework WU = Warm Ups Blank Warm Up Sheet Monday, 9/9 HW: Finish motion vocabulary sheet. Study for vocabulary quiz next Monday, 9/16 WU: Tuesday, 9/10 HW: Finish motion vocabulary sheet. Study for vocabulary quiz Monday, 9/16 WU: 1.What landmarks would you use to describe how to get to or 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? Wednesday, 9/11 HW: Finish motion vocabulary sheet. Study for vocabulary quiz Monday, 9/16 WU: Use this link and scroll to the last page of the pdf to compare the motion of the two trains pictured there. (Scroll to Page 318) Explain the motion of the train, camera, and ground in each picture. Thursday, 9/12 HW: Finish motion vocabulary sheet. Study for vocabulary quiz Monday, 9/16 WU: Resource Pages begin at D9 1.Explain Relative Motion 2.Explain Reference Point 3.Explain: How is actual distance different from straight line distance? Friday, 9/13 HW: Finish motion vocabulary sheet. Study for vocabulary quiz Monday, 9/16 WU: No written Warm Up today. Silent reading for 10 minutes. Class this week: We started off the week with a lab using a black box device called an Obcertainer. Ask your child what this is and how we observed it!!! We will also begin our very first content unit on motion. Students will bring home a vocabulary sheet this week. It is due next week and their will be a quiz on these words.
Table of Contents: Motion - link coming soon. Resources for Motion Unit HW = Homework WU = Warm Ups Blank Warm Up Sheet Monday, 9/2 - Labor Day, No School HW: NA WU: Tuesday, 9/3 HW: Finish lab safety t-shirt/bumper sticker. 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, 9/4 HW: Finish Obcertainer Lab summary questions. Work on Motion Vocabulary Sheet. 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? Thursday, HW: WU: Friday, HW: WU: Class this week: We will review and learn old and new school rules, policies, and procedures.
Resources for Introduction and Lab Safety Unit HW = Homework WU = Warm Ups Blank Warm Up Sheet Monday, 8/26 HW: All the forms - get them signed and return ASAP. Remember Lab Safety Contract too. Lab Safety Rule Quiz on Friday. WU: 1.What are three things you are looking forward to this year? 2.What is something that is worrying you right now? 3.What is your best character trait? Unacceptable answers: IDK, I don’t know, NA, nothing… Tuesday, 8/27 HW: All the forms - get them signed and return ASAP. Remember Lab Safety Contract too. Lab Safety Rule Quiz on Friday. WU: Copy the stem sentences and fill in the rest with your thoughtful, original ideas. 1.Yesterday, … 2.Today, … 3.This week, … Remember, IDK, I don’t know, and nothing are not legitimate answers. Wednesday, 8/28 HW: All the forms - get them signed and return ASAP. Remember Lab Safety Contract too. Lab Safety Rule Quiz on Friday. WU: 1.Write three adjectives that describe 7th grade so far. 2.Look on your Science Expectations sheet: What is your favorite thing we will study this year in science? 3.What should you do if you miss a written Warm Up in science? Thursday, 8/29 HW: All the forms - get them signed and return ASAP. Remember Lab Safety Contract too. Lab Safety Rule Quiz on Friday. WU: Use your lab safety rules to answer these questions. 1.Rule 1: How should you conduct yourself? 2.Rule 3: What do you need permission for? 3.Rule 11: What should you report? Friday, 8/30 - Lab Safety Quiz Today! HW: All the forms should be in by now... WU: 1.How should you plug in and unplug a plug properly? 2.Restate rule #18 in your own words. 3.Restate rule #20 in your own words. You found me! Welcome to 7th Grade Science on the Royal team for the 2019 - 2020 school year!
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