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**Welcome to Mrs. McMullan's 8th gradeAC Science website:
Feel free to contact me at twila.mcmullan@cobbk12.org
(be sure to include a SUBJECT line)
East Cobb's phone number: 770-578-2740 (I'm ext. 461)---I'd much prefer an e-mail!!
Holt Textbook Log-in: http://my.hrw.com
See Mrs. McMullan for a password
and username
Brainpop: www.brainpop.com (The password is now the same as the username.)
**Check Pinnacle at least once a week!!!
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The Big Idea: Energy can be changed from one form into another form, but energy cannot be created or destroyed.
Vocabulary: Energy, PE, KE, mechanical energy, thermal (heat) energy,
chemical energy, electrical energy, sound energy, light energy, nuclear energy,
law of conservation of energy
Objectives:
Explain the relationship between potential and kinetic energy.
Explain energy transformation in terms of the Law of Conservation of Energy.
GPS:
S8P2.a Explain energy transformations in terms of energy.
S8P2.b Explain the relationship between potential and kinetic energy.
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Monday, 10/26/09: Chapter 6 Test
If time permits, continue presenting sports projects
Homework: chapter 9 2-column notes due by next Thursday
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Tuesday, 10/27/09: continue presenting sports projects
Homework: Unit test next week
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Wednesday, 10/28/09: retest chapter 6 test and go over
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Thursday, 10/29/09: FINISH presenting sports projects
Brainpops: Kinetic Energy & Potential Energy
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Friday, 10/30/09:
Bill Nye, Energy
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Begin Bounce Lab (collect data)--in groups (makeup if absent)
DATE:
50 cm: 31, 25, 30, 29, 27
75 cm: 43, 43, 43, 42, 42
100 cm: 56.5, 60, 57, 57, 53
Homework: Finish Bounce lab data table AND BAR Graph
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Monday 11/2/09:
Chapter 9 Hook Activity: page 239 Start-up Activity (pendulum)
Go over ch. 9-1 (PowerPt)
Finish Bounce Lab
Homework: Bounce Lab due by Wed
Chapter 9 Quiz Thursday
Unit test Friday (cannot hurt your grade)
Textbook work--omit if "A" on ch 6 test (first try)
>>>Ch 9-1 Section Review (p. 247) #3-9
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Tuesday 11/3/09: NO SCHOOL (teacher workday)
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Wednesday 11/4/09:
Go over ch 9-2,3,4 (PowerPt)
Brainpops: Forms of Energy
and Energy Sources
Homework:
Textbook work--omit if "A" on ch 6 test (first try)
>>Ch 9-2 Section Review (p 253) #2-9
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Thursday 11/5/09:
Energy transfer (Rube Goldberg):
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7980338498516541798
Chapter 9 Quiz
The Science of Disney Imagineering, ENERGY video
Homework:
Textbook work--omit if "A" on ch 6 test (first try)
Ch 9-3 Section Review (p. 257) #2-5
ch 9-4 Section Review (p. 263) #4, 5, 8, 9
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omit if "A" on ch 6 test (1st or 2nd try)
Chapter 9 Review (p. 266-7) # 6-13, 15-18, 20-25
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Friday 11/6/09: Benchmark UNIT test (cannot hurt your grade)
Homework: Read ch 10 (HEAT)
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Monday 11/9/09: Subst:
Video: Roller Coaster Physics
Begin homework if time permits
Homework:
Ch 10 textbook work (can omit if "A" on Benchmark test)--due Thursday
page 279 #3-5, 10-11
page 287 #3-8
page 291 #2-6
pages 302-3 #6-26
**Bring handwarms for class Thursday
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Tuesday 11/10/09: Subst:
Media Center--Energy website
http://fi.edu/guide/hughes/energy_us.html (use computer lab)
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Homework: see Monday
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Wed 11/11/09: Subst:
1. Bill Nye, Heat
2. Discover Channel, Heat and Temperature
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Homework: **Bring handwarms for class Thursday
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Thursday 11/12/09:
Brainpop: Heat
Homework:
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Friday 11/13/09:
Homework: Read and take 2 column notes on chapters 2-4 (due ????)
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Mrs. McMullan's Website http://www.iKeepBookmarks.com/McMullan
Graphing website: http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/classic/index.asp
Conversion links: http://www.onlineconversion.com/
for mass: www.convert-me.com/en/convert/weight
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