Chance favors the prepared mind.
Louis Pasteur
Complete the homework and submit on time to get full points.
No late homework allowed
Give your best effort to every assignment. Any troublesome concepts should be
marked with a star (*). Dated with the due date.
For 09/10/09
Student information survey completed by parents due on 09/14/09.
Complete the sheet –setting goals for the school year and first marking period.
For 09/11/09
All about me poster due Monday.
Get the information packet including the lab safety contract signed and return
it by next Friday.
Select a science fiction reading book by Wednesday.
For 09/14/09
Complete the learner profile worksheet.
Select a science fiction book to read and get it approved from the teacher
this week.
For 09/15/09
Complete the diagnostic survey using the link on teacherweb homepage.
For 09/16/09
Read section 1-2 of book B and complete the sheet.
For 09/17/09
Signed lab safety contract due tomorrow.
Design portfolio cover.
Select a reading book.
For 09/18/09
Continue reading your science book.
Extra credit--Explain one of the concepts learned so far in class to your
parents and get a note from them.
Post a response on the online learning log.
For 09/21/09
Select a science current event article either from printed or online
resources, read it and highlight the main points.--due thursday
For 09/22/09
Portfolio cover due tomorrow.
For 09/23/09
Science article due tomorrow.
For 09/24/09
Answer a fuzzy question on the learning log.
For 09/25/09
Read your science reading book.
Heads up-- Quiz on sections 1-1 and 1-2 of book motion and forces on next
thursday.
For 09/29/09
Quiz on sections 1-1, 1-2 of book motion and forces will be on thursday.
Complete the h.w sheet--write the answer to the question on the sheet itself
and then do any one out of the different choices.
For 09/30/09
Study for the quiz tomorrow.
For 10/01/09
Check your grades online and get your parent initial on the planner confirming it.
Read your reading book.
Remember to bring in materials for the solar oven project.
For 10/02/09
Post your article summary on the class wiki--it is the last link on the left
hand side of teacher web homepage. Use your secret number to paste it on the
class wiki page for your class by clicking on edit page on the top right hand
side of the page.
Remember to bring your science reading book to class.
For 10/05/09
Two journal entries written in the reflection journal due friday.
Also do journal revisions if there are any comments.
For 10/06/09
Complete the lab sheet for the boat experiment.
Quiz correction sheet due thursday.
For 10/08/09
Journal entries due tomorrow
•Prompt #1: In science class, discussion, or lab this week I learned….
Specific science words or vocabulary presented in class must be used for
answering this prompt.(2-3 para)
•Prompt #2: What I am curious about in science is ….(atleast 1 para)
For 10/09/09
Continue reading your reading book and doing your reading log sheet.
Extra credit -- Explain one of the concepts you have learned so far in class
to your parents and get a note from them.
Enjoy your weekend.
For 10/13/09
Complete the h.w sheet.
For 10/14/09
List the drawbacks that keep solar energy from becoming a reliable or primary
cooking source. Identify possible solutions to overcome those drawbacks.
For 10/15/09
Read the response posted by your physicist and summarize it on your own words.
For 10/16/09
Post a question to you physicist on www.adoptaphysicist.org. Remember to put
your first and last initial at the end of the post.
Start working on your ice cube container.
For 10/19/09
Revise your rubber band powered lab sheet and hand it in.
Start working on your ice cube container project.
For 10/20/09
Read the response posted by your physicist and post a question to your scientist.
Continue working on your ice cube container.
For 10/21/09
Quiz on energy on next tuesday.
Ice cube container and sheet due tomorrow.
For 10/22/09
Answer the diagnostic survey --the link is on the teacher web homepage.
Password is motion. Its the same one from the beginning of the unit.
Respond on the online learning log using your secret numbers--summarize your
learning from this week and last week and post your fuzzy questions too.---due
monday.
Reading log sheet due tomorrow.
For 10/23/09
Quiz on energy on 10/27/09
Read the section packet given in class and highlight the main points.
Ice cube container conclusion along with questions and observation due wednesday.
Read the response given by your physicist and ask qs atleast three times till
next thursday.
For 10/26/09
Answer others fuzzy question or correct them if they summarized something
wrong on the online learning log.
Study for the quiz on energy tomorrow.
For 10/27/09
Ice cube container 2 sheets are due tomorrow.
For 10/28/09
Reading book project due friday.
For 10/29/09
Reading book project due tomorrow.
Post a thank you to your physicist on the forum. Forums close tomorrow night.
For 10/30/09
Post a thank you to your physicist. Forums close tonight.
Complete the analysis and conclusion for the solar oven project.
2nd marking period--reading log sheet first check 12/07/09 and reading book
project
due 01/21/10.
For 11/02/09
Post a current article summary on the wiki due by wednesday.
For 11/03/09
Post the article summary with 4 distinct sections on the wiki. So far you
should have done two article summaries (including this one) this marking period.
For 11/04/09
Show the gradesheet to your parent / online grades to your parents and get it
signed.
Enjoy the long weekend and read your science fiction book.
For 11/10/09
Complete the science portfolio worksheet due wednesday.
Adopt a physicist poster due thursday.
For 11/11/09
Adopt a physicist poster due tomorrow.
For 11/12/09
Complete the sheet on methods of heat transfer.
For 11/13/09
Quiz on methods of heat transfer will be on 11/19/09.
Summarize your learning from last two weeks on the online learning log using
your secret number and post any fuzzy questions you have.
Study guide for the quiz will be posted on the homepage on Saturday
evening-find the link on the left hand side.
For 11/16/09
Complete the bar graph for the friction lab using the mean force required to
overcome the friction.
Quiz on methods of heat transfer will be on 11/19/09.
For 11/16/09
Answer a fuzzy qs or correct the mistakes in the summary posted on the log.
Quiz on thursday on methods of heat transfer.
For 11/17/09
Answer a fuzzy question on the online learning log.
Study for the quiz on the methods of heat transfer tomorrow.
For 11/18/09
Study for the quiz on methods of heat transfer.Try answering the additional
fuzzy qs on the online learning log.
Study guide is on the main homepage on the left hand side.
For 11/19/09
A note of thanks to a person in the field of science---due tuesday.
For 11/23/09
A note of thanks to a person in the field of science due tomorrow.
For 11/24/09
Make a three column chart ---what I know, what I learned and what I wonder and
complete the chart for the section 3-2 of the book motion and forces.
For 11/25/09
Enjoy your long weekend.
Continue reading your science reading book.
For 11/30/09
Answer the two open ended and two multiple choice questions on the online
learning log using your secret number.
For 12/01/09
For periods 1, 2, &3---read section 2-1 of the book motion and forces and
complete the sheet.
For periods 6 & 7--complete writing the conclusion for the inertia lab.
For 12/02/09
Read section 2-1 of the book motion and forces and answer the review questions.
Select a current science article and bring it in by friday.
For 12/03/09
Bring in a current science article.
Answer the gravity questions on the online learning log.
For 12/04/09
Write the journal entry on the h.w sheet and score it using the rubric provided.
For 12/07/09
Read an online article—How Gravity works?
http://www.howstuffworks.com/question232.htm
As you read take notes in the form of bullet points or draw pictures
representing your learning from the reading.
You learn something every day if you pay attention.
~Ray LeBlond
