Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Agenda:
- Pass Back Waves Quiz
- Intro Periodic Table
- PT Song?

HW:
None

Journal #70

How do you think organizing the movie posters is similar to the Periodic Table?

List the names (not symbols) of elements you know (or have heard of).

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Agenda:
- Intro to Chemistry
- Movie Poster Activity

HW:
None

Journal #69

What areas of your life do you like organized? Why?

What are at least 3 advantages of having things organized?

Monday, January 29, 2007

Agenda:
- Pass Back Papers
- New Seating Chart
- New Semester Set-up
- Chemistry Pre-Assessment

HW:
None

Journal #68

Who were the main characters in the Star Wars movie you watched this weekend?

What do you think Chemistry is? Give an example of something that has to do with chemistry.

Friday, January 26, 2007

Agenda:
- Waves Quiz
- Semester Evaluation
- Mr. Science?

HW:
Watch Star Wars

No Journal Today

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Agenda:
- Waves Quiz Review

HW:
- Waves Quiz - Tomorrow

Journal #67

What is the difference between constructive and destructive interference?

How are frequency and wavelength related?

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Agenda:
- Pass Back Papers
- Finish Interference
- Add to Vocab
- Review Sheet

HW:
- Last day for late/absent work - Tomorrow
- Waves Quiz - Friday

Journal #66

What are beats? What causes them?

Draw a picture of waves that cause beats.

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Agenda:
- Journal Quiz #5
- Finish Grading Waves Lab
- Grade Sound worksheet
- Interference

HW:
- Last day for late/abs. work - Thursday
- Waves Quiz - Friday

No Journal Today

Monday, January 22, 2007

Agenda:
- Collect Ch. 13 S&R
- Sound Worksheet
- Sine Waves

HW:
- Sine Waves - DUE Tomorrow
- Waves Quiz - Friday
- Last Day for Late/Abs. Work - Thursday

Journal #65

What do you think happens when two waves run into each other?

List the differences between water, light, and sound waves.

Friday, January 19, 2007

Agenda:
- Grade & Discuss Waves Lab

HW:
- 2nd "N" from S&R 13.5-13.12 - DUE Monday
- Last Day for Late/Absent Work - Thursday

Journal #64

What is refraction?

What were the different types of waves you explored in the Waves Lab?

Thursday, January 18, 2007

Agenda:
- Finish Waves Lab
- Pass Back Papers
- S&R on 13.5 - 13.12

HW:
- Waves Lab - DUE Tomorrow
- 2nd "N" from S&R 13.5-13.12 - DUE Monday
- Last Day for Late/Abs. Work - Jan. 25th

Journal #63

How does changing the frequency of a sound wave affect what we hear?

How does changing the frequency of a light wave affect what we see?

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Agenda:
- Waves Lab

HW:
- Waves Lab - DUE Friday
- Journal Quiz - Tuesday
- Last day for Late/Absent work - Jan. 25th

Journal # 62

What are your 3 favorite things from the Waves Lab so far? Why?

What result from a lab station surprised or confused you the most?

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Agenda:
- Waves Lab

HW:
- Waves Lab - DUE Friday

Journal #61

Copy the following definitions into your journal:

-Transmission: to cause a light or force to pass or be conveyed through space or a medium.
-Absorption: to suck up or take in, like a sponge
-Reflection: the bouncing of a wave off of a surface
-Refraction: the bending of a wave due to a slowing down when that wave passes from one medium to another (like air to glass)

Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Agenda:
- Grade Waves Worksheet
- Start Waves Lab

HW:
None

Journal #60

How do you calculate wave speed (what’s the equation)?

What type of light has the longest wavelength? Highest energy? Highest frequency?

Monday, January 08, 2007

Agenda:
- Finish EMS Posters
- Waves worksheet

HW:
- Waves worksheet - DUE Tomorrow

Journal #59

What do you find the most interesting about the Electromagnetic Spectrum?

What was/is the most difficult part of the EMS Poster? Why?

Friday, January 05, 2007

Agenda:
- Grade EMS Reader Q's
- EMS Posters

HW:
None

Journal #58

List as many types of light you can remember from the EMS Reader.

Which has higher energy, short wavelength or long wavelength light?

Thursday, January 04, 2007

Agenda:
- Add to Vocab.
- EMS Reader

HW:
- EMS Reader Questions - DUE Tomorrow

Journal #57

What is an echo?

List as many types of light you can think of.

Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Agenda:
- Bill Nye: Waves
- Add to Vocab.

HW:
None

Journal #56

Draw a high pitched wave and a low pitched wave and label which is which.

List three things you think travel in waves.

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Agenda:
- Grade Wave Assignment
- Pass Back Papers & Tests
-Mr. Science

HW:
None

Journal #55

How are frequency and wavelength related?

Explain or draw one additional wave characteristic (besides frequency and wavelength).