Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Agenda:
- Finish Seasonal Forests
- Review Sheet

HW:
- District Assessment - Thursday
- Journal Quiz - Friday


Journal #58

List Newton’s 3 Laws.

A car with a mass of 2400 kg is traveling at a constant velocity of 10,000 m/s. What is the acceleration of the car?

Monday, January 05, 2009

Agenda:
- Insulator Lab Clarification
- Planet Earth: Seasonal Forests

HW:
- District Assessment - Thursday
- Journal Quiz - Friday


Journal #57

How did your 2nd insulator perform compared to the first (be sure to describe in detail).

What do you think was the best feature of your insulator? The worst?

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Agenda:
- Test 2nd Insulator

HW:
- Insulator Lab - DUE Friday, 3pm EVEN WITH SNOW!


No Journal

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Agenda:
- Insulator Lab Rubric
- Build 2nd Insulator

HW:
- 2nd Data Table Rough Draft - Tomorrow
- 2nd Insulator Complete - DUE Tomorrow
- 2nd Diagram - Tomorrow


No Journal

Friday, December 12, 2008

Agenda:
- Insulator Lab Review and Redesign

HW:
- Redesign - Monday
- Materials for 2nd Insulator - DUE Monday


Journal #56

Did your insulator work? Why do you think it did or didn’t work?

What do you plan to do differently on your 2nd insulator design? Why?

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Agenda:
- Test insulator

HW:
- 1st Data Table - Tomorrow
- Calculations Complete - Tomorrow


No Journal Today

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Agenda:
- Design & Build Insulator

HW:
- 1st Labeled Diagram - Tomorrow
- Data Table Rough Draft - Tomorrow
- 1st Insulator Complete - DUE Tomorrow


Journal #55

Describe why you picked that materials you are using for your insulator.

Which part of your insulator do you think will work the best? Why?