Check out this video! After everything you’ve learned in this unit, you’ll understand what they’re talking about. Enjoy.
Archive for November, 2007
Physics of Baseball
Posted in Force and Motion on November 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Holiday saving (carbon dioxide emission-style)
Posted in Random thoughts on November 24, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Thinking about ways to save on your carbon footprint during the holidays?
The holidays are often a time for excessive spending on new products which are either loved (for some time) or recycled (Yes, the christmas sweater I get every year goes to Goodwill) or discarded. Every new product uses natural resources, and creates waste through [...]
Homework for the Week of Nov. 19
Posted in Force and Motion, Homework on November 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Have a great holiday!
If you feel like it…study for your science test! We will go over the study guide in class this week. I no longer post answers to the study guide because students would simply copy it which is not the point. Remember to look at past homework, your readings, and the notes in [...]
Readings for Force and Motion
Posted in Class info, Homework on November 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As you’re getting ready to do your study guide, you will want to organize your binder. I’m working to get all of your homework corrected and returned by next week. Your job is to make sure that you have all the readings. As you know, the readings are not scanned but I’ll list them here. [...]
Homework for the Week of Nov. 12th
Posted in Homework on November 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
1) Complete Newton’s Law of Motion Book
Due date:
Block I: Wednesday
Block II: Friday
Block III: Thursday
*8th graders! Due date for the books….
Block I/III: Next Monday, Nov. 19th
Block II: Next Tuesday, Nov. 20th
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2) Complete Force and Motion Study guide
Due Date:
Block I: Next Monday, Nov. 19
Block II: Next Tuesday, Nov. 20
Block III: Next Monday, Nov. 20
TEST DATES:
Block I: Wednesday, Nov. 28
Block [...]
Online experiments with forces and acceleration
Posted in Force and Motion, Random thoughts on November 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Check out this online activity.
Now that you’ve learned about Newton’s Laws of Motion, forces, gravity, and acceleration, you’ll be able to predict and understand what is happening in this activity.
Have fun!
Homework for the Week of Nov. 5th
Posted in Homework on November 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
1) Read “Newton’s Laws of Motion”
2) Complete HW#10: Action- Reaction
Due date:
Block I: Wednesday
Block II: Friday
Block III: Thursday
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3) Read “Momentum”
4) Complete HW#11: Moo-mentum
Due date:
Block I: next Monday, November 12
Block II: next Tuesday, November 13
Block III: next Monday, November 12
Parachutes!
Posted in Class pics, Force and Motion on November 4, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Here are some pictures from our parachute building class. Each parachute was made from tissue paper, embroidery string, tape, and two large paper clips. The goal was to make a parachute to maximize the amount of airtime for the parachuter.
Biotechnique at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Posted in Random thoughts on November 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This exhibit should be pretty awesome. I attended a related event at the California College of the Arts on Friday afternoon where artists and scientists displayed and demonstrated their works. I got to extract DNA from a Strawberry, talk to a woman who works with using stem cells to grow tissue, see the inside of [...]
