Week of Jan 2 & 3, 2014

Thursday & Friday-
Finish TPS designs and tests.
Written assignment- Paragraph using the words conduction, convection, insulation and ablation to describe your best TPS design.  Underline the words in your paragraph. - quiz grade
Turn in packet- test grade.

Week of December 16, 2013

Monday- periods 1-5= NASA mythbusters Moon Landing
7 & 8- work on assignment
HOMEWORK= Space weather assignment due tomorrow.

Tuesday-
1. Turn in assignment by inserting screenshots into your email.
2. Turn in your handwritten notes & worksheet over video if your class did it.
3.  REENTRY gets hot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEyQDwAUfRQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGVGO5QZnvA

 HEAT TRANSFER_
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MVEePXwAeI

INTRODUCE TPS CHALLENGE- GROUPS

WED-FRI- TPS Challenge

Week starting Tuesday December 10, 2013

Wednesday- begin space weather assignment = test grade
1. Paper and crayons to make your narrator.
2. Take a picture of your narrator.
3. Download story me and piccollage.
4. Create a comic giving information about space weather and auroras.
Working in class Wed-Fri.  Due Tuesday.  12/ 17/13.

Space weather resources
http://solar-center.stanford.edu/solar-weather/
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/spaceweather/en/

aurora resources
http://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/atmospheric/question471.htm
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/Aurora_article.php

Assignment must -
-use your character as a narrator
- define space weather
- give examples of what space weather can affect  & how
- How do we monitor space weather?
-give a visual of Earth's magnetosphere
-describe auroras
-where do they occur?
-How are they caused?
--- Worth a test grade---

Story should have at least 10 frames with pictures.
















time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OFThORmR-s

Special Monday Dec 9 blog- because I am home sick :(

I hate being out!!!

Announcement- star party is postponed until Tuesday night, same time, same place.  Stay tuned to announcements FMI.

Science classes today-

Looking at, what else? constellations!

Your assignment can be done with whatever sources you would like- online or in book.
Your answers should be on a piece of paper. It will be turned in tomorrow.  BE SURE you do not plagiarize!!!You will receive a zero!

PART 1-

Part 2- Answer the following questions on your paper.  Number 4 at the bottom is optional- extra credit!You can either do it or not!

Week of December 2, 2013

Comet ison-
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/12/01/comet_ison_post_mortem.html?wpisrc=burger_bar


MONDAY-
Finish presentations
‎
HOMEWORK- Write a paragraph that describes each stage of a star's life in order.  Include stages for our Sun and massive and super massive stars.
THIS MIGHT HELP WITH HOMEWORK=
http://www.slideshare.net/jan_parker/life-cycle-of-stars-3196871
DOWNLOAD- autorap.

Tuesday-

Black holes!
http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/black_holes/modules.html

Wednesday- oops I am not here!  I am on the 6th grade field trip!
Stars give off energy-
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/light/

Thursday-
1. Go over Monday night's homework.
2. go over Wed assignment.
lifecycle of stars ppt
to view- copy and paste this in your search window-

imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/teachers/lifecycles/life_cycles_v2.1.ppt

it is the second hit.

On a computer copy and paste this link-
imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/teachers/lifecycles/life_cycles_v2.1.ppt

  

Friday-

Quiz over star life cycles.

Is it science?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2MhMsLn9B0

The big bang
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV0ACIykxQI                     10 min
 Star sizes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEheh1BH34Q

Brainpop movies-

black holes and big bang theory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG0_mtSBTlk 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17jymDn0W6U&feature=player_embedded

tps

► 1:44► 1:44

 www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMINSD7MmT4

3. Question = How did spacecraft reenter the atmosphere without burning up in the atmosphere?  After all, meteors do!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1BPx5Wsm7k

Assignment:
1. Name 5 American spacecraft (at least 3 manned).
2. Sketch/ find a picture of each.  
3. Tell how each one withstands the heat of reentry into the atmosphere.



Reentry videos and problems:
http://www.howstuffworks.com/spacecraft-reentry.htm



4. TPS Engineering design challenge

Week of November 25, 2013

Monday: 
Finish stars-
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/teachers/lifecycles/stars.html
-autorap

Tuesday
black holes
http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/black_holes/home.html

current events 11/21/13

mars
http://rt.com/usa/mars-maven-launched-florida-920/

ISS
http://www.channel4.com/news/iss-15-years-nasa-space-station-earth-astronauts

ison
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/11/19/stunning-comet-ison-photographed-by-amateur-astronomer/

Comet parts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8L_JcXJO4c

bill nye on comets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnRiGfVvqqQ

Noses
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131118160045.htm

geological weird places
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgD8hrI67fE

always do GEOBEE!
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/quiz/today/

ISS turns 15!
http://inagist.com/all/403213467001167873/

Week of November 18, 2013

Monday- 3D glasses? Parts of the Moon
http://quizlet.com/7971690/gravity-moon-phases-eclipses-and-tides-test-flash-cards/#
Practice quiz
COMET ISON:
http://www.solarsystemscope.com/ison/

Apollo Mission
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo.html
Apollo Rover:
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo_lrv.html

Tuesday-
Moon phases- you are the Earth.

Practice test 1
http://www.stockbridgevalley.org/webpages/kjosephs/files/test%208%20review%20-%20forces,%20gravity,%20orbits,%20moon%20phases,%20tides.pdf

Practice test 2
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CDgQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mclean.k12.ky.us%2Fuserfiles%2F1101%2FClasses%2F7165%2FMoon%2520pre-Test-0.doc&ei=xHmGUuLDA5SusASCiIDoBQ&usg=AFQjCNFdszcgaR5QiOzHLpMr187kqQRwgA&sig2=ri_yL_3Ulfso7um3cRsAGQ&bvm=bv.56643336,d.dmg

Wednesday- Moon phase test
Thursday      http://surveymonkey.com/s/GraphLitPreTest

 Friday-
Use Brainpop app to watch movie according to directions on top of worksheet.
login: username: winslowjh,  password:   brainpop 
Lost  your paper?
http://www.sasta.asn.au/may08/adc/telescope/TelescopeSinglePagePDFs/ADCBookTelescope95-97.pdf

Done with the worksheet and bonus crossword? watch
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=73345

Week of November 12, 2013

Tuesday- Review for Sun, Earth and Moon test.
Seasons activity.

http://www.brainpop.com/science/weather/seasons/
http://www.brainpop.com/science/earthsystem/solsticeandequinox/

http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/june-solstice-customs.html

Wednesday- Sun, Earth and Moon test

Thursday & Friday- Phases of the Moon

 WEBQUEST- 
http://mrscienceut.net/phasesofthemoonwebquest.html

task 6

http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=241674 

task 7

http://www.quia.com/quiz/688297.html?AP_rand=1076281946 

http://sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/moon/moon_challenge/moon_challenge.html 
(only works on computers :()

PART 2
 Download the app...MOONGLOBE
Use MOON GLOBE to answer and label this assignment.

MOON TOUR-

Find an interactive tour of the Moon's surface. 
-What are the gray areas?
-What are the dark areas?
-What does this word come from?
-What is the difference in the rocks in these two areas?
-Many people throughout time have seen difference pictures in the Moon, like the Man in the Moon.  What do you see?  

Label 15 areas on this Moon. You can label some "Seas", "Lakes", "Marshes", Craters, mountains, valleys, riles, AND Areas where Apollo landed. 

- Are there lots of craters on the Moon?
-How about on the back side?
-What caused these craters and why are they still there?

Week of November 4, 2013

CONFERENCES THIS WEEK!

Monday- Finish Sun, Earth and Moon presentations
Start drawings


Tuesday-  Finish drawings & go over


Wednesday- Go over drawings
http://www.brainpop.com/science/earthsystem/tides/
http://www.brainpop.com/science/space/eclipse/
http://www.brainpop.com/science/motionsforcesandtime/leapyear/



Thursday- 1/2 day, Periods 1-5 only.  
--finish videos
-use S, E M models.
practice: http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/earthsunmoon.html
GEOBEE CHALLENGE
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/quiz/today/

HAVE A NICE LOOOONG WEEKEND! 

Rubber Band Contest

http://rubberbandcontest.org/

October 28, Contest introduced.
Rough sketch due in science class- 12/6
HOW TO DO A SCALE DRAWING-  http://www.wikihow.com/Scale-Drawings-Using-the-Grid-Method

Invention built and in class 1/15/14
Essay Rough draft due 2/7/14
Essay final copy due 2/14/14
March 10- all entries, photos etc due!... mailing them!

INVENTION GALLERY  http://rubberbandcontest.org/inventions.php
http://www.nmoe.org/rubberband.htm

video of page turner invention-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFSPlvdtkIA

Pictures-

Week of October 28, 2013

Monday- Rubber band contest introduction

Tuesday- periods 2-5 to the Opera House
Periods 1,7,8- Bill Nye & begin assignment
Wednesday- 4 & 5 begin assignment
Thursday- work on assignment
Friday- group demo
Monday-11/4Webquest
Tuesday- 11/5 sketches
Wednesday-11/6 MOON tour
Thursday- 1/2 day...

Satellites stay in orbit due to the balance of two factors:
velocity, or the speed at which it would travel in a straight line
the gravitational pull between the Earth and the satellite.

Do we really need the Moon?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMAC0ZZxZC4

Tuesday-
Bill Nye helps with the MOON:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7G72DYAXUY

Groups assignment-

 Your assignment:
You have a group of three. Your group needs to figure out the motions of the Sun, Moon and Earth, and be able to demonstrate them accurately. You ALL need to be able to answer questions

 Work on S,M,E assignment

 

Day & night motion

time- how long is a day on Earth?  the Moon?  the Sun?

tilt- is there one?  what is it?

Orientation of Earth's axis- what does it point to as it moves around the Sun?

Rotate vs revolve- what is the difference

Year motion- sun moon and earth move to show how a year passes.

Year time- how long is a year exactly

Leap year- why do we have one?  What is it?

Moon year & time- how long is a year on the Moon?

Moon “day” & time- how long is a day on the Moon?

Cause of tides- explain

neap- what is it?  what is the arrangement of the S,E,M?

spring  " "

Solar eclipse arrangement

Lunar eclipse arrangement

Seasons- What causes the seasons?

winter- where is the Earth when it is winter?

spring "

summer"

fall"

equinox- what is it?  When are they?

solstice What? When?

RESOURCES:
videos:
lunar eclipses
http://www.kidsknowit.com/interactive-educational-movies/free-online-movies.php?movie=Eclipse
footage of total solar eclipse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtSLZFItx5o
cause of day and night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBqbizr82IA

movement of Sun, Earth and Moon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W47Wa7onrIQ
causes of tides
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN2RM5wa1ek

Now this
http://www.earthsunmoon.co.uk/

Interactive about what causes tides-
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/what-causes-the-tides.html

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007299181x/student_view0/chapter2/seasons_interactive.html

BOOKS
http://www.fearofphysics.com/SunMoon/sunmoon1.html

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072482621/student_view0/interactives.html#

(click on eclipse interactive)

http://www.moonconnection.com/moon_phases.phtml

http://www.kidseclipse.com/pages/a1b3c0d0.htm

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/moon/Tides.shtml

http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/labs/moon/lunar_phases_main.html

http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/ess05.sci.ess.eiu.seasonsgame/

Moon video- skip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMAC0ZZxZC4

helpful websites:

http://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY4_00/week1/motions.html

Interactive about what causes tides-
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/what-causes-the-tides.html

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007299181x/student_view0/chapter2/seasons_interactive.html

Your textBOOKS!! Chapter 1


http://www.fearofphysics.com/SunMoon/sunmoon1.html

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072482621/student_view0/interactives.html#

(click on eclipse interactive)

http://www.moonconnection.com/moon_phases.phtml

http://www.kidseclipse.com/pages/a1b3c0d0.htm

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/moon/Tides.shtml

http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/labs/moon/lunar_phases_main.html

http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/ess05.sci.ess.eiu.seasonsgame/

-- S,M,E  written portion
--- Groups do S.M.E= wear the correct colors for extra credit.
--- MOON


eclipse schedule for 2013-
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OH2013.html



Monday- WEBQUEST- http://mrscienceut.net/phasesofthemoonwebquest.html

Week of October 21, 2013

google gravity- http://www.mrdoob.com/projects/chromeexperiments/google-gravity/

Just the opposite- google space
http://www.mrdoob.com/projects/chromeexperiments/google-space/

Curious about G forces? 
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/gravity-forces.html

We have to do this!!!!
http://www.google.com/doodle4google/ 


Monday-
http://www.google.com/doodle4google/
1.-Discuss Friday's video
2.-Review gravity  notes...


Notes:
Gravity- The force of attraction between objects due to their mass.
Mass- The amount of matter in an object.
Weight- Is the measure of the gravitational force on an object.
Law of Universal Gravitation
1. The gravitational force increases as the mass of the objects increases.
2. The gravitational force decreases as the distance between the objects increases.
Rotate- to spin on axis = to one day
revolve-orbit- to go around a star or planet ( = to a year)
eccentricity- the measure of how round or elongated an ellipse is.
ellipse= oval
circumference-

diameter-

3.
Topic review: (text)
http://www.williamsclass.com/EighthScienceWork/Gravity.htm

 Gravity NASA eclips
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/nasaeclips/search.html?terms=%22Our%20World%3A%20Gravity%20in%20Space%22&category=0000&disp=grid

moon gravity:
http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/Weight/weight1.htm#exploration

4. APP


Gravity Lab - FREE - Gravity Lab is a gravity simulator for iPad. It allows you to create dozens of particles with different masses and different initial velocities by simply tapping the screen or drawing a velocity vector. The positions and velocities of all the particles are recalculated in real time. According to Newton's law of universal gravitation, every massive body in the universe influences every other massive body, and it works exactly the same in Gravity Lab. You can toggle a switch to show the acceleration vectors of the bodies, which are proportional to the forces between the bodies and inversely proportional to their masses.
Gravity lab is a perfect aid for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of physics, or just willing to play around with their own simulated universe.

Gravity Lab includes a short 4-page guide explaining the Newton's law of universal gravitation, the first two of the three Kepler's laws of planetary motion and the concept of gravity assist in spaceflight. All these concepts can be demonstrated using Gravity Lab.

What you can do:
- create your own solar system
- demonstrate complex interaction patterns of multiple massive bodies
- collide massive bodies and demonstrate the conservation of momentum
- display vectors of acceleration due to gravitational forces and observe the acceleration of orbiting bodies
- observe first two of the three Kepler's laws of planetary motion
- demonstrate gravitational slingshot (gravity assist) for increasing the spacecraft's velocity
- observe effects of changing gravitational constant on the gravitational field using "Gravity well" mesh type

Tuesday- Worksheet Review
http://idahoptv.org/dialogue4kids/season12/gravity/facts.cfm
Two forces work to keep the planets and their moons in orbit around the other object
 Why do planets orbit the Sun? http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=481
Go here.  http://hypertextbook.com/facts/JianHuang.shtml     -explain terminal velocity.

FINISH FOR HOMEWORK.

Wednesday-
1. Correct yesterday's questions.
2.Notability assignment- http://science.howstuffworks.com/satellite3.htm
PAGES 2,3 first half of 4!
Finish for homework.

Time to get to the truth...
http://www.mathsisfun.com/measure/weight-mass.html

then terms for lab report.

Thursday-
Elliptical orbits-
eccentricity of Moon, earth orbits
http://www.mathopenref.com/ellipseeccentricity.html


Friday-
1. Go over/finish lab questions
http://www.windows2universe.org/physical_science/physics/mechanics/orbit/eccentricity.html&edu=mid
2. Quiz over gravity.

Brainpop-
http://www.brainpop.com/science/motionsforcesandtime/gravity/

Week of October 15, 2013

Where's Voyager going? optional reading
http://www.newsela.com/articles/space-voyager/id/1111/

Tuesday-period 8- go over tests
periods-1,4 gravity!
periods 5,7,8 - discuss what is due for packet. Then gravity.
gravity-
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/videos/physics/gravity.html
gravity slide show
http://www.slideshare.net/MMoiraWhitehouse/gravity-for-elementary-and-middle-students 
Calculate your weight on the planets- periods 5,7,8
Take your weight and multiply it by the following-
Mercury by 0.4, Venus by 0.9,  the Moon by 0.17, Mars by 0.4, Jupiter by 2.5, Saturn by 1.1, Uranus by 0.8, Neptune by 1.2
MOON- feather and hammer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eTw35ZD1Ig
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C5_dOEyAfk

gravity of planets simulator:
http://lasp.colorado.edu/education/outerplanets/orbit_simulator/
your weight on other planets
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/



Wednesday- escape velocity lab


Thursday- watch:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0xaCYo2d6Q
1. Finish questions on lab.
2. Discuss graph.
3. Observe what happens to orbital velocity when a planet gets closer to the Sun.
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=swf::800::600::/sites/dl/free/007299181x/78778/Orbital_Nav.swf::Orbital%20Velocity%20Interactive

4.APP-


Gravity Lab - FREE - Gravity Lab is a gravity simulator for iPad. It allows you to create dozens of particles with different masses and different initial velocities by simply tapping the screen or drawing a velocity vector. The positions and velocities of all the particles are recalculated in real time. According to Newton's law of universal gravitation, every massive body in the universe influences every other massive body, and it works exactly the same in Gravity Lab. You can toggle a switch to show the acceleration vectors of the bodies, which are proportional to the forces between the bodies and inversely proportional to their masses.
Gravity lab is a perfect aid for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of physics, or just willing to play around with their own simulated universe.

Gravity Lab includes a short 4-page guide explaining the Newton's law of universal gravitation, the first two of the three Kepler's laws of planetary motion and the concept of gravity assist in spaceflight. All these concepts can be demonstrated using Gravity Lab.

What you can do:
- create your own solar system
- demonstrate complex interaction patterns of multiple massive bodies
- collide massive bodies and demonstrate the conservation of momentum
- display vectors of acceleration due to gravitational forces and observe the acceleration of orbiting bodies
- observe first two of the three Kepler's laws of planetary motion
- demonstrate gravitational slingshot (gravity assist) for increasing the spacecraft's velocity
- observe effects of changing gravitational constant on the gravitational field using "Gravity well" mesh type


http://www.williamsclass.com/EighthScienceWork/Gravity.htm

 Gravity NASA eclips
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/nasaeclips/search.html?terms=%22Our%20World%3A%20Gravity%20in%20Space%22&category=0000&disp=grid

moon gravity:
http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/Weight/weight1.htm#exploration


Friday- Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ_2Kb_pGIg


Notes:
Gravity- The force of attraction between objects due to their mass.
Mass- The amount of matter in an object.
Weight- Is the measure of the gravitational force on an object. 
Law of Universal Gravitation
1. The gravitational force increases as the mass of the objects increases.
2. The gravitational force decreases as the distance between the objects increases.
Rotate- to spin on axis = to one day
revolve-orbit- to go around a star or planet ( = to a year)
eccentricity- the measure of how round or elongated an ellipse is.
ellipse= oval
circumference-

diameter-
 Monday- Elliptical orbits-
eccentricity of Moon, earth orbits
http://kaffee.50webs.com/Science/activities/Astro/Activity-Ellipses.Orbits.htm
http://www.mathopenref.com/ellipseeccentricity.html

Week of October 7, 2013

NOTE- October 10 is a 1/2 day. October 11 & 14 no school for students!
TEST Tuesday for periods 1 & 4
TEST Wednesday for periods 5,7,8

Monday- periods 5,7,8- LAUNCH
Homework- How did your flight go?  Did it do what you thought it would do?  Why or why not? What would you do to redesign it?
periods 1&4- Review SS & rocket terms

Tuesday- periods 1 & 4 test, begin notes over gravity with IPADS I HOPE!!!!!
Periods 5,7,8- Turn in Rocket Analysis
SS review 

Wednesday- Periods 1&4, weather permitting, rockets launch?
Periods 5,7,8 Test and begin gravity

Thursday- 1/2 day... periods 1-5. 


gravity-
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/videos/physics/gravity.html
gravity slide show
http://www.slideshare.net/MMoiraWhitehouse/gravity-for-elementary-and-middle-students 
Calculate your weight on the planets- use ipads!!!!!!!!ummm or not :(
MOON- feather and hammer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eTw35ZD1Ig
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C5_dOEyAfk
 Gravity NASA eclips
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/nasaeclips/search.html?terms=%22Our%20World%3A%20Gravity%20in%20Space%22&category=0000&disp=grid

moon gravity:
http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/Weight/weight1.htm#exploration
gravity of planets simulator:
http://lasp.colorado.edu/education/outerplanets/orbit_simulator/
your weight on other planets
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/

http://www.williamsclass.com/EighthScienceWork/Gravity.htm

Week of September 30, 2013

TESTING T,W,TH,F periods 1-4.

Monday- Periods 1,4  NASA spinoff technology
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBNwlC75uIo
periods 5,7,8 all week Project X

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIWTX0Ki-yQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhVK40poPs0

Week of September 23, 2013

Monday-
Highlight important boxes on rocket timeline.
Rocket terms-
video of how rockets work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1TuxJRszVo

Begin designing rockets
groups- brainstorm- build

distance and accuracy

Tuesday-
BUILD

Wednesday- Launch, redesign, relaunch- analysis
Piece of lined paper- What design worked best.  Why?  What was the difference between the two designs and how did it change the flight?

Thursday- flight analysis due & quizzes back
Friday- finish going over quizzes
http://www.solarsystemscope.com/ 
http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/
http://www.superteachertools.com/jeopardy/usergames/Mar201009/game1267748798.php
Sometime after testing?????:
gravity-
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/videos/physics/gravity.html
gravity slide show
http://www.slideshare.net/MMoiraWhitehouse/gravity-for-elementary-and-middle-students 
Calculate your weight on the planets- use ipads!!!!!!!!ummm or not :(
MOON- feather and hammer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eTw35ZD1Ig
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C5_dOEyAfk


 Gravity NASA eclips
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/nasaeclips/search.html?terms=%22Our%20World%3A%20Gravity%20in%20Space%22&category=0000&disp=grid

moon gravity:
http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/Weight/weight1.htm#exploration
gravity of planets simulator:
http://lasp.colorado.edu/education/outerplanets/orbit_simulator/
your weight on other planets
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/

http://www.williamsclass.com/EighthScienceWork/Gravity.htm

Writing assignment- what is gravity and how does it influence our solar system?
Monday- escape velocity lab

Tuesday-
Elliptical orbits-
eccentricity of moon, earth orbits
http://kaffee.50webs.com/Science/activities/Astro/Activity-Ellipses.Orbits.htm
http://www.mathopenref.com/ellipseeccentricity.html

Travel to the MOON

Moon facts
rocket?
TPS?

Week of September 16, 2013

Monday- Finish solar system sketch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk7LcugO3zg
Tuesday-
History of space travel
videos of space travel:
history
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XoXih6dkZE 
NASA rocket mission- for ipad/computer use
http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/RocketScience101/RocketScience101.html

Wednesday-
 more
http://www.havefunwithhistory.com/HistorySubjects/spaceRace.html
ISS
http://www.weather.com/video/grossest-thing-about-space-travel-36653 
animals in space
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYfjdSHQJOA
tardigrades
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W194GQ6fHI
Bill NYE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_hvH3KSkRg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_OWnlS56rE



Greatest inventions in physics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpid0LBTqWg

Thursday-
Rocket timeline- handouts and timeline
(Complete timeline with Heading, Date, an descriptive sentence).

Friday- finish timeline

Week of September 9, 2013

Monday- Finish reading and highlighting notes
videos-
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
Start making guide?

Tuesday- Solar System walk
Homework- begin making a study guide from highlighted notes

Wednesday- 9/11
http://gretawire.foxnewsinsider.com/video/a-human-face-put-on-the-benghazi-tragedy-video-of-former-navy-seal-glen-doherty/
-Finish highlighted notes
-scale videos
http://htwins.net/scale2/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT99yhzKYWQ&feature=fvst
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEheh1BH34Q
http://www.powersof10.com/ 
Homework- finish study guide from highlighted notes. 

Interactive
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/idealabs/universe/index.html

Thursday- Study guides due!
Guide to Universe- find the labels and construct


Friday- sketch of solar system


Assessment- 
-Sketch of solar system

Week of September 3, 2013

Monday- no school!
Tuesday-
1.  Finish Friday's work
H= finish putting data on graph

Wednesday-
1. Look at our scatter plot- Graphing worksheet. Look at graphs 1-4.  Write a statement about what the graph is telling you.
2. How Big? far? old?

Thursday-
Finish How big, far old...


Friday-Finish How big, far old...
1. Text for solar system
2. What is in our galaxy?
 http://www.brainpop.com/science/space/solarsystem/preview.weml

Thinking about Science- August 28, 2014

Thursday class= 30 minutes
-Tour of room- blog
-terms-Qualitative vs Quantitative Data
http://regentsprep.org/regents/math/algebra/ad1/qualquant.htm

 Homework-measure the foot of one adult!

Friday-
Claim & evidence
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/science-inquiry-claim-evidence-reasoning-eric-brunsell

Notes:
Claim- to assert or maintain as a fact

Evidence-facts which tend to prove or disprove something

Brainpop movie = http://www.brainpop.com/science/scientificinquiry/criticalreasoning/
login:
winslowjh
brainpop

Welcome to 8th grade!

This is an exciting new year for 8th grade science.  We have iPads! and the country is shifting towards the NextGen Science standards.

http://www.nextgenscience.org/next-generation-science-standards

At this point the year will have to unfold.  8th grade at WJHS focuses on Earth & Space science. We begin now with Space!  NASA plays a big role in our class.
www.nasa.gov/

The main point to remember as we start a new year- I am here to assist learning. It is the responsibility of the student ( you!) to take responsibility for your learning.