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Week of Dec. 19th

This week I am collecting make-up work. Please turn in your Ch. 8 Review and take your Ch. 8 Test. Band/Orchestra/Chorus students who were out last week. Please be sure to make up all work this week.

Monday- We took the part 1 of the checkpoint test. This is a test designed to see what students have learned so far this year. The information is sent to the county and data collected.

Tuesday-Students took part 2 of the checkpoint test. This test is designed to test what students will learn the rest of the year. We looked at some Rube Goldberg cartoons and figured out the purpose of the simple machine in the contraptions. Think of how you can build one tomorrow.

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OK Go- This Too Shall Pass- www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w

This is what we are doing tomorrow. If you have any parts of old toys, like mousetrap, ramps from hot wheels, levers, pulleys, etc., you can bring those to school tomorrow. •http://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/rube-goldberg-contraptions

Wednesday- Build our own contraption in the classroom.

Thursday- Watch "Punkin' Chunkin" Video and identify the simple machines used.

Tues-Friday 12/13-12/16

H.W.-Finish Ch. 8 Study guide,Download Ch. 8 Study guide It is due o n Thurs. 12/15. Make flash cards with all of the vocabulary words if you want to add 5 points to your test. The vocabulary words are located on a past blog. Study for your test, it is Friday, 12/16.

Tues. & Wed.- We worked in stations to learn about simple machines. All stations are due at the end of class Wed. Come in at 8:30am to finish a station.

Thurs.- We will check the Ch. 8 Study Guide and play a review game. Download New motion millionaire game - revised-IRespond-Simple Machines-2011-revised

Friday- Ch. 8 test 

Alternative webquest if Edheads is not working. Go to these websites.

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Help Twitch at the museum- http://www.msichicago.org/online-science/simple-machines/activities/simple-machines-1/

Cosi- http://www.cosi.org/files/Flash/simpMach/sm1.swf   Read all about simple machines, see interactive diagrams of them, then complete a quiz about parts of compound machines.

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Monday-Simple Machines Ch. 8 Study guide

   Today’s Agenda

H.W.- Finish the Ch. 8 study guide. It is due on Thurs. 12/15. Test Friday! Study every night. Make flash cards to help. Your test is Friday 12/16.

 

C.W.-Today we are doing the Ch. 8 Study guide. It will be due on Thurs. 12/15.   Download Ch. 8 Study guide- you will have to get the last page in class. Tomorrow and Wednesday we will work on the stations. All station work is due by the end of class Wed.

GIRLS! This is for you! A day at Georgia Tech for engineering. See link  for info:

http://www.coe.gatech.edu/content/introduce-girl-engineering

Simple Machines Stations & Test

Students are working in stations to learn about simple machines. If you were absent today, you can do the computer station at home and do another station at school. All stations must be completed at school by Wed. morning. You can come in at 8:30 to finish or work on a station. Print this as a pass.

Download Simple machine webquest

http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/

 Our test will be on Friday, 12/16. To help study, make flash cards with the vocabulary words in Ch. 8.

Ch. 8 Work and Machines Matching- Write a capital letter in the space provided.

    

A. watt B. machine C. work D. mechanical efficiency   E. pulley   F. power G. work input H. wheel and axle    I. work output   J. mechanical advantage K. joule   L. compound machine M. lever

_____   1. comparison of a machine’s work output with work input

           _____   2. product of the input force and distance through which it is     

                             exerted

             _____   3. machine with a bar that pivots on a fixed point

                _____   4. product of the output force and the distance through

                                                which it is exerted

                  _____   5. unit used to express power

                  _____   6. device that makes work easier by changing the size

                                                 or direction of a force

                  _____   7. unit used to express energy

_____   8. machine with two circular devices of different sizes

_____   9. machine made of two or more simple machines

_____ 10. transfer of energy that causes an object to move in the

                 direction of the force

_____ 11. the rate at which work is done or energy is transformed

_____ 12. number of times a machine multiplies force

Simple Machines-Wed.-Fri.

Students are working in stations to learn about simple machines. Each station has knowledge cards and demonstration cards to show what they know. This work must be completed in the classroom. Students who are going on the band/orchestra/chorus trips can make up the webquest at home, but need to come in at 8:30 next week to make up the other station.

If you were absent today, you have until next Wed. to make up the work. You can do the webquest at home and the rest of the stations at 8:30am. Print this as a pass.

Download Simple machine webquest

Ch. 6 Test

If you were absent today, You can take the test during class tomorrow. If you prefer a quiet atmosphere, you can come in at 8:15am on Wed. to take it. Print this as a pass .

Ch. 6 test

I was just notified that the PDF would not open for the Ch. 6 Review Answer Key. Here is a word document Download Chapter 6 Review Answers If you were absent on Friday, you need to take your test on Monday. Check your answers here and turn in for a grade when you take your test.

H.W..- Study for the test which is on Monday, 12/5. Play the review game                                           Download New motion millionaire game - revised-IRespond

C.W.- Today, we checked the Ch. 6 Review. Turn that in on Monday if you were absent today.           Check your answers here- Download Chapter 6 Review Answers-pdf 

The last page of the Ch. Review is different. Here are the answers

1. acceleration, 2. velocity, 3. mass, 4. terminal velocity, 5. horizontal, 6. centripetal, 7. speed, 8. rate, 9. inertia, 10. rest, 11. momentum, 12. air resistance, 13. vertical, 14. Newton, 15. force, 16. pairs, 17. direction, 18. gravity, 19. friction, 20. pressure

Ch. 6 Test

H.W.-Finish the Ch. 6 Review which we started in class today. This will be graded tomorrow. This is a study guide for the test which will be on Monday, 12/5Also study your 2 pink notes pages and lab pages.

Ch. 6 Review/Study Guide  Download Chapter 6 Review

Some students were given their lab sheets back and have the opportunity to complete the work for a better grade. 1st & 2nd period will get theirs back tomorrow. This is due on Monday before they take the test.