October 29, 2013

Today: Students drew conclusions about how colors of light interact with one another as well as filters.  Students completed the P4 Summary questions.

Hmk: P4 Summary Questions and data - due tomorrow

CHECK POWERSCHOOL!  Grades are updated.  If you are missing an assignment you still have two days to get it in for partial credit!


Go Orioles!

Mrs. Setten

October 28, 2013

Today: Students ventured into the cold to collect data for P4: Light and Color.

* I have posted rubrics for the SOTQ and Current Event on my school webpage.  There is a link on the left hand side labeled RUBRICS.  Click there to view these and any future rubrics.

Homework: Check power school!

END OF Q1 is THURSDAY! (Only 3 more until High School!)

Mrs. Setten

October 24, 2013

Today: Students warmed up their brains by discussing how plants make their own food.  Then students wrote notes about Light in their science notebooks.  Lastly, students began to work on a mini-project about reflection, absorption and transmission of light on different types of objects.

homework: SCIENTIST OF THE QUARTER and CURRENT EVENT!!!!!

Mrs. Setten

October 23, 2013

Today: Students finished collecting P3 data and summary questions.  Then they viewed a music video about Transparent, Translucent and Opaque materials and how they interact with light.

PLEASE COMPLETE THE SCIENTIST REPORT AND CURRENT EVENT!!!! - due FRIDAY!

Mrs. Setten

October 22, 2013

Today: Students completed pre-lab and began collecting data for Lab P3: Light, Filters and Surfaces.

Homework: S.o.t.Q. and CE - DUE FRIDAY!!!! (Worth 50 assessment points!!!!)

Make today a good one,

Mrs. Setten

October 21, 2013

Today: Students will conclude lab P2 with a large group discussion. Students will then take a clicker quiz on the main ideas of Light and the Area of Illumination.  P2 is due today!

Homework: (1) S.o.t.Q. and (1) Current Events!!!!!!!!! 

THEY ARE DUE FRIDAY the 25th and are worth 50 ASSESSMENT POINTS together!

Mrs. Setten

October 14, 2013

Today: Students were allotted 15 minutes to finish the Heat Test at the beginning of class.  Then students completed a Light Pre-test to see what they already know. Lastly, students worked on the pre-lab write up for Lab P2: Light and Area of Illumination.

Homework: CURRENT EVENT and S.O.T.Q - DUE NEXT FRIDAY!

October 10, 2013

Today: Students played Deal or No Deal to review key concepts for the test.

HOMEWORK: STUDY FOR THE TEST!

Good Luck,

Mrs. Setten

October 9, 2013

Today: Students worked through several heat and final temperature problems.  During this time, students were able to receive help from me individually or in small groups.  After completing the practice problems, students finished writing vocabulary definitions to study for the test on Friday.

Homework: Heat #4 - due tomorrow

TEST FRIDAY!

Mrs. Setten

October 8, 2013

Today: Students used the chrome books to research a vocabulary word.  We use most of the vocabulary regularly during discussions and labs but some words are mentioned less than others.  Each pair of students were assigned a word.  They translated the word into Spanish, German and French, provided a definition and drew a picture.  Students then circulated and gathered information from other group's posters.

HOMEWORK: STUDY THE VOCAB WORDS FOR THE TEST!  Heat worksheet #4 - due Thursday, was given out to a few periods.  The rest of the class periods will get the assignment tomorrow.

Test FRIDAY!

Mrs. Setten

October 7, 2013

Today: Students reviewed the methods of heat transfer by sorting scenarios and objects into five categories: conduction, convection, radiation, insulator and conductor.  Then students drew illustrations of the scenarios/objects under the appropriate category on a piece of poster paper.

Homework: CHECK POWER SCHOOL!

*The Unit test will be Friday!

Reminder... Current Event and Scientist reports are due October 24th and 25th!

Mrs. Setten

October 4, 2013

Today: students completed three mini lab activities about the three modes of heat transfer- conduction, convection and radiation. This included making s'mores!

Homework: heat worksheet 3a or 3b. And the heat transfer  Mini lab questions.

October 3, 2013

Today: We began class with a short discussion on the Law of Conservation of Energy.  Then students completed a jigsaw activity about heat transfer.  Each student became a professional on either conduction, convection or radiation.  They then grouped with other students and taught each other about their respective mode of heat transfer.

Homework: TURN IN MISSING WORK!!!!

*Heat and Energy Unit Test - next Thursday and Friday

Mrs. Setten

October 2, 2013

Today: Students finished Lab P38 and worked on the graph and summary.  The lab is due tomorrow.

P38 Questions

1. Graph your calorie loss of hot water (x-axis) vs calorie gain of cold water (y-axis).  Each trial gives you the coordinate pairs (Hot Loss, Cold Gain) Then draw a BEST FIT LINE to show the average of your data.

   a. What are the relationships, if any, between the heat gained by cold water and the heat lost by the hot water.
  b. What is your hypotheisis to explain the heat exchange between hot and cold water?

2. Compare your predictions with the data on heat ganied and heat lost when cold water and hot water are mixed.

a. were your predictions accurate?
b. How might you predict the temperature of mixtures of hot and cold water?

3. If your investigation had been done under IDEAL conditions, not instrument errors or human errors would have affected the measurements of heat gained or lost by each sample.

a. Under ideal conditions, what temperature of water would you predict for a mixture of 50g of water @ 80 degrees mixed with 20g of water @ 25 degrees?

BONUS: From that answer can you predict the calories lost by the hot water?  Gained by the cold?

b. What is your hypothesis to explain the heat exchange between hot and cold water mixed in a calorimeter?