December 19, 2013

Today: Students completed pre-lab of P8 and began making observations.  Their P7 lab report was due today.

Homework: CHECK POWER SCHOOL - late work needs to get in!

2 days!

Mrs. Setten

December 17, 2013

Today: IT'S SNELL'S LAW DAY! We will work to understand the formula and use it to solve for angle of refraction.  Students then worked on their P7 summary questions by calculating the angle of refraction and then drawing in the angles of incidence, reflection and refraction on a diagram.

Homework: P7 Summary Qs (Calculations, Diagrams) -NEED PROTRACTOR AND CALCULATOR!

4 more days!

Mrs. Setten

December 12, 2013

Today: Students continued working on the pre-lab for P7.  They drew in the angles of incidence and angles of reflection for light rays at 75, 45, 25, and 0 degrees from the normal for both air and water.

Homework: TURN IN ANY MISSING ASSIGNMENTS

Mrs. Setten

December 11, 2013

Today: Students took notes on the Law of Reflection and Snell's Law.  They also practiced using the protractor.

Homework: Protractor Packet

PLEASE CHECK POWER SCHOOL! I am missing many light projects and lab reports at this time!

Mrs. Setten

December 5, 2013

Today: Students ran the chromatography lab to separate the pigments in green spinach leaves and a variety of colors.

Homework: If you have not submitted the light mini-project or lab E4, please do so ASAP!

Check your updated grades!

Mrs. Setten

November 25, 2013

Today:  Students extracted leaf pigments by boiling the leaves in methyl alcohol!  They will use the leaf pigment solution tomorrow to compete lab E4. 

Homework:  LIGHT MINI-PROJECTS - due tomorrow (Tuesday)

I am hoping to send you home with NO homework over Turkey Break - but we will need to work diligently tomorrow!

I am THANKFUL for such amazing, creative, funny, smart students!

Mrs. Setten

November 21, 2013

Today:  Students had a chance to research a topic that relates to light and color today.  They are completing a mini-project on the object explaining how it works with light and color. Students will have all day tomorrow to continue working on their projects but the rest must be completed out of class time.

Homework: LIGHT MINI-PROJECT - due Tuesday before Turkey Break!

Mrs. Setten