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Friday, June 15, 2018

That's All

Learning Target: 
  • I can describe magnetism
HOWLs Target:
  • participate in my classroom and community.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: A SCHOOL YEAR
    • What have we done this year?
    • And, what do you still have questions about?
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Homework:
  • go and do great and small things,
  • things that change the world and things that simply make someone's day better

Thursday, June 14, 2018

Magnets Day 2

Learning Target: 
  • I can describe magnetism
HOWLs Target:
  • participate in my classroom and community.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: MAGNETS
    • Draw and label a magnet.
  • Magnetism pre-quiz
    • What can you answer now?
  • Magnets and Iron Fillings
    • drawing lines
  • Magnetic Domains
  • Complete Magnetism pre-quiz
  • List topics from this year
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  • End of year survey
Homework:
  • none

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Magnets

Learning Target: 
  • I can describe magnetism
HOWLs Target:
  • participate in my classroom and community.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: MAGNETS
    • What do magnets do?
  • Magnetism pre-quiz
  • Magnets and stuff
    • Attract
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    • Repel
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    • No Attraction, No Repel
  • Magnets and compasses
    • drawing lines
  • Magnets and Iron Fillings
    • drawing lines
  • Magnetic Domains
Homework:
  • none

Monday, June 11, 2018

2 Sided Coin

Learning Target: 
  • I can describe how electricity and magnetism are related
HOWLs Target:
  • participate in my classroom and community.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: ELECTRICTY
    • What is electricity?
  • The Electric Boy
Homework:
  • none

Friday, June 8, 2018

Electricity and Magnetism

Learning Target: 
  • I can describe what electrons have to do with electricity
HOWLs Target:
  • I participate in my classroom and community.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: ELECTRICTY
    • What does electricity do? Make a list of uses and examples of electricity.
  • John Travoltage
  • Static vs Current
  • Lighting a light bulb/making a circuit
  • electromagnet experiment
Homework:
  • none

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Waves Assessment

Learning Target: 
  • I can demonstrate my understanding of waves
HOWLs Target:
  • I can self-assess to improve.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: LIGHT AND SOUND
    • How are light and sound waves similar?
    • How are light and sound waves different?
Homework:
  • none

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Class A

Learning Target: 
  • I can review everything we learned about waves
HOWLs Target:
  • I can self-assess to improve.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: WAVES
    • How are ocean waves different than sound waves?
Homework:
  • none

Monday, June 4, 2018

Review Day

Learning Target: 
  • I can review everything we learned about waves
HOWLs Target:
  • I can self-assess to improve.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: SO FAR
    • What have we learned about waves so far (what might be on the assessment on Wednesday)?





Homework:
  • none

Friday, June 1, 2018

Absorb and Reflect

Learning Target: 
  • I can describe the electromagnetic spectrum
HOWLs Target:
  • ask questions to deepen my understanding.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: ABSORB VS REFLECT #2
    • Why does black plastic look black?
    • Why does white plastic look white?
    • Why does red plastic look red?
    • Why does clear plastic look clear?
  • Sail Maine waver
  • Complete Hiding in the Light
  • Complete electromagnetic spectrum
    • examples of the EM spectrum
Homework:
  • none

Thursday, May 31, 2018

Electromagnetic Spectrum #2

Learning Target: 
  • I can describe the electromagnetic spectrum
HOWLs Target:
  • ask questions to deepen my understanding.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: ABSORB VS REFLECT
    • Why does a bottle covered in black paper warm up in sunlight faster than a bottle covered with tin foil?
  • Sail Maine waver
  • Complete Hiding in the Light
  • Complete electromagnetic spectrum
    • examples of the EM spectrum
Homework:
  • none

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

The Electromagnetic Spectrum

Learning Target: 
  • I can describe how visible light is part of the electromagnetic spectrum
HOWLs Target:
  • ask questions to deepen my understanding.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: LIGHT
    • What is light?
  • Sail Maine waver
  • Light as energy
  • Light as part of the electromagnetic spectrum
  • examples of the EM spectrum
Homework:
  • none

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Light Waves

Learning Target: 
  • I can describe how visible light is part of the electromagnetic spectrum
HOWLs Target:
  • I ask questions to deepen my understanding.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: LIGHT
    • What do you know about light?
    • What questions do you have about light





Homework:
  • none

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Waves and Waves

Learning Target: 
  • I can demonstrate general understanding of waves
HOWLs Target:
  • I demonstrate positive and kind behavior.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: GET AMPED
    • How do you create a bigger wave?
Homework:
  • none

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Sound Day 2

Learning Target: 
  • I can describe changes to a sound wave and the effect on the sound heard
HOWLs Target:
  • participate in my classroom and community.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: LABEL
    • Label the following parts on a wave.
      • crest
      • trough
      • wavelength
      • amplitude
  • Sail Maine waver
  • Kahoot
  • Pitch and loudness
    • What part of a wave will change when a tuning fork is struck with more energy? (use Audacity to test your hypothesis)
      • Hypothesis: 
    • What part of a wave will change when the different size tuning forks are struck with the same amount of energy.
      • Hypothesis:
    • chladni plate
    • Ruben's Tube
  • Crash Course Sound
Homework:
  • wave assessment Class A - Thursday, Class BCD - Friday

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Sound

Learning Target: 
  • I can describe changes to a sound wave and the effect on the sound heard
HOWLs Target:
  • I participate in my classroom and community.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: COMPARE
    • How is a sound wave different than a transverse wave?
  • start downloading Audacity from Self Service
  • Ck-12: check-in
  • Sound through a medium
  • Pitch and loudness
Homework:
  • wave assessment Class A - Thursday, Class BCD - Friday

Monday, May 21, 2018

Waves #2

Learning Target: 
  • I can label the parts of 3 different types of waves
HOWLs Target:
  • I ask questions to deepen my understanding.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: WAVE #2
    • What is a wave?wave.
  • definition:
  • parts of a wave
  
  
  
  • Ck-12: google classroom
Homework:
  • complete Ck-12 Characteristics of a Wave

Thursday, May 17, 2018

Waves

Learning Target: 
  • I can define "wave" and give at least 3 examples of waves
HOWLs Target:
  • I participate in my classroom and community.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: WORD ASSOCIATION
    • Write a list of everything you think of when you hear/see the word...wave.
  • examples
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  • definition: 
Homework:
  • none

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Podcast Walk

Learning Target: 
  • I can listen and learn from another work
HOWLs Target: 
  • I demonstrate positive and kind behavior.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: FIRST STEPS
    • What can we learn from the space program?
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    • The NASA InSight spacecraft launches onboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas-V rocket on May 5, 2018, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. NASA launched its latest Mars lander, called InSight, designed to perch on the surface and listen for "Marsquakes" ahead of eventual human missions to explore the Red Planet. 
      Robyn Beck / AFP / Getty

  • Independent study Gallery Walk
Homework:
  • Rube Goldberg Poster due Class A - Thursday, Class BCD - Friday

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Losing Energy

Learning Target: 
  • I can identify how energy changes form in a system
HOWLs Target:
  • keep working until the task is complete.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: TRANSFORMATIONS #2
    • Explain 1 of your energy transformation from your Rube Goldberg machine. Was energy created or destroyed in the process? Explain your reasoning.
  • Rube Goldberg
    • Develop a plan for a Rube Goldberg machine
      • must have 5 energy transfers
      • must have 4 different types of energy
      • must have 1 form of "lost" energy
      • must have descriptions of the transfers and energies that demonstrate general understanding of the types of energy
      • must have a description of how the machine demonstrates the law of conservation of energy
    • instead of Goldberg machine, use another system such as nuclear power plant, or pencil sharpener
  • Sailing T-shirt design contest
Homework:
  • Independent Study Podcast Due Wednesday 5/16
  • Rube Goldberg Poster due Class A - Thursday, Class BCD - Friday

Monday, May 14, 2018

The energy Transformations of Rube Goldberg

Learning Target: 
  • I can identify how energy changes form in a system
HOWLs Target:
  • I keep working until the task is complete.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: TRANSFORMATIONS
    • Explain 3 energy transformations in the Rube Goldberg drawing.
  • Rube Goldberg
    • Develop a plan for a Rube Goldberg machine
      • must have 5 energy transfers
      • must have 4 different types of energy
      • must have 1 form of "lost" energy
      • must have descriptions of the transfers and energies that demonstrate general understanding of the types of energy
      • must have a description of how the machine demonstrates the law of conservation of energy
    • instead of Goldberg machine, use another system such as nuclear power plant, or pencil sharpener
  • Sailing T-shirt design contest
Homework:
  • Independent Study Podcast Due Wednesday 5/16

Thursday, May 10, 2018

Assessment and a System

Learning Target: 
  • I can identify how energy changes form in a system
HOWLs Target:
  • I demonstrate positive and kind behavior by being quiet while others are taking the test
Agenda
  • Warm-up: FORMS
    • How does energy change when a ball is kicked into the air? Explain the energy transformations.
  • Energy Forms Assessment
  • Rube Goldberg
    • Develop a plan for a Rube Goldberg machine
      • must have 5 energy transfers
      • must have 4 different types of energy
      • must have 1 form of "lost" energy
      • must have descriptions of the transfers and energies that demonstrate general understanding of the types of energy
      • must have a description of how the machine demonstrates the law of conservation of energy
    • instead of Goldberg machine, use another system such as nuclear power plant, or pencil sharpener
  • Sailing T-shirt design contest
Homework:
  • Independent Study Podcast Due Wednesday 5/16

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Independent Wednesday

Learning Target: 
  • I can get the podcast ready to record
HOWLs Target: 
  • I keep working until the task is complete.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: PRETTY PICTURE
    • Look at the pretty picture. Now, get some work done.
    • Quartzite cliff formations in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park.  Nigel Killeen / Getty
  • Independent study
Homework:
  • Forms of Energy assessment Class A - Thursday, Class BCD - Friday

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Energy Transfers

Learning Target: 
  • I can identify how energy changes form in a system
HOWLs Target:
  • I treat all property with care.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: FORMS
    • What forms of energy does the macaque (the little critter) have?
  • A young macaque sits on a tree branch in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park. # Trial / Shutterstock
  • Energy Transfers
    • example:
  • Rube Goldberg
    • Develop a plan for a Rube Goldberg machine
      • must have 5 energy transfers
      • must have 4 different types of energy
      • must have 1 form of "lost" energy
      • must have descriptions of the transfers and energies that demonstrate general understanding of the types of energy
      • must have a description of how the machine demonstrates the law of conservation of energy
    • instead of Goldberg machine, use another system such as nuclear power plant, or pencil sharpener
  • Sailing T-shirt design contest
Homework:
  • Energy Forms and Transfers assessment 5/4

Monday, May 7, 2018

Energy and Transfers

Learning Target: 
  • I can identify types of energy
HOWLs Target:
  • participate in my classroom and community
Agenda
  • Warm-up: FORMS
    • What forms of energy can you identify in the following photo?
  • Energy Identification
    •  Motion
    •  Chemical
    •  Electrical
    •  Nuclear
    •  Thermal
    •  Electromagnetic/Radiant
    •  Sound
    •  Elastic
  • Conservation of Energy
  • Energy Transfers
    • motion to gravitational
    • motion to electrical
    • chemical to thermal
    • electrical to sound
    • radiant to chemical
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  • Rube Goldberg
  • Sailing T-shirt design contest
Homework:
  • Energy Forms and Transfers assessment 5/4

Friday, May 4, 2018

After the MEAs

Learning Target: 
  • I can identify types of energy
HOWLs Target:
  • participate in my classroom and community
Agenda
  • Warm-up: FORMS
    • What forms of energy can you identify in the following photo?
  • Men carrying a shrine jump over a bonfire, which means a wish for good luck during a traditional Chinese lunar new year celebration in Jieyang, Guangdong province, China, on February 2, 2017. # Reuters
  • Energy Identification
  • Sailing T-shirt design contest
Homework:
  • none

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Independent Wednesday

Learning Target: 
  • I can organize the information I have collected
HOWLs Target: 
  • participate in my classroom and community.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: MEA EXAMPLES (2min)
    • Look at the sample sheet of MEA questions and  answer the multiple choice questions.
  • Complete Energy Type notes
  • Independent study
    • Google classroom
      • Topic
      • Organizer
Homework:
  • Complete Energy Type poster

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

A Return To Energy

Learning Target: 
  • I can identify types of energy
  • I can classify types of energy as potential or kinetic
HOWLs Target:
  • I participate in my classroom and community by taking notes and working with others.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: PE AND KE
    • What is the difference between potential energy (PE) and kinetic energy (KE)?
  • PE vs KE
    • types of energy
    • example poster: HOWLs Responsibility
      • type of energy
      • definition
      • example could be any of the following
        • diagram
        • cartoon
        • acrostic poem
        • haiku
  • Types of Energy Sorting
    • sort cards
    • record in notebook
  • What types of energy can you identify in the following photo?
  • Men carrying a shrine jump over a bonfire, which means a wish for good luck during a traditional Chinese lunar new year celebration in Jieyang, Guangdong province, China, on February 2, 2017. # Reuters
  • Energy Identification
  • Sailing T-shirt design contest
Homework:
  • complete Type of Energy poster 4/27