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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

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Assessment and Independent Study

Learning Target: 
  • I can demonstrate my understanding of balanced and unbalanced forces
HOWLs Target:
  • keep working until the task is complete.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: FORCES ON THE COW
    • Draw a free body diagram of the forces acting on a cow that a small dog is pulling on (the cow is not moving).
    • Are the forces balanced or unbalanced?
    • What direction is the net force?
    • Little Enzo pulls on the lead of 17-year-old Belinda on a farm in Heckenbach, Germany, on March 27, 2018. Belinda has so far given 150,000 liters of milk in her life.  Thomas Frey / dpa via AP
  • Complete Sled Wars
  • Independent Study
  • Sailing T-shirt design contest
Homework:
  • Net Forces Assessment #2: Wednesday

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Gizmo Day 2

Learning Target: 
  • I can make connections between Force, Motion, and Energy
HOWLs Target:
  • keep working until the task is complete.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: FORCES ON _______
    • Draw a free body diagram of the forces acting on a book sliding across a table (after it was thrown).
    • Are the forces balanced or unbalanced?
    • What direction is the net force?
  • Complete Sled Wars
    • go to https://www.explorelearning.com/ (enroll in a class, with code, then create an account)
      • class A: ZCT6RDXG4H
      • class B: 3VXQZQWXWT
      • class C: 9XBLFR67LD
      • class D: W2N7CLBH4C
  • Sailing T-shirt design contest
Homework:
  • Net Forces Assessment #2: Wednesday

Monday, April 9, 2018

Gizmo

Learning Target: 
  • I can review vocabulary and motion and forces content
HOWLs Target:
  • I keep working until the task is complete.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: FORCES ON _____ (2min)
    • Draw a free body diagram of the forces acting on a box being pushed from both sides but speeding up to the right.
    • Are the forces balanced or unbalanced?
    • What direction is the net force?
  • go to https://www.explorelearning.com/ (enroll in a class, with code, then create an account)
    • class A: ZCT6RDXG4H
    • class B: 3VXQZQWXWT
    • class C: 9XBLFR67LD
    • class D: W2N7CLBH4C
  • Sailing T-shirt design contest
Homework:
  • Net Forces Assessment #2: Wednesday

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Balanced or Unbalanced

Learning Target: 
  • I can identify the forces acting on an object
  • I can identify the net force acting on an object
HOWLs Target:
  • I participate in my classroom and community.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: FORCES (2min)
    • List the 4 forces we have been using in our free-body diagrams
  • Free-body diagrams of Mythbusters
  • Sailing T-shirt design contest
Homework:
  • Snowtubing project final copy 3/30

Monday, April 2, 2018

Independent After-MEAs

Learning Target: 
  • I can gather information from various sources
HOWLs Target: 
  • participate in my classroom and community.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: FIRST SENTENCE (2min)
    • Write a first sentence that introduces your topic and gets people interested.
  • Independent study
    • Google classroom
      • Topic
      • Organizer
Homework:
  • Complete Snow tubing Project