Learning Target:
- I can make a film canister float sink, float, and suspend
HOWLs Target:
- I keep working until the task is complete.
Agenda
- Warm-up: PRETTY PICTURE FRIDAY (2min)
- Why do big boats float?

- Splitting the catch. Sometimes it’s the fishing boats that look for the killer whales and humpbacks, hoping to locate the shoals of herring that migrate to these Arctic Norwegian waters. But in recent winters, the whales have also started to follow the boats. Here a large male killer whale feeds on herring that have been squeezed out of the boat’s closing fishing net. He has learnt the sound that this type of boat makes when it retrieves its gear and homed in on it. The relationship would seem to be a win-win one, but not always. Whales sometimes try to steal the fish, causing damage to the gear, and they can also become entangled in the nets, sometimes fatally, especially in the case of humpbacks. The search for solutions is under-way, including better systems for releasing any whales that get trapped. #© Audun Rikardsen / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
- float, sink, and suspend
Relevant reading:
Learning Target:
- I can use physical properties to determine the best material for a job
HOWLs Target:
- I participate in my classroom and community.
Agenda
- Warm-up: CLARIFY (2min)
- Even if you agree with someone, why would it be useful to challenge their ideas or ask them "What do you mean?"
- copper vs. wood:
- Which would be the best material for making a small toy boat for a child to play with?
- 2 properties why your choice is best
- 1 property why the other choice is not as good
- Quicktime Player to record audio of discussion
- A - would copper or wood be a better material to make a toy boat for a child's toy?
- B - ___________________ would be a better material.
- A - Why would _____________ be a better material?
- B - _____________ would be a better material because...
- A - Ask your partner to clarify their ideas.
- What do you mean by ________________?
- Can you explain more?
- B - respond
- A - I agree that ______________________ would be a better material because…
- OR
- A - I disagree that ______________________ would be a better material because…
- B- Ask your partner to clarify their ideas.
- What do you mean by ________________?
- Can you explain more?
- A - respond
- submit in google classroom as a pair with a comment about what worked and what did not
- My salt and pepper got mixed up. I want my pepper back.
Relevant reading:
Learning Target:
- I can demonstrate understanding of physical properties
HOWLs Target:
- I take initiative for my learning.
Agenda
- Quiz on physical properties, Friday 11/18
Learning Target:
- I can use physical properties to determine the best material for a job
HOWLs Target:
- I demonstrate positive and kind behavior.
Agenda
- Warm-up: DENSITY #2 (2min)
- My boys were arguing about floating wood. They both know that a 300g chunk of wood (pine) is less dense than water and will float. Paul says that even a 300,000g chunk of wood (pine) will float. Peter says it's too heavy. Who is correct and why?
- glass vs. wood:
- Which material would be better to make a cup that you could set on a rock near a fire to keep your hot chocolate warm in?
- chemical properties
- copper vs. wood:
- Which would be the best material for making a small toy boat for a child to play with?
Relevant reading:
- Quiz on physical properties, Friday 11/18
Learning Target:
- I can use physical properties to determine the best material for a job
HOWLs Target:
- I demonstrate positive and kind behavior.
Agenda
- Warm-up: DENSITY (4min)
- Calculate the density for the following two objects
- a piece of glass with a mass of 25g and a volume of 10mL.
- a 50g piece of wood that takes up 100mL of space
- glass vs. wood:
- Which material would be better to make a cup that you could set on a rock near a fire to keep your hot chocolate warm in?
- chemical properties
Relevant reading:
- Quiz on physical properties, Friday 11/18
Learning Target:
- I can state if an object will conduct heat or electricity
HOWLs Target:
- I participate in my classroom and community.
Agenda
- Warm-up: MAGNETS? (2min)
- Could magnetism be a physical property of matter? Why or why not?
- glass vs. wood:
- conducting heat
- conducting electricity
- Which material would be better to make a cup that you could set on a rock near a fire to keep your hot chocolate warm in?
- chemical properties
Relevant reading:
- Quiz on physical properties, Friday 11/18
Learning Target:
- I can calculate density
- I can describe the physical properties of a substance.
HOWLs Target:
- I am prepared for learning.
Agenda
- Warm-up: DENSITY (2min)
- Which is more dense: a 50ml balloon filled with air or a 50ml balloon filled with water? Explain or diagram your reasoning.
- physical properties
- density notes
- What is the density of a brick that has a mass of 100 grams and a volume of 50 cm3?
- What if I break the brick in half?
- other physical properties
- glass vs. wood:
- Which material would be better to make a cup that you could set on a rock near a fire to keep your hot chocolate warm in?
- chemical properties
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