9/2/09 Get syllabus and lab safety contract signed. 9/3/09 Finish "Using The Metric System" worksheet. (Reminder: Summer Learning Projects will be presented in school tomorrow). 9/4/09 Current Events 1 is due Tuesday, September 8. 9/7/09 No School. 9/8/09 Finish "Standards of Measurement" sheet. 9/9/09 Finish "Working With Units" sheet.  Study for metrics measurement and conversion quiz. 9/10/09 None.  (Although you can start working on Current Events 2). 9/11/09 Creating Conversion Factors worksheet. 9/14/09 None.  (Although you can work on Current Events 2). 9/15/09 Infer a story from the observations of the overhead in class. 9/16/09 Experimental Design worksheet. 9/17/09 and 9/18/09 Type and work on sections of the lab report we have worked on in class.  Current Events 2 is due Monday. 9/21/09 Finish Rotocopter Lab Report (due Tuesday).  Use pages 47-51 to help write the discussion section. 9/22/09 Study for Experimental Design Quiz. 9/23/09 Print MFE (Motion, Forces, and Energy) Chapter 1 notes. 9/24/09 Read MFE 1-2 and do the section review questions using QAR. 9/25/09 Work on Current Events 3 (not due until 10/5/09). 9/28/09 No School (Yom Kippur). 9/29/09 Neatly hand draw a data table and correct graph for the speed lab. 9/30/09 Read MFE 1-3 and do the section review questions using QAR.  Finish Speed Prompt worksheet. 10/1/09 Finish "Car Race" worksheet. 10/2/09 Write a full paragraph analysis of your acceleration data (similar to what you would do in the discussion and conclusion sections of a lab report).  Current Events 3 due Monday. 10/5/09 "Motion Graphs" worksheet. 10/6/09 Read MFE 1-4 and do the section reivews using QAR. 10/7/09 Finish MFE Ch. 1 Practice Problems. 10/8/09 Study for MFE CH. 1 Test. 10/9/09 Print MFE Ch. 2 notes.  Read MFE 2-1 and do the section review using QAR. 10/12/09 No School (Teacher Inservice). 10/13/09 Read MFE 2-2 and do the section review using QAR. 10/14/09 Read MFE 2-3 and do the section review using QAR. 10/15/09 Read MFE 2-4 and do the section review using QAR. 10/16/09 Current Events 4 due Monday. 10/19/09 Work on Friction Lab Report. 10/20/09 Work on Friction Lab Report. 10/21/09 Friction Lab Report due Thursday. 10/22/09 Finish MFE Ch. 2 Practice Problems. 10/23/09 Study for MFE Ch. 2 Test on Monday. 10/26/09 Read MFE 3-1 and do the section review using QAR.  Print MFE Ch. 3 notes. 10/27/09 Read MFE 3-2 and do the section review using QAR. 10/28/09 Read MFE 3-3 and do the section review using QAR. 10/29/09 Read MFE 3-4 and do the section review using QAR. 10/30/09 Read MFE 3-5 and do the section review using QAR.  (We'll push back Current Events this week so that Current Events 5 will be due the following week... Monday, 11/9/09... you're welcome!) 11/2/09 Study for MFE 3-1, 3-2, and 3-3 Quiz. 11/3/09 No School (Teacher Inservice). 11/4/09 Calulate the weight of a car using the surface area of its tires on the ground and its tire pressures. 11/5/09 Work on Current Events 5. 11/6/09 Finish Buoyant Forces Lab.  Current Events 5 due Monday. 11/9/09 Finish MFE Ch. 3 Practice Problems. 11/10/09 Finish Density Lab Questions. 11/11/09 and 11/12/09 Study for MFE Ch. 3 Test (Friday). 11/13/09 Read MFE 4-1 and 4-2 and do the section reviews using QAR.  Print MFE Ch. 4 Notes. 11/16/09 Finish "Calculating Work and Power" worksheet. 11/17/09 Finish "Work and Power" sheet and study for Work and Power Quiz. 11/18/09 Read MFE 4-3 and do the section review using QAR. 11/19/09 Read MFE 4-4 and do the section review using QAR. 11/20/09 Current Events 6 due Monday.  Work on Simple Machines Poster (due Wednesday, November 25th). 11/23/09 Finish Part 1 of the Simple Machines Lab and work on Simple Machines Poster (due Wednesday, November 25th). 11/24/09 Finish Part 2 of the Simple Machines Lab and work on Simple Machines Poster (due Wednesday, November 25th). 11/25/09 Have a great Thanksgiving! 11/30/09 Finish Pulleys Lab. 12/1/09 and 12/2/09 Study for MFE Ch. 4 Test. 12/3/09 Read MFE 5-1 and do the section review using QAR.  Print MFE Ch. 5 Notes. 12/4/09 Read MFE 5-2 and do the section review using QAR.  Current Events 7 due Monday. 12/7/09 Read MFE 5-3 and do the section review using QAR. 12/8/09 Read MFE 5-4 and do the section review using QAR. 12/9/09 Snow Day. 12/10/09 and 12/11/09 Read MFE 5-5 and do the section review using QAR.  Finish Energy Transformations Worksheet.  (Each class meets one of these two days.) 12/14/09 Finish MFE Ch. 5 Problem Solving and study for MFE Exam (on whole book). 12/15/09 and 12/16/09 Study for MFE Exam (on whole book). 12/17/09 Current Events 8 due Monday.  Print Heat Chapter 1 Notes. 12/18/09 State Capitol Trip. 12/21/09 None. 12/22/09 None. 12/23/09 Have a great vacation! 1/4/10 Read "To Build A Fire," and look for connections to science (especially heat).  There is a link on my website (under science links) to the reading. 1/5/10 Read Heat 1-1and do the section review using QAR. 1/6/10 - 1/8/10 Work on Conduction Lab Report (due Monday).  Be sure to research "Thermal Conductivity" for your discussion section.  There is a link on my website to help get you started.  Print lab report rubric.  Current Events will be postponed until further notice. 1/11/10 Read Heat 1-2 and do the section review using QAR. 1/12/10 Read Heat 1-3 and do the section review using QAR. 1/13/10 Read Heat 1-4 and do the section review using QAR. 1/14/10 Read Heat 1-5 and do the section review using QAR.  Finish the Kinetic Molecular Theory Questions. 1/15/10 No School (Teacher Inservice). 1/18/10 No School (MLK). 1/19/10 Finish Calorimetry Lab. 1/20/10 Finish Heat Ch. 1 Problem Solving. 1/21/10 Study for Heat Ch. 1 Test. 1/22/10 Read Heat 2-1 and make a graphic organizer of the different types of heating systems.  Be sure to include definitions of each.  Each heating system should fall into the category of either "central" or "locational."  You do not need to complete the section review questions for Heat Chapter 2.  Current Events 9 due Monday. 1/25/10 Read Heat 2-2 and 2-3. 1/26/10 Read Heat 2-4. 1/27/10 Write a paragraph explaining how hot air balloons work (the science behind them) using the following terms/ideas: heat energy, molecular motion, molecular spacing, pressure, density, buoyancy, weight, force, and work. 1/28/10 Read Heat 2-5. Finish Thermal Pollution Worksheet.  Print Electricty and Magnetism (EM) Chapter 1 Notes. 1/29/10 Read EM 1-1 and do the section reivew using QAR. 2/1/10 Read EM 1-2 and do the section reivew using QAR. 2/2/10 Finish Pith Ball Lab. 2/3/10 Study for Static Electricity Quiz (EM 1-1 and 1-2). 2/4/10 Read EM 1-3 and do the section reivew using QAR. 2/5/10 Read EM 1-4 and do the section reivew using QAR.  Finish Electrochemical Cell Lab.  Current Events 10 due Monday. 2/8/10 Read EM 1-5 and do the section review using QAR. 2/9/10 Finish Ohm's Law Lab.  (Complete Electric Math Worksheet if we have a snow day this week). 2/10/10 Electric Math Worsheet (Snow Day). 2/11/10 Study For EM Chapter 1 Test. 2/12/10 Have a great vacation! 2/22/10 Print EM Ch. 2 + 3 Notes.  Finish "What Do Magnets Attract?" Lab.  Read EM 2-1 and do the section review using QAR. 2/23/10 Read EM 2-2 and do the section review using QAR.  Finish "Magnetic Fields" Lab. 2/24/10 - 2/26/10 Strength of Magnets Lab Report due Monday.  Print Lab Report Rubric.  Read EM 2-3 and do the section review using QAR.  Research how to build a compass with a pin and a magnet for class on Friday (2/26/10).  Finish Compass Lab. 3/1/10 - 3/5/10 CMT Review. 3/8/10 - 3/12/10 Work on Big 6. 3/15/10 Read EM 3-1 and do the section review using QAR. 3/16/10 Read EM 3-2 and do the section review using QAR.  Finish Electromagnetism Lab. 3/17/10 Study for EM Chapter 2 + 3 Test. 3/18/10 Finish Big 6 (due Friday). 3/19/10 None. 3/22/10 Read Sound and Light 1-1 and do the section review using QAR. 3/23/10 Read Sound and Light 1-2 and do the section review using QAR. 3/24/10 Read Sound and Light 1-3 and do the section review using QAR. 3/25/10 Read Sound and Light 1-4 and do the section review using QAR. 3/26/10 Read Sound and Light 1-5 and do the section review using QAR.