Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Rotation 10 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To start building a car to protect an egg.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the property that resists motion if an object is at rest?
- Building Egg Car

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Rotation 10 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To finish the movie and discuss the marking period assessment.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What are some safety features of cars?
- Finish October Sky
- Any late work
- Discuss Marking Period Assessment

Friday, October 26, 2018

Rotation 9 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To watch a movie about rockets.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the term for the force or pressure that causes current to flow?
- October Sky

Thursday, October 25, 2018

Rotation 9 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To see a video about projectiles.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: Give three examples of projectiles in life.
- Late work
- Start October Sky

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Rotation 9 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To play with electricity.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is a resistor?
- Energy Quiz
- Snap Circuits

Monday, October 22, 2018

Rotation 8 - Day 3

Today's goal: To create electrical circuits.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What type of circuit allows multiple paths for electrons?
- Snap Circuits with handout

Friday, October 19, 2018

Rotation 8 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To review and build a catapult.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: The trajectory of a projectile in free fall is a ______________.
- Are review sheets done?
- Build a catapult

Thursday, October 18, 2018

Rotation 8 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To look at different forms of energy.

Agenda:
- What is the path of a projectile called?
- Electricity Notes
- Review sheet
- Build Catapult

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Rotation 7 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To practice with trebuchets.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What affects the motion of a projectile?
- Gizmo: Trebuchet

Monday, October 15, 2018

Rotation 7 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To learn about projectile motion.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is a projectile?
- Notes
- Any late work/quizzes
- Gizmo: Trebuchet

Friday, October 12, 2018

Rotation 7 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To build a Rube Goldberg Machine.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the quantity that measures the rate at which work is done?
- Make a Rube Goldberg Machine
- Grades... any late work

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Rotation 6 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To build a Rube Goldberg Machine.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What are three examples of levers?
- Build a machine to ring a bell

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Rotation 6 - Day 2

Today's goal: To look into Rube Goldberg machines.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What are three simple machines?
- Let's build some Rube Goldberg Machines

Friday, October 5, 2018

Rotation 6 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To discuss roller coasters and simple machines.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: How would you describe a machine?
- Roller coaster wrap up
- Notes: Simple machines
- Google Classroom - Simple machines

Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Rotation 5 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To build roller coasters.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What kind of energy is affected by gravity and height?
- Build roller coasters

Rotation 5 - Day 2

Today's goal: To look at roller coasters.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the term for a quantity that measures the effects of a force acting over a distance?
- Roller coaster Activity

Monday, October 1, 2018

Rotation 5 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To assess force and motion.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the term for a weight suspended from a pivot so that it can swing freely?
- Quick review
- Quiz
- Energy Notes
- Vocab