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[|Mrs. K's Fusion Page]- Click this link to go to my Fusion Page. || **Online Textbook:** [|www.pearsonsuccessnet.com] username:sciencerocks password: eastlee || =Monday/Tuesday June 4-5=
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Turn in any homework passes!!! Can use for missing work or as extra credit!!
= = = = =Wednesday - Friday, May 30 - June 1=
 * 1) === Turn in all 4th quarter QOTDs. You should have 14 questions and answers. ===
 * 2) === Turn in ALL missing work immediately!!! ===
 * 3) === If you have anything missing, you need to work on it. ===
 * 4) === All others...create a board game. ===

Turn in any homework passes!!! Can use for missing work or as extra credit!!
EOG retests...Reading - May 30, Math (calculator active) May 31st, Math (calculator inactive) and Algebra EOC - June 1st = = =Monday-Tuesday May 21-29=
 * 1) Turn in your 4th quarter QOTDs...you should have 14 of them!
 * 2) Turn in any missing work!!! ALL MISSING WORK IS DUE THIS FRIDAY!!!!
 * 3) Work on any missing work that you have! Most of you are missing #12 "Work and Machines"
 * 4) Work on #13 "Science Careers"

ALL MISSING WORK IS DUE FRIDAY, JUNE 1st!!!
Remediation schedule all 6 days. EOG retests...Reading - May 30, Math (calculator active) May 31st, Math (calculator inactive) and Algebra EOC - June 1st

=Monday/Friday May 14/18=

ALL MISSING WORK IS DUE FRIDAY, JUNE 1st!!!
= = =Thursday May 10= = = =Monday/Wednesday May 7/9=
 * 1) QOTD: **What is the world's fastest roller coaster? How fast does it get up to speed?**
 * 2) Turn in signed Progress Report.
 * 3) Turn in any missing work! All missing work is due Friday, June 1st.
 * 4) Add #12 "Work and Machines" to your notebook list.
 * 5) On a sheet of notebook paper, copy [[file:Work and Machines.docx]]
 * 6) Read pages 700-713 and complete #12 "Work and Machines"
 * 7) Missing work? Scream Machines?
 * Field Trip to Temple Theater on Friday! **
 * 1) QOTD: **If you could use anything to stop the cart, what kinds of materials would you use?**
 * 2) Turn in signed Progress Report
 * 3) Turn in any completed missing work and Brake It, But Don't Break It! papers
 * 4) Science World "Scream Machines" article on pages 12-15...For each of the 4 coasters in the article answer the following questions...
 * 5) ==What makes this roller coaster unique?==
 * 6) ==Where is this coaster located?==
 * 7) ==Would you ride this roller coaster? Why or why not?==
 * 8) Pay or play?

Progress Reports went out last Wednesday for all classes and need to be signed and returned!
= = =Thursday/Friday May 3/4=
 * 1) QOTD: **What do you need to increase to slow the cart without moving the box? What are some ways to do that?**
 * 2) Turn in your signed Progress Report.
 * 3) Complete all questions for Brake It, But Don't Break It!
 * 4) Be sure to answer all questions COMPLETELY! This is a DOUBLE lab grade!!!
 * 5) Remember that everyone has to turn in a paper.
 * 6) Staple the papers and turn in to the tray at the front.
 * 7) MISSING WORK!!!!
 * 8) Go to Internet Explorer and then to[| www.discoveryeducation.com] and watch the videos found in the Mythbusters folder.

Progress Reports went out on Wednesday for all classes and need to be signed and returned!
= = =Tuesday/Wednesday May 1/2=
 * 1) QOTD: **What combination of ramp height and length seemed to work the best?** (shorter total distance and no movement)
 * 2) Turn in your signed Progress Report!
 * 3) Brake It, But Don't Break It! Review of Part 2
 * 4) Complete Part 1 trials if needed.
 * 5) Complete Part 2 trials.
 * 6) Complete Part 1 and Part 2 questions.
 * 7) When all of the Lab activity is done, staple the two pages together and turn it in. EVERYONE has to turn one in!

Permission slip and $7.00 for Temple Theater are due this Wednesday!

 * 1) QOTD: **What force causes an object or person in a moving vehicle to keep moving when the vehicle stops or changes direction?**
 * 2) Make sure that you have all work turned in!
 * 3) Add #10 "Brake It, But Don't Break It!"
 * 4) Brake It, But Don't Break It!
 * 5) If your group finishes early, work on missing work, finish the Quiz Quiz or watch the Mythbusters videos on Discovery Ed.
 * 6) ** Homework is to bring materials for stopping your cart for Part 2!! **

= = =Monday April 30=

Permission slip and $7.00 for Temple Theater are due this Wednesday!
= = =Thursday/Friday April 26/27=

Extra Credit Assignment is due Friday!!! it will NOT be accepted late!
= = =Wednesday April 25=
 * 1) QOTD: **Without doing the calculations, which would have a greater momentum; a 60kg German Shepard with a velocity of 12m/s or Timmy, who weighs 60kg, traveling at 9m/s?**
 * 2) Get out any work that you have not turned in...#6, #7, #8, #9 for me to check.
 * 3) Go over #8 and #9 (and #7 if not done already).
 * 4) Quia [|Force and Motion Quiz #2]
 * 5) If you have any missing work, work on that!
 * 6) Complete the Extra Credit assignment: Go to [|www.carowinds.com]. __Due NO LATER than Friday, April 27th.__
 * 7) Find all 13 roller coasters.
 * 8) List the names for each of the roller coasters and next to each name...
 * 9) Indicate the type of roller coaster that each one is from the 8 main types you found in the article.
 * 10) Indicate if it is a steel or wooden roller coaster.
 * 11) If you do not have any missing work...first open Internet Explorer and then go to [|www.discoveryeducation.com] and view the Mythbusters videos...Mythbusters: Force and Mythbusters: Inertia.

In library with SS for China presentation and questions.
=Monday/Tuesday April 23/24=

Chaperones are still needed! Please let your homeroom teacher know.
= = =Wednesday/Thursday April 18/19=
 * 1) QOTD: **Explain how centripetal force works on a roller coaster.**
 * 2) Add #9 "Force and Newton's Laws of Motion" to your notebook list.
 * 3) Turn in #8 and any other missing work (#7?, #6?)
 * 4) Read pages 628-653 and complete #9 "Force and Newton's Laws of Motion"
 * 5) Change question #4 to "net force".
 * 6) Complete any other missing work!
 * 7) **Extra Credit Opportunity:** Go to [|www.carowinds.com]. __Due NO LATER than Friday, April 27th.__
 * 8) Find all 13 roller coasters.
 * 9) List the names for each of the roller coasters and next to each name...
 * 10) Indicate the type of roller coaster that each one is from the 8 main types you found in the article.
 * 11) Indicate if it is a steel or wooden roller coaster.
 * 12) If all other work is turned in...you can go back and further explore the Force and Motion Jog the Web or finish viewing the "Physics of Motion" video on Discovery Education.

Carowinds Field Trip this Friday! :-) Student and Chaperone information will go out on Thursday!
> =Monday/Tuesday April 16/17=
 * 1) QOTD: **Indira is chasing after her cat, Chowder, who ran out the door and into the woods. Chowder is running 4.2m/s. Indira starts sprinting after him and covers 600 meters in two and a quarter minutes. Will she be able to catch her kitty? (Be sure to write out the equation and show how you solved it.)**
 * 2) Turn in #7 Speed, Acceleration and Weight Problems and #6 Reaction Time if you haven't already done so.
 * 3) Add #8 "How Roller Coasters Work" to your notebook list
 * 4) Go over #7
 * 5) Read the article [|"How Roller Coasters Work"] and complete #8 "How Roller Coasters Work" questions.
 * 6) If you finish #8, turn it in and test your knowledge with the "Stuff You Should Know Roller Coaster Quiz" at the bottom of the article under the "Lots More Information" heading.
 * 7) **Extra Credit Opportunity:** Go to [|www.carowinds.com]. __Due NO LATER than Friday, April 27th.__
 * 8) Find all 13 roller coasters.
 * 9) List the names for each of the roller coasters.
 * 10) Indicate the type of roller coaster that each one is from the 8 main types you found in the article.
 * 11) Indicate if it is a steel or wooden roller coaster.
 * 12) #8 questions are due next Monday/Tuesday.
 * 1) QOTD: **State what each of the following unit abbreviations stand for and then give what it is used to measure.**
 * s
 * 1) m/s
 * N
 * m
 * 1) lb
 * 2) m/s 2
 * g
 * 1) Add #7 "Speed, Acceleration and Weight Problems" to your notebook list
 * 2) Go over #6 Reaction Time Activity
 * 3) Speed, Acceleration and Weight sample problems
 * 4) Complete #7 Speed, Acceleration and Weight problems
 * 5) Go to [|Jog the Web] and explore the activities and games found here.

= = =Wednesday/Thursday April 4/5=

SEE YOU ON MONDAY APRIL 16TH.
=Monday/Tuesday April 2/3=
 * 1) QOTD: **What is reaction time? Give a couple of examples.**
 * 2) Add #5 "Acceleration and Gravity" and #6 "Reaction Time Activity" to your notebook list.
 * 3) Acceleration and Gravity [[file:Acceleration and Gravity PP.pptx]] and Notes
 * 4) Reaction Time Activity

Carowinds permission slips and money due by next Wednesday!!!
= = =Friday March 30=
 * 1) QOTD: **What is the speed of a bicycle that traveled 45 meters in 5 seconds?**
 * 2) Any work to turn in?!? (Five grades so far...Quick Write, Video Notes, #2, #3 and #4.
 * 3) Go over #s 2-4 for classes that have not done so already.
 * 4) [|Quia Force and Motion Quiz #1]
 * 5) Go to [|Jog the Web] and explore the activities and games found here.

Carowinds permission slips and money due by next Wednesday!!!
= = =Wednesday/Thursday March 28/29=
 * 1) QOTD: **What part or parts of the angry birds game follows the laws of physics?**
 * 2) Have out #4 "March Science World" questions for me to check.
 * 3) Any other work to turn in?!?
 * 4) Open note quiz on Monday...be sure that you have all of your papers #1- #4
 * 5) Pay or Play?

Carowinds permission slips and money due by next Wednesday!!!

 * 1) QOTD: **What is the difference between speed and velocity?**
 * 2) Add #4 "March Science World" to your notebook list
 * 3) If you have not already turned in... 2-3 sentences about force and motion, video notes, #2 and/or #3, get them out now.
 * 4) Go over #2 Motion
 * 5) Go over #3 A Distance Versus Time Graph
 * 6) #4 March Science World - Read all of the articles indicated and answer the questions that go with each one.
 * 7) Any missing work?!?

=Monday/Tuesday March 26/27=

Carowinds permission slips and money due by next Wednesday!!!

 * Start a new notebook list and QOTD sheet**
 * 1) QOTD: **What is slope?**
 * 2) Add #2 "Motion" and #3 "A Distance Versus Time Graph" to your new notebook list
 * 3) Return tests and notebook checks
 * 4) Read pages 598 - 607 in the green book and complete #2 "Motion" notes and questions
 * 5) Complete #3 "A Distance Versus Time Graph"
 * 6) If you get this all finished, check to be sure that you have completed AND TURNED IN...
 * 7) 2-3 complete sentences about what you know about force and motion
 * 8) Discovery Education video notes - one page of notes from the "Physics of Motion" video - Be sure to watch the entire video!
 * 9) #3 "A Distance Versus Time Graph" is HOMEWORK if not finished.