Thursday May 28, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Didn't do current events......why was that?
• Had a chat about what happened on Tuesday.
• Started to watch "The Day After Tomorrow".
• What does this movie have to do with Heat & Temperature? Interactions & Ecosystems? Plants for Food & Fibre?
• Finish up the 4 ayl's in the Heat & Temperature unit for homework. You should have started all of them.

Tuesday May 26, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did Current Events. You time is almost up to get this done. What are you going to do about it?
• Vocabulary should be in your duotangs.
• Handed in sia7 p237 ayl #1-5 & Give it a try on p 239.
• Went outside and worked on two give it a try activites. P229 - about thermostats and p245 - what do you use electricity for. Did you read the instructions CAREFULLY?
• Did some fire demonstrations outside.......what is a bimetallic strip? How does it work? How does that relate to a thermostat?
• READ sia7 p238-250. Do sia7 p251 ayl #1-5.
• You will have handed in four (4) ayl's by the end of this unit.

Friday May 22, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did Current Events. The clock is ticking, have you done two this term?
• Put our vocabulary in our duotangs.
• Handed in our Mission to Mars assignments.
• Worked on the give it a try activity sia7 p239. What would you do? Due Tuesday.
• Worked on ayl, sia7 p237 #1-5. Due Tuesday.
• If you want to work ahead you can read sia7 p238-250.

Wednesday May 20, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did current events??? Why was no one ready? 5%
• Is your word search and completed vocabulary in your duotang?
• Did a surprise quiz. How did it go?
• Handed in our convection conduction radiation posters.
• Got lots of stuff handed back. How did you do?
• Read sia7 p222-234.
• Worked on sia7 p235 Mission to Mars. How did you do? How creative were you?
• This is due next class. I can't wait to see what you have come up with!

Thursday May 14, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did Current Events.
• Got a VOCABULARY word search for Heat & Temperature sections 3 & 4.
• Talked about Particles, states of matter, & changing states of matter.
• Saw how change of states work on the smartboard. What happens when we add heat to something? Take away heat from something?
• What is the difference between HEAT & TEMPERATURE?
• Worked on sia7 p202 #1 as a class.
• What are CONDUCTION, CONVECTION, & RADIATION? (sia7 p211 & 213)
• Homework: sia7 p221 #1-5. Worked on our "miniposters" for question one today.
• Have a Great Long Weekend.

Tuesday May 12, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did Current Events.
• Put our Vocabulary word searches & vocabulary work in our vocabulary duotangs.
• Handed in our Short Story about "No Heat in January"
• Read & Answered the Three questions in the Career Profile sia7 p188. Put this in our JOURNALS.
• Did sia7 ayl p189 #1-5. What do you know about HEAT TECHNOLOGIES?
• We did some reading together & talked about the Particle Theory of Matter. We also talked about Different States of Matter. We also talked about what happens when we ADD HEAT & TAKE AWAY HEAT.
• DO YOU UNDERSTAND THESE CONCEPTS? What 3 things do we talk about when we are describing the STATES of matter?
• Read sia7 p190-220. Omit p195, 197, 201, 204, 207, 208, 210, 218-219. We already read some of these pages as a class. Do you remember which parts we highlighted as being important?
• You will have QUESTIONS based on this READING on THURSDAY.
• Remember your ELA Part A EXAM is TOMORROW. Bring a dictionary, thesaurus, water bottle, & a book to read after you are done.

Friday May 8, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Got a vocabulary word search for sections 1.0 & 2.0 of heat & temperature. Be sure to follow ALL directions & place the completed work in your vocabulary duotang.
• Did Current Events.
• Read sia7 p176-178. What questions should you keep in mind about this unit?
• Looked at the DEVELOPMENT of HEAT TECHNOLOGIES timeline, sia7 p184.
• Did the give it a try activity on sia7 p182. What is your short story going to be about?
• Looked at fire. Looked at how heat can affect certain things. You already know alot about this unit!!
• DUE TUESDAY: Vocabulary & Short Story.

Wednesday May 6, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did Current Events. Were appropriately behaved for the presentations?
• Did not do vocabulary.
• Did our last bit of unit review for Planet Earth.
• Wrote ourselves a "hint sheet" we could use during our UNIT FINAL.
• Did you bring a pencil?
• Wrote our PLANET EARTH UNIT FINAL.
• Did you remember to complete your journal entry & put it in your Journal duotang?
• Started working on our HEAT & TEMPERATURE Title pages. Do you remember what you need to include? Due FRIDAY.

Monday May 4. 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did Current Events.
• Did not do Vocabulary.
• Worked on our Planet Earth unit review. Answered some questions. Talked about stuff.
• Mapped out a geologic time scale. If 1 metre = 1 billion years, where does the majority of the "action" take place?
• Unit Final on Wednesday.
• Homework: Finish Review Booklet, Study for your Unit Final