ANSWER KEY FOR ANALOG/DIGITAL READING

Just in case you needed to double check your work. 

Shipping & Sliding Lab Report

Test tomorrow

Here is the answer key to the reviews so you can make sure you study tonight. This will be due tomorrow for two homework grades. Study hard!

Decelerating Safely

Check out the reading from today here. Make sure you've got the entire summary done.

We have the Force & Motion test NEXT TUESDAY

Calculating Speed!

The first big idea of the new Force & Motion Unit is calculating speed. This is the same equation in all of your video games, the snap chat filter that tells you mph, and all of our GPS based phone apps - looking at you Pokemon Go!

Speed  =  Distance  /  Time

We are DRILLING this formula over the next few weeks. It's going to get math heavy so make sure you're practicing. Here is a copy of the practice sheet from class today. 

Check out the video below for one example of how we did a hands on activity calculating speed of this cart. Can you calculate how fast the cart moved? 

Midterm in two days!

We are nearly halfway to high school!! Keep reviewing for our midterm. Remember, the exact topics and number of questions are in your packets. 

If you need a little help check out my answer key but it won't help you to copy everything. Do your own and check your answers. 

Mr. Lennon's Answers

TEST TOMORROW

Here is the review sheet we got in class --- Here are the answers (Part 1 - Part 2) to check yourselves. Please note: the answers are numbered differently and there is more to study on the answer sheet. Check it out!

Things you DEFINITELY need to know for the exam tomorrow: 

• 10 kinds of energy (the blue table below)
• Transformation
• Transfer
• Energy Efficiency
• Law of Conservation of Energy
• Insulators
• Conductors

Energy Generation

For those of you who didn't get to finish here is the textbook link from today's activity. Make sure you have it all done for the next time I see you. 

Roller Coaster Creator

Can you create a coaster that uses just the right amount of Gravitational Potential Energy (GPE) and creates a great ride?

Try here and see how high you can get your score. Make sure to remember that the GPE turns into Kinetic Energy (KE) but it "loses" energy to Thermal and Sound energy as it goes!

Good luck!

BIG LAB & LAB REPORT!!

Here is a copy graphic organizer for the lab (Red/Orange & Blue/Green Groups). This will be the road map for everything. DO NOT LOSE IT. 

We will spend today and tomorrow gathering data and running our experiment. Then we'll be in the computer lab next week to type the entire thing into a formal lab report. 

Here is the textbook link so everyone has access to the text from home. 

Answer Key to Review

Ladies and gents,The file with this years review is left on my comptuer at work. Check out the slideshow below. They aren't the exact same questions but it will DEFINITELY help to study. 

Solar System Review Answer Keys

Gravity Ready & Next Weeks Exam

Today we did a reading activity and learned about gravity. Here is the chapter if you missed it. 

WE HAVE A TEST TUESDAY!!!

Here is the review sheet. 

Solar System: The Nearest Star - The Sun

Students should read this entire article. Each time they come to the pencil Icon they should write down, in their own words, the main idea of what they just read. They must also answer analysis questions #1-5.


Activity 92 - The Nearest Star, The Sun Textbook Link

Today's Activity

Here's the worksheet in class. AVID students you should have grabbed one this morning.

You'll also need this planet information to help you.

Here is the textbook we're using today. You should be find if you just follow all the directions on the paper and in the book.

New Unit - The Solar System

Well we finished the first unit of the year! We studied the Earth-Sun-Moon system. It is now time to expand our scope and study the entire Solar System!

In this unit we'll focus on the objects scientists find in space. We will discover the methods by which scientists study objects which are billions of miles away. 

To begin, I would like all the students to get re-organized. Take all the materials from the Earth in Space unit and paperclip them together and store them for the Midterm later this year. 

Then begin a new section with a cover page that represents the Solar System. You can draw whatever you'd like but please try to include some of the vocabulary we have went over in class.