Energy is here

Hi Champions. Well, the Holiday season is upon us. We have the Senior Tea this Saturday. I hope you all can make it. I passed out chances to everyone today in class. I hope to do a raffle before the holiday break. Thanks again for the suggestions for prizes.

So, I enclosed a link on energy. Just click on the title an should be forwarded to the Dept. of Energy. I will be assigning a scavenger hunt that goes along with this web site. Tomorrow in class we will be doing a "Jigsaw" on the two chapters on Energy. Remember, you are the experts on your section of the chapter. You will be teaching us!

Energy Monday

It's Energy Monday! So, I put a diagram of energy sources for you all to look at. What is the primary resourse of all energy? If you said the sun, you are correct!

Many of you have been out sick. I hope everyone is feeling better. I will be afterschool next week. Please see me if you need to make up a lab or a quiz. The retake for the Motion quiz will be next monday at lunch. Remember, you need to have your quiz signed by a parent in order to retake any quiz.

Newton's Laws of Motion

So, we are coming to the end of our unit on Newton's Laws. The last law is the Newton's third law. I will be demonstrating this in class using my trusty "skateboard". Yes, I can skateboard. For every action, there is an equal and opposing reaction. Think about how this law applies to things in our daily lives.

Student- Led- Conferences

Happy Friday Champions. Well, we got a chance to do some pretty cool labs on Newton's Laws this week. Which was your favorite? Today, we will be filling out our template for Student-Led conferences. Think of something that we did this past quarter that you were proud of. Remember, that you will be discussing with your parents/guardians two pieces of work. You get to pick one!
Today in class we will be looking at skateboarding and how it applies to Newton's Laws. Check out www.scilink.org keyword: forces. The code for Force is GSP003. There are some great interactive things to do that go along with what we are doing in class. On tuesday, we will be heading to the computer lab to use another gizmo from www.explorelearning.com. Make sure you have your password!

Forces and Motion

Greetings Champions. The Halloween party on friday night was such a success! Many thanks to the parents and PTSA who put it together. We are so lucky to have such a great group of parents.

As you know, I will be a Ferry Beach on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. We have started our unit on Forces and Motion. We got to try our luck at the Gizmo on Motion. This week you will be looking at motion and the different things that effect motion. We are finishing our"Jigsaw" activity on friday. I am letting the Subsitute teacher know that you guys need to see the Brainpop on motion and the one on forces. You can always go to http://www.brainpop.com/ and look at the videos. our username is timberlane1 and out password is tigers. Please help the subsitute with anything to do with setting up the brainpop. I know you will all be respectful, responsible, and make the right choices.