Focused Free Write Write everything you can think

Focused Free Write – Write everything you can think of about forces and motion and earth’s history.

Compare and Contrast speed and velocity.

Describe the advantages and disadvantages of racing.

Identify what 2 things you need to know in order to calculate an object’s speed. Explain how you can predict where an object might be using what you know about speed.

Describe the motion and speed on the following graph. Object A Object B

Distance Time One Time Two Average Time Average Speed 5 m 5 s 6 s ? ? 10 m 10 s 9 s ? ? 15 m 15 s 14 s ? ? • Calculate Average Time & Speed • Graph Speed • Draw conclusions about the graph

Distance Time One Time Two Average Time Average Speed 5 m 5 s 6 s 5. 5 s 0. 91 m/s 10 m 10 s 9 s 9. 5 s 1. 05 m/s 15 m 15 s 14. 5 s 1. 03 m/s

Give an example of speed. Give an example of momentum. How do you calculate momentum.

Identify the following measurements as speed, velocity, or momentum 88 km/h 18 kg * m/s down hill 10 m/s straight up 19 m/s to the west Explain why knowing the velocity of an airplane is more important to a traveler than knowing only the airplane’s speed.

JOURNAL – 8 -19 -2010 Describe the motion of a ball in a typical sport. Identify times when the ball moves with a constant velocity and times when its velocity changes. Illustrate a picture that represents balanced forces and a picture that represents unbalanced forces.

JOURNAL – 8/20/2010 Identify a situation involving unbalanced forces. Describe net force, and explain how it affects the motion of an object. Evaluate the following situations, and decide if an unbalanced force is present. A car turns right without slowing down. A spacecraft moves in one direction at a constant speed. A cyclist coasts downhill, going faster and faster. A tennis racket hits a tennis ball.

JOURNAL – 8 -23 -2010 Arrange the following pairs in order of most friction to least friction A shoe sole and a waxed basketball court A shoe sole and the frozen surface of a lake A shoe sole and the sidewalk

JOURNAL – 8 -24 -2010 Define State gravity Newton’s Three Laws of Motion – give an example of each.

JOURNAL – 8 -25 -2010 Remember acceleration is the change in velocity. To calculate acceleration you subtract beginning velocity from ending velocity and then divide that by period of time. So, calculate the following: What is the acceleration of a car that starts from rest (0 m/s) and moves straight ahead at 18 m/s in 12 s?

JOURNAL – 8 -26 -2010 Compare and Contrast mass and weight. Define free fall.

JOURNAL – 8 -27 -2010 Note – THERE WILL BE A QUIZ TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2010 Identify the action and reaction forces in each of the following Your hand pushing against a wall A hammer pounding a nail A stone striking the bottom of a well A book sliding to a stop on the ground

Open your book to page 275 Begin working on the chapter review Be sure to complete all of the following: #1 thru #9 #11, 13 #15, 17, 18, 20, 23, 26

JOURNAL – 8/31/2010 Using what you know about forces and motion, explain how the universe was formed.

JOURNAL – 9/1/2010 Describe the basic structure of the universe. Describe a light year.

JOURNAL – 9/2/2010 Describe the main features of the Milky Way galaxy, and include the location of our solar system. List the three main types of galaxies.

JOURNAL – 9/3/2010 Identify 4 different machines you use everyday. Describe how the machines you listed above help you.

JOURNAL – 9/7/2010 What scientific evidence do we have that suggest that the big bang theory might be true?

JOURNAL – 9/8/2010 What is the difference between simple and compound machines? You will have 15 -20 minutes on Friday to discuss your Rube Goldberg Project with a partner (s).

JOURNAL – 9/9/2010 How do you think the layers of the Earth look? - draw a picture or describe (Be sure to label parts of your picture) You will have 15 -20 minutes on Friday to discuss your Rube Goldberg Project with a partner (s).

JOURNAL 9/10/2010 Illustrate and describe the motion of one of the three different types of plate boundaries.

Draw an outline of the continents Predict where the tectonic plates might be by outlining them on your map.

JOURNAL – 9/14/2010 Why is it important to study plate tectonics?

JOURNAL – 9/15/2010 Explain what causes earthquakes and volcanoes. What forces are involved? Describe where earthquakes and volcanoes occur.

JOURNAL – 9/16/2010 Describe how Kentucky might change if we were to experience a major earthquake along the New Madrid fault line.

Today’s journal is to be turned on a separate piece of paper. Due by the end of the class period. Scored on following directions, neatness, complete sentences, letter format, proper grammar. Write a letter to someone explaining what you are learning about forces and motion and how forces and motion affect your everyday life as well as how forces and motion has a major impact on the Earth we live. Note: On Friday, September 24 you will have 20 -25 minutes to work on your Rube Goldberg Project. I would like to have a hand drawn design and a list of who’s doing what by the end of the class period.

JOURNAL – 9/20/2010 Describe the types of waves generated by an earthquake. Note: On Friday, September 24 you will have 20 -25 minutes to work on your Rube Goldberg Project. I would like to have a hand drawn design and a list of who’s doing what by the end of the class period.

NOTE: ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 YOU WILL HAVE 20 -25 MINUTES TO WORK ON YOUR RUBE GOLDBERG PROJECT. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A HAND DRAWN DESIGN AND A LIST OF WHO’S DOING WHAT BY THE END OF THE CLASS PERIOD. JOURNAL – 9/23/2010 Earthquakes can be measured by magnitude or intensity. The magnitude is a quantitative measurement of an earthquake’s strength. The intensity is a qualitative measurement on a particular area. Based on you virtual lab, describe what possible damage your earthquake might cause. Use the Richter scale on page 571 in your book to help describe the possible destruction.

JOURNAL – 9 -24 -2010 Make a list of all the vocabulary words that we have study and used about force and motion, Earth’s history, and plate tectonics. Now try a triangle similar to the one illustrated on the board. Fill in each square with a vocabulary word of your choice.

By the end of the class period Please turn in a preliminary design of your machine. Include arrows indicating direction of motion. Include labels of machines being used.

JOURNAL – 9/27/2010 Describe three basic rocks and how they form.

JOURNAL – 9/29/2010 Compare/Contrast relative age and absolute age.

JOURNAL – 9/30/2010 1. Illustrate several layers of earth and one of the three types of plate boundaries. 2. Using the Principal of Superposition, label which layer is the oldest to the youngest. Challenge yourself to included faults, intrusive and extrusive igneous rock in your drawings.

JOURNAL – 10/11/10 Describe the landscape in the area where you live. Explain how has this area changed in appearance throughout your life?

JOURNAL – 10/12/10 Identify the following as chemical, physical weathering or erosion. 1. Rock changes color as it oxidizes 2. Rock shatters as it freezes 3. Wind erodes the sides of the Egyptian Pyramids 4. An underground cavern is formed as water drips in from the Earth’s surface.

Determine if work is being done on the following three situations: 1. lifting a spoon full of soup to your mouth 2. holding a stack of books motionless over your head 3. letting a pencil fall to the ground

JOURNAL – 10/20/10 Illustrate a ramp that has a box being pushed up it. Describe how a ramp can make lifting a box easier without changing the amount of work being done.

JOURNAL – 10/21/2010 Compile (Collect) 6 sets of data from at least 6 other people about how much work and power they used in walking and running up the stairs from yesterday’s lab. Person Activity Work Power 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. After collecting your data, write a paragraph about what conclusions you come to about the amount of work and power used in climbing the football bleachers.

JOURNAL – 10/25/10 A mechanic uses a hydraulic lift to raise a 1200 kg car 0. 5 m off the ground. How much work does the lift do on the car?

JOURNAL – 10/26/2010 Describe mechanical advantage.

MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE Mechanical advantage describes how a machine can increase the amount of force or the distance.

JOURNAL – 10/27/2010 1. Illustrate a door and its hinge. 2. Using the principle of a lever, explain why it is easier to open a door by pushing near the knob than by pushing near the hinges. What class of lever is a door?

JOURNAL 11 -03 -10 Identify the following as power, force, or work. 1. 20 N 2. 300 J 3. 60 W Calculate how much power is used if a force of 10 newtons is used to push a cart a distance of 8 meters in 4 seconds.

1. A sailor uses a rope and pulley to raise a sail weighing 140 N. The sailor pulls down with a force of 140 N on the rope. What is the mechanical advantage of the pulley? 2. Alex pulls on the handle of a claw hammer with a force of 15 N. If the hammer has a mechanical advantage of 5. 2, how much force is exerted on a nail in the claw?

Define potential energy AND kinetic energy. List 5 types of energy we use everyday.

Focus Free Write Do on a separate piece of paper to be turned in. Write everything you can about forces and motion, and energy. If you get stuck on an idea rewrite the last thing you wrote until a new idea comes. until time is up. Do not stop writing

Determine what form or forms of energy apply to the following situations. Specify whether it is mechanical or nonmechanical. Frisbee Flying through the air A hot cup of soup A wound clock spring Sunlight A boulder sitting at the top of a cliff.

JOURNAL – 11/10/10 Describe a situation where gravitational potential energy is helpful. Describe a situation where gravitational potential energy might be harmful.

JOURNAL – 11/11/2010 Complete the following: In a mechanical energy system, potential energy can be kinetic energy and ………

JOURNAL – 11/12/10 Describe how matter changes as temperature changes.

JOURNAL – 11/15/10 Explain how you would prepare to go out in weather ◦ that is 100 K and ◦ 100 C.

JOURNAL – 11/16/2010 Convert the following temperatures: 1. -200◦ C to Fahrenheit and Kelvins 2. 110 ◦ F to Celsius and Kelvins

JOURNAL – 11/17/2010 In the roller coaster lab, explain what you noticed about the relationship between potential energy and height. Explain what you noticed about the relationship between kinetic energy and height.

JOURNAL – 11/18/10 Illustrate one of your roller coasters that you designed in the lab activity. Identify the simple machines your roller coaster uses by labeling them in your drawing. Explain how the simple machines you used in your roller coaster generate energy and how that energy is transformed through out your roller coaster.

JOURNAL – 11/22/2010 Look at page 332, Figure 10 -8 Explain why you can put your hand close to the side of a candle flame and not get burned but putting your hand above the flame will burn your hand.

JOURNAL – 11/23/2010 Compare and contrast heat energy that is transferred through conduction and convection.

JOURNAL – 11/29/2010 Describe 3 different waves. Explain how is a wave related to energy?

JOURNAL – 11/30/2010 Identify the wave in the picture. Explain how you know what wave it is.

JOURNAL – 12/01/2010 Identify the medium for the following waves: A. ripples on a pond B. the sound waves from a stereo speaker C. seismic waves

Draw a wave. Label and identify the parts of a wave.

In your own words define frequency and period. Refer to page 366 – 367 in your book.

JOURNAL – 12 -8 -2010 1. Illustrate what happens to a wave when it encounters a barrier. 2. Illustrate a wave when it changes from one medium to another. 3. Illustrate a wave that encounters another wave.

JOURNAL – 12/9/2010 When you are watching a baseball game, you may hear the crack of the bat a short time after you see the batter hit the ball. Explain why does this happen.

Describe what can affect how fast sound travels. What allows sound to travel its fastest? Its slowest?

Complete the KWL Chart What I know about the atmosphere What questions I have about the atmosphere What I learned after reading pages 598 -605

JOURNAL – 1/6/11 List and describe the layers in the atmosphere.

WELCOME TO THE SCIENCE CAFE Please review the menus. I will be taking your order in about 20 minutes.

JOURNAL – 1/14/2011 The Law of Conservations of Matter states that nothing new is created nor is it destroyed. It is only changed or transformed. Explain how this law affects the weather we experience on Earth.

JOURNAL – 1/18/2011 Describe what is meant by the term “Global Warming” If “Global Warming” could be eliminated or stopped completely, what possible affect could this have on our weather?

In 1982, Larry Walters rose to an altitude of approximately 4. 9 km (just over 3 miles) on a lawn chair attached to 45 helium-filled weather balloons. Give 2 reasons why Walter’s efforts were dangerous. Hint: Review Figure 18 -1 on page 598 to help guide your reasoning.

JOURNAL – 1 -24 -2011 1. All most all water vapor in the atmosphere is found in which layer? 2. The __ is the process in which the atmosphere traps warming solar energy near the Earth’s surface. 3. The addition of __ gas in the atmosphere by the burning of fossil fuels for cars, machinery, and power plants may lead to global warming.

JOURNAL – 1 -25 -2011 1. CFC’s, chemicals that are used in refrigerators, air conditioners, hair sprays, are partly to blame for ____ depletion. 2. Clouds form when water vapor in the air condenses as ____. 3. If you hear on the radio that a tornado is approaching, you should ___.

JOURNAL – 1 -31 -11 Describe air pressure. Describe how wind is formed.

5 minute – Focused Free Write – Please do on a separate sheet of paper – this is to be turned in for 10 point daily grade. For 5 minutes, write everything that comes to your mind about weather and pollution.

Read pages 614 to 616 silently to yourself. On a sheet of paper, create a chart that compares and contrast the different severe weather system. This will be collected for a grade (10 points). You will have 20 minutes to complete this. Exchange papers with the person next to you or behind you. Read and add details to their descriptions.

1. Look at the 2 pictures above and list 5 things you notice about each picture. So you should have 10 things listed. (THIS IS 2 B TURNED IN) 2. Now look at your list for each picture and draw some conclusions about what your observations might lead you to think is going on in the pictures. THINK WEATHER.

1. Force is ___. A. a push or pull B. the power in a light bulb C. a simple machine called a lever 2. How fast you are moving is a property of motion called ______. A. Speed B. Velocity C. acceleration 3. How fast you are moving AND the direction you are traveling is called _____. A. speed B. velocity C. acceleration

1. To calculate speed ______ divided by ____. 2. To calculate velocity _____ divided by ____ and note which ______ the object is moving. 3. Earth has a force called ____ in which objects fall to the Earth at a constant rate.

1. How fast you are changing your speed or direction of travel is a property of motion known as ____. A. speed. B. velocity. C. acceleration D. momentum. 2. Ignoring air resistance and prior to free fall, an object falling toward the surface of the earth has a velocity that is A. constant B. decreasing C. increasing D. acquired instantaneously 3. A ball rolling across the floor slows to a stop because ___. A. there are unbalanced forces acting on it. B. the force that started it moving wears out. C. the force that started it moving is gone. D. the net force equals zero.

FLASHBACK – 2/23/11 A net force of 30 N produces an acceleration of 5 m/s² on a lab cart. Its mass is ___. 1. A. 6 kg. B. 0. 17 kg. C. 3 kg. D. 150 kg. SHOW YOUR WORK! F = Force measured in Newtons M = mass of an object A = Acceleration of an object measured in m/s 2. Which of the following does not indicate velocity? Why? A. 40 m/s toward home. B. 43. 75 km/h 20 N. C. 320 m SSE. D. -75. 6 mi/h downhill.

FLASHBACK – 2/24/11 1. Which of the following is true? A. Weight and mass are proportional but not equal. B. Weight is the gravitational force an object experiences due to its mass. C. The weight of an object on Earth is greater than the weight of the same object on the surface of the moon, but the object's mass stays the same. D. all of the above. 2. 1. Draw picture 2. Label parts of this lever with load, fulcrum, force 3. Describe what class of lever is shown. 4. Explain your answer.

FLASHBACK – 2/28/11 A. Identify whether the graph demonstrates relative age or absolute age. B. Compare and contrast relative age and absolute age. Support your answer using information from the graph.

Focus Freewrite – For 3 minutes – write everything you think of when you hear the word chemistry.

FLASHBACK – 3 -3 -2011 1. List the 4 main layers of the atmosphere. 2. List the 3 basic cloud forms.

FLASHBACK – 3/4/2011 What is matter? 2. Where do you find matter? 3. List 2 examples of matter. 4. List 2 examples of not matter. 1.

FLASHBACK – 3 -7 -2011 Write the following substances down. Determine whether it is an element or compound. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Na (Sodium) H 2 O (Water) Na. Cl 2 (Salt) N 2 (Nitrogen) C (Carbon)

FLASHBACK – 3/8/2011 Identify number of atoms in each element and the total number in all. Copy the following: 1. Li. H (Lithium Hydride) 2. Be. F 2 (Beryllium Flouride) 3. Ca. CO 3 (Calcium Carbonate – Egg Shell) 4. Si. O 2 (Sand) 5. C 12 H 22 O 11 (Sugar)

FLASHBACK – 3/9/2011 1. Describe the makeup of pure water, and write its chemical formula. 2. Give an example of a pure substance. 3. Give an example of a mixture.

FLASHBACK – 3/10/2011 Copy the list – classify the following as chemical change or physical change. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. a burnt piece of wood melting ice a burnt marshmallow bubbles in a soda melting chocolate

FLASHBACK – 3/11/2011 List the states of matter. Give an example of each state of matter. Using 1 or 2 words describe the kinetic energy of the atoms in for each state of matter.

FLASHBACK – 3 -16 -2011 Density – what is it? How do we calculate density for a regular shaped object? How do we calculate density for an odd shaped object?

List the parts of an atom. Describe the charge of each part.