Newton's Laws of Motion

Click HERE to see our Newton's Laws of Motion in VOKI format!:)

7/8 Grade Digestive System Homework

By Thursday this week, (April 26, 2012) please read 18.1 AND 18.2 and take the quizzes for each section.

See you in class on Wednesday!

6th Grade Trebuchet Project

Today we "launched" the details regarding your trebuchet project!

Here is some helpful information:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/trebuchet/

How a Trebuchet Works.

Project Details

Muscle Games

Try this:

http://www.anatomyarcade.com/games/gamesMuscular.html

This Week is Science

Exciting week ahead! Make sure you keep up!

6th Grade

Tuesday night: Watch video about speed and take notes!

EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENTS (optional) Watch Top Gear on the History Channel and be able to discuss the episode with me tomorrow and/or write 5 speed story problems.

Wednesday: Quiz in Class--FUN with Speed NO HOMEWORK

Thursday: Acceleration in class.

Thursday night: Watch video 1 and video 2 about acceleration.

7th/8th Grade

Tuesday night: Read 17.1, take quiz 17.1, PERFORM HIP SURGERY, answer the questions I emailed you about the hip surgery and share with me. (You will need to make a copy of the document and then share your new document when you have answered your questions.)

Wednesday: Introduction to the Muscular System

Thursday: Muscle Fun!!

Thursday Homework: Read 17.2, take quiz 17.2 , prepare for Muscle Karaoke on Monday!

Today's Science Interactives

All of my classes will work with some science interactive games and websites:

6th Grade:
http://science.discovery.com/interactives/literacy/newton/newton.html

7/8 Grade:
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/health/anatomy/skeleton/Skeleton_game_1.htm
http://www.abcya.com/skeletal_system.htm
http://www.anatomyarcade.com/games/WAB/WAB.html

5th Grade:
http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/oceanodyssey.htm

6 Grade Inertia

Here is the lowdown on what we will be doing this week:

Monday

• Intro to Inertia (in class)
• HOMEWORK--Video 1, Video 2

Tuesday

• Inertia Lab (in class)
• HOMEWORK--Video 1 (take notes--you can use notes for quiz on Wednesday)

Wednesday

• Quiz over Inertia/Newton
• Complete Inertia Lab
• NO HOMEWORK
  

Thursday

• Intro to Friction
• NO HOMEWORK OVER THE WEEKEND!