EXPECTATIONS
Bring your
text book to class daily.
Turn in your classwork/homework when due/requested.
Keep your SCIENCE NOTEBOOK up to date!
There is a definite link between
doing your assignments,
maintaining an organized notebook,
using your material to study,
and doing well on tests.
You are expected to keep a notebook.
New vocab games added May 17!
SOL News
All classes will test for Science in my classroom.
**BRING A BOOK WITH YOU TO READ AFTER YOU FINISH YOUR EXAM.
Schedule:
Pd. 1-Thursday, June 1
Pd. 2-Friday, June 2
Pd. 5 Monday, June 5
Pd. 4-Tuesday, June 6
Pd. 3 Wednesday, June 7
TEXTBOOK COLLECTION will be the class after your science exam.
Monday, May 29 is Memorial Day Holiday.
THIS WEEK
MAY 15-19
May 15/16: Simple Machines
Homework: Study for Vocab Quiz & Test
May 17/18: MORE review on Newton's Laws and Simple Machines.
Homework: None
May 19: Fun Activities/Review - Many out for Music Competition
Homework: STUDY!
NEXT WEEK
Continue to prepare for SOL Testing.
MAY 22-26
Continue to prepare for SOL Testing.
May 22/23: Ch 4 Vocab Quiz;
In Class SOL Assessment Test - Has our review paid off? Are we ready?
May 24:
8th grade field trip!
Trivia: What area attraction of geological significance is featured in the Museum of Natural History?
Students not attending the field trip will attend class with another teacher.
May 25/26: Ch 4/7 Test
Homework:
We will be ending the year with labs and participation grades. FYI-I will be taking grades until the last day of school.
Final Exam/4th Quarter Exam will be June 12 and 13.
LOOKING AHEAD
4th quarter : Phun with Physics and also review in preparation for the SOL's.
Tutoring
I am offering Science tutoring after school from 3:20 to 4:30 on Monday or Thursday afternoons. If you would like your child to participate and have not received a permission slip, please contact me. Bus transportation home is provided. Students are welcome to come on an as-needed basis. I request that students let me know when they will attend. I also make myself available to students during lunch and most afternoons should you or your child need to see me.
CURRENT WORK
SOL PS. 10 The student will investigate and understand scientific principles and technological applications of work, force, and motion
Simple Machines, Mechanical Advantage; Power, Force and Work; Speed and Acceleration, Momentum, Newton's Laws of Motion, Projectiles, Centripetal Force, Gravity
PAST WORK
MAY 8-12
May 5/8: Ch 8 Test Corrections / Newton's Laws
Homework: Acceleration & Momentum WS (PART A)
May 9/10: Newton's Laws
Homework:
May 11/12: Simple Machines
Homework: Acceleration & Momentum WS (PART B)
MAY 1-5
May 1/2: Review for Ch 3 Test
Homework: Study for Test
May 3/4: Ch 3 Test
Homework: DefineChapter 4 Science Words
May 5/8: Ch 8 Test Corrections
Homework: Acceleration & Momentum WS (PART A)
APRIL 24 - APRIL 28
April 21/24: Motion Lab
Homework: Ch 3 Review: Page 90 Questions1-10
April 25/26: COMPLETE SOL Review of BIOMES in class
Complete Notes on Newton's Laws
Homework: Motion & Speed/Velocity and Acceleration WS
April 27/28: Open Notebook Quiz on 4th quarter pages 1-10
Biomes Quiz - We will have a SHORT quiz EVERY Thursday or Friday this quarter on the SOL review topic from the previous week.
APRIL 17 - APRIL 21
April 17/18: Continue with Chapter 3 and SOL Review in class
Homework: Last chance for credit for the Ch 3 Science Words - Definition Sheet passed out before Spring Break
April 19/20: Complete Ch 3 Notes
Homework: Complete Motion Study Guide (Front and Back)
April 20/21: SOL Review Quiz on Space
We will have a short quiz EVERY Thursday or Friday this quarter on the SOL review topic from the previous week.
Chapter 3 Vocab Quiz
April 21/24: Motion Lab
Homework: Ch 3 Review: Page 90 Questions1-10
Please see the link to past quarters below for more information.
SCIENCE NOTEBOOKS
Our class notebooks offer an excellent record of what we are covering in Physical Science. Please do not throw away past notebooks. I will gladly collect and save these as they become ready for "retirement". They will also be very useful as we review for unit tests and the SOL exam in the Spring. Here is the 4th quarter Table of Contents for your science notebook so far...
FOURTH 9 WEEKS:
1) Motion WS (CW 4/17&18)
2) Inertia WS (CW 4/19&20)
3) Ch 3 Vocabulary
4) Motion SG (HW 4/19&20)
5) Ch 3 Vocab Quiz (4/20 & 21)
6) SOL Quiz on Space (4/20 & 21)
7) Lab on Speed, Acceleration and Slope (4/21 & 24)
8) Ch 2 Rev p. 90: 1-10 (HW 4/21 & 4/24)
9) Go "Fore" Golf (Roll back 4/21 - 4/27)
10) Notes on Newton's Laws (4/25 & 4/26)
11) Motion & Speed/Velocity and Acceleration WS (HW 4/25 & 26)
12) Notes on Simple Machines (4/27 & 28)
Absences from Class
Please check K-12 Planet and discuss any missed assignments, quizzes, and tests with your child. Please encourage students to get make-up assignments in to me and to make up missing quizzes and tests during Academic Wheel while the material is still fresh in their minds. There are forms available in the school library to request access to K-12 Planet.
Students, do not fall behind...If YOU are absent, it is YOUR responsibility to make up missed work. Missed assignments have a terrible impact on your overall grade!
In 6th period Academic Wheel, time is devoted to reading, reviewing topics from Life Science, and study hall.
Again, thank you for the delightful students you send me each day. They are a great group and I know they can all do well in science for the year. And thank you for helping them study, organize, and stay on task.
Quia Activities
Please keep an eye out for Quia Activities to review the material from all our tests as we prepare for the SOLs this spring.
TEST TAKING HINTS
Please work carefully on quizzes and tests. Let's work hard to do well on quizzes and tests and complete work on time.
The Poole Challenge:
Improve your grade on the next test
by at least 1 letter grade over the last test.
TAKE THE CHALLENGE:
JUST DO IT!!!
Here's a good tip: Read the questions carefully, read ALL answers, and pick the best answer. Then, take a second pass and pretend you are grading MY test, trying to catch MY mistakes! I know you like to catch me making mistakes, so correct any you find then turn your test in!
STUDY HELP!
I found resources for our textbook online at the publishers' web site and added that link below. You should be able to go to the link (scroll down) then select Chapter-specific activities including Web Links, Online Study Tools, and WebQuest from the Chapter Resources. (Sorry. The textbook itself doesn't seem to be on line.)
Play Conversion Challenge and Vocabulary Games under Quia Activities below
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