HW Due Wednesday

Bring in any materials or ideas to complete your design.

Class Mon 11/25

Design Challenge

You have today and Wednesday to finish the challenge!

HW Due Thurs 11/21

Brainstorm Ideas for Your Design

Class Tues 11/19

Begin Design Challenge Game!

HW Due Tues

Finish Genetics Questions on Google Doc

HW Due Friday

Finish Genetics Basics Questions, Place in proper Folder

Class 11/13

Genetic Trait Investigation

Genetics Basics Questions

HW Due Wednesday

No HW

Monday 11/11

• Discussion of Game Based Learning
• Introduction to Ecology Unit
• Google Form
• Design Challenge Vertical Garden

HW due Mon

No HW

Thursday 11/7 Quiz

Complete Quiz
After quiz explore Little Alchemy

HW Due Thursday: Quiz

Finish Review Sheet and Study for the Quiz

Quiz Thursday

Tues Nov 5: Periodic Table

Objectives:

• Why are the elements organized the way they are?
• Why are certain elements more reactive?
• What is in an atom?

Class:

• Complete and check Element and Compound Spreadsheet.
• Complete and check Alien Periodic Table
• Read Chemistry CK-12 Sections
• Begin answering review questions.

HW Due Tues Nov 5

Finish Alien Periodic Table

Fri Nov 1: Alien Periodic Table

Objective:
How are elements organized in the periodic table?

Class:

• Download CK-12 Textbook from Google Drive
• Alien Periodic Table Investigation
• Mr. Fox's Favorite Element Videos

Monday Garden Planting

Objective

• Where does the food we eat come from?
• What type of soil do we need for planting vegetables?

Class

• Garden building and planting

HW Due Mon 10/28

Complete Element or Compound in Google Spreadsheet.  Complete Element Builder Gizmo if you have not already handed it in.

Chemical Elements and Compounds Tues 10/22

Objectives

• What chemicals do we have available?
• What reactions could I create?
• What are atoms made of?

Class

• Discuss atomic structure
• Protons, Neutrons, Electrons, Periodic Table, Groups, Metals, Non-Metals
• Chemical Element and Compound Investigation Google Doc

Iron and Sulfur Demo

• Iron and Sulfur mixture can be separated by a magent
• When heated Iron and Sulfur chemically combined

NO HW OVER BREAK

NO HW OVER BREAK

Intro to Chemistry

Objectives:

• What are the building blocks that make up everything?
• How is the periodic table arranged?

Class:

• Discussion of Alchemy
• Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt

http://www.ptable.com/

HW Due Thurs Oct 3

Finish Pulse Lab

Pulse Lab Graph and Conclusions

Objective:

• Work with and display data
• Draw conclusions

Class:

• Discuss Google Charts
• Write up Conclusions

Conclusion Example

HW Due Tues Oct 1

Finish Pulse Lab

How does ___ affect pulse rate?

Planet exploration:  12 Strangely Beautiful Alien Worlds You Really Wouldn't Want To Live On

Objectives:

• Designing experiments
• Working with data
• Drawing Conclusions

Class Activity:

How does _____ affect pulse?  Why?

Pulse Lab:  Google Doc Investigation


Beating heart with blood flow from hybrid medical animation on Vimeo.

HW Due Friday 8/27

NO HW

Black Holes and Presentations

Objective:

• Presenting Information 
• Exploring #1 Votes Space Topic:  Black Holes

Class:



Presentation Don't

Interests Presentation Example

HW Due Wed 9/25

Fill out the What is Your Goal and Why sections of your PLP

Bring in materials or research notes you need for your projects.

Personal Learning Projects

Start Filling in Personal Learning Plan

HW Due Thurs 9/19

No HW

Astrobiology

Is there life on other planets?

Google Doc Investigation

HW Due Tues 9/17

NO HW

Quiz - Friday

Quiz

Class Projects

HW due Fri Sept 13

Quiz on Astronomy and Experimental Design

Review, Tides, PLP's

Objective:

• Why do tides occur?
• What are you interested in learning about?

Classwork

• Work on review
• Intro to tides
• Meet with Mr. Fox PLP's 

HW Due Wed Sept 11

Finish Space Tech lab write up
Finish Eclipse Investigation and upload to Google Drive eclipse folder

Finishing Eclipse Investigation and Lab Write Up

Objectives:

• Write a formal lab report

Classwork

• Complete Eclipse Gizmo
• Work on Space Technology graph and conclusion

HW: Due Mon Aug 9

Complete Eclipse Gizmo upload it to the Eclipse Folder in Google Drive

Eclipses and Interests

Why do eclipses happen?  What are you interested in?

Objective:

• Explore the causes and geometry of eclipses
• Brainstorms and formulate a research question

Class

1. Quick discussion:  Infographics, How far is the moon from the earth?
2. Investigate eclipses through the Eclipse Gizmo
3. Download Eclipse word doc to your desktop
4. When you have completed the doc upload the assignment to the Eclipse folder

1. Meet with Mr. Fox independently to discuss your Strengths and Interest form, possible interests and concepts.  Begin formulating a topic of your interest that you can investigate, experiment, explore, and share. 

Eclipses and PLPS

Why do eclipses happen?  What are you interested in?

Objective:

• Explore the causes and geometry of eclipses
• Brainstorms and formulate a research question

Class

1. Quick discussion:  Infographics, How far is the moon from the earth?
2. Investigate eclipses through the Eclipse Gizmo
3. Download Eclipse word doc to your desktop
4. When you have completed the doc upload the assignment to the Eclipse folder

1. Meet with Mr. Fox independently to discuss your Strengths and Interest form, possible interests and concepts.  Begin formulating a topic of your interest that you can investigate, experiment, explore, and share. 

HW: Due Tues Sept 3

Space Tech Investigation

Finish Procedure
Create a Data Table and Graph
Create a New Spreadsheet
Insert Chart
Create a Line Graph
Title, Axis Labels (Temperature (C))

Space Tech 2

Finish Data Taking on Space Tech Lab

Space Tech

Designing a Spacesuit

Objective

• Design a controlled experiment examining the effectiveness of insulators on heat loss

Class

• NASA:  The Spacesuit Interactive

Discussion on Experimental Design

Student Investigation:  Design an experiment to test the effectiveness of at least two insulators on heat loss?

Pre-Lab

• Question:  How do (your research materials) affect heat loss?
• Hypothesis
• Independent Variable
• Dependent Variable
• Procedure
• Diagram
• Data Table

• You may use beakers, test tubes, flasks, ice, water, hot plates, thermometers, any material you can find in class

HW Due Thu Aug 29

Finish Space Tech Lab Procedure, Data Table, Variables. We will work on graphing your data next class

HW: Due Tues Aug 27

• Bring in insulating materials to test

Space Technology

Designing a Spacesuit

Objective

• Design a controlled experiment examining the effectiveness of insulators on heat loss

Class

• NASA:  The Spacesuit Interactive

Discussion on Experimental Design

Student Investigation:  Design an experiment to test the effectiveness of at least two insulators on heat loss?

Pre-Lab

• Question:  How do (your research materials) affect heat loss?
• Hypothesis
• Independent Variable
• Dependent Variable
• Procedure
• Diagram
• Data Table

• You may use beakers, test tubes, flasks, ice, water, hot plates, thermometers, any material you can find in class

HW: Due Fri Aug 23

• Complete Your Body in Space Google Doc

Your Body in Space

Would you sign up to live on Mars?

Objectives:

• How are humans affected by space?
• What are limitations and risks of space travel?
• Should humans pursue living on Mars?

Class
Introduction


Discussion

Should humans go to Mars?  What are the costs?  What are the benefits?

Incredible Technology:  How to Live on Mars - Space.com





Student Investigation:
Your Body in Space:  Google Doc
Utilizing the NASA site:  http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/HRP_Feature/
Investigate the effects on bone, sensory motor, muscle, cardiovascular, and more

HW: Due Wed Aug 21

• Complete Moon questions in Google Doc if you did not do so in class

Our Closest Neighbor

Our Moon

Objective:

• Introduction to the universe
• Exploring the moon's surface
• Hypothesizing about differences between moon and earth

Class:

History of the Our World in 18 Minutes


Student Investigation

Our Closest Neighbor:  Google Doc


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Why are there more craters on the moon than on earth?

Is the moon made out of the same material as earth?

How did the moon form?

Is there water on the moon?

HW: Due Mon Aug 19

• Complete the Day/Night and Seasons questions

Day/Night and Seasons

Why is there day and night?  Why are there seasons?

Objectives

• How does earths motion affect life on earth?

Class

• Day/Night and Seasons - Google Doc Investigation
• Each student team has a sphere and a light source
• Model the phenomena for Mr. Fox
• Sketch a labeled diagram on your whiteboard 
• Why is there day and night?

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• Why are there seasons?

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HW: Due Thu Aug 15

1. Complete the Astronomy Pre-Assessment
2. Complete the Learner Profile

*Make sure the Learner Profile is in the shared Learner Profile Folder and named properly

First Name Last Initial-Period Number-Assignment

Adam F-P4-Learner Profile

Email Mr. Fox with questions.  adamf@ecak12.com

Getting to Know You

What are your strengths and interests?

Objective: 

1. Mr. Fox introduces himself
2. Tell Mr. Fox about yourself
3. Share what you know about astronomy

Class:

1. Mr. Fox talks about himself and the science class
2. Discuss Google Drive folder structure
3. Copy Assignments:  Make a copy, change name and period
4. Complete the Astronomy Pre-Assessment
5. Complete the Learner Profile

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