Science Fair and Report

New nine weeks! Time to start anew!
I did have several students turn in work on October 22 abd 23. I will not grade them. I asked for all late work by October 21.
The Topic for Science Fair is due October 29(1-3) or October 30(4-6)
The test given on October 22-23 to help the student's grades last nine week, it will be on the 2nd nine weeks. It was not enough to improve grades. I was very disappointed. The questions had all been used on previous test, reviewed and correct answers give to the students. I thought it would be very easy for them.
The current project due is on Nov. 2 (1-3) and Nov. 3 (4-6). The students have all been given
 the rubric and an explation of what to do. The report should included the answers to these questions:



Analyze the data and use the following to write your report.


1. In which container did the temperature increase faster?

2. How did the temperatures change once the light was off?

3. Explain to your readers why beach people have a cool breeze every afternoon in the summer.

4. Explain to your viewers why summers are cooler and winters are warmer when you are near the ocean.

5. Explain to your audience why storms such as hurricanes only form over warm oceans.

6. Explain to your audience why FL experiences storms such as hurricanes.

Product:        You need to design and create a model and collect data that will explain to magazine readers


the effect of land and water on air temperature:

Since you are a meteorologist, your results will be written as a lab report that will be published as an article

projects, test, report cards

Hi Everyone!
The first nine weeks is about to end! didn't it just start!
All students have been given progress reports last Thursaday and Friday in my class. They had until today to get any make up work done.
This week they will have a test on Chapter 3 section 1-3. This will be Thursaday and Friday. They have had many quizzes on this section and should know what to study. Each Section has been explained with hands on experiments,demostrations,  instruction, reading and questions. They should be well prepared.
They also have a paper to write about being a meterologist and looking at the weather and how the beach effects us. They will work on this on Thursday and Friday also.

Monday is a student holiday. Grades are due on 23rd of October.
The Science Fair topic is due October 26-30

This week's table of contents are

10/16-10/19- coriolis effect                                      p44-45
10/20-21- Beach Heat                                              p46-47
10/22-23- Wrap Up                                                 p48-49

Students will need a new composition book on October 27

gizmos assessments and quizzes

I am sorry I was out two days last week. I was out with a virus. The students like to share things with me and I guess this includes a virus! : ) All is well and life is good!!

The Table of Contents and work expected hasn't changed, but we will be reviewing material cover on those days. We will be taking several quizzes this week to assessment the amount of knowledge retained by the students over the last few weeks. The quizzes will be Chapter 3 Section 1, 2 and 3. This is to prepare the students for the test on the Chapter coming up next week.

I am still having trouble with students completing Gizmo assessments. These are required after the students complete the lesson. The assessments are 20% of the class grade. The students have been given a new Gizmo due Friday for 1-3 and Monday for 4-6. The Gizmo is on winds.



The Table of contents for this week is:



10/12-13- Review

10/14-10/15- Humidity Quiz on  Chapter 3 section 2 p 82-85

10/16-10/19- humidity con't on Chapter 3 section 3 p 86-91





I would like to remind you about the Science Fair Information Meeting October 13 at 6:00 pm.

Hope to see you there!!



http://www.explorelearning.com/ for Gizmo
 
http://www.nefrsef.org/ Science Fair

tABLE OF cONTENTS UP DATE

The informational Science Project  meeting will be  on Tueday, October 13, 2009 at 6:00 PM

10/2-10/5- Cloud in a bottle- Read p 76-81 question s p 81,1-7 follow rubric
10/6-7- Atmospheric Heating- Read p 82-85, questions p 85,1-6 follow rubric
10/8-9- Global Winds and Local Winds p86-91 questions p 91,1-8 follow rubric