Wednesday

Content Objective:

I can understand the meaning of the term orbit and how it can be observed in the natural world by completing an activity with my group.

Language Objective:

I can write to describe aspects of orbits and how they can be observed in the natural world by reading and annotating an article.

HOMEWORK – None

Friday

Content Objective:

I can understand the meaning and history of NASA by completing an activity with the class.

Language Objective:

I can write to record notes while viewing a movie about space missions with my class.

HOMEWORK – None

Tuesday

Content Objective:

I can review the concepts of forces, motion and energy by completing an activity with the class.

Language Objective:

I can write to review the concepts of forces, motion and energy while completing an activity and discussing it with my group.

HOMEWORK – Finish Lab Questions – Conservation:It’s the Law.

STUDY – Test tomorrow – Understand the following terms and be able to recognize them in scenarios /examples.

Acceleration
Action Force
Balanced Forces
Force
Friction
Gravity
Inertia
Kinetic Energy
Law of Conservation of Energy
Mass
Momentum
Motion
Net Force
Newton
Newton’s First Law
Newton’s Second Law
Newton’s Third Law
Potential Energy
Reaction Force
Speed
Unbalanced Forces

Monday

Content Objective:

I can understand the concept of calculating momentum by completing an activity with the class.

Language Objective:

I can write to record momentum data while completing an activity and discussing it with my group.

HOMEWORK – Study for Unit TEST (Wednesday)

Wednesday

Content Objective:

I can understand the concepts of balanced forces and unbalanced forces by completing an activity with the class.

Language Objective:

I can write to define the terms balanced forces and unbalanced forces after completing the activity and discussing it with the class.

HOMEWORK – Study for Forces, Motion and Energy Test (next Wednesday)

Tuesday

Content Objective:

I can understand the concepts of balanced forces and unbalanced forces by completing an activity with the class.

Language Objective:

I can write to define the terms balanced forces and unbalanced forces after completing the activity and discussing it with the class.

HOMEWORK – Finish any incomplete work.  Study for Forces, Motion and Energy Test (next Wednesday)

Thursday

Content Objective:

I can understand the meaning of the term annotations by completing an activity with my group.

Language Objective:

I can read and write to make annotations by close reading an article and taking Cornell Notes.

HOMEWORK – Study for the Vocabulary Quiz (I moved it to Monday because most of my students have quizzes in two other classes)

Acceleration
Action Force
Force
Friction
Gravity
Inertia
Kinetic Energy
Law of Conservation of Energy
Mass
Momentum
Motion
Net Force
Newton
Newton’s First Law
Newton’s Second Law
Newton’s Third Law
Potential Energy
Reaction Force
Speed
Velocity

Wednesday

Content Objective:

I can understand the meaning of the term Newton’s Three Laws of Motion and how they relate to motion by completing an activity with my group.

Language Objective:

I can write to describe aspects of Newton’s Three Laws of Motion by participating in an activity with my group.

HOMEWORK – Study vocabulary for quiz:

Acceleration
Action Force
Force
Friction
Gravity
Inertia
Kinetic Energy
Law of Conservation of Energy
Mass
Momentum
Motion
Net Force
Newton
Newton’s First Law
Newton’s Second Law
Newton’s Third Law
Potential Energy
Reaction Force
Speed
Velocity

 

Tuesday

Content Objective:

I can understand the meaning of the term gravity and how it relates to motion by completing an activity with my group.

Language Objective:

I can write to describe aspects of gravity by participating in a balloon rocket activity with my group.

HOMEWORK – Study vocabulary for quiz (Friday)