Saturday, May 2, 2015

5/7/15 and 5/8/15 Waves Quiz

Date: 5/7/15 and 5/8/14
Class: Physical Science
Periods: W1,2,4 and B2

Outcomes: Students will demonstrate their knowledge of Waves, Sound, Electromagnetic Waves and Light in a quiz.

Standards: 9-12.P.3.2

Student Needs: Alternate Setting

Assessment Plan: Quiz

Lesson Outline: Bellringer > What is work? What is Energy? > Quiz Setup, open note > Quiz > HW: Write at least 25 questions you think could show up on the final exam, at least 2 from each chapter.

Thursday, April 23, 2015

5/5/15 and 5/6/15 Light

Date: 5/5/15 and 5/6/15
Class: Physical Science
Periods: W1,2,4 and B2

Outcomes: Students will be able to explain what light is, properties of light and how a prism works.

Standards: 9-12.P.3.3

Student Needs: 

Assessment Plan: Ticket-to-Leave: What is the difference between laser light and light from a lightbulb?

Lesson Outline: Bellringer > Explain sound to me. > What are the different types of EM waves? What are EM waves? > Notes over Ch. 13 > Videos that showcase different aspects of light, students should take notes on each one and submit these to schoology afterwards > HW: Quiz next time.

List of videos in order:
Why is the Sun Yellow and the Sky Blue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NafbGOQBlQs&list=PL908547EAA7E4AE74&index=115

4/29/15 and 4/30/15 Sound

Date: 4/29/15 and 4/30/15
Class: Physical Science
Periods: W1,2,4 and B2

Outcomes: Students will be able to explain what the Doppler Effect is and why it works.

Standards: 9-12.P.3.2

Student Needs: 

Assessment Plan: Quick-Write: What is the Doppler Effect, what causes it, how do we make it useful?

Lesson Outline: Bellringer > KE and GPE practice problems > What are the measurable parts of a wave? > Tell me about what you read in 11.1 and 11.2 > Notes over Ch. 11 > Doppler Quick-Write > Have students share answers > HW: Read 12.1 pgs 354-359 What are electromagnetic waves? Why do they slow down in air and water? What's a photon?

5/1/15 and 5/4/15 Electromagnetic Waves

Date: 4/29/15 and 4/30/15
Class: Physical Science
Periods: W1,2,4 and B2

Outcomes: Students will explain what electromagnetic waves are and describe the EM spectrum.

Standards: 9-12.P.3.2

Student Needs: 

Assessment Plan: Paper on what EM waves are and how they are classified.

Lesson Outline: Bellringer > What kind of bond forms between metals and nonmetals? Bond between nonmetals? > What are the measurable parts of a wave? What are reflection, refraction and diffraction? Tell me about pitch and volume. > What is a photon? > One-Day-Paper: What are Electromagnetic waves, tell me properties of the different types of EM waves, how does an antennae work? > HW: Read 13.1 and 13.2 How does a rainbow/prism work and how do we see color?

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

4/24/15 and 4/28/15 Waves

Date: 4/24/15 and 4/28/15
Class: Physical Science
Periods: W1,2,4 and B2

Outcomes: Students will be able to describe the different parts of a wave, how waves can be changes, how different aspects of sound relate to those waves.

Standards: 9-12.P.3.2

Student Needs: Writing time

Assessment Plan: Quickwrite: What is the Doppler Effect and how is it useful?

Lesson Outline: Bellringer > Velocity and KE practice > What are the parts of a wave? What is the difference between mechanical and non-mechanical waves? > Discuss wave properties and sound > Notes over Ch. 10 > HW: Read 11.1 and 11.2 pgs 290-300 Write down the vocab words and their definitions.

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

4/22/15 and 4/23/15 Electricity and Magnetism Quiz

Date: 4/22/15 and 4/23/15
Class: Physical Science
Periods: W1,2,4 and B2

Outcomes: Students will demonstrate their knowledge of electricity and magnetism by taking a quiz.

Standards: 9-12.3.3

Student Needs: Alternate setting/extra time

Assessment Plan: Quiz

Lesson Outline: Bellringer > How many outer-shell e- does Magnesium have? How many e- shells? > Quiz setup > Take quiz > Correct quiz > HW: Read 10.1 and 10.2 What are the important points made in these sections?

4/20/15 and 4/21/15 Magnetism 2

Date: 4/20/15 and 4/21/15
Class: Physical Science
Periods: W1,2,4 and B2

Outcomes: Students will be able to describe how generators and electromagnets work.

Standards: 9-12.3.3

Student Needs: Writing time

Assessment Plan: Think-Pair-Share: Why do we need to convert the alternating current from electrical lines into direct current for our electronics?

Lesson Outline: Bellringer > What is meant by the term voltage? Current? > What is a magnet? > Tell me about what you read in 8.3 > Notes over the rest of Ch. 8 > Electromagnetism demonstrations > Think-Pair-Share: Why do we need to convert the alternating current from electrical lines into direct current for our electronics? > Answer questions 1-6 on pg. 244 and Answer questions 1-14 on pg. 250 > Quiz Next Time