Students teach the Magnetism Hands On Lab for APL classes with enthusiasm

Presentation from Shasta Dam on Electricity
Homework: essay on what resources come from Shasta Dam and Shasta Lake Area - Due Friday

Presentation from Shasta Dam on Magnetism, Electricity.

Watched video from California Department of Education on http://www.storyofstuff.org/movies-all/story-of-bottled-water/

Homework: Essay on all things from Shasta Dam....we did thought web in class on the many resources that are at Shasta Dam both man made and natural. Due Friday

I have student science notebooks for grading. They will receive back on Friday.

Work book pages to complete (these are cut out and pasted in your Science Notebook (SN)
p.80, due Wednesday 2/13
p.82, due Friday 2/15
p.84 due Wednesday 2/20

IN CLASS:
Science Notebook set up

NASA Sci Files on "The Case of the Shaky Quake"
2/13 Section 1
Define concepts
think about making a video on a topic
how do they do that?
What is a sismologist?
What is plate tectonics?
What is continental drift?
What is a fault line?


2/15 Section 2

2/20 Section 3

Collected Science Notebooks for grade check
Gave Chapter 6 Standards Test on Plate Tectonics
Students played learning board game on business and resources! See pictures below :)
No homework assigned for today. See you Friday

Presentation on Costa Rica - student trip.
No new assignments were given. See you on Wednesday.

Read chapter 6 on Plate Tectonics and Do Assignment pages 77 and 78. Cut and paste into your Science Notebook. Remember to put on the right side and save the left side for notes.

NASA Sci-Files series on energy!

Friday

Homework Check
Toy Project Presentations

Discussion on using the Science Notebook. Student will receive worksheets that they can cut and paste into their science notebook. This will replace the section review questions.
The left side will be for the notes and the right side will be reserved for drawings, labs, sketches, etc.

Students received a copy of page 66 to cut and paste into science notebook. Reading of Chapter 5.2 should assist with answering the questions.

Wednesday

Read Chapter 5 and do skills worksheet p. 63. Cut and paste into Science Notebook.

IN Class we reviewed student Toy Projects

Collected Design and Manufacturing Journals

In Manufacturing and Design Journal we answered page 21 with the natural resource of wood or timber. Students should research what is involved in the "Harvesting" of lumber and describe the process on page 21. Homework

We discussed and completed page 25 in class on the Inputs and Outputs Diagram.

Students should review page 23 and 24 and start to write down how the creation of their toy could affect natural resources. Homework

In class we started Chapter 5 on Energy.  Table group mapping activity where the topics of energy are theme park lands. Its a fun and visual way to map the chapter.

Energy Resources

• Fossil Fuels
• Petroleum
• Alternative Energy
• Nuclear
• Solar Energy
• Wind Energy