Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Essential Question: What are the basics of motion?
Learning Intention: Students will distinguish between speed and velocity.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Essential Question: What is the future of Earth's climate?
Learning Intention: Students will identify Earth’s climate in the future.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Thursday, March 12, 2020
Essential Question: How is football influenced by science?
Learning Intention: Students will identify how physics can be used to explain the mechanics of football.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: What is the name of the largest fault line in California?
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Essential Question: Can an object’s speed be influenced by its mass?
Learning Intention: Students will compare the speeds of tires with various masses after they have travelled down a ramp.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: What are the 3 types of boundaries between tectonic plates?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlzmaQbx8e4
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Essential Question: How do we describe speed?
Learning Intention: Students will practice calculating average speed.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: What was the name of the continent when Earth contained only a single land mass?
Monday, March 9, 2020
Essential Question: How do we describe speed?
Learning Intention: Students will practice calculating average speed.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: None
Friday, March 6, 2020
Essential Question: How do we describe speed?
Learning Intention: Students will practice calculating average speed.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: What type of light has the longest wavelength on the electromagnetic spectrum?
Thursday, March 5, 2020
Essential Question: How do we describe speed?
Learning Intention: Students will use the speed formula to solve a problem in the lab.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: Find a diagram of the electromagnetic spectrum. What two types of light are on either side of visible light?
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Essential Question: How do we describe speed?
Learning Intention: Students will use the speed formula to solve a problem in the lab.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: Name the colors in the visible light spectrum in order from longest wavelength to shortest.
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Essential Question: How do we describe speed?
Learning Intention: Students will use the speed formula to solve a problem in the lab.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: Light behaves like a particle. Light also behaves like a _____________?
Monday, March 2, 2020
Essential Question: How do we describe speed?
Learning Intention: Students will use the speed formula to solve a problem in the lab.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: None
Friday, February 28, 2020
Essential Question: How do we describe speed?
Learning Intention: Students will practice calculating speed using the correct formula.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: Name two types of energy the sun produces.
Thursday, February 27, 2020
Essential Question: How do we describe speed?
Learning Intention: Students will describe the relationship between mass, speed, and kinetic energy.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: What law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed? Give the name NOT the law number.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LnDhDm8MmoHdQa6q7D7t0POpFCTmiSaMZseVuMTXsiU/edit
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Essential Question: How do we describe speed?
Learning Intention: Students will describe the relationship between mass, speed, and kinetic energy.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: What happens to an object's kinetic energy as its temperature increases?
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Essential Question: How do we describe speed?
Learning Intention: Students will describe the relationship between mass, speed, and kinetic energy.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: What is the stored energy of an object called?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVnff5EP3Vg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgPeEfidMIQ
Thursday, February 20, 2020
Essential Question: How can our understanding of genetics help us make predictions about populations?
Learning Intention: Students will demonstrate their understanding of natural selection.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: How long does it take light from the Sun to reach the Earth?
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Essential Question: How can our understanding of genetics help us make predictions about populations?
Learning Intention: Students will demonstrate their understanding of natural selection.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: Name the countries that have sent spacecraft to the moon.
Friday, February 14, 2020
Essential Question: How can our understanding of genetics help us make predictions about populations?
Learning Intention: Students will review the mechanisms that drive natural selection.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: How many people have walked on the Moon?
Thursday, February 13, 2020
Essential Question: How can our understanding of genetics help us make predictions about populations?
Learning Intention: Students will review the mechanisms that drive natural selection.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: What was the name of the last space shuttle?
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Essential Question: How can our understanding of genetics help us make predictions about populations?
Learning Intention: Students will identify the process involved in creating Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs).
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: What was the name of the space shuttle that exploded in 1986?
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Essential Question: How can our understanding of genetics help us make predictions about populations?
Learning Intention: Students will identify the process involved in creating Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs).
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: What type of doctor would you see for a problem with your brain?
Thursday, February 6, 2020
Essential Question: How can our understanding of genetics help us make predictions about populations?
Learning Intention: Students will synthesize artificial selection by completing an investigation on fictional dogs.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: What kind of doctor would you see if you had heart problems?
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Essential Question: How can our understanding of genetics help us make predictions about populations?
Learning Intention: Students will identify organisms impacted by artificial selection/selective breeding.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: What is the disease that affects the body’s ability to process sugars?
Monday, February 3, 2020
Essential Question: How can our understanding of genetics help us make predictions about populations?
Learning Intention: Students will identify organisms impacted by artificial selection/selective breeding.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: What is a bone doctor called?
Friday, January 31, 2020
Essential Question: How can our understanding of genetics help us make predictions about populations?
Learning Intention: Students will identify how certain traits give individuals in a species an advantage for survival.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: Who is considered the father of modern medicine?
Thursday, January 30, 2020
Essential Question: How can our understanding of genetics help us make predictions about populations?
Learning Intention: Students will identify how certain traits give individuals in a species an advantage for survival.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: The process in nature where favorable genetic traits eventually become part of the larger population is called __________?
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Essential Question: How can our understanding of genetics help us make predictions about populations?
Learning Intention: Students will identify how certain traits give individuals in a species an advantage for survival.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: What era in Earth’s history came before dinosaurs?
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Essential Question: How can our understanding of genetics help us make predictions about populations?
Learning Intention: Students will identify how certain traits give individuals in a species an advantage for survival.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: What is the formula for finding an object’s speed?
Monday, January 27, 2020
Essential Question: How can our understanding of genetics help us make predictions about populations?
Learning Intention: Students will identify how certain traits give individuals in a species an advantage for survival.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: Fingernails and hair are made of dead cells? True or False?
Friday, January 24, 2020
Essential Question: How can our understanding of genetics help us make predictions about populations?
Learning Intention: Students will identify how certain traits give individuals in a species an advantage for survival.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: What are the 4 common parts of a cell?
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Essential Question: How can our understanding of genetics help us make predictions about populations?
Learning Intention: Students will compare and contrast Darwin and LaMarck’s theories and evolution.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: What are the basic building blocks of all living things?
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Essential Question: How can our understanding of genetics help us make predictions about populations?
Learning Intention: Students will compare and contrast Darwin and LaMarck’s theories and evolution.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: What is natural selection?
Friday, January 17, 2020
Essential Question: What is the evidence for evolution?
Learning Intention: Students will identify similarities in the structures of various embryos.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: No Do Now. Work on WebQuest
Thursday, January 16, 2020
Essential Question: What is the evidence for evolution?
Learning Intention: Students will identify similarities in the structures of various embryos.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: How many human body systems are there?
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Essential Question: What is the evidence for evolution?
Learning Intention: Students will identify similarities in the structures of various embryos.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: How many atoms of each: Hydrogen, Phosphorous, and Oxygen are in H3PO4?
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Essential Question: What is the evidence for evolution?
Learning Intention: Students will identify similarities in the structures of various embryos.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: How many atoms of each: Sodium, Hydrogen, Carbon, and Oxygen are in NaHCO3?
Monday, January 13, 2020
Essential Question: What is the evidence for evolution?
Learning Intention: Students will identify similarities in the structures of various embryos.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: How many atoms of Hydrogen are in H2O? How many Oxygen atoms?
Friday, January 10, 2020
Essential Question: What is the evidence for evolution?
Learning Intention: Students will explore homology in whales over time.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: What are the four nitrogen bases in DNA?
Thursday, January 9, 2020
Essential Question: What is the evidence for evolution?
Learning Intention: Students will explore homology in whales over time.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: What is the shape of DNA called?
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Essential Question: What is the evidence for evolution?
Learning Intention: Students will see how homologous structures add to the evidence for evolution.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: What does RNA stand for?
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Essential Question: What is the evidence for evolution?
Learning Intention: Students will see how homologous structures add to the evidence for evolution.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Monday, January 6, 2020
Essential Question: What is the evidence for evolution?
Learning Intention: Students will see how homologous structures add to the evidence for evolution.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: What does DNA stand for?
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Essential Question: What is the evidence for evolution?
Learning Intention: Students will attempt to decide if an organism has evolved based on its fossil record.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: In Star Wars, who was the “Chosen One”
Monday, December 16, 2019
Essential Question: What is the evidence for evolution?
Learning Intention: Students will attempt to decide if an organism has evolved based on its fossil record.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: Name 4 characters in the Batman Universe who have taken on the identity of Robin.
Friday, December 13, 2019
Essential Question: What is the evidence for evolution?
Learning Intention: Students will attempt to decide if an organism has evolved based on its fossil record.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: Use the Periodic Table to identify the elements in: NaHCO3
Thursday, December 12, 2019
Essential Question: What is the evidence for evolution?
Learning Intention: Students will explore the evolution of game consoles.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: Use the Periodic Table to identify the elements in: CaF2
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Essential Question: What is the evidence for evolution?
Learning Intention: Students will explore the evolution of game consoles.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: Use the Periodic Table to identify the elements in: KOH
Monday, December 9, 2019
Essential Question: How do scientists create the geologic timeline?
Learning Intention: Students will explore the components of creating a timeline.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: Use the Periodic Table to identify the elements in: H2CO3
Thursday, December 5, 2019
Essential Question: How do scientists create the geologic timeline?
Learning Intention: Students will explore the components of creating a timeline.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: Use the Periodic Table to identify the elements in ZnSO4
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Essential Question: What causes mass extinctions?
Learning Intention: Students will identify the number of mass extinctions in Earth’s history and their causes.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: Give the chemical formula for Ammonia.
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Essential Question: What causes mass extinctions?
Learning Intention: Students will identify the number of mass extinctions in Earth’s history and their causes.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: Give the chemical formula for Hydrogen Peroxide.
Monday, December 2, 2019
Essential Question: How do people use the fossil record to
reconstruct and date events in Earth’s planetary history?
Learning Intention: Students will discover the types of fossils and how they are formed.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: Give the chemical formula for Magnesium Sulfate
Friday, November 22, 2019
Essential Question: How do people use the fossil record to
reconstruct and date events in Earth’s planetary history?
Learning Intention: Students will discover the types of fossils and how they are formed.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: Give the chemical name and common name for C12H22O11.
Thursday, November 21, 2019
Essential Question: How do people use the fossil record to
reconstruct and date events in Earth’s planetary history?
Learning Intention: Students will discover the types of fossils and how they are formed.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: Give the chemical name and common name for NaCl.
*Note - that last letter is a lower case “L”
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Essential Question: How do people use the fossil record to
reconstruct and date events in Earth’s planetary history?
Learning Intention: Students will discover the types of fossils and how they are formed.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: Give the chemical name and common name for Fe2O3.
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Essential Question: How do people use the fossil record to
reconstruct and date events in Earth’s planetary history?
Learning Intention: Students will understand the importance of index fossils.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: What is the chemical name and common name for the compound NaHCO3?
Monday, November 18, 2019
Essential Question: How do people use the fossil record to
reconstruct and date events in Earth’s planetary history?
Learning Intention: Students will understand the importance of index fossils.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: What is a combination of two or more elements that are chemically combined?
Friday, November 15, 2019
Essential Question: How do people use the fossil record to
reconstruct and date events in Earth’s planetary history?
Learning Intention: Students will recognize the challenge of interpreting Earth’s geologic history.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: What is it called when a liquid changes to a solid?
Thursday, November 14, 2019
Essential Question: How do people use the fossil record to
reconstruct and date events in Earth’s planetary history?
Learning Intention: Students will recognize the challenge of interpreting Earth’s geologic history.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: What is it called when a solid changes to a liquid?
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Essential Question: How do people use the fossil record to
reconstruct and date events in Earth’s planetary history?
Learning Intention: Students will recognize the challenge of interpreting Earth’s geologic history.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: In which state of matter do molecules have the lowest kinetic energy?
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Essential Question: How do people use the fossil record to
reconstruct and date events in Earth’s planetary history?
Learning Intention: Students will recognize the challenge of interpreting Earth’s geologic history.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: What are the 4 phases of matter?
Friday, November 8, 2019
Essential Question: What is Earth’s place in the Solar System?
Learning Intention: Students will demonstrate understanding of the Solar System and Earth’s relationship to the Sun.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: What is the electrical charge for a proton? a neutron? an electron?
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Essential Question: What is Earth’s place in the Solar System?
Learning Intention: Students will demonstrate understanding of the Solar System and Earth’s relationship to the Sun.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: What does the atomic number of an element tell you?
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Essential Question: Why are there seasons?
Learning Intention: Students will investigate the relationship between Earth’s tilt and direct sunlight.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: What is an atom called that has a positive or negative charge?
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Essential Question: Why are there seasons?
Learning Intention: Students will investigate the role that direct sunlight plays in seasons.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: Name the three subatomic particles.
Monday, November 4, 2019
Essential Question: Why are there seasons?
Learning Intention: Students will investigate the role that direct sunlight plays in seasons.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: What is the smallest defining unit of an element?
Thursday, October 31, 2019
Essential Question: Why are there seasons?
Learning Intention: Students will investigate the role that direct sunlight plays in seasons.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: What is a spinning storm that forms over the Atlantic or Pacific oceans?
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Essential Question: Why are there seasons?
Learning Intention: Students will explore the myths about seasons.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: What is a rapidly rotating column of air that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground?
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Essential Question: Why does the moon’s face appear to change?
Learning Intention: Students will identify the 8 phases of the moons.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: What is a strong dry wind in Southern California called?
Monday, October 28, 2019
Essential Question: Why does the moon’s face appear to change?
Learning Intention: Students will identify the 8 phases of the moons.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: Uneven heating of air masses causes what?
Friday, October 25, 2019
Essential Question: Why does the moon’s face appear to change?
Learning Intention: Students will identify the 8 phases of the moons.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: Who developed the Periodic Table?
Thursday, October 24, 2019
Essential Question: Why does the moon’s face appear to change?
Learning Intention: Students will identify the 8 phases of the moons.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: Name the 6 Noble Gases.
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Essential Question: Why does the moon’s face appear to change?
Learning Intention: Students will identify the 8 phases of the moons.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: List the atomic numbers for Hydrogen and Oxygen.
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Essential Question: Why does the moon’s face appear to change?
Learning Intention: Students will explore the Sun-Earth-Moon system.
Success Criteria: Students will:
Do Now: Nothing Today
Monday, October 21, 2019
Essential Question: What is the moon’s surface like?
Learning Intention: Students will explore the temperature and possible presence of water on the moon.
Success Criteria: Students will:
The Cold, Cold, Moon
Do Now: What element has the symbol Au?
Monday, October 14, 2019
Essential Question: What else is in the Solar System?
Learning Intention: Students will explore the smaller objects in the Solar System.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) finish models of the Solar System including planets and smaller objects
Do Now: What is the table that shows information about known and unknown elements?
Friday, October 11, 2019
Essential Question: What else is in the Solar System?
Learning Intention: Students will explore the smaller objects in the Solar System.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) continue models of the Solar System including planets and smaller objects
Do Now: What gas do plants need that humans produce?
Thursday, October 10, 2019
Essential Question: What else is in the Solar System?
Learning Intention: Students will explore the smaller objects in the Solar System.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) create a model of the Solar System including planets and smaller objects
Do Now: What is the gas that plants produce that helps animals when they breathe?
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Essential Question: What else is in the Solar System?
Learning Intention: Students will explore the smaller objects in the Solar System.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) watch the video: A Spin Around the Solar System: The Small Pieces
2) complete the video quiz and the cloze activity
Do Now: What is the chemical that gives plants their green color?
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Essential Question: What else is in the Solar System?
Learning Intention: Students will explore the smaller objects in the Solar System.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) complete the Solar System WebQuest using their Chromebooks
Do Now: What is the process called when plants turn light energy into food?
Friday, October 4, 2019
Essential Question: How big is the Solar System?
Learning Intention: Students will demonstrate knowledge of orbits and the composition of the Solar System.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) take a quiz on orbits and the planets
Do Now: What is the Roman name for the moon?
Thursday, October 3, 2019
Essential Question: How big is the Solar System?
Learning Intention: Students will create a relative model of the Solar System.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) review orbits and the planets in their science notebooks
2) prepare for tomorrow’s quiz
Do Now: What is Earth’s natural satellite called?
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Essential Question: How big is the Solar System?
Learning Intention: Students will create a relative model of the Solar System.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) create the Solar System model outside
2) complete the reflection questions
Do Now: What does the moon's gravity cause in the Earth's oceans?
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Essential Question: How big is the Solar System?
Learning Intention: Students will create a relative model of the Solar System.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) finish planet models
Do Now: Other than the U.S., what 2 countries have also “soft-landed” on the moon?
Monday, September 30, 2019
Essential Question: How big is the Solar System?
Learning Intention: Students will calculate the relative sizes of the planets and their distance from the sun.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) identify the units used to measure distances in the Solar System/Universe
2) prepare planet models for the class model of the Solar System
Do Now: What is the imaginary line around which a planet spins?
Friday, September 27, 2019
Essential Question: How big is the Solar System?
Learning Intention: Students will calculate the relative sizes of the planets and their distance from the sun.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) watch the Universe Size Comparison video
2 identify the units used to measure distances in the Solar System/Universe
3) prepare planet models for the class model of the Solar System
Do Now: Why do we have day and night?
Thursday, September 26, 2019
Essential Question: What is the composition of the Solar System?
Learning Intention: Students identify the planets of the solar system.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) continue and complete the “Planets Facts” Worksheet - Links on Google Classroom
Do Now: What is the exact orbital period for Earth?
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Essential Question: What is the composition of the Solar System?
Learning Intention: Students identify the planets of the solar system.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) research and complete the “Planets Facts” Worksheet - Links on Google Classroom
Do Now: What unit of measure is based on the distance from the earth to the sun?
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Essential Question: How do things move in space?
Learning Intention: Students will explore the relationship between gravity and velocity in orbit.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) finish the Gravity and Orbits Student Activity Sheet
2) define orbit and the forces that contribute to orbit
Do Now: Which planet moves the slowest around the Sun? How many years?
Monday, September 23, 2019
Essential Question: How do things move in space?
Learning Intention: Students will explore the relationship between gravity and velocity in orbit.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) continue the Gravity and Orbits Student Activity Sheet
Do Now: Which planet has the fastest orbit around the Sun? How many days?
Friday, September 20, 2019
Essential Question: How do things move in space?
Learning Intention: Students will explore the relationship between gravity and velocity in orbit.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) explore the PHET simulation: Gravity and Orbits
2) complete the Student Activity Sheet
Do Now: When was the last manned mission to the moon?
Thursday, September 19, 2019
Essential Question: How do things move in space?
Learning Intention: Students will model the forces acting on object in circular motion.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) materials check
2) finish creating orbit using scratch.mit.edu
3) complete the Scratch Extension Activity, if time
Do Now: How far from Earth is Mars in kilometers?
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Essential Question: How do things move in space?
Learning Intention: Students will model the forces acting on object in circular motion.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) use a rubric to create orbit using scratch.mit.edu
Do Now: What is the first planet humans are likely to visit?
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Essential Question: How do things move in space?
Learning Intention: Students will model the forces acting on object in circular motion.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) create an account on Sratch.mit.edu
2) learn to write simple scripts to create animation
Do Now: What year was the first moon landing?
Monday, September 16, 2019
Essential Question: How do things move in space?
Learning Intention: Students will model the forces acting on object in circular motion.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) identify the forces acting on a ball on a string
2) identify inertia in Science Notebooks
Do Now: What was the name of the first spacecraft that took astronauts to land on the moon?
Friday, September 13, 2019
Essential Question: What units are used in science?
Learning Intention: Students will model the forces acting on object in circular motion.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) complete the Metric System Webquest
Do Now: Who was the first astronaut to set foot on the moon?
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Essential Question: What units are used in science?
Learning Intention: Students will identify units in the metric system.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) begin the Metric System Webquest
Do Now: Which planet has the tallest volcano? What is the name of the volcano?
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Essential Question: What tools are used in the lab?
Learning Intention: Students will explore and use various lab tools for measurement.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) Science Notebook: Metric Units
3) complete SI Units worksheet
Do Now: What is a planet's path around the sun called?
Monday, September 9, 2019
Essential Question: What tools are used in the lab?
Learning Intention: Students will explore and use various lab tools for measurement.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) finish measuring classroom items
2) Science Notebook: Metric Units
3) complete SI Units worksheet
Do Now: Which planet’s axis is horizontal (on it’s side)?
Friday, September 6, 2019
Essential Question: What tools are used in the lab?
Learning Intention: Students will explore and use various lab tools for measurement.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) practice measuring various items
Do Now: Is the sun a planet or a star?
Thursday, September 5, 2019
Essential Question: What types of questions do people try and solve through using engineering methods?
Learning Intention: Students will identify the problems/questions people tried to solve/answer through the things they built.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) watch Outrageous Acts of Science: Daredevils
2) Science Notebooks: Identify 3 of the daredevils and the problems they tried to solve
Do Now: What force causes the Earth to orbit the Sun?
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Essential Question: Are people’s arm spans the same length as their height?
Learning Intention: Students will investigate the relationship between height and arm span.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) write a conclusion about height and arm span
2) Introduce Science Notebooks
Do Now: What is the imaginary line that runs through the center of a planet?
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Essential Question: Are people’s arm spans the same length as their height?
Learning Intention: Students will investigate the relationship between height and arm span.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) form a hypothesis about height and arm span
2) measure and record 5 people’s height and arm span
3) write a conclusion about height and arm span
Do Now: How far is Mercury from the sun in kilometers?
Thursday, August 29, 2019
Essential Question: How can a paper airplane stay in the air longer?
Learning Intention: Students will design and test model airplanes made of paper.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) use data from Monday to identify best designs
2) build and test paper airplanes of their own design
3) participate in distance and time contests
Do Now: What is the closest planet to the sun?
Monday, August 26, 2019
Essential Question: How can a paper airplane stay in the air longer?
Learning Intention: Students will design and test model airplanes made of paper.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) identify properties of airplanes/gliders
2) build and test paper airplanes based on proven designs
3) build and test paper airplanes of their own design
Do Now: How many light years across is the Milky Way galaxy?
Friday, August 23, 2019
Essential Question: How do we collaborate like engineers?
Learning Intention: Students will identify the characteristics of collaboration.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) review the Collaboration Rubric
2) Research paper airplanes
Do Now: The distance light travels in a year is called what?
Thursday August 22, 2019
Essential Question: What is the Engineering Process and how can it be used to solve problems?
Learning Intention: Students will build bridges using the engineering process.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) finalize their bridges
2) reflect on the engineering process
Do Now: What is the exact speed of light in miles per second and kilometers per second?
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Essential Question: What is the Engineering Process and how can it be used to solve problems?
Learning Intention: Students will build bridges using the engineering process.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) revise their plans from yesterday
2) build new bridges and retest
Do Now: How far from Earth is the MOON in kilometers?
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Essential Question: What is the Engineering Process and how can it be used to solve problems?
Learning Intention: Students will build bridges using the engineering process.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) test their ideas from yesterday to build a bridge
Do Now: How far from Earth is the sun in kilometers?
Monday, August 18, 2019
Essential Question: What is the Engineering Process and how can it be used to solve problems?
Learning Intention: Students will build bridges using the engineering process.
Success Criteria: Students will:
1) take a quiz on classroom procedures
2) brainstorm ideas for a bridge and choose the best plan
Do Now: Pick up the Do Now Answer Sheet from the Table under the Screen, write your name on it, then label the first “Week of”: 08/19 - 08/23.
August 18-22, 2019
Weekly Agenda: *Subject to change depending on student need
Monday - Lego Engineering Challenge
Tuesday - Lego Engineering Challenge (Continued)
Wednesday - Science Notebooks - Importance of Collaboration
Thursday - Building Paper Airplanes Activity
Friday - Paper Airplanes Activity (Continued)