Mr. González' Classes Homework/ Daily Activities Week 4, 1/8 to 1/12

6th grade Science: Monday - We should be ready to start EMM lesson 8 this week. Lesson 8 will teach students the scientific definition of work and how to calculate work multiplying Force times Distance to get Work in Newton-meters (Joules). HW - None Tuesday - Today we will continue to work on EMM lesson 8. Today students will practice calculating work. They will also use data previously collected in lesson 6 to determine how much work was done. HW - None Wednesday - Today we will complete the EMM lesson 8 reading as students conduct a lab to measure and calculate how much Work our motors can do. The formula we are working with is Fd=W, where F = force in Newtons, d = distance in meters, and W=work in Newton-meters or Joules. HW - None Thursday - Today we worked some more on EMM lesson 8. I helped students understand the questions in the book and we started the reflection questions. Since our test is scheduled for next Wednesday and Thursday, and I have a sub on Friday we have to move on to lesson 9 tomorrow. HW - None Friday - We will start EMM lesson 9 today. In lesson 9 students will learn how to calculate Power (Power measured in Watts, which = Work in N-m or Joules per time in seconds, so a 60 Watt light bulb puts out 60 Joules of energy every second)! HW - None, unless students want to study for their test next week! The EMM Student website might help since you don't have access to your notebooks or textbooks.

7th grade Science: Monday - Students will be working on the end product creation phase of our Sink or Float webquest. Deadline for this phase is Wednesday. HW - Depends on how much you are getting done in class and what you need to do to get your end product project done. Tuesday - Same as Monday. Note: since every single team has chosen to present their findings through a PowerPoint presentation today I will hand out and go over my notecard-making guidelines and the oral presentation rubric (same ones I used last year for those who had me last year). HW - Same as Monday. Wednesday - Same as Monday. HW - Same as Monday. Thursday - Today I gave every team another period to work on the PowerPoints because no one was ready to present today. HW - None Friday - Today student teams will start presenting their final project end products. I had teams vote whether we should just present once for a grade or whether we should get a practice presentation and then do it over for a final grade. So far one team voted to do it once and two teams have voted to practice first. After some discussion, teams decided to do a practice presentation, then another one for a final grade. The presentations are really much better the second time around so I am in full support of this choice. HW - None

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