Welcome Back from Winter Break! I hope everyone is rested up and ready to learn. I will be out during the mornings this week and all day on Friday, please review with your child what you expect of them when a Guest Teacher is here. While I am out, I have planned lessons for them that are, as always, meaningful and not busy work. The learning must continue even though there is a Guest Teacher here. Thank you for your support.

We have a new intern teacher beginning this week, Mr. Musser. He is a science major from Western Michigan University. He will be with Ms. Washington in the mornings during my absence and in science with me during the PM schedule. I will let Mr. Musser tell you more about himself in an upcoming blog.

Let's have a great week!

Schedule:
Science

Monday, January 7th

P4.6A Identify the different regions on the electromagnetic spectrum and compare them in terms of wavelength, frequency, and energy.
P4.6B Explain why radio waves can travel through space, but sound waves cannot.

Students will begin their lesson on Electromagnetic Radiation 19.1 with a teacher led explore activity using prisms, light, bubbles, and a compact disk. They will then read the information from 19.1 and put important notes into their science journal. Throughout this lesson, their are short videos and websites to help explain concepts.

19.1%20notes%20electromagnetism.doc

http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/electromagneticspectrum/

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/cordless-telephone1.htm

http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_kids/learn_ir/

Tuesday, January 8th

Students will finish yesterday's lesson and then complete the following questions from page 535 from the book to turn in tomorrow. Question should be answered in complete sentences.

Questions:
2) Using figure 19-2 (Students put this in their science journal) rank the six main types of electromagnetic radiation by wavelength, from shortest to longest.

3) Describe at least one helpful use for each of the six main types of electromagnetic radiation.

Wednesday, January 9th

P4.9A Identify the principle involved when you see a transparent object.
P4.9B Explain how various materials reflect, absorb, or transmit light in different ways.
Students should correct yesterday's homework in class and turn in. Today, they will learn about light and color using lesson 19.2 as a guide. Students will read in A/B Pairs at their tables decide what they feel are important notes from that section that they just read and then share with the class as the teacher writes the notes on the overhead for everyone.

The teacher will demo an investigation on how the color of light strikes an object and what color the object appears p. 539.

Students will then work with their A/B partner and Use Rally Coach to answer the following questions.
1) _____________ objects reflect or absorb nearly all light.

2) The three primary light colors are ______________.

3) The three primary pigment colors are ______________.

4) The three primary pigment colors mixed together form _______.

Contrast, opaque, transparent, and translucent materials. Give an example of each.

Thursday, January 10th





8A Draw ray diagrams to indicate how light reflects off objects or refracts into transparent media.
P4.8B Predict the path of reflected light from flat, curved, or rough surfaces.

Students will look at the Wave Properties of Light 19.4. They will put important notes into their Science journals and participate in class discussions. There will be a mini lab on how water bends light.


19.2%20Wave%20Properties%20of%20Light.doc

Friday, January 11th

Students will take a short quiz over this week's objectives.

The rest of today's lesson will be determined after observing student learning with the help of the Guest Teacher.

Global Warming

Tuesday, January 8th

Students will analyze the data from their greenhouse lab. There will be a class discussion on how this lab relates to the greenhouse effect on the Earth.

Thursday, January 10th

Students will review the Greenhouse Experiment and apply it to today's lesson and over the next few days. Students will also make their Global Warming Game.