HW Due Thursday

Bring in any necessary materials or ideas.

Class Tues

Design Challenge

Only today and tomorrow to finish!

HW Due Fri 11/22

Work on Pinterest Board

Look at other Design Challenges

Class Wed 11/20

Design Challenge

Pinterest Design Board Challenge

Mindmap Challenge

HW Due Wed

Brainstorm Ideas, Bring in Supplies

We will continue working on our Design Challenge next class.

Class Monday 11/18 Design Challenge

Objective:

• Travel through the Design Process to create a useful, meaningful, well designed product

Class

• Discuss design

Click to view Mr. Fox's Design Post

• Break into teams
• Select Design Challenge
• Begin Design Process

HW Due Thu 11/14

No HW

Class Tuesday 11/12

Go over Chemistry quizzes

Introduction to Game Based Learning Ecology Unit

Google Form Survey

Little Alchemy

HW Due Mon 11/11

No HW

Friday 11/8 Test

Chemistry Test

HW Due Friday

Quiz on Friday
Complete Study Guide
Ask question Thursday before school or at lunch

Wed Nov 6: Review for Quiz on Friday

Complete Review Guide
Ask Questions
Class Review

Mon Nov 4: Periodic Table

Objectives:

• Why are the elements organized the way they are?
• Why are certain elements more reactive?
• What is in an atom?

Class:

• Complete and check Element and Compound Spreadsheet.
• Complete and check Alien Periodic Table
• Read Chemistry CK-12 Sections
• Begin answering review questions.

Class Thu 10/31 Alien Periodic Table

Objective:
How are elements organized in the periodic table?

Class:

• Download CK-12 Textbook from Google Drive
• Alien Periodic Table Investigation
• Mr. Fox's Favorite Element Videos

HW Due Tues 10/29

Complete Element or Compound in Google Spreadsheet.  Complete Element Builder Gizmo if you have not already handed it in.

Fri 10/25 Chemical Reactions

Objectives:

• What is everything made of?
• Which chemicals react? Why?

Class:

• Discuss atomic structure
• Why do certain chemicals react?  Is there a pattern?
• Chemical Element and Compound Investigation Google Doc

Iron and Sulfur Demo

• Iron and Sulfur mixture can be separated by a magent
• When heated Iron and Sulfur chemically combined

HW Due Wed

Finish compound information if you did not finish at least one in class.

Mon 10/21

Objectives

• What chemicals do we have available?
• What reactions could I create?
• What are atoms made of?

Class

• Discuss atomic structure
• Protons, Neutrons, Electrons, Periodic Table, Groups, Metals, Non-Metals
• Chemical Element and Compound Investigation Google Doc

NO HW OVER BREAK

NO HW OVER BREAK

Intro to Chemistry

Objectives:

• What are the building blocks that make up everything?
• How is the periodic table arranged?

Class:

• Discussion of Alchemy
• Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt

http://www.ptable.com/

HW Due Fri Oct 4

Finish Pulse Lab

Pulse Lab Graph and Conclusion

Objective:

• Work with and display data
• Draw conclusions

Class:

• Discuss Google Charts
• Write up Conclusions

Conclusion Example

HW Due Wed Oct 2

Finish Pre Lab, Create Data Table, Take Data

How does ___ affect pulse rate?

Planet exploration:  12 Strangely Beautiful Alien Worlds You Really Wouldn't Want To Live On

Objectives:

• Designing experiments
• Working with data
• Drawing Conclusions

Class Activity:

How does _____ affect pulse?  Why?

Pulse Lab:  Google Doc Investigation


Beating heart with blood flow from hybrid medical animation on Vimeo.

HW Due Mon Sept 30

NO HW

Black Holes and Presentations

Objective:

• Presenting Information 
• Exploring #1 Votes Space Topic:  Black Holes

Class:



Presentation Don't

Interests Presentation Example

HW Due Wed Sept 18

NO HW

Astronomy Quiz

Quiz

HW Due Mon 9/16

Study for Astronomy Assessment

Class Thu Review

Review for Astronomy Quiz
PLP's

HW Due Thu Sept 12

Finish Eclipse Gizmo and upload
Finish lab write up and put in Drive folder Space Tech

Eclipses and Lab Write Up

Objectives:

• Understand why eclipses occur
• Communicate lab results

Classwork

• Finish Eclipse Gizmo
• Write up lab graphs and conclusions
• Meet with Mr. Fox on PLP's

HW: Due Tues Sept 10

Finish the Eclipse Gizmo doc and upload it to the Eclipse Folder in Google Drive.

Eclipses and Interests

Why do eclipses happen?  What are you interested in?

Objective:

• Explore the causes and geometry of eclipses
• Brainstorms and formulate a research question

Class

1. Quick discussion:  Infographics, How far is the moon from the earth?
2. Investigate eclipses through the Eclipse Gizmo
3. Download Eclipse word doc to your desktop
4. When you have completed the doc upload the assignment to the Eclipse folder

1. Meet with Mr. Fox independently to discuss your Strengths and Interest form, possible interests and concepts.  Begin formulating a topic of your interest that you can investigate, experiment, explore, and share. 

HW: Due Mon Sept 2

• Pre Lab
• Procedure, Variables, Diagram

Respond to questions on previous post

Current Events Article

Space Tech 2

Objectives:

• Collect data and test hypotheses

Class:

• Discussion
• Does the moon produce it's own light?
• Can you see the sun from Mars?
• Are there other stars than the sun in our Solar System?
• What is the closest black hole

• Continue data collection of Space Tech lab.

HW: Due Wed Aug 28

• Bring in Materials
• Work Procedure, Diagram, Pre-Lab

Space Technology

Designing a Spacesuit

Objective

• Design a controlled experiment examining the effectiveness of insulators on heat loss

Class

• NASA:  The Spacesuit Interactive

Discussion on Experimental Design

Student Investigation:  Design an experiment to test the effectiveness of at least two insulators on heat loss?

Pre-Lab

• Question:  How do (your research materials) affect heat loss?
• Hypothesis
• Independent Variable
• Dependent Variable
• Controlled Variables
• Procedure
• Diagram
• Data Table

• You may use beakers, test tubes, flasks, ice, water, hot plates, thermometers, any material you can find in class

Students created a Google Doc and began the investigation

HW: Due Fri Aug 23

• Complete Your Body in Space Google Doc

Your Body in Space

Would you sign up to live on Mars?

Objectives:

• How are humans affected by space?
• What are limitations and risks of space travel?
• Should humans pursue living on Mars?

Class
Introduction


Discussion

Should humans go to Mars?  What are the costs?  What are the benefits?

Incredible Technology:  How to Live on Mars - Space.com





Student Investigation:
Your Body in Space:  Google Doc
Utilizing the NASA site:  http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/HRP_Feature/
Investigate the effects on bone, sensory motor, muscle, cardiovascular, and more

HW: Due Thu Aug 22

• Complete Moon questions in Google Doc if you did not do so in class

Our Closest Neighbor

Our Moon

Objective:

• Introduction to the universe
• Exploring the moon's surface
• Hypothesizing about differences between moon and earth

Class:

History of the Our World in 18 Minutes


Student Investigation

Our Closest Neighbor:  Google Doc


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Why are there more craters on the moon than on earth?

Is the moon made out of the same material as earth?

How did the moon form?

Is there water on the moon?

HW: Due Tues Aug 20

Complete the Day/Night and Seasons questions

Day/Night and Seasons

Why is there day and night?  Why are there seasons?

Objectives

• How does earths motion affect life on earth?

Class

• Day/Night and Seasons - Google Doc Investigation
• Each student team has a sphere and a light source
• Model the phenomena for Mr. Fox
• Sketch a labeled diagram on your whiteboard 
• Why is there day and night?

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• Why are there seasons?

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HW Due Fri Aug 16

1. Complete the Astronomy Pre-Assessment
2. Complete the Learner Profile

*Make sure the Learner Profile is in the shared Learner Profile Folder and named properly

First Name Last Initial-Period Number-Assignment

Adam F-P4-Learner Profile

Email Mr. Fox with questions.  adamf@ecak12.com

Getting to Know You

What are your strengths and interests?

Objective: 

1. Mr. Fox introduces himself
2. Tell Mr. Fox about yourself
3. Share what you know about astronomy

Class:

1. Mr. Fox talks about himself and the science class
2. Discuss Google Drive folder structure
3. Copy Assignments:  Make a copy, change name and period
4. Complete the Astronomy Pre-Assessment
5. Complete the Learner Profile

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