Focus: Scientific Method
Reviewing Types of Variables
Class Assignment: Reading Passage
Online Class Activity:
LEARNINGPHYSICALSCIENCE
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
May 1st - May 3rd
Working on In Class Project: Due Thursday (You Are What You Eat)
Extra Credit Due May 8th (However students will be given extra credit opportunities throughout the week)
If you completed your project in Prezi or GLOGSTER, please post your link in the comment section below and also make sure you state your first name, last initial.
Thank you.
Working on In Class Project: Due Thursday (You Are What You Eat)
Extra Credit Due May 8th (However students will be given extra credit opportunities throughout the week)
If you completed your project in Prezi or GLOGSTER, please post your link in the comment section below and also make sure you state your first name, last initial.
Thank you.
Friday, April 28, 2017
April 27th - 28th
Students are currently working on a project in class: You Are What You Eat
They will have one week to complete the project within class. The project includes extensive research on various ingredients found within foods that they consume. It is based on scientific investigation, making analysis and summarizing conclusion statements.
They will have one week to complete the project within class. The project includes extensive research on various ingredients found within foods that they consume. It is based on scientific investigation, making analysis and summarizing conclusion statements.
Friday, April 14, 2017
APRIL 13TH - 14TH
APRIL 13TH
NOTES: HOW WE SEE COLOR
HOMEWORK: EM SPECTRUM
APRIL 14TH
CHECKPOINT 14 TODAY
AFTER ASSESSMENT - WEBQUEST
NOTES: HOW WE SEE COLOR
HOMEWORK: EM SPECTRUM
APRIL 14TH
CHECKPOINT 14 TODAY
AFTER ASSESSMENT - WEBQUEST
Name:________________________________________
Date:_______________________ Class:________
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES WEBQUEST
Use
the following web address to answer the questions below:
1) What is radiation?
2) Where in your house do you find
visible light waves?
3) Where in your house do you find
radio waves?
4) List 2 different places radio
waves are used.
5) Other than microwave ovens, where
are microwaves used?
6) Why do we often think of infrared
waves as heat?
7) What type of wave is the part of
the spectrum that we see?
8) What type of waves does the Sun
emit?
9) What type of waves do doctors use
to take pictures of your bones?
10) What type of wave is radioactive?
Where are these made?
11) What are radio waves, visible
light rays, and x-rays all a part of?
12) What is it that waves are made up
of?
13) How fast do waves travel?
14) Photons in different waves are
different. How?
15) What 3 ways do we describe waves
and what are the units that go with these terms?
Use
the address below to answer the next questions:
16) What colors make up the visible
light portion of the electromagnetic spectrum?
a. What is the acronym for these
colors?
17) Which color has the longest
wavelength?
18) Which color has the shortest
wavelength?
19) Which color has the highest
frequency?
20) Which color has the lowest
frequency?
21) How is a wavelength measured?
CLICK ON “What are
waves?”
22) What are 2 examples of waves we
can see?
a. We discussed waves that we can
see yesterday in class. These waves are
NOT electromagnetic waves they are _______________________ waves and unlike
electromagnetic waves they require a ____________________________ which is the
matter through which a wave travels.
23) Why is there no sound in space?
24) How are electromagnetic waves
different from sound waves?
25) CLICK ON “What are
electromagnetic waves?”
26) When are electromagnetic waves
formed?
27) In an electromagnetic wave the
magnetic field travels ______________________ to the electric field.
CLICK ON “Different kinds of
electromagnetic waves have different wavelengths.”
28) Waves in the electromagnetic
spectrum vary in size from very long __________________ waves the size of
________________________, to very short _____________________ waves smaller
than the size of the ____________________________________________________.
CLICK ON the “RADIO
WAVES” link at the bottom of the page…
29) For each type of wave, list 3
facts that make it different from the rest:
a. Radio
b. Microwaves
c. Infrared
d. Visible Light
e. Ultraviolet
f. X-rays
g. Gamma Rays
30) Which category of waves has the
longest wavelength?
You
will use the next website to answer the following questions:
31) Activate the tab and tell me what
you see.
CLICK
ON “Light Facts” in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.
32) Who noticed the visible light
spectrum first?
33) What causes the waves in a
rainbow to bend?
Close
the “Light Facts” pop-up window and hit NEXT.
34) What do all waves have in common?
35) What is one way we can give water
energy?
36) How do we give energy to the
strings of a guitar?
CLICK
“Next”
Check out the different waves,
click on them and read the sentence below which describes it!
You
will now need the following web address:
Use the links on
the top of the page:
Radio waves
37) How are radio waves made?
38) What are some dangers of radio
waves?
Microwaves
39) What type of other wave is a
microwave similar to?
40) How do microwaves make food hot?
41) What is one common use of
microwaves (besides microwaving food!)?
42) What is a danger of microwaves?
Infrared
43) Do humans give off infrared
waves?
44) What is a danger of infrared
waves?
Visible Light
45) What is a danger of visible light
rays? What can it damage?
Ultraviolet
46) What is a danger of UV rays?
47) Do all sunglasses protect your
eyes from UV rays?
X-rays
48) What can over-dosage of x-rays
cause?
Gamma Rays
49) How do you stop gamma rays?
50) Who is most vulnerable to its
dangerous effects?
You
are all done!! Good job!! Try the quiz on this website and see how well you
paid attention!!
Parts
of the EYE:
HOW
DO WE SEE COLOR? READ THE INFORMATION
AND WRITE A SUMMARY:
HOMEWORK: PRACTICE LINKS BELOW:
MECHANICAL WAVES REVIEW:
https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/56e03c3eeb7b45e67b999d47
PHYSICAL SCIENCE ONLINE REVIEW QUESTIONS
http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=physical-science-review
MECHANICAL WAVES REVIEW:
https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/56e03c3eeb7b45e67b999d47
PHYSICAL SCIENCE ONLINE REVIEW QUESTIONS
http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=physical-science-review
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
APRIL 12TH
EM Spectrum worksheet
Name:__________________________________________________________PD:____________
Activity 1: Visible
Light
Go to Virtual Prism http://www.sciencejoywagon.com/explrsci/media/prism.htm
1. Click on the button, “hold down for white light”.
Describe what happens.
Click on hand, move back and forth. (Note that a prism
separates light into various wavelengths)
2. Identify the wavelength of the following colors:
blue light:
yellow light:
red light:
Activity 2:
Electromagnetic Spectrum (BBC)
SHORTEST WAVELENGTH
1._____________________
2._____________________
3._____________________
4.__________________
5.___________________
6.____________________
7. ____________________
LONGEST WAVELENGTH
What acronym could help you remember the order of the
wavelengths?
Activity 3: ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM QUIZ : http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=electromagnetic-spectrum-quiz
- 1. What
type of waves are used to transmit cellular telephone messages?
- A. Gamma rays
- B. Radio waves
- C. Microwaves
- D. Visible light
- 2. Which
electromagnetic waves have the shortest wavelengths and highest
frequencies?
- A. Gamma rays
- B. Radio waves
- C. X-rays
- D. Ultraviolet rays
- 3. Electromagnetic
waves that you can see are called
- A. Infrared rays
- B. Microwaves
- C. X-rays
- D. Visible
light
- 4. The waves that have shorter
wavelengths than visible light are: (check all that apply)
- A.
TV
- B. Radio stations
- C. Ultraviolet rays
- D. Gamma rays
- 5. How much of the
electromagnetic spectrum is visible?
- A. All of it
- B. None of it
- C. Most of it
- D. Only a small part
- 6. What is visible light
composed of?
- A. Gamma rays
- B. Radio waves
- C. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue and violet light
- D. Radar
ACTIVITY 4:
ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM PURPOSE GAME
ACTIVITY 5: LABEL PARTS OF THE HUMAN EAR
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
ACTIVITY
6: ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM GAME
ACTIVITY http://reviewgamezone.com/game.php?id=1425
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
April 10th - April 11th
You wanna earn extra credit points? Take this online assessment on Sound Waves and print out the certificate showing your score.
http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=sound-waves-simulation-quiz
April 10th
Task for today: SOUNDS REVIEW PACKET (Pages 600 - 621)
Homework: Use the online science textbook:
page 605 (1-10)
page 611 (1-10)
page 617 (1-10)
page 621 (1-6)
Complete Sounds Review Packet if needed.
http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=sound-waves-simulation-quiz
April 10th
Task for today: SOUNDS REVIEW PACKET (Pages 600 - 621)
Homework: Use the online science textbook:
page 605 (1-10)
page 611 (1-10)
page 617 (1-10)
page 621 (1-6)
Complete Sounds Review Packet if needed.
Short Assessment on Tuesday.
****** Reminder - Spring Break Assignment (USA TEST PREP) Please complete no later than Friday - It counts as a Test Grade.
April 11th
Task for today: Assessment on SOUNDS WAVES REVIEW PACKET - Students were allowed to use their review packet.
Homework: Please complete USA TEST PREP SPRING BREAK ASSIGNMENT.
Friday, March 31, 2017
March 30th - March 31st
March 30th
Topic:
Notes on Sounds (Medium)
Homework: Direct Reading Sheet
March 31st
Topic:
Notes on Sounds (Medium)
Introduction to EM Spectrum
Homework: USA TEST PREP SPRING BREAK PACKET (Please go to USA Test Prep and practice) This will be for a grade.
ONLINE PRACTICE LINKS FOR WAVES:
Topic:
Notes on Sounds (Medium)
Homework: Direct Reading Sheet
March 31st
Topic:
Notes on Sounds (Medium)
Introduction to EM Spectrum
Homework: USA TEST PREP SPRING BREAK PACKET (Please go to USA Test Prep and practice) This will be for a grade.
ONLINE PRACTICE LINKS FOR WAVES:
FLASHCARDS ON WAVES
WAVES, SOUND AND LIGHT PRACTICE QUIZ
WAVE BEHAVIOR
SOUND
WAVE INTERACTIONS
WAVE INTERACTIONS
WAVES TUTORIAL
WAV REVIEW QUESTIONS
ONLINE WAVES CROSSWORD PUZZLE
WAVE INTERACTIONS
ONLINE WAVES REVIEW GAME
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