Monday:Today we started class with our daily science starter. Our science starter was drawing a diagram about ocean ridges and colliding oceanic crusts.After that we went straight into taking notes on the rest of our unit. We had our quiz last week and then we have a test this coming Friday. We took our notes on general information about earthquakes. I think that I have a pretty good understanding of what we took notes on. After that we got a new lab and it is about building a formation that will be placed on jello and ''jiggled''. You can only make this out of 30 tooth picks and 30 marshmallows. I am with James Albert, today we finished making it, and we also did a couple of lab questions. We ended class with doing that.
Tuesday:Today we started class off with our daily science starter, it was two questions that were a review for our test on Friday. After that we took our last set of notes before our quiz. We studied volcanoes, this was pretty interesting. I feel like I need to review a little bit on our day off tomorrow but I have the general idea of it all. I feel like I am ready. After that we tested our structures on the jelly. My groups' just rolled around, I definently wouldn't want to be in it id there actually was a real earthquake. After that we just worked on some lab questions, I am almost finished with all of them. That was all we did today.
Wednesday: Veteran's day, No school!!
Thursday: Today we started with our usual science starter which was basically a review for the test that we have tomorrow. After that we played a review game. It was pretty interesting and fun. This really helped me with understanding the content that we will be tested on. We did that until class ended. Today wasn't to bad.
Friday: Today was the big day! We had that test, the test was not bad, but there were a couple of hard questions. That was all we did.
Improvements: I could improve on my study habits and working on my organizational skills.
Sunday, November 15, 2015
Sunday, November 1, 2015
Weekly blog
Monday: Today we started class with a science starter that had a diagram with it. We had to label the diagram and we also had to draw it. After this we got straight into doing our lab that we started last week. My partner is James A. We had to finish it because we didn't finish it last week. We had to go to different stations to finish the questions. After we did that Mrs.G sent us a Google forms that have vocab questions on it. I will finish that in guided study. That was pretty much all we did today.
Tuesday: Instead of doing our science starter to begin class, Mrs.G sent us link with vocabulary questions on it. I knew almost all of them, but I think that I messed up on a couple. After we did this we did some questions that are sort of reviewing the content. After finishing that, we got a new lab. This lab is about the plate tectonics, boundaries, and subduction zones. We got into groups of three and my group is Andrei, and Anna. I feel like I ended up have a pretty solid group. This lab has two parts, we only got to the first part today. All we had to do was cut out the continents that formed Pangea, and figure out the way that they went. Alfred Wegener thought that there we continents that fit together like puzzle pieces. We ended class with working on that.
Wednesday: We started with our usual science starter in the beginning of class, then we worked on our lab. The science starter was pretty easy, and after that we went straight into our lab. We finished some lab questions about the first part today, and we got started on the second part. This part os about the seafloor spreading. We had to cut out strips of paper an taped them together. Then we answered some lab questions. I felt like today wasn't a bad day.
Thursday: Today was a pretty chill day, meaning that we didn't to that much. We started science class with our science starter, we had two little easy questions. After we did that Mrs.G announced that we are going to have an easy day tomorrow. Anyways, after we did our science starter we got into our lab that we started two days ago. Today we finished it, we had to do the seafloor spreading and some questions. It was pretty easy, we talked about subduction, and and divergent boundaries. After my group finished that, we felt good about turning it in. After we did that we answered some questions regarding our quiz, also answered questions on Mrs.G's blog. Once I finished that I blogged. I felt like todays science class wasn't pretty normal.
Improvements: I should improve on my study habit because my test grades weren't the best. I also need to work on taking notes.
Tuesday: Instead of doing our science starter to begin class, Mrs.G sent us link with vocabulary questions on it. I knew almost all of them, but I think that I messed up on a couple. After we did this we did some questions that are sort of reviewing the content. After finishing that, we got a new lab. This lab is about the plate tectonics, boundaries, and subduction zones. We got into groups of three and my group is Andrei, and Anna. I feel like I ended up have a pretty solid group. This lab has two parts, we only got to the first part today. All we had to do was cut out the continents that formed Pangea, and figure out the way that they went. Alfred Wegener thought that there we continents that fit together like puzzle pieces. We ended class with working on that.
Wednesday: We started with our usual science starter in the beginning of class, then we worked on our lab. The science starter was pretty easy, and after that we went straight into our lab. We finished some lab questions about the first part today, and we got started on the second part. This part os about the seafloor spreading. We had to cut out strips of paper an taped them together. Then we answered some lab questions. I felt like today wasn't a bad day.
Thursday: Today was a pretty chill day, meaning that we didn't to that much. We started science class with our science starter, we had two little easy questions. After we did that Mrs.G announced that we are going to have an easy day tomorrow. Anyways, after we did our science starter we got into our lab that we started two days ago. Today we finished it, we had to do the seafloor spreading and some questions. It was pretty easy, we talked about subduction, and and divergent boundaries. After my group finished that, we felt good about turning it in. After we did that we answered some questions regarding our quiz, also answered questions on Mrs.G's blog. Once I finished that I blogged. I felt like todays science class wasn't pretty normal.
Improvements: I should improve on my study habit because my test grades weren't the best. I also need to work on taking notes.
Sunday, October 18, 2015
Weekly blog
Monday: Today we in the beginning of class, we did our science stater and then we worked on our lab. We also had demonstrations that started a lab. So after we did our science starter and it was pretty easy.After that we took some notes on another section in unit 3. Mrs.G told us that we have a test coming up on Friday and that she wanted everyone to do a good job on it. When we finished talking about that only a couple of groups have gone to collect data on their plants. So it wasn't the best day for that.After that we did a demonstration with blowing co2 into water with an indicator in it.
Tuesday: Today we started with our daily science starter about a diagram. I got the question right. Today I am really tired and I feel like I need to go to sleep. Anyways, to help us on the vocabulary for science class Mrs. G sent us an email with a link. When we clicked on the link, it opened up a website with a bunch questions about definitions. I had to insert the correct word, and I think that I got the question correct. We spent some time in class working on this, then after that we started a lab. We had to put plants in water and indicator and we had to see the color difference.
Wednesday: Today we continued our lab. We started class off with our usual science starter, then we took some notes. We did a couple pages of notes, then we went over some questions, After that we worked on our lab. We did the rest of the data table today for the carbon cycle lab that we started yesterday. I finished all of the questions. I think that I did pretty good job on the lab. I was able to answer the questions. After that we did our other lab. Then we collected data on our lab.
Thursday:Today we started with our science starter, and then we turned in our lab. I feel good about my lab, I think that I will get a good grade. After that we reviewed for our test tomorrow. After reviewing we went out to take data on our lab. That was all we did today.
Friday: Today was the big day! We took our test, I felt pretty good, I think that I got a couple questions wrong. After that we went out to take data. Today wasn't a bad day.
Improvements: I could improve on my organization skills because my locker is not clean and organized.
Tuesday: Today we started with our daily science starter about a diagram. I got the question right. Today I am really tired and I feel like I need to go to sleep. Anyways, to help us on the vocabulary for science class Mrs. G sent us an email with a link. When we clicked on the link, it opened up a website with a bunch questions about definitions. I had to insert the correct word, and I think that I got the question correct. We spent some time in class working on this, then after that we started a lab. We had to put plants in water and indicator and we had to see the color difference.
Wednesday: Today we continued our lab. We started class off with our usual science starter, then we took some notes. We did a couple pages of notes, then we went over some questions, After that we worked on our lab. We did the rest of the data table today for the carbon cycle lab that we started yesterday. I finished all of the questions. I think that I did pretty good job on the lab. I was able to answer the questions. After that we did our other lab. Then we collected data on our lab.
Thursday:Today we started with our science starter, and then we turned in our lab. I feel good about my lab, I think that I will get a good grade. After that we reviewed for our test tomorrow. After reviewing we went out to take data on our lab. That was all we did today.
Friday: Today was the big day! We took our test, I felt pretty good, I think that I got a couple questions wrong. After that we went out to take data. Today wasn't a bad day.
Improvements: I could improve on my organization skills because my locker is not clean and organized.
Friday, October 2, 2015
Weekly blog
Monday: Wasn't here today!
Tuesday: Today I was am tired, because we are currently living in a hotel! It has been pretty interesting. So anyways, today we started with a couple of multiple choice questions. After that, we did some notes on our new unit, 3. After doing a couple of slides on this, we got started with our lab. My partner is Anna. We are testing whether chemical fertilizer or natural fertilizer will make the plant grow faster and become healthy and good. This is pretty much all we did today.
Wednesday: Today I was a little more rested than yesterday but I was still a little tired. Today we started off with our daily science starter which was about the locations of different things. And were they would be in the universe. For example, would the tree be in the atmosphere? We had questions like that. After this we finished up taking notes on section 1 and we then worked on our lab. The notes were just about the different ways that we are producing energy.After this we worked on our lab. That is really all we did today, today was a not boring, but not fun day.
Thursday: Today was a sort of fun day. We started off with a couple of multiple choice questions. I got all of the questions right. After this we took some notes on the section 1. I feel pretty good about this unit and I think that I will get a good grade the quiz, which is next week. After doing this, we had the rest of the time to work on our lab. We got a lot of work done and we have already planted our seed snap created the bottles. We also made our tables and we an finished our procedure with all the steps. We also talked about if we were gong to add the fertilizer after or before the plant so we decided that we were going to add the fertilizer after the plant germinates.That was pretty much al we did.
Friday: I am so happy that it is Friday! Today in the beginning of class we did two science starter questions They were a little harder than usual. After this we reviewed section 1 of our notes because we have a our quiz next week. I feel pretty good about this and I think that I will get a good grade. I just have to devote myself and be interested in the content. After reviewing that, we had the rest of class to work on our lab. Anna and I didn't really have that much to do because we finished that report mostly. We feel good about our report so know all we have to do is fill in the data once the plant decides to germinate!That was all we did today.
Improvements: I could prove on taking notes and studying. I need to take better notes because if I don't, I will not get good grades.
Thursday: Today was a sort of fun day. We started off with a couple of multiple choice questions. I got all of the questions right. After this we took some notes on the section 1. I feel pretty good about this unit and I think that I will get a good grade the quiz, which is next week. After doing this, we had the rest of the time to work on our lab. We got a lot of work done and we have already planted our seed snap created the bottles. We also made our tables and we an finished our procedure with all the steps. We also talked about if we were gong to add the fertilizer after or before the plant so we decided that we were going to add the fertilizer after the plant germinates.That was pretty much al we did.
Friday: I am so happy that it is Friday! Today in the beginning of class we did two science starter questions They were a little harder than usual. After this we reviewed section 1 of our notes because we have a our quiz next week. I feel pretty good about this and I think that I will get a good grade. I just have to devote myself and be interested in the content. After reviewing that, we had the rest of class to work on our lab. Anna and I didn't really have that much to do because we finished that report mostly. We feel good about our report so know all we have to do is fill in the data once the plant decides to germinate!That was all we did today.
Improvements: I could prove on taking notes and studying. I need to take better notes because if I don't, I will not get good grades.
Friday, September 11, 2015
Weekly blog 3
Monday:Labor Day! NO Classes!
Tuesday:Today I was so tired as usual, because yesterday was labor day and we had a lot of fun. We started today off with our daily science starter which was copying down our homework and getting a handout. Then, got back our lab, I was so happy when I saw my grade because it was good. We then looked at the handout which was about relative dating. We drew some diagrams about the way earths layers age, and we labeled a diagram on the other side. This seemed like a good review for us, and a good studying tool. After this we reviewed the sections on the quiz that we have tomorrow, I feel like I am ready for this quiz, I still have to review my notes tonight. Then we finished the radiometric dating lab, all I had to do were some questions and then in the box it goes. That is all we did today, today I felt wasn't a too bad day.
Wednesday:Today was the big day for the quiz. I felt like I was ready and I really hope that I get a good grade on it. I hope that I am going to get an A or a B. The quiz was a little bit harder than I thought that it would be but it is ok, because I still understand what the material was about. I am not feeling ok with one of my short answer questions because that question was about the only thing that I did not have down. After we took the quiz we just blogged, that is all we did today.
Thursday:Today Mrs.G wasn't in so we had a substitute named Mr.Batten. Today we got our quizzes back and I didn't really feel the best about my grade, I didn't fail but I didn't get and A. I need to improve my study habits and I also need to focus better in class. We didn't have a science starter today but we did review our quiz. After reviewing our quiz we worked on our vocabulary cards. We had to do nine words, I am done with eight and I have to finish my last one tonight. This is really all we id today. To me, science class went by pretty fast.
Friday: It is finally Friday! Today we started class with our daily science starter. The science starter was about half lives on the graph. We did that then we did the last section of our notes, the last slides were so so long, they were like essays. But it was ok because we didn't have to do that today. We also had a practice lock down today. We hid in the corner of the room for about 5 minutes, it was fun to me. After that happened we got straight back to our notes. In the very end of our class Mrs.G showed us a 1000 sheet toilet paper role that had the history of the earth on it. If you look at it carefully you notice that we are only a little part of the earth's mankind. After that we looked a short video relating to that. That is pretty much all we did today.
Improvements: I could improve on my study hobbies and I need to spent more time everyday looking over the text in class that we covered.
This is Mrs.G's toilet paper, she is not finished yet.
Wednesday:Today was the big day for the quiz. I felt like I was ready and I really hope that I get a good grade on it. I hope that I am going to get an A or a B. The quiz was a little bit harder than I thought that it would be but it is ok, because I still understand what the material was about. I am not feeling ok with one of my short answer questions because that question was about the only thing that I did not have down. After we took the quiz we just blogged, that is all we did today.
Thursday:Today Mrs.G wasn't in so we had a substitute named Mr.Batten. Today we got our quizzes back and I didn't really feel the best about my grade, I didn't fail but I didn't get and A. I need to improve my study habits and I also need to focus better in class. We didn't have a science starter today but we did review our quiz. After reviewing our quiz we worked on our vocabulary cards. We had to do nine words, I am done with eight and I have to finish my last one tonight. This is really all we id today. To me, science class went by pretty fast.
Friday: It is finally Friday! Today we started class with our daily science starter. The science starter was about half lives on the graph. We did that then we did the last section of our notes, the last slides were so so long, they were like essays. But it was ok because we didn't have to do that today. We also had a practice lock down today. We hid in the corner of the room for about 5 minutes, it was fun to me. After that happened we got straight back to our notes. In the very end of our class Mrs.G showed us a 1000 sheet toilet paper role that had the history of the earth on it. If you look at it carefully you notice that we are only a little part of the earth's mankind. After that we looked a short video relating to that. That is pretty much all we did today.
Improvements: I could improve on my study hobbies and I need to spent more time everyday looking over the text in class that we covered.
This is Mrs.G's toilet paper, she is not finished yet.
Friday, September 4, 2015
Weekly blog 2
Monday:Today I was very tired because over the weekend I stayed up partying and hanging out with friends and it was fun, but I am so tired. Anyways today we started off with our daily science starter, we actually didn't do a science starter but we did some vocabulary cards. We did some really interesting words we had catastrophism,uniformitarianism,and asthenosphere the words had very very long definitions, but it was ok because the words were pretty interesting. After that we jumped right into the lab. Some people finished the graph and some people did the questions. I finished the questions, I still have to look over them tonight.
Tuesday:Today I was awake, I mean, I usually am but today I am not as tired as usual. So, we started the class of with our daily science starter,the question was "What would you invent to make the world better". We talked about this topic for a while, I noticed that a lot of people have interesting ideas for the world. After talking about that we did notes on our seeing unit, it is about geology, and I think that it is pretty interesting.We did notes until we finished the class. In the middle of doing the notes Mrs.G showed us a demonstration about density because this relates to geology, it is like the layers of the earth.
Wednesday: Today in class we stated off with our regular science starter about the dependent variable. Then, we did two new vocabulary cards the words were radiometric dating and I don't remember the other one, haha. After that, we review our homework, it was about the inner core and the outer core. We colored some more layers and we took some notes on them on the back. Then we took notes on the second section of the unit two. It was about the inner core and utter core, and the layers of the earth. Today was kind of a boring day but it was ok.
Thursday:We started off class today with our daily science starter. I actually really don't remember what we did but anyways after that, we pulled out our sheet about Earth's layers. We took more notes on the back of the sheet. Then we took some notes on unit 2. It was more about how the earth first started and the layers. After that we started a lab on relative dating. We took pennies mixed then together in a cup and then dropped onto the table, we organized them by taking the tail side up out and then repeating the same process. So far this lab is kind of boring, maybe it is just because I am tired but it seemed boring to me.
Friday:It is finally Friday today! I am so excited! So today we started off with our daily science stater about some of the vocabulary words. I am pretty sure that I got the vocabulary words down, they sound to professional when you say them. It is really cool. After that we talked a little about section 2 in our unit and Mrs.G announced that we have our quiz on Wednesday. I have to start studying for that over the weekend, I hope to do a good job. After that, we got back to our lab about relative dating and absolute dating. Wen reviewed the data table and then we started our graph. I got to finish my graph, so I started on the questions. I did not finish the questions but it is ok because the lab is due on Tuesday. I will not be blogging on Monday because it is labor day so there is no school.
Improvements: This week wasn't that bad but it was kind of boring to me. I need to improve on being more awake and being more attentive. I also need to improve my handwriting, as you all know, I always say that but it is true, it is really bad. Sometimes I can't even read my own writing.
Tuesday:Today I was awake, I mean, I usually am but today I am not as tired as usual. So, we started the class of with our daily science starter,the question was "What would you invent to make the world better". We talked about this topic for a while, I noticed that a lot of people have interesting ideas for the world. After talking about that we did notes on our seeing unit, it is about geology, and I think that it is pretty interesting.We did notes until we finished the class. In the middle of doing the notes Mrs.G showed us a demonstration about density because this relates to geology, it is like the layers of the earth.
Wednesday: Today in class we stated off with our regular science starter about the dependent variable. Then, we did two new vocabulary cards the words were radiometric dating and I don't remember the other one, haha. After that, we review our homework, it was about the inner core and the outer core. We colored some more layers and we took some notes on them on the back. Then we took notes on the second section of the unit two. It was about the inner core and utter core, and the layers of the earth. Today was kind of a boring day but it was ok.
Friday:It is finally Friday today! I am so excited! So today we started off with our daily science stater about some of the vocabulary words. I am pretty sure that I got the vocabulary words down, they sound to professional when you say them. It is really cool. After that we talked a little about section 2 in our unit and Mrs.G announced that we have our quiz on Wednesday. I have to start studying for that over the weekend, I hope to do a good job. After that, we got back to our lab about relative dating and absolute dating. Wen reviewed the data table and then we started our graph. I got to finish my graph, so I started on the questions. I did not finish the questions but it is ok because the lab is due on Tuesday. I will not be blogging on Monday because it is labor day so there is no school.
Improvements: This week wasn't that bad but it was kind of boring to me. I need to improve on being more awake and being more attentive. I also need to improve my handwriting, as you all know, I always say that but it is true, it is really bad. Sometimes I can't even read my own writing.
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Week 1 blog
Monday: Today was is the first blog day. This will be my first post of the year, we went to school last week but we didn't blog because we were getting into the swing of things. Last week was so busy and tiring we just didn't have time to do it, but we did have time to start our first lab and we did a bunch of really cool demonstrations. This year we will be studying earth and environmental. I think that it will be really interesting because we learn about how the earth works and how nature evolves around us. Last week we did a few demonstration mostly about chemistry but it was ok because they were very cool, Mrs.g demonstrated elephant toothpaste, potato launcher, making a cloud in a bottle,and a "flamethrower". All of these demonstrations were very cool. Today we continued our lab about baking cookies. But we had a twist to it, we changed the ingredients by adding or subtracting the amount of it. Friday was very fun because we had a person blindfolded in our group, that was the person who mixed all of the ingredients to make the cookie dough. That was really interesting. Today we took our first notes and we and we didn't get time to do anything else with the lab. We took notes on the first two slides and we talked a lot about the earth. We have a test on Friday. That is all we did today.
Tuesday: Today was a very fun day because we got to eat cookies! Today we recorded data and we talked about how the cookies turned out. In the beginning of class we did an awesome demonstration of precision and accuracy. Last year someone went up and wore a football helmet and Mrs.G threw a tennis ball at the apple which was on the persons head. This time she had people go up an shoot a nerf gun at a target and we marked where the person shot. This was a very fun demonstration. After that we got to eat the cookies and record the data. In my opinion the cookies with the extra eggs were horrible and it was very yucky.
Wednesday: We started off class today with our usual science starter. It was a review from the notes. Today we started a new lab about Oreos! I am in a group with my table, Emma,Sydney,Will,Maise,Keira, and Sebastian. Our lab was about the difference between double stuf Oreos and regular Oreos. In the beginning we just weighed each Oreo. We weighed the gaffer, and the white stuff inside the Oreo. My group managed to finished the first and second row of the data table. This lab has been pretty fun and interesting so far. My hypothesis is that the double stuf is the same as the regular Oreo.
Thursday: Today all we did was our graph on our Oreo lab. It was sort of confusing and boring because it wasn't really fun and it was confusing because when we did our averages we all got different answers so it was hard to get the graph right. I thought today was tiring and it was not fun at all. I am almost done with my graph, I just have to color it.
Friday: Today was testing day. This is our first test of the year. We are reviewing from last year. It was about science after and general science knowledge, the test was not that hard but it wasn't that easy. I hope the I get a good grade to start off the year. I really need an extra boost in the beginning of the year. That was all we did today.
Improvements: I need to improve on making my data tables and graphs more organized and neater. I thought that this week was ok.
Tuesday: Today was a very fun day because we got to eat cookies! Today we recorded data and we talked about how the cookies turned out. In the beginning of class we did an awesome demonstration of precision and accuracy. Last year someone went up and wore a football helmet and Mrs.G threw a tennis ball at the apple which was on the persons head. This time she had people go up an shoot a nerf gun at a target and we marked where the person shot. This was a very fun demonstration. After that we got to eat the cookies and record the data. In my opinion the cookies with the extra eggs were horrible and it was very yucky.
Wednesday: We started off class today with our usual science starter. It was a review from the notes. Today we started a new lab about Oreos! I am in a group with my table, Emma,Sydney,Will,Maise,Keira, and Sebastian. Our lab was about the difference between double stuf Oreos and regular Oreos. In the beginning we just weighed each Oreo. We weighed the gaffer, and the white stuff inside the Oreo. My group managed to finished the first and second row of the data table. This lab has been pretty fun and interesting so far. My hypothesis is that the double stuf is the same as the regular Oreo.
Thursday: Today all we did was our graph on our Oreo lab. It was sort of confusing and boring because it wasn't really fun and it was confusing because when we did our averages we all got different answers so it was hard to get the graph right. I thought today was tiring and it was not fun at all. I am almost done with my graph, I just have to color it.
Friday: Today was testing day. This is our first test of the year. We are reviewing from last year. It was about science after and general science knowledge, the test was not that hard but it wasn't that easy. I hope the I get a good grade to start off the year. I really need an extra boost in the beginning of the year. That was all we did today.
Improvements: I need to improve on making my data tables and graphs more organized and neater. I thought that this week was ok.
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Final Blog
Final Science blog
So far middle school at WAAS has been fun,stressful,and the best place to learn. This is going to be the final blog that I do for 6th grade! I can't even believe that the school year is already over. I went by so fast! Mrs.Giacommelli is the best teacher I have ever had. I am not trying to be nice, I am just stating the truth! She looks out for us and she really cares. Especially in Science Olympiad she is a great support. All the teachers are nice too, they all care and they devote most a lot of time to planning, creating activities, and doing all the other things that they have to do.
Defy Gravity
As you might see, other kids are putting their experience about defy gravity here. Well, I did not go but I have been there before like 5 times already. It is a place where trampolines are everywhere! You can jump all over the place, I bet it was fun when my school went there though.
This year has been great because we did a lot of fun labs, and we did a lot of fun activities. This year was a little unique because we split the year into doing chemistry in the beginning and physics in the end. The top to labs that I liked was the water displacement lab and the burning sticks with chemicals lab (I have no clue what it was called). The displacement lab was about finding the displacement of an irregular shaped object. This object was Kyler, and we put him a bucket off water in a garbage tub. This lab was fun because we went outside. Another good lab was burning popsicle sticks with different elements on it. Thus lab was really cool. I liked chemistry better than physics because we did cooler lab and we did a lot of fun activities. I have learned a lot this year it has been great. I really like learning. I learned a mix between physics and chemistry. My expectations have changed a lot so far, I thought we would be in a lower level of learning. I am looking forward to learning more and learning about earth and the environment. I could improve my grades and m study habits. This will help getting my grades up. My goals are to improve and tune everything up.
Science this year
This year has been great because we did a lot of fun labs, and we did a lot of fun activities. This year was a little unique because we split the year into doing chemistry in the beginning and physics in the end. The top to labs that I liked was the water displacement lab and the burning sticks with chemicals lab (I have no clue what it was called). The displacement lab was about finding the displacement of an irregular shaped object. This object was Kyler, and we put him a bucket off water in a garbage tub. This lab was fun because we went outside. Another good lab was burning popsicle sticks with different elements on it. Thus lab was really cool. I liked chemistry better than physics because we did cooler lab and we did a lot of fun activities. I have learned a lot this year it has been great. I really like learning. I learned a mix between physics and chemistry. My expectations have changed a lot so far, I thought we would be in a lower level of learning. I am looking forward to learning more and learning about earth and the environment. I could improve my grades and m study habits. This will help getting my grades up. My goals are to improve and tune everything up.
Friday, May 15, 2015
Weekly blog
Monday: Today was a good day, we took our quiz and we worked a little bit on our study guide. I think that playing Kahoot was really fun. The science olympiad and the math counts people had to take the quiz today. I think that that quiz was a little hard but there was one question were it got a little confusing. I hope that I get a good grade!
Tuesday:Today I was really tired and it was sort of a really slow day. We took notes and Mrs.G showed a us a demonstration. We took our last set of notes. Then Mrs.G showed a cool demonstration about reflection and refraction. That was all we did today.
Wednesday: Today we took the wave test. The whole sequence was the same except that we are not going to be graded on it. Mrs.G was kind enough to do this because we have finals next week and we haven't had enough time to do it. I think that this was a very good review and that was all we did today.
Thursday: Today we had a hardcore review. We did 16 Kahoot questions and Mrs.G had the board covered with EVERYTHING. Today was a good day to review, we did a lot and I feel like it really helped me. I am really tired but I am going to get plenty of sleep over the weekend.
Friday: Today all we did was review and we finished our blog, Mrs.G wasn't here but Mrs.Trainer was so she asked us questions and it was good. That was all we really did.
Improvements: I can improve on remembering the terms and my study habits.
Tuesday:Today I was really tired and it was sort of a really slow day. We took notes and Mrs.G showed a us a demonstration. We took our last set of notes. Then Mrs.G showed a cool demonstration about reflection and refraction. That was all we did today.
Wednesday: Today we took the wave test. The whole sequence was the same except that we are not going to be graded on it. Mrs.G was kind enough to do this because we have finals next week and we haven't had enough time to do it. I think that this was a very good review and that was all we did today.
Thursday: Today we had a hardcore review. We did 16 Kahoot questions and Mrs.G had the board covered with EVERYTHING. Today was a good day to review, we did a lot and I feel like it really helped me. I am really tired but I am going to get plenty of sleep over the weekend.
Friday: Today all we did was review and we finished our blog, Mrs.G wasn't here but Mrs.Trainer was so she asked us questions and it was good. That was all we really did.
Improvements: I can improve on remembering the terms and my study habits.
Sunday, May 10, 2015
Weekly blog(5/4-5/8)
Monday: Today we got right into thinking about waves. We did different thing instead of our normal science starter. We went onto a site called kahoot. Mrs.G said that that is what we are going to do from now on. I think that it is a very good site and it really fun.After having fun with that we went straight into taking notes on another section about Waves. So far learning about waves had been pretty interesting and fun. After that we got our first lab. This lab required a slinky so it was pretty interesting.Today was a great day.
Tuesday: Today was another great day. We started with Kahoot, which was fun and we also continued our lab. After the kahoot, we talked about waves and then we continued doing our lab. We took some notes on waves and then we wen straight into our lab. The lab questions were very easy because we had already finished half of it yesterday. I think today was pretty good.
Improvements: I could improve on making my handwriting greater and also taking better notes.
Tuesday: Today was another great day. We started with Kahoot, which was fun and we also continued our lab. After the kahoot, we talked about waves and then we continued doing our lab. We took some notes on waves and then we wen straight into our lab. The lab questions were very easy because we had already finished half of it yesterday. I think today was pretty good.
Improvements: I could improve on making my handwriting greater and also taking better notes.
Friday, March 27, 2015
Weekly blog
Monday: Today was the first day of quarter 4. We started off with cleaning our binder, I didn't have a lot of things except for a lot of labs. We kept the all the stuff about unit 3. After that we did a science starter which was about an equation that we learned in the begging of unit 3. It is 1/2 mass velocity squared. Then we applied the equation to a word problem. After that Mrs.G let us do our vocabulary. It was 5 terms so it was really easy to get finished. After that we worked more on our mechanical energy lab. That was all we did today.
Tuesday: Today was a great day. Today we got a new lab, and and we talked about the new egg drop lab. We started off class with our daily science starter. It was about calculating potential energy. I felt good that I got the answer right. After that we took notes on the section 2 part of unit 3. After that we drew a few diagrams about the different types of energy. Potential energy and Kinetic. After that we got the egg drop lab. We choose groups and we reviewed the rubric. I am in a group with Chad and Jake. I feel like we have a solid idea. That is all we did today.
Wednesday: No blog today!
Thursday; Today was a shortened out class because we had to do the fun run starting at 12:00. We started off with the daily science starter which was about using an equation to solve the word problem. After that we jumped straight in to start making our device for the egg drop project. I had to saw off a cap to open a bottle. Tomorrow we are hopefully going to finish it Then when we comeback we are going to do the testing. That was all we did today since it was a short class.
Friday: Today was a really fun day. We finished our project and we got to put the egg in it! We started with our daily science starter which was about the conversion and conduction of heat. I already learned most of these words in fifth grade last year. After that we jumped right into finishing our egg drop project. I had to finish sawing of the plastic of the bottle. While I was doing that Chad and Jake were mixing the corn syrup and the conditioner. After that we put bubble wrap and duct tape around it,then we were ready to go. We are going to start testing in two weeks. Since Spring break is next week!
Improvements: I think this week was awesome, and I could improve on thinking of ideas for improving the egg drop project. I could also improve on my organization of my locker.
Tuesday: Today was a great day. Today we got a new lab, and and we talked about the new egg drop lab. We started off class with our daily science starter. It was about calculating potential energy. I felt good that I got the answer right. After that we took notes on the section 2 part of unit 3. After that we drew a few diagrams about the different types of energy. Potential energy and Kinetic. After that we got the egg drop lab. We choose groups and we reviewed the rubric. I am in a group with Chad and Jake. I feel like we have a solid idea. That is all we did today.
Wednesday: No blog today!
Thursday; Today was a shortened out class because we had to do the fun run starting at 12:00. We started off with the daily science starter which was about using an equation to solve the word problem. After that we jumped straight in to start making our device for the egg drop project. I had to saw off a cap to open a bottle. Tomorrow we are hopefully going to finish it Then when we comeback we are going to do the testing. That was all we did today since it was a short class.
Friday: Today was a really fun day. We finished our project and we got to put the egg in it! We started with our daily science starter which was about the conversion and conduction of heat. I already learned most of these words in fifth grade last year. After that we jumped right into finishing our egg drop project. I had to finish sawing of the plastic of the bottle. While I was doing that Chad and Jake were mixing the corn syrup and the conditioner. After that we put bubble wrap and duct tape around it,then we were ready to go. We are going to start testing in two weeks. Since Spring break is next week!
Improvements: I think this week was awesome, and I could improve on thinking of ideas for improving the egg drop project. I could also improve on my organization of my locker.
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Weekly blog
Monday: Today was an awesome day in science class. We played a review game and I feel like I am going to ace the test tomorrow. I feel really ready because I have been studying all weekend. So we started with our daily science starter which was about the five equations that we need know and also the units. After that we talked about the test a little bit and that we should do really good because it is the last test of the quarter. After that we started playing grudge ball. My team was Chad, Ben, Lauren, and Sebastian. I got my questions right, and all the other teams decided to dominate Will's team. So after playing for a while the three teams left were tied. That was all we did today.
Tuesday: Today was the big day! The day that really counted. And fortunately I feel really ready. First we started off with the daily science starter which was about the centripetal acceleration and the equations. Then we started the test. The test had 39 questions or so. It was a little hard in the beginning of the plug and chug questions. But I still think I got through it pretty well. We spent about the whole class time doing it. I feel like I did a good job on it. That was all we did today.
Wednesday: Today was a great day! We got back our tests and I got a 94! I am so happy. So we started off by reviewing the test and then we did our daly since starter. The science starter was about an intro to unit 3. After that we took some notes about unit 3 section one. It was about kinetic energy. We also learned 3 more new equations about how to calculate kinetic energy. After that Mrs.G gave us time to do our 8 new vocab words, tweet, and blog. That was all we did today.
Thursday: Today was a good day. I feel really tired but I am happy that we have no school tomorrow. We got a new lab and got to test kinetic and potential energy energy. First we started off with the science starter which was about potential and different types of energy. Then we went straight into starter off the new lab which id called mechanical energy lab. I am in a group with Sebastian, Lauren, and Keira. We didn't finish the data part but we did finish the part where we are supposed to fill in the potential energy. That was all we really did today.
Improvements: I could improve on staying more attentive and pain attention to the notes when we are reviewing and learning them.
Tuesday: Today was the big day! The day that really counted. And fortunately I feel really ready. First we started off with the daily science starter which was about the centripetal acceleration and the equations. Then we started the test. The test had 39 questions or so. It was a little hard in the beginning of the plug and chug questions. But I still think I got through it pretty well. We spent about the whole class time doing it. I feel like I did a good job on it. That was all we did today.
Wednesday: Today was a great day! We got back our tests and I got a 94! I am so happy. So we started off by reviewing the test and then we did our daly since starter. The science starter was about an intro to unit 3. After that we took some notes about unit 3 section one. It was about kinetic energy. We also learned 3 more new equations about how to calculate kinetic energy. After that Mrs.G gave us time to do our 8 new vocab words, tweet, and blog. That was all we did today.
Thursday: Today was a good day. I feel really tired but I am happy that we have no school tomorrow. We got a new lab and got to test kinetic and potential energy energy. First we started off with the science starter which was about potential and different types of energy. Then we went straight into starter off the new lab which id called mechanical energy lab. I am in a group with Sebastian, Lauren, and Keira. We didn't finish the data part but we did finish the part where we are supposed to fill in the potential energy. That was all we really did today.
Friday, March 13, 2015
Weekly blog
Monday: Today we didn't do a lot except for watch videos of Science Olympiad and the SO team got there picture taken on front o our banner. We won first place in the region! That was a great achievement knowing that our team is only 18 including me, and the other people had 100 people competing. I had so much fun doing it, but we have the states competition next month. So I am looking forward to competing in that! That was all we really did today.
Tuesday: Today I was really tired in class, but I tried to hang in there. Also, our seat arrangement in the class has changed. Anyways, we started off with our daily science starter and then we went straight into doing our study guid and then we did our lab. The science started was pretty easy when we got the equation in it, the new equation is work equals force times distance. This equation is really easy to remember. After that we started our study guide, since we have eighteen people in our class, we did eighteen questions. For me, the study guide was really easy. After that we finished the data table part of our lab. Since Chad wasn't here we just finished it without him. That was all we did today.
Wednesday: Today I was wide awake and ready for class! Today we finished our lab and we got a new one. We started off with a really easy science starter, the science starter was really easy for us once we got the equation. Our new equation is power equals work over the time it took to do it. After putting that in our equation sheet, we went straight into finishing our unit 2 notes. The last two slides were about work and power. We learned the equation for power and we learned more about work. Then we did 10 questions on the study guide. The test is next Tuesday. I am sure I am going to ace the test because I feel like i got the concepts and I understand the content. The study guide quests were really easy for me. After that we finished the centripetal force lab. I finished the rest of the questions and I checked it over and turned it in. Then we got a new lab called work and power lab. We only had to answer the first page and question one on the back page. That was all we did today.
Thursday: Today was a fun day, we started a new lab. So we started off the day with our daily science starter and then we went straight into our lab. The science starter was about power and work, since we have a test next Tuesday we were reviewing. Again, I feel really ready for it. This is a picture of the power and work lab that we did today. We recorded that data for the arm strength today and at home, I am recording that leg strength. So far this is a really fun lab. That was all we did today.
Friday: Today was a good day, we finished our work and power lab. Before that we did our daily science starter. It was really easy for me, and it was a about work. After that we did some review questions about the unit 2. Then went straight into the lab. We checked over our data and we completed the data table. After that we did the questions on the lab. These questions were a little hard but I still answered them good. Today was a good day since it is Friday!
Tuesday: Today I was really tired in class, but I tried to hang in there. Also, our seat arrangement in the class has changed. Anyways, we started off with our daily science starter and then we went straight into doing our study guid and then we did our lab. The science started was pretty easy when we got the equation in it, the new equation is work equals force times distance. This equation is really easy to remember. After that we started our study guide, since we have eighteen people in our class, we did eighteen questions. For me, the study guide was really easy. After that we finished the data table part of our lab. Since Chad wasn't here we just finished it without him. That was all we did today.
Wednesday: Today I was wide awake and ready for class! Today we finished our lab and we got a new one. We started off with a really easy science starter, the science starter was really easy for us once we got the equation. Our new equation is power equals work over the time it took to do it. After putting that in our equation sheet, we went straight into finishing our unit 2 notes. The last two slides were about work and power. We learned the equation for power and we learned more about work. Then we did 10 questions on the study guide. The test is next Tuesday. I am sure I am going to ace the test because I feel like i got the concepts and I understand the content. The study guide quests were really easy for me. After that we finished the centripetal force lab. I finished the rest of the questions and I checked it over and turned it in. Then we got a new lab called work and power lab. We only had to answer the first page and question one on the back page. That was all we did today.
Thursday: Today was a fun day, we started a new lab. So we started off the day with our daily science starter and then we went straight into our lab. The science starter was about power and work, since we have a test next Tuesday we were reviewing. Again, I feel really ready for it. This is a picture of the power and work lab that we did today. We recorded that data for the arm strength today and at home, I am recording that leg strength. So far this is a really fun lab. That was all we did today.
Friday: Today was a good day, we finished our work and power lab. Before that we did our daily science starter. It was really easy for me, and it was a about work. After that we did some review questions about the unit 2. Then went straight into the lab. We checked over our data and we completed the data table. After that we did the questions on the lab. These questions were a little hard but I still answered them good. Today was a good day since it is Friday!
Friday, February 27, 2015
Weekly blog (Feb. 23 to 27)
Monday: Today we got to officially test our catapult, then we recorded the data. First, we did our daily science starter then we got straight into our lab. Since today was the testing day of it all, we went with our groups in t the cafeteria. The stations were power, accuracy, and knocking over a tower of cups. Today was really fun.
Tuesday: Since today was a snowy day we had no classes. Even though there were no classes, I spent 20 minutes of my day reviewing some of my notes.
Wednesday: Today was a short day of school, and the classes were only half an hour long. So it started out doing our daily science starter,which was about section 1 unit two review. It was about objects free falling, Circular motion, and projectiles and trajectories. After that we took some more notes on unit two section 1. I learned that what an object is free falling it does not encounter any air resistance, so the only force acting on it is gravity. After taking 10 minutes on the notes, we worked on our two lab sheets. One is with our group, and the other is your individual lab worksheet. My Group finished the lab sheet that recorded all the Data. For homework tonight and tomorrow I have to finish the individual lab worksheet. That was all we did today since we had a short class.
Thursday: Today we did not have science class, but instead the Science Olympiad groups went to Panera bread and studied the events. Since I am only doing building events I didn't really study them but practice them. My events are write it do it, air trajectory, and duct tape challenge. I do not practice air trajectory because we cannot shoot the balls in the restaurant. I did one write it do it challenge and one duct tape challenge.
Friday:Today was a great day, we did our daily science starter then we did a review foe the unit 2 quiz that we have next Tuesday. It is about the 5 vocabulary words, 2 equations, and that is mostly it! The vocabulary words are weightlessness, projectile, free fall, gravity, and terminal velocity. The quiz is going to be only 24 questions so knowing that, I feel good about it. After that we got a new lab and we filled out data, the we started on a graph about it. That was all we did today.
Improvements:
I want to improve on making my graphs neater, and making my lab more organized.
Tuesday: Since today was a snowy day we had no classes. Even though there were no classes, I spent 20 minutes of my day reviewing some of my notes.
Wednesday: Today was a short day of school, and the classes were only half an hour long. So it started out doing our daily science starter,which was about section 1 unit two review. It was about objects free falling, Circular motion, and projectiles and trajectories. After that we took some more notes on unit two section 1. I learned that what an object is free falling it does not encounter any air resistance, so the only force acting on it is gravity. After taking 10 minutes on the notes, we worked on our two lab sheets. One is with our group, and the other is your individual lab worksheet. My Group finished the lab sheet that recorded all the Data. For homework tonight and tomorrow I have to finish the individual lab worksheet. That was all we did today since we had a short class.
Thursday: Today we did not have science class, but instead the Science Olympiad groups went to Panera bread and studied the events. Since I am only doing building events I didn't really study them but practice them. My events are write it do it, air trajectory, and duct tape challenge. I do not practice air trajectory because we cannot shoot the balls in the restaurant. I did one write it do it challenge and one duct tape challenge.
Friday:Today was a great day, we did our daily science starter then we did a review foe the unit 2 quiz that we have next Tuesday. It is about the 5 vocabulary words, 2 equations, and that is mostly it! The vocabulary words are weightlessness, projectile, free fall, gravity, and terminal velocity. The quiz is going to be only 24 questions so knowing that, I feel good about it. After that we got a new lab and we filled out data, the we started on a graph about it. That was all we did today.
I want to improve on making my graphs neater, and making my lab more organized.
Friday, February 20, 2015
Weekly blog (Feb 16 to 20)
Monday: Today I felt really tired and I just wanted to go to sleep, since we just had a 4 day weekend. Today also seemed liked a slow day. We did our daily science starter which was about our unit to unit two. Then we did a can experiment, we put a certain amount of of water in the can so it would stand up by itself on the corner of the can. This unit is mostly about gravity, we wrote some new equations in our cheat sheet. The new equation is weight equals mass times gravitational acceleration. After doing that we took notes on our new unit, since we didn't have a lot of time left we only took notes on the first slide. After, Mrs.G let us spend 15 minutes to finish our vocabulary homework. That was all we did today.
Tuesday: Today I was not as tired as I was yesterday. We started off with our daily science starter. It was about the notes that we took yesterday. After that we took more notes and we talked about more of our unit. In some of the note taking I zoned out a little bit, but I still understand it. Then we talked about our next lab/project. It is about making a catapult that would shoot three different objects. But first to get our minds into thinking about air devices, Mrs. G showed us a video that was calling pumpkin chunkin. The two videos that we watched we're funny and educational. Since I am in Science Olympiad and one of my events is air trajectory, the project will be easy for me. We got our lab sheet but all we did was write our group members names. I am with Lauren and Kyler. We also drew a diagram and figure it out what materials we would bring tomorrow. I think that this project is going to be fun. That was all we did today.
Wednesday: Today was a good day because we work on our catapult product more. First we did our daily science starter then we worked on our project. Our our science starter was about yesterday's notes and most of the vocabulary. After doing that we split into our groups and we work on our project. We had to bring class anything that would be helpful for our project. My group started building the catapult, we are using hot glue, popsicle sticks, rubber bands, cardboard, and spoons. We didn't exactly build the diagram that we drew on paper yesterday. Since we came to science class with new ideas, we put all our ideas together and we formed one good idea. We didn't finish it yet, but we started to hot glue the possible sticks together. Then we thought about where to put the rubber bands so we would have enough kinetic energy. Then we had to end class.
Thursday: Today was a fun day because we got to test our catapults and make some tweaks on it. After we get our daily science starter which was about unit two and gravity we got your groups and we quickly started on our lab. We put some more popsicle sticks on it and we got to launch stale marshmallows. After doing that for a couple times we tweaked it. We support the spoon and we added a couple more rubber bands, we also decided to make the spoon I did different angle because when we shot it the marshmallow hit the ceiling. Tomorrow we still have to add a couple more things on and then will be done. That was all we did today.
Friday: Today we did our daily science starter then we finished our device for the catapult lab. First we did our daily science starter, which was about free falling and that there is no air resistance when an object is free falling. After that we worked on our catapult, my group had to make finishing touches and actually replace a spoon. Since we tested it a lot , we actually broke the spoon! Today we were assigned two different test, shooting to go into the bowl,and knocking over a tower of plastic cups. That was all we did today.
Improvements:
I could improve on not zoning out and I could also improve on making notes. I zoned out a little bit when we were going over some notes so I should definently improve on that.
Thursday: Today was a fun day because we got to test our catapults and make some tweaks on it. After we get our daily science starter which was about unit two and gravity we got your groups and we quickly started on our lab. We put some more popsicle sticks on it and we got to launch stale marshmallows. After doing that for a couple times we tweaked it. We support the spoon and we added a couple more rubber bands, we also decided to make the spoon I did different angle because when we shot it the marshmallow hit the ceiling. Tomorrow we still have to add a couple more things on and then will be done. That was all we did today.
Friday: Today we did our daily science starter then we finished our device for the catapult lab. First we did our daily science starter, which was about free falling and that there is no air resistance when an object is free falling. After that we worked on our catapult, my group had to make finishing touches and actually replace a spoon. Since we tested it a lot , we actually broke the spoon! Today we were assigned two different test, shooting to go into the bowl,and knocking over a tower of plastic cups. That was all we did today.
Improvements:
I could improve on not zoning out and I could also improve on making notes. I zoned out a little bit when we were going over some notes so I should definently improve on that.
Friday, February 6, 2015
Weekly blog (Feb 2 to Feb 6)
Monday: Today was tiring day and a fun day at the same time. Today we got a new lab took some really short notes on the Newtons third law and worked on our lab. First we took notes on Newtons force and what affects it, like mass,and applied force. Our new lab is called Bowling for forces. It has to do with acceleration, force, velocity, distance, time, and mass. We got into groups after talking about it.I am in a group with Selden and Delaney. To be honest, they were mostly playing around but we still got it finished. After we finished the part were we fill out the mass and time, slow, and fast class was over so we had to finish it for homework. We did a basketball, volleyball, softball, soccer ball, golf ball, bowling ball, and we did an exercise ball for extra credit.
Tuesday: Today we continued our lab, took more notes, and we did more questions on our lab. First we did our daily science starter then we took some notes. The science was pretty easy for me. I checked on Jupiter grades and we have a test next Tuesday so I already started studying. After doing that we took notes on some more of the physics chapter. After taking those notes we went over the and we compared answers from last nights homework on filling out the other things. My group had the same answers except one of them on the velocity part. Today was a good day.
Wednesday: Today we had a blast. We had a really cool demonstration, and we talked about physics a little more. After that we had Mr.Simon come in and we talked about the experiment. The demonstration was that a cinderblock would be placed on his chest then Mrs.G would break the cinderblock by smashing a hammer on the cinderblock. We said that Mr.Simon should flex and hold his breath. It was very amazing, Mr.Simon was fine and he did survive. I think that this was a really fun demonstration.
Thursday: Today we finished our lab and we turned it in, then we got our study guide and we worked on it. After having a really fun day yesterday we started to study in class. I only have 4 questions left on the lab because I did some of them during homework. I already finished them and turned it in. After that we got our study guide. I had already started studying but we got our study guide today. I finished the first column but there are 4 columns on it. Today was a chilling day.
Friday:Today we finished our study guide and that was all we did. Today seemed like a really short day today. I finished my study guide and I checked it. I only had a little bit to do because I worked on it last night. After doing that we had guided study for the rest of the day.
Improvements: I could improve on remembering thinks like turning in my lab, I could also work harder and not get so distracted in class.
Tuesday: Today we continued our lab, took more notes, and we did more questions on our lab. First we did our daily science starter then we took some notes. The science was pretty easy for me. I checked on Jupiter grades and we have a test next Tuesday so I already started studying. After doing that we took notes on some more of the physics chapter. After taking those notes we went over the and we compared answers from last nights homework on filling out the other things. My group had the same answers except one of them on the velocity part. Today was a good day.
Wednesday: Today we had a blast. We had a really cool demonstration, and we talked about physics a little more. After that we had Mr.Simon come in and we talked about the experiment. The demonstration was that a cinderblock would be placed on his chest then Mrs.G would break the cinderblock by smashing a hammer on the cinderblock. We said that Mr.Simon should flex and hold his breath. It was very amazing, Mr.Simon was fine and he did survive. I think that this was a really fun demonstration.
Thursday: Today we finished our lab and we turned it in, then we got our study guide and we worked on it. After having a really fun day yesterday we started to study in class. I only have 4 questions left on the lab because I did some of them during homework. I already finished them and turned it in. After that we got our study guide. I had already started studying but we got our study guide today. I finished the first column but there are 4 columns on it. Today was a chilling day.
Friday:Today we finished our study guide and that was all we did. Today seemed like a really short day today. I finished my study guide and I checked it. I only had a little bit to do because I worked on it last night. After doing that we had guided study for the rest of the day.
Improvements: I could improve on remembering thinks like turning in my lab, I could also work harder and not get so distracted in class.
Friday, January 30, 2015
Weekly blog (Jan.26-30)
Monday: Today was a fun day, except that I already know that tomorrow it going to be way funner than today. Tomorrow we are going to be chewing, or chomping bubble gum! Anyways, today we did our daily science starter, talked about the quiz that we have on Wednesday. We also started another lab. So we reviewed a little bit because we have our first quiz in physics on Wednesday. Mrs.G said that it is a little baby quiz so it shouldn't be that hard, and I am feeling pretty good. Today we also started our new lab. W got into groups and we are actually doing the experiment tomorrow, but we talked about it today. The lab is about ''chomping'' gum. So it will be fun!
Tuesday: Today we had a lot of fun! We did some practice problems on a white board, and we worked on the Chomping Gum lab. Today I also got to ''chomp'' gum! I the beginning of class we did our daily science starter, and then we went straight into reviewing problems on a white board. We reviewed problems with scalar and vector quantities. We also did some physics problems like figuring out the acceleration of an object, speed, and velocity. The very fun part of the day was working on our lab. We got back into our groups,my group is Evan, and Anna. Yesterday we created a google doc and we figured out the question, hypothesis, and we made a chart. So today I found out that I was the test subject, which was fun, except that in the beginning I bit my tongue. Today we also listed the different variables and my group finished the graph and we printed it out, so we are in good shape. Today was a fun day!
Wednesday:Today was our first quiz in Physics. It was easy and it was a little hard at the end of the quiz, the question with the pythagorean theorem was a little hard but I feel like I did a good job. The beginning of Physics is understanding the terms and understanding the equations of it. I think that I understand most of it. That is all we did today.
Thursday: Today was an ok day in my opinion, we reviewed our quiz and we finished our lab that we started on Monday. So we got our lab back and we very thoroughly went over it and even wrote down a list of the things that we missed and the things that we were/are confused about. I got an 84 which is a high c. I think that I could of done better. But it is what I got! After doing that we finished our lab. My group had to finish the procedure and the conclusion. Then we had to print it out and give it to her. That is really all we did today.
Friday:I felt like today was an easy day, because we didn't have any quizzes nothing to worry about for the next day and it is Friday! Today we went over some new notes, and we did a station activity with a partner. So first we our daily science starter about the 2nd law of Newton's laws. Then, did a little demonstration about an inertia. We put a flash card on or finger and then a penny on top of the flash card. Then we had to pull it out and the penny would be on the tip of our finger. After having that fun, we got into partners and we started the stations. I was with Will, we got it half way done. I think that this was a good exercise to remember the inertia.
Improvements:
I could improve on studying better and getting my labs finished. I think I should improve my study habits and start focusing more when we do labs.
Tuesday: Today we had a lot of fun! We did some practice problems on a white board, and we worked on the Chomping Gum lab. Today I also got to ''chomp'' gum! I the beginning of class we did our daily science starter, and then we went straight into reviewing problems on a white board. We reviewed problems with scalar and vector quantities. We also did some physics problems like figuring out the acceleration of an object, speed, and velocity. The very fun part of the day was working on our lab. We got back into our groups,my group is Evan, and Anna. Yesterday we created a google doc and we figured out the question, hypothesis, and we made a chart. So today I found out that I was the test subject, which was fun, except that in the beginning I bit my tongue. Today we also listed the different variables and my group finished the graph and we printed it out, so we are in good shape. Today was a fun day!
Wednesday:Today was our first quiz in Physics. It was easy and it was a little hard at the end of the quiz, the question with the pythagorean theorem was a little hard but I feel like I did a good job. The beginning of Physics is understanding the terms and understanding the equations of it. I think that I understand most of it. That is all we did today.
Thursday: Today was an ok day in my opinion, we reviewed our quiz and we finished our lab that we started on Monday. So we got our lab back and we very thoroughly went over it and even wrote down a list of the things that we missed and the things that we were/are confused about. I got an 84 which is a high c. I think that I could of done better. But it is what I got! After doing that we finished our lab. My group had to finish the procedure and the conclusion. Then we had to print it out and give it to her. That is really all we did today.
Friday:I felt like today was an easy day, because we didn't have any quizzes nothing to worry about for the next day and it is Friday! Today we went over some new notes, and we did a station activity with a partner. So first we our daily science starter about the 2nd law of Newton's laws. Then, did a little demonstration about an inertia. We put a flash card on or finger and then a penny on top of the flash card. Then we had to pull it out and the penny would be on the tip of our finger. After having that fun, we got into partners and we started the stations. I was with Will, we got it half way done. I think that this was a good exercise to remember the inertia.
Improvements:
I could improve on studying better and getting my labs finished. I think I should improve my study habits and start focusing more when we do labs.
Friday, January 23, 2015
Weekly blog Jan.19-23
Monday- Wasn't at school. Martin Luther King Jr. Day!
Tuesday: Today was definently a good start. Today was the first day of the the second semester and the first day of the second art of the school year! I think today was a good start because we went straight into it. We talked a little bit about what we are doing in physics in the next two quarters, we are making catapults, dropping eggs, and a lot more. Today we also took notes on the first two sections in physics. It was unit 1 motion, Mrs.G said that if we are good at math it wouldn't be as hard. So tonight for homework we have to do 13 vocab words to do on physics. I am not really sad or happy that we starting physics but we will see!
Wednesday: Today we started a really fun lab and we went over some more of the physics notes. I think that my classmates and I were really tired today too. We had a very fun weekend and we also had a 4 day weekend so it was fun. We divided into different groups and we started to work on our worm lab. In this lab we raced worms and we found the displacement and the distance they went. I think that this was a really fun way to understand the meaning of these words. My group still has to finish the lab, it is due on Friday. While taking the notes we talked about scalar and vector quantities. I think that today was a fun day.
Thursday: The science olympiad people weren't in science class today, so we went to Panera bread and studied there. My events are Air trajectory, write it do it, and duct tape challenge. I had a lot of fun at Panera.
Friday: Today we got right back into science class, we took notes and finished our speed worm lab. Today we also had a shadower. So first we took noted on resultant quantities. We had examples on different situations. We only took notes for 10 minutes, so there isn't a lot to talk about. Next, we finished/continued our lab. I was in a group with Varun,and Jonathan. Jonathan was a shadower that day so it is only me and Varun. Since the Science Olympiad people weren't in science class or guided study we had to rush and finish it today. We actually only finished the graph but we still have to do some questions on the lab this weekend. I think that this was a fun and rushed lab. Today was a relaxing day for me.
Improvements:
I could improve on making my handwriting neater. I could also improve on making my binder neater. I think I could take it home and organize everything.
Tuesday: Today was definently a good start. Today was the first day of the the second semester and the first day of the second art of the school year! I think today was a good start because we went straight into it. We talked a little bit about what we are doing in physics in the next two quarters, we are making catapults, dropping eggs, and a lot more. Today we also took notes on the first two sections in physics. It was unit 1 motion, Mrs.G said that if we are good at math it wouldn't be as hard. So tonight for homework we have to do 13 vocab words to do on physics. I am not really sad or happy that we starting physics but we will see!
Wednesday: Today we started a really fun lab and we went over some more of the physics notes. I think that my classmates and I were really tired today too. We had a very fun weekend and we also had a 4 day weekend so it was fun. We divided into different groups and we started to work on our worm lab. In this lab we raced worms and we found the displacement and the distance they went. I think that this was a really fun way to understand the meaning of these words. My group still has to finish the lab, it is due on Friday. While taking the notes we talked about scalar and vector quantities. I think that today was a fun day.
Thursday: The science olympiad people weren't in science class today, so we went to Panera bread and studied there. My events are Air trajectory, write it do it, and duct tape challenge. I had a lot of fun at Panera.
Friday: Today we got right back into science class, we took notes and finished our speed worm lab. Today we also had a shadower. So first we took noted on resultant quantities. We had examples on different situations. We only took notes for 10 minutes, so there isn't a lot to talk about. Next, we finished/continued our lab. I was in a group with Varun,and Jonathan. Jonathan was a shadower that day so it is only me and Varun. Since the Science Olympiad people weren't in science class or guided study we had to rush and finish it today. We actually only finished the graph but we still have to do some questions on the lab this weekend. I think that this was a fun and rushed lab. Today was a relaxing day for me.
Improvements:
I could improve on making my handwriting neater. I could also improve on making my binder neater. I think I could take it home and organize everything.
Friday, January 9, 2015
Weekly Blog (January 5 to 9)
Monday:Today was a really tiring day and most of the people in my class were tired including me. Luckily, science class is at the end of the school day so we were not as tired as we were in the morning (Math Class). Anyways, today we went straight into midterm studying. We talked about only studying Unit 1 today and continuing the other units on other days. For homework I am only studying sig figs, precision and accuracy, and the scientific method. We did a review sheet and we went over the answers. We could either do it around the room or on the computer. I felt that today was a good day, and I definently had to remember a lot. I was also surprised that we are almost in our second half in the school year. It definitely went by fast. I can already tell that this week is going to be a stressful week. Today I could prove on recalling all of the topics from unit 1. Once I work on the topics I will remember it and it will be easier. That was all we did today.
Tuesday:Today was a good day because we really started to get onto studying Today we studied unit 2. While we were studying we had little fun games that we tried in between questions. We had to answer different questions about the unit, my partner was Lauren. Here is a funny picture of one of our games.
This game was to get the vanilla cracker to your mouth only using facial expressions and under a minute. This was really funny game. I didn't get into my mouth and it fell and I just ate it. I felt that this was a good break to do in between questions. Mrs.G always finds a good way to spend our break!
That is all we did today.
Wednesday: Today was one of those days that is not bad but it wasn't the best. Today we studied Atomic structure and theory. This is about the periodic table and the different number of protons and electrons. We also studied a little about the different people who discovered the atom. J.J. Thompson, Bohr, and other people. We played more games and we took good breaks. One of the games was to hit all the cans on the ground with only a yoyo tied to your waist, your are only allowed to use your waist. You can spin also. This was another good way to spend our break. I felt that I had to remember a lot but it was still good.
Thursday: I felt like today was a good/funny day. We focused on reviewing the periodic table and reviewing the different trends on the periodic table. Today I had to do a lot of remembering of the past. We had a lot of fun today, we played a game where u are in a group and we had to answer questions with your group. We also had bonus questions, and on one questions you had to find the owl on the questions. The owl was like 1 mm. on the screen. Like I said Mrs.G always finds a good way to study and have fun! I was in group with Lauren and Keira. Every time we talked about the answer we would have to whisper, they had good whispering voices and I didn't, so it was way easier for me. I felt like today was a good day for me and my classmates.
Friday: I is finally Friday! But it actually isn't that relaxing science we have midterms. I am not really stressed about the science midterms, but I am really stressed about the social studies exams. Anyways today we reviews unit 5 and 6, we combined the units together and it basically has the same amount of information in it. These units were about bonds and ions. We did the same game that we did yesterday, and my team won! We got Hershey's chocolate bars This game is really fun, especially when you win! I think today was a fun and good day.
Improvements:
I could improve on studying and trying to remember all the units in all the subjects.
Tuesday:Today was a good day because we really started to get onto studying Today we studied unit 2. While we were studying we had little fun games that we tried in between questions. We had to answer different questions about the unit, my partner was Lauren. Here is a funny picture of one of our games.
That is all we did today.
Wednesday: Today was one of those days that is not bad but it wasn't the best. Today we studied Atomic structure and theory. This is about the periodic table and the different number of protons and electrons. We also studied a little about the different people who discovered the atom. J.J. Thompson, Bohr, and other people. We played more games and we took good breaks. One of the games was to hit all the cans on the ground with only a yoyo tied to your waist, your are only allowed to use your waist. You can spin also. This was another good way to spend our break. I felt that I had to remember a lot but it was still good.
Thursday: I felt like today was a good/funny day. We focused on reviewing the periodic table and reviewing the different trends on the periodic table. Today I had to do a lot of remembering of the past. We had a lot of fun today, we played a game where u are in a group and we had to answer questions with your group. We also had bonus questions, and on one questions you had to find the owl on the questions. The owl was like 1 mm. on the screen. Like I said Mrs.G always finds a good way to study and have fun! I was in group with Lauren and Keira. Every time we talked about the answer we would have to whisper, they had good whispering voices and I didn't, so it was way easier for me. I felt like today was a good day for me and my classmates.
Friday: I is finally Friday! But it actually isn't that relaxing science we have midterms. I am not really stressed about the science midterms, but I am really stressed about the social studies exams. Anyways today we reviews unit 5 and 6, we combined the units together and it basically has the same amount of information in it. These units were about bonds and ions. We did the same game that we did yesterday, and my team won! We got Hershey's chocolate bars This game is really fun, especially when you win! I think today was a fun and good day.
Improvements:
I could improve on studying and trying to remember all the units in all the subjects.
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