The Week of 9/20-9/24

• Monday 9/20:  Check off Cornell Notes.  Learn addition/subtraction rule for rounding.  Finish 2nd side of Conversion Worksheet and check off.  Go over answers to worksheet.  Notes on Graphing.
• Tuesday 9/21:  Measuring the Thickness of Aluminum Foil lab done in notebook.  Complete graph on graph paper.
• Wednesday/Thursday 9/22-9/23:   Short test on theory versus law, metric system, conversions, scientific notation, and significant figures.   More on graphing.  Notes on Chapter 2:  elements, compounds, and physical properties.  Read  2.1 and 2.2 in text.
• Friday 9/24:  How to solve problems in science.  Density worksheet, due Tuesday 9/28.

The Week of 9/13-9/17

• Monday 9/13:  Metric System, prefixes, conversions.  Safety Tour of the classroom.  Hand-out Safety Contract.  To be signed by yourself and a parent/guardian by Friday 9/17.
• Tuesday 9/14:  Solving conversions.  Hand-out Conversion Worksheet to be due Friday.  Scientific Notation.
• Wednesday/Thursday 9/15-9/16:  Intro. to measuring tools and how to use them.  Measurement Lab.  Continue working on conversions and scientific notation.  Signed Safety Contract and conversion worksheet due Friday.
• Friday 9/17:  Turn in signed Safety Contract.  Check off Conversion worksheet and go over.  Introduce signficant figures and how to compute with them.

The Week of 9/7-9/10

• Tuesday 9/7: First day of School! Introductions. Demonstrate Early Work. Fill out Student Information Sheet. Hand out Classroom Expectations. HW: Read Expectations and bring in questions tomorrow.  Get a spiral notebook by Friday.
• Wednesday 9/8:  Questions on Classroom Expectations?  What is science?  How do we do it?  Group Task:  testing advertisement claims.  HW for Friday:  read 1.1 and 1.2 in text.
• Thursday 9/9:  Finish Group Task poster and present them.  Make sure that your group turns in your poster with ALL of your names on it.
• Friday 9/10:  Have your spiral notebook today.  How to take Cornell Notes.  First notebook entry on scientific theory versus law.  Safety Equipment tour and hand out Safety Contract.  Safety Contract signed by you and a parent/guardian is due Tuesday 9/14.

Welcome to the 2010-2011 School Year!

Greetings new students!  This website will be very important in keeping you updated and informed about this class.  If you are absent or have any questions about what is going on in class, please check here!  Most of the class documents will be available here and I will include links that we used in class or that I just think are really cool.  Please feel free to comment here, although I prefer if you include some identifying information, like "Hannah from 5th period" or "HB from 5th".  You can also e-mail me and I will get back to you as soon as I can (if you go to the Ms. Kenny tab under contributors, you will find a link to my e-mail). 

Frequently students find links and resources that they think will be helpful to other students.  If I agree, I will add the link and give a few points of extra credit to the student.  Many of my best resources and suggestions have come from students.

I'm looking forward to having an incredible year of learning science with all of you!

Are You Prepared for the Final???

What to bring on Friday, June 11th:

1)  Your hand-written notecard
2)  A calculator
3)  Paper and writing utensil
4)  Something to do QUIETLY when you are finished with the test!

Prepare yourself well so that you can relax and do your best!

The Week of 6/7-6/11

The Late Work/Extra Credit Deadline is Tuesday by the end of lunch.  The final day to turn in the Flashlight Lab for cake is Monday by the end of lunch!

• Monday 6/7:  Add up Last Early Work!  Share out regional information about Climate Change.  Turn in Climate Change packet.  Notebook Check. 
• Tuesday 6/8:  Go over Work/Energy/Machines in Review Packet.  Hand out Crossword Review.  Late work/Extra Credit deadline today by the end of lunch.
• Wednesday 6/9:  Review heat/temperature and Earth Science.  Jeopardy Review!  Mid-day FLEX.  Last change to make up those missing tests!
• Thursday 6/10:  Last FLEX of the year.
• Friday 6/11:  Finals start!  2nd period at 8:15 am.  4th Period at 10:25 am.

Congratulations, you are now done with FPC!  Enjoy your summer!

The Week of 5/31-6/4

Remember that Block Days are on Tues/Wed this week.  Come in ready to take any missing tests during Tuesday mid-day FLEX!   Flashlight labs are due Friday. 

• Monday 5/31:  Memorial Day.  No School.
• Tuesday 6/1:  (Even Block Day):  20 more minutes on the Flashlight Lab.  Short notes on the Greenhouse Effect.  Go to Library/Computer lab to start Climate Change activity.  Mid-day FLEX.  Come in prepared!!
• Thursday 6/3:  (short periods):  Climate Change Group Activity.  Hand out Final Review Packet.  Lunch-time FLEX.
• Friday 6/4:  Turn in Flashlight Lab with graphs.  Climate Change share out with groups. 

Next  Week:  Notebook Check on Monday.  Deadline for Late Work/Extra Credit is Tuesday June 8th.  Finals start on Friday, June 11th.