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Week of May 14, 2012
Hello everyone! It has been a great pleasure to watch you discuss, experiment, argue, plan, organize, inquire, explore, question, design, collaborate and grow over the last few weeks throughout our Video Lab Report project. Your successful execution of this huge task is a compliment to your ability to adapt to new challenges and be risk takers. The films you produced have been exciting, emotional, academic, artistic, hilarious, engaging and entertaining. I am so proud of you, as you should be of yourselves.
As we peer and self-review our products in preparation for a summative grade, you should keep in mind that any aspects of the project which do not receive full marks should have comments or explanations next to each item.
We”ll also have a class session for showing any films from groups who wish to volunteer. I look forward to enjoying these with you. Great job everybody!
Oh and by the way, we have a new Wiki Site for this project as well! Check it out here
http://scienceoutloud.wikispaces.com/
Week of April 30 – May 4, 2012
Welcome back from your 4 day weekend! With only three short days left this week, we will have to pause and take some time to review our progress on our LOL projects. Remember, we all leave this coming Monday morning to all of our various China Alive destinations throughout China – that means next week is out as well. Dont worry where you are at with LOL – we can take the time we need to to regroup and recalculate our plans for a successful finish. This week, lets continue to have some more fun learning with our mousetrap cars.
Week of April 16, 2012
Except for the slight interruption of ERB testing this week, we are now full swing into our Labbing out Loud (LOL!) virtual lab report. Please find a brief description of the project in this file here – click!
We will use these learning targets and activities to guide us through the project over the next three weeks.
Good luck! LOL!
Week of April 9th 2012
Welcome back from a loonnnggg Spring break. I hope you had a great time with friends and family and are ready to get back into our studies of science!
Now that we have begun to run our initial trials for both speed (little Mo) and distance (Big Mama), we can begin the testing of variables. Remember to try and keep your cars from getting banged around too much, as this can negatively affect the performance of your car the next time you run it.
I will post the full project description for the LOL project next Sunday night.
This Week’s Learning Targets
- Apply and demonstrate proper lab safety
- Practice the scientific method to test the relationships between forces and friction
- Design an experiment to test the laws of motion using the mousetrap car
Activities – These will help us hit the targets!
- Mousetrap car building and trials/test runs in the hallways!
- Filming and photographing the LOL! process
- SLC planning and preparations
- Test and Modify you Mousetrap car according to your question of science investigation.
Learning At Home
- SLC preparations
- Bring in any physical objects that you want to use as variables on your mousetrap cars to affect their performance
Week of March 12 – 28, 2012
Hello everybody! Now that all the SAS mice are safe (thanks to you!), we can begin the core part of our mousetrap car building. The only thing is that these are very strange next-few-weeks as far as our schedule.
So, this is basically the schedule for the next three weeks. See dates above.
Its ok, we will do the most and best we can…..
Then its off to the races, where you will be challenging and testing your own hypotheses for maximum velocity and distance. There is sure to be a lot of ENERGY (both potential and kinetic!) these next few weeks! See you Monday!
Learning Targets (our goals for learning)
- Apply and demonstrate proper lab safety
- Build the Mousetrap Car of Science!
- Practice the scientific method to test the relationships between speed, velocity and distance
Activities – These will help us hit the targets!
- Lab skills practice
- Mousetrap car assembly
Learning At Home
- None that I can think of…..
Week of March 5th, 2012
Hi Everyone! That’s right, for every Mousetrap car we build, mice all over the world will be celebrating its use for science and not for them! 
…..And now to the Mousetrap Cars and the Labbing Out Loud (LOL!) project!!! Year of the Dragon? Ha! I think not – NO ONE is saving dragons in science at SAS Pudong G6! Details in class…..
This Week’s Learning Targets
- Apply and demonstrate proper lab safety
- Build the Mousetrap Car of Science!
- Practice the scientific method to test the relationships between forces and friction
Activities – These will help us hit the targets!
- Lab skills practice
- Mousetrap car assembly
Learning At Home
- Pre-Read the Mousetrap Car instructions for familiarity
Week of February 27th, 2012
That’s right folks! Sir Newton would be very impressed by your knowledge and results so far. You have done a most excellent job of acquiring all this information and applying it in the form of skits, discussions, activities and demonstrations.
The second half of our test (part 2) on Forces and Motion will be this week. Test 2 will be Chapter 2 Section 1 through 4.
You can find a PDF version of the study guide here
I’ll be available on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday as normal if you have any questions or inquiries.
This Week’s Learning Targets (CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK)
Activities – These will help us hit the targets!
- Finish Learning Skits for Newtons Laws and Friction
- Overview of test contents
- Study Guide overview
- Passwords!
Learning At Home
- Study for Test (Ch 2 sec 1 through 4)
- BrainPop – Newtons 3 laws & potential energy (take quiz on your own)
- Test yourself activities from Mrs Carozza on Quizlet!
Week of February 20th, 2012
Remember that our test will be coming up next week on February 22 (Earth, Wind) and 23 (Fire, Water). You were told last week that we will split up this test into two smaller assessments. At the same time, we will also continue our activities with Newton, Friction and balanced & unbalanced forces.
Test 1 will be Chapter 1 Section 1&3 only.
You can find a study guide here.
The second assessment will be the following week (see iCAL) and will cover the sections 1 through 4 of Chapter 2. I’ll be available on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday as normal if you have any questions or inquiries.
This Week’s Learning Targets (CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK)
Activities – These will help us hit the targets!
- Learning Skits for Newtons Laws and Friction
- Overview of test contents
- Proof of Preparation (TURN this in on the day of your test)
- Ch1 sec1 and 3 study Guide hand out
Learning At Home
- Study for Test (Ch 1 sec 1 and 3)
- BrainPop – Newtons 3 laws & potential energy (take quiz on your own)
- Test ‘proof of preparation’ activities
- Test yourself activities from Mrs Carozza on Quizlet!
Week of February 13th, 2012
Last week was tough as we learned and demonstrated Newton’s three laws and how they apply to our lives. We will start to see how they work with the next two labs we have coming up. In the meantime, we’ll be doing some activities to help us review these concepts, as well as begin talking about friction and balancing forces.
Remember that our test will be coming up next week on February 22 (Earth, Wind) and 23 (Fire, Water). I’ll be available for H.O.T on Monday only this week (I’ll be out for Pudong Rocks rehearsals on Tuesday and Thursday) if you have any questions or inquiries. Next week, I will resume normal after school availability.
This Week’s Learning Targets
Activities – These will help us hit the targets!
Learning At Home
- BrainPop – Newtons 3 laws & potential energy (take quiz on your own)
- Test ‘proof of preparation’ activities
- Test yourself activities from Mrs Carozza on Quizlet!
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