Monday, January 16, 2012

Thermodynamics Day 5

Heat and Pressure
Objective:
What: SWBAT describe how pressure and heat are related.
How: Students will complete an exit slip with multiple choice CST questions on heat and pressure with 80% accuracy
Why: To be life long learners we need to be able to describe the ways that heat affects our natural environment.


Agenda
1. Do Now - Heat transfer
2. Brainpop - Blood Pressure
3. Bill Nye- Pressure
4. Holt Pressure Reading
5. Exit Slip

Friday, January 13, 2012

Thermodynamics Day 4 CONTINUED!

Heat transfer

Objective:
What: SWBAT describe the three ways that heat is transferred.

How: Students will complete an exit slip at the end of class to draw and describe what the three types of heat transfer are, and how they help heat to move from one place to another.

Why: To be critical thinkers, we need to connect what we know about heat to the ways that we can see heat in the real world.


I. Heat Activity


II. Eureka - Heat as Energy
 
III. Eureka - Conduction


IV. Bouyancy and Convection






V. BBC Heating reading


Early Finishers

1.

2. The Physics of Firewalking

3.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Thermodynamics Day 4

Energy Transfer and Heat

Objective:
What: SWBAT describe what heat is, and describe 3 ways that thermal energy can be transferred.
How: Students will complete a webquest that goes through information about heat and complete the  corresponding worksheet with 80% accuracy.  
Why: To be critical thinkers we need to connect our knowledge about what makes up matter to the ways that heat can be transferred through matter.  

Agenda:
WEBQUEST!  FOllow the directions on your packet, and complete the different sections of the webquest in order.  If one page is not loading, or a video is lagging, please start the next section.  Otherwise, everything should be completed in order.  Links for early finishers can be found below the last webquest link.

I. School for Champions: Heat

II. Brainpop- Heat

III. Brainpop - Temperature

IV. Temperature vs heat

V. Kinetic Energy and Temperature Simulation

VI. Bill Nye - Heat
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

EARLY FINISHERS:
Brainpop - Fire

What is Geothermal Energy?

How does a Geothermal Power plant work?

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Thermodynamics Day 3

Phase Change
Objective
What: SWBAT describe how matter changes between different states.
How: Student will complete an exit slip where they're able to describe in words and pictures what makes matter change between states. 
Why: To be critical thinkers we need to connect our prior knowledge about states of matter with the way that the different states change into each other.  

Agenda
1. Do Now- States of matter
2. Brainpop- Matter Changing States
3. Bill Nye- States of Matter
4. Holt Physical Science- States of Matter and Phase Changes reading
5. Exit Slip

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Thermodynamics Day 2

Solids, Liquids and Gases

Objective:
What: SWBAT describe characteristics of the molecules in solids, liquids and gases.
How: By completing a worksheet and an exit slip, students will draw and describe at least 3 properties of solids, liquids and gases with 80% accuracy.
Why: To be life long learners we need to connect our prior knowledge about atoms to the way that they come together.  In the future we will use this knowledge to describe how heat travels through solids, liquids and gases.  

Agenda
WEBQUEST! 
1. Look at your worksheet to see what activity you should be working on.
2. You'll need to click on one link at a time.
3. Read the text, watch the video or complete the activity.  
4. Use what you learn to answer the questions on your worksheet.  
5. Click on the next link on the blog, and continue onward!






VI. Gases



IX. Click on the picture below and try out all the different ways to make things gas, liquid and solid!
States of Matter
Click to Run

X. EARLY FINISHERS:
Brainpop- watch the video, take the quiz, and write your score on the bottom left of your exit slip

Check out my playlist on Solids, Liquids and Gases! (GREAT for studying!)



EXIT SLIP
Divide the exit slip part of your paper into 3 sections and label them Gas, Liquid, and Solid.  Draw a picture of what the particles look like in each state, and list AT LEAST 3 characteristics of each state.  

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Thermodynamics Day 1

Atoms!
What: SWBAT describe the atoms that make up everything around them.
How: By filling out an exit slip students will describe the properties of atoms and label the parts
Why: To be critical thinkers about the world around us, we need to examine and investigate what makes up the things we touch and see.  


Agenda
1. Do Now
2. Ant Man- Why does he shrink?
3. Brainpop- Atoms
4. Bill Nye- Atoms
5. Atoms reading, and atoms reading HW
6. Exit Slip