1st semester assignments

1st Quarter Assignments 2003

Name of Assignment Due Date Description of the Assignment Type Points Possible

1

What In the World Is It?
9-5-03
Students drew sketches of two objects at each lab table and tried to figure out how they related to science.
Activity 30

2

Student Survey
9-5-03
Students filled out a survey about their interests and thougts about school
Homework 10

3.

Signed Rules
9-9-03
Students read over the class rules and guidelines for morrison labs and had them signed by a parent

Homework
5

4

Rule Analysis Questions
9-9-03
Students answered questions about the class rules.

Homework
10

5

Hocus Focus Cards
9-10-03
Students looked at 14 cards that had cartoons on them. Each card ad two pairs of cartoons with 6 diffenences. Student had one mnute to find the six diffenences on each card
Activity 30

6.

Testbook Scavenger Hunt

9-12-03

Studnets looked through their science text to find anwsers to question

Homework
15

7.

Signed Class Report #1

9-18-03

Students got a class report that listed all their assignments and how they are doing in class. They took the report home to be signed.

Homework
5

8.

Science Findings Puzzle

9-18-03

Students put together a puzzle and tried to find science objects in the puzzle.
Activity 20

9.

Adventures in Penguin Sitting

9-25-03

Students tried to get water down to ten degrees celsius and then keep it at that temperature.
Lab 50

10.

Signed Class Report #2

10-1-03

Students got a class report that listed all their assignments and how they are doing in class. They took the report home to be signed.

Homework
5

11.

MIT Protues Penguin Boat

10-1-03

Students read in theit textbooks about scientists at MIT that are trying to make a prop that propells boats like a penguin swims. Students answered questions about the reading.

Homework
15

12.

Balance Massing Practice

9-30-03

Students massed objects learning how to use and practicing with the balances.
Lab 30

13

Signed Class Report #3

The school mailed home reports based on the grades on this report.

10-8

Students got a class report that listed all their assignments and how they are doing in class. They took the report home to be signed.

Homework
5

14.

UV Graph for September

10-10-03

Students graphed their UV readings for the month of September. They graphed the predicted UV, their period's UV, and two other period's UV throughout the day.

Homework
15

15.

Room Temperature Graph September

10-10-03

Students graphed the inside and outside temperatures for the month of September.
Homework 15

16.

Graph Analysis Questions

10-10-03

Students answered a set of questions about each of the graphs they made.
Homework 20

17.

Paper Towel Lab

10-14-03

Students conducteda a wet strength test and a absorbency test on five brands of paper towels.
Lab 100

18.

Lab Safety Sketches

10-15

Students Drew pictures of four of the safety rules.
Homework 20

19.

BrainPop Measurement Questions

http://www.brainpop.com/science/matter/measurement

10-17

Students watched the BrainPop Movie on measurement and aswered a set of questisons about it.
Classwork 10

20.

Pump Up the Volume

10-21

Students practiced finding volume by displacement and by multiplying lenght, height, and width.
Lab 30

21.

Signed Class Report #4

10-22

Students got a class report that listed all their assignments and how they are doing in class. They took the report home to be signed.

Homework
5

22.

Finding Volume

10-23

Students practiced find the volume of some cube shaped objects and also looked at what instruments measure Volume, mass, length, and temperature.

Homework
10

23.

2 page mini Journal check

Varies by classes

I looked at two random pages in each student's journal to see if students are keeping up with the required sections.

Classwork
10

24.

Journal Quiz

10-24

Students took an open-journal quiz that asked them about data they had recorded in their journals.
Quiz 30

25

Calculating Volume (house)

10-28

Students practiced their volume calculating skills. They also found the volume of some ot the rooms in their house
Homework 10

26.

The Case of the Missing Volume

10-30

In this lab students practiced measure liquids. Students also found out that when you mix 50 mL of water with 50 mL of rubbing alcohol you do not get 100 mL of combined liquid. You ususlly get about 97-98 mL. What happend to the missing volume??
Lab 30

27.

Study Sheet 1 Measuring Metric Worksheet

10-30

Students practiced finding volumes in metric units. They also practiced read a meniscus, ruler, and thermometer
Classwork 10-30

28

Volume Poster Group Review

10-23

Students worked in their lab groups of to answer 5 questions about volume. They made a poster that showed their answers with pictures.
Classwork 30

29.

Extra credit points earned for brain challenges during 1st quarter.

11-3-03

Extra credit points earned for brain challenges (weekly and Monthly) during first quarter. Points from daily question cards and numerous other extra opportunities are also included

Extra

Credit
1

30

Volume Test

11-4

Students will be evaluated on what they have learned about the topic of volume.
Test 50

31
Signed Class Report #5
11-5

Students got a class report that listed all their assignments and how they are doing in class. They took the report home to be signed.
Homework 5

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2nd quarter Assignments 2003 Below

The assignments below are for 2nd quarter.

32

Signed Class Report #6

11-12

Students got a class report that listed all their assignments and how they are doing in class. They took the report home to be signed. This was the final grade for first quarter.

Homework
5

33

Volume Test Corrections

11-13

Students were given a test key to look up the answers to all the questions they missed on the Volume Test. They were to copy each question they missed on a separate piece of notebook paper and write the correct ansewer next to each question. They staple the corrections to test.

Homework
30

34

How Dense Are They? Lab

Friday

11-14

Students found the density of wood, galena, pyrite, rubbing alcohol, water and plastic fruit. They finished this lab with the mystery metal challenge.
Lab 50

35

Sink or Float Sodas

Monday

11-17

Last Friday we did a group experiment that tested which sodas sink and which float. Students finished the questions over the weekend and it was collected Monday. The Morrison color hypothesis didn't do so well...D'oh!

Lab

Homework
20

36

Case of the Missing Crown

Wednesday 11-19

Students had to determine which of 5 crowns was made of real gold by finding the density of each. This was similar to the story I told about Achimedes and the Golden Crown.

Homework
20

37

The Emergency Red Cross First Aid Television quiz.

Wednesday 11-19

Students try to decide what to do after actors act out different emergencies.

Classwork
20

38

UV Graph for October

Friday 11-21

Students graphed their UV readings for the month of October. They graphed the predicted UV, their period's UV, and two other period's UV throughout the day.

Homework
15

39

Room Temperature Graph October

Friday 11-21

Students graphed the inside and outside temperatures for the month of October.

Homework
15

40

Graph Analysis Questions

Friday 11-21

Students answered a set of questions about each of the graphs they made.

Homework
20

41

Rainbow Straw Lab

Tuesday

11-25

Students layered liquids of different salt densities to creat rainbow straws.

Pretty Pretty!

Lab
50

42

Signed Class Report # 7

12-2 Tuesday

Students got a class report that listed all their assignments and how they are doing in class. They took the report home to be signed.

Homework
5

43

Fruit Sink or Float Homework and 5 HIGH density pictures and 5 low density pictures

Tuesday

12-2

Students tested different kinds of fruit they could find in the fridge to see which float and which sink. They also cut out or drew 5 pictures of low density items and 5 pictures of high density items.

Homework
30

44

Science Notebook/Journal

Differrent collection dates for each class

Period 6 Tuesday11-25

Period 5 Friday 12-5

Periods 1-3 Wednesday December 17th

Each day students enter a page in their sceince journals. The pages have the UV and temperature data we collect each day and they have a problem, hypothesis, data, summary and reflection sections.
Classwork 100

45

Sea the Light Computer Lab Simulation Investigation

Friday 12-5

Students went to our computer lab on Thursday and Friday and did several investigations. The main one was about finding the right density ballast disk to make an underwater light neutrally buoyant.
Classwork in the computer lab 30

46

Signed Class Report #8

Wednesday 12-10

Students got a class report that listed all their assignments and how they are doing in class. They took the report home to be signed.
Homework 5

47

Dunking For Density

and

Bill Nye Buoyancy Video Questions

Wednesday 12-10

Students must make a film canister float on top of water, float in the middle of water and sink to the bottom of water by filling it with coins, washers, and paperclips.

They must then calculate the density of each of their three film canisters.

Students watched a Bill Nye episode on buoyancy. As the watched they answered questions.
Lab 30

48

UV Graph for November

Friday December 12

Students graphed their UV readings for the month of October. They graphed the predicted UV, their period's UV, and two other period's UV throughout the day.
Homework 15

49

Room Temperature Graph November

Friday December 12

Students graphed the inside and outside temperatures for the month of October.
Homework 15

50

Graph Analysis Questions

Friday December 12

Students answered a set of questions about each of the graphs they made.
Homework 20

51

The Ramp of Terror lab

12-15

Students learned that carbon dioxide gas is denser then air by pouring it down a ramp and putting out candles.
Lab 30

52

Density Diaries Quiz

Shy San Francisco teenager Mia Fotopolis is thrown for a loop when, from out of the blue, she learns the astonishing news that density is everywhere! aaaaahhhhhh!
12-17
Students tested their knowlege of density in everyday situations. You can take this quiz on line. Just click here.
Quiz 30

53

The Science of Magic

1-6-04

Students answered questions about a video they watched about how magic is based on some simple principles of science. The video was shown by my substitute on Thursday 12-18 and we finished it today and turned in the questions.
Classwork

54

Convection Lab
1-13
Students used food color and hot water to see how convection currents work.
Lab
30

55

Puzzling Density Scenarios
1-14
Wednesday

These were practice questions to get ready for the density unit test. We went over the most missed questions on Friday in our group review. Students have this corrected assignment to use a study guide for the density unbit test on Tuesday 1-20-04
Homework
30

56

Signed Report #9
1-14
Wednesday

Students got a class report that listed all their assignments and how they are doing in class. They took the report home to be signed.
Homework 5

57

UV Graph for December 2003

1-16

Students graphed their UV readings for the month of October. They graphed the predicted UV, their period's UV, and two other period's UV throughout the day.
Homework 15

58

Temperature Graph December 2003

1-16

Students graphed the inside and outside temperatures at morrison labs for the month of December. This was a short one becase there were only 11 days we recorded data.
Homework 15

59

Extra credit points earned for brain challenges during 2nd quarter.

Students ear extra credit for the weeekly and monthly brain challenges and cor answer questions correctly when their card is pulled.
extra credit

60

Density Unit Test

1-20

Tuseday

Students will take a comprehensive test covering the density concepts we learned. Convection will also be on the test. There is an online study guide here:

http://morrisonlabs.com/testdensityreview.htm

We also took a whole class to review for this test on Friday 1-16

This will most likey be the last graded assignment of the 1st semester.
Unit Test
100

Density of Doom Lab

This was a contest to see which lab group could control the density of a salt solution to make a plastic bead go from the bottom to the top of a 100 mL graduated cylinder in exactley one minute.
Lab 30

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	Name of Assignment	Due Date	Description of the Assignment	Type	Points Possible
1	What In the World Is It?	9-5-03	Students drew sketches of two objects at each lab table and tried to figure out how they related to science.	Activity	30
2	Student Survey	9-5-03	Students filled out a survey about their interests and thougts about school	Homework	10
3.	Signed Rules	9-9-03	Students read over the class rules and guidelines for morrison labs and had them signed by a parent	Homework	5
4	Rule Analysis Questions	9-9-03	Students answered questions about the class rules.	Homework	10
5	Hocus Focus Cards	9-10-03	Students looked at 14 cards that had cartoons on them. Each card ad two pairs of cartoons with 6 diffenences. Student had one mnute to find the six diffenences on each card	Activity	30
6.	Testbook Scavenger Hunt	9-12-03	Studnets looked through their science text to find anwsers to question	Homework	15
7.	Signed Class Report #1	9-18-03	Students got a class report that listed all their assignments and how they are doing in class. They took the report home to be signed.	Homework	5
8.	Science Findings Puzzle	9-18-03	Students put together a puzzle and tried to find science objects in the puzzle.	Activity	20
9.	Adventures in Penguin Sitting	9-25-03	Students tried to get water down to ten degrees celsius and then keep it at that temperature.	Lab	50
10.	Signed Class Report #2	10-1-03	Students got a class report that listed all their assignments and how they are doing in class. They took the report home to be signed.	Homework	5
11.	MIT Protues Penguin Boat	10-1-03	Students read in theit textbooks about scientists at MIT that are trying to make a prop that propells boats like a penguin swims. Students answered questions about the reading.	Homework	15
12.	Balance Massing Practice	9-30-03	Students massed objects learning how to use and practicing with the balances.	Lab	30
13	Signed Class Report #3 The school mailed home reports based on the grades on this report.	10-8	Students got a class report that listed all their assignments and how they are doing in class. They took the report home to be signed.	Homework	5
14.	UV Graph for September	10-10-03	Students graphed their UV readings for the month of September. They graphed the predicted UV, their period's UV, and two other period's UV throughout the day.	Homework	15
15.	Room Temperature Graph September	10-10-03	Students graphed the inside and outside temperatures for the month of September.	Homework	15
16.	Graph Analysis Questions	10-10-03	Students answered a set of questions about each of the graphs they made.	Homework	20
17.	Paper Towel Lab	10-14-03	Students conducteda a wet strength test and a absorbency test on five brands of paper towels.	Lab	100
18.	Lab Safety Sketches	10-15	Students Drew pictures of four of the safety rules.	Homework	20
19.	BrainPop Measurement Questions http://www.brainpop.com/science/matter/measurement	10-17	Students watched the BrainPop Movie on measurement and aswered a set of questisons about it.	Classwork	10
20.	Pump Up the Volume	10-21	Students practiced finding volume by displacement and by multiplying lenght, height, and width.	Lab	30
21.	Signed Class Report #4	10-22	Students got a class report that listed all their assignments and how they are doing in class. They took the report home to be signed.	Homework	5
22.	Finding Volume	10-23	Students practiced find the volume of some cube shaped objects and also looked at what instruments measure Volume, mass, length, and temperature.	Homework	10
23.	2 page mini Journal check	Varies by classes	I looked at two random pages in each student's journal to see if students are keeping up with the required sections.	Classwork	10
24.	Journal Quiz	10-24	Students took an open-journal quiz that asked them about data they had recorded in their journals.	Quiz	30
25	Calculating Volume (house)	10-28	Students practiced their volume calculating skills. They also found the volume of some ot the rooms in their house	Homework	10
26.	The Case of the Missing Volume	10-30	In this lab students practiced measure liquids. Students also found out that when you mix 50 mL of water with 50 mL of rubbing alcohol you do not get 100 mL of combined liquid. You ususlly get about 97-98 mL. What happend to the missing volume??	Lab	30
27.	Study Sheet 1 Measuring Metric Worksheet	10-30	Students practiced finding volumes in metric units. They also practiced read a meniscus, ruler, and thermometer	Classwork	10-30
28	Volume Poster Group Review	10-23	Students worked in their lab groups of to answer 5 questions about volume. They made a poster that showed their answers with pictures.	Classwork	30
29.	Extra credit points earned for brain challenges during 1st quarter.	11-3-03	Extra credit points earned for brain challenges (weekly and Monthly) during first quarter. Points from daily question cards and numerous other extra opportunities are also included	Extra Credit	1
30	Volume Test	11-4	Students will be evaluated on what they have learned about the topic of volume.	Test	50
31	Signed Class Report #5	11-5	Students got a class report that listed all their assignments and how they are doing in class. They took the report home to be signed.	Homework	5
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	2nd quarter Assignments 2003 Below		The assignments below are for 2nd quarter.


32	Signed Class Report #6	11-12	Students got a class report that listed all their assignments and how they are doing in class. They took the report home to be signed. This was the final grade for first quarter.	Homework	5
33	Volume Test Corrections	11-13	Students were given a test key to look up the answers to all the questions they missed on the Volume Test. They were to copy each question they missed on a separate piece of notebook paper and write the correct ansewer next to each question. They staple the corrections to test.	Homework	30
34	How Dense Are They? Lab	Friday 11-14	Students found the density of wood, galena, pyrite, rubbing alcohol, water and plastic fruit. They finished this lab with the mystery metal challenge.	Lab	50
35	Sink or Float Sodas	Monday 11-17	Last Friday we did a group experiment that tested which sodas sink and which float. Students finished the questions over the weekend and it was collected Monday. The Morrison color hypothesis didn't do so well...D'oh!	Lab Homework	20
36	Case of the Missing Crown	Wednesday 11-19	Students had to determine which of 5 crowns was made of real gold by finding the density of each. This was similar to the story I told about Achimedes and the Golden Crown.	Homework	20
37	The Emergency Red Cross First Aid Television quiz.	Wednesday 11-19	Students try to decide what to do after actors act out different emergencies.	Classwork	20
38	UV Graph for October	Friday 11-21	Students graphed their UV readings for the month of October. They graphed the predicted UV, their period's UV, and two other period's UV throughout the day.	Homework	15
39	Room Temperature Graph October	Friday 11-21	Students graphed the inside and outside temperatures for the month of October.	Homework	15
40	Graph Analysis Questions	Friday 11-21	Students answered a set of questions about each of the graphs they made.	Homework	20
41	Rainbow Straw Lab	Tuesday 11-25	Students layered liquids of different salt densities to creat rainbow straws. Pretty Pretty!	Lab	50
42	Signed Class Report # 7	12-2 Tuesday	Students got a class report that listed all their assignments and how they are doing in class. They took the report home to be signed.	Homework	5
43	Fruit Sink or Float Homework and 5 HIGH density pictures and 5 low density pictures	Tuesday 12-2	Students tested different kinds of fruit they could find in the fridge to see which float and which sink. They also cut out or drew 5 pictures of low density items and 5 pictures of high density items.	Homework	30
44	Science Notebook/Journal	Differrent collection dates for each class Period 6 Tuesday11-25 Period 5 Friday 12-5 Periods 1-3 Wednesday December 17th	Each day students enter a page in their sceince journals. The pages have the UV and temperature data we collect each day and they have a problem, hypothesis, data, summary and reflection sections.	Classwork	100
45	Sea the Light Computer Lab Simulation Investigation	Friday 12-5	Students went to our computer lab on Thursday and Friday and did several investigations. The main one was about finding the right density ballast disk to make an underwater light neutrally buoyant.	Classwork in the computer lab	30
46	Signed Class Report #8	Wednesday 12-10	Students got a class report that listed all their assignments and how they are doing in class. They took the report home to be signed.	Homework	5
47	Dunking For Density and Bill Nye Buoyancy Video Questions	Wednesday 12-10	Students must make a film canister float on top of water, float in the middle of water and sink to the bottom of water by filling it with coins, washers, and paperclips. They must then calculate the density of each of their three film canisters. Students watched a Bill Nye episode on buoyancy. As the watched they answered questions.	Lab	30
48	UV Graph for November	Friday December 12	Students graphed their UV readings for the month of October. They graphed the predicted UV, their period's UV, and two other period's UV throughout the day.	Homework	15
49	Room Temperature Graph November	Friday December 12	Students graphed the inside and outside temperatures for the month of October.	Homework	15
50	Graph Analysis Questions	Friday December 12	Students answered a set of questions about each of the graphs they made.	Homework	20
51	The Ramp of Terror lab	12-15	Students learned that carbon dioxide gas is denser then air by pouring it down a ramp and putting out candles.	Lab	30
52	Density Diaries Quiz Shy San Francisco teenager Mia Fotopolis is thrown for a loop when, from out of the blue, she learns the astonishing news that density is everywhere! aaaaahhhhhh!	12-17	Students tested their knowlege of density in everyday situations. You can take this quiz on line. Just click here.	Quiz	30
53	The Science of Magic	1-6-04	Students answered questions about a video they watched about how magic is based on some simple principles of science. The video was shown by my substitute on Thursday 12-18 and we finished it today and turned in the questions.	Classwork
54	Convection Lab	1-13	Students used food color and hot water to see how convection currents work.	Lab	30
55	Puzzling Density Scenarios	1-14 Wednesday	These were practice questions to get ready for the density unit test. We went over the most missed questions on Friday in our group review. Students have this corrected assignment to use a study guide for the density unbit test on Tuesday 1-20-04	Homework	30
56	Signed Report #9	1-14 Wednesday	Students got a class report that listed all their assignments and how they are doing in class. They took the report home to be signed.	Homework	5
57	UV Graph for December 2003	1-16	Students graphed their UV readings for the month of October. They graphed the predicted UV, their period's UV, and two other period's UV throughout the day.	Homework	15
58	Temperature Graph December 2003	1-16	Students graphed the inside and outside temperatures at morrison labs for the month of December. This was a short one becase there were only 11 days we recorded data.	Homework	15
59	Extra credit points earned for brain challenges during 2nd quarter.		Students ear extra credit for the weeekly and monthly brain challenges and cor answer questions correctly when their card is pulled.	extra credit
60	Density Unit Test	1-20 Tuseday	Students will take a comprehensive test covering the density concepts we learned. Convection will also be on the test. There is an online study guide here: http://morrisonlabs.com/testdensityreview.htm We also took a whole class to review for this test on Friday 1-16 This will most likey be the last graded assignment of the 1st semester.	Unit Test	100


	Density of Doom Lab		This was a contest to see which lab group could control the density of a salt solution to make a plastic bead go from the bottom to the top of a 100 mL graduated cylinder in exactley one minute.	Lab	30