Kellner's -ology Department

This week we will be finishing up the year in science with the unit in Human Interaction.

Only two assignments will be turned in the rest of the year, the Human Interaction Packet, and the Science Notebook 3rd turn-in.

Don’t forget to turn in your bathroom pass for extra credit on Thursday and Friday, if you still haven’t used all 5 of them.

This week we will be designing our own Solar System complete with three planets and a race of intelligent aliens that have sent a message to Earth.

See the links section for help in designing your star system.

Friday we start our unit on Human Interaction.

This week we will be walking along a scale model of the solar system, Testing the best mixture of rocket fuel, and describing an imaginary new star system with a civilization that has just contacted us!

This Week we will be studying the way in which eclipses happen, tides get made, and how planets have phases,  similar to the Moon

Homework this week will be observing the moon.  1st will start on Tuesday; 4th, and 5th periods will start on Wednesday;  3rd Period will start on  Thursday; and 6th Period will start on Friday.  Observing will continue for one week, and then we will compare and turn in our work.

This week we are studying the way in which the Earth interacts with the moon and the sun.

Vocabulary words to get ready this week are :

Phases of the Moon

Terrestrial Planets

Jovian  Planets

Comets

Rotation

Revolution

This week we finish our study of stars and galaxies before we take the STAR test for Physical Science.

Next week STAR testing moves to English, and concludes with the week of May 4-7 in Math.

We will be making Clinometers (Altitude finders) in class to help with Moon observations.  The only Homework is to tape a flat weight (a penny or nickel would be perfect) to the end. starting over the weekend we will be observing the moon for 2 weeks, a daily activity, and the main homework assignment.

We are currently working on our Astronomy Packet, which has three assignments so far:

Astronomy Packet:

1. Astronomy and Distance     10 points   April 12/13

2.  Stars                                            10 points  April 14/15

3. Galaxies                                      10 points  April 16/19

Check out the Hubble Deep Field!

The Hubble Space Telescope pointed at this spot for days and sent these images to Earth. only four stars are in this image, the rest are all galaxies!

This week we begin our study of space by understanding the vast distances between objects in our universe.  We look into the depths of stars and out to the far reaches of the universe and the galaxies that speed ever further away.

Visual Vocabulary for this week:

Astronomical Unit     light-year    star    galaxy

This week we learn how  reaction rate is affected by concentration, temperature, and surface area by launching alka-seltzer rockets.  We also take household chemicals and test them for their acidity.

Chapter 7 Vocabulary:

solution         solvent         acid         base         corrosive         indicator        pH  scale         neutral

—Attention!!!—

There is a Chemistry Final Test on Thursday and Friday.

Topics covered will be: Ionic Bonds, Covalent Bonds, Endothermic Reactions, Exothermic Reactions, Conservation of Matter, Controlling, Chemical Reactions, Acids and Bases, and Carbon (Organic) Chemistry.

All notes, RNG, and class assignments since the Chapter 4 Test will be represented on the test.

Make a study card (up to 4″x 6″) to use on the test.

Bring your RNG to be graded that day, but you will not use it on the test.

This week we investigate how chemical reactions rearrange atoms around, how they use or or produce energy.  We also will be experimenting with how to control chemical reactions in a lab activity.

—Attention!!!—

There is a Chemistry Final Test on our final day before Spring Break.

Topics covered will be: Ionic Bonds, Covalent Bonds, Endothermic Reactions, Exothermic Reactions, Conservation of Matter, Controlling, Chemical Reactions, Acids and Bases, and Carbon (Organic) Chemistry.

All notes, RNG, and class assignments since the Chapter 4 Test will be represented on the test.

Make a study card (up to 4″x 6″) to use on the test.

Bring your RNG to be graded that day, but you will not use it on the test.

This week we finish learning about Chemical Bonds with the “Polar  Penny”  Mini-lab, and start learning how chemical reactions  are all around us…

Chapter 6 Visual Vocab is as follows:

Reactant    Product    Precipitate    Chemical Equation    Conservation of Matter    Coefficient