Students in integrated science received their tests from the motion unit back today and reviewed the information on them. We discussed the scoring and final grades before moving on to the topic of force. Students took a few brief notes on force and then began work on determining motion direction from a few simple pictures of objects being pushed or pulled (Force Diagrams). Students will need to begin their annotations for the  Sir Isaac Newton biography (Hero’s journey Socratic Friday).

Science 8 students today finished up the obscertainer labs, and we’ve never seen so many students curious to determine what’s inside a plastic disc before! Students were able to reflect on why we did the lab. Part of the purpose was to see how indirect observations can help us infer the properties of something. More specifically, it helped us as an analogy for how we use seismic waves to determine the earth’s interior structure. Students then took the Earth’s model  notes and then discussed/reflected on the patterns in the evidence we have closer to earth’s surface and closer to the center of the earth. Students  will learn more about seismic waves tomorrow and how they tell us about Earth’s Interior. For Friday, students also need to do their annotations for the articles “Weather Bomb” storms send tremors through Earth and Tracking warfare by “earth shakes” .

Homework: Integrated= Annotations for Sir Isaac Newton biography (Hero’s journey Socratic Friday); Quiz Monday on Forces
Science 8= Annotations for “Weather Bomb” storms send tremors through Earth and Tracking warfare by “earth shakes”  due Friday. Quiz Monday on Seismic Waves.