Today was a 2-hour delay day, which complicated things for integrated science. Students in integrated received the Force Diagrams 2 worksheet to do for homework in preparation of the test tomorrow. They also received some instruction about friction. We learned that friction is dependent only on the surface type and the normal force pushing the surfaces together, and we also learned that friction increases while an object is still and then drops suddenly when the object is moving. Speed doesn’t affect friction. Students tomorrow will have to know how to apply this to set up a table for the old “pull the table-cloth off without spilling anything” trick.

Science 8 students continued notes on Evolution and Natural Selection 2016. We were able to fill in a few extra segments of the Anticipation guide, learning that things don’t get “better” with evolution, they just change. Success is determined by the environment. We learned some of the evidence for evolution and also found that there were many great questions to answer!

HOMEWORK: Integrated= finish the Force Diagrams 2, study for the test on Newton’s laws tomorrow.
Science 8=None