| SCIENCE STUDY PLAN Credit Period 11--5/19/2008 to 6/6/2008 Prospect Education Center * PUSD * http://www.geocities.com/pecscience |
| Week 1--5/19 to 5/23/08 |
| Week 3--6/2/08 to 6/6/08 |
| Week 2--5/26 to 30/2008 |
| Last Day--End of the Credit Period and Semester! Meet with Steve to post credit. To receive credit, all work for current unit is to be completed by the end of the period TODAY. This is the last day in the semester, all work must be turned in today; no late work accepted for credit. |
| RETURN to PEC Science Homepage * (c) 2008 * S. Reynolds |
| Student _________________________ Class ____________ Period ______ Email address __________________________________Reading Level ___ |
| * Updated: 6/5/2008 |
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| SQRRR * Current Science * |
| BUBBLES, WINGS and THINGS [ ] _______ 1-1 Bring all INBs you've created for this course. Review notes during SQRRR time. New pages for notebook. Partner(s) _________________ If you didn't earn full credit (1.0 cr) last credit period, complete an AE(D) credit assignment--write a 2-paragraph paper: first paragraph explaining why you didn't get full credit, the second paragraph explaining how you'll change things so you will get full credit this credit period--completed paper--0.5 AE(D) credits. --Label the next pages in your INB--"BUBBLES" CLICK, print, read & take Cornell notes on BUBBLES. --NEED FOR CARDBOARD--next week, we'll need cardboard to construct mini-domes. We'll need two sizes--48"-50" (4 feet+) and 15"-18". Large to extra-large pizza boxes will work for the 15-18" size. Larger boxes will be needed for the 48-50" size. Search to bring 1-3 of each size box. Check with your neighbors to see if they can save and give you these sizes. We will need at least 45 pieces of the 48" size and 45 pieces of the 15" size. Label a page "Getting Cardboard" in your INB and journal the process daily. --EXTRA CREDIT (1/2 DCW)--build a dome house model. Click HERE for instructions. Journal the construction process in your INB. Bring the model to class by the end of next week--5/30/08. [ ] _______ 1-2 Next INB pages--"Dome Home". Click on links and take notes: 1) Living in a bubble--the 2) dome home. 3) What's a geodesic dome? 4) Click & take a virtual tour of a dome home, 5) Timberline, 6) American Ingenuity, 7) Topsider, 8) 7th Haven, 9) Do-It-Yourself! and 10) The Eden Project. [ ] _______ 1-3 Label the next pages in your INB "Airplanes." Take notes as you study the following: Airplanes--parts, instruments & control surfaces on pages 1-5. Also, check out pedal-powered (video & info) , solar powered (photos & info) planes and Steve's planes.. [ ] _______ 1-4 Continue taking notes on airplanes--pages 6-10, & make/test the Yo-Yo plane, title the next pages in your INB "Yo-Yo Plane" and take notes as you create and test the plane. [ ] _______ 1-5 Title the next pages in your INB: Going Flying! What's it like to fly? Who can fly? How much does it cost? Review the site and take notes. |
| BUILDING THE DOME [ ] _______ 3-1 Construction day two--cut and decorate a triangle--take notes in your INB. Complete leftover Current Science paperwork. [ ] _______ 3-2 Construction of dome day three--assemble triangle panels and dome--take notes in your INB. [ ] _______ 3-3 Sharing our creation--take/draw pictures, update INB. Update Progress Graph and End of Credit Period pages--including Self-Reflection and Rubric pages. [ ] _______ 3-4 End of Credit Period--posting credit & grades for CP@11. [ ] _______ 3-5 End of Semester--posting grade & credit for semester. HAVE A WONDERFUL SUMMER! |
| SQRRR * Current Science * |
| SQRRR * Current Science * |
| UNIT TITLE: PROJECT--Bubbles, Wings and Things along with the Final Exam***All Cornell-format notes are to be written in your Interactive Notebook. CLICK for information. Check off assignments as you complete them. Remember to label and date all pages in your Interactive Notebook(INB). STANDARD: Students review concepts, apply them to topic areas, and take the final exam. |
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| WRAPPING UP THE UNIT AND SCHOOL YEAR 2007-2008 [ ] _______ 2-1 HOLIDAY--Memorial Day! [ ] _______ 2-2 Update "Getting Cardboard" page in your INB. Testing today: What I've Learned--How might our studies about bubbles and wings influence the creation of transportation, homes and cities in the future? and CST Final Exam. [ ] _______ 2-3 Class workperiod & awards ceremony @ PEC! Label a page in your INB "Awards Celebration" and take notes before and after the ceremony. PRINT End of Credit Period paperwork. [ ] _______ 2-4 Update your Progress Graph and work on End of Credit Period paperwork. Graduating seniors who will be walking across stage--complete paperwork by today/tomorrow. [ ] _______ 2-5 LAST DAY for graduating seniors who will be walking across stage. --All others, begin working on DOME HOME: You and the math/science construction team will create and assemble a cardboard dome home. Label INB pages "Building the Dome" and journal the building process. 1) CLICK and print instructions for building with cardboard triangles. 2) Look at a video clip of a construction team at Western Carolina University. 3) Study and describe how to build a dome. 4) Take notes in your INB. |