Mr Cunningham

5/13/08

6^th grade

Warm up-  What do you call the energy from the Earth’s interior?

Geothermal Energy

10-2 Review and reinforce worksheet

Video

7^th grade

Warm up-   What is the difference between a vein and a artery?

An artery takes blood from the heart and a vein brings blood into the heart. 

Took notes on graphic organizer concernig blood.

Make blood punch

8^th Grade-  

Warm up-  No warm up 

Finish working on cars- write up lab

Race cars and record data- please write up lab to turn in tomorrow.

****Make sure you have names of all team members on the lab write up. Only two per team.

5/12/08

7^th grade

Warm up-   What is a ligament?

A connective tissue that connects bones to other bones.

Do-What’s The Connection Here worksheet

Do- The Thigh Bone’s Connected to the..Worksheet.

Do- Muscling Up on the Muscular System W/S

Do- The Great Cover-up Worksheet

Video – Blood

8^th Grade-  

Warm up-  No warm up 

Finish power point presentations.

Work on and test cars.

****Make sure you have supplies. Only two per team.

5/8/08

6^th grade

Warm up-  Name  three examples of solar power

1.    Solar plants

2.    Solar cells.

3.    Solar heating

Complete Section 10-1 Review and Reinforce

Debate- Half the class argues that global warming is a big concern for life of Earth and the other half argue that global warming is not a concern for life on Earth.

7^th grade

Warm up-   Take Five and study for skeleton test

Do muscle lab

8^th Grade-  

Warm up-  What is Isaac Newton’s third law of motion?

For every action there is a complete and opposite reaction.

Power point presentations.

****Make sure you get supplies in by Friday to  build cars. Only two per team.

7th Grade Muscle lab

State the Problem When does muscle fatigue begin? Research Define Fatigue When your muscles get tired and lactic acid build up. Causes your muscles to get tired and burn.

Hypothesis

Can you create fatigue in your fingers?

Test your hypothesis

List materials used

Used clothes pin

Used finger and thumb- right and left hand

List procedures used

As I pinched the clothes pin as many times as I can my lab partner counted the pinches. Did each hand for 3 minutes.

Record and analyze

I found my fingers hurt about the (   ) pinch on my writing hand and (  ) on my non writing hand. I was able to pinch (  ) times with my writing hand and (   )  with my non-writing hand

Make your conclusion.

5/7/08

6^th grade

Warm up-  Look at a chuck of coal and tell me how you think it was put together. Use a hand lens to help you out.

Read pages 333- to 338

Complete the Nonrenewable Resource Graphic Organizer

7^th grade

Warm up-   Turn in warm ups to the drawer form last week up to this point.

Watch Body Atlas video

Hannah Montana Video

Do muscle lab

8^th Grade-  

Warm up-  Turn in warm ups to the drawer form last week up to this point.

Continue to use computer and continue to put power point together concerning six flags trip—presentations begin on Thursday.

·      5-08-08. Each person to present.

****Make sure you get supplies in by Friday to  build cars. Only two per team.

5/6/08

6^th grade

Warm up-  Take five and study for test.

Take test over chapter 21 sections 2, 4, and 5.

Watch video- Energy resources

7^th grade

Warm up-   Name the five functions of the human skeleton system

1.    Shape and support

2.    Movement

3.    Protects internal organs

4.    Produces blood cells

5.    Stores materials until needed

Read and fill in answers.

Test Thursday over skeleton

8^th Grade-  

Warm up-  ?  What do you call the movement of an airplane from right to left?

Yaw

Test over Air Dynamics

·      Use computer and continue to put power point together concerning six flags trip—presentations begin on Wednesday.

·      5-07-08. Each person to present.

*Make sure you get supplies in by Friday to  build cars. Only two per team.

5/5/08

Website for Six Flags if you don't have your packet.

http://www.sixflags.com/overGeorgia/assets/pdf/MiddleschoolWorkbook.pdf

6^th grade

Warm up-  Explain what a parallax is.

The apparent change in position of an object when you look at from different directions.

Constellations

Go over study guide

Go over 21-5

Do almost there assessment (practice test)

Trashket ball- test review

Test tomorrow over chapter 21 sections 2, 4 and 5.

7^th grade

Warm up-   What do you think happens to your body when your body undergoes physical stress?

1.    More blood goes to the brain.

2.    Pupils of the eye widen to take in more light.

3.    Hearing ability increases.

4.    Heart rate increases

5.    sweating increases

6.    Digestive system slows

7.    Muscles tense. Blood receives more energy producing substances. Body cells release energy faster.

Do workbook section 17.1

Do worksheet 17.2

8^th Grade-  

Warm up-  ?  What do you call the parts of an airplane wing that move up and down to tilt the wing?

Aileron

Lift, Thrust, Drag, Gravity

*Make sure Bernoulli Principle labs are written up and turned in.

**Test tomorrow over vocabulary of Dynamics of flight. Study page 2 and 3 of handout.

·      Use computer and begin to put power point together concerning six flags trip—presentations begin on Wednesday.

·      5-07-08. Each person to present.

*Make sure you get supplies in by Friday to  build cars. Only two per team.

5/01/08

6^th grade

Warm up-  Stars make  patterns in the sky called

Constellations

Go over workbook 21-2 and 21-4

Have 21-5-done for checking on Monday

Video- constellations

Test on Tuesday---Trashket ball test review on Monday.

7^th grade

Warm up-   No warm up

Video—The Animal Kingdom

8^th Grade-  

Warm up-  ?  No warm up

Lift, Thrust, Drag, Gravity

Outside labs

Remember to bring your supplies on Monday so you can begin to build cars.

Two a team not four.

4/30/08

6^th grade

Warm up-  Stars make  patterns in the sky called

Constellations

Check 20-1, 20-2, 20-3, 20-4 for completion

Do workbook 21-2 and 21-4

Check 21-2 and 21-4 workbooks

Do 21-5

Test on Tuesday---Trashket ball test review on Monday.

7^th grade

Warm up-   Name 5  systems of the human body that you can think of.

Muscular, Skeletal, Circulatory, Digestive, Nervous

Finish owl pellet lab

8^th Grade-  

Warm up-  ?  Explain how a soda straw works.

Lift, Thrust, Drag, Gravity

Do Vocabulary worksheet

Do the Bernoulli Principle labs and write them up using the sheet provided.

4/29/08

6^th grade

Warm up-  Stars make  patterns in the sky called

Constellations

Check 20-1, 20-2, 20-3, 20-4 for completion

Do workbook 21-2 and 21-4

7^th grade

Warm up-   No class today

8^th Grade-  

Warm up-  ?  What are the four forces that are active on an airplane? Thrust, Lift, Drag and Gravity.ift, Thrust, Drag, Gravity

Dynamics of flight pre-test

Video

Take Program Quiz