This is the last week of the Energy Unit. Students will take a unit test next Monday, October 17.
This test is the equivalent of a nine-weeks test, similar to the one students will take during exam week in
January. Unit tests count as 200 point grades.
PreAP students should have their product-testing experiment complete by Monday, Oct. 10, and should bring them to trade with their partner on Tuesday, Oct. 11. All experiments should be compete and returned to school by FridayOctober 14.
This test is the equivalent of a nine-weeks test, similar to the one students will take during exam week in
January. Unit tests count as 200 point grades.
PreAP students should have their product-testing experiment complete by Monday, Oct. 10, and should bring them to trade with their partner on Tuesday, Oct. 11. All experiments should be compete and returned to school by FridayOctober 14.
| WEEK BEGINNING: October 10, 2011 | TEACHER: Beth Sellers | |
| COURSE: Science Six | ||
| Mon | SOL: 6.2 and 6.3 Energy | |
| Objective | Notepage #4: Energy Transformations (Bellwork: Draw a power plant, using Notepage #4 for help) | |
| Activities | 1. Give back Notepage #4 Quiz & discuss as necessary (tape to p. 33) 2. Read Notepage #4 together and discuss examples (p. 34) 3. Look at examples of electricity generation on flipchart, watch NBC Learn videos | |
| Homework | Questions 1 & 2 (Listed under Class Content link), Review for Energy Unit Test next Monday- Read Notepage #1 & review graded quiz | |
| Tues | SOL: 6.2 and 6.3 Energy | |
| Objective | Notepage #4: Energy Transformations | |
| Activities | 1. Discuss Homework Questions 2. Read Sunday Roanoke Times: “Power or Poison?” & Listen to podcast: “New Oil Boom” 3. Look at and discuss how the Christmas Turbine works. | |
| Homework | Questions 3 & 4 (see Class Content) Review for Unit Test on Monday- Read Notepage #2 & review graded quiz | |
| Wed | SOL: 6.2 and 6.3 Energy | |
| Objective | Notepage #5: Earth’s Energy Budget | |
| Activities | 1. Read all parts of the notepage together and discuss the meaning of Earth’s Energy Budget and greenhouse gases. 2. Visit the greenhouse and talk about how it works! | |
| Homework | Questions 5 & 6 (see Class Content) Review for Unit Test on Monday- Read Notepage #3 & review study guide | |
| Thu | SOL: 6.2 and 6.3 Energy | |
| Objective | Notepage #5: Earth’s Energy Budget | |
| Activities | 1. Review of last night’s homework questions 2. Review Notepage #5 Vocabulary: Earth’s Energy Budget and Greenhouse Gases | |
| Homework | Review for tomorrow’s Notepages #4 and #5 (study questions 1-6 from this week’s homework) | |
| Fri | SOL: 6.2 and 6.3 Energy | |
| Objective | Notepage #4 & #5 Assessment Review for Unit Test | |
| Activities | 1.Energy Transformations & Earth’s Energy Budget Check-up Quiz 2. Energy Unit Review 3. Gardening, if time permits | |
| Homework | UNIT TEST ON MONDAY (sorry, I had no choice) | |
