sept 28

I posted the grades for anyone that finished my test. These grades were scaled.

sept 27, the test is tomorrow!

I hope you haven't waited until tonight to start studying for the test! Other than everything for Mr. Hennessy, there are many things covered on my portion of the test: Definitions for...Science and technology, hypothesis, theory and law, each part of the Scientific method, outlier, independent or manipulated variable, dependent or responding variable, control and variable group, controlled experiment, bar/pie/line graphs, smoothed lines or line of best fit, Requirements for each step of the Scientific method, how to interpret data tables and select the best sets of data within one, how to set up a graph measurements in the metric system and SI units when to use each type of graph ...line, bar or pie How to write a hypothesis how to write a conclusion, including the appropriate language If you have been doing the work for the project and homework, then if you study tonight you should do well. Good Luck

sept 26

Good job today on the review for the test. If you know what we went over, you should be fine. Make sure you know the steps of the engineering design so we can go over it during Mr. Hennessy's review. The test is Friday!!! If you struggled on the review, study the next two nights.

Great job on your drawings today for Mr. Hennessy. Tomorrow we review for the test on Friday which includes everything you learned from my class and Mr. Hennessy's class. Tonight I will try to include a document for review questions we will go over tomorrow. If you prepare it tonight the review will go much faster for you. Remember the expectation is that you check out both Mr.Worden's website and Mr. Hennessy's web site every night. Sometimes circumstances keep us from posting a blog, but we try our hardest to update it. The review will appear in student resources.

We need to continue with the presentations, but make sue you have all the steps, are following the lab rubric in the resources (except no abstract and no observations for this class), make sure you have a graph with the slopes or rates calculated. Make sure you have three pieces of evidence. This will make the presentations go quicker. If you already went make sure to make all corrections in order to obtain the highest grade.

Sept 17

You should have your presentations ready to go for tomorrow.

Sept 17

Tomorrow you will work on your leaf lab presentation. Keep in mind the following things:
It is an outline that follows the scientific method steps.
It has short phrases, not a script.
The hypothesis is in if ...then format
The data table and graph must have a title that mentions what variable is tested
There must be units on data and graph
line of best fit
summary of graph with mathematical relationship between the two groups
conclusion has three pieces of evidence to support or not support the hypothesis

You can present on Wednesday.

Sept 12 hw

Great job on the experiments, in a few days you will put together a keynote presentation on controlled experiments, so keep that in mind.

sept 10 hw

Know the steps for the Scientific methos for a quiz tomorrow. Look at the graphing sites and the lab rubric.Soon there will be a link for how to write a lab report.
You will be doing a lab on variables that affect how leaf disks float when exposed to light. While not a physics lab it will show you how to design a controlled experiment. Tomorrow is a quiz and information on graphing and writing conclusions.
If there is time we will do the lab.

Sept 7 hw

Monday we will go over the steps of the Scientific method, and what they entail. Memorize the steps. You need to prepare by learning the different types of a graph, and what needs to be on a graph. Also look at the metric system. These are available on the student resources. You will design an experiment with a variable of your choice. Later you will carry out the experiment and present what you have learned.

sept 6 hw

The Scientific Method quiz we did not have time for, so it will be on Friday instead. Also prepare for class by reading the metric system and graphing resources in the student resources sidebar.

sept 4 hw

Great job on the towers! Make sure you know the steps of the scientific method for a surprise quiz on thursday. Also read the new student resources on the blog about graphing.