PHYSICAL SCIENCE - Daily Lesson Plans
SEPTEMBER LESSON PLANS
FIRST WEEK OF OF SCHOOL
Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2009
OBJECTIVE:
Introduction to the teacher and the class
BELLWORK ASSIGNMENT:
1.
What piece of lab equipment was at your desk?
What did we do/study in class today?
Discussed Ms. Pettit’s main philosophy about class time
Described physical science in general
What handouts or materials were passed out?
Pink Packet –
Ms. Pettit’s rules and Expectations
Folder – to use with this class
Bellwork sheet (warm up sheet to start using on Wednesday)
Date: Wednesday, September 9,
2009
OBJECTIVE:
Review classroom procedures and lab safety rules
BELLWORK ASSIGNMENT:
1. What
is your first impression of Ms. Pettit or this class?
2. What does Ms. Pettit expect her students to do
when the bell first rings?
What did we do/study in class today?
Went over class procedures for people who are absent (how to get your make up
work, where to turn in late work)
Played a get to know you game to help us learn names and little bits of
information about one another
Looked over the class policy packet
HW – Read over the safety rules, lab safety quiz
coming soon
What handouts or materials were passed out?
What assignments were
collected today?
Class Policies Page Signed by Parents
Date: Thursday, September 10, 2009
OBJECTIVE:
Review safety procedures – pass quiz
BELLWORK ASSIGNMENT:
List 5 safety rules
Took lab safety quiz
Practiced Ms. Pettit’s procedures – students demonstrated
What handouts or materials were passed out?
Lab Safety Quiz
Lab Safety Quiz
Date: Friday,
September 11, 2009
OBJECTIVE:
Use a method to answer a question
BELLWORK ASSIGNMENT:
What
is a good definition of science?
What activities do scientists do?
Green Worksheet:
Pre-Test on Scientific Terms
Green Pre-Test of terms
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 14th, 2009
Date:
Monday,
September 14, 2009
OBJECTIVE:
Describe the components of the scientific method
BELLWORK ASSIGNMENT:
1. What is the difference between a scientific
observation and an opinion?
2. Describe a tool that can help you make an
observation.
What did we do/study in class today?
Power Point over Scientific Method – students took notes over the basic
components of the metho
Students started working on the first 2 steps – stating the problem and creating
hypotheses (Checks activity)
What handouts or materials were passed out?
New Bellwork Sheets for the Week
Green WS (Working through the scientific method) – notes
Checks Lab Write-Up
What assignments were
collected today?
NONE – Keep today’s work in your folder, collected later
If you want to make up the checks lab activity you can stay after school Wed, Thurs or Friday
Date: Tuesday,
September 15, 2009
OBJECTIVE:
Identify the components of a good lab set-up
BELLWORK ASSIGNMENT:
Think back to yesterday’s lab…
1. What was your final hypothesis about the events
of the family?
2. Why
did your hypothesis change as we did the activity?
3. Is
it “good science” to modify a hypothesis? ___ Explain.
What handouts or materials were passed out?
White packet “Controlled
Experiments”
Read and highlight the packet.
Also Do Review Question #1
What assignments were collected today? NONE – leave all completed work in your folder
Date:
Wednesday,
September 16, 2009
OBJECTIVE:
Identify variables and constants in an experiment
BELLWORK ASSIGNMENT:
Number
your paper 1 -10 – Put the answer to today’s SURPIRSE HOMEWORK QUIZ on your
bellwork.
What handouts or materials were passed out?
What assignments were
collected today?
Date: Thursday,
September 17, 2009
OBJECTIVE:
Recall the historical background that led to today’s
concept of “doing science”
BELLWORK ASSIGNMENT:
1. Is science more a body of knowledge (like a set
of books and information) OR is science more a process?
2.
Explain your answer in 2 or more sentences.
What did we do/study in class today?
Finished the white packet “Controlled Experiments” to make sure everyone knew
the correct answers
· Announced possible pop quiz on scientific method any day
Watched a movie about Galileo Galilee and talked about the history of Science
compared to the times of the church and Aristotle
- Get yellow WS on the video and copy someone’s
What handouts or materials were passed out?
YELLOW WORKSHEET
“Galileo Video Notes”
What assignments were
collected today?
NONE
Date:
Friday,
September 18, 2009
OBJECTIVE:
Perform an experiment with only 1 variable
BELLWORK ASSIGNMENT:
1.
Write a list of observations about Ms. Pettit as she lights a candle today
in class and as you watch it burn.
What did we do/study in class today?
Discussed the movie from yesterday – answered all questions
Did The Candle Lab Experiment– This is a lab you MUST MAKE UP IF ABSENT. This is
an experiment that reviews all the components of a good experiment.
The lab and data analysis took all hour.
Students recorded their results on the class data sheets.
We waited to answer the questions – no
homework over the weekend.
What handouts or materials were passed out?
Pink worksheet – The
Candle Lab Experiment
What assignments were
collected today?
NOTHING – keep this week’s bellwork and yesterday’s
video notes IN YOUR FOLDER -
it will be checked later
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 21st
Date: Monday,
September 21, 2009
OBJECTIVE:
Analyze the data from Friday’s lab
BELLWORK ASSIGNMENT:
Review Friday’s Lab:
Based on the original hypothesis –
1. What was the independent variable?
2. What
was the dependent variable?
3. What
were 2 things you had to keep constant?
Reviewed variables (last week’s notes and assignments)
SURPRISE QUIZ on SCI METHOD and VARIABLES
Graded the quiz in class
(Min, Q1, Median, Q3, Max, Mode - know what these terms mean and how to find
them )
Rest of the hour – students were given a set of data to analyze and prepare a box and whisker plot of it
What handouts or materials were passed out?
Copy of the Candle Lab Data (excel spreadsheet) (I have done the calculations for you. If you found this, you've got the answers.)
New Bellwork sheets for the week and
A QUIZ
What assignments were
collected today?
Date: Tuesday,
September 22, 2009
OBJECTIVE:
Compare the data from the candle lab
BELLWORK ASSIGNMENT:
OPEN YOUR BOOKS:
1. What
is the title of chapter 1.
2. How
many sections are in Chapter 1.?
3. On
what page is the chapter review (multiple choice)
4. On what page are graphs first discussed in
chapter 1.
Finished graphing the candle lab data and completed the analysis portion of the
lab
What handouts or materials were passed out?
Date:
Wednesday,
September 23, 2009
OBJECTIVE:
Practice
with collecting and analyzing data
BELLWORK ASSIGNMENT:
Read the sheet at your desk about Graphing and Data
#1. Copy the advantages of each type of graph (look
for bullets for each type of graph
#2. How
is a box and whisker plot useful?
What did we do/study in class today?
Discussed bellwork – reviewed the different kinds of graphs and when to use each
one, including box and whiskers
Reviewed sci method – reminded class of quiz tomorrow over Ch. 1 in the book
(Quiz is open note)
Identified lab equipment and started taking measurements
What handouts or materials were passed out?
2 Green worksheets – one for practice in measuring, the other for gathering data
using lab equipment
What assignments were collected today?
Date: Thursday,
September 24, 2009
OBJECTIVE:
Analyze data and evaluate evidence
BELLWORK ASSIGNMENT:
OPEN BOOKS TO PAGE 11 – Do Section Review # 1,
2, 4, 5
What did we do/study in class today?
Took Chapter 1 Open Note Quiz beginning of the hour
Worked quietly on a packet related to data and how to evaluate it
(You only have to do the pink one or the green one but not both)
The white worksheet is a homework assignment due Friday.
Recorded our results from Thursday’s measurements on a class data sheet
Three worksheets all practicing science skills related to data (organizing data,
analyzing data etc.)
Compiling and Weighing Evidence
Making and Interpreting Tables
What assignments were
collected today?
* YES – you have to find a
time to make up the quiz that we took in class today.
Date:
Friday,
September 25, 2009
OBJECTIVE:
BELLWORK ASSIGNMENT:
1. What tool is used to measure length?
2. What
tool is used to measure the volume of a rock?
3. What
tool is used to find an object’s mass?
4. How
many cm are in 1 meter?
5. How many mm are in 1 cm?
What did we do/study in class today?
Reviewed the work from the last 2 days of class – went over the assignments about DHMO, gathering evidence
Did a measurement practice lab using equipment all around the room – ABSENT
STUDENTS MUST MAKE THIS UP AFTER SCHOOL SOMETIME BEFORE THURSDAY
What handouts or materials were passed out?
Yellow lab sheet
What assignments were
collected today?
2 weeks worth of bellwork and the lab and the optional homework from Thursday
for those who did it.
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 28th
Date: Monday, September 28, 2009
OBJECTIVE:
Create graphs of measurement lab data
BELLWORK ASSIGNMENT:
1. How many number lines should you have when you are comparing 3 box and whisker plots of the same data?
2. What does a box look like if the data is very close and everyone got near the same answer?
3. Why is it better to consider the median instead of the average when analyzing data?
What did we do/study in class today?
Looked over the results from Friday’s measurement lab
Divided up the students into groups to graph the data by making box and whisker plots that analyze the data
Assigned a History of Science webquest with questions online for students to research and answer
What handouts or materials were passed out?
Measurement Lab Data, History of Science webquest
BOTH OF THESE ARE ON MY PHYSICAL SCIENCE WEBPAGE AT TOP
What assignments were collected today?
NOTHING
DATE: Tuesday, September 29, 2009
OBJECTIVE:
Practice converting metric measurements
BELLWORK ASSIGNMENT:
1. How
many centimeters are in 1 meter?
2. How
many grams are in 1 kilogram?
3. How
many millimeters are in 1 centimeter?
4. How many milliliters are in 2 liters?
What did we do/study in class today?
Did some practice conversions of the metric system
Graphs and History Webquest due at the end of hour
What handouts or materials were passed out?
GREEN WORKSHEET – How to do metric conversions
What assignments were
collected today?
History of Science webquest (15
points)
Date: Wednesday,
September 30, 2009
OBJECTIVE:
Analyze class data and review for Unit 1 Exam
BELLWORK ASSIGNMENT:
OPEN YOUR BOOKS TO PAGE 17
Do the “PRACTICE” at the bottom of the page.
Do Questions 1 – 4
Then DO the CHAPTER REVIEW – PAGE 27
1, 3, 4 and 8
What did we do/study in class today?
What handouts or materials were passed out?
What assignments were
collected today?
Date: Thursday, October 01, 2009
OBJECTIVE:
TEST TODAY
BELLWORK ASSIGNMENT:
Hypothesis:
If a heavy mass is added to a rolling object, it will stop faster.
1.
What is the independent variable?
2. What is
the dependent variable?
3. What would
a control group be?
4.
Name 2 constants.
What handouts or materials were passed out?
Date: Friday, October 02, 2009
OBJECTIVE:
FINISH THE TEST – Practical portion
BELLWORK ASSIGNMENT:
1. Do you get into the MSU vs. UM debate?
If so, what team will win tomorrow?
2. What
do you think of when you think college?
What did we do/study in class today?
What handouts or materials were passed out?
UNIT WORK – FOLDER CHECK – see Ms. Pettit
IF YOU WERE ABSENT TODAY YOU MUST STAY AFTER TO MAKE UP THE TEST!!