Class 78 (Last day) Friday, 6/3/16

Warm-Up:  

1. What is the current phase of the moon?

2. What's a blue moon?

 

Today:

  1. Finish the final exam review

    1. Final Exam Review

    2. Answers to the Final Exam Review (to be used to check your answers, not to copy)

  2. Game?

Homework: 

  • Complete the final exam review.  If you complete the review and turn it in on the day of your test, you will recieve 5% extra credit on your final exam.

  • Prepare for the final.  You may use handwritten notes that are written by you on one side of an 8.5"x11" sheet of copy paper.
Class 77 (1 more day) Wednesday, 6/1/16

Warm-Up:  

 What is the date on the Earth in the picture?

 

Today:

  1. Quiz over Seasons.

  2. Work on the final exam review

    1. Final Exam Review

    2. Answers to the Final Exam Review (to be used to check your answers, not to copy)

  3. Some of you still need to take tests.

Homework: 

  • Complete the final exam review.  If you complete the review and turn it in on the day of your test, you will recieve 5% extra credit on your final exam.

  • Prepare for the final.  You may use handwritten notes that are written by you on one side of an 8.5"x11" sheet of copy paper.
Class 76 (2 more days) Friday, 5/27/16

Warm-Up:  

 1.  According to the diagram, on what date are we closest to the sun?
2.  Why is it cold at that time?

 

Today:

  1. Quiz over moon phases

  2. Seasons Notes  Filled-in notes.

Homework: 

  • Quiz next class over seasons
Class 75 (3 more days) Wednesday, 5/25/16

Warm-Up:  

This is a very nice flag, but it is not a realistic portrayal of the moon and a star.

1.  What's unrealistic about it?

2.  Whose flag is this?

 

Today:

  1. Quiz over time of day and time zones notes

  2. Moon phases and time of day

  3. Drill and practice for quiz

Homework: 

  • Quiz next class over moon phases.
Class 74 (4 more days) Monday, 5/23/16

Warm-Up:  

1.  What seasons are being illustrated in this diagram?

2.  How can you tell?

 

Today:

  1. Have all solar oven slideshows been turned in?

  2. Notes on Day/Night cycles, Time Zones, and the International Date Line:  first two pages of System of The Earth, Moon, and Sun.  Here are the filled-in notes

  3. Drill and practice-- prepare for quiz

Homework: 

  • Answer questions 1-4 on the Time Zones and International Dateline Sheet

  • Quiz next class over the notes (time of day and time zones)
Thursday, 5/18 -- Mr. Stapleton out sick.  Watch Cosmos.
Class 73 Monday, 5/16/16

Warm-Up:  Star Trails Photo by Robert Reeves  http://www.robertreeves.com/startrails.htm
  1. What are the lines in the sky?
  2. How was the picture created?
  3. Why are the lines arranged in a circular pattern?
  4. a. If a star trail picture is taken in the Northern Hemisphere, in which direction do the circles form? (clockwise or counter-clockwise)  b.  How do you know?
  5. Which stars are moving faster, the inner ones or the outer ones?
  6. If there is a star near the center, what is its name?
  7. Draw a rough sketch of what the star trails would look like if you created a star trail picture by standing on the equator and pointing a camera eastward.
  8. Why did the photographer have to stop the picture before the stars made a complete circle?
  9. If a bicycle had passed through the scene with a flashlight in the spokes of one of it's tires, what would the bicycle light trail have looked like?

 

Today:

  1. Finish your solar oven slideshow.  In case you've lost it, here is theslideshow template, and insert your own pictures and explanations.  Submit your slideshow by pasting the link into this solar oven slideshow form. 

    1. Use the snipping tool to create a picture of your graph.  Paste or insert the graph into your slideshow.

    2. Photos from last class are in the Student Common drive, in the Cookout Day folder.

  2. Notes on Day/Night cycles, Time Zones, and the International Date Line:  first two pages of System of The Earth, Moon, and Sun

  3. Tentative plan for the rest of the year:  5/19, 5/23 -- System of the Earth and Moon.  5/25, 5/27 -- Seasons.  6/1, 6/3 -- Exam review

Homework: 

  • Solar oven slideshow is due before next class.
Class 72 Thursday, 5/12/16

Warm-Up:   

No warm-up today

Today:

  1. Set up your solar cooker.  Put your food inside on or in some sort of pan.

  2. Set up a laptop to record temperature using Logger Pro.  Find a way to insert your temperature probe. 

  3. Snip screen shots of your graph and highest temperature.  Save your logger pro file on your drive.

  4. Get a picture of your oven in action.

  5. Get a picture of your food.

  6. Eat!

  7. Clean up and store the ovens.  You can take them home any time, or you can donate them for future use or preschool use.

Homework: 

  • None
Class 71 Tuesday, 5/10/16

Warm-Up:   

The diagram on the right describes three final finishing touches to your solar oven.

1.  Which one is meant to reduce heat loss by radiation?

2.  Which one is aimed at reducing heat loss by convection?

3.  Which one is intended to decrease heat loss by conduction?

Today: 

  1. Three of you are still missing the Star Lifetimes test.  It is counting as a zero. 
  2. Return quizzes.
  3. Discuss the  Solar Cookout Food List
  4. Add finishing touches to your solar oven:
    1. Cover the outside of your oven with reflective mylar
    2. Using paper, cardboard, and/or materials that you broiught, create an insulating jacket to hold in your solar cooker's heat.
    3. Seal any cracks in your solar oven using Liquid Nails.
    4. Get your oven ready to set up quickly on Thursday.
    5. If there's time, conduct some testing today.
  5. Thursday plan:
    1. Wear sunscreen.
    2. Mr. Stapleton will open the courtyard before school.
    3. Stop by class early to set up your cooker and start cooking.  Mr. Stapleton will be in the prep room between C114 and C115 at these times to help you get your stuff:
      1. 7:30-8:00
      2. 9:15-9:30
      3. During Flex, Mr. Stapleton will not be there, but you can pass through Ms. Sawyer's flex in C114 to get your stuff.
    4. Check your cooker occasionally.  Turn it and tilt it to get the optimal angle (Sun's rays perpendicular to the cling wrap window).
    5. During class: 
      1. Measure your cooker's temperature.  Snip a picture of your temperature graph showing the highest temperature.
      2. Get a picture of your cooker in action.
      3. Get a picture of your food being eaten (unless it's inedible)
      4. Eat
      5. Clean up, and store the ovens.  You can take them home any time, or you can donate them for future use.

Homework: 

  • Don't forget to bring the food that you plan to cook.
Class 70 Friday, 5/6/16

Warm-Up:   

Insulation will boost the effectivness of a solar oven.

1)  Why?  What type of heat loss does insulation prevent?

2)  Fiberglass insulation is itchy, and it adds cost to the solar ovens.  What other more cost effective materials could we use to insulate the class solar ovens?  When considering materials for insulation, think about your answer to #1.

Today: 

Homework: 

  • Complete solar oven slideshow slides 1-6.
Class 69 Wednesday, 5/4/16

Warm-Up:   

We have discussed the fact that sunlight heats things (e.g. the Earth or a solar oven) the most when the sun's rays are perpendicular to the surface they are heating.

1)  What does perpendicular mean?

2)  Why does perpendicular sunlight heat a surface more than sunlight at a lower angle?

Today: 

Homework: 

  • Study for a quiz next class over the solar oven and climate concepts sheet.
Class 68 Monday, 5/2/16

Warm-Up:   

1) What do these terms mean?  Conduction, Convection, Radiation

2) How does a thermos prevent heat transfer by all three of these methods?

3)  Is a thermos (and other insulators) better at keeping things warm or keeping things cool? 

Today: 

  • Greenhouse effect simulation.
  • Finish Reflectors
  • Modify Ovens for better solar angle
  • Complete Solar Oven and Climate Concepts sheet.
  • Too cloudy for solar oven work today
  • Research what we will drive in the future.  Identify the most promising new transportation technology that can replace fossil fuels.  Some options are electric cars and fuel cell cars.  Weigh the pros and cons and predict which technology we will use.

Homework: 

Class 67 Thursday, 4/28/16

Warm-Up:   

1.  Guess the current outside temperature.

2.  Today, some students will try their solar ovens outside, using reflectors.  Predict the highest temperature one of the solar ovens will reach.

Today: 

  • Finish Reflectors
  • Modify Ovens for better solar angle
  • Conduct 1st outside (courtyard) test to answer the question:  What effect will adding the reflector have on the oven temperature?  In both cases, cover your oven with cling wrap.
  • Complete Solar oven Experiment Sheet #4

Homework: 

  • None
Class 66 Tuesday, 4/26/16

Warm-Up:   

On May 1st in Essex Junction, the sun reaches its highest point at 12:50PM.  At that time, the sun's altitude is about 61º. [Altitude Calculator]

1.  Why doesn't the sun reach its highest point at noon?

2.  When the sun's altitude is 61º, what is the best angle of tilt for the lid of a solar cooker?

3.  In the diagram on the right, is the lid positionted at the correct angle?  How can you tell?

Today: 

  • Make reflectors
    • get cardboard
    • mark and cut cardboard
    • duct tape, glue, and finish
  • Modify Ovens for better solar angle

Homework: 

  • None
Class 65 Friday, 4/15/16

Warm-Up:   

1.  In the diagram on the right, are the reflectors at the best angle? 

2.  How can you tell?

Today: 

Homework: 

  • None
Class 64 Wednesday, 4/13/16

Warm-Up:   

The diagram on the right shows a solar oven with two reflectors.  The arrows represent the paths of incoming rays of sunlight.

1.  What is the purpose of the reflectors?

2.  Which reflector is angled correctly?

3.  Which rays will be reflected into the box?  How can you tell?

Today: 

  • Grading procedure for this quarter.  Tests = 3 points.  Quizzes = 2 points.  Daily assignments and homework = 1 point. 
  • Continue solar oven experiments and turn in your sheets. 
  • Begin planning reflectors. 
    • Search the internet for solar ovens with collectors.
    • Create a sketch of your oven with its added collectors.
    • Collect cardboard?

Homework: 

  • None
Class 63 Monday, 4/11/16

Warm-Up:   

Today you will perform a test to answer the question "How will adding a ________ liner affect the temperature of the solar oven?"

1.  What are some variables that you should control?

2.  What is your experimental variable?

Today: 

Homework: 

  • None
Class 62 Thursday, 4/7/16

Mr. Stapleton is sick today.  Watch Cosmos.
Schematic of the global sources of energy in 2010Class 61 Tuesday, 4/5/16

Warm-Up:   

1.  What is a renewable resource?

2.  How much of our current energy use comes from renewable resources?

3.  At our current rate of consumption, how long will the World's oil last? one answer

4.  Where we get our power when all of the oil is gone? other resources

Today: 

Homework: 

  • None
Class 60 Friday, 4/1/16

Warm-Up:   

Why is it important (for this class) that everyone's basic solar oven design is the same?

 

Today: 

Homework: 

Class 59 Wednesday, 3/30/16

Warm-Up:   

The picture on the right shows a very simple "solar oven."  It is a cardboardbox with no lid.  If we wanted to cook food in a box like this, what could we do to improve the box's ability to collect solar energy and use that energy to cook food?

 

Today: 

  • Check the test review and go over answers
  • Prepare notes sheets
  • Construct solar oven boxes.  Solar Oven Box Plans.

Homework: 

Class 58 Thursday, 3/24/16

Warm-Up:   

The picture on the right shows an explosion.  This explosion shares some similarities with the Big Bang theory of the Universe's formation.

 

1.  In the picture, which bits of matter are traveling fastest?  How can you tell?

 

2.  One result of this explosion is the movement of bits of matter.  What are some other results of this explosion?

 

3.  Look at the picture of the explosion and try to determine the location where the explosion originated.

 

4.  The expansion of the Universe after the Big Bang was not like the expansion after the explosion above.  It was more like the expansion of the surface of a balloon.

 

Today: 

Homework: 

Class 57 Tuesday, 3/22/16

Warm-Up:   

If you're standing next to a race track, what do you hear as the cars pass you?

a.  Their pitch changes from high to low.

b.  Their pitch changes from low to high.

c.  There is no change in pitch.

Today: 

Homework: 

  • None
Class 56 Friday, 3/18/16

Warm-Up:   

1.  What is a black hole?

2.  Why do black holes exist?

Today: 

Homework: 

  • None
Class 56 Wednesday, 3/16/16

Warm-Up:   

The diagram on the right shows the products of nuclear fusion in a large star.

1.  Why are the elements arranged in layers?

2.  In our sun, what is the primary nuclear fuel, and what is the main product of nuclear fusion?

3.  Very large stars like this one can fuse elements into iron.  The heaviest product that can be created in our sun is probably oxygen.  Why can't our sun fuse elements into iron?

Today: 

Homework: 

  • Test next class.   You may use notes that you have written on a 3x5 note card.  (or equivalent surface area -- 30in2). You can use both sides of the card.
Class 55 Monday, 3/14/16

Warm-Up:   

1.  How can the person get to the oxygen tank?

2.  How high does a hovercraft hover?

Today: 

  • Orbital motion at the rink
    • Balancing momentum and gravity
      • Work and energy -- compare a cloud in a bottle to orbiting bodies
      • Newton's first law -- outside force vs no outside force
      • Newton's 3rd law: 
        • action = -1(reaction)
        • Center of rotation
      • Newton's 2nd law:  F = ma  [so a = F/m]
    • Rotation of the planets
    • Precession

Homework: 

Class 54 Thursday, 3/10/16

Warm-Up:   There is nuclear fusion, and there is nuclear fission.

1.  What's the difference between fusion and fission?

2.  Which diagram on the right shows fusion?  Which shows fission?

3.  Which of these processes provides the sun's energy?

4.  How does the formula, E=mc2 relate to these processes?

5.  Which process(es) is(are) used in nuclear weapons?

 

Today: 

 

Homework: 

Class 53 Tuesday, 3/8/16

Warm-Up:   

The diagram on the right shows a pipe with a string, a weight, and a ball.  The ball is orbiting the end of the pipe, and the weight is not falling. 

1.  If you were given this apparatus, how would you make it work? 

2.  Why would it do this?

 

Today: 

1.       Size and Composition of planets

a.       Planetary Accretion

b.      Can you fly through a gas giant?

c.       Why the gas giants have so much gas

d.      How Jupiter got so big

 

 

 

Homework: 

  •  
Class 52 Friday, 3/4/16

Warm-Up:   

The Earth formed as gravity caused matter to clump together.  Where did that matter come from?

Today: 

  • Rock dating retake

  • co-evolution of life and the atmosphere -- Questions

  • Videos -- "Video on Demand" -- require EHS log-in and opening of video on demand to view:

1.       Size and Composition of planets

a.       Planetary Accretion

b.      Can you fly through a gas giant?

c.       Why the gas giants have so much gas

d.      How Jupiter got so big

 

Homework: 

  •  
Class 51 Wednesday, 3/2/16

Warm-Up:   

The Earth did not always have an atmosphere.  Where did our atmosphere come from?

Today: 

  • co-evolution of life and the atmosphere -- Questions

  • Videos -- "Video on Demand" -- require EHS log-in and opening of video on demand to view:

Homework: 

  • Next class you get one last chance to retake the rock dating test.  Study and create notes if necessary.
Class 50 Thursday, 2/18/16

Warm-Up:   

How old is this rock sample?  The big dot is a parent atom, and the small dots represent daughter atoms.  The half-life of the parent element is 2 million years.

Today: 

  1. Age of rocks

    1. Rock Dating PowerPoint 

    2. Practice Test.

    3. Test.

Homework: 

  • After break, you will have one more chance to take the test.  If you need to take it again, study.  Create notes if necessary.
Class 49 Friday, 2/12/16

Warm-Up:   

How old is this rock sample?  The big dot is a parent atom, and the small dots represent daughter atoms.  The half-life of the parent element is 5,000 years.

Today: 

  1. Age of rocks

    1. Absolute dating -- Notes part 2

Homework: 

  • Practice Test next class.  Study.  Create notes if necessary.
Class 48 Wednesday, 2/10/16

Warm-Up:   

A log is 64 feet long.  Starting from one end of the log, a snail glides directly down its length, covering half of the remaining distance each day. 
1.  How many days does it take the snail to reach a point one foot from the other end of the log?
2.  How many days does it take for the snail to reach the other end?
3.  How does this relate to the age of rocks?

Today: 

  1. Return tests (if we haven't done this already)

  2. Age of rocks

    1. Finish Ages of Rocks and Earth History, part 1

    2. Rock Dating PowerPoint

    3. Absolute dating -- Notes part 2

Homework: 

  • ?
Class 47 Monday, 2/8/16

Warm-Up:   

from 3/8/99...

Today: 

  1. Plate Tectonics Test

  2. Age of rocks

    1. Notes: Ages of Rocks and Earth History, part 1

Homework: 

  • None
Class 46 Tuesday, 2/4/16

Warm-Up:   

How does a very explosive volcano build up its eruptive energy?  Where does that energy come from?

Today: 

  1. Return old quizzes

  2. The practice test will also cover handout #1 -- time for adding to your notes or further study

  3. Practice test

  4. Grade practice test

Coming next -- Age of rocks/Earth History

Homework: 

Class 45 Tuesday, 2/2/16

Warm-Up:   

1. Name each of the plate boundaries on the right.

2. At an ocean/ocean divergent boundary, is the lava similar to ocean crust or continental crust -- or both?  What is the source of the lava?

3.   At an continent/continent divergent boundary, is the lava similar to ocean crust or continental crust -- or both?  What is the source of the lava?

4.  At an ocean/continent convergent boundary, is the lava similar to ocean crust or continental crust -- or both?  What is the source of the lava?

5.  At an ocean/ocean convergent boundary, is the lava similar to ocean crust or continental crust -- or both?  What is the source of the lava?

Today: 

  1. Modify the diagram of a continent/continent divergent boundary

  2. Plate Tectonics Notes, Part 3

Videos On Demand:

Homework: 

  • Plate tectonics practice test next class.  This will be similar to the practice at the ends of handouts #1 and #3.  You can use any notes that you create and fit on a 5"x7" space.  Here is a piece of paper that you can print out with a 5"x7" rectangle.  You can also draw your own or use a 5"x7" note card.  You can earn extra points if you do not use notes.
No Class Friday 1/29/16

Flynn Field Trip Today.

Class 44 Wednesday 1/27/16

Warm-Up: 

Regarding Ocean Crust and Continental Crust...

 

1.  Which is generally more dense?

2.  Which is exemplified by granite?

3.  Which is lighter in color?

4.  Which is exemplified by  basalt?

5.  Which turns into runny (less viscous) lava?

Today: 

  1. Plate boundaries and their features.  Finish Plate Tectonics Notes, Part 2.

  2. Practice -- individual or in pairs

  3. Check practice

  4. Plate Tectonics Notes, Part 3

Videos On Demand:

Homework: 

  • None :-) !
Class 43 Monday 1/25/16

Warm-Up: 

1.  What is a lithospheric plate?

2.  What happens at a divergent plate boundary?

3.  Is the mantle beneath a divergent plate boundary hotter than average or cooler than average?

4.  Why is the Earth's interior hot?

Today: 

Videos On Demand:

Homework: 

  • None
Class 42 Thursday 1/21/16

Warm-Up: 

Why is the inside of Earth Hot?

Today: 

Videos On Demand:

Homework: 

  • Prepare for a quiz next class over today's handout.  You can use notes that you write on a 3"x5" note card (or any 3"x5" space).  Extra points for not using notes.
Class 41 Monday 1/11/16

Warm-Up: 

1.  What volume of dirt is in a hole that is 3 feet wide, 4 feet long, and 2 feet deep?

2.  A four foot long ladder hangs over the side of a boat.  The top of the ladder is two feet above the water line.  When the tide rises three feet, where will the top of the ladder be?

3.  A child throws a stick across a river.  A dog retrieves the stick without getting wet.  How?

Today: 

  • Go over answers to Midterm Exam Review

  • Create a study sheet -- one side of an 8.5" x 11" paper

  • ?

Homework: 

  • Prepare for the midterm
Class 40 Thursday 1/7/16

Warm-Up:  

1. On Earth, how can you tell if something has a lot of mass?  What about volume, density, and weight?

2.  How can you tell if something has a lot of mass in outer space (where there's no gravitational pull)?  What about weight?

Today: 

  • Finish and share your continent map

  • Complete the Midterm Exam Review

  • Create a study sheet -- one side of an 8.5" x 11" paper

Homework: 

  • Create a study sheet -- one side of an 8.5" x 11" paper

  • Finish and share your continent map

  • Practice for the midterm
Class 39 Tuesday 1/5/16

Warm-Up:  

1. Why was it so cold yesterday?

2.  What is zulu time?

 Link to Jet stream Animation

Today: 

  • Have you shared your continent map?

  • Finish continent mapping (check ocean currents).

  • Midterm Exam Review

Homework:  None
Class 38 Tuesday 12/22/15

Warm-Up:  

Assuming that Santa has to make 108 million stops in 24 hours, how fast does he have to travel?

Today: 

  • Return papers

  • Design Your Own Continent and make a climate map using Google Draw.

    • Open the "New Continent Project Map Template" in the shared Continents folder on your Google Drive.

      1. Rename using your name and save the file on your F:Drive

      2. Draw your map using the sketch tool.  Enable the end option under Osnap.  Save again.

      3. Upload your Rhino (.3dm) file to your class' folder at this link.

      4. "Print" a jpeg image file of your continent.  Save it on your F:Drive.

      5. Open Google Drawings.  If you are working with a partner, share this drawing with your partner and give him/her editing rights.

      6. Insert your map image

      7. Draw your mountains and group them.

      8. Draw the rest of the climate features.

  • Share your Google Drawing with Mr. Stapleton

  • Holiday science?

Homework:  None
Class 37 Friday 12/18/15

Warm-Up:  

1)  How often does El Nino occur?

2) What effect does El Nino typically have on the U. S. Economy?

3) If you're interested in learning more about El Nino, check out this website.

Today: 

  • Quiz --2nd try

  • Finish Mapping Climate Features -- North America

  • Design Your Own Continent and make a climate map using Google Draw.

    • Open the "New Continent Project Map Template" in the shared Continents folder on your Google Drive.

      1. Rename using your name and save the file on your F:Drive

      2. Draw your map using the sketch tool.  Enable the end option under Osnap.  Save again.

      3. Upload your Rhino (.3dm) file to your class' folder at this link.

      4. "Print" a jpeg image file of your continent.  Save it on your F:Drive.

      5. Open Google Drawings.  If you are working with a partner, share this drawing with your partner and give him/her editing rights.

      6. Insert your map image

      7. Draw your mountains and group them.

      8. Draw the rest of the climate features.

Homework:  None
Class 36 Wednesday 12/16/15

Warm-Up:  

1)  What is El Nino?

2)  How and why does it affect the weather?

Today: 

  • Quiz --2nd try

  • Finish Mapping Climate Features -- North America

  • Design Your Own Continent

    • Open the "New Continent Project Map Template" that has been emailed to you.

      1. Rename using your name and save the file on your F:Drive

      2. Draw your map using the sketch tool.  Save again.

Homework:  None
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Jetstreamconfig.jpgClass 35 Monday 12/14/15

Warm-Up:  

1)  The Earth's prevailing winds are shown on the first diagram to the right.  Sometimes we have local winds that are different from prevailing winds.  Can you guess the difference between "local" and "prevailing?"

2)  What causes Earth's Prevailing winds?

3)   The other diagrams show the jet streams, which are different from both local and prevailing winds.  Can you guess what causes the jet streams?

Today: 

  • Quiz

  • Continue Mapping Climate Features -- North America

  • Design Your Own Continent

    • Get the Continent Project Map Template.  For some reason, this upload is not working, so the file will be emailed to you.

      • Save the template on your F:Drive

      • Draw your map using the sketch tool.

Homework:  If you want to retake the quiz next class, study.
Class 34 Thursday 12/10/15

Warm-Up:  

The 10 day forecast, below, shows air pressure (black line) and chance of precipitation (blue).  Do you see a relationship between air pressure and chance of precipitation?

Today: 

Homework:  Study for quiz next class.  You will be given a map of a fictitious continent.  The continent will have mountains and a rain shadow.  You will have to draw each of the following features:

  • Pressure belts

  • Winds

  • Ocean Currents

  • Major Desert and Rainforest

  • Coastal Wet

  • Rain shadow wet and dry
Class 33 Tuesday 12/8/15

Warm-Up:  

1. Which location in the diagram probably gets the most rain and snow?

2.  Which location in the diagram is probably the driest?

Today: 

Homework:  Practice #4
Class 32 Friday 12/4/15

Warm-Up:  

The diagram on the right shows winds passing over the Olympic Mountains, in Washington State.

1.  Why are there clouds on the west side of the mountain?

2.  Clouds require water.  Where does that water come from?

3.  Why is the east side of the mountain dry?

Today: 

Homework:  Practice Map
Class 31 Wednesday 12/2/15

Warm-Up:   Why do clocks go clockwise?

Today: 

  • B7/8 -- Quiz like the practice test at the end of the notes.  Notes allowed -- you can use written steps, but you cannot use a diagram.

  • B5/6 -- Practice Quiz

  • Mapping Climate Features -- general trends explaining the distribution of climates

Homework:  None
Class 30 Monday 11/30/15

Warm-Up:  

1.  In the Northern Hemisphere, winds curve in a ______________ direction due to the Coriolis Effect.
2.  In the Southern Hemisphere, winds curve in a ______________ direction due to the Coriolis Effect.
3.  The picture on the right shows a swirling storm...
     a.  What kind of storm is it?
     b.  What type of pressure is at the center of the storm?
     c.  Are the winds moving toward the center or away from the center?
     d.  What hemisphere is it in?
     e.   The direction of this swirl is opposite the direction of the Coriolis Effect, but the Coriolis Effect is causing the swirl.  Can you show how the Coriolis Effect is causing this swirl?

Today: 

Homework: 

  • B5/6 -- Practice Quiz

  • B7/8 -- Quiz like the practice test at the end of the notes.  Notes allowed -- you can use written steps, but you cannot use a diagram.
Class 29 Thursday 11/19/15

Warm-Up:  

What happens when you put something in a glass bell jar (pictured on right) and pump the air out of the jar?  What would happen with...

1. Marshmallows?
2.  Balloons?
3.  Water?

Today: 

Homework:  None

 
Class 28 Tuesday 11/17/15

Warm-Up:  

1.  A man once won a bet that he could blow 100 smoke rings with one breath of smoke.  How did he do it?
2.  How does a vortex ring form?

 slow motion vortex ring
wikipedia
dolphins blowing bubble rings

Today: 

  • Test

Homework: 

 
Class 27 Friday 11/13/15

Warm-Up:  

Why does the bird keep drinking?

Today: 

Homework: 

Class 26 Wednesday 11/11/15

Warm-Up:  

1.  What will happen when this little person pushes the wall inward, compressing the gas molecules in this box? 

2.  Why will that happen?

Today: 

Homework:  Finish the test review
5366748_orig.jpg (640×442)Class 25 Monday 11/9/15

Warm-Up:  

1.  What is dry ice?

2.  What is in the fog that is produced when dry ice is mixed with water?

3.  Why does this fog sink in air?

Today: 

Homework:  Complete part 1, #1-24; and part 2, #1-8 of the test review.
Class 24 Thursday 11/5/15

Warm-Up:  

1.  What is dew?

2. Where does dew come from?

3.  When does dew form?

4.  Why does dew form at that time?  Weather graph

Today: 

Homework:  Finish the practice questions (Practice Questions:  Basic Chemistry and the Basis of Cloud Formation)
Class 23 Tuesday 11/3/15

Warm-Up:  

Sometimes you can "see your breath."  Why can't you see it right now?

I know a way to make my breath visible right now.  Can you guess how I do it?

Today: 

Homework:  B5/6 -- None

 
Class 22 Friday 10/30/15

Warm-Up:  

1.  What are we seeing when we look at clouds?  What are they made of?

2.  Are clouds solid, liquid, or gas?

3.  What happens when an airplane flies through a cloud?

Today: 

Homework: 

  • B5/6:  No Homework

  • B7/8:  Quiz next class -- similar to the chemistry practice questions (1-12) and also similar to #1-12 on page two of today's notes.  You may create your own notes and use them on the quiz.  You may not use any notes other than those that you have created for yourself.
Class 21 Wednesday 10/28/15

Warm-Up:   The picture on the right represents atoms, molecules, and elements.

  1. How many atoms are shown in the picture on the right?

  2. How many elements?

  3. How many molecules?

  4. Guess what type of atoms, molecules, and elements are supposed to be represented by the figures.

Today: 

Homework: 

  • B5/6:  Quiz next class -- similar to the chemistry practice questions (1-12) and also similar to #1-12 on page two of today's notes.  You may create your own notes and use them on the quiz.  You may not use any notes other than those that you have created for yourself.

  • B7/8:  Complete practice questions 1-12 on the Practice Questions:  Basic Chemistry and the Basis of Cloud Formation sheet.

 
Class 19 and 20 Thursday, 10/22/2015 and Monday, 10/26

Warm-Up:  Brainteasers...

 1. What 5-letter word does every educated person pronounce wrong?
2. Forward I'm heavy; backward I'm not.  What am I?
3. There are three misteaks in thi sentence.  Identify them.
 
**Scroll down for answers**

Thursday, 10/22: 

  1. First, everyone, get on a computer with your partner and watch this video.  If you don't have headphones, use a laptop from the cart in the prep room..  As you watch the video, fill out and complete Your Hot Air Balloon data sheet.  Each student must complete the data sheet.
    • Current Room Temperature -- thermometer in back of room
    • Current Air Pressure -- go to this website and look for "pressure."
    • Room air density -- Open this spreadsheet and make a copy for yourself.  Use the copy.  Enter the temperature and pressure from above into the yellow cells.  Write down the density displayed in the green cell.
    • Balloon Volume -- Use a timer to find the number of seconds it takes to fill your balloon using the special box and shop vac.  Multiply that number by 0.014.
    • Mass of Empty Balloon -- Place the green plastic tray on the balance.  Zero the balance (turn it off and turn it back on).  Place your balloon in the tray.  Record the mass.
    • Mass Lifted -- This is the mass of the string and weight (108g) minus the lowest balance reading when you fly your balloon.
    • Hot Air temperature -- After you have calculated the density of the hot air in your balloon, open your copy of the spreadsheet. Make sure that your room air temperature air pressure are still entered in the yellow cells.  Then, in the orange cell, enter the density of your balloon's hot air.  The temperature of your hot air will appear in the purple cell.  Record that temperature.
  2. Second -- also with your partner -- watch this video showing how to create your balloon presentation.  Then open this template and make a copy of it to create your own Google Slides presentation.  When you're done, share your presentation with Mr. Stapleton.    Here is a link to the template. 

Monday, 10/26: Mr. Stapleton is gone to Montana

  • If you're finished with your Google Slides presentation and Balloon Data Sheet, Watch "National Geographic Cyclone"
  • If you're not finished, finish your work on the computers in room 113 while the rest of the class watches the video.

*** Braintease Answers*** 1. wrong     2. ton     3.  The third mistake is that there are only 2 mistakes, not 3.
Class 18   Tuesday, 10/202015

Warm-Up: 

The density of air changes from day to day.  What factors affect the density of air?

Today: 

  • Finish flying balloons and collecting data.  Get a photograph of your flying balloon.
  • Begin your Hot Air Balloon data sheet.
    • Current Room Temperature -- thermometer in back of room
    • Current Air Pressure -- go to this website and look for "pressure."
    • Room air density -- Open this spreadsheet and make a copy for yourself.  Use the copy.  Enter the temperature and pressure from above into the yellow cells.  Write down the density displayed in the green cell.
    • Balloon Volume -- Use a timer to find the number of seconds it takes to fill your balloon using the special box and shop vac.  Multiply that number by 0.014.
    • Mass of Empty Balloon -- Place the green plastic tray on the balance.  Zero the balance (turn it off and turn it back on).  Place your balloon in the tray.  Record the mass.
    • Mass Lifted -- This is the mass of the string and weight (108g) minus the lowest balance reading when you fly your balloon.
    • Hot Air temperature -- After you have calculated the density of the hot air in your balloon, open your copy of the spreadsheet. Make sure that your room air temperature air pressure are still entered in the yellow cells.  Then, in the orange cell, enter the density of your balloon's hot air.  The temperature of your hot air will appear in the purple cell.  Record that temperature.

Next Class:

  • Mr. Stapleton will be gone on Monday and next class during B7/8.
  • Learn how to create the Google Slides presentation.  On Monday, each group must create a Google Slides presentation. 
  • Begin working on presentations -- one presentation per group.

Monday: Mr. Stapleton is gone to Montana

  • Finish your Google Slides presentation.  Each group must create a presentation.  Make a copy of this template  and fill it in with your information.
  • Share your presentation with Mr. Stapleton
Filling-Balloon.jpg (594×395)Class 17   Friday, 10/16/2015

Warm-Up: 

1.  Felix Baumgartner jumped from a helium-filled balloon at an altitude of 127,852 feet (24 miles).  Why was his balloon so loosely inflated?
2. The terminal velocity of a falling human is usually about 120mph.  How was Felix able to fall so much faster (843mph)

Today: 

  • Check homework:  Problem Set 3, from the More Hot Air Balloon Problems handout.
  • How to measure your balloon's volume.
  • Finish building your balloon.
  • Fly your balloon and measure its lift.  Help other people get theirs ready to fly -- but don't do the work for them.
  • Next class -- completing your balloon data sheet.

Homework:  
Class 16   Tuesday, 10/13/2015

Warm-Up: 

1. What is the heaviest thing that this hot air balloon is carrying?
a. Fabric
b. People
c. Hot Air
d. Propane burner
e. Fuel Tank
f. Wicker Basket

2.  Why are balloon baskets made of wicker? What is wicker?

Today: 

  • Practice Calculating Density of the Hot Air in a Balloon
  • Finish building your balloon
  • Fly your balloon and measure its lift.  Help other people get theirs ready to fly -- but don't do the work for them.

Homework:  Finish Problem Set 3, from the More Hot Air Balloon Problems handout.
Class 15   Wednesday, 10/7/2015

Warm-Up: 

1.  Which balloon is heavier -- or do they have the same weight?
2.  What is the mass of the hot air inside each balloon?

Today: 

  • Check/review Homework
  • Balloon Project Guidelines
  • How to trace and cut/seal your balloon...
    • Projecting and tracing
    • Cutting/sealing
  • How to build your fuel platform
    • Taking good care of the wire
    • Cutting the aluminum
  • Storing your balloon parts

Homework:   None
Class 14   Monday, 10/5/2015

Warm-Up: 

Do hot air balloons fly better on hot days or cold days?  Why?

Today: 

  • Check/review Homework -- Hot Air Balloon Density Calculations, Part 2
  • Balloon Demo
  • Balloon Project Guidelines
  • Finish your balloon design
    • Choose your final 3-Ddesign.  
    • Save your file.
    • Unroll your shape (Surface Tab, Unroll Developable Surface)
    • In TOP view, arrange and rotate your pieces to create a net.  You might want to skip this step if you have a curved object, like a cone or cylinder.
      • At the bottom of your screen, click Osnap.  Then click the box on the bottom left that says End.   Then click the box that says Near.
      • Click the arrow icon to cancel any unfinished commands.
      • Move a piece
        • Select a piece that you want to move.
        • At the top of the screen, click the Transform tab.
          • Click the Move command.
          • Click a corner of your piece.  Then find where you want that corner to go, and click again.
      • Rotate the piece that you moved.
        • Select the piece (if you haven't already)
        • At the top of the screen, click the Transform tab.
          • Click the Rotate command.
          • Select the center of rotation by clicking the corner of your piece that you want to rotate around.
          • Click another point along the edge of the piece.
          • Move your mouse until your piece pops into the right place.  Then click again.
      • Repeat the steps above with other pieces until you are satisfied with your arrangement.
    • Lay out and scale your design.
      • Click the rectangle tool on the tool bar to the left of the screen. 
      • Click somewhere in the Top view.
      • Type 108 and press enter.
      • Type 72 and press enter.
      • You just made a box that is the shape of the plastic that we will use for the balloons.
        • Try to fit your pieces on the rectangle.  If they won't fit, you can either rearrange them, resize the rectangle, or both.
        • To select more than one piece at a time, you can hold shift and click them.  You can also group pieces by selecting them all and pressing ctrl + G.  To ungroup, use ctrl + G + shift.
        • If the rectangle is too big, resize it.
          • Select the rectangle (if you haven't already)
          • At the top of the screen, click the Transform tab.
            • Click the Scale command.  Then click 2D.
            • Click somewhere on rectangle.  Then click somewhere else. 
            • Move your mouse until the rectangle is the size you want it.  Click one last time.
    • If you're happy with your file, save it as Your Names Balloon Layout.
      • Upload your file to one of these folders...

Homework:   None
Class 13   Thursday, 10/1/2015

Warm-Up: 

1.  How does a hot air balloon work?
2.  How does the pilot control altitude (height)?
3.  How does the pilot control direction?

Today: 

Homework:   Finish the Hot Air Balloon Density Calculations, Part 2
Photo credit: Fred EspenakClass 12   Tuesday, 9/28/2015

Warm-Up: 

1.  Did you see the lunar eclipse? 
2.  Why did it happen? 
3.  Why was the moon red?
4.  What's the name of the other kind of eclipse?

Today: 

  • Change of plans...
    • Go to fab lab to laser cut a shape.
    • Return to class computer lab (C113) to print and cut shapes
      • Organize your shapes
        • Try to save space, so that your "box" will be as big as possible.
        • You might want to arrange your pieces so that you don't have to cut all of the edges.  If you lay your pieces out right, some edges can just be creased.  You will be making a net.
        • Print your shape on cardstock (green paper).
          • Click Print
          • Select the printer for this room (probably Everest C113)
          • Click the + sign on the View and Output Scale tab
            • Click Extents
            • Under the Scale tab, choose Scale to Fit
          • Near the top of the window select either Portrait or Landscape
          • If necessary, close the print window and rearrange your pieces
          • Click Print
        • Carefully cut out your parts with scissors.
        • Assemble your parts with tape.
    • Choosing the best hot air balloon shape -- Area, Volume, Mass, and Density

Homework:   None
Class 11   Friday, 9/25/2015

Warm-Up: 

A piece of foam floating in a glass jar usually wants to move to the side of the jar.  Why?  How can you get the foam to want to stay in the middle?

Today: 

  • Check/Review Homework
  • Finish James Cameron's Deepsea Challenge?
  • Use CAD (Computer Aided Design) software to create hot air balloon prototypes.  The prototypes will be made from laser-cut folder paper.
    • Create a virtual 4" x 4" x 4" cube, using Rhino.
    • Save your file in your personal drive.  If your name is Bubba, name it Bubba Balloon Prototype.
    • Create a hot air balloon shape that is about the same size or smaller than the cube.
    • Unroll your surfaces.  If they won't unroll, you need to change your design.  Double-curved surfaces won't unroll.
    • Create a virtual piece of folder paper that is 16" x 11"
      • Organize your surfaces on your virtual folder paper.
      • If necessary, scale (shrink) your surfaces to fit on the paper.
    • Save your file again.
    • Upload your file to this folder.

Homework:    None
Class 10   Wednesday, 9/23/2015

Warm-Up: 

Today is the fall equinox.  The equinox occurred this morning at 4:21 AM.  What is an equinox?  What happened at 4:21?

Today: 

Homework:    Finish this handout -- Hot air balloon density problems 
Class 9   Monday, 9/21/2015

Warm-Up: 

The figures on the right are pieces of black construction paper.  Which pieces can be folded into perfect cubes?

Today: 

  • Warm-up
  • Return Tests
  • Low Density Box Contest
  • Continue James Cameron's Deepsea Challenge. 

Handouts: 

Homework:    None
Class 8   Thursday, 9/16/2015

Warm-Up: 

  1. Do you know how to siphon?

  2. Do you know how siphoning works?

  3. What is a "water level?"

  4. How does a toilet work?

Today: 

  • Mechanical Pencil?
  • Warm-up
  • Unit 1 Test -- Will you be using notes?
  • Low density boxes
  • Video -- Deepsea Challenge. 

Handouts: 

Homework:    None
Class 7   Tuesday, 9/15/2015

Warm-Up: 
Examine the mercury barometer on the right. 
 
1.  Do you understand how it works? 

2.  If you were given some mercury, a long test tube, and a bowl, could you make one? [Unfortunately, Hg is toxic, so if you find a bunch, please don't actually try this.]

3.  If this barometer were made using water instead of mercury, would the tube need to be longer or shorter?

Today: 

  • Warm-up
  • Check and review homework
  • About the test:
    • If you do not use notes on the test, your score will not be adjusted.
    • You may use notes, but you must create those notes yourself.  The notes must be on a letter size sheet of paper (8.5" x 11") -- or smaller.  If you use notes...
      • Your grade for the quiz or test on which you use those notes will be capped at 80%.  This means that, if you use notes, and you score higher than 80%, the grade that will go in my gradebook will be 80%.
      • You may not scan or copy notes for another student to use.
      • You may not use handouts that I gave you in class.
  • Working with the Density Formula

Handouts:  Working with the Density Formula

Homework:    Test next class. Study for the test.  Questions will come from the practice test, your notes, and previous quizzes.
File:Bathyscaphe Trieste.jpgClass 6   Friday, 9/11/2015

Warm-Up: 

Until recently, the Bathyscaphe Trieste (shown on the right) was the only manned vessel to have reached the deepest part of the ocean.  Except for the spherical "pressure chamber" on the bottom of the Trieste, most of the vessel was filled with gasoline.  The pointy "hoppers" on the bottom were filled with bits of iron that could be released by the pilots.  The vessel had no motor.  In 2012, James Cameron (moviemaker etc.) dove even deeper in a much smaller submarine, the Deepsea Challenger.

  1. Where is the deepest part of the ocean?
  2. How deep is it?
  3. Geologically speaking, why is that part of the ocean so deep?
  4. What are the dangers of traveling that deep?
  5. Why did the Trieste sink, and once it got to the bottom, what made it float back up?
  6. Why was the main portion of the Trieste filled with gasoline?

Today: 

  • Warm-up
  • Check and review homework
  • On a computer, open up...
    • This list
    • Powerschool, and look at your grades for this class.  In order to see your individual assignments, you will have to click on your number grade.    *Show Mr. Stapleton that you were able to do this.
    • The filled-in version of the air pressure notes (part 1)
    • The YouTube video for EPS 100 Air Pressure Notes, Part 1
  • Finish Air Pressure Notes?
  • Work on Unit 1 Test Review -- Physical Properties and Pressure

Handouts:

Homework:  

  • B5/6 -- 1st page of Test Review.
  • B7/8 -- All of Test Review
Class 5   Wednesday, 9/9/2015

Warm-Up:  

Suppose you're standing on a balcony, and you want to steal the drink of someone standing below.  You carefully lower a tube into the drink and suck up the liquid before anyone notices.  Could this really work?  Explain.

Today: 

  • Warm-up
  • Quiz-- 2nd try.
  • Finish Air Pressure Notes
  • Air Pressure Questions

Handouts: Pressure and Buoyancy Notes

Homework:  Air pressure questions
Class 4   Friday, 9/4/2015

Warm-Up:  

1.  What would happen if you made a hole through the center of the Earth, and you jumped in?  (antipodes map)

Today: 

  • Warm-up
  • Quiz
  • More Air Pressure Notes

Handouts: Pressure and Buoyancy Notes

Homework:  
Class 3   Wednesday, 9/2/2015
Warm-Up: 
1.  Why will the film canister rise?
2.  What is happening to its mass, volume, density, and weight?
3.  Why is this happening?
4.  What is the greatest number of pennies that will work?
5.  What is the smallest number of pennies that will work?

Today: 

  • Warm-up
  • Turn in signed course expectations slips.
  • Check and review homework -- properties of matter practice.  Finish notes.
  • Practice quiz (If you like your score, you can keep it.)
  • Air pressure notes?

Handouts: EPS 100 Air pressure Notes, part 1

Homework:  

  • Real quiz next class, similar to today's practice quiz.
    • Study by reviewing the notes and today's quiz.  Cover your answers to quiz yourself.
  • Air pressure stuff?
Class 2  Monday 8/31/2015
Warm-Up: 
This bottle on the right contains a "cartesian diver."  The diver dives when the bottle is squeezed, and the diver rises when the bottle is released.

1.  As the bottle is squeezed, what is happening to the diver's density, volume, and mass?
2.  Why are those properties changing in those ways?

Today: 

  • Warm-up
  • Turn in signed course expectations slips.
  • Check and review homework -- properties of matter practice.
  • Continue properties of matter practice.
  • Film Canister Submarines.  When you're done, start on the homework.  Some groups' procedures will be read and followed to see if they work (extra 5% if the procedure works).

Handouts:

Homework:  

  • Continue the properties of matter sheet through number 21 (complete #18-21).
    • When necessary, refer to the definitions at the top of the first page of notes.
Class 1  Thursday 8/27/2015
Warm-Up: 
  1. If the Earth suddenly stopped rotating (spinning), what would happen?
  2. What if it stopped revolving (orbiting)?
  3. How can one wooden block can cast a shadow with any of the shapes below -- and how is this question related to EPS?

Today: 

  • Warm-up
  • Continue learning names -- watch Mr. Stapleton study some more
  • Enter attendance
  • Slideshow
  • Course Expectations and class topics
  • Properties of matter practice
  • Clean up, answer to shadow question, etc.

Handouts:

Homework:  

  • [Graded on completion/effort, not correctness] Complete properties of matter sheet through # 13.
  • Have your parent(s)/guardian(s) review the course expectations and fill out the sheet. Turn in just the signature.
Class 0  Tuesday 8/25/2015 (15 minute class) 205-220, 225-235
Warm-Up: 

Can you point to the North Pole?

Today: 

  • Start learning names -- watch Mr. Stapleton study
  • Warm-up
  • Attendance
  • Course topics

Homework:  None