HANDOUTS:
10-05-14 Class Map & Triangulation Form Click here
10-07-14 Map of Northern Corfu Click here
10-14-14 Crusoe Project handouts Click here
10-15-14 Navigation Words
10-20-14 Intro to Treasure Hunt: Click here
10-24-14 Intro to Mars Lander Click here
10-31-14 Format for Final Lander Drawing Click here
11-03-14 Mars Lander Evaluation Form Click here
12-05-14 Speed table & calculations Click here
12-06-14 Make a Straw Rocket Click here
12-15-14 Flight Vocabulary Click here
12-16-14 Test Correction Procedures Click here
12-17-14 History of flight Click here
01-05-15 Video of "history of Electricity" Click here
01-05-15 Electricity Vocab handout Click here
01-07-15 How to fix Electric Vocab Test Click here
01-07-15 Videos and Vocab Click here
01-09-15 Static Electric Lab Form Click here
10-05-14 Class Map & Triangulation Form Click here
10-07-14 Map of Northern Corfu Click here
10-14-14 Crusoe Project handouts Click here
10-15-14 Navigation Words
10-20-14 Intro to Treasure Hunt: Click here
10-24-14 Intro to Mars Lander Click here
10-31-14 Format for Final Lander Drawing Click here
11-03-14 Mars Lander Evaluation Form Click here
12-05-14 Speed table & calculations Click here
12-06-14 Make a Straw Rocket Click here
12-15-14 Flight Vocabulary Click here
12-16-14 Test Correction Procedures Click here
12-17-14 History of flight Click here
01-05-15 Video of "history of Electricity" Click here
01-05-15 Electricity Vocab handout Click here
01-07-15 How to fix Electric Vocab Test Click here
01-07-15 Videos and Vocab Click here
01-09-15 Static Electric Lab Form Click here
12-15-14 Study Vocab take a quiz BIG TEST ON THESE CONCEPTS ON WEDNESDAY
12-16-14 Quick test today and then more on flight. Look at this video for a better understanding of a wing, review the information from 12/15, (see handouts) be ready for a big summative test on Wednesday.
12-17-15 Big summative test today. Check PAL to see how your student did. Test Correction method click here
12-18-14 Paper Plane test flights. Correct any tests not passed See Handouts to find out how to correct the test
12-19-14 Final test flights
01-05-15 Flight test corrections and retakes are due today
12-16-14 Quick test today and then more on flight. Look at this video for a better understanding of a wing, review the information from 12/15, (see handouts) be ready for a big summative test on Wednesday.
12-17-15 Big summative test today. Check PAL to see how your student did. Test Correction method click here
12-18-14 Paper Plane test flights. Correct any tests not passed See Handouts to find out how to correct the test
12-19-14 Final test flights
01-05-15 Flight test corrections and retakes are due today
Daily Assignments and Activities
DAILY SMART BOARD POSTINGS CLICK ON THE BLUE DATE LINK Check these out to see what we did and if there is any homework. You will also find a link to any handouts that were given out.
9-10-14 Bill Nye Video
9-11-14 Astrology Fact or Fiction see handout
9-12-14 Finish Astrology paper, if graded check to see if you must fix something
9-15-14 Grade reviews, begin rough mapping class room on blank notebook paper.
9-16-14 Continue rough mapping and recording measurements of the room
9-17-14 Determine what still must be done, do so
9-18-14 Begin transferring measurements and layout onto proper graph paper see grid paper ( note that it is a legal
size piece of paper) and What to include
9-19-14 Continue with room mapping, count those squares, don't just place a wall or desk at random.
9-22-14 Finish up room mapping. If done turn in, check to see if it is OK tomorrow and do any corrections.
9-23-14 All Maps should be done by today. Double check green table measurements with whiteboard.
9-24-14 Correct any errors on map, learn what a bearing, reciprocal is and how to do one and what a heading is.
(click here) Check grade and fix as needed
9-25-14 Formally check grades. Write down grade in planner and problem assignments. Electric Llama Continue with bearing "Electric Monkey"
9-26-14 Finish up all your bearings, Begin listing reciprocals and identifying locations of "landmarks" using grid
9-29-14 All bearings done and all reciprocals done along with landmarks. (note this was not displayed and was
conveyed verbally. Art and some directions were reused the next day.
9-30-14 Create an accurate compass rose on your classroom map. Progress reports go out in a couple of days!
Check posted grades in the back or on PAL. Anything below "MTS" (meets) must be fixed tonight!
10-01-14 Vocab review and completion of Compass Rose. QUIZ TOMORROW
10-02-14 Start triangulation and QUIZ on vocab. PROGRESS REPORT GRADES ARE POSTED TOMORROW.
10-03-14 Finish Triangulation Start Treasure Hunt on Monday. If you did not do well on the QUIZ yesterday and did
not take the notes you should have, here is the definitions again click here for the handout form
10-06-14 Complete any missing or incomplete work, make corrections on map and triangulation, start chart
10-07-14 Continue with nautical chart of Corfu, if finished, do the next letter challenge.
10-08-14
10-09-14 I will be out of town for these three days. The substitute Mr. Pierce, will be in charge. He is a former S.S
10-10-14 . teacher here at Hedrick and Retired Naval officer. He knows his stuff. We will be doing more navigation using Robinson Crusoe's journal to learn Longitude, Latitude and how to locate and then construct a map of his island based on clues in the journals. CRUSOE PROJECT HANDOUTS these should be finished no later than 10-16.
10-14-14 Crusoe papers, work on them
10-15-14 Turn in Ship's Log and Survival list.
10-16-14 Grade Crusoe's map, be sure you have all listed items on front
10-17-14 Work on any missing or substandard work, if all caught up you can do the Ancient coin prize navigation.
10-20-14 If caught up you did the Ancient Coin Hunt. If not, you worked on missing corrections....did you do all? Corrections for Ship Log is due tomorrow along with any corrections for Crusoe's Map. If you are missing Crusoe's map you must make arrangements to stay after on Tues/Wed/Thur. 3:30 to 5:00 PM. Parents check with your student.
10-21-14 Treasure hunt map contest today
10-22-14 Finish treasure hunt map contest, award prizes
10-23-14 Final treasure hunters and video on Mars lander.
10-24-14 Intro to Mars Lander. Sketches are due on Monday. Follow guidelines including verbal.
10-27-14 Info on Mars Lander and guidelines on 3 required sketches, must be done to build landers.
10-28-14 Grade Mars lander sketches, if done and done well, start making the lander based on the sketches
10-29-14 Work on landers (must have all sketches properly done) Test landers and grade them and the drawings Fri
10-30-14 Finish up landers, we test on next Tuesday (changed)!
10-31-14 Lander perfect line drawings today, testing moved to Tuesday. HAPPY HALLOWEEN
11-04-14 ddd
Lander tests and evaluations based on original handout and 2nd handout. Finish testing Wed/Thur. ,
11-05-14 Finish paperwork on landers begin real testing
11-06-14 Test most landers today, all paperwork due. Check out Mars Land links on home page.
11-07-14 End of Mars Lander Project, all papers and test landings must be done today.
11-10-14 Clean up of any projects, prizes awarded. New project: Research Rosetta Stone Spacecraft, two paragraphs of your own thoughts and include background and find parallels in engineering with your project.
11-12-14 Water, Epidemiology and the Cholera epidemic of London in 1854. Lesson plan & handouts
11-13-14 Solar Distillation; see handouts: Desert survival and Home made Solar Still. The materials should be listed tonight. Do not try to make the device! Just figure out a design and list the materials from your home. This link will show you a small solar still that some Peace corp volunteers made off the coast of Africa. Click on "Bringing water from Sol to Soul" top right http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/lesson-plans/building-solar-still/
11-14-14 Solar Still works. Click here for handout we will use on Monday.
11-17-14 Finish up the solar still blue sheets
11-18-14 Grade the blue papers, fix tonight, engineer a hybrid still tomorrow. Form: Solar Still Form
WE ARE EXPERIENCEING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES SO I CAN'T INCLUDE A SYNOPSIS OF THE DAILY ASSIGNMENT NEXT TO THE DATE IN SOME CASES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE
11-19-14 Open for content
11-20-14 Open for content
11-21-14 Open for content
11-24-14 Open for content
11-25-14 Open for content
11-26-14 Finish up the final group Hybrid design. If not in a group (late Still paper) do the research paper
12-01-14 Group members practice and or change presentation for tomorrow's presentations, non group members finish any outstanding work and finish up 5 paragraph essey (click here for format) see research paper of 11-26 this paper is due no later than Wednesday.
12-02-14 Presenting Hybrid Solar Still designs if not done requir'd work, then alternate assignment see 12/01/14
12-03-14 Finish presentations on Hybrid Still designs and vote on best design. All late work must be done.
12-04-14 This is the same as 12-03-14, just a continuation
12-05-14 Use the formulas that we talked about to fill in your table, speed table is due on Monday.
12-08-14 Finishing touches on speed table (see notes) then turn in and begin Aerodynamics study.
12-09-14 Start understanding the basics of flight (see handout)
12-10-14 Working with rockets PROGRESS REPORTS ENTERED
12-11-14 Continuing flight and rockets
12-12-14 Due to 7th grade field trip, this day will be for makeup and exploration and investigation of anything the kids might want to pursue.
12-15-14 Study Vocaulary take a quiz BIG TEST ON THESE CONCEPTS ON WEDNESDAY
12-16-14 Quick test today and then more on flight. Look at this video for a better understanding of a wing review the information from 12/15, be ready for a big summative test on Wednesday.
12-17-14 Took the test today. Ask your student what they got and also check PAL to confirm it.
12-18-14 Paper Plane test flights. Correct any tests not passed (click here for forms and info).
There was a major bug in this page. I lost almost all my above links. Most of the links below may not be reliable so I have transferred them to my "handouts" page if I cannot get them to function on this page. Sorry for the inconvenience.
12-19-14 Final Test flights and weird prizes. To find Test Correction Procedures, go to "handouts" section. For history of flight go to handouts section.
01-05-15 Welcome back. New Subject: Electricity. Check out Video we watched, learn the vocab. Video is in the handout section. ALWAYS CHECK "HANDOUT" SECTION.
. 01-06-15 Important test tomorrow: See vocab in handouts section.. Re watch the video*, go to "handouts" section for link. *I understand some people have had a problem linking to this video. Just Google "how electricity works" and then click on "videos". You will have a selection of a lot of videos. This one is around 44 minutes so that should narrow it down. But you can pick almost any video on the subject and find it helpful. Even some of the short ones could work also. The same applies for vocab. Google "electric vocabulary for kids" and you will find a lot of sources.
01-07-15 Took a test today, check Pal for grade. Correct (see hand out on how to do so) if necessary.
01-08-15 Correct any tests begin exploring Static Electricity with self designed labs
01-09-15 Static Electric Lab
01-06-15 Important test tomorrow: See vocab in handouts section.. Re watch the video*, go to "handouts" section for link. I understand some people have had a problem linking to this video. Just Google "how electricity works" and then click on "videos". You will have a selection of a lot of videos. This one is around 44 minutes so that should narrow it down. But you can pick almost any video on the subject and find it helpful. Even some of the short ones could work also. The same applies for vocab. Google "electric vocabulary for kids" and you will find a lot of sources.
01-07-15 Took a test today, check Pal for grade. To orrect using the proper method , click here
01-08-15 Correct any tests begin exploring Static Electricity with self designed labs click here for form
01-09-15 Static Electric Lab To view videos click on the following numbers: #1 #2 #3
01-12-15 Go explore the web for info on Magnetics! Have fun!
01-13-15 End of the static labs begin the study of Magnets.
01-14-15 Working on Magnet Lab CHECK PAL AND SEE IF ANYTHING NEEDS TO BE FIXED ALL ASSIGNMENTS AND TESTS MUST HAVE AT LEAST A "MEETS" OR IT MUST BE FIXED
01-15-16 Click here for Static Electric Lab Handout including table.
01-16-15 I WILL NOT BE TEACHING THESE TWO DAYS. My sub is a former student teacher of mine and is very good. only 3 days of school left in the quarter, do check pal and be sure everything is turned in as above.
01-20-15 Watch the attached websites, the battery from pennies is very cool
01-21-15 Last chance to turn in any missing or un-corrected work! Check PAL. Work on Battery Lab.
01-22-15 Last day of STEM. I have really enjoyed teaching this class to these kids. I was the best class I have taught in the entire time here at Hedrick. Thanks kids for being so enthusiastic about learning so many different things!
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9-10-14 Bill Nye Video
9-11-14 Astrology Fact or Fiction see handout
9-12-14 Finish Astrology paper, if graded check to see if you must fix something
9-15-14 Grade reviews, begin rough mapping class room on blank notebook paper.
9-16-14 Continue rough mapping and recording measurements of the room
9-17-14 Determine what still must be done, do so
9-18-14 Begin transferring measurements and layout onto proper graph paper see grid paper ( note that it is a legal
size piece of paper) and What to include
9-19-14 Continue with room mapping, count those squares, don't just place a wall or desk at random.
9-22-14 Finish up room mapping. If done turn in, check to see if it is OK tomorrow and do any corrections.
9-23-14 All Maps should be done by today. Double check green table measurements with whiteboard.
9-24-14 Correct any errors on map, learn what a bearing, reciprocal is and how to do one and what a heading is.
(click here) Check grade and fix as needed
9-25-14 Formally check grades. Write down grade in planner and problem assignments. Electric Llama Continue with bearing "Electric Monkey"
9-26-14 Finish up all your bearings, Begin listing reciprocals and identifying locations of "landmarks" using grid
9-29-14 All bearings done and all reciprocals done along with landmarks. (note this was not displayed and was
conveyed verbally. Art and some directions were reused the next day.
9-30-14 Create an accurate compass rose on your classroom map. Progress reports go out in a couple of days!
Check posted grades in the back or on PAL. Anything below "MTS" (meets) must be fixed tonight!
10-01-14 Vocab review and completion of Compass Rose. QUIZ TOMORROW
10-02-14 Start triangulation and QUIZ on vocab. PROGRESS REPORT GRADES ARE POSTED TOMORROW.
10-03-14 Finish Triangulation Start Treasure Hunt on Monday. If you did not do well on the QUIZ yesterday and did
not take the notes you should have, here is the definitions again click here for the handout form
10-06-14 Complete any missing or incomplete work, make corrections on map and triangulation, start chart
10-07-14 Continue with nautical chart of Corfu, if finished, do the next letter challenge.
10-08-14
10-09-14 I will be out of town for these three days. The substitute Mr. Pierce, will be in charge. He is a former S.S
10-10-14 . teacher here at Hedrick and Retired Naval officer. He knows his stuff. We will be doing more navigation using Robinson Crusoe's journal to learn Longitude, Latitude and how to locate and then construct a map of his island based on clues in the journals. CRUSOE PROJECT HANDOUTS these should be finished no later than 10-16.
10-14-14 Crusoe papers, work on them
10-15-14 Turn in Ship's Log and Survival list.
10-16-14 Grade Crusoe's map, be sure you have all listed items on front
10-17-14 Work on any missing or substandard work, if all caught up you can do the Ancient coin prize navigation.
10-20-14 If caught up you did the Ancient Coin Hunt. If not, you worked on missing corrections....did you do all? Corrections for Ship Log is due tomorrow along with any corrections for Crusoe's Map. If you are missing Crusoe's map you must make arrangements to stay after on Tues/Wed/Thur. 3:30 to 5:00 PM. Parents check with your student.
10-21-14 Treasure hunt map contest today
10-22-14 Finish treasure hunt map contest, award prizes
10-23-14 Final treasure hunters and video on Mars lander.
10-24-14 Intro to Mars Lander. Sketches are due on Monday. Follow guidelines including verbal.
10-27-14 Info on Mars Lander and guidelines on 3 required sketches, must be done to build landers.
10-28-14 Grade Mars lander sketches, if done and done well, start making the lander based on the sketches
10-29-14 Work on landers (must have all sketches properly done) Test landers and grade them and the drawings Fri
10-30-14 Finish up landers, we test on next Tuesday (changed)!
10-31-14 Lander perfect line drawings today, testing moved to Tuesday. HAPPY HALLOWEEN
11-04-14 ddd
Lander tests and evaluations based on original handout and 2nd handout. Finish testing Wed/Thur. ,
11-05-14 Finish paperwork on landers begin real testing
11-06-14 Test most landers today, all paperwork due. Check out Mars Land links on home page.
11-07-14 End of Mars Lander Project, all papers and test landings must be done today.
11-10-14 Clean up of any projects, prizes awarded. New project: Research Rosetta Stone Spacecraft, two paragraphs of your own thoughts and include background and find parallels in engineering with your project.
11-12-14 Water, Epidemiology and the Cholera epidemic of London in 1854. Lesson plan & handouts
11-13-14 Solar Distillation; see handouts: Desert survival and Home made Solar Still. The materials should be listed tonight. Do not try to make the device! Just figure out a design and list the materials from your home. This link will show you a small solar still that some Peace corp volunteers made off the coast of Africa. Click on "Bringing water from Sol to Soul" top right http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/lesson-plans/building-solar-still/
11-14-14 Solar Still works. Click here for handout we will use on Monday.
11-17-14 Finish up the solar still blue sheets
11-18-14 Grade the blue papers, fix tonight, engineer a hybrid still tomorrow. Form: Solar Still Form
WE ARE EXPERIENCEING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES SO I CAN'T INCLUDE A SYNOPSIS OF THE DAILY ASSIGNMENT NEXT TO THE DATE IN SOME CASES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE
11-19-14 Open for content
11-20-14 Open for content
11-21-14 Open for content
11-24-14 Open for content
11-25-14 Open for content
11-26-14 Finish up the final group Hybrid design. If not in a group (late Still paper) do the research paper
12-01-14 Group members practice and or change presentation for tomorrow's presentations, non group members finish any outstanding work and finish up 5 paragraph essey (click here for format) see research paper of 11-26 this paper is due no later than Wednesday.
12-02-14 Presenting Hybrid Solar Still designs if not done requir'd work, then alternate assignment see 12/01/14
12-03-14 Finish presentations on Hybrid Still designs and vote on best design. All late work must be done.
12-04-14 This is the same as 12-03-14, just a continuation
12-05-14 Use the formulas that we talked about to fill in your table, speed table is due on Monday.
12-08-14 Finishing touches on speed table (see notes) then turn in and begin Aerodynamics study.
12-09-14 Start understanding the basics of flight (see handout)
12-10-14 Working with rockets PROGRESS REPORTS ENTERED
12-11-14 Continuing flight and rockets
12-12-14 Due to 7th grade field trip, this day will be for makeup and exploration and investigation of anything the kids might want to pursue.
12-15-14 Study Vocaulary take a quiz BIG TEST ON THESE CONCEPTS ON WEDNESDAY
12-16-14 Quick test today and then more on flight. Look at this video for a better understanding of a wing review the information from 12/15, be ready for a big summative test on Wednesday.
12-17-14 Took the test today. Ask your student what they got and also check PAL to confirm it.
12-18-14 Paper Plane test flights. Correct any tests not passed (click here for forms and info).
There was a major bug in this page. I lost almost all my above links. Most of the links below may not be reliable so I have transferred them to my "handouts" page if I cannot get them to function on this page. Sorry for the inconvenience.
12-19-14 Final Test flights and weird prizes. To find Test Correction Procedures, go to "handouts" section. For history of flight go to handouts section.
01-05-15 Welcome back. New Subject: Electricity. Check out Video we watched, learn the vocab. Video is in the handout section. ALWAYS CHECK "HANDOUT" SECTION.
. 01-06-15 Important test tomorrow: See vocab in handouts section.. Re watch the video*, go to "handouts" section for link. *I understand some people have had a problem linking to this video. Just Google "how electricity works" and then click on "videos". You will have a selection of a lot of videos. This one is around 44 minutes so that should narrow it down. But you can pick almost any video on the subject and find it helpful. Even some of the short ones could work also. The same applies for vocab. Google "electric vocabulary for kids" and you will find a lot of sources.
01-07-15 Took a test today, check Pal for grade. Correct (see hand out on how to do so) if necessary.
01-08-15 Correct any tests begin exploring Static Electricity with self designed labs
01-09-15 Static Electric Lab
01-06-15 Important test tomorrow: See vocab in handouts section.. Re watch the video*, go to "handouts" section for link. I understand some people have had a problem linking to this video. Just Google "how electricity works" and then click on "videos". You will have a selection of a lot of videos. This one is around 44 minutes so that should narrow it down. But you can pick almost any video on the subject and find it helpful. Even some of the short ones could work also. The same applies for vocab. Google "electric vocabulary for kids" and you will find a lot of sources.
01-07-15 Took a test today, check Pal for grade. To orrect using the proper method , click here
01-08-15 Correct any tests begin exploring Static Electricity with self designed labs click here for form
01-09-15 Static Electric Lab To view videos click on the following numbers: #1 #2 #3
01-12-15 Go explore the web for info on Magnetics! Have fun!
01-13-15 End of the static labs begin the study of Magnets.
01-14-15 Working on Magnet Lab CHECK PAL AND SEE IF ANYTHING NEEDS TO BE FIXED ALL ASSIGNMENTS AND TESTS MUST HAVE AT LEAST A "MEETS" OR IT MUST BE FIXED
01-15-16 Click here for Static Electric Lab Handout including table.
01-16-15 I WILL NOT BE TEACHING THESE TWO DAYS. My sub is a former student teacher of mine and is very good. only 3 days of school left in the quarter, do check pal and be sure everything is turned in as above.
01-20-15 Watch the attached websites, the battery from pennies is very cool
01-21-15 Last chance to turn in any missing or un-corrected work! Check PAL. Work on Battery Lab.
01-22-15 Last day of STEM. I have really enjoyed teaching this class to these kids. I was the best class I have taught in the entire time here at Hedrick. Thanks kids for being so enthusiastic about learning so many different things!
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