11/22

What science ideas did you learn?

-average velocity

-average speed

-change in velocity

-motion diagram



How did you learn these ideas?

-discussing in class

-drawing graphs/tables

-learning to draw motion diagrams

-calculating averages

Why is it important to know this idea (What real world application is there)?

-It is important to know this idea so we can apply to other things we do in class and when we have to make up stories for homework and state testing.

-A real world example is when you are running the mile for gym and you want to find your average speed.

11/1

What science ideas did you learn?

-representation on a graph of slower and faster objects when they move


-we learned how to use in a table





-that things don't just stop, they have to slow down





-changes on a graph and how they relate to speed









How did you learn these ideas?




-drawing graphs




-testing with yellow car




-discussing in class



Why is it important to know this idea (What real world application is there)?

-It is important so we can apply it to other graphs we use


-A real world application is that when we try to stop suddenly but we have to slow down first.

10/25

What science ideas did you learn?

-motion is relevant(two objects)
-left and right is a relative direction
-north, south, east, and west are concrete directions

How did you learn these ideas?

-by discussing in class
-doing experiments


Why is it important to know this idea (What real world application is there)?
-it is important to know this idea so we can apply it to other situations such as when two objects are moving the idea that motion is relevant can help explain the situation from each person's point of view

10/18

What science ideas did you learn?
-normal line
-the eye flips an image like the flame on the wall,they both pass through such a small hole that the image flips
-different density to different materials changes the way light refracts
-when light enters a prism it doesn't reflect and refract only once it does it a lot times

How did you learn these ideas?
-by going around to stations and trying different experiments
-discussing in class

Why is it important to know this idea (What real world application is there)?
-it is important to know these ideas because we can use it to explain other science ideas
-a real world appplication is that we can use the info we learned in class to apply it to when there is a straw in a cup the light refracts off the straw and in turn the straw looks bent from refraction

10/2

What science ideas did you learn?

-that light bounces a an angle of incidence and angle of reflection that are the same

-Particle model of light

-different surfaces hve different levels of reflectiveness

-some objects light passes through and reflects off

-light particles are called photon particles

How did you learn these ideas?

-by experimenting

-discussing in class

Why is it important to know this idea (What real world application is there)?

-future tests or quizzes

-when water with a straw is hit with light the straw appears to be bent(refraction)

9/28

What science ideas did you learn?
-When you have a flame and a small hole in a piece of cardboard and the rays go through the hole no to the wall they appear upside down. The reason for this is that the rays can only enter at a certain direction because the hole is so small. It is like a film camera.
-Different surfaces have different levels of reflectiveness.
-The eye and the upside down flame have similarities.

How did you learn these ideas?
-by experimenting
-discussing in class

Why is it important to know this idea (What real world application is there)?
-it's important because then we can apply it to others things in the future, things we are going to learn
-we can apply it to the use of cameras with film and how it works

9/20/09

What science ideas did you learn?
-that light travels in rays
-there is a path that a light travels from a laser pointer and it is only visible, to us, when it hits visible objects, opaque objects will block a ray
-light goes from a light source in rays, bounces off an object, and then it reflects into our eyes

How did you learn these ideas?
-we did experiments to test our ideas on rays and light
-we also talked about it in class

Why is it important to know this idea (What real world application is there)?
-this idea is important to know this idea so we can apply it to other things in life
-when you rays coming from a light (i. e. sun) into the water where you can see the rays(different wavelenghts different color seaweed)