Eyler IBMYP 6th-8th Science

1. discuss Nasa trip

• All day Itinerary
  
• Show pictures from last year
• Nasa Itinerary
  
• Space Center Exhibits – scavenger hunt

 See you here bright and early tomorrow @ 5:45 am!

TAKS Testing today

• We will leave at 6:00am.  Students need to be in the parking by no later than 5:45am
  
• Students can wear appropriate jeans, a Hogg or MYP shirt, tennis shoes, and a JACKET!!  One of the tours is outside and it lasts for more than one hour.  Please make sure that you watch the weather and send a warm jacket with your child.
  
• Lunch and dinner will be provided.  However, it is important for your child to eat a good breakfast.  Students cannot bring food on the bus – only bottled water.
  
• (Optional)  Students can bring spending money for the NASA gift shops. 
  
• If students bring any electronic devices on the trip, they are totally responsible for the devices.
  
• Be sure to be in the Hogg parking lot no later than 9:00pm.  Students will call you when we are about 30 minutes out of Tyler. 
  
• Students will be assigned to a group and a sponsor.  Students must stay with their group/sponsor at ALL TIMES.
  

Benchmark Testing today

Before we go to NASA, we need to learn more about the following:

What is NASA?

History of NASA

Current Missions

International Space Station

The Shuttle

Future Missions and the government budget

Private Industry and NASA

• PopSci article - Space Inc.
• Everybody's Space video (16 min)

Videos: When We Left Earth (6) – network

• Ordinary Supermen

• Landing the Eagle

• The Shuttle
  

• Our Home in Space
  

District Test Tomorrow

Review:

kick off: What is the difference (using wave terminology) between a green laser and a red laser based on our observation?

1. grade ch.7 worksheet

2. work on various wave stations – record your observations in your journal

3. begin M. Up L. 21-22 (due Wednesday)

4. force/motion/wave studyisland quiz

5. informal 3 question quiz in journal

kick off: read the following (source: Popular Science March 2010) –

1. continue notes

2. red and green laser lab with mirrors

kick off: brainpop waves / quiz

1. Waves ppt / notes

2. begin understanding waves lab stations (demo laser / mirrors activity, wire-hanger chimes)

HW:

- read ch.7 and work on ch.7 worksheet (due Monday)

kick off: grade test

1. Begin Unit 11 – Waves

Key Understandings and Guiding Questions:

• Waves traveling through different media transfer energy but not matter.

1. What are the parts of a wave?
2. How does the wavelength and amplitude of a wave relate to the amount of energy transferred by the wave?

2. Waves ppt / notes

HW:

- read ch.7 and work on ch.7 worksheet