Week of May 25th

Week of May 25th
In science this week we did a lab on the surface of the moon. We dropped a tin foil ball in different possible surfaces of the moon and came to the conclusion that flour is most like the moons surface. We also started a new unit on chemistry. We started by saying that all matter is made up of smaller pieces the move in all directions and move at all different speeds. Pieces are made up of particles, which are made up of atoms, which is the smallest unit of measurement. An atom is made up of neutrons, electrons, protons, and the nucleus. Protons are positively charged. Neutrons are charged neutrally. Lastly, electrons are charged negitavley.

Week of May 18th

Week of May 18th

This week in science we learned more about moon phases, tides, and seasons. The different phases of the moon are a quarter moon, gibbous moon, cresent moon, full moon, and a new moon. Each of those phases could either be waxing or waning. Waxing meaning to gain light, or waning meaning to lose light. When the moon is waning it is on the left, when the moon is waxing it is on the right. An exquinox is when the tilt of the Earths axis is inclined, which are during the seasons of fall and spring. A solstice is when the tilt of the Earths axis is directly facing the sun, or as far away as possible. A solstice is during the seasons of summer and winter. There are two different types of tides, a spring and neap time. A spring tide is when the high tides are much stronger then the low tides. A neap tide is when high and low tides dont have much of a difference. This week we also started to design an experiment about the surface of the moon.

Week of March 30th

Week of March 30th

This week in science we finished up our unit on kinetics, and we had a test on Thursday, and somne of class on Friday. After we finished kinetics we started a unit on Dynamics. Dynamics is the study of forces. I learned that "gravity" isn't really pulling everything. It is the earth that pulls objects down. As an example, if you have a hook that is nailed into a wall and a jacket on the hook, then the hook is pulling the jacket up and the earth is pulling the jacket down. Both the earth and the hook have the same amount of force on the jacket.

Week of March 23rd

Week of March 23rd
This week in science science we continued working on the kinematics unit. We worked on finishing allof the lessons. We are going to have a test on kinematics sometime next week!

Week of March 9th

Week of March 9th
This week in science just did a bunch of worksheets on motion. In the worksheets we recorded data and made graphs about the data. On Thursday we did a NJ ask review....

Week of March 2nd

Week of March 2nd
This week in science we continued to work on our motion unit. On Monday we tried to get someone standing on a chair by giving them directions arrcording to the orgin. We did a few worksheets on plotting data. We also had two take home quizzes. On Friday we did a review for the GEPA section on the NJ ask.

Week of Febuary 23rd

Week of Febuary 23rd
On Monday and Tuesday we finished working on a lab on classifying different kinds of mineral that we started the week before. Then on Wedensday we started a new unit. Our new unit is on physics. We started with motion. We did a basketball observation where we used a rolled up piece of paper as a telescope and observed a basketball. Mr.Finley moved from one side of the room to the other holding a basketball. We had to watch the basketball with our telescopes as he moved across the room and make observations. Some observations I made were that the basketball got smaller and that my telescope changed its orientation. Then on Friday we did worksheets on motion....

Week of Febuary 9th

Week of February 9th
This week in science every group made presentations on different characteristics of rocks. Some of the characteristics were fracture, cleavage, shine, streak, taste, and etc. After all the presentations were over we started a lab. For the lab, six different rocks were given to each group. Each group has to find the correct characteristics of all the rocks. The first group to find it gets a free quiz grade!!

Week of Febuary 2nd

Week of Febuary 2nd

Uniformitarianism
-continuous process from beginning to now
-weathering/erosin
-long time
-gradual change
-mountians>sediment>ocean>mountian
-sedimentary rock

Catastrophism
-outcome of major events
-earthequake, volcanos, floods
-short time
-drastic change
-igneous rocks
-metamorphic rocks


From proton to mountian:
Proton & other stuff>atom>elements>minerals>rocks> mountians


On Thursday and Friday we did a lab that was to find out the order of 8 different minerals from softest to hardest.

1. Talc (softest)
2. Gyptsym
3. Calsight
4. Floright
5. Apatite
6. Feldsbar
7. Quartz
8. Corumdon (hardest)

Week of January 19th

Week of January 19th
We continued a lab that we didn't finish last week. We had 6 different trays of rocks and we had to decide if they were metamorphic, igneous, or sedimentary rocks based on each types of rocks characteristics. We said that sedimentary rocks, which are formed by mud, clay, or sediment that undergoes pressure can be all different colors, they have layers, they sometimes have holes, sandy, and are softer(when you pick at the rock sediment will come off). Igneous rocks which are formed by cooled magma or lava sometimes have holes, are varying sizes, have crystals, sometimes looks like glass, and is also in all colors. Metamorphic rock which is formed from rock that undergoes pressure and heat is all colors, has crystals, and has layers.

What types of things do geologists need to do in order to come up with reasonable conclusions about rock formations?

• they have to be able to see all sides of the rocks, so they can cut samples of the rock cut of the mountain
• they would need to know where the rock came from
• they would need to the the climate of from where the rock came from
• they would have to identify different layers in the rock
• they could clean the rock and then after its dry make observations

Week of January 12th

Week of January 12th
This week we learned about how different rocks form from lava when cooling. When the lava has a lot of time to cool large crystals form in the rock. When the lava doesn't have a lot of time to cool crystals still form, but they are just smaller.

We did a lab that showed the cooling rates. We melted moth balls and poured them into test tubes. Then they were poured into a hot, cold, and room temputure bowls. After they all are cooled we compared them. The one that cooled in the ice bowl looked like it had a lot of air bubbles and that it didn't have a lot of time to seperate. The one that cooled with heat was clear around the edges, but in the center it is foggy and you can't see through it.

Week of 1/5

Week of January 5th

This week we learned how to determine how old a rock is. To find that out you can use the Law of Superstition, which is that the older rock layers are at the bottom because younger rock layers are deposited over the older rock layers.

We Also learned about convection currents. When the particles are moving faster they become less dense and the lava underneath the lithospere rises up. When the particles move slower they become more dense and the lava sinks back to the bottom. This process repeats itself over and over again.