Science

__Thursday, October 25, 2012__ Today we reviewed the first two ways to transfer heat energy: conduction and convection, and then introduced the third and final way: radiation! The students looked at how heat was transferred from objects such as the sun to earth and a light bulb to your hand! After the students completed a quick review of the different ways heat in transferred.

__Wednesday, October 24, 2012__ Today we reviewed the terms heat energy, temperature, and conduction. After I introduced a second way that heat energy is transferred: convection! We discussed how convection currents are how rooms and pots of water are heated! We then did a demo with hot and cold water, showing how the different temperatures of water moves in different ways!

__Thursday, October 18, 2012__ Today we finished the unit review and reviewed the terms heat energy and temperature. After we started on how heat energy is transferred by talking about conduction. The students completed a short worksheet on conduction. __Monday, October 15, 2012__ Today we differentiated between the vocabulary words "heat energy" and "temperature". We then finished our drawing of the particle theory, and continued our unit review.

__Thursday, October 11, 2012__ Today we reviewed the Particle Theory with the students drawing out the four parts to the theory! After a few students started a unit review.

__Tuesday, October 2, 2012__ Today we reviewed the Particle Theory and then went outside to act it out! The students had to be "particles" in each state of matter. As heat was added they had to show the different movements of the particles. They all did a great job!

__Tuesday, September 25, 2012__ Today we discussed how the Particle Theory can help explain volume and state changes in matter. The students took notes on the four parts of the particle theory. After they completed a table to describe the distance between particles, movement of particles, and shape and volume of the three different states of matter. Once completed they had time to finish how heat affects the volume of liquids and the history of thermometers worksheet.

__Tuesday, September 18, 2012__ Today we corrected the quiz on states of matter and then we performed an experiment on how heat affects the volume of gases.

__Thursday, September 13, 2012__ Today the students completed a quick formative assessment on states of matter and changes of state. Then the students completed a handout about how heat affects the volume of liquids and the history of thermometers. __Tuesday, September 11, 2012__ Today we reviewed the states of matter with the students taking notes on the different ways matter can change state, focusing on words like condensation, evaporation, freezing, melting, and sublimation. After we looked at how heat affects the volume of matter, then did a demo with melting ice in water to see if the melting ice affected the volume of water.

__Thursday, September 6, 2012__ Today we finished our heat and temperature introduction with the students writing three different examples of heat and temperature that they see in the home. After we did a quick challenge of who could melt an ice cube the fastest! Congratulations to Santana who won! To follow up the challenge we talked briefly about how heat affects the states of matter.

__Tuesday, September 4, 2012__ Today I introduced our new unit - Heat and Temperature! We went over the unit objectives and then went straight into a temperature demo with three beakers full of different temperature water. We discussed the change in temperature between the beakers. After the students recorded different characteristics of heat and temperature and any connections they have to the topic.