The first thing we did when class started on Tuesday is we received our graded, bean bag lab rubric. Then we did two math practice problems on page 25 of our textbook, because a couple kids had problems on a few of their calculations for the lab. After that, we went through our "Acceleration Calculations" math practice sheet that we had to do for homework. Most of us had errors with one or two of the questions and they are now homework for Tuesday to complete. Finally, the last thing that we did for the rest of the class period was a class lab, called Acceleration/Deceleration Testing. The purpose to the lab was:
What does a graph look like when an object is accelerating?
Under that we had to have the IV and DV, which were:
DV: Graph
IV: Object accelerating
Then we went outside to practice with the timers, and then test. Our data was recorded down on three different tables: one for the ping pong ball, one for the tennis ball, and one for the soccer ball. Everyone in the class had a different position at one, two, three, etc. meters, all the way to 12 or 13. I was at one meter (that's why I'm not sure how many positions there were), which was really hard because I had to have little mistakes and be almost exactly on the right times of when the ball started and then reached my point. For each ball, we did three tests just in case of a mistake with the timer, which was surely going to happen. Then under the three trial spots, we had to calculate the average, but we did that when we were done testing and back in class.
Then under the data tables, we answered the purpose question individually, and then discussed it as a class. We concluded that the graph would have a positive correlation because as the time increases, the objects speed also increases.
Then we did a sample calculation, and here is an example of one.
S=d/t
S=1m/1.2s
S=0.83 repeated
And at the end, we had to glue in the small, bottom of the lab page, homework sheet, that we're probably going to talk about next class after we finish the class wide table. It's not homework yet, so don't worry about it now.
That is what we did during Tuesdays class, and the next scribe is Jakub!
Here is a link to moodle: http://zagreb.ceesa.net/
Hello Nathan,
ReplyDeleteI think that your post is quite good, you described everything we did in class, but you should have used more scientific language. You shouldn't have put so many different colors for the text (it can be confusing for some people) and you should have used more images and video links as well as other web sites. You put the wrong link for 8th grade instead of blogspot you put blogshot, but anyways you don't need the link for 8th grade blog.
It was a very nice post and I hope you do even better next time. Bye, Dave.
Hi Nate,
ReplyDeleteI think this is a good post with good usage of colors and a great picture! You explained everything you did in class in detail, but for the sample calculation you could have included the problem as well. It was good that you talked about the possible errors of the Acceleration/Deceleration lab! Instead of putting the link to Moodle, you could have put the link to the specific 7th grade science page on it. Other than that, this is a perfect post! Great job!
Hey Nathan,
ReplyDeleteI think this is a pretty good post, clear and well done. Although, I noticed some punctuation mistakes in the first paragraph. I liked that you listed the dependent variables, the independent variables and the purpose of the lab, but you could have also gone a bit more far on that, using more scientific language. It's good that you put the link to Moodle, and I liked that you included an example of sample calculation.
Gio
Hi Nate,
ReplyDeleteI think that your post was great overall with the science and the layout/content. I thought that it was good how you included the science of deceleration and acceleration. I think that you explained well because I had forgotten a lot of these things from 7th grade and now I remember them better. And I also think its good that you used lots of colors for your post. Even though the majority of it was terrific I think you could have added a little more pictures that had to do with what you did in class. But you really did great for this scribe post.
Reza
Hello Nate,
ReplyDeleteFirst of all I want to say great use of colors, it makes your post pop out but not in a negative way. Secondly I cannot see any spelling mistakes which is also a great thing, then you should probably find a picture of speed, some guy running or something. It is also good that you wrote the formulas close to the end, that helps anyone when they want to do the Formula-Plug-Chug. Overall, great job!
All the best,
Cip
Hey Nate,
ReplyDeleteI liked your colors and how you combianed them a lot. I also liked your picture because it kind of showed the triangle we did in class, remember? I especially liked how you detailed the accerelation/deceleration lab, because the people that weren't there at Tuesday would just read this post and know what we were doing in clas (and outside), atleast I think. Next time you could also add a link that shows how to use Formula-Plug-Chug, maybe this link would be helpful: www.khanacademy.com or go to Youtube and tipe in eureka (Ms.D told me these websites). Also you could put on a moodle link that could show the people that were missing our homework (possibly work they have to do when they were not there), but you said that we don't have any homework so that's for next time. Overall I liked your post!! Great job!!!!!
hi Nate,
ReplyDeleteI liked your choices of color for the text and none of them were disconcerting or hard to read. As well, i saw no spelling or grammatical mistakes. And I think you are good at communicating formulas through writing, but you did not do this many times, and i also found the picture useful and that you described the lab you did fully.
overall great post Nate,
-Vance
Good post overall however it cold have been better. First the good. You communicated what you did in class well and I can remember the exact same lab last year. Also it was nice not to name the people who had problems with the calculations. Also yo communicated the formula very well. Now to the bad. The colors were confusing contrary to the belief of others. Also the language used was very simple and none scientific. Also you could have abbreviated page by pg. also you should have just written purpose instead of the purpose of the lab was. In addition the one, two, three was confusing you should have put 1m, 2m, 3m...13m to shorten that sentence. Overall it was a very good post but there is still some room for improvement.
ReplyDeleteNathan, this was shorter than most other posts but it was detailed. I liked the picture you put and i think that it explains a lot. I think that you could have put more links on and that moodle was a very basic link. Of course the science in your post is very good. You talked about what we did in class and you used different colors through out the post. I am glad that you did not use yellow because it is hard to read. Over all very good post!
ReplyDeleteHi Nathan, i liked your post you covered every thing we did in class. you put more in formation then picture, but that is okay. You used a lot of vocabulary words. You could add more links then just moodle. I also liked the colors that you used very clearly,and not rainbow colors. Good job. Nice post!!
ReplyDeleteNathan - Not bad for your first Scribe Post of the year. Spelling and grammar look great and I like the colors you have chosen, as well as the font. It is easy to read and the formatting makes it easy to follow. You have covered everything we did in class, but I feel it could have been explained with more depth and clarity. It would have been beneficial to include pictures from the lab outside to help explain what we were doing. Also, I like the image you have used, although we were focused on acceleration and not speed for this class. But you should definitely have more than just the link to Moodle. You need to be sure to pay close attention to the rubric before turning in your final version of your Post. Overall, not bad for the first one. ~Ms. D.
ReplyDeleteHi there Nate,
ReplyDeleteI think your blog is great! You explained what we did in class, and your grammar was great. You also had no spelling errors. You could have added another picture to make it more interesting. Your link to moodle works, which is great. Though, you could have added one or two more links that explained what we did in class. You gave a thorough explanation of just about everything. Your post was fun and easy to read. Your colors were great, even though you could have added some different colors along with the ones you chose. Your example of a sample calculation was helpful. It was great that you gave the exact page in which we did the math problems, and I found it helpful that you put the IV and the DV. I really enjoyed reading your post! Keep up the good work!
Davide