Science class,Tuesday,13,2010

Hello every body!!! I am going to talk about 

the Science class that we did on Tuesday!! First!!!! We got back the quizzes and labs. 

 We started talking about different type forces (Unbalanced and balanced). Different type of friction and made 3 different forces diagram. There are two different type of forces, Unbalanced-force and balanced force. We also played the game with a cord, that a sort of people on one side and another from other side pushing. and more people were from one side and more force they had, less people pushing from the other side and less  force they had. Then we came back and draw three force diagram we draw our self on a line. Then all the type of friction, and explained how Gravity act  on an object moving. And what friction depend on??? Good question. First one thing THERE IS ALL-WAYS FRICTION every where you go, every thing you do there is friction. You make friction just sliding your hand each other,

Softly= less friction

Harder pushing= more friction                  

There are also many types of  friction for example; 

• The static friction (The biggest type of eve),   
• Sliding,
•  rolling, 
• liquid and gas.

The balanced force is the equal forces a

cting on one object in opposite direction, like the picture below.

The unbalanced force is in motion an it push in two different direction, when the forces can't be equal like the picture below.

Friction: the force that two surface exert on each other when they rub  against each other.

Static friction: the acts on object that are moving.

Sliding friction: Is when  two solid surface slide over each other.

Rolling friction: Is when an object roll across a surface.  

Fluid friction: Is when a solid object moves through a fluid.

Gravity: Is a force that pulls objects toward each other.

For home work you need to make three different force diagram, 1 stationary, and two moving. Remember always show where motion goes!!!!

Some link mite help you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvQ3YDALMeg

http://zagreb.ceesa.net/course/view.php?id=188

Nest scribe is............Valentina(Vale)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED!!!!!!

Thursday's Science Class

Hello everyone who reads my post!!!                

Today in our science class we talked about force, different types of force, gravity, spring scales, a little bit about friction, and that’s mostly it!

So, first, we watched three short videos about the things I listed (force, gravity). The first video was a man driving a car, this video showed us a few graphs and talked about acceleration. The second video was about a brave person, jumping from a very big height, from the top of the bridge. This video talks about the gravity. And the third video showed us some bicyclist, this video talked about the friction. 

  After that, we talked about the spring scales: what they are measuring, how do they look like and which one is better to use (we had several kinds of spring scales: brown, white, green, yellow, and red). So we (as a whole class) took one object, measured it with the spring scales that were different colors. And these are the results:
1.Green spring scale: 5N
2.Yellow spring scale: 50N
3.White spring scale: 30N
4.Red spring scale: 20N
5.Brown spring scale: 10N
  So, as you can see, the green one was the most accurate. We also had to write, in our notebooks, what we know about Force. These are the things I would like you to know about force:
• A force is a push or pull. When one object pushes or pulls another object, you can say that the first object exerts a force on the second object. 
• Like velocity and acceleration, a force is described by its strength and by the direction in which it acts. (Just a quick reminder: velocity is speed in a given direction; and acceleration is the rate at which velocity changes). 
• Force is measured in the SI unit called the Newton (N). (SI is the abbreviation for the International System of Units, also known as the metric system).
• There are several types of forces: a net forces, unbalanced forces, balanced forces. A net force is the combination of all forces acting on an object. The unbalanced force can cause an object to start moving, stop moving, or change direction. Unbalanced forces acting on an object result in a net force and cause the change in the object’s motion. And balanced forces are the equal forces acting on one object in opposite directions. Balanced forces acting on an object do not change the object’s motion. 
  For homework, we have to read pages 42-50 in our textbooks. Also, some people have to comment for blog. And write the definitions (they are in your textbooks) for the following scientific terms:
• Friction-The rubbing of one object or surface against another. 
• Static Friction- The force that resists the initiation of sliding motion of one object over the other with which it is in contact
• Sliding Friction- rubbing of objects in sliding contact.                        
• Rolling Friction- A force which opposes the motion of any object which is rolling over the surface of another.
• Fluid Friction- Conversion of mechanical energy in fluid flow into heat energy.       
• Gravity- Gravity, or gravitation, is the force of attraction that exists between any two particles of matter (or any two objects). It is the force that holds planets in their orbits around the Sun, or the Moon in its orbit around Earth.                                                    
• Mass- A unified body of matter with no specific shape
• Weight- A measure of the heaviness of an object.
• Free Fall- The fall of an object within the atmosphere without a drag-producing device such as a parachute.
• Air Resistance- Wind drag giving rise to forces and wear on buildings and other structures.
• Terminal Velocity- The velocity with which an object moves relative to a fluid when the resultant force acting on it (due to friction, gravity) is zero.
• Projectile- A fired, thrown, or otherwise propelled object, such as a bullet, having no capacity for self-propulsion.
  At the end of our science class we gave our notebooks, because the Acceleration/ Deceleration Testing Lab was due today. “Have a nice day”, was the last phrase Ms.D said to us today. 
   

The links that might help you learn:
http://www.brightstorm.com/science/physics/newtons-laws-of-motion/law-of-force-and-acceleration-newtons-second-law-of-motion 
http://www.edinformatics.com/math_science/force.htm 
http://www.asknumbers.com/WhatisForce.aspx 
http://www.racemath.info/motionandenergy/What_is_Acceleration.htm 
http://www.theory.caltech.edu/people/patricia/gravtop.html 
http://zagreb.ceesa.net/course/view.php?id=188 

I HOPE YOU LIKED MY POST! ! ! AND THE NEXT SCRIBE IS… (NO DRUM ROLL) MARIA CHIARA! 

Ping Pong, Tennis, and Soccer ball Lab

Tuesday, December 7th's Class

Hey everyone! In class on Tuesday, we started out by checking our previous homework, which was to graph the data for the Ping Pong, Tennis, and Soccer ball Lab! This consisted in drawing either one or three graphs with the data of the lab. After having Ms.D check our homework, we discussed on how to draw a curve line on our graph. These lines helped us to find out the outliers (outliers: points on a graph that have nothing to do with the other ones, and are proved wrong) . Here is a possible example of an outlier:

This graph is showing how fast some boys were running for 3200 meters. As you can see, there is a red line in the middle, which shows the average speed and the average time. All of the dots that are far from the line, are examples of outliers! Notice that some are on top of the line and some are under, showing how some boys took more time to travel the distance than others.

This is a picture of a dotted graph which is similar to the ones that we were working on in class. Even though this graph has the dots connected, we haven't connected them yet.

During the continuation of the class, Ms.D gave us our quizzes back, which we saw, but couldn't keep, since Tamara, Vale and Chiara haven't done them yet. Once we saw our grade, Ms.D gave us the rest of the class to finish the lab.

Here are the questions we worked on:

1) What was your speed for the ping pong ball? tennis ball? soccer ball?

2) What was the speed of the person behind you (down the hill) for the ping pong ball? tennis ball? soccer ball?

3) What was the speed of the person in front of you (up the hill) for the ping pong ball? tennis ball? soccer ball?

4) What is happening on your graph? Please use scientific vocabulary to explain this in a paragraph (5 sentences min)

5) If the hill went down and then back up and we rolled a soccer ball along the entire thing, what you expect the graph to look like and why?

6) What are some of the possible errors in this lab? (4 minimum)

6) In one sentence, explain the main concept of acceleration.

7) In one sentence, explain the difference between acceleration and deceleration.

Here is the link to moodle if you want to print the sheet out:http://zagreb.ceesa.net/course/view.php?id=188

Here is an interesting website that explains what time is: http://www.historyforkids.org/scienceforkids/physics/time/

Here is a video talking about best fit lines and scatter plots...can you identify some outliers in the graphs this man is drawing?? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1uKiZpkl9A&feature=related

Homework:

Our only homework for Thursday is to finish the lab. REMEMBER to do your fourth blog comment for Friday, and 7th graders,keep in mind that by the end of the quarter, you will need to have made four comments to our class, and three comments to the 8th grade blog!!

The next Scribe is......drum roll......Tamara!!!!

Thursday and Friday's Science Class

Hey Everyone!

On Thursday's class we began by Ms. D checking over our Homework which was Acceleration Practice 2. It consisted of 8 math problems where we had to find either acceleration, velocity, or the time. Here is the link to Moodle for Acceleration Practice 2 for anybody who was absent:

http://zagreb.ceesa.net/course/view.php?id=188

The answers for Acceleration Practice 2 are as follows:

1. A= 0.02 m/s/s

2. A= -67 m/min/min

3. A= 1.56 cm/s/s

4. A= -38,733.33 km/h/h

5. A= 156,250 km/h/h

6. T= 1.43 s

7. Vf= -2.21 km/min

8. s=7.57 m/s, T= 2.05 s

After checking the homework, we began working on our Acceleration lab with the three different balls. We could choose to either put all three ball's data on one graph, or three individual graphs. Remember if you're doing only one graph to make three different colors for the balls. This is what an acceleration graph would look like:

This graph is showing acceleration of an object free-falling. For more information on acceleration, check out this website with additional information on acceleration and other types of motion we've been working on. http://www.historyforkids.org/scienceforkids/physics/movement/acceleration.htm

Our only homework for Thursday was to study for the quiz we had last science class (Friday). Here is a link to a video on almost everything that we covered in motion. http://www.kidsknowit.com/interactive-educational-movies/free-online-movies.php?movie=Acceleration

Friday's Class

During Friday's science class we didn't do too much because we were taking the quiz on everything we learned on motion. The quiz grades should be on Powerschool for you to check your grade. After finishing the quiz our only task was to work on the graph(s) for the Acceleration lab with the ping pong ball, soccer ball, and the tennis ball.

Homework

1. Finish plotting all the data on your graph(s). Don't connect the dots because we will be doing that during Tuesday's class.

2. Our fourth blog comment is due on Friday, December 10, by 16:00. Remember that we have to have 3 comments on the eighth grade blog and 4 on our seventh grade blog minimum.

We watched some videos in class on Thursday. The songs are by "They Might Be Giants". The first one is more about motion and the second video is kind of relative, its about the elements.

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRb5PSxJerM

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0zION8xjbM&feature=related

The next scriber is....... DAVIDE!

This Tuesday in class we first showed Ms.D our homework and then we went right to correcting it. Our homework was to finish Acceleration Calculations. Here are the answers:

1. a= 0.43 m/min/min

2. a= 102 m/min/min

3. a= -0.2 cm/s/s

4. a= 14285.71 km/h/h

5. a= 31578.95 km/h/h

6. a= 98 m/s/s

7. t= 5.10 sec

8. t= 0.09 h


And here is an example how to solve question 1:

vf= 15 m/min 1. a= vf-vi/t
vi= 2 m/min
t= 2 min 2. a= 15 m/min (vf) - 2 m/min (vi) / 2 min (t)
a= ? + acceleration
3. a= 0.43 m/min/min



Next we went over some words that we have to know for a test coming up this Friday. We learned that velocity isn't the same as speed and it means speed + direction. We also learned that acceleration means the change of direction= moving in circles. The formula for acceleration is a= vf-vi/t, but it can be writen in different ways like: t= vf-vi/a or vf-vi= a times t. We also went over the formula for speed which is: S= d/t. We also reviewed the acceptable units for distance, time, speed, and acceleration. Here they are: d= km, m, cm
t= h, min, days, years, sec
s= km/h, m/sec, cm/h, cm/sec
a= km/h/h, m/s/s, cm/h/h,

For Thursday, our homework is to finish Acceleration Calculations num. 2. For more info check moodle: http://zagreb.ceesa.net/course/view.php?id=188. There is also a quiz on Friday, December 3rd, there's a review session at lunch on Thursday. The quiz will be on how to use Formula-Plug-Chug (the math), study how to solve for speed, how to graph speed, how to solve for acceleration, how to make an acceleration graph, and know how to read and explain acceleration and speed graphs. You should also study the vocabulary words from motion to acceleration. Here are the explanations for these words:

Motion- an object is in motion if its distance from another object is changing

Reference Point- a place or object used for comparison to determine if something is in motion (has to be still)
Speed- the distance the object travels per unit of time

Average Speed- divide the total distance traveled by the total time

Instantaneous Speed- is the rate at which an object is moving at a given instant in time

Velocity- speed in a given direction

Slope- the steepness of a line on a graph

Acceleration- the rate at which velocity changes




DON'T FORGET FOR THE TEST ON FRIDAY!!! And the next scriber is BEN!