Week of January 24-28

Please check out the cow eye dissection if you have not done so already.  You may find this on the post from last week on this site or in the science links page from the home page. Another site we viewed on Monday is the eye diagram where you may view through a magnifying glass the parts of the eye and click on the circles and get definitions of each part.

This week we will be doing more activities on the eye.  Please make note that we will be having a quiz over all 4 sections of chapter 4 on Thursday.  Items to use to study:
1. O/4/1 Key Terms you did on own paper but the way we started at the beginning of the year.  Term/What I Think It Means/What the Book Says
2. O/4/2 Key Terms you created as flash cards
3. O/4/2&3 - Compare and Contrast of Mirrors and Lenses
4. O/4/4 - Worksheet that is attached to the Compare and Contrast

Books will be turned in on Thursday or Friday.  Make sure your book is in your locker on that day.

Week of January 17-21

Hopefully, you will enjoy learning about the eye as much as I do.  We will be watching a  cow eye dissection and learn about the functions of the parts of the eye.  Please check out the new sites I have added in the past few weeks.  You will finish up the paper that was given to you on Friday when we did the compare and contrast of the concave/convex lenses and mirrors.  Part of this work is finishing up the eye diagram and answering questions.

The other site introduced this week is color matters which has a lot of information about color and how our eyes see it.

We will also be doing some activities in class to show what happens when your eye sees color and how it reacts when fatigued.

Thursday or Friday we will be going to the lab to explore these sites if time permits, due to snow. 

This is sure to be a fun week so I hope we will have school (weather permitting) to enjoy it.

Week of January 10-14

Hope you enjoyed your snow days this week.  I really like those unexpected days at home but I am always glad to get back to school and see each of you.

This week we will finish the stations we began on Friday in the classroom.  We will explore the mirrors and lenses and journal about your findings.  If you missed these days, you will need to make them up in the classroom either before or after school.

Friday, we will begin section 3 and learn about lenses and how they bend light.  If you wear glasses this section may answer a few questions you might have about why you need lenses to help you see. 
Check out this site:  Geometric Optics-Lenses  This site has been added to the Science Links Page.

Next week we will start on section 4 of chapter 4.  This section covers the eye and how we see light.  You will enjoy this section as we learn about the parts of the eye and their function.

1/3/11

Upon returning, we will still be in the same book as before.  Students have been assigned a book so they have access to this one at all times.  Chapter 4 is where we begin.  The topics include Light and Color, Reflections and Mirrors, Refraction and Lenses, and Seeing Light. Along with the book, students can access the Active Art that goes with the book. From the Science Blog, you only need to click on the Active Art link (located on the right)  and plug in the web code from the text book. You can find this on pages 117, 123, and 126 of the book.

I will be adding some fun sites to the science links page of the blog for added fun at home.  Please check out some of these games and sites, the students enjoy them at school.  Science Links

If you have any concerned, please contact me at dwilliamson@pleasanthillschools.com