Students of the Month: October

Science Class: 10/27 and 10/28

Please complete the following items in order. Please remain quiet and on-task during the entire class period.

1. Check your answers on the "CH 8: Work and Machines" guided note packet:

• Open "Chapter 8 - Work and Machines" PowerPoint.
• Go to slide 38 and check your answers to the key questions for section 2.  
• Read through each slide in section 3 of the PowerPoint.  Make sure all of your answers are correct throughout section 3 in the note packet. Examine, in detail, how each simple machine (lever, inclined plane, wedge, wheel and axle, pulley, screw) makes work easier. 

2. Check your answers on the following worksheets:

• Answer KEY: Mechanical Advantage - (Math in Science)
• Answer KEY: Mechanical Advantage and Efficiency 

3. Complete the "Work and Simple Machines" activity.  Once the electronic document loads, you can click on the link at the top of the sheet to take you directly to the website.  This handout was given to you on Wednesday.  Check the make-up folder if you were absent.  Ensure you fill in your answers on the answer sheet as you work through the activity. Ensure that you put words on the blanks and not number when you have to identify how to calculate the mechanical advantage of each simple machine.  Turn in the activity sheet once you are finished.  (Due 11/1/16)

4.  Complete the Schoology test - CH 8: Work and Machines.  Read all the instructions before starting the test.

• Final Attempt(s) - Due 11/2/16 

5. If you finish early:
Option 1: Work on your Rube Goldberg Project.  Poster paper is on the front lab table.  The project is due 11/7.
Option 2: Click on the following link to explore some interactive websites on simple machines.
Simple Machines: Interactive Websites
Option 3: Complete a "Read and React" paper for bonus.

Mr. Wolf's Scientific Scholars - 1st Nine Weeks

Red Ribbon Week - Theme Days

10/24 - Monday - "REaDy to Be Drug Free" - Wear Red Day
10/25 - Tuesday - "Stick Together Against Drugs" - Twin/Triplet Day
10/26 - Wednesday - "Drugs and Your Future Don't Mix" - Mismatch Clothes Day
10/27 - Thursday - "Win the Battle Against Drugs" - Wear Camo Day
10/28 - Friday - "We Rule- We're a Drug Free School" - School Spirit Day (Blue & Gold)

General Information About the Red Ribbon Campaign: http://redribbon.org/about/

English 8 & Advanced English 8: "The Tell-Tale Heart" Vocabulary List

Vocabulary Terms for "The Tell-Tale Heart" 

The vocabulary list for "The Tell-Tale Heart" has been posted on Quizlet. The test on these terms will be on Tuesday, October 11, 2016.

PSBR Essay and Poster Contest

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Essay Contest Website

Poster Contest Website