Science! Mass, Weight, Capacity and Volume!

Today was a pretty great day. We read the book "Speak" this morning and figured out that the main character Melinda is really depressed. She is so afraid to "speak" that she feels like she has selective laryngitis and then along comes David Petrakis. Attacking Mr. Neck their teacher of being xenophobic, which somehow inspires Melinda, just a little bit. We will jump into our soundtrack assignment, tomorrow and I am looking forward to presenting to you all.

For Science we unpacked the ideas surrounding:mass, weight, capacity and volume. We all made notes and then investigated the volumes of various regular and irregular objects. It was an investigation that we will revisit again tomorrow and I look forward to reviewing your observations. 

I found a link on Khan Academy that investigates Mass and Weight in a more detailed way check it out: http://www.khanacademy.org/video/mass-and-weight-clarification?playlist=Physics

Tomorrow:

IT'S MOVEMBER DAY! So don't forget your stick-on mustaches! WE HAVE TO WIN!!!

Science notes, first thing!
Math games, in teams, review from the quiz last week and mathlete challenges!
Language: Soundtrack assignment - Bring finished journal or Point of View piece tomorrow (see previous post for details)
History: Bring your research, to do some work in class at the end of the day.



Notes & Science Lab photos below! Enjoy!

Displacing the water in a graduated cylinder to see the volume of an irregular object.

The overflow method.  Bory, Terry, Christian and Adnan take this seriously.

Our regular and irregular objects. 

Class note. 

Christian preparing to figure out the volume of a 1kg. weight

Chart for out observations - Thanks Rachelle

Not too much splash Bory...slow and steady is the trick.  Tommy stands by for support.