Hey Bro, are you sure you want a brochure?

Tonight's assignment is to write a little blurb to a 6th grader, explaining why the unit you are focusing on is something they may find interesting. For example, if I was doing UNIT 3 I might write something like this:

"Have you ever wondered what's happening in action movies when a car flies through the air and then crashes and explodes? In this unit you will come to understand that the smashing of the metal car is an example of a physical change while the car explosion is an example of a chemical change. Not only will you learn to distinguish between physical and chemical changes, but you will also learn about other cool things like mixtures, solutions and compounds and how we interact with them daily. It doesn't matter if you are a fan of James Bond or of Jason Bourne, either way you'll have an explosive time in 7th Grade Physical Science."

Remember, your AUDIENCE is the current 6th grade so keep it brief and simple.

Photosynthesis!

Tonight's homework is to start your first draft of the Final Project Poster. You should have been assigned a unit. Look over your old notes and find out as much as you can about that unit. What were some of the major concepts. What were the big ideas of the unit? How can you best communicate this information in a poster? Try out some ideas tonight and be ready to defend them in class tomorrow!

How do you pronounce it?

Tonight's homework: one half page analysis of experiment conducted in class today

Motion Sickness...the remix!

Re-write Thursday night's homework. Be sure to incorporate any new information learned in class.

Motion Sickness!

We've been learning about motion for a few weeks now and I can see that some of us are getting sick of it by now. Well, unfortunately we still have a ways to go before we can escape this unit! Argh!

Yesterday we found out that in the early 1600s the Scientific Revolutionary Galileo figured out that an object in motion doesn't require any more force to continue moving. That was a pretty brilliant idea, but it didn't cover all bases. So later in that same century this English guy named Isaac Newton (later Sir Isaac newton still with two A's in Isaac) made a little adjustment to Galileo's original idea. He put it this way: an object in motion will remain in motion at a constant velocity - and in a straight line - unless acted on by an unbalanced force. The Laws we came up with in class were pretty similar to these.

Today we threw in the concept of inertia into the mix. Inertia we figured out is an object's tendency to resist a change in motion. We saw an example of this with the Monster Bus and the Flying Washers. We also notice this while riding in cars or on the subway when we keep moving in the same direction after the vehicle has stopped or changed direction.

Well for all of this talk of motion, tonight's assignment seems a bit odd. We have to find an object that is not in motion and explain why it does not move. Simple enough right? Okay. Write a paragraph about it and we'll discuss our ideas in class!

The Rule of Law!

Yesterday we made up our own Laws of Motion. Now it's time to see if they are worth their weight in salt. For tonight's homework we need to prove our laws in writing. Provide three real life examples of objects in motion and explain how they fit into your law's paradigm. 1 paragraph for each example (3 paragraphs total).

STOP!

Tonight's homework: Think of an object in motion and explain how it stops! (2 paragraphs)

Friday 28, 2010 Homework

Think time: When you ride in a subway or a car and it suddenly stops, your body continues moving forward. Why do you think that is? Write a half page explanation detailing why you believe that is taking place. It may help to incorporate what you know about forces and energy into your answer. Good luck!

Thursday 27, 2010 Homework

Tonight's homework was Handout #65 which was another of Young Bill's essay revisions. We practically finished it in class, so other than that we just have that essay test to study for! Essay test...yikes!

Young Bill is at it again!

Young Bill was back to his old tricks trying to pretend to know a lot about physics. Too bad Young Steve wasn't around to help him out. We had the unfortunate task of reviewing his essay on friction today in class and boy was it horrendous. After finding and correcting his mistakes, we made a plan for writing a better essay of our own. That is tonight's assignment: write a 1 page essay about friction. Remember to avoid slang and to make sure your facts are correct. You need an introductory paragraph that states your thesis, and a conclusion that restates your original thesis and brings the piece together. The paragraphs in the middle are where you provide your details and evidence.

Remember your tools from Humanities: HOM and PACTS

Good luck!

Tuesday's Homework May 25, 2010

Homework: Explain the types of friction that occur when you ride a bike through a puddle. Provide evidence to support your ideas. (1/2 page)

All for the friction!

Today we learned about four different kinds of friction: static, sliding, rolling and fluid.

Tonight's homework is to answer the following: Knowing what we know about these four types of friction, why do you think fluids are often placed between the sliding parts of machines? (think of a bicycle chain, or the bearings on a skateboard) What would happen if there wasn't any fluid? What would be the difference? Why is it beneficial to use fluid? (1 long paragraph to half a page).

The second part of tonight's homework is simply to check out this website and make a few searches and see what information you find: www.wolframalpha.com

Good luck!

Binder Check!

Homework for this weekend is very simple: we have to organize our binders for Monday's BINDER CHECK!!! ARGH!!! There should be 26 pages of Naje Notes for Unit 6. Check your binder and if you are missing any pages, contact a friend and get the notes you're missing. Also, make sure it is properly formatted. Even if the notes are complete, if the notes are not in the correct format, you will lose points.

Non-Friction!

Today we started discussing some of friction's properties as a force. We discovered that no matter what direction of the motion, friction will be right there to oppose it.

Tonight's homework is Thinksheet #125 which reviews yesterday's lesson on Net Force. The two people doing the pushing and pulling were originally going to be Messer and Woo Shik, but they were unavailable so you have two stand-ins instead. It's three pages long, but easier than it looks. Use your notes and common sense. It will be collected Friday and graded. Good luck!

Use the force!

Today we learned about balanced and unbalanced forces.  We worked our way through many bizarre problems and even watched Naje get defeated at arm wrestling...Argh! But we came away with a better understanding of balanced and unbalanced forces. From the looks of it, good old Luke and Vader have a Net Force of 0N (that means they are balanced and we shouldn't witness any movement).

For tonight's homework we need to make some inferences. You won't get much help on this one. You're going to have to use some old school self-reliance for this one. Here it is:

Why is sandpaper made the way it is? How does it work exactly? What do you know is happening? (1/2 page response)

Tuesday May 18, 2010

Tuesday we learned a little more about forces and what they do. Four things we understood about forces are:

- a force can make an object move

- a force can make an object stop (stand still)

- a force can make a moving object change direction

- a force can make an object change speed

The question for tonight's homework is the following:

Is it possible to make an object move without pushing or pulling it? (1 paragraph)

May The Force Be With You!

Today we talked about forces. We defined force as a push or a pull on an object. A force we are all familiar with is gravity, but there are many others. Friction is a force that opposes motion between two surfaces in contact. Usually we want to avoid friction. But for tonight's homework you have to describe ways in which friction can be beneficial. Give examples and provide evidence to support your ideas. (half page).

Still coasting!

Hey SOFers! Today we had the pleasure of watching Naje try out his horrible roller coaster ideas and fail epically. We were able to see the relationship between height and gravitational potential energy, between velocity and kinetic energy, and between friction and dissipated energy(heat/thermal energy and sound energy). It was a lot of fun testing out those designs and looking at the physics involved. Hey wait a second...physics and fun in the same sentence...is that possible? Hmm...

Lucky for you this weekend's homework is to continue working on the Coaster Creator Lab and complete it by Monday. Next week should bring more fun with Physics. Til then have a great weekend! (and finish the lab and postlab!)

We're coastin now!

Today we had a wild time building roller coasters in class! We had a lot of crashes and several trains were left stranded in the middle of the tracks. But every now and then someone would find that perfect balance between potential and kinetic energy and we'd hear the screams of a successful run! It was pretty awesome.

Tonight's homework is to continue your work with the Coaster Creator Lab. If you've completed the Lab, get started on the Post Lab. If you need to continue working on your Lab, you can do so at http://www.jason.org. Remember you will need your username and password. If you've finished with everything, feel free to visit the site to build some crazy coasters. Try to get a score of over 9000!!! Okay, 9000 is impossible, but if you can build a coaster that gets over 3000, there may be a reward for you. So be sure to give it a shot. Good luck!

Did I see his eyes move?

Everytime I look at this painting I get the feeling that there's somebody watching me. I always wonder: Did his eyes just move? Which leads me to tonight's homework. We can all describe moments where we saw something move - a taxi driving down Broadway, a bird flying through the air, a surfer at the beach. But How do we know it is actually moving? Tonight's homework requires you to explain a fail-proof method for determining if an object is or is not moving (1 paragraph to half a page). Good luck! Wait, did he just move his eyes again? So creepy...

We've got the potential to get kinetic!

We've spent the last two days talking about kinetic and potential energy. I think by now we have a pretty good idea of what each is. Time to put our knowledge to the test. Tonight's homework is to respond to the following:

While you ride in a passenger plane do you have greater potential energy or greater kinetic energy? Why do you think so? Support your answer with evidence and examples from class as well as observations you've made in real life (1 long paragraph to 1/2 a page).

Monday May 10, 2010 - Homework

Monday's homework was to try to explain how a flashlight might work in terms of energy. Where does the energy come from? Where does the energy go? Be sure to use vocabulary from the current unit (1 long paragraph to 1/2 a page).

Weekends are for fun...

...and nothing says fun like a Lab Report! That's right people, the only homework we have for this week is to complete our Lab Reports and have them ready to hand in Monday morning! Remember to follow your checklists! The one thing you won't need to worry about this time is making charts or graphs, but you MUST include a data table and a diagram. Have fun and good luck! See you Monday!

Let's Energize!!!

Today we defined 7 kinds of energy:

Mechanical
mechanical energy can be considered either kinetic (moving object) or potential (stored energy based on position). The image above shows objects exhibiting kinetic and potential energy.

Thermal
all of the energy from the random motion of the particles that make up an object

Chemical
the energy that holds atoms together in a molecule or compound

Electrical
the energy of moving electrons

Sound
the energy caused by an object's vibrations

Light
the energy produced by the vibrations of electrically charged particles

Nuclear
the energy that holds protons and neutrons together



Tonight's homework is to provide an example of each kind of energy discussed and present evidence for including it in one category or another. Here are two examples:

Ex 1: I would say that a car driving down Broadway is showing kinetic energy because it is in motion.
Ex 2: A stereo playing music is a form of sound energy, because the sound comes from the vibration of the speakers.

Energy!

Energy! What created it? Where does it come from? Why is it wearing those horrible shoes? Some questions may never be answered about the mysteries of energy but there are a few things we do understand about it:

1. Energy has no mass
2. Energy does not take up space (it has no volume)
3. Energy is the capacity to do work (ability to move matter)

Some examples of energy are light, heat, motion and electricity.

Tonight's homework is Thinksheet #4. There are four images on the page. We need to list as many examples of matter and energy as we can. For example here is what I wrote for the last photo with the space shuttle launching:

Matter: launch tower, rocket tanks, space shuttle, smoke
Energy: light, heat, motion, sound (the blast-off)

What is it?

Hmmm...what to choose what to choose...Chemistry or Physics? Well it's definitely not Biology!

Tonight's homework is to do the following:

Present 3 examples of real life situations that would fall under Chemistry. Then present 3 examples of real life situations that would fall under Physics. Each example should be accompanied by a detailed explanation as to why you believe it should be categorized as Chemistry and not Physics, and vice versa.

Use the lists in your Foldable to help you with ideas.

For example, let's say I fall off of a ladder while painting my house. I look at the Foldable and see that gravity falls under Physics. So me falling down is a matter of Physics.  But if I accidentally burn my house down, then I would look at my Foldable and see that fire and chemical reactions are matters of Chemistry, so I would classify the burning of my house as Chemistry. Argh! Now I have no house and a big bruise on my head!

Port Again aka Report!

Last Friday you had to answer the following question: Why do we write Lab Reports? Monday we shared some of our ideas in class. Then we looked at our old labs and talked our way through the Copper Chloride Lab Checklist. After having revisited this question, how does your answer today compare with your answer on the homework? Do you feel the same way? Were there any new ideas that you heard today that you hadn't considered before? Also, now that you have a clearer understanding of why we do lab reports, can you tell us what a good lab report should look like? What makes a good lab report good? What makes a bad lab report bad? What do you hope to accomplish with your lab report?

Address these questions in about a 1/2 page reponse for tonight's homework.

Thinking About The Lab Report

This weekend's homework requires us to take some time and truly think about the Lab Report:

1. What purpose does a Lab Report serve? Why do we make them in them at all? What do we hope to accomplish with a Lab Report?


Once you've established why it is important to do a Lab Report, you will then need to answer the following question:

2. What makes a good Lab Report? What information should it include? How should it be presented? What should a good Lab Report avoid? What makes a BAD Lab Report (provide at least 3 examples of a bad Lab Report)?


The combined responses should be 1/2 to 1 full page in length.

RE: vue! (quiz! quiz! quiz!)

Today we had a small recap of the concepts we've been studying for the last two weeks. We also discussed the lab we did Wednesday and we talked about the Law of Conservation of Mass. Here is our homework:


1. Prepare your binder for the Binder Check.

2. Study for tomorrow's quiz!

Naje's wacky Wednesday experiment!

The homework is a continuation of the work we started in class. We placed aluminum foil(Al) in a bag containing copper chloride (CuCl2) in solution. We made several observations and we were asked to draw conclusions.

The homework requires us to synthesize all of that information with our knowledge of chemistry in order to explain what we witnessed in class.

Assignment: What you believe happened today during our science experiment? Was there a chemical reaction? How do you know? What do you think happened to the substances involved? If it was a chemical reaction, what kind of chemical reaction do you think it was (Synthesis? Decomposition? Single displacement? Double displacement?) ?

Write a paragraph explaining what you think happened when we combined aluminum with copper chloride. Remember to provide evidence and also to provide a chemical equation to support your answer.

Tuesday's Homework April 27, 2010

What kind of a reaction is the following:

NaHC03 + CH3COOH ---->  CO2 + H2O + CH3COONa




Is it a synthesis reaction, a decomposition reaction, a single displacement reaction or a double displacement reaction? Why do you think so? Explain and provide evidence. (1 long paragraph)

Monday's Homework for April 26, 2010

Thinksheet #72

Fair and balanced!

Today we understood that the amount of matter on the reactant side has to be equal to the amount of matter on the product side. So if we have four atoms on the reactant side, then we must have four atoms on the product side as well, even though they are new substances. We will work on more of that tomorrow.

Tonight for homework we have thinksheet # 0836. The thinksheet presents a variety of situations and we must determine whether they are physical or chemical changes. Remember to use as many vocab words as possible. Also remember that there are two sides (front and back)! Argh!

New Bonds, New Substances!

Wednesday's homework is to answer the following question. (1 paragraph response)

Why do reactants and products in a chemical equation involve the same elements?

More than meets the eye!

Today in class we watched Naje introduce a teaspoon of some powdery white substance into a 500ml beaker filled with 100ml of clear liquid. In an instant the concoction erupted, nearly spilling outside of the beaker before swiftly subsiding and coming to a rest! Craziness! What did we witness?

Naje soon informed us that he had just combined baking soda with vinegar. We were tasked with explaining what we had just witnessed in the scientific terms we've been using this year. We had to make observations, predictions and draw conclusions supported by evidence. What most of us agreed upon was that we had witnessed a chemical reaction...and that's when the homework came.

Monday Homework:

We were told that the substances involved were these strange looking things:

CH3COOH and NaHCO3.

One of them is baking soda. One of them is vinegar. Which is which? How do you know? What evidence do you have to support your claim? What did you see today that supports this? What prior knowledge do you have to give you clues? (1/2 page response).

The Art of Science!

Tonight's homework was Study Sheet # 38. Unfortunately we did not complete our gallery walks in class so this means we will have to finish Study Sheet # 38 first thing in class tomorrow! So I guess there's no homework tonight right? Wrong! You still need to review your notes and come prepared to present your area of expertise tomorrow (cations vs anions, ionic bonding, covalent bonding, metallic bonding, dot diagrams, or the periodic table). Get ready to work mañana!

Metal Heads!

Why is it that the properties of metals do not change when they form metallic bonds? (1 paragraph)

Weekend Homework = Awesomeness!

Okay SOFers, it's that time again. Time to help Young Bill out. The homework for this weekend is to write a letter to Young Bill. In the letter you need to explain the three kinds of chemical bonds you've been studying this unit. The letter can include and introductory paragraph, then 1 paragrapgh dedicated to each bond, and finally a conclusion paragraph. In this final paragraph you can explain the ways in which these three bonds are similar and different, as well as methods for telling them apart. In total, it should be 5 paragraphs (1 page). Hopefully Young Bill will finally understand what's going on in class!

WANTED!!!!

Wow, this Flouride Ion seems pretty angry. He's running around stealing electrons. Something needs to be done about this before he steals anymore!

But first, the homework:

Assignment # 1: Bring your binder to class. No binder, no stamp!


Assignment # 2: Bring 100 sheets of looseleaf to class.


Assignment # 3: Bring a glue stick to class.


Assignment # 4: This fourth and final assignment is the WANTED, MISSING, and LOOKING FOR... posters that we discussed in class Friday. You will need to make a poster about a situation regarding an ion, an atom, or an electron, in such a way that you show an understanding of ionic or covalent bonding.

For example, for the above picture with the angry Fluoride Ion, we could make a poster saying

WANTED: Fluoride for stealing electrons from Alkali Metals. He was last seen hanging out with a group of Halogens. There is a $5,000,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. If you see Fluoride do not approach him as he is HIGHLY REACTIVE! Contact your local scientist immediately!

And we might draw an image of Fluoride stealing electrons, or Fluoride with a mustache, etc.

We could also do a MISSING poster.

MISSING: two electrons missing since Friday. they were last seen with Magnesium before he was approached by two Chlorine atoms from the Anion Gang. When they left, Magnesium found he was missing two electrons. They may be ionically bonded and therefore trapped in a crystalline structure. If you recognize these electrons from their photo, please contact your local authorities.


You can draw the poster, or download images from the web to make your poster, or even use photoshop to create your poster. Have fun and check that the information you provide is correct. Use your notes to make sure. If you don't finish completely over the break, don't worry. We will have a day or two in class to complete the assignment. But you must come in on Wednesday with the work you have done.

Enjoy the rest of the break!

Bond of Brothers!

The homework assignment tonight is super simple:

1. Draw F in an ionic bond.
2. Draw F in a covalent bond.

Ha!

Ionize!!!

Homework is a worksheet where you need to fill in information for 12 elements. You can download the worksheet here.

No Homework!

The only thing you have to do is bring the Do Now from Wednesday to class on Thursday. We will continue discussing ions.

Also, if you want, you can check out the Never Shout Never video I recently shot in LA. You can watch the video here. The song is called Seewhatweseas and it's from the soundtrack of the upcoming Tim Burton 3-D movie Alice in Wonderland premiering Friday. The video creates a surreal dream-like world not unlike the classic Lewis Carroll tale.

Anyway, tomorrow we have more and more ions to discuss so get ready for it!

Atomic Poetry!

Electron image worksheet: Write the chemical symbol for each atom, as well as the number of protons, neutrons and electrons for each. Then draw the atomic particles underneath. Make sure that the correct particles are inside or outside of the nucleus.

Also, bring an electron dot diagram of your atom. This is the element you were assigned in the very first unit.

Easy does it!

Tonight's homework is just to finish up your stories from last Thursday!

These particles need to stand in line!

Wow, that is a really long line. And standing in line is really tough. But I guess if you are waiting to get into an awesome party it could be worth it.

Anyway, tonight's assignment is to write a story describing sugar particles' experience at an H2O party. You will need to decide which kind of sugar it is (powdered, granulated, or cubed). Also, keep in mind that the story should be metaphor for the experiments we conducted last week. So for example, when the sugar has to wait in the long line outside of the party, it could represent the time before we place the sugar (solute) into the water (solvent). The sugar going around and meeting H2O at the party can be a way of showing what happens when we agitate the solution. And if a LOT of sugar comes by later and they are not allowed in the party this could show that the solution is now saturated, so no more solute can dissolve into the solvent.

Whatever you decide, be creative and have fun! But make sure it is factually accurate. Keep in mind that this is a first draft, so it doesn't have to be perfect. (1/2 page - 2 pages)

It all gets soooo compounded!

Insects like this robber fly have what is known as compound eyes! Weird...

Anyway, tonight's assignment is to explain what a compound is using your own words. (1 paragraph)

Time for some real solutions!

Tonight's assignment:


Explain why solute added to a saturated solution will not dissolve (at least 1/2 page).


Before you can get into a discussion on saturated solutions, you must first explain what a solution is. Be sure to describe the 2 components that make up a solution and explain the ways in which a solution can form (what are the particles doing?) Remember to back up your statements with evidence and provide real life examples. Once you've firmly established what a solution is you will need to explain why a saturated solution is different than a regular solution (unsaturated solution).

Winter Break!

She's back! Young Bill's mom is denouncing Kool Aid once again! And once again you have some homework to complete. The assignments due Monday Feb. 22nd are the following:

Assignment #1 - Lab Report The lab report guidelines are detailed in a pdf file located here. You can download it and use it to help you with your lab report. It tells you what your report needs to include and also gives a few suggestions (like concepts or terms you may want to define).

Assignment #2 - Scientific Photo You are responsible for recreating the above photo of Young Bill's mother giving a 'thumbs-down' to Kool Aid. Of course, you don't have to choose Kool Aid. You can give a thumbs-down to one of Naje's quizzes, or to the San Diego Chargers, or whatever you think deserves a thumbs-down. Remember that this is a scientific study which means observation is key. So the more details you can recreate the better. If you can take the photo in front of a window, great. Or if you can wear a shirt similar to the one Young Bill's mom has on, even better. If you can find a pair of those glasses that would be absolutely awesome. Do your best and have fun with it.

If you have any questions regarding either of these two assignments, feel free to email me.  Enjoy the rest of the break!

What Just Happened?

Based on the data you've collected... Explain how surface area, temperature, and agitation effect the rate at which sugar dissolves. Why do you think it is so? Explain what is happening to the particles. (1/2 page)

KOOL AID FAIL!

Young Bill's mom doesn't approve of Orange Kool Aid!

Unfortunately, Naje never quite figured out how to make that tasty Kool Aid. He either put too much or too little or just plain forgot to stir it! One thing Naje did figure out is how to torment 7th grade SOF students with more and more homework...Oh Yeah!!! Here's tonight's assignment:

Bring in a list of at least 5 solutions. Explain what they are, where you can find them, and how they are used. What makes them solutions and not heterogenous mixtures? Can this change? (Each solution listed should have 3 sentences of explanation/description).


Note: Wednesday night's homework was the same assignment using mixtures instead of solutions.

Substantial evidence!

Einstein received some poor grades on his progress report and decided to try this little technique to remind himself to do better in the second semester, but anyway, I digress...

Tonight's homework was to come up with original definitions for the following terms:

 - element
 - substance
 - compound
 - mixture
 - solution

Happy New Unit!

Hi guys, sorry for the late post. The homework assignment was a triple play:

Assignment #1: clear out your binders (except for the last 9 days). take everything out of there except for physical and chemical change. Solids, liquids and gases can go. Mass, volume and density too! Time to trim that binder down!

Assignment #2: make three scientific observations. write a paragraph about them. what were they? when did they occur? were you able to find a solution to your problem?

Assignment #3: find 3 ways to achieve awesomeness. let us know how you did it?

All pink and blue!

In class today we saw this crazy liquid mixture turn from pink to purple when we added some clear hydrochloric acid to it. We then added some distilled Poland Spring water (H2O) to the purple stuff and it turned pink again. Finally we poured it all into a test tube and placed it into hot water and it turned blue...? Wait a minute! What's going on here? My head is spinning just thinking about all of those color changes! Anyway, let's get to the important stuff. Tonight's homework is pretty straight forward.

Assignment #1: Copy the vocab list into your binder (handwritten! no photocopies!)

Assignment #2: Study for the MiniUnit Test!

Assignment #3: Organize your binder (binder check during the test!)

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes!

Godzilla is an avid fan of science experiments. He creates chemical changes all day and night.

List 3 chemical changes you will make/see this evening. Explain why they are chemical changes and not physical changes. Give details. Use vocab. (long paragraph-1/2 page)

Rotten bananas!

SOFers, you guys had a great time making fun of my decomposing banana today, but I'm happy it helped us discuss physical verses chemical change. Now that you've acquired this new information regarding physical and chemical changes, are there any changes you listed on your weekend homework that you listed as physical that you might classify as chemical instead? Explain why or why not. Provide evidence to support your ideas.

Also, make sure to bring in the thinksheet from class.

Game Changer!

This is Young Bill's collection of old screws and bolts. He used to play with them all of the time as a young child building things in his father's workshop. These screws and bolts used to be shiny and smooth way back when, but now they are all reddish with a rough texture. What do you think has happened here? Is this a physical change?

By now all of you have a very good understanding of what a physical property is. What other properties can substances have besides physical properties? How else can we classify them? If there are other properties besides physical properties, would there also be other changes besdies physical changes? What might those be?

Response should be about 1/2 page long.

Weekends are for fun!

Another week brings another weekend, and we have a cool assignment for you this time around. Your task is to describe in detail 3 physical changes you will make happen this weekend. Examples would be freezing ice cubes, slicing pieces of fruit, breaking eggs, etc. Be sure to identify how the substance has changed. Was energy was added or removed? Is the process reversible? Has the state of matter changed? The color? Shape? Volume?

Be as detailed as possible. (1/2 page)

Extra Credit: Identify a physical change in your Partner book or your Independent Reading book. Explain the physical change and be sure to list the page number where you found it.