Documents for Download

  This is the place to find digital copies of homework and handouts from class.
 NOTE: Not all handouts will be posted here.

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• Agendas & TRQs

Click each white topic below to expand and view older assignments & documents.

• Class Procedures

  • Course Syllabus

  • Formats Page

  • Assignment Sheet

  • Journal Setup

  • Safety Contract

• Nature of Science

  • Dark Sucker Theory

  • Textbook Scavenger Hunt

  • Helicopter Lab & Cut-Out

  • Astrology Worksheet

  • The Metric System (notes)

  • Metric System Practice

  • Secrets of the Psychics Video Notes

• Mechanics

• First Law Fun
• Newton's Skateboard Lab
• Inertia Worksheet
• Mythbusters: Top Speed Toy Car Notes
• Equilibrium Forces Worksheet
• Newton's 2nd Law Worksheet
• Friction & Acceleration Worksheet
• Unbalanced Forces Worksheet
• Link to Forces Computer Simulation
• Forces Computer Simulation
• Ch. 4.1 - 4.8 SCAN & Qs
• Sonic Ranger
• Newton's 3 Laws Worksheet

• Energy

• How Powerful Are You Lab
• Link to Energy Skate Park
• KE/PE Calculation Practice
• Roller Coaster Lab
• KMT Reader & Qs
• Energy Transfer Lab
• Link to Gases Simulation and Microwave Simulation
• Insulator Lab
• Insulator Lab Planning Sheet
• Review & Redesign
• Requirements for Insulator Lab

• WASL Practice

• In the Doghouse

• Waves

  • Wave Assignment
  • Bill Nye: Waves Notes
  • Sound Waves Lab
  • Frequency & Amplitude Simulation Link (Sound)
  • Resonance, the Doppler Effect, & Beats
  • Sound Worksheet
  • EMS Reader
  • EMS Reader Questions
  • EMS Poster & Links
  • Light Waves Lab
  • Wavelength & Amplitude Simulation Link (Light)

• Chemistry

• Atomics
  • Periodic Table
  • Periodic Table Flash Animation & Song (link won't work for some reason, just remove the dash before the word "flash" and it'll work)
  • Survey of Elements (you should use the following elements: Sulfur, Zinc, Silicon, Mercury, Magnesium, Sodium)
  • SQARES Reading Strategy
  • Adopt an Element
    • Links:
      • PeriodicTable.com
      • Visual Periodic Table
      • Environmental Chemistry
  • Bohr Model Practice
  • Periodic Table Basics
  • Basic Atomic Theory Worksheet
  • Mystery Powders Lab
• Bonding & Balancing
  • Bonding Basics - Ionic
  • Bonding Basics - Covalent
  • Bonding Basics - Practice Page
  • Molecular Bonding Activity (note: cannot be completed without modeling kit available in class only)
  • Chemical Equations & Balancing
  • Balancing Equations Practice
  • Bonding and Balancing Reference Sheet
  • Bonding and Balancing Review
• QSR Formal Lab Report
• Vitamin C Lab
• Vitamin C Lab - Part 2
• QSR Checklist
• QSR Rubric
• QSR Scoring Criteria

• Earth Science

• Rocks, Earthquakes, & Volcanoes
  • Rocks Graphic Organizer
  • Latitude & Longitude Review
  • Plotting Earthquakes & Volcanoes
• Earth's Structure
  • Earth's Structure Poster
• Plate Tectonics
  • Modeling Plate Boundaries
  • Plate Tectonics
  • PT of the NW
• Atmosphere
  • Layers of the Atmosphere

• Astronomy

  • Size of the Universe
    • Just How Big is the Universe? - Power Point file
    • Hubble's Law - Standard
    • Hubble's Law - Challenge
    • Parallax worksheet
    • Classifying Galaxies
    • Classifying Galaxies - Photos
    • Classifying Galaxies - Hubble's System
  • Stars
    • Spectroscopy Lab
    • Life Cycle of a Star Flowchart
    • Life Cycle of a Star & Black Hole Powerpoint

• Water Rockets

  • Water Rocket Reader

  • Participation Log

  • Stability Tests

  • Rocket Data Sheet