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Students worked on 2 Crossword Puzzles. (3rd Qtr & 4th Qtr) Then they worked on the 2nd Semester Review Guides.

Today, concludes the final viewing of "The Day After". Class discussion of the video and handing of Semester Exam Review Guides.

Day 2 of "The Day After" to view the effects of Radioactivity on life. Benchmark Review Guides are Available for the 2nd Semester Exam. 1st period, Physical Science 2nd Semester Exam will be on Friday.

Today, after completing the Radioactivity Vocabulary students began the Review Questions. Soon after, we began the video on "The Day After" to depict the events and circumstances in a nuclear attack or accident.

Yesterday, students took the Electricity Voc. Test and completed the Electricity Chapter Review & Crossword Puzzle. Today, we reviewed the answers to the Electricity Chapter Review and took the Electricity Chapter Test. Then we began the Radioactivity Vocabulary.

Today, we finished the notes on Electricty by talking about the types of circuits and their differences. We also discussed the formulas for calculating Electric Power and Energy. We completed the class by calculating Electric Power on a word problem worksheet. There will be a vocabulary test on Electricity tomorrow and Chapter test on Electricity on Thursday.

Students were introduced to the types of batteries, the substances they contain and how current flows from them. We also learned the symbols I, V, and R in electricity and their units. We finished class talking about Ohm's Law and it's calculations. The word problem worksheet on Ohm's Law was due before 8th period. An Electricity Vocabulary Test is scheduled for Thursday with the Chapter Test coming on Friday. Calculators are needed daily.

Students took notes on the purpose of ground wires, lightning, and movement of electrical charges.

On Monday, April 29, students were involved in End of the Year Testing for English in Periods 1-3 and 6-8. Therefore, certain Physical Science students' classes did not meet. Today, Tuesday, April 30, the Math End of the Year Test was given for Algebra students in the morning during Periods 1-3 and in Geometry in Periods 6-8. So, different students attended class while others were testing. Those students that were in class were working on the Electricity Review Questions. They were turned in at the end of class. The students who were testing will complete them on Wednesday.

Today was an introduction into Electricity. Students were allowed to look up the vocabulary terms in "Electricity" to become familiar w/the terms in the new chapter.