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“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 8/13/15
Regular Schedule
Homework:
No homework / Bring 1.5 inch three ring binder
to organize Science materials by Monday
Startup/warm-up:
Not one today / Explanation of Screen for future use as students
enter the classroom
QOTD:
Taken from the textbook for this lesson
Vocab:
Bold word(s) from this lesson
Activities:
-Alphabetical seating chart activity
-- It is okay to be incorrect “Be bold”
- Stay engaged and always double check / take responsibility
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Date: 8/13/15
Regular Schedule
Homework:
No homework / Bring 1.5 inch three ring binder
to organize Science materials by Monday
Startup/warm-up:
After you have placed the homework in your agenda book, read
what is under the startup/warm-up and follow the instructions
QOTD:
Taken from the textbook for this lesson
Vocab:
Bold word(s) from this lesson
Activities:
-Pass out textbooks – Bernoulli’s Principle - Round spherical objects
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Date: 8/14/15
ECA Schedule - passing out Yearbooks
Homework:
No homework / Bring 1.5 inch three ring binder
to organize Science materials by Monday
Startup/warm-up:
Read pages 2 and 3 in the Textbook - After you have read these pages,
think about how Bernoulli’s principle that we discussed yesterday, connect
with your reading for today
QOTD:
Taken from the textbook for this lesson
Vocab:
Bold word(s) from this lesson
Activities:
Round spherical objects explained - video “Why do I Need Science?”
Cheerio’s Area vs Volume – Ping Pong Energy
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Date: 8/17/15
Homework:
Unit 1 Nature of Science – Lesson 1 Scientific Knowledge –
Read pages 4-5 answer questions 1 - 3
Startup/warm-up:
Take a three hole punched packet of paper from the front table (under
the screen) and place in the front of your three ring binder. Then you and
your partner at the same table, try to complete a circuit and make the
light bulb come on.
QOTD: None for today –beginning Unit 1 Lesson 1
Vocab: None for today –beginning Unit 1 Lesson 1
Activities:
Science Class procedures – Light bulb circuit training – Anti-gravity water demo
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Date: 8/18/15
Homework:
Read pages 6 – 9 answer questions 6 – 10
Startup/warm-up:
Take a bubble sheet from the front table and fill it out with
Your name, period and date
QOTD: None for today –beginning Unit 1 Lesson 1
Vocab: None for today –beginning Unit 1 Lesson 1
Activities:
Pretest NOT FOR GRADE
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Date: 8/19/15
Homework:
Read pages 10 – 13 and answer questions 11 – 16 in the
Textbook
Startup/warm-up:
Take a computer paper from the front table and fold it into thirds “hamburger ”
style ( see examples on the table and board )
Then: On a separate piece of paper: Write as many characteristics of a person
whom might make a good scientist.
QOTD: What is science?; What does science tell us?;
How do scientific theories differ from laws?
Vocab: Scientific Law, Scientific Theory
Activities:
How to read science from out textbook – (3 – 2 – 1) video “Why Study Science”
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Date: 8/20/15
Homework:
Visual Summary page 14 work #’s 18 – 22
Lesson Review page 15 work #’s 1 – 5 QUIZ Friday
Lesson One Unit One
Startup/warm-up:
Take a bubble sheet from the front and fill in your name, date and period. Then:
On a separate piece of paper, give an explanation of why you think the two new
pictures on the screen for today are being illustrated (shown) for today’s lesson.
QOTD: Where do scientists get their evidence?; How do
scientific ideas change?
Vocab: Empirical evidence
Activities:
Pre-Test UNIT One (NOT FOR GRADE)
How to read science from our textbook (review) – plant empirical evidence
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Date: 8/21/15
Homework:
No homework – Yea!!! QUIZ today
Lesson One Unit One - GO KNIGHTS!!!!!
Startup/warm-up:
Answer questions 6 – 11 found on page 15 “Lesson Review”
Then review the rest of the pages for the quiz (pages 4 – 15)
QOTD: None today – Quiz
Vocab: None today - Quiz
Activities:
Group setting Homework check - Quiz Lesson 1 Unit 1
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Date: 8/24/15
Homework:
Read Pages 18 and 19
Answer #’s 1 -3 Lesson 2 “Scientific Knowledge”
Startup/warm-up:
Take a Science World Magazine from the front and read pages 2 – 7 only.
When you have finished reading pages 2 – 7 return the magazine and take a
“Science in the News” Quiz. This is NOT FOR GRADE. Turn the quiz over when
You are finished.
QOTD: None today – Starting lesson 2
Vocab: None today – Starting lesson 2
Activities:
Science in the News Reading Comprehension (Not for Grade) /
Garden Program Introduction
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Date: 8/25/15
Homework:
Read Pages 20 and 21
Answer #’s 5 -7 Lesson 2 “Scientific Knowledge”
Garden Resume’s for those interested – Due Before Monday August 31st
Startup/warm-up:
Take a paper from the front a read about The Invisible killer: Dihydrogen
Monoxide.
QOTD: None today – Starting lesson 2
Vocab: None today – Starting lesson 2
Activities:
Return Lesson One Quiz / How to write specific investigative questions /
Begin Rubber Band Activity / Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide
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Date: 8/26/15
Homework:
Read Pages 22 and 25
Answer #’s 8 - 10 Lesson 2 “Scientific Knowledge”
Garden Resume’s for those interested – Due Before Monday August 31st
Startup/warm-up:
From the observations you made of the Rubber Bands yesterday, form as many
investigative questions on the back of the “Rubber Band Stretch” paper.
In other words, what more would you like to know about Rubber Bands?
QOTD: What are some types of scientific investigations
Vocab: Experiment, Observation
Activities:
QOTD / How to read science from the textbook /
How to write specific investigative questions / Rubber Band Activity
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Date: 8/28/15
Homework:
No Homework – enjoy your weekend!
Garden Resume’s for those interested – Due by Monday August 31st
Startup/warm-up:
On the back side of the “Rubber Band Stretch” paper, write some step by step
Procedures (instructions) for carrying out the experiment. These instructions should
try to be very, very detailed. Someone who has never conducted this experiment
should read your instructions and do exactly what you are doing!
QOTD: What are some of the parts of the scientific
investigations? / What are some scientific methods?
Vocab: Hypothesis, independent variable, dependent
variable, data
Activities:
How to write specific Procedures / Rubber Band Activity
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Date: 8/31/15
Homework:
Read pages 26 – 29 answer #’s 12 - 17
Quiz Thursday over Lesson 2 pages 18 - 31
Startup/warm-up:
Students should try to determine the independent and dependent
variables for the rubber band activity. Then, students should make a list of all the
things you did to keep the activity the same for everybody.
There is a place on the front side of your paper to place your answers. If you need
more space, place them on the back.
QOTD: What are some of the parts of the scientific
investigations? / What are some scientific methods?
Vocab: Hypothesis, independent variable, dependent
variable, data
Activities:
Collect Garden Resume’s / Independent and dependent variable / Hypothesis
/ How to write specific Procedures review / Rubber Band Activity /
Scientific Method Shuffle
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Date: 9/1/15
Homework:
Visual Summary page 30 answer #’s (19 – 25)
Lesson Review page 31 answer #’s ( 1 – 5)
Quiz Wednesday Lesson 2 pages 18 - 31
Startup/warm-up:
On your Rubber Band paper anywhere, write down as many ideas as you can
think of, that if we had “more time”, what other experiments could we perform
on our rubber bands?
QOTD: How does the process of scientific investigation
work? / What are some characteristics of good scientific
investigation?/ How is repetition different from replication? /
How can you evaluate the quality of scientific information?
Vocab: repetition, replication
Activities:
QOTD / Spread sheet work / Graphing the results / Forming conclusions
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Date: 9/2/15
Homework:
Lesson 3 Unit 1
“Representing Data” pages 32 and 33 Answer #’s 1 - 3
Startup/warm-up:
Answer #’s 6 – 10 - Lesson Review page 31
Then prepare for the Lesson 2 Unit 1 Quiz pages 18 - 31
QOTD: None today - Quiz
Vocab: None today - Quiz
Activities:
Team study / Quiz / Homework check
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Date: 9/3/15
Homework:
Read pages 34 – 37 and answer #’s 5 - 12
Startup/warm-up:
Take a paper from the front “Paper Towel Dilemma”.
Read over the paper and try and determine how the activity might run.
QOTD: None today – Starting a new Lesson
Vocab: None today – Starting a new Lesson
Activities:
Website homework / Data analysis from Rubber Bands / Making a graph /
Collect Rubber Band papers / Paper Towel Dilemma explanation
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Date: 9/4/15
Homework:
No Homework – Enjoy the Labor Day Weekend
Startup/warm-up:
Take a Science World Magazine from the front and read pages 2 – 7 only.
When you have finished reading pages 2 – 7 return the magazine and take a
“Science in the News” Quiz. This is NOT FOR GRADE. Turn the quiz over when
You are finished.
QOTD: How do scientists make sense of data? / What do
graphs show?
Vocab: No vocabulary
Activities:
Science World Reading Comprehension / Video “Why Study Science?” /
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Date: 9/8/15
Homework:
Read pages 34 – 37 and answer #’s 5 - 12
** Quiz over Lesson 3 Thursday **
Startup/warm-up:
Take a computer paper, ruler and scissors and draw the boxes (two dimensions)
shown on the board – then, cut them out and fold them to make the little boxes (
three dimensions). There are only enough scissors for one per table.
See Mr. Wambach’s examples on the front table
QOTD: How do scientists make sense of data? / What do
graphs show?
Vocab: No vocabulary
Activities:
Startup/warm-up / Paper Towel groups /
QOTD / Paper towel observations / Group work
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Date: 9/9/15
Homework:
Visual Summary page 42 answer #’s (19 – 22)
Lesson Review page 43 answer #’s (1 -5)
** Quiz over Lesson 3 tomorrow **
Startup/warm-up:
Take a paper towel sample from the front and begin your observations
Only one set of samples per table and only one microscope per table
QOTD: How do scientists make sense of data? / What do graphs
show? How do scientists evaluate models? / What principles do
scientists use when measuring experimental results?
Vocab: Model, accuracy, precision
Activities:
Startup/warm-up / Paper Towel groups /
QOTD / Paper towel observations / Group work
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Date: 9/10/15
Homework:
Begin reviewing for the Unit Test One (NO GROUP WORK for this test)
Unit One Test will be Tuesday September 15th
Startup/warm-up:
Answer Questions #’s 6 – 9 found on page 43
Then: review for the upcoming quiz
QOTD: None today - quiz
Vocab: None today - quiz
Activities:
Quiz and homework check groups / Quiz Lesson 3 Unit 1
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Date: 9/11/15
Patriots Day!!!
Homework:
ISTEP Review pages 47 – 49 answer #’s (1 – 8)
Continue reviewing for the Unit Test One (NO GROUP WORK for this test)
Unit One Test will be Tuesday September 15th
Startup/warm-up:
Review answers on Visual Summaries and Lesson Reviews
Pages 14, 15, 30, 31, 42 and 43
QOTD: Review all for – Unit One test Tuesday
Vocab: Review all for - Unit One test Tuesday
Activities:
Paper Towel Dilemma
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Date: 9/14/15
Homework:
Study for the Unit One Test - (NO GROUP WORK for this test)
Unit One Test will be tomorrow September 15th
Startup/warm-up:
Take a 3” by 5” index card and place your first and last name on the red line –
Include also the period and date. Number down the side 1 through 8
Then: Review answers on Visual Summaries and Lesson Reviews
Pages 14, 15, 30, 31, 42 and 43
QOTD: Review all for – Unit One test Tuesday
Vocab: Review all for - Unit One test Tuesday
Activities:
ISTEP homework check / Paper Towel Dilemma activity
Form Hypothesis from good problem question / statement
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Date: 9/15/15
Garden tomorrow – Yea!!!!
Homework:
Read pages 54 and 55 answer #’s 1 -3
Begin Unit 2 “Motion and Forces” Lesson
Lesson 1 “Motion and Speed”
Startup/warm-up:
Take a bubble sheet from the front and place your
First and last name, period and date on the top, Then:
Review for the Unit 1 test
QOTD: None today – Unit One test
Vocab: None today - Unit One test
Activities:
Test Unit 1 “Scientific Knowledge” / Science world reading
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Date: 9/16/15
Garden today!!!! – Yea!!!!
Homework:
Read pages 56 – 57 and answer #’s (5 – 7)
Startup/warm-up:
Gardanians get ready to go out.
Everyone else take a Science world and begin reading about
How screening may be making you sick
QOTD: None today – Just starting lesson 1
Vocab: None today - Just starting lessson 1
Activities:
Pass back Unit 1 Pre and Post tests / Gardanians outside /
Make-up work for those absent / Science world reading
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Date: 9/17/15
Team T-shirts Tomorrow!!!!
Homework:
Read pages 58 - 61 and answer #’s (8, 9, 11 & 12)
Startup/warm-up:
Take a
Grade Scientific Investigation” sheet from
The front and take out your “Paper Towel Dilemma” paper
“7th
QOTD: How can you describe the location of
an object?
Vocab: Position, Reference point
Activities:
New Unit explanation “Physical Sciences” / QOTD /
Paper Towel finale
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Date: 9/18/15
Homework:
Read pages 62 - 64 and answer #’s (13 -16)
Startup/warm-up:
Work on your “Paper Towel Dilemma” papers
QOTD: How can you describe the location of an
object? What is motion? How is distance
measured?
Vocab: Position, Reference Point, Motion
Activities:
New Unit explanation “Physical Sciences” / QOTD /
Paper Towel finale
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Date: 9/21/15
Homework:
Read pages 65 and answer # (17)
Quiz Lesson 1 Unit 2 “Motion and Speed” Thursday
Startup/warm-up:
Work on your “Paper Towel Dilemma” papers
QOTD: How is average speed calculated? / How is
constant speed graphed? How are changing
speeds graphed?
Vocab: None for this section of the lesson
Activities:
QOTD / Speed formula / Paper Towel Data analyzed
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Date: 9/22/15
Garden tomorrow! Yea!
Homework:
Visual Summary page 66 answer #’s (18 – 23)
Lesson Review page 67 answer #’s (1 – 6)
Quiz Lesson 1 Unit 2 “Motion and Speed” Thursday
Startup/warm-up:
Take a bubble sheet from the front and put your first and last
Name, period and date.
QOTD: What is velocity?
Vocab: vector, velocity
Activities:
Pre-test (NOT FOR GRADE) / “Science News” Comprehension quiz (Not For
Grade) / velocity / Paper Towel Data analyzed
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Date: 9/23/15
Garden today!!!!!!!!!!!
Homework:
Quiz Lesson 1 Unit 2 “Motion and Speed” tomorrow
Startup/warm-up:
Take a Science World magazine from the front and begin reading
“The World’s Biggest Ships” pages 14 - 17
QOTD: None today – garden day
Vocab: None today – garden day
Activities:
Gardanians outside / Science World article reviews
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Date: 9/24/15
Homework:
Read pages 68 – 69 answer #’s (1 -4) on page 69
Startup/warm-up:
Turn to page 67 in your textbook and answer
#’s ( 7 – 11 )
QOTD: None today – starting new lesson (2)
Vocab: None today – Starting new lesson (2)
Activities:
Group study Lesson (1) / Group Quiz and Homework check
Lesson (1)
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Date: 9/25/15
Homework:
Read pages 70 – 71 beginning Lesson 2 “Acceleration”
answer #’s (1 -3)
Startup/warm-up:
On your paper towel papers, write down what might make this
Paper towel dilemma work more efficiently (what improvements could you make).
Then: Write down other ways you might test Paper Towels
QOTD: None today – starting new lesson (2)
Vocab: None today – Starting new lesson (2)
Activities:
Paper Towel statistics discussion / Paper towel team work
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Date: 9/28/15
Homework:
Read pages 72 - 73 beginning Lesson 2 “Acceleration”
answer #’s (5 - 8) / Paper Towel Dilemma papers due Wednesday
Field Trip Permission form
Startup/warm-up:
Take a Rotor Promoter activity paper, computer paper and ruler then draw the two models
from the specs on the paper. Cut them out and test fly them!
NO TRACING!!!!!!!!
Also take a Field Trip Permission form from the front table
QOTD: None today – starting new lesson (2)
Vocab: None today – Starting new lesson
(2)
Activities:
Paper Towel statistics discussion / Field Trip Explanation / acceleration /
Rotor Promoter activity
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Date: 9/29/15
Garden tomorrow / weather permitting
Homework:
Read pages 74 – 75 Lesson 2 “Acceleration”
answer #’s (9 - 11) / Paper Towel Dilemma papers due tomorrow
Field Trip Permission form by Tues. Oct. 6th Quiz Friday Lesson 2
Startup/warm-up:
Place a paper clip from the box on the front table on the bottom of the Alpha
And Beta models to compare how that affects the flight. Flip flop the wings and
Observe the rotation of the wings each time
QOTD: How do we measure changing velocity?
/ How is average acceleration calculated?
Vocab: acceleration
Activities:
Paper Towel statistics discussion / Collect Field Trip forms /
Acceleration formula / Rotor Promoter demonstrations
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Date: 9/30/15
Garden Day – weather permitting
Homework:
Visual Summary page 76 answer #’s (12 – 16)
Lesson Review page 77 answer #’s ( 1 – 9 )
Field Trip Permission form by Tues. Oct. 6th
Quiz Friday Lesson 2
Startup/warm-up:
Take a Science World from the front table and read the article starting on page 8.
Gardainians do not do this.
QOTD: How can accelerating objects change
velocity?
Vocab: centripetal acceleration
Activities:
Collect Paper Towel papers / Science World Reading
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Date: 10/1/15
Homework:
Same as yesterday : Visual Summary page 76 answer #’s (12 – 16)
Lesson Review page 77 answer #’s ( 1 – 9 )
Field Trip Permission form by Tues. Oct. 6th
Quiz Tomorrow Lesson 2
Startup/warm-up:
Begin filling in the Scientific Paper for the Rotor Promoter
( Title, Problem, Hypothesis, etc.)
QOTD: How can accelerating objects change
velocity?
Vocab: centripetal acceleration
Activities:
Significant astronomical events / Rotor Promoter
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Date: 10/2/15
Homework:
No homework – Yea!!!! Go Knights!!!
Field Trip Permission form by Tues. Oct. 6th
Startup/warm-up:
Page 77 answer #’s ( 10 – 13 ) then work on
a procedure for the Rotor Promoter project
QOTD: None today – Start a new lesson Monday
Vocab: None today – Start a new lesson Monday
Activities:
Group study / Group quiz and homework check
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Date: 10/5/15
Field Trip Friday – Wear your orange t-shirt!
Homework:
Read pages 78 – 81 answer #’s ( 1-3; 5 -8 )
Field Trip Permission form by tomorrow Oct. 6th
Startup/warm-up:
Get started on the homework for tomorrow
QOTD: None today – Starting lesson 3
Vocab: None today – Starting lesson 3
Activities:
Results and Conclusions / Rotor Promoter
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Date: 10/6/15
Field Trip Friday – Wear your orange t-shirt!
Field Trip form due today / Gardening tomorrow
Homework:
Read pages 82 - 83 answer #’s ( 9,10 )
Develop a Proto-type for competition
Startup/warm-up:
Work “Results and Conclusions” for Rotor Promoter
QOTD: What is a force? / How can forces act?
Vocab: force
Activities:
Close Reading and QOTD / Rotor Promoter Spreadsheet comparisons
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Date: 10/7/15
Field Trip Friday Postponed – Wear your orange t-shirt!
Gardainian Day!!!!
Homework:
Read pages 84 - 86 answer #’s ( 11 -14 )
Develop a Proto-type for competition
Startup/warm-up:
Except Gardainians – Everyone take a Science World Magazine and
Read pages 8 – 11 “Head to Head, a teen athlete tackles concussions”
QOTD: How do multiple forces interact?
Vocab: Net force
Activities:
Science World “Close Reading” / Garden activities
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Date: 10/8/15
Field Trip Friday Postponed – Wear your orange t-shirt!
Friday anyway and show your team spirit!
Homework:
Read pages 87 – 89 answer #’s ( 15 - 20 )
Develop a Proto-type for competition on Tuesday.
Startup/warm-up:
Start or continue brainstorming or developing a Proto-type
Rotor for the competition on Tuesday
QOTD: How do forces act on objects?
Vocab: Inertia
Activities:
QOTD / Rotor Promoter spreadsheet analysis / Groups
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Date: 10/12/15
NO more Garden work this Fall – resume in the Spring
Rotor Promoter competition tomorrow!!!
Homework:
Visual Summary page 90 answer #’s (21 – 25)
Lesson Review page 91 answer #’s (1 -5)
Quiz Lesson 3 Unit 2 Thursday October 15th
Startup/warm-up:
Start or continue brainstorming or developing a Proto-type
Rotor for the competition on Tuesday
QOTD: How do forces act on objects? / How do force
pairs act?
Activities:
Vocab: Inertia
QOTD / Newton’s Law of Motion
Rotor Promoter spreadsheet analysis / Groups
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Date: 10/13/15
Rotor Promoter competition Wednesday!!!
Homework:
Same as yesterday - Visual Summary page 90 answer #’s (21 – 25)
Lesson Review page 91 answer #’s (1 -5)
Quiz Lesson 3 Unit 2 Thursday October 15th
Startup/warm-up:
Study for Lesson 3 - Forces and Law of Motion for the
Quiz on Thursday – get in another session
QOTD: How do forces act on objects? / How do force
pairs act?
Activities:
Vocab: Inertia
QOTD / Newton’s Law of Motion
Rotor Promoter spreadsheet analysis / Groups
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Date: 10/14/15
Rotor Promoter competition!
Homework:
Same as yesterday - Visual Summary page 90 answer #’s (21 – 25)
Lesson Review page 91 answer #’s (1 -5)
Quiz Lesson 3 Unit 2 Thursday October 15th
Startup/warm-up:
Study for Lesson 3 - Forces and Law of Motion for the
Quiz on Thursday – get in another session
QOTD: None for today – competition
Vocab: None for today - competition
Activities:
Rotor Promoter Competition / Newton’s Law of Motion
Rotor Promoter spreadsheet analysis / Groups
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Date: 10/15/15
Quiz Lesson 3 Unit 2
Homework:
No Homework – Fall Break – Enjoy!!!!!
Startup/warm-up:
Page 91 – Answer #’s 6 – 9. Then:
Study for Lesson 3 - Forces and Law of Motion for the
Quiz today – get in another session
QOTD: None for today – Quiz Lesson 3 Unit 2
Vocab: None for today – Quiz Lesson 3 Unit 2
Activities:
Group Study / Quiz / Homework Check
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Date: 10/28/15
Homework:
Unit 2 “Forces and Motion” Test Friday
Searching for Four prospective Science Fair Projects
Startup/warm-up:
Page 105 Lesson Review –answer #’s (8 – 11)
QOTD: None today – Quiz lesson Four
Vocab: None today – Quiz lesson Four
Activities:
Group Study / Quiz and Homework Check Lesson 4
Unit 2 “ Forces and Motion”
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“The Blue”
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Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 10/29/15
Homework:
Unit 2 “Forces and Motion” Test tomorrow
Searching for Four prospective Science Fair Projects Due Monday
November 2nd
Startup/warm-up:
Take an index card from the front and place your first and last
Name on the red line – also include your period and date.
Number down the side 1 – 10.
QOTD: None today – Quiz lesson Four
Vocab: None today – Quiz lesson Four
Activities:
ISTEP Review Check
Review for Unit 2 “ Forces and Motion” Test tomorrow
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 11/2/15
Homework:
Read pages 116 – 119
Answer #’s (1 – 3; 5 and 6)
Startup/warm-up:
Take a question sheet from the front table and begin answering
The questions to prepare you for the Video. Then:
Read over the questions that will be covered
During the video about “Gravity”
QOTD: None today - starting Unit 3 Lesson 1
Vocab: None today – starting Unit 3 Lesson 1
Activities:
Turn in FOUR IDEAS for Science Fair Projects /
Unit 2 test review / Video “Gravity”
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 11/3/15
Homework:
Read pages 120 – 123
Answer #’s (7 – 9 & 11 – 13)
Startup/warm-up:
Take a bubble sheet from the front table
And put your first and last names, date and period
In preparation for the Unit 3 Pre-test (NOT FOR GRADE)
QOTD: What is work?
Vocab: work
Activities:
Unit 3 Pre-test / QOTD
Discussion of FOUR IDEAS for Science Fair Projects
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 11/4/15
Homework:
Page 124 Visual Summary answer #’s (14 – 19)
Page 125 Lesson 1 Review answer #’s (1 – 5)
Quiz tomorrow Lesson 1 pages 116 - 125
Optional: One bag of Plain M&M’s for next week’s activity
Startup/warm-up:
Take a Science World Magazine from the front and read pages 2 – 7 only.
When you have finished reading pages 2 – 7 return the magazine and take a
“Science in the News” Quiz. This is NOT FOR GRADE. Turn the quiz over when
You are finished.
QOTD: How are work and energy related? / What is
power? / How is power calculated?
Vocab: energy, power
Activities:
Science World Reading Comprehension / QOTD / Vocabulary /
Further Discussion of YOUR IDEAS for Science Fair Projects
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 11/5/15
Homework:
Read pages 126 – 129, answer #’s (1 – 3; 5,7)
Optional: One bag of Plain M&M’s for next week’s activity
Startup/warm-up:
Page 125 Lesson Review answer #’s (6 – 9)
Then: Prepare for Lesson 1 Unit 3 Quiz
QOTD: None today – Quiz Lesson 1 Unit 3
Vocab: None today – Quiz Lesson 1 Unit 3
Activities:
Group study / Quiz Lesson 1 Unit 3 /
Homework check Lesson 1 Unit 3
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 11/6/15
Homework:
Read pages 130 – 131, answer #’s (8 – 11)
Optional: One bag of Plain M&M’s for next week’s activity
Startup/warm-up:
Take a question sheet from the front table and begin answering
The questions to prepare you for the Video. Then:
Read over the questions that will be covered
During the video about “Gravity”
QOTD: What are some forms of energy?
Vocab: None for this section
Activities:
Video “The Transfer of Energy”
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 11/9/15
Homework:
Read pages 132 – 133, answer #’s (12 – 15)
Optional: One bag of Plain M&M’s for next week’s activity
Startup/warm-up:
Take a M&M Activity paper from the front and a blank computer paper.
On the blank paper, draw and label the flashlight found on pages 130 and 131.
Under your drawing explain how the energy in the flashlight works
Transforming one energy source into another.
QOTD: What is an energy transformation? / How
does mechanical energy transform?
Vocab: Energy transformation
Activities:
Startup/warm-up / M&M groups and
Demonstration of procedures
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 11/11/15
Homework:
Read pages 134 - 135, answer #’s (16, 17)
Optional: One bag of Plain M&M’s for activity
Startup/warm-up:
Work on the M&M paper and on the back construct (draw)what a presentation
Poster Board might look like using all the parts from your paper.
QOTD: What is conservation of energy? / How is
energy conserved?
Vocab: Law of conservation of energy
Activities:
Startup/warm-up / M&M activity
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 11/12/15
Homework:
Visual Summary page 136 answer #’s (18 – 25)
Lesson Review page 137 answer #’s ( 1 – 5 )
Quiz tomorrow Lesson 2 Unit 3
Startup/warm-up:
Work on the M&M paper and on the back construct (draw)what a presentation
Poster Board might look like using all the parts from your paper.
QOTD: How is efficiency measured?
Vocab: efficiencey
Activities:
Startup/warm-up / M&M activity
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 11/13/15
Homework:
NO Homework !!!!!!
Startup/warm-up:
Take a paper from the front entitled “Video Summary”
Then: Answer questions 6, 7, 8 page 137 and review and
Prepare for Lesson 2 Unit 3 Quiz
QOTD: None today - quiz
Vocab: None today - quiz
Activities:
Isaac Newton Video explanation /
Group study / Quiz Lesson 2 Unit 3 / Homework Check
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 11/18/15
Homework:
Read pages 140 – 143 answer #’s (1 -3; 5 & 6)
Startup/warm-up:
Work on paper for Sir Isaac Newton
Due Tuesday December 1st
QOTD: None today – beginning Lesson 3
Vocab: None today – beginning Lesson 3
Activities:
Isaac Newton Video review /
M&M activity
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 11/19/15
Homework:
Read pages 144 – 146 answer #’s (7 - 11)
Paper for Sir Isaac Newton Due Dec.1st - Typed
Startup/warm-up:
Work w/ Isaac Newton Paper
QOTD: What is thermal energy? / What is the
difference between thermal energy and
temperature?
Vocab: thermal energy
Activities:
Finish M&M activity and Poster board
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 11/20/15
Homework:
Read pages 147 – 148 answer #’s (12 - 14)
Paper for Sir Isaac Newton Due Dec.1st - Typed
Startup/warm-up:
Work w/ Isaac Newton Paper
QOTD: What is heat? / How is heat measured? /
How is heat related to thermal energy? / How can
heat affect the state of an object?
Vocab: heat, calorie
Activities:
Finish M&M activity and Poster board
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 11/23/15
Homework:
Paper for Sir Isaac Newton Due Dec.1st - Typed
Review previous sections of Lesson 3
Startup/warm-up:
Work w/ Isaac Newton Paper
QOTD: What is heat? / How is heat measured? /
How is heat related to thermal energy? / How can
heat affect the state of an object?
Vocab: heat, calorie
Activities:
M&M presentation and critique
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 11/30/15
Homework:
Paper for Sir Isaac Newton Due Tomorrow - Typed
Read pages 147 – 148 answer #’s (12 - 14) / Quiz Wednesday!
Startup/warm-up:
Take Science Fair information and calendar pages from
Front table and begin reviewing ( Read through)
QOTD: How does Heat move? / What is conduction? /
What is convection? / What is radiation?
Vocab: conductor, insulator, conduction, convection,
radiation
Activities:
Science Fair packets and information
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 12/1/15
Homework:
Visual Summary page 150 #’s (18 – 23)
Lesson Review page 151 #’s (1 – 6) / Quiz Wednesday!
Entry Form Signed
Startup/warm-up:
Take a computer paper and divide it into a tri-fold
Like the example on the board and follow the directions
QOTD: How does Heat move? / What is conduction? /
What is convection? / What is radiation?
Vocab: conductor, insulator, conduction, convection,
Activities:
radiation
Video “ How to Prepare a Science Fair Project / Discussion
Entry Form for Science Fair
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 12/2/15
Homework: Waves and Energy
Read pages 152 – 155 answer #’s (1 – 3; 5 – 8)
Entry Form Signed
Startup/warm-up:
Lesson Review page 151 answer #’s (7 – 9)
Then prepare for Lesson 3 Quiz /
Draw on the back of your paper, a different illustration from yesterday’s warm-up,
that is NOT in the book
QOTD: None today – Quiz Lesson 3
Vocab: None today – Quiz Lesson 3
Activities:
Group Study / Quiz Lesson 3 / Homework check
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 12/3/15
Homework: Waves and Energy
Read pages 156 – 157 answer #’s( 9 – 12 )
Entry Form Signed
Startup/warm-up:
Take a computer paper from the front and make a foldable
See the example on the front table
QOTD: What are waves?
Vocab: Medium
Activities:
Foldables / Newton Check /
Science Fair Slides from past Science Fairs
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 12/4/15
Homework: Waves and Energy
Read pages 158 – 159 answer #’s( 13 )
Entry Form Signed
Startup/warm-up:
Work on Foldable – write in the vocabulary for lesson 4 define the word – then illustrate the word
QOTD: How do waves transfer energy? /
Vocab: Medium, longitudinal wave, transverse wave
Activities:
Foldables /
Science Fair Slides from past Science Fairs
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 12/7/15
Homework: Waves and Energy
Read pages 160 – 163 answer #’s( 14 - 20 )
Entry Form Signed / Quiz Wed. Lesson 4
Startup/warm-up:
Work on Foldable then: take a Paper from the front
Explaining Your Power Point Science Fair Presentation
QOTD: What are some types of waves?
Vocab: Mechanical, electromagnetic
Activities:
QOTD’s discussion / Science Fair Project Power Point explanation /
Science Fair Slides from past Science Fairs
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 12/8/15
Homework: Waves and Energy
Visual Summary page 164 answer #’s (21 – 26)
Lesson Review page 165 answer #’s (1 – 8)
Entry Form Signed / Quiz tomorrow Lesson 4 ? / Foldable tomorrow
Startup/warm-up:
Get out rough draft of Science Fair Title and Purpose writing:
Work with Power Point Science Fair Presentation
QOTD: How can we describe a wave? / What determines
the speed of a wave?
Vocab: amplitude, wavelength, wave period, frequency,
wave speed
Activities:
QOTD’s discussion / Science Fair Project Power Point /
Rough draft check (Title and Purpose) / Science Fair Slides from past Science
Fairs
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 12/9/15
Homework: Interactions of Waves and Matter
Read pages 168 – 171 answer #’s (1 -3; 5,6 )
Entry Form Signed by Friday!!!!
Final Draft of : Title and Purpose ( Science Fair Project )
Startup/warm-up:
Work on page 165 and answer #’s (8 – 13)
Prepare for Lesson 4 Unit 3 Quiz
QOTD: None today - Quiz Lesson 4
Vocab: None today – Quiz Lesson 4
Activities:
Group study / Quiz Lesson 4 Unit 3 / Homework check / Collect Foldable
Science Fair Slides from past Science Fairs
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 12/10/15
Homework: Interactions of Waves and Matter
Read pages 172 – 175 answer #’s (8,10,11 - 13 )
Entry Form Signed by Friday!!!!
Final Draft of : Title and Purpose ( Science Fair Project ) tomorrow
Startup/warm-up:
Work on homework 168 - 175 and answer #’s ( 1-3; 5,6,8,10,11 – 13))
QOTD: How do sound waves interact with matter?
Vocab: reflection, absorption, transmission
Activities:
Video – Sound / More Science Fair Pics
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“The Blue”
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Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 12/11/15
Homework: Interactions of Waves and Matter
Read pages 176 – 177 answer #’s ( 14 - 16 ) AND
Unit 3 test Thursday – Mid term final (not for grade) Wed., ISTEP review page 197
(1 – 14) Tuesday
Rough draft of Hypothesis, Materials list and Procedures
Startup/warm-up:
Work on homework 168 - 175 and answer #’s ( 1-3; 5,6,8,10,11 – 13) and
Homework for next week
QOTD: How can matter interact with light? / What
determines the color of objects we see?
Vocab: transparent, translucent, opaque
Activities:
QOTD / Video – light / More Science Fair Pics
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 12/16/15
Homework:
Unit 3 Test – For Grade
Final draft of Hypothesis, Materials list and Procedures Friday
Startup/warm-up:
Take a bubble sheet a place first and last name
Period and date
QOTD: None today – Mid - term
Vocab: None today – Mid - term
Activities:
Mid-term Not for Grade / Science World
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 12/17/15
Homework:
Final draft of Hypothesis, Materials list and Procedures Friday
Startup/warm-up:
Take a bubble sheet a place first and last name
Period and date
QOTD: None today – Mid - term
Vocab: None today – Mid - term
Activities:
Unit 3 “Energy” Test for Grade / Science World Reading
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 1/4/16 through 1/8/16
HAPPY New Year!!!!!
Homework:
Monday January 4th – Read pages 206 – 209 answer #’s (1-3; 5 & 6) QOTD – What do mineral have in common?
Tuesday January 5th – Read pages 210 – 211 answer #’s (7 & 8) QOTD – How are minerals formed?
Wednesday January 6th – Read pages 212 – 213 answer #’s (10 – 12) QOTD – How are mineral classified?
Thursday January 7th – Read pages 214 – 217 answer #’s (13 – 17) QOTD – What properties can be used to identify minerals?
QUIZ Lesson 1 Unit 4 Tuesday January 12th
Friday January 8th – NO HOMEWORK!!!!!!
Startup/warm-up:
Prepare for presentations
QOTD: See Homework section
Vocab: See Homework section
Activities:
Power Point presentations Science Fair Project
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 1/11/16
Homework:
Visual Summary page 218 #’s (20 – 24)
Lesson Review page 219 #’s ( 1 -5) Quiz tomorrow Lesson 1
Typing in Data from your Science Fair Project into an Excel Spreadsheet
Startup/warm-up:
Continue on homework or review Lesson 1 Unit 4
Review vocabulary and or QOTD’s
QOTD: See Homework section from sheet given
Vocab: See Homework section from sheet given
Activities:
Make up Pre-test unit 4 / return S.F. Power Point scores /
Review lesson 1 Unit 4
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“The Blue”
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Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 1/13/16
Homework:
Lesson 2 Unit 4 - Read pages 222 – 225; answer #’s (1 -3; 5 & 7)
Science Fair – Excel Spreadsheets completed
Startup/warm-up:
Lesson Review Answer #’s ( 6 – 8 ) page 219
Review lesson 1 and prepare for today’s Quiz.
QOTD: None today, Quiz lesson 1 Unit 4
Vocab: None today, Quiz lesson 1 Unit 4
Activities:
Group study / Quiz Lesson 1 Unit 4 /
Homework check
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“The Blue”
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Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 1/14/16
Homework:
Lesson 2 Unit 4 - Read pages 226 – 229; answer #’s (8; 10 - 13)
Your Science Fair – Excel Spreadsheets filled in
Startup/warm-up:
Make-up any assignments and or
Begin today’s homework
QOTD: What is rock? / What processes change rock?
Vocab: weathering, erosion, deposition
Activities:
Mr. Mullen’s Science Fair Board Power Point
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 1/15/16
Homework:
Lesson 2 Unit 4 - Read pages 230 – 231 answer #’s (15 – 17)
Startup/warm-up:
Fill in the boxes for the classification of each type of rock (0n a separate paper)
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
QOTD: What processes change rock? / What are the
classes of rocks?
Vocab: weathering, erosion , deposition, Igneous,
sedimentary, metamorphic
Activities:
Science Fair update / Video “Weathering and Erosion”
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 1/18/16
Homework:
Lesson 2 Unit 4 - Read pages 232 – 233 answer #’s (18 – 19)
Final Draft of Data Table(s) and Graphing Friday
Startup/warm-up:
Creative writing exercise – Using the “Rock Cycle”, pretend you are a rock: then take
us through your lifetime as a rock and go through at least 5 changes. Use the
Rock cycle as an example for references and help you through the changes
QOTD: What is the rock cycle?
Vocab: rock cycle
Activities:
Science Fair update / Video “Weathering and Erosion”
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 1/19/16
Homework:
Lesson 2 Unit 4 – Visual Summary page 234 answer #’s (23 – 26)
Lesson Review page 235 answer #’s (1 – 9) Quiz Friday Lesson 2 Unit 4
Final Draft of Data Table(s) and Graphing Friday
Startup/warm-up:
Creative writing exercise – Using the “Rock Cycle”, pretend you are a rock: then take
us through your lifetime as a rock and go through at least 5 changes. Use the
Rock cycle as an example for references and help you through the changes
QOTD: How do tectonic plates affect the rock cycle?
Vocab: uplift, subsidence, rift zone
Activities:
Science Fair updates / Tectonic plates / Rock Cycle CD
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“The Blue”
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Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 1/25/16
Homework:
Begin Lesson 3 Unit 4 “Processes that Shape the Land”
Read pages 236 – 239 answer #’s (1 – 3; 6 -8)
Final check Data Table and Graphing Wednesday
Rough Draft Results and Conclusion check on Friday
Startup/warm-up:
Critical Thinking page 235 answer #’s 10 - 12
QOTD: None today - Quiz
Vocab: None today - Quiz
Activities:
Group study / Quiz Lesson 2 Unit 4 / Homework check /
Final draft Science Fair Graph and Data Table / Rough draft Results and
conclusions / Rock Saga – story
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“The Blue”
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Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 1/26/16
Homework:
Lesson 3 Unit 4 “Processes that Shape the Land”
Read pages 240 – 241 answer #’s (9 & 11)
Final check Data Table and Graphing Wednesday
Rough Draft Results and Conclusion check on Friday
Startup/warm-up:
Work on developing your Results and Conclusion
QOTD: What landforms can streams create?
Vocab: Flood plain, alluvial fan and delta
Activities:
Rock Saga stories / QOTD / Video “Land and Water Video
Quiz”
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“The Blue”
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Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 1/27/16
Homework:
Lesson 3 Unit 4 “Processes that Shape the Land”
Read pages 242 - 244 answer #’s (13 - 16)
Rough Draft Results and Conclusion check on Friday
**** Quiz Friday Lesson 3 Unit 4 ****
Startup/warm-up:
Work on developing your Results and Conclusion
QOTD: What land forms are made by groundwater
erosion?
Vocab: Groundwater, sinkhole, Karst topography
Activities:
Final Draft check - Data Table and Graph – Science Fair
Rock Saga stories / QOTD / “Planet Earth, Caves”
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“The Blue”
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Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 1/28/16
Homework:
Lesson 3 Unit 4 “Processes that Shape the Land”
Visual summary page 246 answer #’s (20 - 23)
Lesson Review page 247 answer #’s (1 – 8)
Rough Draft Results and Conclusion check on Friday
**** Quiz Friday Lesson 3 Unit 4 ****
Startup/warm-up:
Continue Work on developing your Results and Conclusion
QOTD: What kinds of ice shape Earth?
Vocab: Glacier, Glacial drift
Activities:
Rock Saga stories / QOTD / “Planet Earth”, Ice Worlds
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“The Blue”
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Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 1/29/16
Homework:
No Homework Yea!!!!!!!!!!!
Startup/warm-up:
Take an Abstract Paper from the front table and read it over, then:
Work Lesson Review page 247 #’s (9 – 12) Then:
QOTD: None today – Quiz Lesson 3
Vocab: None today – Quiz Lesson 3
Activities:
Group study homework questions / Quiz Lesson 3 Unit 4 /
Homework check Lesson 3 Unit 4
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“The Blue”
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Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 2/1/16
Homework:
Begin Lesson 4 unit 4 “Soil Formation
Read pages 248 – 251 answer #’s ( 1 -3; 5 – 7 )
Final draft check Wednesday Results and Conclusion
Startup/warm-up:
Begin rough draft of the Abstract for Science Fair board
QOTD: None today – beginning Lesson 4
Vocab: None today – beginning Lesson 4
Activities:
Science Fair discussion with Q/A
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 2/2/16
Homework:
Begin Lesson 4 unit 4 “Soil Formation
Read pages 252 – 253 answer #’s ( 8 - 10 )
Final draft check Wednesday Results and Conclusion
Startup/warm-up:
Take a Science World Magazine from the front and read pages 2 – 7 only.
When you have finished reading pages 2 – 7 return the magazine and take a
“Science in the News” Quiz. This is NOT FOR GRADE. Turn the quiz over when
You are finished.
QOTD: How does soil form?
Vocab: soil, humus
Activities:
Fill out “Board Presentation Checklist” paper/
Science Fair discussion with Q/A /
Soil observations activity
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“The Blue”
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Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 2/3/16
Homework:
Begin Lesson 4 unit 4 “Soil Formation
Read pages 254 – 257 answer #’s ( 11,12; 14 - 16 )
Finish Display Board for Science Fair Project
Startup/warm-up:
Continue rough draft of the “Abstract”
for Science Fair board
QOTD: What determines how long it takes for soils
to form? / What is soil horizon?
Vocab: Soil profile; soil horizon
Activities:
Final “Scientific Paper” Check/
Science Fair discussion with Q and A
Soil observations activity
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“The Blue”
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Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 2/5/16
Homework:
Visual Summary page 258 answer #’s (17 – 20)
Finish Display Board for Science Fair Project
Quiz lesson 4 unit 4 Monday
Startup/warm-up:
Continue rough draft of the “Abstract”
for Science Fair board / Work on Homework
QOTD: What are some soil characteristics?
Vocab: No words for this section
Activities:
Science Fair discussion with Q and A /
Soil experiment activity
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 2/8/16
Homework:
Finish Display Board for Science Fair Project
Have a plan for getting your project to and from school
Startup/warm-up:
Lesson review page 259 answer #’s (1 -11)
QOTD: None today – Quiz Lesson 4
Vocab: None today – Quiz Lesson 4
Activities:
Science Fair discussion with Q and A /
Group study – homework check – Quiz “Soil” Lesson 4 Unit 4
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“The Blue”
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Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 2/9/16
Homework:
Read pages 260 – 267 and answer #’s ( 1 -3; 6 – 10 )
Visual Summary page 266 answer #’s ( 11 – 15)
Lesson Review page 267 answer #’s ( 1 – 9 )
Finish Display Board for Science Fair Project
Have a plan for getting your project to and from school
Startup/warm-up:
Work on Homework
QOTD: What is inside the Earth? / What are Earth’s
compositional layers? /What are Earth’s physical layers
Vocab: crust, mantle, convection, core, lithosphere,
asthenosphere, mesosphere
Activities:
Science Fair discussion with Q and A / Explanation of Louis Pastuer Movie
Work on Homework
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 2/18/16
Homework:
Quiz Lesson 5 Unit 4 Tomrrow
February 19th
Startup/warm-up:
Work on Louis Pastuer paper
QOTD: None today – video and science fair debriefing
Vocab: None today – video and science fair debriefing
Activities:
Science Fair clean-up and debriefing
Louis Pastuer discussion / video “Volcano”
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 2/25/16
Homework:
Louis Pastuer Paper – Due Tomorrow
Read pages 268 – 279 Answer #’s1 – 3; 5 – 9; and 11 -17
Answer all blue QOTD’s and Define all Vocabulary ( page269 )
( All Due Friday Feb. 26th )- Change from Monday – Explained in class all week
Startup/warm-up:
Take a Science World from the front and
Read the article “Killer Clothes”
Pages 8 - 11
QOTD: Lesson 6 Unit 4 Plate Tectonics pages
269 - 279 –know for quiz tomorrow
Vocab: Lesson 6 Unit 4 page 269 – know for quiz
tomorrow
Activities:
Mummy Lab / Rocketry / Gardanian seeding
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 2/26/16
Homework:
No homework!!! Whoo Hoo!!!!!
Startup/warm-up:
Visual Summary - Answer #’s 18 – 22 page 280
Lesson Review - Answer #’s 1 -10 page 281
QOTD: None today – Quiz Lesson 6
Vocab: None today – Quiz Lesson 6
Activities:
Group study / Quiz / Homework check
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 2/29/16
Homework:
No homework!!! Whoo Hoo!!!!! ISTEP Week!!
Startup/warm-up:
Read through Lesson 7 pages 284 – 291
“Mountain Building”
QOTD: None today – ISTEP Week
Vocab: None today – ISTEP Week
Activities:
Mummy Lab teams / Rocket practice
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 3/1/16
Special Schedule all week
Homework:
No homework!!! Whoo Hoo!!!!! ISTEP Week!!
Return Permission form – USI College field trip
Startup/warm-up:
Read through Lesson 8 pages 294 – 299
“Earthquakes”
QOTD: None today – ISTEP Week
Vocab: None today – ISTEP Week
Activities:
Louis Pastuer check / Rocket practice
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 3/2/16
Special Schedule all week
Homework:
No homework!!! Whoo Hoo!!!!! ISTEP Week!!
Return Permission form – USI College field trip
Startup/warm-up:
Read through Lesson 8 pages 298 - 301
“Earthquakes”
QOTD: None today – ISTEP Week
Vocab: None today – ISTEP Week
Activities:
Collect permission forms / Rocket practice
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 3/3/16
Special Schedule all week
Homework:
No homework!!! Whoo Hoo!!!!! ISTEP Week!!
Return Permission form – USI College field trip
Startup/warm-up:
Work through Visual Summary page 302 #’s (16 – 20)
Work the Lesson Review page 303 #’s ( 1 – 10)
QOTD: None today – ISTEP Week
Vocab: None today – ISTEP Week
Activities:
Collect permission forms / Rocket competition
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 3/8/16
Homework:
Test tomorrow Post – Test Unit 4
Earth’s Structure
Startup/warm-up:
Make sure ISTEP Review pages is complete
Pages 319 – 322 #’s (1 – 15)
QOTD: None today – prepare for Unit 4 Test
Vocab: None today – Prepare for Unit 4 Test
Activities:
Collect permission forms / Record Mummy Data /
ISTEP Review graded / Video “The Amazing Earth”
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 3/9/16
Homework:
No homework
Startup/warm-up:
Prepare for today’s Unit 4 Post - Test
QOTD: None today – Unit 4 Test
Vocab: None today – Unit 4 Test
Activities:
Post - Test Unit 4
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 3/14/16
Homework:
Read pages 374 – 377 and answer #’s (1 -3; 5 -7)
Startup/warm-up:
Take a “Terrarium Project Report” paper from the front and browse
List as many things as you can think of on the back to this question.
What are living things made of?
QOTD: None today – starting Unit 6 lesson 1
Vocab: None today – beginning Unit 6 lesson 1
Activities:
Return and review Pre- and Post Tests / adopt a plant /
First observations of adopted plants
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 3/15/16
Homework:
Read pages 378 – 379 and answer #’s ( 8 & 10 )
Startup/warm-up:
Take a computer paper from the front and
Fold into a K-W-L (see board to the left)
QOTD: What is a cell? / Why is a cell so small?
Vocab: Cell, organism
Activities:
Video “Walking with Dinosaurs” part one
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 3/16/16
Homework:
Read pages 380 – 381 and answer #’s ( 11 - 13 )
Startup/warm-up:
Take your computer paper from yesterday and on the
Backside make a timeline for the Cell “Hall of Fame”
Using the dates given pages 378 - 379
QOTD: What is a cell? / Why is a cell so small?/ What is
the cell theory?
Vocab: Cell, organism, Cell theory
Activities:
Cells – Why are they so small? /
Parts of a microscope
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind” Louis Pastuer
Date: 3/17/16
Happy St. Paterick’s Day
Homework:
No Homework !!!!
Startup/warm-up:
Each person Take three different sized paper boxes from the
Front demonstration table and a bag of plastic
Colored Centimeter blocks per table
QOTD: What parts do all cells have in common? / What
are the two types of cells?
Vocab: cell membrane, Cytoplasm, organelles, Nucleus,
Prokaryote, eukaryote
Activities:
Cells – Why are they so small? / Common cell parts
Parts of a microscope - review