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Date: 8/12/14
Regular Schedule
Homework:
No homework / Bring 1.5 inch three ring binder
to organize Science materials
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: 8/13/14
Regular Schedule
Homework:
Bring one and one half inch three ring binder to organize Science materials.
Go to Textbook on-line using the instructions from first day class packet, to see if
you can get to the textbook on your home computer.
Startup/warm-up:
Take a bubble sheet from the front table. Then:
Try to complete a circuit from the materials in the
package on your table. Get the light bulb to turn on.
QOTD:
Not one for today
Vocab:
No Vocabulary for today
Activities:
SLO Pretest Science 7th Grade
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Date: 8/14/14
Regular Schedule
Homework: First one of the year
Unit 1 Nature of Science – Lesson 1 Scientific Knowledge Read pages 4-5 answer questions 1 - 3
Startup/warm-up :
Take a Science World only from the front table and read pages 2 – 7.
After you have read these pages, return the magazine. Now take the 10
question quiz paper from the front table, back to your seat, and take the
quiz. This is not for grade!!
QOTD: Not one for today
Vocab: No Vocabulary for today
Activities:
Reading Comprehension Science World / Grade point averages activityAir pressure demo if time allows/ w/ jars
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Date: 8/15/14
Regular Schedule
Homework:
Read pages 6 – 9 answer questions 6 – 10;
Journal Prompt – What I learned the first week in science class
Startup/warm-up:
Take a Unit One Pretest and bubble sheet from the front table and begin
taking the Test NOT For GRADE. When finished Return them to the table.
Work on or double check Student (A), (B), (C) GPA (grade point average) from the
paper provided to you yesterday. Have that paper out and ready to go.
QOTD: Not one for today
Vocab: No Vocabulary for today
Activities:
Unit 1 Pre-test. Not for Grade / Grade Point Average check / Air-zooka / Show
how to get homework for class on School Website if time remains
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Date: 8/18/14
Regular Schedule
Homework:
What’s your evidence? The Debate continues
Read pages 10 – 13 questions 11 - 16
Startup/warm-up:
On a separate piece of paper:
Write as many characteristics of a person who might make a good
scientist.
QOTD: What does science tell us?/ How do science
theories differ from laws?
Vocab: Law; Theory
Activities:
Collect Journal writing / Discuss Scientist characteristics /Put together binders/
QOTD / Vocabulary check / How to get to Mr. Wambach’s webpage /
If time allows: start the “Rubber band” activity
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Date: 8/19/14
Homework:
Visual Summary page 14 #’s 18 – 22
and Lesson Review page15 #’s 1 – 6
Quiz Lesson 1 pgs. 4 – 15 Tomorrow
Startup/warm-up:
Take a Journal paper from the front and place it at the beginning of your “journal
section” in your binder.
QOTD: Where do scientists get their evidence?
Vocab: Empirical evidence
Activities:
Explain Journal writing / QOTD / Vocabulary /
How to get to Mr. Wambach’s webpage (review one more time)/
Rubber band grouping and beginning activity
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Date: 8/20/14
Quiz Unit 1 Lesson 1
Homework:
Lesson 2 Scientific Investigations page 18 – 19 #’s 1 -3
Startup/warm-up:
Work the Lesson Review Page 15; #’s 7 – 11;
Then prepare for Quiz
QOTD: No question of the day - Quiz
Vocab: None for today
Activities:
Group Review / Quiz / Homework check
Rubber Band Activity
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Date: 8/21/14
Homework:
Detective Story – Read pages 20 – 21; #’s 5 - 7
Startup/warm-up:
Take a plastic bag of rubber bands and a microscope (may have to share) from the
front table and use the hand held microscope to begin observing any features
of the rubber bands you could not see without the aid of the microscope
QOTD: No question of the day
Vocab: None for today
Activities:
Return Quiz / How to write specific investigative questions /
Rubber Band Activity
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Date: 8/22/14
Homework:
Read pages 22 – 25; answer #’s 8 - 10
Startup/warm-up:
On the back side of the “Rubber Band Stretch paper, write step by step
procedures (instructions) for conducting our experiment testing the three types of
rubber bands.
QOTD: What are some types of scientific
investigations?
Vocab: experiment, observation
Activities:
How to write specific investigative procedures/
QOTD / How to read the science text / Rubber Band Activity (Data collection)
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Date: 8/25/14
Homework:
Read pages 26 – 29; answer #’s 12 – 17 / Quiz lesson 2, Thursday
Startup/warm-up:
Take a Science World only from the front table and read pages 2 – 7. After you
have read these pages, return the magazine. Now take the 10 question quiz paper
from the front table, back to your seat, and take the quiz. This is not for grade!!
QOTD: What are some of the parts of scientific
investigations? / What are some scientific methods?
Vocab: Hypothesis, independent variable,
dependent variable, data
Activities:
Data Tables/ QOTD / How to read the science text /
Rubber Band Activity (Data collection)
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Date: 8/26/14
Two Hour Delay Schedule
Homework:
Visual Summary page 30 #’s 19 – 24
Lesson Review page 31 #’s 1 – 5 Quiz lesson 2,Thursday.
Startup/warm-up:
On your Paper, form a good Hypothesis Statement for the Rubber Band
activity / then work on any Homework questions, QOTD’s, vocabulary or
“Science” Reading from the textbook / Any group not finished with their
rubber band data needs to finish and record today
QOTD: What are some of the parts of scientific
investigations? / What are some scientific
methods?
Vocab: Hypothesis, independent variable,
dependent variable, data
Activities:
Data Tables/ QOTD / Writing a Hypothesis for the rubber band activity /
Rubber Band Data
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Date: 8/27/14
ECA Schedule
Homework:
Same as day before : Visual Summary page 30 #’s 19 – 24
Lesson Review page 31 #’s 1 – 5 Quiz Lesson 2,Thursday.
Startup/warm-up:
Take a paper from the front table and read carefully.
After reading determine if you would be willing to sign a
Petition from a letter that I will draft to our Congressman and Senator’s to ban this
environmental epidemic?
QOTD: What are some scientific methods?
Vocab: None for today
Standards: Nature of Science
NOS 7.1 – 7.11
Activities:
Technology video / Environmental Hazards / The “Scientific Shuffle”/
How to read science page 26 / If time allows: Rubber Band Activity wrap-up
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Date: 8/28/14
Homework:
Lesson 3 “Representing Data” pages 32 & 33
answer #’s 1 - 3
Startup/warm-up:
Do Lesson Review page 31; #’s 6 -10
QOTD: None for today – Quiz
Vocab: None for today
Activities:
Group homework / Quiz Unit 1 Lesson 2 /
Homework check / If time allows intro to “Paper Towel Dilemma”
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Date: 8/29/14
ECA schedule
Homework:
Read “Get Organized” pages 34 – 37 try #’s 5 -12
Startup/warm-up:
Take a “Paper Towel Dilemma” paper from the front desk and begin
writing a good (specific) hypothesis and procedure for this activity
QOTD: What are some characteristics of good
scientific investigations? / How is repetition different
from replication? / How can you evaluate the quality
of scientific information?
Vocab: None for today
Activities:
Questions of the Day / Introduce the “Paper Towel Dilemma” activity
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Date: 9/2/14
Homework:
Read “Drive Test the New Model” & “On Target” pages 38 - 41
try #’s 13 – 16 & 18 / Garden Resume “optional”
Startup/warm-up:
Take a “Garden Resume” paper from the front desk and read
QOTD: How do scientists make sense of data? /
What do graphs show?
Vocab: None for today
Activities:
Introduction to Garden Program
Questions of the Day / Introduce the “Paper Towel Dilemma” activity/
Paper Towel groups / Paper Towel Observations (microscope)
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Date: 9/3/14
Homework:
Visual Summary page 42 #’s (19 – 22) Lesson Review page 43 #’s (1 – 5)
Garden Resume “optional”
Startup/warm-up:
Write a “Hypothesis” for the Paper Towel Dilemma /
Then : Write procedures to follow
so others may replicate your experiment from
QOTD: How do scientists evaluate models?
Vocab: Model
Activities:
Repeat Introduction to Garden Program
Questions of the Day / Begin “Paper Towel Dilemma” activity
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Date: 9/4/14
Homework:
Visual Summary page 42 #’s (19 – 22) Lesson Review page 43 #’s (1 – 5) Same
as yesterday’s – Quiz Tomorrow! Friday
Garden Resume “optional”
Startup/warm-up:
Draw a picture or Diagram (on your paper towel paper)
illustrating (showing) someone how you will be
conducting the “Paper Towel Dilemma” Activity
QOTD: What principles do scientists use when
measuring experimental results?
Vocab: Precision, Accuracy
Activities:
Repeat Introduction to Garden Program
Questions of the Day / Continue “Paper Towel Dilemma” activity
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Date: 9/5/14
Homework:
ISTEP Review pages 47 – 50
(Periods 3, 4, 8, & 9 do #’s 1 – 8) Period 2 #’s 1 - 10
Garden Resume “optional” Interview is Monday
***Unit 1 Test Wednesday September 10th
Startup/warm-up:
Page 43 Lesson Review – do #’s 6 - 9
QOTD: No questions – Quiz lesson 3
Vocab: No new words – Quiz lesson 3
Activities:
Group work / Quiz /
Homework check / Continue “Paper Towel Dilemma” activity
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Date: 9/8/14
Homework:
Practice for the upcoming
***Unit 1 Test Wednesday September 10th
Startup/warm-up:
Take an answer sheet from the front table and copy the letter of
your answers on the answer sheet. ISTEP Review pages 47 – 50
#’s 1 – 8. Gardenians get your resume ready
1
QOTD: No questions – practice for Unit Test
Vocab: No new words – practice for Unit Test
Activities:
Check Homework ISTEP Review / Turn in Resumes / Return Quiz 3 /
Continue “Paper Towel Dilemma” activity
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Date: 9/9/14
Homework:
Practice for the upcoming
***Unit 1 Test Wednesday September 10th
Startup/warm-up:
Warm-up with reviewing for our Unit 1 test tomorrow
QOTD: No questions – practice for Unit Test
Vocab: No new words – practice for Unit Test
Activities:
Practice questions A, B, C, & D / Shadow Data First Measurements /
Continue “Paper Towel Dilemma” activity
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Date: 9/10/14
Homework:
No homework – Yea!!!
Unit 1 “Scientific Knowledge” Test
Startup/warm-up:
Take a bubble sheet from the front and fill in name, period, date.
Then: Warm-up with reviewing for our Unit 1 test for today
QOTD: No questions – Unit 1 Test
Vocab: No new words – Unit 1 Test
Activities:
Test Unit 1 “Scientific Knowledge”
Continue “Paper Towel Dilemma” activity
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Date: 9/11/14
Homework:
Unit 2 “Motion and Speed” - Read pages 54 – 55 #’s (1 – 3)
“Location, location” read pages 56 – 57 #’s (5 – 7)
Startup/warm-up:
Take a Science World only from the front table and read pages 2 – 7. After
you have read these pages, return the magazine. Now take the 10 question
quiz paper from the front table, back to your seat, and take the quiz.
This is not for grade!!
QOTD: No questions – Just starting Unit 2
Vocab: No new words – Just starting Unit 2
Activities:
Science World reading comprehension / Make-up tests /
Return and go over Test Unit 1 “Scientific Knowledge”/
Continue “Paper Towel Dilemma” activity and analysis
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Date: 9/12/14
Announce the “Gardanians” !!!!!!
Homework:
Same as yesterday Unit 2 “Motion and Speed” - Read pages 54 – 55 #’s (1 – 3)
“Location, location” read pages 56 – 57 #’s (5 – 7)
Startup/warm-up:
Take a “Sir Isaac Newton The Gravity of Genius” paper from the front
and put your name, period and date on the front. Read over the content.
QOTD: No questions – Just starting Unit 2
Vocab: No new words – Just starting Unit 2
Activities:
Explain Sir Isaac Newton Video Summary paper /
Return ISTEP review answers/
Continue “Paper Towel Dilemma” activity and analysis
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Date: 9/15/14
Homework:
Unit 2 “Move it!” And “Speed It up!”
- Read pages 58 – 61 #’s (8, 9, 11, 12)
Startup/warm-up:
Respect the substitute teacher!
QOTD: How can you describe the motion of an
object?
Vocab: Reference Point
Activities:
Pre-test Unit 2 / Sir Isaac Newton Video
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Date: 9/16/14
Homework:
Unit 2 “Fast Graphs” - Read pages 62 - 64 #’s (13 - 16)
Begin forming your summary for Isaac Newton
Startup/warm-up:
Respect the substitute teacher!
QOTD: What is motion / What is speed? / What is
average speed? / How is average speed calculated?
Vocab: Motion, speed, average speed
Activities:
Finish Sir Isaac Newton Video
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Date: 9/17/14
Gardanian Day!!!!!
Shadow Data Day for the others!
Homework:
Unit 2 ” - Read page 65 #’s (17)
Begin forming your summary for Isaac Newton
Startup/warm-up:
Take a NEW QOTD paper from the front and place in your Binder
Gardanians get ready for outdoors! All others take a Science World and begin reading
any article from the magazine.
QOTD: What is velocity?
Vocab: None for today
Activities:
Garden Day / Reading comprehension of Science World articles
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Date: 9/18/14
Homework:
Work on summary for Isaac Newton / Due Thursday Sept. 25th
Startup/warm-up:
Catch-up on any homework from Unit 2
QOTD: All from pages 56 - 63
Vocab: Position, reference point, Motion, speed
Activities:
Lesson one Unit 2 / Paper towel analysis / demonstrate excel features
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Date: 9/19/14
Zumba special schedule
Homework:
Visual Summary page 66; #’s (18 – 23)
Lesson Review page 67 #’s (1 – 6) Quiz on Tues. Lesson 1
Work on summary for Isaac Newton / Due this Thursday Sept. 25th
Startup/warm-up:
Take a blank computer paper and ruler from the front and
TRY to create two separate line graphs – one for the shadow pole for all classes
And the other for the meter stick for all classes
QOTD: What is velocity?
Vocab: Vector, Velocity
Activities:
Graphing Lessons One Unit 2 / QODT’s Lesson One /
vocabulary / Demonstrate excel features
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Date: 9/22/14
Shadow Data day
Homework:
Same as last Friday -Visual Summary page 66; #’s (18 – 23)
Lesson Review page 67 #’s (1 – 6) Quiz on Tues. Lesson 1
Work on summary for Sir Isaac Newton / Due this Friday Sept. 26th.
Return field trip permission form by Tues. Sept. 30th.
Startup/warm-up:
Take out graphing from Friday and work on finishing / when finished
Work Isaac Newton or homework for Lesson 1 Unit 2
QOTD: What is velocity?
Vocab: Vector, Velocity
Activities:
Explanation of Fall Equinox / Collect Shadow Data
Demonstrate excel features using Paper Towel Data / QOTD /
Review Speed formula ( s = d/t ) and time distance graphs
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Date: 9/23/14
Garden tomorrow! Quiz today Lesson 1
Homework:
Read pages 68 and 69 answer #’s (1 – 4) about Graphs
Work on summary for Sir Isaac Newton / Due this Friday Sept. 26th.
Return field trip permission form by Tues. Sept. 30th.
Startup/warm-up:
Lesson Review page 67 #’s ( 7 – 10 )
Study for the quiz
QOTD: Not today – Quiz lesson 1 Unit 2
Vocab: Not today – Quiz lesson 1 Unit 2
Activities:
Group study and review / Quiz / Homework check
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Date: 9/24/14
Gardanian Day!!!!
Homework:
Read pages 70 – 73; Answer #’s 1 -3 & 5 - 8
Work on summary for Sir Isaac Newton / Due this Friday Sept. 26th.
Return field trip permission form by Tues. Sept. 30th.
Startup/warm-up:
Gardanians prepare to go outside
Others: Take a Science World and begin reading the main articles from the magazine.
QOTD: Not today – Garden Day
Vocab: Not today – Garden Day
Activities:
Garden / Science World reading comprehension
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Date: 9/26/14
Homework:
Read pages 74 - 75; Answer #’s 9 - 11
Return field trip permission form by Tues. Sept. 30th.
Startup – Warm-up :
If you haven’t already, take a blank computer paper, ruler and a Rotor Promoter paper
from the front and begin drawing an alpha and beta model to be cut out and tested.
NO TRACING!!!!!!
QOTD: How do we measure changing velocity? /
How is average acceleration calculated?
Vocab: acceleration
Activities:
QOTD’s / Vocabulary / Rotor Promoter
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Date: 9/29/14
Field trip Friday!!! / NO GARDEN THIS WEEK
Homework:
Make sure all Lesson 2 “Acceleration” #’s are finished: Quiz on Wed. Lesson 2
Return field trip permission form by tomorrow, Sept. 30th.
Startup – Warm-up :
If you haven’t already, take a blank computer paper, ruler and a Rotor Promoter paper
from the front and begin drawing an alpha and beta model to be cut out and tested.
Other options - work on unfinished science homework or review for the quiz on Wed.
QOTD: How can accelerating objects change
velocity?
Vocab: positive acceleration, negative acceleration,
Centripetal acceleration
Activities:
QOTD’s / Vocabulary / Shadow Data Teams /
if time remaining - Rotor Promoter
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Date: 9/30/14
Field trip Friday!!! / NO GARDEN THIS WEEK
Shadow Data Day!!
Homework:
Make sure all Lesson 2 “Acceleration” #’s are finished:
Quiz tomorrow Lesson 2, Unit 2
Startup – Warm-up :
If you haven’t already, take a blank computer paper, ruler and a Rotor Promoter paper
from the front and begin drawing an alpha and beta model to be cut out and tested. Or
work on unfinished science homework or review for the quiz on Wed.
QOTD: None for today
Vocab: None for today
Activities:
Acceleration Graphing /Shadow Data / Rotor Promoter
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Date: 10/1/14
Field trip Friday!!! / NO GARDEN Today
Homework:
Lesson 3 Unit 2 “Forces” read pages 78 – 81. Work #’s (1 – 3; 5 – 8)
Startup – Warm-up :
Page 77 Lesson Review work #’s 8 - 13
QOTD: None for today quiz lesson 2
Vocab: None for today quiz lesson 2
Activities:
Groups study / Quiz Lesson 2 Unit 2 / Homework check /
If time remains review Shadow data and or Rotor Promoter activities
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Date: 10/2/14
Field trip Friday tomorrow!!!!
Could be a little WET!! Be prepared!
Homework:
This is for THURSDAY and FRIDAY
Lesson 3 Unit 2 “Forces” read pages 82 – 86. Work #’s (9, 10, 11 – 14)
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a paper from the front and read about the
Rotor Promoter Presentation
QOTD: What is a Force? / How can forces act?
Vocab: Force
Activities:
QOTD / Presentation explanation /
Rotor Promoter groups and activities
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Date: 10/3/14
Field trip!!!!!
Homework:
This is for THURSDAY and FRIDAY
Lesson 3 Unit 2 “Forces” read pages 82 – 86. Work #’s (9, 10, 11 – 14)
Startup – Warm-up :
Wesselman Park and Howell Wetland
QOTD: None for today – field trip
Vocab: None for today – field trip
Activities:
Outdoor activities at Howell and Wesselman parks
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Date: 10/6/14
Homework:
Lesson 3 Unit 2 “Forces” read pages 87 – 89. Work #’s (15 - 20)
Quiz Thursday lesson three pages 78 - 91
Startup – Warm-up :
Draw a data table to test the Alpha and Beta models for your groups. They
must perform 10 trials and calculate an average to compare for both speed
and accuracy.
QOTD: How do multiple forces interact? / How do
forces act on objects?
Vocab: Net Force, inertia
Activities:
QOTD’s / Vocabulary / Rotor Promoter
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Date: 10/7/14
Garden tomorrow!
Homework:
Lesson 3 Unit 2 “Forces” Visual Summary page 90. Work #’s (21 - 25)
Also Lesson Review page 91. Work #’s (1 – 5)
Check weather for Thursday’s Outdoor Lab – Quiz changed to after Fall Break
Startup – Warm-up :
Create a: Problem statement or question for your group for the Rotor Promoter
then form a Hypothesis statement. After completing these:
Identify the variables (Independent, Dependent, and Constant)
QOTD: How do force pairs act?
Vocab: None for today
Activities:
Startup- warm-up /QOTD’s /
Review Newton’s 1st and 2nd Laws of Motion /
Vocabulary / Rotor Promoter
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Date: 10/8/14
Garden today!!!!!
Homework:
Same as yesterday
Lesson 3 Unit 2 “Forces” Visual Summary page 90. Work #’s (21 - 25)
Also Lesson Review page 91. Work #’s (1 – 5)
Check weather for Thursday’s Outdoor Lab – Quiz changed to after Fall Break
Startup – Warm-up :
Gardanians prepare for gardening.
Others: Take a Science World and begin reading the main articles from the magazine.
QOTD: None for today
Vocab: None for today
Activities:
Garden day / Science World investigation
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Date: 10/9/14
Outdoor Lab Observation # 1 today!!!!!
Postponed for today due to weather
Homework:
[Same as yesterday]
Lesson 3 Unit 2 “Forces” Visual Summary page 90. Work #’s (21 - 25)
Also Lesson Review page 91. Work #’s (1 – 5)
Study for the Quiz that has been changed to after Fall Break
Startup – Warm-up :
Change: Work on any science reading, QOTD’s, vocabulary or journaling
Go to your first Outdoor Lab observation sheet and fill out the top portion. Then:
Look over the rest of the sheet to see what will be expected from our visit
QOTD: None for today
Vocab: None for today
Activities:
Outdoor Lab Observation # 1 (postponed)
Video Quiz “Motion”/ Rotor Promoter if time allows
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Date: 10/14/14
Homework:
Begin Lesson 4 Unit 2 “Types of Forces”
Read pages 92 -95 answer #’s (1 – 3)
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a paper from the front and place in your Science Fair section of your binder
Work #’s 6 – 9 Lesson Review page 91. AND THEN
prepare for the Lesson 3 Quiz
QOTD: None for today, quiz lesson 3
Vocab: None for today, quiz lesson 3
Activities:
Startup / Warm-up / Group review / Quiz lesson 3 Unit 2 /
Homework check
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Date: 10/15/14
Gardanian Day!!!!!!
Homework:
Begin Lesson 4 Unit 2 “3, 2, 1, Contact” & “From a Distance”
Read pages 96 - 99; Answer #’s (5 – 10)
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a paper from the front table “When searching for a Science Fair project
Consider these things” and browse the content
QOTD: None for today
Vocab: None for today
Activities:
Science Fair talk / Rotor Promoter activity
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“The Blue”
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“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 10/16/14
Homework:
Searching for “Top 5” project choices / Outdoor Lab tomorrow
check the weather! Lesson 4 Unit 2 “Down to Earth”
Read pages 100 - 103; Answer #’s (11 - 16)
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a computer paper from the front and
Fill out a “Cluster Diagram” found on the board. Students should add other
Vocabulary and terms in additional circles w/ definitions or examples.
QOTD: What are some contact forces? / What are
some non-contact forces?
Vocab: contact force, non-contact force, magnetic
force, electrical force, gravitational force
Activities:
Startup/ Warm-up/ QOTD / Rotor Promoter activity
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 10/17/14
Outdoor Lab Observation # 1 today!!!!!
Homework:
Searching for “Top 5” project choices
Same as Thursday : Lesson 4 Unit 2 “Down to Earth”
Read pages 100 - 103; Answer #’s (11 - 16)
Startup – Warm-up :
Go to your first Outdoor Lab observation sheet and fill out the top portion. Then:
Look over the rest of the sheet to see what will be expected from our visit
QOTD: What are gravity’s effects? / What determines
the force of gravity?
Vocab: None for these pages
Activities:
Outdoor Lab!
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 10/20/14
Homework:
Searching for “Top 5” project choices
Lesson 4 Unit 2 Page 104 Visual Summary #’s (17 – 21) and
Page 105 Lesson Review #’s (1 – 7) / Quiz Wed. Lesson 4 Unit 2
Startup – Warm-up :
Write about the changes in everyday life on earth if:
Gravity were ½ as strong as it is now
QOTD: What are gravity’s effects? / What determines
the force of gravity?
Vocab: None for these pages
Activities:
QOTD / Video “Gravity”, not the current movie / Rotor Promoter
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 10/21/14
Shadow Data Day!!
Homework:
Searching for “Top 5” project choices (Have them Friday!)
ISTEP Review pages 109 – 111 #’s 1 - 11
Quiz Wed. Lesson 4 Unit 2
Startup – Warm-up :
Write about the changes in everyday life on earth if:
Gravity were (2) times as strong as it is now
QOTD: What are gravity’s effects? / What determines
the force of gravity?
Vocab: None for these pages
Activities:
QOTD / “Gravity” demonstration / Shadow data weather permitting
Rotor Promoter work
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 10/22/14
Homework:
Searching for “Top 5” project choices (Have them Friday!)
Study for Unit 2 Test Friday Unit 2 Lessons 1 - 4
Startup – Warm-up :
Work on #’s 8 – 11 Lesson Review page 105 AND
# 12 on ISTEP Review page112
QOTD: None for today – Quiz Lesson 4 Unit 2
Vocab: None for today – Quiz Lesson 4 Unit 2
Activities:
Startup – Warm-up / Group study / Homework check
Quiz Lesson 4 Unit 2
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 10/23/14
Homework:
Searching for “Top 5” project choices (Have them Friday!)
Study for Unit 2 Test Friday Unit 2 Lessons 1 - 4
Startup – Warm-up :
Practice QOTD, vocabulary, homework questions in
Preparation for tomorrows Unit test
QOTD: None for today
Vocab: None for today
Activities:
Rotor Promoter activity
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 10/24/14
Homework:
NO Homework !!!! Yea!!!
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a bubble sheet from the front and fill out the top portion
Practice QOTD, vocabulary, homework questions in
Preparation for today’s Unit 2 test
QOTD: None for today
Vocab: None for today
Activities:
Test Unit 2 “Forces and Motion” / 5 Ideas for Science Fair Project
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 10/27/14
Homework:
Unit 3 “Energy” Read pages 113 – 117 answer #’s (1 -3)
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a bubble sheet and Pre-test from the front and begin
filling out the Pre-test. Remember this: NOT FOR GRADE
Just try your best!
QOTD: None for today
Vocab: None for today
Activities:
Startup – Warm-up Pre-Test / Rotor Promoter project activity
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 10/28/14
Homework:
Unit 3 “Energy” Read pages 118 - 119 answer #’s (5 & 7)
Startup – Warm-up :
No startup – warm-up (Substitute for Mr. Wambach)
QOTD: None for today
Vocab: None for today
Activities:
Video “Energy” / Rotor Promoter finishing touches
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 10/29/14
Homework:
“Work it Out” Read pages 118 - 119 answer #’s (5 & 6)
“Energizing” read pages 120 – 121 answer #’s (7 – 9)
Startup – Warm-up :
Prepare your part for your presentation on the Rotor Promoter
QOTD: None for today
Vocab: None for today
Activities:
Rotor Promoter Presentations and Proto-type testing
WSWE - FM 20.20
“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 10/30/14
Homework:
“Superpower” Read pages 122 – 123 answer #’s (11 – 13)
Startup – Warm-up :
Those teams that still need to present:
Prepare your part for your presentation on the Rotor Promoter
QOTD: What is work? / How is work calculated?/
How are work and energy related?
Vocab: Work, Energy
Activities:
Rotor Promoter Presentations and Proto-type testing
WSWE - FM 20.20
“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 10/31/14
Trick or Treat - Happy Halloween!!!!
Homework:
Visual Summary page 124 #’s (14 – 18)
Lesson Review page 125 #’s ( 1 – 5 ) / Quiz Tuesday Lesson 1 Unit 3
Startup – Warm-up :
Those teams that still need to present:
Prepare your part for your presentation on the Rotor Promoter
QOTD: What is Power? /
How is power calculated?
Vocab: Power
Activities:
Rotor Promoter Presentations / Proto-type testing /
Competition Monday
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 11/3/14
Homework:
Same as Friday
Visual Summary page 124 #’s (14 – 18)
Lesson Review page 125 #’s ( 1 – 5 )
Startup – Warm-up :
Go over lesson 1 Unit 3 pages 116 – 125
Preparing for tomorrow’s quiz
QOTD: None for today
Vocab: None for today
Activities:
Science Fair Good board projects vs. Not so good /
Research paper key words / Rotor Promoter competition
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 11/4/14
Homework:
No homework – Substitute
Mr. Wambach was not here today
Startup – Warm-up :
Work page 125 #’s (6 – 9)
QOTD: None for today
Vocab: None for today
Activities:
Group working questions / Quiz / Homework check
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 11/5/14
Homework:
Lesson 2 Unit 3 “Conservation of Energy” and “Perfect Form”
Read pages 126 – 129 answer #’s (1 – 3; 5 & 7)
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a Science World only from the front table and read pages 2
– 7. After you have read these pages, return the magazine. Now
take the 10 question quiz paper from the front table, back to your
seat, and take the quiz.
This is not for grade!!
QOTD: None for today
Vocab: None for today
Activities:
SW reading comprehension / Science Fair talk
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 11/6/14
Homework:
Lesson 2 Unit 3 “Transformers”
Read pages 130 – 131 answer #’s (8 - 11)
Startup – Warm-up :
Take A QOTD paper from the front and then:
Work on any Science Homework
QOTD: What are some forms of energy?
Vocab: None for today
Activities:
Science Fair talk
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 11/7/14
Happy Birthday Melanie!!!
Homework:
Lesson 2 Unit 3 “Energy In = Energy Out”
Read pages 132 – 133 answer #’s (12 - 15)
Startup – Warm-up :
Work on any Science Homework
QOTD: What is an energy transformation? / How
does mechanical energy transform?
Vocab: Energy transformation
Activities:
Science Fair talk Continued
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 11/10/14
Homework:
Lesson 2 Unit 3 “Efficiency Expert”
Read pages 134 – 135 answer #’s (16 & 17)
Startup – Warm-up :
Work on any Science Homework
QOTD: What is energy conservation?
Vocab: Law of conservation of energy
Activities:
Energy demonstration (potential to kinetic) or Shadow data ratio’s
Video “Energy: Potential & Kinetic”
WSWE - FM 20.20
“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 11/11/14
Veteran’s Day!!
Homework:
Visual Summary page 136 #’s (18 – 25)
Lesson Review page 137 #’s (1 – 5)
Signed Entry Form – Friday!!
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a Science Fair Entry Form, Judges scoring sheet and an
example of a Scientific Paper, from the front table then:
List as many science concepts or ideas that were used in
yesterday’s hallway demonstration
QOTD: How is efficiency measured?
Vocab: Efficiency
Activities:
Science Fair Talk /
Video “Energy: Potential & Kinetic”
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 11/12/14
Homework:
Read Pages 138 and 139 “Power to Propel” answer #’s (1 – 4)
Read pages 140 and 141 Answer #’s (1 – 3)
Signed Entry Form – Friday!!
Startup – Warm-up :
Page 137 answer #’s (6 – 8)
QOTD: None today – Quiz lesson 2 Unit 3
Vocab: None today – Quiz lesson 2 Unit 3
Activities:
Science Fair Talk / Homework groups / Quiz Lesson 2 Unit 3 /
Homework check lesson 2 pages 126 - 137
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 11/13/14
Homework:
Read page 142 – 143 “Thermal … Under Where?”
Work #’s (5 & 7)
Signed Entry Form – Friday!!
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a “7th Grade Journal Paper” from the front table
And read through the instructions for understanding
QOTD: None for today – begin lesson 3 Unit 3
Vocab: None for today – begin lesson 3 Unit 3
Activities:
Science Fair Talk / Video “How to Prepare a Science Fair Project”
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 11/14/14
Homework:
Read page 144 – 146 “Heat is up!”
Work #’s (7 - 11)
Startup – Warm-up :
Work on or organize time frames for
completing your journal paper
QOTD: What is thermal energy? / What is the
difference between thermal energy and temperature?
Vocab: Thermal energy
Activities:
Heat demonstration / Note card vocabulary
WSWE - FM 20.20
“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 11/17/14
Snow Day! No School!!
Homework:
Read page 144 – 146 “Heat is up!”
Work #’s (7 - 11)
Startup – Warm-up :
Work on or organize time frames for
completing your journal paper
QOTD: What is thermal energy? / What is the
difference between thermal energy and temperature?
Vocab: Thermal energy
Activities:
Heat demonstration / Note card vocabulary
WSWE - FM 20.20
“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 11/18/14
Homework:
Read page 147 - 148 “Move It Around”
Work #’s (12 - 14) / Visual Summary page 150 #’s (18 – 23)
Lesson Review page 151 #’s (1 – 6) / Quiz tomorrow Lesson 3
Startup – Warm-up :
Work on catching up with homework AND
Making three more index flash cards using:
Conduction, Convection & Radiation
QOTD: What is heat? / How is heat measured?/
How is heat related to thermal energy? / How can
heat effect the state of an object?
Vocab: heat, calorie
Activities:
Note card vocabulary / Video “The Transfer of Energy”
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 11/19/14
Homework:
Beginning Lesson 4 Unit 3 “Waves and Energy”
Read pages 152 -153 and answer #’s (1 – 3)
Startup – Warm-up :
Look in your Shadow Data section of your Binder and find a year
and time that can be used for today’s date. THEN:
Answer #’s (7 – 9) page 151
QOTD: How does heat move? / What is conduction?
What is convection? / What is radiation?
Vocab: conduction, convection, & radiation
Activities:
Video “The Transfer of Energy”
Quiz Lesson 3, Unit 3 - Teams
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 11/20/14
Homework:
Beginning Lesson 4 Unit 3 “Waves and Energy”
Read pages 154 – 157 answer #’s (5 – 12)
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a blank computer paper from the front and begin creating a
foldable. Use the example on the front desk and the white board
left as your model.
QOTD: None for today
Vocab: None for today
Activities:
Foldable of vocabulary for lesson 4 Unit 3 / return quiz /
Energy transfer demo / Introduction to M&M meltdown
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 11/21/14
Homework:
Beginning Lesson 4 Unit 3 “Waves and Energy”
Read pages 158 – 159 answer # (13)
Startup – Warm-up :
Work on foldable, Journal writing or any unfinished homework
QOTD: What are waves? / How do waves transfer
energy?
Vocab: medium, longitudinal wave, transverse wave
Activities:
Startup – warm-up / QOTD’s / M&M demonstration
WSWE - FM 20.20
“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 11/24/14
Homework:
Beginning Lesson 4 Unit 3 “Amp It UP!”
Read pages 160 – 161 answer #’s (14 - 17)
Startup – Warm-up :
Take an M&M paper from the front and a blank paper then:
Make a new foldable from the example on the board left and on the front
demonstration table – then work Journal writing or any unfinished
homework
QOTD: What are some wave types?
Vocab: mechanical wave, electromagnetic wave
Activities:
Startup – warm-up / QOTD’s / M&M teaming / October Sky
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 11/25/14
Happy Thanksgiving Break!!
Homework:
NO Homework!!! Thanksgiving Break!!
Startup – Warm-up :
Introduction to “October Sky”
QOTD: None for today
Vocab: None for today
Activities:
“October Sky” 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th periods
Educational activities in the Cafeteria 8th & 9th periods
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 12/1/14
Homework:
Read pages 162 – 163 “A Happy Medium”
answer #’s (18 – 20) / Journal Writing due tomorrow
Quiz Wednesday Lesson 4 Unit 3
Startup – Warm-up :
Form a “Problem and Hypothesis” for the
M&M activity
QOTD: How can we describe a wave?
Vocab: amplitude, wavelength, wave period,
frequency
Activities:
QOTD / Begin M&M activity
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 12/2/14
Homework:
Visual Summary page 164 answer #’s (21 – 26)
Lesson Review page 165 answer #’s (1 – 8)
Quiz Wednesday Lesson 4 Unit 3
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a Science World from the front desk and read pages
6 – 11(“Battling EBOLA”). After reading the Article come up and take
a Summary paper from the front and fill it out. You may use the
magazine. Turn in your Journal Paper when you get the magazine.
QOTD: What determines the speed of a wave?
Vocab: Wave speed and formula
Activities:
SW article on Ebola /
Turn in Journal Paper / QOTD / Continue M&M activity
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 12/3/14
Homework:
Read pages 166 – 169 answer #’s 1&2 page 167
And #’s 1 – 3 page 169
Startup – Warm-up :
Work Questions 9 – 13 page 165
Then prepare for Quiz over Lesson 4 Unit 3
QOTD: None today - Quiz
Vocab: None today - Quiz
Activities:
Group Study / Quiz Lesson 4 Unit 3
Homework Check / Continue M&M activity if time allows
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 12/4/14
Homework:
Read pages 170 – 171 answer #’s (5 & 6)
Startup – Warm-up :
Write a materials list and Procedure for the M&M activity
QOTD: None today - Start of new Lesson (5)
Vocab: None today - Start of new Lesson (5)
Activities:
Calendar Explanation / M&M data recorded /
Excel Spreadsheet Demonstration
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 12/5/14
Homework:
Read pages 172 – 173 answer #’s (8,10, 11)
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a Calendar of Science Fair Due Dates for
December and January and place in your binder. Then:
Put these dates in your agenda book for the year
QOTD: How do sound waves interact with matter?
Vocab: Reflection, Absorption, transmission
Activities:
Calendar Explanation / QOTD / Conversion of minutes and
Excel Spreadsheet Demonstration
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 12/8/14
Acuity schedule classes 55 Min.
Homework:
Read pages 174 – 175 answer #’s (12 & 13)
Startup – Warm-up :
Take an “Oral Presentation” Paper from the front and
Read through all the numbers for requirements and formulate any
questions you may have for this activity
QOTD: How do sound waves interact with matter? /
How can matter interact with light?
Vocab: Reflection, Absorption, transmission,
transparent, translucent, opaque
Activities:
Oral Presentation explanation /
QOTD / Video “Sound” / Excel Spreadsheet
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 12/9/14
Acuity schedule classes 55 min.
Homework:
Read pages 176 – 177 answer #’s (14 - 16)
Startup – Warm-up :
Begin writing a rough draft for your M&M team for the
Results and Conclusions. Hint: use the paper Mr. Wambach
provided in your science fair example section of your binder.
QOTD: What determines the color of the objects we
see?
Vocab: Reflection, Absorption, transmission,
transparent, translucent, opaque
Activities:
Rough Draft check /
QOTD / Video “Sound” / M&M group work
WSWE - FM 20.20
“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 12/10/14
Happy Birthday Mike Brooks!!
Homework:
Visual Summary Page 178 answer #’s (17 – 22)
Lesson Review Page 179 #’s (1 – 6) Quiz Lesson (5) Thurs.
Startup – Warm-up :
Continue writing a rough draft for your M&M team for the
Results and Conclusions. Hint: use the paper Mr. Wambach
Provided in your science fair example section of your binder
QOTD: How does transparent matter effect light?
Vocab: refraction, scattering
Activities:
QOTD / Video “Light” / M&M group work
Working groups for tomorrow’s quiz and homework check
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 12/11/14
Homework:
Read pages 180 – 185 answer #’s (1 – 7)
Final Draft ( Title, Purpose, Research and Hypothesis)
Startup – Warm-up :
Answer #’s (7 – 11) page 179
Then prepare for Quiz Lesson 5 Unit 3
QOTD: None today – Quiz lesson 5
Vocab: None today – Quiz lesson 5
Activities:
Homework Groups / Quiz Lesson 5 Unit 3 /
Homework check / Start homework for Friday
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 12/12/14
Homework:
Read pages 186 – 187 answer #’s (8 – 10)
Startup – Warm-up :
Check Shadow data for reliable data to use for today
QOTD: How do people use energy? What are sources of
energy?
Vocab: Renewable, Nonrenewable resources
Activities:
Final Draft Check of parts of Scientific Paper (Title, Purpose, Research
And Hypothesis) / QOTD / Shadow Data check /
Video “Solar Energy”
WSWE - FM 20.20
“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 12/15/14
Homework:
Read pages 188 – 189 answer #’s (12 & 13).
Materials List and Procedures rough draft check tomorrow
M&M group scientific Paper due Wednesday.
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a data sheet of shadow data from 2011 - 12 and 2012 – 13 on the front
table, Then attempt to calculate an average for your class period – be able to
explain how you arrived with your numbers. We will then come up with an
answer based on consensus from the entire class to use.
QOTD: What are fossil fuels? / What transformations do
fossil fuels undergo?
Vocab: fossil fuels
Activities:
Startup – warm-up /QOTD / M&M check w/ groups / Review Power point
presentations
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 12/16/14
Homework:
Read pages 190 – 191 answer #’s (14 & 15).
M&M group scientific Paper due Tomorrow.
Science Mid-Term tomorrow
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a Science World only from the front table and read pages 2 – 5. After you
have read these pages, return the magazine. Now take the 10 question quiz
paper from the front table, back to your seat, and take the quiz.
This is not for grade!!
QOTD: What are some alternative energy sources of
energy?
Vocab: None for this section
Activities:
Startup – warm-up SW reading comprehension / Return Journal Papers
QOTD / M&M check w/ groups / Review Power point presentations one more
time/ Materials and Procedure check (rough draft)
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 12/17/14
Homework:
Visual Summary page 192 #’s (19 -22)
Lesson Review page 193 #’s (1 – 6)
Final Draft of Materials and Procedures due tomorrow
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a bubble sheet from the front and prepare for the
Science Mid-Term. This is not for grade!!
QOTD: None today – Mid-Term
Vocab: None today – Mid-Term
Activities:
Science Mid- Term exam / Turn in M&M Scientific Papers
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 12/18/14
Homework:
NO Homework!!! YEA!!!
Startup – Warm-up :
Check Shadow Data for a day we could use from the previous years then:
Practice Power Point talk
QOTD: None today –
Vocab: None today –
Activities:
Mid-term talk / Science Fair review / Power point review
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 1/5/15
Happy New Year!!! & Welcome Back!!!
Homework:
See your paper from front demonstration table
Startup – Warm-up :
Lay out your final draft of your Material list and Procedures. Then:
Take a paper from the front demonstration table and begin putting in the
homework for this week in your Agenda Book.
QOTD: None today – Sci Fair Power Point
Vocab: None today – Sci Fair Power Point
Activities:
Next two week schedule / Science Fair review / Sci Fair Power point review
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 1/6 - 9/15
Homework:
See your paper from front demonstration table
Startup – Warm-up :
Preparing for Science Fair Project Power Point
QOTD: None today – Sci Fair Power Point
Vocab: None today – Sci Fair Power Point
Activities:
Sci Fair Power Point
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 1/12/15
Homework:
Practice (study) for Unit 3 “Energy” Test on Wednesday
Also read pages 208 – 209 answer #’s (5 & 6)
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a Unit 4 (QOTD) paper from the front, then:
Work page 193 #’s (7 – 10) from Lesson Review
QOTD: None today – Quiz Lesson 6
Vocab: None today – Quiz Lesson 6
Activities:
Group Lesson work / Quiz Lesson 6 Unit 3 / Homework check
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 1/13/15
Homework:
Practice (study) for Unit 3 “Energy” Test on Wednesday
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a paper from the front about the do’s and don’ts
For putting together a science board display
QOTD: None today – Quiz Lesson 6
Vocab: None today – Quiz Lesson 6
Activities:
Mr. Mullen’s tips for putting together a great display
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 1/14/15
Homework:
Read pages 210 – 211 answer #’s (7 & 8)
Rough draft science fair data table and graph
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a bubble sheet from the front and
Prepare for today’s Unit 3 “Energy” test
QOTD: None today – Unit 3 test
Vocab: None today – Unit 3 test
Activities:
Unit 3 test / Science World reading
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
“Where Chance favors the Prepared Mind”
Date: 1/15/15
Homework:
Read pages 212 – 213 answer #’s (10 - 12)
Rough draft science fair data table and graph
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a bubble sheet from the front and
Prepare for today’s Unit 4 Pre-Test “Earth’s Structure”
Remember – NOT FOR GRADE – just do your best!
QOTD: What do minerals have in common?
Vocab: Elements, atoms, compounds, matter
Activities:
Unit 4 Pre-test / Review Test / QOTD / Minerals
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Date: 1/16/15
Homework:
Read pages 214 – 217 answer #’s (13 - 17)
Rough draft science fair data table and graph Tuesday
Startup – Warm-up :
Open the box of atoms and try to make:
-Three molecules of water H2O
- Two molecules of carbon dioxide CO2
QOTD: How are minerals formed? / How are minerals
classified?
Vocab: Elements, atoms, compounds, matter
Activities:
Atoms, Molecules and Compounds / Video
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Date: 1/19/15
Homework:
Page 218 Visual Summary answer #’s (20 – 24)
Page 219 Lesson Review answer #’s (1 – 5)
Quiz Tuesday Lesson 1 Unit 4
Rough draft science fair data table and graph tomorrow
Science Fair board work
Startup – Warm-up :
Search for shadow data to be used for January 2015
From the data of the past years found in your binder
QOTD: What properties can be used to identify
minerals?
Vocab: streak, cleavage, luster
Activities:
Startup – Warm-up / Science Fair update / Aggregate in Indiana
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Date: 1/20/15
Homework:
Read pages 222 – 223 “Rock Cycle” answer #’s 1 - 3
Final draft science fair data table and graph Friday
Results and Conclusion & Display board work - Science Fair
Startup – Warm-up :
Answer #’s (6 – 8) Lesson Review page 219
QOTD: None today – Quiz lesson 1 Unit 4
Vocab: None today – Quiz lesson 1 Unit 4
Activities:
Rough draft check ( data table and graph ) / Group study / Quiz and
Homework check Lesson 1 Unit 4
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Date: 1/21/15
Outdoor Lab Friday ( weather permitting )
Homework:
Read pages 224 – 225 answer #’s (5 & 7)
Final draft science fair data table and graph Friday
Results and Conclusion & Display board work - Science Fair
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a Science World only from the front table and read pages 2 – 7. After you
have read these pages, return the magazine. Now take the 10 question quiz
paper from the front table, back to your seat, and take the quiz.
This is not for grade!!
QOTD: None today – Intro to lesson
Vocab: None today – Intro to lesson
Activities:
Science World reading comprehension / Let’s Rock!!!
Science Fair work and talk
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Date: 1/22/15
Outdoor Lab Tomorrow ( weather permitting )
Homework:
Read pages 226 – 229 answer #’s (8 & 10 - 13)
Final draft science fair data table and graph Tomorrow
Results and Conclusion & Display board work - Science Fair
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a 3” by 5” Index Card from the front and
PRINT!!!! the information found on the board each side of the card
Also Take an “Abstract” explanation paper from the front and
Place it in your binder in the science fair section
QOTD: What is rock? / What processes change rock?
Vocab: Weathering, erosion, deposition,
Activities:
Video Weathering & Erosion / Science Fair Talk and work
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Date: 1/23/15
Outdoor Lab Today!! ( weather permitting )
Homework:
Read pages 230 - 231 answer #’s (15, 16 & 18)
Results and Conclusion & Display board work - Science Fair
Startup – Warm-up :
Go to your Outdoor Lab Observation sheets and fill out a
new observation sheet, then read through the last observation
for comparison.
QOTD: What is rock? / What processes change rock?
Vocab: Weathering, erosion, deposition
Activities:
Final check Data Table and Graph /
Outdoor Lab
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Date: 1/26/15
Homework:
Read pages 232 - 233 answer #’s (19 - 21)
Results and Conclusion & Display board work - Science Fair
And ABSTRACT
Those who are able from 2nd period bring their display board to class
Friday January 30th
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a computer paper form the front then use colored pencils and draw
examples of the three types of rocks.
Do not label them so that other students in the class may look at your drawing
and see if they can identify which drawing is for which rock type
QOTD: What are the classes of rocks?
Vocab: Igneous, Sedimentary , Metamorphic
Activities:
Rough Draft Results and Conclusions / Abstract work /
QOTD / Drawings
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Date: 1/27/15
Homework:
Visual Summary page 234 #’s (23 – 26) Quiz tomorrow
Lesson Review page 235 #’s (1 – 9) Quiz tomorrow
Results and Conclusion, ABSTRACT
& Display board work - Science Fair
Those who are able from 2nd period bring their display board to class
Friday January 30th – 3rd period on Monday
Startup – Warm-up :
Begin writing a story about the life of a Rock. Have that rock go through
several (at least five changes) during its’ life. Use the rock cycle as
an example for ideas of how this rock would change. Have Fun but use the
facts, processes and some vocabulary in your storyline.
QOTD: What is the rock cycle?
Vocab: Rock cycle, uplift, subsidence, rift zone
Activities:
Rough Draft abstract / QOTD / Startup – warm-up / Drawings
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Date: 1/28/15
Homework:
Read pages 236 and 237 answer #’s (1 – 3)
Results and Conclusion & Display board work - Science Fair
And ABSTRACT
Those who are able from 2nd period bring their display board to class
Friday January 30th – 3rd period on Monday
Startup – Warm-up :
Answer #’s (10 -12) found on page 235 Lesson Review then:
Continue writing on your story about the life of a Rock. Have Fun but use the
facts and processes in your story.
QOTD: How do tectonic plate motions affect the rock
cycle?
Vocab: Rock cycle, uplift, subsidence, rift zone
Activities:
Group study and Quiz / Startup – warm-up / Drawings
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Date: 1/29/15
Homework:
Read pages 238 and 239 answer #’s (6 - 8)
Display board work and ABSTRACT - Science Fair
Those who are able from 2nd period bring their display board to class
Friday January 30th – 3rd period on Monday
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a “Board Presentation Checklist paper from the front and
Fill out the top portion – PLEASE PRINT NEATLY!!!! Then:
Continue writing on your story about the life of a Rock. Have Fun but use the
facts and processes in your story.
QOTD: None today – beginning new lesson
Vocab: None today – beginning new lesson
Activities:
Results and Conclusion final check
Startup – warm-up / Drawings / Rock Saga
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Date: 1/30/15
Homework:
Read pages 240 and 241 answer #’s (9 & 11)
Display board work and ABSTRACT - Science Fair
Science boards – 3rd period class on Monday
Startup – Warm-up :
Continue writing on your story about the life of a Rock. Have Fun but use the
facts and processes in your story.
QOTD: What landforms can streams create? /
Vocab: Floodplain, delta, alluvial fan
Activities:
Startup – warm-up / Drawings / Rock Saga / Video “The Rock Cycle”
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Date: 2/2/15
Science Fair Week
Homework:
Read pages 242 - 245 answer #’s (13 & 16) Quiz Wed. Lesson 3
Display board work - Science Fair
****Science Fair boards to school this WED. from 2:30 – 6:00pm****
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a computer paper from the front and fold it like sending a letter (into 1/3’s).
See the example on the board.
QOTD: What landforms can streams create? /
Vocab: Floodplain, delta, alluvial fan
Activities:
Science Fair review / Rock Saga /
Video “Rivers and Streams” and do a (“5 – 3 – 1”)
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Date: 2/3/15
Science Fair Week
Homework:
Visual Summary page 246 #’s (20 – 23)
Lesson Review page 247 #’s (1 – 8) - Quiz Wed. Lesson 3
****Science Fair boards to school this WED. from 2:30 – 6:00pm****
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a science World magazine from the front and read the article
“Hidden Worlds” pages 16 – 19.
QOTD: What kind of landforms are made by groundwater
erosion?
Vocab: groundwater, sinkhole, Karst topography
Activities:
Science Fair review / Groups for tomorrow’s quiz /
Caves short video and article SW
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Date: 2/4/15
Science Fair Week
Homework:
Read pages 248 – 249 “Soil Formation” answer #’s (1 -3)
****Science Fair boards to school today from 2:30 – 6:00pm****
Startup – Warm-up :
Page 247 Answer #’s (9 – 12)
Prepare for Lesson 3 Quiz – especially “Groovy Glaciers
Pages 242 - 245
QOTD: What kinds of ice shape Earth?
Vocab: Glacier, Glacial drift
Activities:
Group study / Homework check / Quiz lesson 3 Unit 4
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Date: 2/5/15
Science Fair Judging
Homework:
Read pages 250 – 252 “The Dirt on Soil” answer #’s (5 -9)
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a Science World from the front table and read pages 8 – 11
“Swallowed Up”
QOTD: None today – New Lesson (4)
Vocab: None today – New Lesson (4)
Activities:
Science world work / Sinkhole video / Worksheets
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Date: 2/6/15
Science Fair Field Trip
Homework:
NO Homework – Celebrate Sci – Fair Over!!!!
Startup – Warm-up :
Relax – You have earned it!!!!
QOTD: None today – New Lesson (4)
Vocab: None today – New Lesson (4)
Activities:
Science Fair field trip
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Date: 2/9/15
Homework:
Read pages 253 “What is soil horizon” answer # (10)
Quiz Wed. Lesson 4 “Soil Formation”
Take a
7th
Startup – Warm-up :
Grade List of all Projects and browse how many
Were in your category
QOTD: How does soil form?
Vocab: Soil, humus
Activities:
Science Fair recognition / Soil separation and search activity
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Date: 2/10/15
Homework:
Read pages 254 – 257 Answer #’s ( 11, 12, 14 – 16)
“Change” -- No Quiz This Week!!!!!
Rock Cycle Saga and diagram due Tuesday Feb. 17th
Startup – Warm-up :
Locate “Rock Cycle Saga” and diagram
and work on the finishing touches if needed. ( Due Tuesday Feb. 17th )
QOTD: How does soil form? / What determines how long
it takes to form soil? / What is soil horizon?
Vocab: Soil, humus, soil profile, soil horizon
Activities:
Explanation of Rock Cycle Saga and diagram ( due dates )
Science Fair recognition wrap-up / Soil separation and search activity
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Date: 2/11/15
Homework:
Visual Summary page 258 #’s (17 – 20) /
Lesson Review page 259 #’s (1 – 8)
Rock Cycle Saga and diagram due Tuesday Feb. 17th
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a worksheet from the front and begin using your textbook
To answer the questions found on the pages about soil
QOTD: What are some soil characteristics?
Vocab: Soil, humus, soil profile, soil horizon
Activities:
Group soil questions and answers / instructions of video
For Thursday and Friday
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Date: 2/12th and 13th/15
Homework:
No Homework
Startup – Warm-up :
None – Louis Pastuer Motion Picture
QOTD: None today – L. P. Movie
Vocab: None today – L. P. Movie
Activities:
Louis Pastuer Motion Picture
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Date: 2/20/15
2 Hour Delay schedule
Homework:
Read pages 260 – 261 Lesson 5
Earth’s Layers answer #’s 1 – 3
Quiz Lesson 4 - Wednesday “Soil”
Startup – Warm-up :
Write down some questions you still have from the
Louis Pastuer Movie
QOTD: None today – Finish L. P. Movie
Vocab: None today – Finish L. P. Movie
Activities:
Return Quizzes /
Finish Louis Pastuer Motion Picture / Discussion
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Date: 2/23/15
Homework:
Read pages 262 – 263 Lesson 5
Answer #’s 5 - 10
Quiz Lesson 4 - Tomorrow “Soil”
Startup – Warm-up :
Get started on the QOTD’s for today and
The vocabulary
QOTD: What is inside Earth? / What are Earth’s
compositional layers? / What are Earth’s physical
layers?
Vocab: Crust, mantle, convection, core, lithosphere,
asthenosphere, mesosphere
Activities:
Finish Louis Pastuer Motion Picture / Discussion
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Date: 2/24/15
Happy Birthday Joe!!
Homework:
Visual Summary Page 266 answer #’s (11 – 15)
Lesson Review Page 267 answer #’s (1 – 5)
Startup – Warm-up :
Answer #’s 9 – 11 lesson review page 259
QOTD: None today – Quiz lesson 4
Vocab: None today – Quiz lesson 4
Activities:
Homework group review study lesson 4 / Group Quiz Lesson 4
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Date: 2/25/15
Homework:
Visual Summary Page 266 answer #’s (11 – 15)
Lesson Review Page 267 answer #’s (1 – 5)
Same as yesterday Quiz tomorrow Earth’s Layers Lesson 5
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a computer paper from the front then:
fold hamburger style twice (see example)
QOTD: None today
Vocab: None today
Activities:
Make-up quizzes / Book It!!! Earth’s Physical Layers
Density Demo
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Date: 2/26/15
Homework:
Read pages 268 – 269 “Plate Tectonics”
Answer #’s (1 – 3)
Startup – Warm-up :
Page 267 answer #’s (6 – 9)
Prepare for Quiz Lesson 5 Unit 4“Earth’s Layers”
QOTD: None today – Quiz Lesson 5
Vocab: None today – Quiz Lesson 5
Activities:
Group Study Groups / Quiz Lesson 5 Unit 4 /
Continued Booklet Work – Physical composition of Earth
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Date: 2/27/15
Homework:
Read pages 270 – 273 “Puzzling Evidence”
Answer #’s (5 – 8)
Startup – Warm-up :
Go ahead and begin homework for the weekend
QOTD: None today – Intro to lesson 6
Vocab: None today – Intro to lesson 6
Activities:
Video “Earth Inside and Out” / Shadow Data check and explanation
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Date: 3/2/15
Homework:
Read pages 274 – 275 “A Giant Jigsaw”
Answer #’s (9, 11 & 12 )
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a Permission form from the front and PRINT your name
In the place for student name
QOTD: What evidence suggests that continents
move? / What is Pangaea? / What discoveries
support the idea of continental drift?
Vocab: Pangaea, seafloor spreading
Activities:
Field trip explanation and form / QOTD’s / Soil Activity
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Date: 3/3/15
ISTEP Testing – special schedule
Homework:
Read pages 276 – 279 “Boundaries & Hot Plates”
Answer #’s (13 - 17 ) / Permission Forms signed
Startup – Warm-up :
Work on the answers for the homework for today
QOTD: What is the theory of plate tectonics? /
What is a tectonic plate?
Vocab: Plate tectonics, tectonic plates
Activities:
Collect permission forms / Science World reading – article review
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Date: 3/4 - 6/15
Snow days – no school!!!
Homework:
Visual Summary Page 280 answer #’s (18 – 22)
Lesson Review Page 281 answer #’s (1 – 10) / Permission Forms signed if
you haven’t already done so.
Startup – Warm-up :
Work on the answers for the homework for today
QOTD: What is the theory of plate tectonics? /
What is a tectonic plate?
Vocab: Plate tectonics, tectonic plates
Activities:
Collect permission forms / Group homework
Science World reading – article review
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Date: 3/9/15
Regular schedule – due to snow days
Homework:
Visual Summary Page 280 answer #’s (18 – 22)
Lesson Review Page 281 answer #’s (1 – 10) / Permission Forms signed if
you haven’t already done so.
Startup – Warm-up :
Work on the answers for the homework for today
QOTD: What is the theory of plate tectonics? /
What is a tectonic plate?
Vocab: Plate tectonics, tectonic plates
Activities:
Collect permission forms / Group homework
Science World reading – article review
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Date: 3/10/15
Special ISTEP schedule
Homework:
No homework – ISTEP testing
Startup – Warm-up :
Work on the answers for the homework for this lesson 6
QOTD: None for today – Quiz Lesson 6
Vocab: None for today – Quiz Lesson 6
Activities:
Collect permission forms / Group review and Quiz
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Date: 3/12/15
Special ISTEP schedule
Homework:
Visual Summary pg. 292 – answer #’s (15 – 18)
Lesson Review pg. 293 – answer #’s (1 – 8)
Startup – Warm-up :
Read pages 284 – 291 “Mountain Building
Answer #’s (1 – 3; (5 & 6) (8 – 10; 12 - 14) as you read
QOTD: None for today – starting a new lesson
Vocab: None for today – starting a new lesson
Activities:
Work on startup – warm-up
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Date: 3/16/15
Shadow Data Day!!! Yea!!
Homework:
Review and study for Unit 4 Post- test “Earth’s Structure”
Lessons 1 – 7 (Unit Post-test Thursday March 19th)
Startup – Warm-up :
Work pages 294 – 303 “Earthquakes”
QOTD: None for today – Preparing for Unit 4 Test
Vocab: None for today – Preparing for Unit 4 Test
Activities:
Shadow Data Review / Earthquakes /
Shadow Data collection
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Date: 3/17/15
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!!!
Homework:
Review and study for Unit 4 Post test
Lessons 1 – 7 (Test Thursday March 19th)
Startup – Warm-up :
Work pages 294 – 303 “Earthquakes”
AND
Work pages 304 – 315 “Volcanoes”
QOTD: None for today – starting a new lesson
Vocab: None for today – starting a new lesson
Activities:
Volcanoes and Earthquakes Review
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Date: 3/18/15
Homework:
Review and study for Unit 4 Post test
Lessons 1 – 7 (Test tomorrow March 19th)
Outdoor Lab Friday – watch the weather!
Startup – Warm-up :
Pages 318 – 324 answer #’s (1 – 17)
QOTD: None for today – starting a new lesson
Vocab: None for today – starting a new lesson
Activities:
Volcanoes and Earthquakes Review Questions (A, B, C, D)
Air Pressure Demo / ISTEP Group work
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Date: 3/19/15
SOS Talent Show!!! Special Schedule
Homework:
NO Homework
Outdoor Lab tomorrow – watch for the weather
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a bubble sheet from the front and fill out – then:
Prepare for Unit 4 “Earth Structures” Post Test
QOTD: None for today – ending a lesson
Vocab: None for today – ending a lesson
Activities:
Unit 4 Post Test / Science World reading
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Date: 3/20/15
Last day before Spring Break and first Day of Spring!!
Homework:
NO Homework
Enjoy your Spring Break!!!!!!
Startup – Warm-up :
Go to your Outdoor Lab Observation sheets and fill out a
new observation sheet, then read through the last observation
for comparison.
QOTD: None for today – ending a lesson
Vocab: None for today – ending a lesson
Activities:
Outdoor Lab!!
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Date: 3/30/15
Welcome Back! Let’s Finish STRONG!!!!
Homework:
Pages 328 – 331 answer #’s 1 – 3 & 5 - 8
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a computer paper from the front and use
The lid or bowl on your table to draw a perfect circle –
Then use a ruler to mark the compass like the board left
QOTD: None for today – starting new Lesson
Vocab: None for today – starting new Lesson
Activities:
Shadow Data work / Intro to new Unit 5 “The Changing Earth”/
Make-up work from before break
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Date: 3/31/15
My mother’s Birthday !!!! She is 84.
Homework:
Pages 332 - 333 answer #’s (9 – 11)
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a Shadow Data paper from the front and place in your binder, then:
From pages 330 and 331, circle as many words that need to be clarified as to their
meaning in order to have understanding for that particular sentence.
QOTD: How do organisms
become preserved as fossils?
Vocab: fossil
Activities:
Shadow Data work / Intro to new Unit 5 “The Changing Earth”/
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Date: 4/1/15
April Fool’s Day!!! / Shadow Data Day
Garden Starts April 15th!!!!
Homework:
Visual Summary page 334 #’s (13 – 16)
Lesson Review page 335 #’s ( 1 – 6 ) Quiz Unit 5 Lesson 1 tomorrow
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a “Shadow Data check sheet” from the front table and compare section one
with one of the papers that other students have done before. Did they follow
directions and get all the checks they could have from the list?
DO NOT PUT CHECK MARKS ON YOUR PAPER Leave your paper blank!
QOTD: What are trace fossils? / What do fossils tell
us about Earth’s changing environments?
Vocab: fossil, trace fossil
Activities:
Shadow Data work / Q’sOTD /
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Date: 4/2/15
Homework:
Read pages 338 – 341 answer #’s (1 – 3 ; 6 & 7)
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a bubble sheet from the front and fill it in.
QOTD: None today – pre – test Unit 5
Vocab: None today – pre - test Unit 5
Activities:
Unit 5 “Changing Earth” Pre – test (NOT For GRADE) /
Shadow compass review (computer) and explanation writing
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Date: 4/3/15
Guest Speaker “Earthquakes”
Homework:
Read pages 338 – 341 answer #’s (1 – 3 ; 6 & 7)
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a Unit 5 QOTD paper from the front Then:
Read a new Shadow Paper from the Compass explanation
And compare and contrast if that student followed directions
QOTD: None today – quiz lesson 1
Vocab: None today – quiz lesson 1
Activities:
Talk from Dr. Counts “Earthquakes in Our Area”
Mrs. Groom’s science room
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Date: 4/6/15
Homework:
Read pages 338 – 341 answer #’s (1 – 3 ; 6 & 7)
Thursday rough draft of Compass diagram and explanation checked
Startup – Warm-up :
Work page 335 and answer #’s 7 – 10 then:
Read an example of an explanation of the “Shadow Compass Explanation” from a
previous year’s paper on your desk.
QOTD: None today – quiz lesson 1
Vocab: None today – quiz lesson 1
Activities:
Group study, homework check and quiz
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Date: 4/7/15
Homework:
Read pages 342 – 343 answer #’s (8 - 10)
Thursday rough draft of Compass diagram and explanation checked
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a Shadow Data Spreadsheet from the front and place in your binder. Then:
Read an example of an explanation of the “Shadow Compass Explanation” from a
previous year’s paper on your desk.
QOTD: What is relative dating? / How are
undisturbed rock layers dated?
Vocab: relative dating, law of superposition
Activities:
Startup-warm-up / QOTD / Shadow data spreadsheet
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Date: 4/8/15
Homework:
Read pages 344 – 345 answer #’s (11 - 13)
Thursday rough draft of Compass diagram and explanation checked
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a Science World only from the front table and read pages 2 – 7. After you have
read these pages, return the magazine. Now take the 10 question quiz paper
from the front table, back to your seat, and take the quiz.
This is not for grade!!
QOTD: How are sedimentary rock layers disturbed? /
How are rock layers ordered?
Vocab: unconformity, law of crosscutting intrusion
Activities:
Startup-warm-up / QOTD / Shadow data spreadsheet
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” – Louis Pasteur
Date: 4/9/15
Homework:
Read pages 346 – 347 answer #’s (14 - 16)
Work on Data Table and Graphing of Pole and M-stick
Garden Wednesday!!!
Startup – Warm-up :
On page 344, circle all the words that you are not sure of their meaning. THEN:
Take a computer paper and ruler from the front and begin creating a landscaped
version of the graph of the light pole for all five classes.
Use the spreadsheet given Tuesday to help you get started. Colored pencils are
also available
QOTD: How are fossils used to determine relative
ages of rocks? / How are geologic columns used to
compare relative ages of rocks?
Vocab: geologic column
Activities:
Startup-warm-up / QOTD / Shadow data check
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” – Louis Pasteur
Date: 4/20/15
Homework:
Read pages 354 – 357 answer #’s (5 – 8, 10, 11)
Work on Shadow Data Project paper / Graph explanations ( 4 paragraphs )
Startup – Warm-up :
Review Lesson 2 Unit 5 for Quiz pages 338 – 351
QOTD: None today, quiz lesson 2 Unit 5
Vocab: None today quiz lesson 2 Unit 5
Activities:
Startup-warm-up / study groups / Quiz and homework check /
Shadow data work
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” – Louis Pasteur
Date: 4/21/15
Homework:
Read pages 358 – 359 answer #’s (12 - 14)
Work on Shadow Data Project paper / 4 paragraphs & Direct proportion
diagram
Startup – Warm-up :
Read from other papers what others have written about
their observations of the graphs – look at more than one
QOTD: What can a fossil tell us? / How does
sedimentary rock show Earth’s history? / What do
Earth’s surface features tell us?
Vocab: continental drift
Activities:
QOTD’s / Video “The Amazing Earth” part 1 /
Shadow data work
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” – Louis Pasteur
Date: 4/22/15
Earth Day!! Garden Day!! 3K Day!!
Homework:
Read pages 360 – 361 answer #’s (15 - 17)
Work on Shadow Data Project paper / 4 paragraphs & Direct proportion
diagram
Startup – Warm-up :
Read from other papers what others have written about
their observations of the graphs – look at more than one
QOTD: What other materials are used to study
Earth’s climate history?
Vocab: climate, ice core
Activities:
Gardanian work / SW magazine /
Shadow data work
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” – Louis Pasteur
Date: 4/23/15
Homework:
Visual Summary page 362 answer #’s (18 – 22)
Lesson Review page 363 answer #’s (1 - 7)
Work on Shadow Data Project paper / 4 paragraphs & Direct proportion
diagram
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a Science World from the front table and begin reading
The article “The Sixth Extinction”
QOTD: What other materials are used to study
Earth’s climate history? / How is the geologic time
scale organized?
Vocab: climate, ice core, geologic time scale, eon,
eras, periods, Epochs
Activities:
QOTD’s / Science World tie-in /
Shadow data work
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” – Louis Pasteur
Date: 4/24/15
Homework:
Unit 5 “The Changing Earth” Post Test Tuesday.
Work on Shadow Data Project paper / 4 paragraphs & Direct
proportion diagram
Startup – Warm-up :
ISTEP+ Review
Pages 366 – 370 answer #’s 1 – 3 page 366
Answer #’s 1 – 10 pages 367 – 370 In your Text Book
QOTD: None today, quiz lesson 3
Vocab: None today , quiz lesson 3
Activities:
Start up – Warm-up / Quiz lesson 3 / group ISTEP review /
Shadow data work
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” – Louis Pasteur
Date: 4/27/15
Homework:
Unit 5 “The Changing Earth” Post Test Tomorrow.
Work on Shadow Data Project paper / 4 paragraphs & Direct
proportion diagram
Startup – Warm-up :
ISTEP+ Review
Pages 366 – 370 answer #’s 1 – 3 page 366
Answer #’s 1 – 10 pages 367 – 370 In your Text Book
QOTD: None today, homework and quiz check
Vocab: None today , homework and quiz check
Activities:
Homework check / Grade Quiz lesson 3 / Grade ISTEP review /
Sample questions A,B, C & D /Shadow data work
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Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” – Louis Pasteur
Date: 4/28/15
Homework:
Begin Unit 6 – “The Cell”
Read pages 374 – 375 answer #’s (1 -3)
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a QOTD Unit 6 paper and a Bubble Sheet from the front.
Place the Unit 6 paper in your binder then fill out the bubble sheet/
Prepare for Unit 5 Post Test
QOTD: None today, Unit 5 Post Test
Vocab: None today , Unit 5 Post Test
Activities:
Unit 5 “The Changing Earth” Post Test/
Shadow data work explanation
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Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” – Louis Pasteur
Date: 4/29/15
Gardanian Day!!!!!
Homework:
Begin Unit 6 – “The Cell”
Read pages 376 – 379 answer #’s (5 – 8 & 10)
Rough draft of Shadow Diagram Math page and
Four Paragraph explanation of the graphs
Startup – Warm-up :
Non-Gardanians take a Science World magazine and a worksheet.
QOTD: None today, starting Unit 6 “The Cell”
Vocab: None today , starting Unit 6 “The Cell”
Activities:
Gardanian Day / Science World activity
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” – Louis Pasteur
Date: 4/30/15
Homework:
Begin Unit 6 – “The Cell”
Read pages 380 – 381 answer #’s (11 – 13)
Rough draft of Shadow Diagram Math page and
Four Paragraph explanation of the graphs)
Startup – Warm-up :
Work w/ updating any Shadow Data
QOTD: What is a cell? / Why are cells so small? /
What is the cell theory?
Vocab: cell, organism
Activities:
Return Unit 5 tests / QOTD / Shadow Data
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” – Louis Pasteur
Date: 5/1/15
Last Month of 7th Grade!!!!
Homework:
Visual Summary page 382 answer #’s (14 – 17)
Lesson Review page 383 answer #’s (1 – 6)
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a bag of plastic cubes and create three cubes that are (2 by 2 by 2) , then (3
by 3 by 3) then (4 by 4 by 4) – See the board on your right side
QOTD: What do all cells have in common? / What are
the two types of cells?
Vocab: cell membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus,
organelle, prokaryote, eukaryote
Activities:
Rough draft check (paragraphs & diagram) / “Cell” surface area /
Shadow Data
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Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” – Louis Pasteur
Date: 5/4/15
Last Month of 7th Grade
May the 4th be with you!!
Homework:
Read pages 384 - 387 answer #’s (1 – 3; 5 - 7)
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a bubble sheet from the front and
fill in your name, period and date
QOTD: None today , quiz and pre - test
Vocab: None today , quiz and pre - test
Activities:
Pre – test Unit 6 “The Cell”/ Quiz lesson 1 Unit 6 /
New Shadow Data assignment
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” – Louis Pasteur
Date: 5/5/15
Last Month of 7th Grade
Homework:
Read pages 388 - 389 answer #’s (8 - 10)
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a “Writing and Technology” paper from the front then:
Read the Writing and Technology Section of the Example
Papers from years past and see if they followed the instructions given.
QOTD: What are atoms and molecules?
Vocab: Atom, molecule
Activities:
QOTD / New Shadow Data assignment /
Video “Atoms and Molecules”
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” – Louis Pasteur
Date: 5/6/15
Last Month of 7th Grade
NO Garden today – they have meetings
Homework:
Read pages 390 - 391 answer #’s (11 - 13)
Startup – Warm-up :
Read Another Writing and Technology Section of the Example
Papers from years past and see if they followed the instructions given.
Then work on the numbers for Delta, Sigma and Gamma
Light pole lengths for your class
QOTD: What are some important types of molecules
in cells?
Vocab: Lipid, Proteins, carbohydrates, nucleic acid
Activities:
QOTD / Shadow Data assignment /
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” – Louis Pasteur
Date: 5/7/15
Last Month of 7th Grade
Homework:
Visual Summary page 392 answer #’s (15 – 19) Quiz tomorrow!!
Lesson Review page 393 answer #’s (1 – 6)
Shadow Data work – finished product Thurs. May 21
Startup – Warm-up :
Read Another Writing and Technology Section of the Example
Papers from years past and see if they followed the instructions given.
QOTD: What are a phospholipids? / Why is water
important?
Vocab: phospholipid, osmosis
Activities:
QOTD’s / Shadow work Computer Room 502
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” – Louis Pasteur
Date: 5/8/15
Last Month of 7th Grade
Homework:
Begin lesson 3 - Read pages 394 – 397
Answer #’s (1 – 3) and (5 – 7)
Shadow Data work – finished product Thurs. May 21
Startup – Warm-up :
Page 393 Lesson Review Answer #’s (7 – 9) then:
Prepare for Lesson 2 Unit 6 “The Cell” quiz
QOTD: None today – Quiz lesson 2
Vocab: None today – Quiz lesson 2
Activities:
Startup – Warm –up / Group study / Quiz Lesson 2 Unit 6
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” – Louis Pasteur
Date: 5/18/15
Last Month of 7th Grade
Homework:
Begin lesson 3 - Read pages 410 – 412 Answer #’s (6 - 9)
Shadow Data work – finished product Thurs. May 21
Continue ISTEP review Unit 2
Startup – Warm-up :
Read pages 408 and 409 Answer #’s (1 - 3) then:
Take out Shadow DATA paper pages 1 – 4 then:
Preview ISTEP Review UNIT 2
QOTD: None today – Beginning lesson 4
Vocab: None today – Beginning lesson 4
Activities:
Shadow Data first four pages checklist
/ Lesson 4 preview/ ISTEP Review groups
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“The Blue”
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Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” – Louis Pasteur
Date: 5/19/15
Last Month of 7th Grade
Homework:
Read pages 413(a) – 413(b)
Shadow Data work – finished product Thurs. May 21
Begin reviewing ISTEP Unit 3 questions
Startup – Warm-up :
Preview ISTEP Review UNIT 2
Get out Shadow project pages for the next four pages
QOTD: What is homeostasis? / How do cells get
energy?
Vocab: homeostasis, photosynthesis, cellular
respiration
Activities:
Shadow Data / Lesson 4 preview/ ISTEP Review groups
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“The Blue”
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Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” – Louis Pasteur
Date: 5/20/15
Happy Birthday Scott !!!!!
Gardanians make a “Thank You” card – see board left
Homework:
Read pages 413(c) – 413(e) #’s ( 10 – 18 )
Shadow Data work – finished product Thurs. May 21
Begin reviewing ISTEP Unit 3 questions
Startup – Warm-up :
Get out Outdoor lab observations and Data table that you
personally used to collect this year’s data, then:
Look over questions for the ISTEP Review Unit 3 pages 197 - 202
QOTD: How do cells divide? / Why is the cell cycle
important?
Vocab: cell cycle, binary fission, chromosomes,
centromere
Activities:
Shadow Data / QOTD’s / ISTEP Review Unit 3 groups
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” – Louis Pasteur
Date: 5/21/15
Shadow Data Paper Due Today!!!
Gardanians turn in “Thank You’s” if you haven’t already
Homework:
Read pages 414 – 416 #’s ( 19 – 23 )
review ISTEP Unit 3 questions pages 197 - 202
Startup – Warm-up :
Have your Shadow Data Project Paper out and ready Take a fresh checklist paper from the front and put your name on it
QOTD: What are the stages of the cell cycle? /
What are the stages of mitosis?
Vocab: Mitosis, Interphase, Prophase, Metaphase,
Anaphase, Telophase
Activities:
Grading the Shadow Data Project Paper
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” – Louis Pasteur
Date: 5/22/15
Homework:
Read page 417 answer #’s ( 24 & 25 )
Review ISTEP Unit 4 questions pages 197 - 202
Startup – Warm-up :
Have your Shadow Data Project Paper out and ready Take out the checklist papers from yesterday for re-check
QOTD: How do cells exchange materials? / How
do oragnisms maintain homeostasis?
Vocab: passive transport, diffusion, Osmosis,
active transport, endocytosis, exocytosis
Activities:
Grading the Shadow Data Project Paper Recheck /
Video “Cell Division” Mitosis
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” – Louis Pasteur
Date: 5/27/15
Homework:
Unit 6 Post Test tomorrow “The Cell”
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a bubble sheet from the front and fill out your
Name, period and date
QOTD: None for the rest of the school year
Vocab: None for the rest of the school year
Activities:
Final 7th Grade Science Test – for grade
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” – Louis Pasteur
Date: 5/28/15
Homework:
No more this school year in Science!!!
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a bubble sheet from the front and fill out your
Name, period and date
QOTD: None for the rest of the school year
Vocab: None for the rest of the school year
Activities:
7th Grade Science Unit 6 “The Cell” Post - Test for grade
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“The Blue”
Your Paradise learning station
Where “Chance favors the Prepared Mind” – Louis Pasteur
Date: 5/28/15
Homework:
No more this school year in Science!!!
Startup – Warm-up :
Take a bubble sheet from the front and fill out your
Name, period and date
QOTD: None for the rest of the school year
Vocab: None for the rest of the school year
Activities:
7th Grade Science Unit 6 “The Cell” Post - Test for grade