7th
Science
1/5 Do Chapter Review p 142-143
Continue Crane Timeline, Start building creative Crane Model,
Start 4-minute Computer presentation
1/6 Cranes delayed due to weather. Use extra time to work on project.
1/7 Study for TEST on Monday. Prepare Study Guide.
1/12 Read Ch 5, Section 1 p 154-159 A&V
1/13 Read 5-2, p 162-167 A&V
1/14 Read 5-3, p 170-174 A&V
1/15 Read 5-4, p 175-181 A&V
FINISH Whooping Crane Project!!!! Due next Friday, Jan. 23
1/16 Visit web sites
http://www.dnai.org/a/index.html
and http://www.thetech.org/genetics/
and http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/genproj/
and http://www.koshland-science-museum.org/exhibitdna/index.jsp
and http://www.ology.amnh.org/genetics/index.html
1/20 Read Section 5 R&V.
1/21 Finish Whooping Crane Project, due Monday, 1/26.
1/26 Review Section 4
1/27 Review Section 3, Make Meiosis Drawing
Use links: Putting DNA to Work
http://www.koshland-science-museum.org/exhibitdna/index.jsp
and meosis/mitosis links
http://www.cellsalive.com/meiosis.htm and
http://poster.4teachers.org/worksheet/view.php?ID=32407&page=32
1/28 Do Chapter Review p182-183 and study Vocab
1/30 Do Homozygous/Heterozygous (Marble Model) Lab Write up, due Tuesday
2/1 Check out Websites listed in Weekly Letter under 7th Grade!!!!
2/2 Finish Homo/Heterozygous Lab Write up, due Tuesday.
2/3 Complete Unimonster Handout, due Wednesday.
2/4 Finish Bug Builders Labstract, due Friday.
2/9 Read Chapter 8, Sections 1 & 2 R&V p 192-203
2/10 Read 8-3, p 205-213 R&V
See: Your Genes, Your Health http://yourgenesyourhealth.org/
and
Watch video (find on links page):
Secrets of Plant Genomes
http://nsfgov.httpsvc.vitalstreamcdn.com/nsfgov_vitalstream_com/genome.html
and do DNA Fingerprints:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/science/dna_interactives.htm
2/11 Do Chapter Review p 215-216
2/12 Get Handout. Study for TEST on Chapters 7 & 8 for Friday, Feb. 13.
2/23 Read p 224-231 A&V Ch 7-1
2/24 Read p 234-240 A&V Ch 7-2
2/26 Read p 241-246 A&V Ch 7-3
3/2 Read Ch 7-1 p 224-231 A&V
3/3 Read 7-2 p234-240 A&V
Read 7-3 p241-246 A&V
3/6 Write-up Relative Dating & Fossil Labstract, due Tuesday March 10
3/9 Write Labstract for Carbon Dating (Penny Lab), due Friday March 13
see link:
http://www.museumofman.org/html/lessonplan_radiocarbon_dating.pdf
3/16 Start 'USS Adventure' handout, due Friday 3/20
3/17 Do TellTale Molecules p 247, answer questions for Study Guide.
3/18 Read Section 4, p 248-254 R&V
3/19 Read Section 5, p 255-257 R&V
3/20 Do Chapter Review questions, p 259-261
3/27 Study for TEST Tuesday. Put together Study Guide, due Tuesday
3/31 TEST today on Chapter 7. Study Guide due today.
4/3 Read Ch 8, Sections 4 & 5 p283-285 R&V and p286-297 R&V (One
page of notes is even better and may be substituted!)
(Sections 1, 2, & 3 are only review of rock cycle, relative
dating, and radioactive dating, which we have already done.)
NOTE: We are done with Chapter 8 (do not throw anything away...we will put it
into our portfolios). We begin the study of Form and function, starting
with the joints Tuesday. My son is coming to introduce the subject. We were
finishing a quiz today so I did not tell them about the reading homework
listed for 4/6. You can do it tonight (or for those who are not as observant
as you! they may do it tomorrow). You will be better prepared to ask
questions tomorrow if you start the reading Monday night.
4/6 Read p 518-525 R&V and p 526-530 R&V
4/7 Read p 532-539 R&V due 4/27
4/8 Do EdHeads Knee Replacement
http://www.edheads.org/activities/knee/index.htm
4/20 Finish reading p 518-525 R&V due tomorrow. Try EdHeads!
4/22-24 Retreat
4/27 Re-read Ch 13-3 Muscles p532-539 R&V!
5/1 Read Ch 13-4 and Do EdHeads Simple Machines...one room/ label body
machines.
5/3 Do Chapter Review
5/4 Prepare for test on Monday, 5/11
5/5 Do Math in Ch 13-4 on mechanical advantage of machines
5/8 Project ASTRO visit from Mr. Richardson
5/11 TEST on Ch 13 today...turn in Study Guide! Read Ch 16-1
R&V
5/12 Read Ch 16-2 R&V, Finish Flower drawing: see links
http://www.chesterfield.k12.sc.us/Cheraw%20Intermediate/DaveEvans/BiologyICP/FlowerParts.jpg
5/13 Read Ch 16-3 R&V
5/15 Type up DNA Extraction Labstract, due Thursday morning 5/21
5/18 Start Embryo Project, due 5/26
See video (on links):
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=98146&title=Chicken_Embryo_Timelapse
or
links on LINKS page
6/3 Quiz on Reproduction
6/4 Finish drawing & function of eye
Pre-algebra
1/5 p 246 #1-9 Activity Lab
1/6 p 250 #13-27, 33,35 (CW p 250 #1-12, 28-32, 34)
1/7 p 255 #1-13, 30-38, 47, 49, 51, 53
1/8 (CW p 255 #14-29, 39-46, 48, 50, 52, 54-58, 59-62)
HW p 259 #1-4, 31-36, 38-47, 50-55
1/12 (CW p 259 #6-30 even, #48, 56-68 even)
HW p 265 #2-10 even
1/13 (CW #2-22 even, 23,24-32 even, 34, 36)
HW p 274 #2-42 even
1/15 (Finish CW p280 #2-30 even)
HW #32-58 even
1/16 HW Chapter Test p 286
1/20 Online Chapter Test, print
1/21 Read Section 1, Chapter 6. Do Quick checks.
1/22 Section 2 #1-20 odd, 24-31, 34-49, 55-59
1/26 HW5 p305 # 1-9, 25-28, 33 (odd all)
1/27 HW6 p312 #14-16, 25-32
1/28 HW7 p 316 #39-68 even
1/29 HW8 p 322 #17-36
1/30 HW9 p 326 #1-16, 21-28, 31-36
2/2 HW10 p331 #1-30 odd & #39
2/3 HW11 p340 #1-10
2/4 HW12 Online Test
2/5 TEST today
2/9 p 359 #1-33 odd
2/10 p 364 #1-35 odd
2/11 p 368 #1-9
2/12 Finish CW p 373 #1-28 even
HW p 379 #1-27 odd
2/13 p 381 Lab Activity #1-10
2/23 Finish CW Quick Checks 1&2 p382 and #1-4 p384
HW p384 #5-15
2/24 p 389 #2-18 even
2/25 Finish Chapter Test Practice p396
2/26 Test today. HW22 Lab activity p 391
2/27 HW23 Lab Activity p 398
3/2 HW24 Finish Chapter Review (even)
3/3 HW 25 Online Test
3/4 Test today
Finish CW (enrichment); HW26 Test Prep at end of chapter
3/5 Finish CW Lab p 402/403
HW27 p 407 #3-10, 23-25
3/9 HW28 p407 #11-22
3/10 HW29 p412 #2-36 even
3/11 HW30 p418 #1-10
3/12 HW31 p424 #1-3, 10-12
3/13 HW32 p424 #4-9, 13-25
3/16 HW33 p430 #1-23 odd
3/17 Read p 434-436 and do Quick cks (?try HW34 p436 #1-7 odd)
3/18 Do CW p436 #1-7 odd. (as people did not do this as HW last night,
we did it as CW today.
3/19 Finish CW25 p442 #16-30
HW35 p448 #1-15, 20-36
3/23 Finish CW p448 #1-15,20-36
HW36 p448 #16-19, 37-42
3/24 HW37 Chapter Review
3/25 HW38 Finish Chapter Review
3/26 HW39 Practice Test
3/27 HW1 Online TEST
3/30 TEST today
HW2 Lab Virtual Progress p 458/459
3/31 HW3 p465 #2-42 even & vocab cards
4/1 HW4 p472 #1-16
HW5 Vocab cards
4/2 HW6 p477 #1-26
HW7 Vocab cards
4/6 HW9 p482 (Quick Check 1) and #1-13
4/7 HW10 Vocab Cards and
HW11 p486 #1-32 odd
4/8 No HW for enrichment group, Finish Reteaching Packet (Test Tuesday
4/22)
Spring Break
Finish Reteaching packet if you have one. No Homework for enrichment group.
4/20 Finish re-teaching packet. Plan to take test after school on
Tuesday. Work on Enrichment packet if you have it. Will go over it on Tuesday.
4/22-24 Retreat
4/27 HW12 p493 #1-23 odd, due 4/27
HW13 Vocab cards
4/28 HW14 p498 #1-19 odd
4/30 HW15 p503 #2-32 even
HW16 Vocab cards
5/4 HW17 p 509 Reflections #1-20 odd
5/5 HW18 p 513 Rotations #1-21 odd
5/6 Finish CW Practice Chapter TEST (do Chapter Review as needed)
5/11 TEST today on Chapter 9, HW20 p526 #1-20 all
5/12 HW21 p536 #1-16 all
5/13 Rest...try some online quizzes and tests for Chapters 1-9! The
CUM Handout was not copied
(xerox problems)
5/18 p547 #1-26 all
5/19 p554 #1-9, 15,17,19,22,23
5/20 p554 # 10-14,16,18,20,21
5/27 p560 #1-18
5/28 p566 #1-17
p567 #1-6
6/1 p569 Build boxes and make table on page 569
6/2 p574 #1-23
6/3 Finish Chapter Review p579-581
6/4 Do practice test on p582
6/9 TEST on Chapter 10 today
