Monday Aug 24th All classes All About Me Due next time we meet Disclosures Due next time we mmet Get to know you activities Pay $10.00 lab fees in 3 weeks on line. Tuesday Aug 25th B day Get to know you activities Following instructions (for fun) Crystal Ball (for fun) Star Activity (for fun) Creating shapes (for fun) Wednesday Aug 26th A day Same as Tuesday Thursday Aug 27th B day Bad Breath Test (didn't work) Paper Thing Coke vs. Diet Coke w/ density lab Handed in but will not be graded What's in my book? Friday Aug 28th A day Same as Thursday Monday Aug 31st B day Scientific Method Stories Demonstrations on Scientific Method Instructions for Scientific Method Test (except 6th Period, I forgot to give it to them) A day due Sept 17th Thursday, B day Due Friday Sept. 18th Tuesday Sept. 1st A day Same as Monday Wednesday Sept 2nd B day 6th period passed out and explained Scientific Method Test Case of the Sleeping frog. Corrected and handed in during class. Penny Lab Will correct on Friday. Thursday Sept 3rd A day Same as Wednesday but will turn in penny lab Friday Sept 4th B day Short Scientific Method Quiz Finish and hand in Penny Lab Do more demonstrations and give ideas for Scientific Method Test Monday Sept 7th No school Tuesday Sept 8th A day Finish and hand in Penny Lab Graphing in class work. Homework - due on Thursday "Scientific Method worksheet" Wednesday Sept 9th B day Same as Tuesday Thursday Sept 10th A day Finish graphing Start Organizing Data Friday Sept 11th B day Same as Thursday Monday Sept 14th A day Finish and hand in Organizing Data. Some students took it home if they didn't get it finished. Start Pen Lab in class work only Tuesday Sept 15th B day Same as Monday Wednesday Sept 16th A day Finish Pen Lab and turn in. Experiment Test won't be due until Friday because I don't have them on Thursday. I will give them extra credit if they hand it in before Friday. B day will have until the 21st to hand it in. Thursday Sept 17th B day Same as Wednesday Friday Sept 18th A day I will have a substitute. She will have the students turn in their Scientific Method Test Experiments. We will do a gum lab and a life saver lab. There will also be a quiz on the scientific method. No homework. Monday Sept 21st. B day Do analysis of our Pen Lab. Hand out rulers and have students draw lines on paper of specific measurements that will be on the board. Explain $ sheet and cartoon sheet. Tuesday Sept 22nd A day Same as Monday Wednesday Sept 23 B day Explain Linear Measurements and Tic Tac Toe Measure students Thursday Sept 24th A day Same as Wednesday Friday No School Monday Sept 28th B day Correct Tic Tac Toe 6th period needs to be measured Review with conversions on the board Metric Design Homework if not finished. Due on Wednesday 30th Tuesday Sept 29th A day Same as Monday except Design will be due on Tuesday the 6th Wednesday Sept 30th B day Hand in Metric Design Little Millie Metric in class and correct Volume Lab No school Thursday, Friday and Monday Tuesday Oct 6th A day Hand in Metric Design Same as Wednesday Sept 30th Wednesday Oct 7th B day Metric Olympiad Homework "Density Drill" Thursday Oct. 8th A day Same as Wednesday Friday Oct. 9th B day Science Olympiad Egg Drop In class and for fun!!!! Monday Oct 12th A day correct Density Drill and hand in Talk about volume lab and hand in Start Metric Farm Due on Friday Oct 16th (Sorry I didn't change this sooner.) tuesday Oct 13th B day Same as Monday except due date for Metric Farm is Monday Oct 19th. Wednesday Oct 14th A day Handed in Volume Lab Metric Farm won't be due today. Review for Metric Test Thursday Oct 15th B day Same as Wednesday Friday Oct 16th A day Hand in Metric Farm Egg Drop for fun Monday Oct 19th B day Hand in Metric Farm Metric Test Tuesday Oct 20th A day Metric Test Wednesday Oct 21 B day We will finish the Metric Test Today. I will give each student some time to work on an extra credit sheet in class only. This will not go home. I will correct the test and the extra credit sheet in class today. No homework Thursday Oct 22 A day Same as Wednesday Friday Oct 23 B day Dollar Bill Bridge and Write It Do It activities. For Fun Monday Oct 26th A day We will start the unit on characteristics of living things. In class Time Line. Not homework. It will be finished and turned in on Wednesday. Tuesday Oct 27th B day Same as Monday Wednesday Oct 28th A day Finish and turn in Time line. Take notes on Characterisitcs and Needs of Living Things. Court preceedings on 'Martian and the Car" In class No homework Thursday Oct 29th B day Same as Wednesday Friday Oct 30th No School Monday November 2nd A day Last week we didn't get to the notes or the Martian in the Car Today we just took notes and talked about the notes. They need to keep these notes because they will be using these to study for the quiz and short test later. Tuesday November 3rd B day Same as Monday Wednesday November 4th A day I had a sub today because of a funeral. They students were assigned a crossword puzzle with 10 words in this unit. Depending on what the sub accomplished I will assign a due date on the crossword puzzle. It was suppose to be due by Friday. Thursday November 5th B day Same as Wednesday except I will assign a due date. The due date will be Monday November 9th. Friday November 6th A day Dollar Bill Bridge. No homework Monday November 9th B day Hand in crossword puzzle. Characteristic and Needs of Living Things worksheet in class and correct. Martian and the Car Judge and Jury No homework Tuesday November 10th A day Same as Monday Wednesday November 11th B day Quiz on characteristics and needs of living things. I will have the kid study for about 15 minutes from their notes and give the quiz orally. We will correct and turn in. We will read a couple of articles in the Science World magazine. No homework Thursday November 12th A day Same as Wednesday Friday November 13th B day Write it Do it Activity No homework Monday November 16th A day Start Chemistry of Living Things Discussion on atoms We will do a classroom assignment, not take home, called: How Are Electrons Arranged in an Atom? We will finish in class correct and hand in. No Homework Tuesday November 17th B day Same as Monday Wednesday November 18th A day I will be assigning and element to the students and at a later time probably next week I will be going to the computer lab and they will make a brochure about their element. I will be giving them the instructions etc. They will also be presenting their element in front of the class as an oral presentation. This is not an option. All students will be required to do this. It is part of our accredidation requirements. We are working on oral presentations. We will have another classroom assignment called Counting Atoms. It will be corrected and turned in. No homework Thursday November 19th B day Same as Wednesday Friday November 20th No school for students Monday November 23rd A day I was absent. I had the students listen to a video and do some very hard dot to dots. No homework other than Counting Atoms that will be due on the 30th. Tuesday November 24th B day Talent show in the morning and Skating Activity in the afternoon. No homework. Counting Atoms will be due on the 1st of Dec. Wednesday through Friday no School for Thanksgiving. Monday November 30th A day Corrected Counting Atoms and turned in. Went over the brochure and went to the computer lab to look up the information needed. On Wednesday we will put together and finish our brochures. They will not be due until Friday the 4th of December. The students will be required to orally present their brochures to the class. this will start on Wednesday and finish Monday. Tuesday December 1st B day Same as Monday except it will be due on Monday the 7th of Dec. Oral presentations will begin on Thursday and end sometime next week. Wednesday Dec. 2nd. A day Finish brochures in class and start presenting. Thursday Dec 3rd B day Same as Wednesday Friday Dec 4th A day Brochures due. Cutting Paper to be the size of an atom. Monday Dec. 7th B day Brochures due. We did not get to the presenting of Brochures so that will start today. Grade Brochures from Rubric. Hand in Brochures. Element scavanger hunt. This is classroom work. No homework Tuesday Dec 8th A day Same as Monday except brochures were due on Friday. Wednesday Dec 9th B day Notes on General and specific properties of matter. Demos on this. End the period making snowflakes, because this is a phase of matter. Thursday Dec 10th A day Same as Wednesday Friday Dec 11th B day Possibly start building rockets. This will take several Fridays. Monday Dec 14th A day Finish Notes on Phases of Matter Oobleck Lab on Amorphous Solid. This will demonstrate the properties of an amorphous solid. No homework Tuesday Dec 15th B day Same as Monday Wednesday Dec 16th A day Properties of Matter worksheet done in class, corrected, and turned in. Notes on Phase Changes Demonstrations on Chemical and Physical Changes of Matter Thursday Dec 17th B day Same as Wednesday Friday Dec. 18th A day This day all the students will be going to a Madrigal Performance by Olympus High School and then those who have earned the right to go to the 7th grade dance will go the last period of the day. So no Rocket Building for this period.