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Assignment
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STUDENTS NEED TO HAVE A
CALCULATOR FOR THE REST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IN SCIENCE. NOT HAVING A CALCULATOR COULD RESULT IN
THE DOCKING OF SOME POINTS SINCE YOU ARE NOT PREPARED FOR CLASS!!!!
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Friday, May 9
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Friday, May 9
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Students will be filling out vocabulary notecards for section 6-2 in their textbooks. They will also be practicing using some
of the formulas we have recently learned.
There is no assignment over the weekend (unless they don’t finish
the above in class).
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Thursday, May 8
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Thursday, May 8
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Students will be watching a video on force and motion
today. They will be filling out a
viewing guide as they watch the video.
There is no homework assignment.
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Tuesday, May 6
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Thursday, May 8
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Students are working on a lab in which they how mass has an effect on gravitational pull. It is a two day lab that will be due on Thursday,
May 8.
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Monday, May 5
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Wednesday, May 7
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We are practicing using some of our force and motion
formulas in class. We are also
reading together section 6-2, pages 154-159. Students are receiving the worksheet over
this section. It is due on
Wednesday, May 7.
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Friday, May 2
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Monday, May 5
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Students are practicing how to find speed in class. They are also completing a worksheet over
section 6-1, pages 148-152, in their text books. The worksheet is due on Monday, May 5.
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Tuesday, April
29-Thursday, May 1
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Monday, May 5
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Students will be working together to gather data for our
speed and acceleration lab. We will
be working together in the hallway at our speedway to time how long it
takes our racecar to travel a 5-meter track. We will then be making calculations of
its speed and making a graph to show our data. There will be several questions that need
to be answered as a follow-up to our lab work. The entire lab will be due by Monday, May
5.
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Monday, April 28
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Students are being introduced to our force and motion unit
today. We are doing an activity by
creating a half pipe with paper and using a marble to observe how fast and
far it moves as it rolls down and back up the other side of the paper. We are also reading pages 148-150
together in our textbooks. There is
no homework assignment.
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MONDAY, APRIL 21
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STUDENTS NEED A SNACK FOR AN
ACTIVITY IN SCIENCE CLASS. THEY JUST
NEED ENOUGH FOR THEMSELVES. THE
SNACK CAN BE A DRINK. YES, THEY CAN
BRING BOTH A SNACK AND A DRINK IF THEY WOULD LIKE.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 25
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CHAPTER 16 TEST! Study guides will be handed out by April
18.
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Wednesday, April 23
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Thursday, April 24
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We will be using these two days to review for the
chapter 16 test.
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Monday, April 21
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Monday, April 28
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Students are making their own dichotomous key with the
snacks they brought into class today.
They will also have class time tomorrow to work on this. It will be due on Monday, April 28 but
students can hand it in early if they finish.
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Thursday, April 17
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Monday, April 21
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Students are completing a lab in class today in which
they use a dichotomous key to classify some preserved animals into
phyla. There are three questions
which follow the lab that need to be answered when they come into class on
Monday, April 21. THE CHAPTER 16 STUDY GUIDE WAS HANDED OUT IN CLASS
TODAY. IF A STUDENT SHOWS ME THEIR
COMPLETED STUDY GUIDE THEY GET A COMPLETED, TYPED COPY OF MY STUDY GUIDE.
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Wednesday, April 16
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Thursday, April 17
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Students are completing the lab on page 467 in their
textbooks. They are completing this
in their science lab books. It is
due on Thursday, April 17.
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Tuesday, April 15
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Wednesday, April 16
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Students are reading section 16-3, pages 462-466, in
their textbooks and completing a worksheet over the reading. The worksheet is due on Wednesday, April
16.
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Monday, April 14
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Students are learning how to use a dichotomous key (a
list of characteristics used for identification purposes) to identify 11 different
types of candy. (They really enjoy
this lab!) Students will be making their own key later in class so it is
important they understand how to use one of these keys. There is no assignment for homework.
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Tuesday, April 8
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Friday, April 11
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Students who scored below
69% on their chapter 15 science test can make corrections to their test for
extra points. They will need to come
in after school any day between Tuesday, April 8 and Friday, April 11 to do
this.
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Friday, April 11
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Monday, April 14
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Students are reading section 16-2, pages 457-459, in
class today. They are completing a
worksheet that goes with the reading.
The worksheet is due Monday, April 14.
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Thursday, April 10
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Friday, April 11
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We are starting a lab together in class today in which
students classify six different imaginary animals based on their external
features. There are several
follow-up questions to the lab which students will need to answer on their
own. This lab is due on Friday,
April 11.
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Wednesday, April 9
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Thursday, April 10
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Students will be reading section 16-1, pages 452-455, in
their textbooks. They will complete
a worksheet over their reading, which is due on Thursday, April 10.
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Tuesday, April 8
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Wednesday, April 9
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We are working on a lab together today in which we put
different shapes into groups called kingdoms, phylums,
and classes. The assignment is to
take one of the groups of shapes and come up with your own way of dividing
and naming them .
It is due on Wednesday.
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Monday, April 7
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We will be starting our chapter on Classification
today. Students will be putting
together puzzles and we will discuss the strategies they used. There is no homework assignment.
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Wednesday, March 26 and
Thursday, March 27
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Chapter 15 science test will be
on these days. Students will receive
a study guide to prepare for the test about a week prior to the test.
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Monday, March 24 and
Tuesday, March 25
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Review for the chapter 15 Test.
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Thursday, March 20
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No regular science class today. Students participated in the Seder Meal,
the weather presentation from Mr. Winters, and the Living Stations of the
Cross.
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Wednesday, March 19
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WORK DAY!
Students have time in class to work on their Cell Headlines (due
Tuesday, March 25) and their chapter 15 study guide. The test is Wednesday, March 26!
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Tuesday, March 18
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Wednesday, March 19
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Students are reading pages 440-445 in their textbook and
completing a worksheet over the reading.
The worksheet is due Wednesday, March 19.
In addition,
students are receiving the STUDY GUIDE for
chapter 15 to prepare for the test next week. The study guide is NOT an assignment but
I HIGHLY suggest students complete it.
If they do and they show it to me in class, I will give them a
completed, typed copy of my study guide, which was written directly from
the test.
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Monday, March 17
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Tuesday, March 25
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CELL HEADLINES—Students are drawing a picture of an animal
cell (using page. 432 in their text or their Cell
City packet) and labeling these
parts: cell membrane, nucleus,
cytoplasm, endoplasmic reticulum, ribosome, Golgi
body, mitochondria, lysosome, and vacuole. Students then need to use newspapers or magazines
to find words or phrases that describe the function of these parts. They will cut them out and place them on
their drawing near the parts.
Students MAY NOT cut out individual letters to create words or type
and print words using the computer.
The words MUST come from newspapers or magazines. This assignment will be due on Tuesday,
March 25.
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Monday, March 17
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STUDENTS NEED MAGAZINES
AND/OR NEWSPAPERS FOR AN ACTIVITY WE WILL START IN CLASS ON THIS DAY.
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Friday, March 14
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We started to share our cell cities in class today and
will finish on Monday. No homework.
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Thursday, March 13
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We are finishing up our cell cities in class today. We will quickly share them in class on
Friday.
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Wednesday, March 12
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Students are taking the microscope quiz in class
today. With the rest of class time
they continue to work on their cell cities.
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Tuesday, March 11
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Students are using the information gathered from the webquest to now create a city that includes structures
that have similar functions of the organelles in a cell. This is a group project that will include
the creation of a blueprint for their city.
We hope to have this done by Friday.
REMEMBER: Microscope quiz is
tomorrow. You need magazines or
newspapers for class.
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Friday, March 7 and Monday, March 10
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Students are working in the computer lab today on a cell
webquest.
They are linking to pre-determined sites to gather information about
cells, their structures, and the functions of those structures. There is no assignment over the weekend.
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Thursday, March 6
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Friday, March 7
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We are looking at plant/onion cells and animal/cheek
cells under the microscope today. Students
are drawing what they see in their lab books and labeling some parts. Students have also drawn a Venn diagram
in their lab books so they can compare and contrast the two kinds of cells. This should be done when they come to
class on Friday. Worksheet over
section 15-2 is also due Friday.
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Wednesday, March 5
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Friday, March 7
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Students will begin to read section 15-2, pages 430-438,
in class today. There are several
vocabulary words in this section and I am encouraging students to make notecards for these words. They also have a worksheet to complete
and this will be due on Friday, March 7.
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Tuesday, March 4
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Tuesday, March 4
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Today in class we went over the microscope lab from
yesterday. We also viewed a model of
an animal cell and discussed the parts of the cell and their
functions. On
Wednesday, March 12 there will be a short quiz in class over the parts of
the microscope. Students should
study the front of the lab we checked today in class to prepare for the
quiz.
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Monday, March 3
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Tuesday, March 4
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Students are completing a lab today in which they learn
how to use the microscopes we have in the classroom. The questions for the lab are due on
Tuesday, March 4, when we will go over them in class.
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Friday, Feb. 29
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Tuesday, March 4
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We are reading section 15-1, pages 422-426, in class
today. Students have a worksheet to
complete over the reading. It is due
by Tuesday, March 4. REMEMBER:
Foldable is due on Monday, March 3 and it counts as a test
grade. DO NOT TURN IT IN LATE FOR
HALF CREDIT!!!!
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Thursday, Feb. 28
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Friday, Feb. 29
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Students are making observations about three kinds of
magnifiers today. They are looking
at newsprint through a drop of water, through a loop filled with water, and
through a magnifying lens. Students
are recording observations in their lab books. In addition, we are watching an
introductory video about microscopes.
The assignment is to answer these three questions in their lab
books: What did we do?, Why did we do it?, and What did I learn? These will be checked on Friday, Feb. 29.
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Wednesday, Feb. 27
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Monday, March 3
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Students worked on their foldables
for the weather final in class today.
Tomorrow we start a new unit!
The foldables are due on Monday, March
3. REMEMBER: Extra credit weather work sheets are due
by Friday, Feb. 29.
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Tuesday, Feb. 26
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Monday, March 3
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Students are taking an oral quiz today using their front
wheel and the notes they took in their lab books over the severe weather
presentations. IN ADDITION, students
are getting the final weather assignment, which will count as a test
grade. Students are making what is
called a “foldable” and will be writing in it information about specific
weather topics. Directions are given
in class as well as a rubric for grading.
The foldable will be due on Monday, March 3. Students will have class time on
Wednesday, Feb. 27 to work on this but then will need to complete it on
their own time.
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Monday, Feb. 25
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Wednesday, Feb.
27
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We went over our cloud lab in class today. Students also received back their energy
transfer quizzes with final grades.
Students read in their textbooks about weather maps and forecasting
and are completing some worksheets using weather maps. These are due on Wednesday, Feb. 27.
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Friday, Feb. 22
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Friday, Feb. 29
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Students shared their posters and presentations in class
today. There were also some extra credit weather worksheets available. These will be due by next Friday, Feb. 29. If a student didn’t pick one up today,
they will be able to get them in the classroom next week.
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Friday, Feb. 22
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Due to ANOTHER late start on Wednesday, Feb. 20 and
shortened class times, the poster presentations will now be on Friday, Feb.
22. Students will have class time on
Thursday, Feb. 21 to finish their preparations.
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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20
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THE EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENT
THAT GOES WITH THE BOOK “CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS” IS STILL DUE ON
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20!
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Tuesday, Feb. 19
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Thursday, Feb. 21
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Due to the snow
day and late start today, students will have today in class and Wednesday
to continue to prepare their severe weather posters and presentations. These will be shared in class on
Thursday, Feb. 21.
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Thursday, Feb. 14
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Wednesday, Feb.
20
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EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY!!!
We read the story “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs”
at the start of class today. For
extra credit students can draw a picture similar to one from the book that
shows some kind of food “raining” down, along with a description of the
forecast. (For example, they might
say “After a brief shower of orange juice, low clouds of sunny-side up eggs
will move in followed by pieces of toast.
This will be followed by a raining down of milk.” Have fun and be creative!!! Drawing paper is provided in the
classroom. This will be due on
Wednesday, Feb. 20.
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Thursday, Feb. 14
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Tuesday, Feb. 19
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Lab groups are being assigned a type of severe weather
to research. Groups will design a poster
with their information (a rubric was given in class so students know what
information to gather) and will then present their poster to the rest of
the class on Tuesday, Feb. 19.
Students need several sources for their information so you might
find them using the Internet at home to get the information.
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Tuesday, Feb. 12
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Thursday, Feb. 14
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Students are making a wheel of information today about
fronts. We will be working on this
in class on Wednesday also. The finished
product will be due on Thursday, Feb. 14.
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Monday, Feb. 11
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Monday, Feb. 11
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Students are constructing a “front finder” in class to
help them understand how fronts affect our weather. We will finish making these in class on
Tuesday.
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Friday, Feb. 8
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Monday, Feb. 11
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Students participated in a lab today in which we
created clouds in a bottle. They
have several questions to answer.
These will be due on Monday, Feb. 11.
ALSO: Quiz
corrections are now due on Monday, Feb. 11.
Don’t forget to get a parent signature for corrections to “count”!
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Tuesday, Feb. 5
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Tuesday, Feb. 5
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We are doing an activity today which relates
temperature and dew point to “stickiness”.
This is an in class activity.
Quizzes are being handed back today.
Students can make corrections if their grade was 79% or lower. These corrections, along with a parent
signature, are due no later than Friday, Feb. 8.
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Monday, Feb. 4
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Monday, Feb. 4
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We are doing an activity in class today where students
will find the dew point in our class room using water, ice, and a
thermometer (all in a cup!). There
is no assignment.
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Tuesday, Feb. 5
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Friday, Feb. 8
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Students will see their quiz scores from the energy
transfer quiz. If a student received
a score of 79%
or less and want to increase their score, they MUST have their quiz signed
by a parent and they must make corrections to the test. These corrections will be due by Friday,
Feb. 8.
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Monday, Jan. 28
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Monday, Feb. 4
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We will be working on several activities about wind at
the start of this week. (We have a
messed-up schedule this week due to Catholic Schools Week and other, extra
activities that are planned!) All
work that is assigned will be due on Monday, Feb. 4.
For preparation to learn about wind, students should
read pages 350-355 in their textbooks.
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Friday, Jan. 25
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Friday, Jan. 25
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Open note and worksheet quiz over energy transfer
(radiation, conduction, and convection).
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Thursday, Jan. 24
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Thursday, Jan.
24`
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We are reviewing what students need to know and have
for the quiz over energy transfer on Friday. Students will be allowed to use their lab
books and any of their worksheets that we have completed during this concept. (Hint:
Going to the Foss website listed to the right might be helpful to
review for the quiz! In the control
room click on Matter and Energy and then select Heat and Energy.)
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Wednesday, Jan. 23
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Thursday, Jan. 24
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Students are completing a worksheet over the convection
chamber they observed on Monday in class.
This is due on Thursday, Jan. 24.
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Monday, Jan. 21
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Tuesday, Jan. 22
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We are going over Friday’s lab in class today. Students are introduced to convection as
a form of energy transfer and are observing a convection chamber as a model
of what happens in our atmosphere.
There is no assignment.
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Friday, Jan. 18
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Monday, Jan. 21
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Students are to complete the lab sheet they started in
class today when we tested how temperature affects density. This is due Monday at the start of class.
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Thursday, Jan. 17
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We are checking our sheet that is due today and
summarizing density. We are also preparing
for our lab tomorrow in which we will see if the temperature of water
affects its density. There is no
assignment tonight.
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Wednesday,
Jan. 16
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Thursday, Jan. 17
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Students are working on a sheet in which they need to use
the formula of mass divided by volume to find density. This sheet needs to be completed when
they come to class on Thursday.
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Tuesday,
Jan. 15
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Due to the short classes yesterday with early
dismissal, we are still working on layering our four liquids. There is no homework assignment.
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Friday,
Jan. 11 and Monday, Jan. 14
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Students are completing an activity in which they layer
different colored salt solutions.
While they work they will record their attempts and successes. There is no assignment.
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Thursday, Jan. 10
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Students are doing a final activity with conduction
today. There is no assignment. REMEMBER:
Extra credit is due tomorrow!!!
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Tuesday, Jan. 8
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Wed, Jan. 9
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Students need to complete the sheet titled, “Heat
Conduction” for class tomorrow. We will go over this in class.
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Jan. 8
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Jan. 11
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EXTRA CREDIT
Students will create a graph showing the high and low
temperatures for the first week of 2008.
The temperature data is in our classroom, as well as the graph paper
and a suggestion of how to set up the graph. This will be due by Friday, Jan. 11. It is worth 25 extra credit points.
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Jan. 7-9
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Students will be doing
several activities which illustrate the transfer of energy called
conduction.
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Friday, Jan. 4
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Students
participated in a class discussion today that involved the results of our
graphs from yesterday, radiant energy, radiation, and differential
heating. Students also watched a
multi-media explanation of radiation and read how a thermometer works. Students have an extra credit challenge
to find via the Internet how long it takes the sun’s energy to reach
us. Students need to print their
answer from the Internet and bring them to class by Monday, Jan. 7. No assignment.
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Jan. 2-3
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Jan. 4
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Students will be
using temperature data taken from different surfaces (air, sand, soil, and
water) to graph how the surface affects the heating and cooling. Students will be graphing their
data. On the back of the graph
students need to write 5 correct statements that can be made from the
information in the graph. This will
be due on Friday, Jan. 4.
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Thursday, Dec. 20
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Thursday, Dec. 20
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Students will
continue to work on the quiz they started on Wednesday. Due to the Band and Choir Tour on Friday
there will not be regular core classes.
There is no science homework over Christmas break. Merry Christmas to all. “See you next year”!
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Wednesday, Dec.
19
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Wednesday, Dec.
19
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Open note quiz
over seasons.
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Tuesday, Dec. 18
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Tuesday, Dec. 18
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We are continuing
our discussion on solar angles and beam spreading today, recording some information
in our lab books. BE SURE TO BRING
ALL WORKSHEETS AND YOUR LAB BOOK TO CLASS ON WEDNESDAY. YOU WILL BE TAKING AN OPEN NOTE QUIZ OVER
SEASONS!
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Monday, Dec. 17
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Mon, Dec. 17
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Today we are discussing
solar angles and beam spreading in class.
There are two demonstrations I will be sharing with students. There is no homework assignment.
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Friday, Dec. 14
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Friday, Dec. 14
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We are
summarizing the data from our graphs today.
Students are also correcting three fictional students’
misconceptions about why we have seasons on a worksheet completed in
class. There is no homework
assignment.
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Thursday, Dec. 13
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Friday, Dec. 14
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Students will be
gathering data today and putting it into a data table. With this information they will be
creating a LINE graph (latitude is on the bottom/X axis and hours of
daylight is on the side/Y axis) that shows the hours of daylight at
specific locations in the northern hemisphere. This graph is due on Friday, Dec. 14.
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