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June 6, 2023
- 8th grade breakfast / awards
- promotion practice
June 5, 2024
- Finish Board games
- Turn in completed worksheet (30 points)
June 4, 2024
- Board games (30 points)
- You must play at least 4 games by the end of class tomorrw
June 3, 2024
- 6 Flags
may 31, 2024
- Sub day
- Finish The Martian
- Stay in assigned seats
may 30, 2024
- Continue The Martian
- Stay in assigned seats
may 29, 2024
- Continue The Martian - no daily dose - lets go!!
- People can move but the chairs do not - so don't move the charis to the back table. No standing, just have a seat.
- You may sit with one person
- Open House tonight
may 28, 2024
- Lab book check tomorrow
- Collect HW passes and Bathroom passes (if you choose) for extra credit
- show Open House video
- Begin Martian
- Stay in assigned seats
May 24, 2024
- Sub Day - stay in assigned seats
- Constellation Poster
- crossword and wordsearch
may 23, 2024
- Alien Location Assessment
may 22, 2024
- Go over Alien Moon Notes
- Set up Alien on Diarama Note Card, bring to front table
may 21, 2024
- Outer Planets video (8:44). Start at 3:00
- classlink.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/ba38983f-52ed-47a5-a2da-232623534519?shared=true
- Start (and finish?) your diarama. Put your name on the bottom. Do not write the name of your moon or planet on this - just your name on the bottom.
- Finish Alien - last day with supplies to make alien
- If you finish Diarama, start working on index card
may 20, 2024
- Go to your assigned seats
- Panorama Survey
- Europa classlink.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/b24e5ce3-a6b9-4cc3-ad55-386a657635b6?shared=true
- Dwarf Planets (2 min)
- classlink.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/81bc890a-409f-4ce0-88fc-f42b26f1ca76?shared=true
- Continue Alien project - make sure you alien is showing characteristics to survive specifically for your moon or your planet
may 17, 2024
- Go over planet notes quickly
- There are some people that will not get to choose their groups and there are a few that will have to work alone due to their behavior this year.
- Begin Alien Project - go to front of room and get a small plate of supplies and bring them back to your table. Bring just your Alien to counter on your plate in designated area.
- Short videos first ...Europa and Io
- no tables of 4. tables of 2 or 3 are ok
may 16, 2024
- Review key facts about planets (purple sheet)
- Io classlink.discoveryeducation.com/learn/videos/4f293c19-666f-4b92-91b0-1da67c0750a4
- Ganymede classlink.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/09afca4f-dc96-44d7-ae2a-ce42df48e969?shared=true
- Review basic characteristics of moons (blue sheet)
- Pick your alien moon from a beaker (random) today. Work alone or with one partner.
may 15, 2024
- Finish State Testing Day 3
- Continue working on Alien Moon Notes
- I will not be here for 5th and 6th on Wednesday - rotary lunch :)
May 14, 2024
- continue State Testing Day 2
- When finished, do a quiet activity - no. devices allowed.
may 13, 2024
- begin State Testing Day 1
- Remain in your assigned seat
- No devices allowed.
- Phones are off, not silenced... off
- Apple watches off too.
- No earbuds either.
- Put away chromebooks when test is finished.
- Do a quiet activity when finished, until end of class.
may 10, 2024
- review State Test
- Some notes on Moons - notes are in schoology - take them at your pace, on blue note sheet
- Videos on some planets
- Solarsystem (11:43)
- classlink.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/b157ae0c-6629-49c7-a074-6ed8b40a4aeb?shared=true
may 9, 2024
- Outer Planet Notes. These Notes will be used for the Alien Project next week
- Jupiter and Saturn. (4:23) - classlink.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/1eb09801-0e23-47b7-a302-a34f63b44a0f?shared=true
- Uranus and Neptune (3:28)
- classlink.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/6939d56c-478a-4450-865f-a78a98a141f0?shared=true
may 8, 2024
- Inner Planet Notes - write the underlined parts. These notes will be used for our Alien Project next week
- link on photos then and now of planets www.yahoo.com/news/then-now-earliest-close-ups-224202824.html?guccounter=1
- Mercury and Venus (3:34)
- classlink.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/635f3378-dbda-4059-8d14-0cb8b69b817e?shared=true
- Inner Planets(13:30) video:
- classlink.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/45daf83e-79a9-4f72-9b4b-37f93b7f7f7a?shared=true
- How curiosity laded on the. moon www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9hXqzkH7YA
- How spirit and Oppurtunity landed on the moon www.youtube.com/watch?v=tma2pt0k6UQ
- Mars One Project www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gV7LX0tLDw
may 7, 2024
- Finish Earth Moon Sun book by end of class. If you do not finish, it is due tomorrow at beginning of class.
may 6, 2024
- Test today
- 40 questions/80 points
- HW pass for 90% or greater
- Work on Earth Moon Sun book when test is complete
may 3, 2024
- Continue working on EarthMoonSun book - you should be working on and completing page 2 and 3 today. If you can't keep up, then work on it at home as homework. It is due at end of class on Tuesday.
- Test is next class - on MONDAY
- 40 questions/80 points. Open note test. Bring chromebook
may 2, 2024
- Quick survey in Schoology
- Hand out study guide for test on MONDAY
- Review is today, tomorrow is a sub day.
- Begin Earth Moon Sun book page 1 and 2 (assignment in schoology)
may 1, 2024
- Measure Me Lab
april 30, 2024
- Sun Notes
- video of the sun www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmSPRZVrDlc
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april 29, 2024
- Pass back papers for lab book
- Finish yellow Phases/Eclipse worksheet and turn in
- Begin Earth Moon Sun Book - instructions are in schoology.
- Work on Title and page 1.
- I will give you time throughout the next to complete this Book. Book is due Tuesday May 7 (end of class)
april 26, 2024
- Finish Apollo 13
- Maybe time for Daily Dose at end of class
april 25, 2024
- Continue Apollo 13
- Not time for Daily Dose
april 24, 2024
- Begin Apollo 13
- no time for daily dose at beginning of class (I will catch up at end of class or next week)
- Q: Was the Liberty 7 capsule recovered?
The capsule was finally located in 1999, and it was successfully hoisted to the surface on July 20, 1999, just one day shy of the date it went down, 38 years before. - Q: Where is it now?
April 23, 2024
- Ordinary Supermen video (43 min)
April 22, 2024
- US Space Travels Notes
- Challenger: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4JOjcDFtBE&list=PL1BDF30E15B981D3A&index=2
- Columbia: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RSYQP3Hg6U&list=PL1BDF30E15B981D3A&index=1
- Endeavour: flying to LA from East Coast. www.google.com/search?q=space+shuttle+last+flight+in+san+francisco&rlz=1C5GCCM_en___US1100&oq=space+shuttle+last+flight+in+san+francisco&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQRRhA0gEJMTMwMDBqMGo3qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=on#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:e366e497,vid:pdRvFROQjbk,st:0 Time lapse from airport to museum www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdqZyACCYZc&list=PL1BDF30E15B981D3A&index=25
april 19, 2024
- Draw Eclipses and Phases
- Earth Moon Sun worksheet
april 18, 2024
- Finish Moon Notes - last part
- Draw Phases of the Moon
- Bill Nye Moon video and worksheet
apr 17, 2024
- Moon Notes
apr 16, 2024
- Summer and Winter Gizmo - due at end of class. (Concepts will be on your test)
apr 15, 2024
- Finish Brochure - turn in
- If you don't want your rocket, you need to recycle it - which means take off the fins, nose cone and as much tape as possible and recycle rocket in green bin.
apr 12, 2024
- Launch Rockets today :)
apr 11, 2024
- 1st Period: Panorama photo
- Show Rocket Slide deck - how to launch rocket
- Begin Rocket Brochure
- Find the MASS of your rocket
- measure height of:
- nose cone,
- length from nose cone to top of fins,
- total height of rocket (from bottom to tip),
- diameter of bottle,
- length and width of fins
- 2nd period: Finish Earth notes
apr 10, 2024
- Finish Earth Notes
- 2nd period: start Earth Notes
apr 9, 2024
- New Seats
- Your rocket must be finished and ready to launch on Friday.
- I will not give anymore time in class to work on it. If you want to come in at lunch Tuesday and/or Wednesday to finish - my door will be open.
- Earth Notes, start (1st/4th/6th)
- 2nd period - turn in lab books, you get one more day to work on rockets
april 8, 2024
- share what we did over break
- Last day to work on Rocket
- Start working on brochure and as accurate of a drawing of your rocket
- Computer paper, 3 fold. Instructions are on your rocket worksheet.
- I have printed data table for you
mar 29, 2024
- Whats the difference between a million and a billion? p 104
- turn in lab book
- Work on Rocket - finish fins
- If you have mass, add a nose cone
- Where you can see solar eclipse for the next 50 years
- time.com/4897581/total-solar-eclipse-years-next/
- Enjoy Spring Break!! yay
mar 28, 2024
- Stickers for 36/40 or higher on Waves test
- Rinse out bottle if you haven't already
- Begin working on Rocket -
- Fin design first
- Make sure you attach fins correctly.
- The opening of the bottle is the bottom of the rocket
- Bring mass in a ziploc sandwich bag for tomorrow
mar 27, 2024
- Technically starting Astronomy
- Space Address
- I have enough cardboard for fins for you and I went to Walmart and picked up party hats - we will build rockets tomorrow
- Partial Solar Eclipse on April 8, 2024 (first day back from Spring Break)
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=791qJZivHpk
mar 26, 2024
- Solar Flare yesterday
- www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/25/northern-lights-aurora-borealis-us-uk-monday-night-where-to-see-solar-storms
- www.cbsnews.com/news/earth-geomagnetic-storm-what-that-means-what-you-can-expect/
- Bridge Collapse in Baltimore this morning
- Flame Test Demo
mar 25, 2024
- Check in with Rocket materials
- Hand back papers/turn in missing work
- Explain Rocket launcher
- slide deck on rocket project
- Electromagnetic Spectrum worksheet
mar 22, 2024
- Test on Waves and Light
- Work on Wordsearch - turn in today by end of class
- last 10 minutes, get into rocket groups - figure out your plan for materials due on Monday/Tuesday
- Materials must be contained and labeled.
Mar 21, 2024
- Review for test tomorrow (20 questions) (sticker for 90% or greater, no HW passes)
- Kahoot
- wordsearch
Mar 20, 2024
- Sub Day
- "Light Crash Course" - you will need your headphones for your Chromebooks today. Stay in assigned seats, no music today. Finish the worksheet today and turn it in at the end of class.
mar 19, 2024
- Assign Rockets
- pHet Bending light (chromebook)
mar 18, 2024
- FInish your Waves Poster
- Test this Friday - open note
mar 15, 2024
- Waves Poster
Mar 14, 2014
- Finish Green sheet "Hello"
- Light Vocab
mar 13, 2024
- Hand back papers
- If you choose, you may complete the Waves Gizmo at home and turn in tomorrow for more points
- Speed of Sound - Discovery Ed assignment, begin
- Stay in assigned seats
mar 12, 2024
- Hand back papers
- Slinky lab part 2
mar 11, 2024
- Pass back papers
- Slinky Lab
mar 8,2024
- no school
mar 7, 2024
- Quiz on Waves
- Waves Gizmo
- stay in assigned seats
mar 6, 2024
- Resonance examples youtu.be/oSlmYtuYKzU
- Can this boy break a glass with his voice? youtu.be/sH7XSX10QkM
- Tacoma Bridge www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mclp9QmCGs
- Measuring parts of a wave - access DiscoveryEd through Classlink
mar 5, 2024
- Sound Waves - Disc Ed classlink.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/642ef515-aa9c-4557-88e3-e84be2126880?shared=true
- Lightning (light waves) vs thunder (sound waves) classlink.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/813bcdf4-0e2f-4955-9e0e-c583f5b8345a?shared=true
- Intro to Waves : "Describing Waves" activity - access this assignment in Discovery Ed via Classlink
mar 4. 2024
- Continue notes on waves
- Bill Nye Waves
mar 1, 2024
- Making Waves In My Life
- Giant Waves www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cQKsYYhF20
Feb 29, 2024
- New Seats
- Give out HW passes
- Extra Credit redemption day- either turn in Bathroom Passes for 3 points each, turn in HW pass for 10 points each, or save them for next trimester. I will give you your final 3 bathroom passes next week
- Kahoot on October Sky - chromebooks, not phones
- Waves Vocab - begin
feb 28, 2024
- Last day to turn in ANY MISSING WORK is Friday
- Finish October SKy
- people can move, chairs do not
Feb 27, 2024
- Last day to turn in ANY MISSING WORK is this Friday
- October Sky - continue
- people can move, chairs do not
feb 26, 2024
- Last day to turn in ANY MISSING WORK is this Friday
- October Sky begin
- people can move, chairs do not
feb 23, 2024
- Collect Lab books
- First US moon landing in over 50 years
- www.space.com/intuitive-machines-odysseus-private-moon-landing-success
- Go over test
- Rolling Car Lab
feb 22, 2024
- Test today
- Greatest Discoveries in Physics
- classlink.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/c57a115e-f0cd-4766-9dde-6dadfbe29119?shared=true
Feb 21, 2024
- Kahoot Review
- Healthy Kids Survey (in Schoology)
feb 20, 2024
- Review for test
- Hand back papers/debrief labs
- Highlight lab book
feb 16, 2024
- Finish Newton's Law Lab
- Finish Blue F=ma worksheet
feb 15, 2024
- Turn in poster with pink rubric if you didn't turn it in yesterday.
- Newton's 1st Law Lab - I picked groups :)
- Begin today, finish tomorrow.
feb 14, 2024
- Finish Poster, turn in.
- Music ok, if moving ... 2 chairs per 1 black table max
- When finished, work on F=ma worksheet. (blue sheet) - this is due by end of class Friday
feb 13, 2024
- Work on Newton's Poster.
- Micro managing who sits with who. Work with one person. People move - not the chairs. (2 chairs per 1 black table max)
feb 12, 2024
- Hand back papers, update lab book
- Explain Newton's Laws again - review with a couple videos
- Mythbusters Table Cloth Trick
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=_faLNmcAReA
- newtons first law - football
www.youtube.com/watch?v=08BFCZJDn9w&list=PL3E788EDA794CCE7B&index=32 - Assign Newton's Poster - begin. Stay in your assigned seats
- Music ok, but phones remain out of sight or it goes in phone caddy
- Due at end of class on Wednesday.
feb 9, 2024
- Substitute today
- Fan Cart Physics - turn in at end of class. It is not homework to be finished later, it is classwork due at end of class
feb 8, 2024
- Hand back Labs
- Go over Car Acceleration Lab (Newton's 2nd Law)
- Go over Speed and Acceleration Graph trends
- Explain Fan Cart Physics Gizmo for sub tomorrow
feb 7, 2024
- Finish Surface Board Lab and turn in today
- If time permits, finish Physics notes
feb 6, 2024
- Surface Lab - begin
feb5, 2025
- Finish Newton's 2nd Law Lab
- Graph our data
- Finish Notes on Newtons's Laws
- inertia www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1ux9D7-O38
Feb 2, 2024
- Hand back papers
- Go over Net Force Practice
- Newton's 2nd Law lab - begin
- Assigned Groups and locations.
- Finish lab on Monday - stay on task
- Science on Saturday 9am - for a HW pass
Feb 1, 2024
- Seesaw Lab finish
- Begin pHet forces worksheet with link
- due at end of class
- stay on task
- phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/forces-and-motion-basics
jan 31, 2024
- Seesaw Lab begin
jan 30, 2024
- Forces Notes
- If your car did not qualify for best looking, farthest, fastest, recycle your car as much as possible
- take home any materials that you have brought and are leftover.
jan 29, 2024
- New Seats
- Hand back papers for lab book
- Last chance race day
- Everyone else is completing their slide deck.
- Slide deck #1-#5 is due today by end of class.
- Go to foyer for racing cars for distance.
jan 26, 2024
- How was yesterday's presentation?
- Official Race Day - take a video of your car racing!
- You must complete slides # 1 - #4 today. Insert data table 6 columns and 4 rows.
- I will be grading it before Monday. Monday is reserved for completing slide #5 (conclusion - how does Newton's 2nd and 3rd law apply)
jan 25, 2024
- Visit from FFA and GEA
jan 24, 2024
- race day - collect data and find the mass of your car
- Complete slide #1 - #3
- Create data table in your slide deck (no photos of data table, make the data table) 6 columns/4 rows
- If you don't race today, you must race on Friday
jan 23, 2024
- Take out Chromebook and create a slide deck with a title - do not share "untitled presentation" with me.
- Share the slide deck with at least the title slide and then you may work on car.
- Attach the balloon to the car with masking tape first
- Blow up your balloon and test it
- Fix if needed. Make note/remember any modifications that you do so you can put that in your brochure
- Remember to reduce friction/drag as much as possible.
- If it goes 3 meters, find the mass and race it tomorrow 3 times
jan 22, 2024
- Turn in Physics crossword/wordsearch
- Continue building your car. Take photos
- Attach the axles with masking tape first and then if it runs straight, carefully hot glue each axel to the car - making sure that they are parallel.
- Add straw and balloon with masking tape - test run your car
jan 19, 2024
- Take photos of your materials for your slide deck
- Begin constructing the wheels and axles of your car.
- You must have wheels today or you lose points adn you will complete bookwork alone.
- Please bring a bag or a box to contain your items safely.
- Do not take any items that do not belong to you.
- Stay safe with the glue guns
jan 18, 2024
- YOU MUST HAVE YOUR BALLOON CAR MATERIALS TOMORROW OR YOU LOSE POINTS AND WILL BE ASSIGNED BOOKWORK AND HOMEWORK OVER THE WEEKEND
- Assembly schedule
- Daily Dose at end of class
- take our chromebooks and lab book
- Physics 1A test
jan 17, 2024
- Sub today
- Crossword and Wordsearch - complete in class and turn in at end of class.
- Test tomorrow
- Balloon Cars begin on Friday
jan 16, 2024
- Slight change of plans - sub tomorrow, test postponed until Thursday, start working on balloon cars on Friday.
- Hand back papers
- Highlight lab book
- Homework: Reread your notes over 3X so you know your notebook well enough to take the test successfully.
- Review for test on Thursday. Open note test. 50 points/25 questions
- Rollercoaster PE and KE basic contrib.pbslearningmedia.org/WGBH/conv16/conv16-int-rollercoaster/index.html
- Kahoot
jan 12, 2024
- Speed Graph Trends
- phet Energy skate park
- phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/energy-skate-park/latest/energy-skate-park_all.html
jan 11, 2024
- Turn in Momentum Lab
- Assign Balloon Car Project - begin on Thursday 1/18
- Finish Physics Notes
- Test on Wed Jan 17 - open notes
jan 10, 2024
- Finish Momentum Lab
- Backpacks in the back
- No phones out today - use a calculator
Jan 9, 2023
- All bags/backpacks in the back of room
- Only a pencil is needed
- Momentum Lab - begin
jan 8, 2023
- Share what you did over break
- Hand back papers/Speed formula review
- Don't be a Chelsea. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhm7-LEBznk
- Momenturm videos
- app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/videos/9fe5bac0-3f07-4a7d-9d16-8e95ace396bf/?utm_source=9fe5bac0-3f07-4a7d-9d16-8e95ace396bf&utm_medium=quicklist&utm_campaign=hublinks&embed=false&embed_origin=false
- app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/75774706-47a7-4576-883c-32b9ed9458b4
- app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/ced7f7ac-958c-4adc-9254-7c304a513e0c
dec 21, 2023
- Assembly Schedule
- Depart at 1:30
- Enjoy winter break - see you next year
- First day of WInter - WInter Solstice
- Finish Domino Derby if you haven't yet
dec 20, 2023
- Slide deck on Kindness
- Commitment to kindness
- Work on Domino Derby for remainder of time -
dec 19, 2023
- Domino Derby - begin
dec 18, 2023
- Reference Point - worksheet and draw a few constellations
dec 15, 2023
- Physics Vocab 1 - Energy and Motion
dec 14, 2023
- Evolution/Natural Selection Test
- Work on Extra Credit - Bunny Gizmo
Finding the Lucy Fossil
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqcpkx8tfKI&list=PL2FMfCoEYqc4Mi5QCIRnhB-NKVEy9qpU4&index=9
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqcpkx8tfKI&list=PL2FMfCoEYqc4Mi5QCIRnhB-NKVEy9qpU4&index=9
dec 13, 2023
- Hand back papers
- Review: HIghlight lab book
- Review: Kahoot
- Test Tomorrow.
- Bring a charges Chromebook
dec 12, 2023
- Hand back papers
- Turn in Human Skull Gizmo
- Peppered Moth Gizmo - due today
- Review tomorrow
- Test on Thursday
dec 11, 2023
- New Seats - until Feb 2024
- Finish Human Skull Gizmo
- Continue with Natural Selection (Moth) Gizmo
- Test on Thursday (50 pts/25 Q)
dec 8, 2023
- Human Evolution was due yesterday - turn it in today or it's a zero
- Tuskless Elephants - due today because it was yesterday's homework
- Human Skull Gizmo - work on this - This is due at end of class or Monday (stay on task)
dec 7, 2023
- Stay in your assigned seats
- Tuskless Elephants. use headphones if you need/
- docs.google.com/presentation/d/1WxffGmUt5KqB8YJ-x2Eq-T-8BE57g2vQr-XSw8cST4A/edit#slide=id.g100e8e8007c_0_48
- Watch the video in the link below. (headphones)
- This face totally changes the face of history
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=ettIbYhADjI&list=PL2FMfCoEYqc4Mi5QCIRnhB-NKVEy9qpU4&index=5&t=537s
- Then continue with the Human Skull Analysis Gizmo
- Email me at [email protected] if you have questions
Dec 6, 2023
- Human Evolution webquest - it is in schoology.
- due today
- after that, work on Tuskless Elephants assignment (not due today)
- Tuskless Elephants. use headphones if you need/
- Stay in your assigned seats docs.google.com/presentation/d/1WxffGmUt5KqB8YJ-x2Eq-T-8BE57g2vQr-XSw8cST4A/edit#slide=id.g100e8e8007c_0_48
dec 5, 2023
- Go over "It's All in the Bones" w/s
- Human Evolution videos and articles:
- Evolution slide deck docs.google.com/presentation/d/1TQ4gtqYL26BfebIGuFE-IBvZfMYFY1QscwT2NYkqkGg/edit?usp=sharing
- Where did Humans come from? www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD9AYN7JnFM&list=PL2FMfCoEYqc4Mi5QCIRnhB-NKVEy9qpU4&index=6&t=1s
- Why are we the only humans left? www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbHj-Q1FTj8&list=PL2FMfCoEYqc4Mi5QCIRnhB-NKVEy9qpU4&index=7
Dec 4, 2023
- How did feather evolve?
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPLgfGX1I5Y&list=PL2FMfCoEYqc4Mi5QCIRnhB-NKVEy9qpU4&index=1
- Animal Hands - It's All in the Bones
dec 1, 2023
- Turn in Homology Webquest
- Collect Lab books
- octopus vs under water maze
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=7__r4FVj-EI
- 12 Days of Evolution
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_jyHp3bmEw
nov 30, 2023
- Evidence of Evolution (13 min) - start at 3:09
- clever.discoveryeducation.com/learn/videos/f92918c5-a61a-4d34-b120-71575dacbb43
- Begin Homology Webquest
nov 29, 2023
- Homologous Structure - p235 and color code each set of bones
- Human vs Chicken
- Proof of evolution that you can find in your body - worksheet included
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFxu7NEoKC8&list=PL2FMfCoEYqc4Mi5QCIRnhB-NKVEy9qpU4&index=8
nov 28, 2023
- Finish Inner Fish
Nov 27, 2023
- New Seats
- New Bathroom Passes
- Share Hi-Lo over break
- Begin Inner Fish
nov 17, 2023
- Finish Pop Up Trex
- Finish Ice Age
- Sit with one person - do not move chairs today
nov 16, 2023
- Pop up T-rex
- Begin Ice Age
- Stay in your assigned seats
nov 15, 2023
- 19 volcanoes erupt at same time www.newsweek.com/nineteen-volcanoes-erupt-same-time-1843702
- Iceland evacuates www.nytimes.com/2023/11/14/world/europe/iceland-volcano-eruption.html
- Evidence of Evolution digital assignment - finish today if you didn't finish yesterday
Nov 14, 2023
- Evidence of Evolution digital assignment
Nov 13, 2023
- Panorama Survey
- Finish Mass Extinction Video
nov 10, 2023
- No School
nov 9, 2023
- Mass Extinction Video with a worksheet :)
- You may only move around if your name is not on the missing assignment list. Do not copy crossword - do it on your own.
- No more than 4 people at a table. Don't move chairs
- No chromebooks out.
- 6th extinction:
- www.pbs.org/video/its-okay-be-smart-extinction/
nov 8, 2023
- Blue (Fossil Jostle) and Yellow paper (crossword) are due today.
- You need to work on this today during the movie. Stay in your assigned seats and turn in your work today
nov 7, 2023
- Geology Test
- Open notebook, 25 questions, 50 points
- After completing the test, work quietly in assigned seats on either Colossal Fossil Jostle (blue paper) or crosswords (yellow).
- We will also work on both of these assignments tomorrow.
- (tomorrow is like a study hall day)
- Last day to turn in any missing work is MONDAY NOV 13, 2023
nov 6, 2023
- Hand back papers
- Review for Test tomorrow
- Work on Wordsearch and Crossword - due at end of class tomorrow
- Stay in seats after test tomorrow - find a quiet activity
- Last day to turn in any missing work is MONDAY Nov 13, 2023 for the end of Trimester 1 for my class.I will not take any work after 11/13.
nov 3, 2023
- Finish Assignments #1, #2, and #3.
- Turn in #1, Assignment #2 goes on page 43 in lab book - show me when completed
- Assignment #3 is in Discovery Ed which is accessed through Classlink
nov 2, 2023
- Assignment #1: Finish backside using this link : www.kids-dinosaurs.com/
- Assignment #2: Fossil Puzzle - cut, color, glue in order from oldest to youngest
- Show me your lab book when its done - continue with next assignment: Fossil Jostle.
- Assignment #3: Fossil Jostle - chromebook / Discovery Ed (Clever)
- This is work for today and tomorrow. Anything that is not finished by the end of class on Friday will be homework and due Monday at the beginning of class.
oct 31, 2023
- Begin Fossil Directed Reading Bookwork
- Make a Fossil
oct 30, 2023
- Rock Classification Gizmo - due at end of class
- Go to gz.explorelearning.com to get to Gizmo
oct 27, 2023
- Meet Kendi, Oakland Zoo's latest baby giraffe (1st time in 11 years)
- docs.google.com/presentation/d/17ZXPfIChcSdF1A-VVicNmCfz5FibsxkP7IlU4u5FpCs/edit#slide=id.p
- Webquest: Geological Time - due at end of class. Stay in assigned seats
oct 26, 2023
- Stay in assigned seats until your project is done. Don't forget to color code the Eras. Any three colors is fine.
- Turn in time line before end of class.
- Late Timelines will not be accepted - unless you were absent
oct 25, 2023
- Work on Timeline in your assigned seats, except for the names listed
- Timeline due tomorrow at end of class - finished or not
- Will not accept a late Timeline
oct 24, 2023
- new seats
- Collect lab books
- Geologic Timeline - due Thursday
oct 23, 2023
- Cambrian Explosion
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDQa0okkpf0
- Continue working on time line
- Collecting Lab Books tomorrow
- New seats Tuesday (tomorrow)
oct 20, 2023
- Continue Timeline
oct 19, 2023
- Begin Geologic timeline
oct 18, 2023
- Go over the rest of your vocab
- Finish Rock Cycle Puzzle
- Color in Geologic Time Scale
oct 17, 2023
- Rock Layer Puzzle
oct 16, 2023
- Complete, turn in Gizmo and bookwork
oct 13, 2023
- Pangea Gizmo
oct 12, 2023
- Go over Hands On Assessment - hand out papers and collecting your paper test after.
- Go over Geology Notes #6 - 11 with a powerpoint
- Uniformitarianism vs catastrophism
- An introduction to rocks and fossils
- classlink.discoveryeducation.com/learn/search?q=an+introduction+to+rocks+and+fossils
- Theory of Uniformitarianism
- classlink.discoveryeducation.com/learn/search?q=theory%20of%20uniformitarianism
- Early Earth Formation
- clever.discoveryeducation.com/learn/videos/31c7477d-19b0-4c5d-aa6e-d9f5fa2572e2
- The cooling of Earth
- clever.discoveryeducation.com/learn/videos/6af87c18-48e0-47f2-9803-52442160a2c9
oct 11, 2023
- Finish The Day the Mesozoic Died
- Go over vocab #1-#5
oct 10, 2023
- Stamp Geo Vocab
- Geology Pre-Assessment
- Draw Annular Eclipse on page 30
- Video: The Day the Mesozoic Died
oct 9, 2023
- Hand back papers
- Finish Geology Vocab
oct 5, 2023
- Double Dose today
- Turn in extra credit at beginning of class
- Finish Hands-on Assessment - stay quiet please
- Use CB, go to Schoology and take 10 question digital "POST Assessment" (20 points) - in Schoology, yellow folder.
- After assessment, work on vocab
- Begin Geology Vocab - use my quizlet and draw/color a pic for each word. Music is allowed while taking notes. Stay in assigned seats
- quizlet.com/666787841/flashcards?funnelUUID=bb56d7c9-74a5-47bd-a29e-c598a5848bab
- Hand out HW passes and stickers to 90% or greater
oct 4, 2023
- No Daily Dose today (double dose tomorrow)
- Hands on grade Level Assessment
- Finish Density Gizmo (finally!)
- Extra Credit wordsearch/crossword - due tomorrow at beginning of class - not anytime later (will go into this progress report)
oct 3, 2023
- Go over test
- Bill Nye Buoyancy with a worksheet
- HW passes and stickers given out on Thursday
oct 2, 2023
- Grape Lab - pick your group of 2 or 3
sept 29, 2023
- Test Today - open notebook, 30 questions
- Finish Density Lab Gizmo in class on Monday
sept 28, 2023
- Review for test tomorrow
- kahoot and Quizlet live
sept 27, 2023
- Hand back Mass and volume Lab
- Highlight Lab book for test on Friday
sept 26, 2023
- Is today finally Equinox in Livermore?
- Hand back papers
- Begin DensityLab Gizmo
- Test on Friday - open notes - 60 points, 30 Questions, digital quiz
sept 25, 2023
- are we at Equinox?
- Asteroid material lands on Earth
- Finish Mass and volume Lab (same groups as Friday)
sept 22, 2023
- Turn in Gizmo finished or not, it was homework if you didn't complete it in class
- Explain Autumnal Equinox
- Begin Mass and Volume Lab
sept 21. 2023
- Go over Density Notes
- Gizmo - Measuring Volume
sept 20, 2023
- Finish Metric Olympics lab
- Get stickers for the events that you won
- Stickers must go on lab book, cover, inside or back
- Density Notes write them in lab book (Cornell Note Format), go to my website (here) and take notes from the file shown below
notes on density | |
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sept 19, 2023
- Metric Olympics Day day 2
- Finish Stations, establish winners.
- Stickers for winnners.
- Finish back page of Lab - turn in
sept 18, 2023
- Begin Metric Olympics Day
sept 15, 2023
- Work on Poster - due at end of class or you may take it home over weekend and turn in Monday morning. After Monday, it will be considered late
sept 14, 2023
- Back To School Night parents only
- Intro to Science slide deck
- docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ShzgJdL5p1FGxsLzuILYlJ9-IPbz56IJ/edit#slide=id.p1
- Begin Poster - music day today and tomorrow.
sept 13,2023
- Collect blue Sheet
- Go over Quiz and Mini Length Lab
- MythBusters Jet pack Chevy - begin
- www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B000I8H2ZU/ref=atv_dp_season_select_s1
sept 12, 2023
- 5 point Quiz - no notebook
- Hand out Lab Safety Rules
- HW: parent signature on Blue sheet
- Triple Beam Balance and Graduated Cylinder Notes
tbb_and_gradcyl_notes.pptx | |
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File Type: | pptx |
sept 11, 2023
- Go over Conversions
- Collect Lab books
- Hand back Mini Length Lab
- finish worksheet in class or it is also homework if you need more time
- Review with Kahoot
- Sign into Gizmo
sept 8, 2023
- Measure Me Lab
- HW: write up questions 1-3 only (not 4 and 5) and conversions from cm to inches
sept 7, 2023
- Measurement worksheet - due today
- Kahoot on measurement
- Quiz tomorrow (5 points - no notes allowed)
sept 6, 2023
- Hand back papers, update lab book
- Metric Staircase
- How to do Metric Conversions (show me)
- www.showme.com/sh?h=2Njn9jE
- Metric Conversions worksheet - turn in or finish for HW
Sept 5, 2023
- TedEd - metric system
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bUVjJWA6Vw&t=4s
- Metric Notes (p 9 - 10 in lab book)
- docs.google.com/presentation/d/11ptZ3eHMwXIMnuGOUQXY-Lixi5bG_N5OqOt0nLjE86c/edit#slide=id.g153aba02784_0_484
- How to read a ruler
- docs.google.com/presentation/d/1l4y6y1rrNK-Bk6cIhJ9smz_nhJyeRbbd1VDychHSLhc/edit#slide=id.p
sept 1, 2023
- Turn in Scavenger Hunt
- Begin Worksheet on Observation and Inference
- Due today
aug 31, 2023
- Go over PreAssessment on screen
- Scavenger Hunt - side 1
- Sit down for quick data collection of everyones birthdays
- HW: continue making bar graph, turn in tomorrow.
aug 30, 2023
- Copy the rest of the Scientific Method Notes
- Observation v Inference Notes (p 6)
- Video from Discovery Ed - if time permits
- clever.discoveryeducation.com/learn/videos/d4b3614e-ed35-48db-a9d5-7eecb17fe7d0
aug 29, 2023
- Set up Lab book - table of contents
- Number first 50 pages
- Scientfic Method bookwork - begin
aug 28, 2023
- Work on Lab book cover - clear tape your lab book
- Make sure it has your first and last name, grade level, and class period
- Clear tape it when it's done
aug 25, 2023
- PBIS slides
- PreAssessment on Measurement
- Turtle / Venus Fly Trap video
- Red Solo Cup Activity
- Please do not press down on the stack of cups.
- HW: Lab book is due on Monday. If you can not get one, you must email me by end of the day so I can get one for you.
aug 24, 2023
- ABCDE Quiz - class must average 80% or higher to move on.
- Finish the Name Game :)
aug 23, 2023
- Quick ABCDE Review with powerpoint (on desktop)
- Review with Kahoot
- Positive Bonds - presenting
Aug 22, 2023
- Stamp Parent SIgnature
- Review ABCDE Slidedeckdocs.google.com/presentation/d/1fngmlw7As4_uvanWDQNAknyisLkfkZieDiqe8WXNWbA/edit?pli=1#slide=id.g913cec1cc8_0_14
- Positive Bonds activity - begin
- Group photos will be taken outside
Aug 21, 2023
- Hand out ABCDE Rules
- Open Seating for today
- Intro to Science slide deck
- HW: parent signature. Need a composition lab book by next week Monday. Not a spiral notebook, a marbled type lab book.