nov 20, 2025

  • Finish Alpha Movie

nov 19,2025

  • Mini Test
  • Begin Alpha Movie

nov 18, 2025

  • ​review for mini test

nov 17, 2025

nov  14, 2025

  • Human Evolution webquest - finish for HW 

nov 13, 2025

nov 12, 2025

  • Human Skull Gizmo - begin

no school mon 11/10 and tues 11/11

nov 7, 2025

nov 6, 2025

nov 5, 2025

  • Go over Inner Fish Video
  • Homologous Structures p235 in green textbook. Color code each bone sequence the same for each animal​

nov 4, 2025

  • Finish Inner Fish​

nov 3, 2025

  • Fossil Reveal
  • EC passes and stickers for A- or greater. 100% gets 2 stickers
  • EC redemption for Tri1? or keep your passes for next Tri...
  • Inner Fish Video - begin

oct 31, 2025

  • Make a fossil
  • watch a movie 
  • piece of candy for dressing up :)

oct 30, 2025

  • Geology Test
  • Open Note, 58 points, 29 questions
  • Do a quiet activity until all tests are finished
  • Turn in any missing assignments
  • last day to turn in missing work is tomorrow!
    ​Fossils tomorrow :)

oct 29, 2025

oct 28, 2025

  • ​hand back papers
  • ​highlight lab book
  • go over ch 8 bookwork
  • Kahoot

oct 27, 2025

  • New Seats
  • Turn in ​Gizmo from Thursday​
  • Index Fossil puzzle - glue and color and answer questions
  • Test on Thursday

oct 24, 2025

  • No School 
  • Fall Fest tonight

oct 23, 2025

  • Sub day: Rock Classification Gizmo

oct 22, 2025

  • Explain Rock Classification Gizmo
  • no extra chargers or Chromebooks from me tomorrow 
  • Mass Extinction Video - and worksheet 

oct 21, 2025

  • ​Go over Vocab (slide deck) ​
  • Rock Puzzle 

oct 20, 2025

  • Fossil reveal
  • Go over Geology Vocab ​
  • Go over Ch 8 bookwork -
  • Geology test Oct 30

oct 17, 2025

  • Webquest: Geological Time - due at end of class.
  • No available CB or chargers - come prepared
  • Stay in assigned seats​
  • Start working on crossword 

oct 16, 2025

  • Turn in Geologic Time Line
  • Loma Prieta Earthquake 36 years ago today
  • ​www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLBkyzxAm6I
  • working on two things at a time
  • You will work on Fossil Directed Reading and also, I will call you up in small groups to make a fossil using plaster of paris, a small dixie cup and choose a small trinke (supplied by teacher)
  • Turn in the Fossil Directed reading worksheet by the end of class
  • I will not have CB or chargers for tomorrow's lesson. Come to class prepared tomorrow.

oct 15, 2025

  • Last day to work on timeline
  • STAY in assigned seats... do not move around today
  • Finish Geologic Time Line
  • If not finished, it is homework, due tomorrow at the beginning of class
  • When finished, work on Fossil Directed Reading
  • Fossil directed reading - use the Green Textbook p 236 - 240

oct 14, 2025

  • Geologic Time Scale Continue working on project - change of due date. You can take home timeline tonight, work on it tomorrow and if you still need to take it home Wednesday night - ok, it will be due Thursday morning at the beginning of class (no classtime on Thrusday to work on it)
  • Neatness count - look at the rubric and double check

oct 13, 2025

oct 10, 2025

  • work on Geologic Time LIne
  • 2 illustrations and 3 facts for each time period.
  • use your CB to search or use Green textbook (p 292-293)
  • neatness counts - 80 point project 

oct 9, 2025

  • Turn in lab books
  • geologic time line - begin

oct 8, 2025

  • Geologic Time Scale - add a splash of color
  • Begin Time line - do the math first

oct 7, 2025

  • 15 min to finish Ch 8 bookwork
  • Stamp Ch 8 bookwork
  • After I stamp bookwork, I will go over it
  • Begin Geologic Time Scale bookwork after Ch 8 is completed
  • Bookwork: Geologic Time Scale - due by end of class tomorrow​

oct 6, 2025

  • Assemble Pop- up T-rex
  • Bookwork: Ch 8 
  • 4th and 6th period - stay in your assigned seats
  • 4th period: excellent recovery!

oct 3, 2025

  • Last class period to work on pop up T-rex
  • Take home to finish if needed - due Monday

Oct 2, 2025

  • Begin pop up T-Rex

oct 1, 2025

  • Stamp vocab
  • hand back papers
  • Finish video

sept 30, 2025

  • Finish Vocab
  • ​hand out EC passes
  • Begin "The Day the Mesozoic Died" video - of course theres a worksheet

sept 29, 2025

sept 26, 2025

  • Turn in Density Gizmo (yellow)
  • The Great Floating Grape Lab - due at the end of class

sept 25, 2025

  • Turn in Conversion Worksheet - due today (pink half sheet)
  • Test today on Measurement / Matter - open notes, use a CB
  • ​Finish Gizmo - gizmo due tomorrow at beginning of class

sept 24, 2025

  • Kahoot review
  • Density Gizmo - work on it today, and tomorrow after test. It is due at the beginning of class on Friday

sept  23, 2025

  • Review for test on Thursday
  • highlight lab book​

sept 22, 2025

  • finish the Mass and Volume Lab

sept 19, 2025

  • Mass and Volume Lab - begin

sept 18, 2025

  • New Seats
  • Notes on Density
  • Explain tomorrow's lab - Groups by # (1-11)

sept 17, 2025

  • Hand back papers
  • Update Lab book - check zeros!
  • Receive stickers for winners for each event
  • turn in lab TODAY (25 points) ​​

sept 16, 2025

  • OUR FIRST TEST Thurs 9/25 :)
  • Minimum Days this week - new seats next week
  • finish Metric Olympic stations : 5 stations
  • Finish conversions (column #3) if you haven't yet
  • Sit with your group/1 group per table (not bean bags)
  • Establish winners for Metric Olympics Lab 

sept 15, 2025

  • Begin Metric Olympics - assigned groups by letters
  • 10 groups, rotate by timer: it is a timed station​

Sept 12, 2025

  • Finish TBB/GradCyl Notes​
  • 10 min Gizmo on TBB balance.
  • Estimate/Explain Metric Olympics Lab for Monday
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sept 11, 2025

  • Put your 1st/last name on Green rubric and turn in with poster
  • Work is due in 30 minutes after 2nd bell with a rubric stapled to it
  • TBB and Grad Cylinder Notes​

sept 10, 2025

  • Work on poster - due at end of class or finish for HW

sept 9, 2025

  • Update Lab Book
  • Hand back Measuring Volume Lab
  • Stamp Measure Me lab (tape/glue in)
  • Metric Ruler Quiz (6 pts)
  • Lab Safety Rules - parent signature (homework)
  • Begin poster
  • Philly baseball www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOvTd8SHPww

sept 8, 2025

  • Measure Me Lab

sept 5, 2025

  • ​Measuring Volume Gizmo

sept 4, 2025

sept 3, 2025

  • Hand back papers
  • Update lab book
  • Check Schoology for any missing assignments
  • Metric Staircase p 12
  • and conversions  
  • ​www.showme.com/sh?h=2Njn9jE

Sept 2, 2025

aug 29, 2025

  • final Snoopy count
  • Mythbusters video

aug 28, 2025

  • scavenger hunt - finish
  • birthday bar graph - make a conclusion, turn in worksheet by end of class

aug 27, 2025

  • Take out lab book - I need to check your book so far.
  • Finish Observation vs Inference worksheet
  • ​begin Scavenger Hunt

aug 26, 2025

  •  Review Obs and Inf with a couple pics
  •  Intro to ​'Observation vs Inference" 1/2 sheet review
  • Observation vs Inference worksheet with a slide deck - only 10

aug 25, 2025

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aug 22, 2025

  • Finish outside profile (pencil only)
  • start on inside profile activity: Use Color for the inside
  • Last day to work on this in class
  • It is due Tuesday - take it home today and finish for homework​
  • group photos

aug 21, 2025

aug 20, 2025

  • Thank you for being you. I see you!!
  • Clear tape Lab Book Covers
  • Add Table of Contents pages
  • Number 1st 50 pages of lab book
  • Tape/Glue in ABCDE handout
  • if time, Give Bathroom Pass - tape into back of lab book

AUg 19, 2025

  • Hand out consumable textbooks - take them home and leav
  • Team building activity
  • Hold on to your Lab book covers

aug 18, 2025

aug 15, 2025

aug 14, 2025

  • New Seats
  • Take roll
  • Stamp ABCDE Parent signatures?
  • 4 X 6 notecard activity
  • Review ABCDE's with a slide deck

aug 13, 2025