Week of 12-4-23

Monday 12/4: Lesson 1.5 - Adaptive Traits

Tuesday 12/5: Lesson 1.6 - Explaining Changes in Trait Distribution

Wednesday 12/6: Chapter 2 - Natural Selection and Reproduction, Lesson 2.1 - Reproduction and Traits

Thursday 12/7: Lesson 2.2 - Survival and Reproduction

Friday 12/8: Flocabulary Adaptation 

Week of 11-27-23

Monday 11/27: Deer Heart Lab Activity

Tuesday 11/28: Students will begin Unit 4 - Natural Selection and complete Lesson 1.2: The Mystery of the Poisonous Newts

Wednesday 11/29: Lesson 1.3 - Exploring Variation and Distribution in Populations

Thursday 11/30: Lesson 1.4 - Investigating Changes in Trait Distribution 

Friday 12/1: Natural Selection Gizmo

Week of 11-13-23

Monday 11/13: Lesson 3.2 - Moving Rock Formations

Tuesday 11/14: Lesson 3.3 - Plate Motion and Rock Formations 

Wednesday 11/15: Review for Unit 3 Test

Thursday 11/16: Lesson 3.4 - Preparing the Final Report

Friday 11/17: Unit 3 Test on Edulastic

Week of 11-6-23

Monday 11/6: Lesson 2.4 - Explaining How Energy Affects Rocks

Tuesday 11/7: Lesson 2.5 - Mid Unit Assessment

Wednesday 11/8: Lesson 2.6 - Investigating Hawaiian Rocks

Thursday 11/9: Rock Transformations Vocabulary and Key Concepts Test. Chapter 3 - Movement of Rock Formations, Lesson 3.1: "The Oldest Rock Formations on Earth"

Friday 11/10: No School - Veteran's Day

Week of 10-30-23

Monday 10/30: Unit 3 - Rock Transformations, Lesson 1.4 - Modeling How Rocks Are Formed

Tuesday 10/31: Lesson 1.5 - Examining Evidence About Rocks

Wednesday 11/1: Chapter 2 - Sediment and Magma, Lesson 2.1 - Exploring How Magma and Sediment Form

Thursday 11/2: Lesson 2.2 - "Devil's Tower"

Friday 11/3: Lesson 2.3 - Energy's Role in Forming Rocks

Week of 10-23-23

Monday 10/23: Lesson 4.2

Tuesday 10/24: Lesson 4.3 and Review for Plate Motion Unit Test

Wednesday 10/25: Plate Motion Unit Test and Unit 3 - Rock Transformations Pre-Test Lesson 1.1

Thursday 10/26: Lesson 1.2 - Studying Rock Formations and Samples

Friday 10/27: Lesson 1.3 - Investigating How Rocks Are Formed

Week of 10-16-23

Monday 10/16: Lesson 3.2 - "A Continental Puzzle"

Tuesday 10/17: Lesson 3.3 - Reconstructing Gondwanaland and Building Pangaea

Wednesday 10/18: Lesson 3.4 - Writing About Mesosaurus 

Thursday 10/19: Lesson 4.1 - Plate Motion near Jalisco, Mexico

Friday 10/20: Lesson 4.2 - Science Seminar

Week of 10-9-23

Monday 10/9: Teacher In-service 

Tuesday 10/10: Lesson 2.5 and Mid-Unit Review

Wednesday 10/11: Plate Motion Mid-Unit Test 

Thursday 10/12: Lesson 2.7

Friday 10/13: Lesson 3.1

Week of 10-2-23

Monday 10/2: Lesson 2.2 - Listening to the Earth

Tuesday 10/3: Lesson 2.3 and Flocabulary

Wednesday 10/4: Lesson 2.4

Thursday 10/5: FALL BREAK

Friday 10/6: FALL BREAK 

Week of 9-25-23

Monday 9/25: Students begin Unit 2 - Plate Motion. They will begin Chapter 1 - Introducing Earth's Outer Layer and complete Lesson 1.2: Using Fossils to Understand Earth

Tuesday 9/26: Lesson 1.3 - Exploring Earth's Plates

Wednesday 9/27: Lesson 1.4 - Analyzing Patterns at Plate Boundaries 

Thursday 9/28: Chapter 2 - Understanding Plate Boundaries Lesson 2.1: Considering What's Underneath Earth's Plates

Friday 9/29: Lesson 2.2 - "Listening to Earth"

Week of 9-18-23

Monday 9/18: Lesson 4.1

Tuesday 9/19: Lesson 4.2

Wednesday 9/20: Lesson 4.3

Thursday 9/21: Thermal Energy Review

Friday 9/22: Thermal Energy Unit Test

Week of 9-11-23

Monday 9/11: 1) Finish WebQuest Assignment 2) Lesson 2.7 - Revisiting Energy and Molecules 

Tuesday 9/12: Chapter 3 - Changes in Temperature Lesson 3.1: "Thermal Energy Is NOT Temperature"

Wednesday 9/13: Lesson 3.2 - Thermal Energy and Temperature Change

Thursday 9/14: Lesson 3.3 - Temperature Change and Equilibrium 

Friday 9/15: Lesson 3.4 - Reccomending a Heating System 

Week of 9-4-23

Monday 9/4: Labor Day 

Tuesday 9/5: Lesson 2.3 - Analyzing Evidence and Evaluating Claims

Wednesday 9/7: Lesson 2.4 - Investigating Energy Transfer 

Thursday 9/8: Lesson 2.5 - Explaining Changes in Temperature 

Friday 9/9: Lesson 2.6 Mid-Unit Assessment and Web Quest Assignment 

Week of 8-28-23

Monday 8/28: 1) Complete Pre-Tests for Thermal Energy and Plate Motion if absent last Friday 2) Amplify Scavenger Hunt 3) Punns Worksheet using laptops 4) Thermal Energy will be distributed

Tuesday 8/29: Students will complete Lesson 1.2 - Investigating Hot and Cold of Unit 1: Thermal Energy

Wednesday 8/30: Lesson 1.3: Temperature and Motion 

Thursday 8/31: Lesson 1.4: Molecules and Temperature

Friday 9/1: Students will begin Chapter 2: Temperature and Energy and complete Lesson 2.1 - Visualizing Motion Energy and Lesson 2.2 - How Air Conditioners Make Cities Hotter

Week of 8-21-23

Monday 8/21: 1) Finish Periodic Table Activity 2) Fill in the blank Atoms and Molecules Notes using textbook pg.842

Tuesday 8/22: 1) Finish Atoms and Molecules Notes 2) Go over notes as a class once all students are finished 

Wednesday 8/23: Phet Lab - Build an Atom

Thursday 8/24: Digital Citizenship - modified schedule. Students will take their Pre-Tests for Thermal Energy and Plate Motion.

Friday 8/25: Students will begin Unit 1: Thermal Energy and complete Lesson 1.2.

Week of 8-14-23

Monday 8/14: 1) Room 808 Questionnaire 2) Lab Coat Activity 3) Back to School Wordsearch 4) Students show signed syllabus

Tuesday 8/15: 1) Finish Lab Coat Activity 2) Record Scientific Method Vocabulary 3) Scientific Method Notes 4) Mythbusters Worksheet 

Wednesday 8/16: Sugar Cube Lab

Thursday 8/17: 1) Finish graphing and conclusion of Sugar Cube Lab 2) Study for Scientific Method quiz

Friday 8/18: 1) Scientific Method Quiz, 2) Periodic Table Activity 3) Punn Worksheet

Week of 8-7-23

Monday 8/7: Teacher In-Service

Tuesday 8/8: Teacher In-Service

Wednesday 8/9: Teacher In-Service

Thursday 8/10: Teacher In-Service

Friday 8/11: 1st Day of School - Introduction and Lab Coat Activity