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! Please keep in mind that assignments and due dates can change during the week, so always check the homework book.
For the Week of May 19-23                                    
Date Assigned
Classwork
 H.W. Assignment

Mon


5/119
  • Plate Movement Reading due
  • Viscosity and Igneous Rocks

Green:

 

 

Tues

5/20
  • Plate Movement Reading due
  • Viscosity and Igneous Rocks

 

Blue:

Volcano Reading and Questions (due Tues 5/27)

 
Weds

5/21

Shield Volcanoes Lab

Green:

Volcano Reading and Questions (due Tues 5/27)

 
Thurs

5/22

Shield Volcanoes Lab

Blue:

 

  

Fri

5/23

Strato Volcanoes Lab

Blue and Green:

 

 

  
For the Week of May 12-16                                       
Date Assigned
Classwork
 H.W. Assignment

Mon


5/12
  • (weathering reading/questions due)
  • Pangea and The Theory of Continental Drift

Green:

Reading (Continental Drift, Plate Tectonics, and Sea-Floor Spreading) and questions due Weds 5/14

 

Tues

5/13
  • (weathering reading/questions and layers lab due)
  • Pangea and The Theory of Continental Drift

 

Blue:

Reading (Continental Drift, Plate Tectonics, and Sea-Floor Spreading)and questions due Thurs 5/15

  
Weds

5/14

Intro to Plate Tectonics

San Andreas Fault

Green:

Reading (Plate Movements) and Questions due Monday 5/19

Timeline due Friday 5/16

 
Thurs

5/15

Intro to Plate Tectonics

San Andreas Fault

Blue:

Reading (Plate Movements) and Questions due Tues 5/20

Timeline due Friday 5/16

 

Fri

5/16

(Human Body Quiz corrections and Timeline Due)

Viscocity

 

Blue and Green:

 

 

  
For the Week of April 28- May 2                                         
Date Assigned
Classwork
 H.W. Assignment Materials

Mon


4/28
  • Nova Movie: "Odyssey of Life"
  • 20 minutes to study for quiz

 

Green:

Study for quiz Friday using study guide

 
Tues

4/29

Reproductive System

-intro to internal and external sex organs

-You developed from a single cell

-How do twins happen?

Blue:

Study for quiz Friday using study guide

 
Weds

4/30

Quiz Bowl Review

Green:

Study for quiz Friday using study guide

 
Thurs

5/1
  • Nova Movie: "Odyssey of Life"
  • 20 minutes to study for quiz

Blue

Study for quiz Friday using study guide

 

Fri

5/2

Human Body Quiz

 

Blue and Green:

Enjoy the Weekend!

 

  
For the Week of April 21-25                                            
Date Assigned
Classwork
 H.W. Assignment Materials

Mon


4/14
  • No School

Green:

none

 
Tues

4/15

Math quiz during science class followed by "Evolution and Perception" Discovery Series movie

Blue:

none

  
Weds

4/16

Reproductive System

-intro to internal and external sex organs

-You developed from a single cell

-How do twins happen?

Green:

Reproductive System Reading "Making Babies"

 
Thurs

4/17

(No electricity or paper today)

Human Body Quiz Bowl and outdoor Earth Week Solo reflection)

Blue

none

  
Fri

4/18

Review for Human Body Quiz

 

Blue and Green:

Study for Quiz next Friday

 

  
For the Week of April 14-18                                            
Date Assigned
Classwork
 H.W. Assignment Materials

Mon


4/14
  • Finish Food Label Lab
  • Nervous System intro/movie

Green:

Nervous System Readings and 2 sets of section review (due Mon 2/21)

 

 
Tues

4/15
  • Finish Food Label Lab
  • Nervous System intro/movie

Blue:

Nervous System Readings and 2 sets of section review (due Tues 2/22)

 

  
Weds

4/16

Nervous System Exploration Stations

Green:

  
Thurs

4/17

Nervous System Exploration Stations

Blue

  
Fri

4/18

Finish Nervous system stations and write-ups

 

Blue and Green:

 

 

  
For the Week of April 7-11                                            
Date Assigned
Classwork
 H.W. Assignment Materials

Mon


4/7

Digestive System Exploration Stations

Green

Food and Energy Reading and Review Questions (due Friday 4/7)

 

 
Tues

4/8

Digestive System Exploration Stations

:Blue:

Food and Energy Reading and Review Questions (due Friday 4/7)

 

  
Weds

4/9

Finish up Digestive System Stations

Nutrition mini-lab

 

  
Thurs

4/10

Finish up Digestive System Stations

Nutrition mini-lab

 

  
Fri

4/11
 Nervous System Movie

Blue and Green:

 

 

  
For the Week of April 1-4                                            
Date Assigned
Classwork
 H.W. Assignment Materials

Mon


3/31

No School

Blue:

 

 
Tues

4/1

Math Lesson today instead of science

Green:

Digestive System Reading and 2 sets of review questions (due Tues 4/8)

 

  
Weds

4/2

Build Respiratory System Models and complete a lab

Blue

Digestive System Reading and 2 sets of review questions (due Tues 4/8)

 

Finish lab (due Fri 4/4)

 
Thurs

4/3

Build Respiratory System Models and complete  a lab

Green:

Finish Lab (due Fri 4/4)

 
Fri

4/4
 Digestive System movie

Blue and Green:

 

 

  
For the Week of March 10-14                                           
Date Assigned
Classwork
 H.W. Assignment Materials

Mon


3/10

Presentations

Blue:

Be ready to share project at S.F. Wednesday

Summary of Science Fair Homework and Due Dates

Tues

3/11

Presentations

Green:

Be ready to share project at S.F. Wednesday

 

  
Weds

3/12

Science fair 8:30-10 AM

Blue

Relax!  You are done with Science Fair.

 

 

  
Thurs

3/13

Finish S.F. presentations from Tuesday.

Mythbusters

Green:

Relax!  You are done with Science Fair.

 
Fri

3/14
  

Blue and Green:

 

 

  
For the Week of March 3-7                                            
Date Assigned
Classwork
 H.W. Assignment Materials

Mon


3/3

Edit Science Fair Documents and prepare poster using poster format in the Science Fair packet (last page)

Blue:

Posters (due Monday 3/10)

Summary of Science Fair Homework and Due Dates

Tues

3/4

Edit Science Fair Documents and prepare poster using poster format in the Science Fair packet (last page)

Green:

Posters (Tues 3/11)

 

 

  
Weds

3/5

Prepare Science Fair Poster

Mini-lesson on preparing presentation

Blue

  1. Finish posters (due Mon 3/10)
  2. Plan  5 min class presentation to give Mon 3/10

 

 

  
Thurs

3/6

Prepare Science Fair Poster

Mini-lesson on preparing presentation

Green:

  1. Finish posters (due Tues 3/11)
  2. Plan 5 min class presentation to give Tues 3/11
  
Fri

3/7
 Circulatory System movie

Blue and Green:

Practice presentations and finish posters by Mon/Tues.

Science Fair is next week Wednesday from 8:30-10 AM

 

  
For the Week of February 25-29                                              
Date Assigned
Classwork
 H.W. Assignment Materials

Mon


2/25

Mini Lesson on types of graphs and using Excel

Create Graph for Science Fair using your data

Blue:

Science Fair Graph (due Wed 2/27)

Results Paragraph (due Fri 2/29)

Summary of Science Fair Homework and Due Dates

Tues

2/26

Mini Lesson on types of graphs and using Excel

Create Graph for Science Fair using your data

Green

Science Fair Graph (due Thurs 2/27)

Results Paragraph (due Fri 2/29)

 

 

  
Weds

2/27
  • Results/ Conclusion/Discussion mini-lesson

Blue

 

Graph,Results, Conclusion/Discussion (due Fri 2/29)

 

 

  
Thurs

2/28
  • Results/ Conclusion/Discussion mini-lesson

 

 

Green:

Graph, Results, Conclusion/Discussion (due Fri 2/29)

 
Fri

2/29
  • Circulatory System movie

Blue and Green:

Make sure you e-mail your science fair documents to yourself (or bring a memory stick) so you have access to your work to edit and print final documents for your poster. 

 

 

  
For the Week of February 18-22                                              
Date Assigned
Classwork
 H.W. Assignment Materials

Mon


2/18

 No School

Blue:

Continue Experiment as planned in your timeline (data collection due Mon, Feb 25)

 

Summary of Science Fair Homework and Due Dates

Tues

2/19

No School

Green

 

Continue Experiment as planned in your timeline (data collection due Mon, Feb 25)

 

  
Weds

2/20
  • Intro to Organization of Human Body
  • Circulatory System Intro.
  • Heart Rate Lab

Blue

 

Experimental Design Final Copy (don't forget to include hypothesis) due Fri, Feb 22

 

 

  
Thurs

2/21
  • Intro to Organization of Human Body
  • Circulatory System Intro.
  • Heart Rate Lab

 

 

Green:

Experimental Design Final Copy (don't forget to include hypothesis) due Fri, Feb 22

  
Fri

2/22
  • Finish Heart Rate Lab

Blue and Green:

Continue Experiment as planned in your timeline (data collection due Mon, Feb 25)

 

 

  
For the Week of February 11-15                                               
Date Assigned
Classwork
 H.W. Assignment Materials

Mon


2/11

 Continue Construction of model plant and animal cells

Blue:

Background Report Final Draft (with bibliography) due Weds, Feb 13

Continue Experiment as planned in your timeline (data collection due Mon, Feb 25)

 

Bring science fair materials for Wednesday's class

Summary of Science Fair Homework and Due Dates

Tues

2/12

Continue Construction of model plant and animal cells

Green

Background Report Final Draft (with bibliography) due Thurs, Feb 14

Continue Experiment as planned in your timeline (data collection due Mon, Feb 25)

Bring science fair materials for Thursday's class

 
Weds

2/13
  • Instructions about how to write the introduction for you science fair poster
  • Science Fair Time (you may use this time to work on anything science fair related including testing)

Blue

 

Introduction Paragraph for poster due Weds 2/20

 

 

  
Thurs

2/14
  • Instructions about how to write the introduction for you science fair poster
  • Science Fair Time (you may use this time to work on anything science fair related including testing)

 

Green:

Introduction Paragraph for poster due Thurs 2/21

  
Fri

2/15
  • Order of the human body: cells, tissues, organs, organ systems.

Blue and Green:

Continue Experiment as planned in your timeline (data collection due Mon, Feb 25)

 

 

  
For the Week of February 4-8                                                     
Date Assigned
Classwork
 H.W. Assignment Materials

Mon


2/4

 Lab: observing various plant and animal cells including lilac, elodea, liver, amoeba, and paramecium

Blue:

Continue gathering data for science fair. 

Summary of Science Fair Homework and Due Dates

Tues

2/5

Lab: observing various plant and animal cells including lilac, elodea, liver, amoeba, and paramecium

 

Green

Continue gathering data for science fair.  Data due Monday, Feb 25

 

 

 

  
Weds

2/6

 

Research plant and animal organelles (structure and function)

 

 

Blue

Background Report Final Draft (with bibliography) due Weds, Feb 13

 

Finish filling out Structure and Function of Organelle Chart due Friday 2/8

 

 

 

  
Thurs

2/7

Research plant and animal organelles (structure and function)

 

 

 

Green:

Background Report Final Draft (with bibliography) due Thurs, Feb 14

 

Finish filling out Structure and Function of Organelle Chart due Friday 2/8

 

  
Fri

2/8
  • Construct plant cell and animal cell models in small groups

Blue and Green:

Continue Experiment as planned in your timeline (data collection due Mon, Feb 25)

 

 

  
For the Week of January 21-25                                                           
Date Assigned
Classwork
 H.W. Assignment Materials

Mon


1/21
  • holiday

Blue:

 

Summary of Science Fair Homework and Due Dates

Tues

1/22
  • Teacher Workshop Day

Green

 

 

 

 

  
Weds

1/23

 

  • Lecture on Cells
  • Prepare cheek cell slides to look at under a microsope

Blue

 

Continue Background Research (due Fri 1/25)

Background Research Guidelines

 

 

 

  
Thurs

1/24
  • Lecture on Cells
  • Prepare cheek cell slides to look at under a microsope

 

Green:

 

Continue Background Research (due Fri 1/25)

Background Research Guidelines

 

 

  
Fri

1/25

Time in class to work on Background Report Outline

Blue and Green:

Continue Experiment as planned in your timeline (data collection due Mon, Feb 25)

Background Outline due Monday 1/28 for blue group and Tuesday 1/29 for green group. 

 

  
For the Week of January 7-11                                                                 
Date Assigned
Classwork
 H.W. Assignment Materials

Mon


1/7
  • Intro to Project Proposal
  • Conference about final research question

Blue:

Science Fair Project Proposal (due Jan. 9)

 

Summary of Science Fair Homework and Due Dates

Tues

1/8
  • Intro to Project Proposal
  • Conference about final research question

Green

Science Fair Project Proposal (due Jan. 10)

 

 

  
Weds

1/9

 

  • Intro to Background Research
  • Background Reaserch time with computers

Blue

Continue Background Research at home.  Notes on 3 main sub-topics related to your question are due Jan 25.  You must find your information from at least 3 different sources.  Make sure you record your sources for your bibiography!

Background Research Guidelines

 

 

 

  
Thurs

1/10
  • Intro to Background Research
  • Background Reaserch time with computers

 

Green:

Continue Background Research at home.  Notes on 3 main sub-topics related to your question are due Jan 25.  You must find your information from at least 3 different sources.  Make sure you record your sources for your bibiography!

Background Research Guidelines

 

  
Fri

1/11

Background Research Time

Suggested Places to start:

Internet Public Library:
The Internet Public Library (IPL) features a searchable, subject-categorized directory of authoritative websites; links to online texts, newspapers, ...

Blue and Green:

Continue Background research for your 3 subtopics at home

(due Jan 25)

No more time in class will be devoted to background research.

 

  
For the Week of December 17-21, 2007                                                                  
Date Assigned
Classwork
 H.W. Assignment Materials

Mon


12/17
  • Science Fair Intro
  • What makes a good scientific question
  • How to generate an original research question

Blue:

Brainstorm 3 testable, focused, inspiring research questions for science fair. (due Monday, January 7)

 

For ideas to start with check out these websites:

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/mentoring/areas_of_science.shtml

http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/projectguide/

http://www.exploratorium.edu/explore/handson.html

 

 
Tues

12/18
  • Science Fair Intro
  • What makes a good scientific question
  • How to generate an original research question

Green

Brainstorm 3 testable, focused, inspiring research questions for science fair. (due Tuesday, January 8)

 

For ideas to start with check out these websites:

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/mentoring/areas_of_science.shtml

http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/projectguide/

http://www.exploratorium.edu/explore/handson.html

 

  
Weds

12/19
  • Science fair planning

Blue

 

 

 

 

  
Thurs

12/20
  • Science fair planning

 

Green:

 

  
Fri

12/21
  • Ice Skating

Blue and Green:

Make sure you have 3 science fair questions you are interested in when you come back from break.

 

 suggested websites
For the Week of December 3-7, 2007                                                                  
Date Assigned
Classwork
 H.W. Assignment Materials

Mon


12/3

Blue:

Do work at home as needed to stay up with pacing guidelines

 

Extra Credit optional

Plant fact sheet layout

Animal fact sheet layout

Tues

12/4

.

Green

Do work at home as needed to stay up with pacing guidelines

 

Extra Credit optional

  
Weds

12/5
  • observe mini biomes
  • Carbon/Oxygen Cycle Activity

Blue

Do work at home as needed to stay up with pacing guidelines