Updated: June 1, 2004

8/25 Mo

 

Student Info Sheet

     Take Roll

Get Books: (10:30)

Introduction

Cover Texts (5 pts)

Bring a Notebook

Class procedures & routines

8/26 Tu

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 Unit 1: Science & Safety

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1. Assn List & Cal / Starters

Book cover / pen check

2. Book Scavenger Hunt

    

8/27 We

 

Starter:  UFO's?

   Check Assn. 2

3. Safety Contract

Safety Quiz on tuesday

 

 

8/28 Th

 

Starter

Finish Assn. 3

4. Read/Outline pg. 1 – 5

5. Mystery Box (Bring box on Th)

 

 

3. Safety Contract: Students read the safety contract and then created a three word or less title for each rule.

4.  Read/Outline pg. 1 – 5 We pre-read and read all the pages.  Only outline the section "Scientific Attitude."

 

9/1 Mo

No School: Labor Day

9/2 Tu

Finish Assn. 4

   - Whiteboard paragraphs

   - Present whiteboards

Safety Quiz

 

Mystery Box due on Th!!

  

 

9/4 Th

Collect Mystery Box

Grade Safety Quiz

 

Class Meetings (1 hour, 15 min)

 

9/8 Mo

 

6. Scientific Method Notes

7. Outline Pg. 7 – 9 (th)

 

 

9/9 Tu

Starter

5. Mystery Box (Do the experiment)

8. Bill Nye – Pseudoscience (tu)

 

9/11 Th

Starter

    Check Assn. 7

8. Bill Nye – Pseudosience

      - Concept Map

      - Summary Paragraph

9.  Link to Pseudoscience Pg. 6

      - Outline/Concept Map/Summary

 

 

 

9/15 Mo

Collect Assn. 9 Summaries

10. 3 – Hole Bottle

Link to Pseudoscience Summary due Tues.

 

 

9/16 Tu

Collect " Link to Pseudoscience Summary"

Hand out Unit 1 Grade Sheets

10. 3 – Hole Bottle (finish)

11. Scientific Method Lab

Review for Exam

9/18 Th

>>>>>>> Unit 1 Exam <<<<<<<

Collect/Grade Unit 1 Notebooks

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Unit 2 The Atom

1. Assn. List/Cal/Starters

2. Cut in Half Activity

 

9/22 Mo

2. Cut in Half Activity (finish)

Hand out Periodic Table

3. Drawing 20 Atoms

 

9/23 Tu

 

Finish Assn. 3 / Whiteboard

4.  Bill Nye – The Atom (mo)

    - notes/concept map/summary

 

 

9/25 Th

Starter

Go over Summary Paragraphs

Whiteboard Assn. 3   

5. Using the Periodic Table (web)

    Using the Periodic Table (doc)

 

 

9/29 Mo

Check Assn. 4,5

6. Modeling the Unseen Video

6. Modeling the Unseen Video

9/30 Tu

Starter:

7. The Atomic Chart / Parts of the Atom

8.  Read 13.1-13.3/ Outline Concept-Map Summarize 13.4 (Th)

 

 

 

10/2 Th

Starter

     Check Assn. 8 (Hardcopy only!)

Share/Discuss Summaries

13.4 Summary Paragraph (mo)

9. Atomic Jungle (Today)

Web Search: Periodic Table

 

 

13.4 Summary Paragraph.  Students must rewrite their summaries from Assn. 8 and turn in hard copy on Monday 10/6.

 

10/6 Mo

Collect 13.4 Summaries

Bill Nye - Measurement

10/7 Tu

Starter

Bill Nye – Patterns

Unit 2 Atomic Structure Grade Sheet

----- Unit 3 Bonding -------

1. Assn. List/Calendar/Starters

2. Lewis Dot Structures

3.  Outline 17.1 (mo)

Pg.405–6 w/ concept map & summary

10/9 Th

Unit 2 Exam

Collect Unit 2 Notebooks

 

Work on Assn. 3

10/13 Mo

Check Assn. 3

Lec. Metallic Bonding

4. O/CM/S 17.2 Ionic Bonding

 

10/14 Tu

Starter

Check Assn. 4 / Finish Concept Maps & Summaries

(Phone calls)

5. Bill Nye – Reactions (Notes/CM/Summary)

Bill Nye Reaction Notes

Lecture: Ionic Bonds

10/16 Th

Starter

     Check Assn. 5 Bill Nye – Reactions

Lecture: Ionic Bonds (finish)

Lecture: Molecular Bonds

   Read 17.3 Silently

 

6. Predicting Compounds(mo)

 

Bonding Quiz on Tuesday.

 

 

10/20 Mo

--- Substitute Teacher---

7. Metals Video Worksheet

10/21 Tu

Starter: Wonderful World of Dung

   Due to PSAT Testing

Bonding Quiz Tomorrow

8. Physical & Chemical Change

   (Mr. Dunning)

9. O/C/S 15.3 Pg. 366-368 (th)

10/23 Th

Whiteboard Assn. 6

   Check Assn. 6

Bonding Quiz

Grade Quiz

 

 

 

10/27 Mo

Check Assn. 9

10. Chemical Bonding Video

10/28 Tu

Finish Assn. 10

11. Physical & Chemical Change Lab

--- Unit 3 Notebooks due on Monday

--- Unit 3 Exam Next Monday

10/30 Th

--- Unit 3 Grading Sheet

Finish Assn. 11

-------- Unit 4 Chemical Reactions -----

1. Assn List/Cal/Starters (web,doc)

2. OCS 19.1 Pg. 449-452 (tu)

 

 

11/3 Mo

Bonding Exam Review

Organize Unit 3 Notebook

3. Balancing Chem Equations

11/4 Tu

Check Assn. 2

Unit 3 Bonding Exam

Collect Notebooks

3. Balancing Chemical Equations

11/6 Th

Whiteboard Assn. 3

Balancing Chem. Equations Quiz

4.  Interpreting Molecular Formulas

  (doc,web)(Mr. Dunning)

 

 

11/10 Mo

No School

11/12 We (1 hour)

Starter

Whiteboard Assn. 4

 

11/13 Th

Starter

5. OCS 20.1 Acids & Bases Defined Pg. 472-475

Demo: Sodium Metal & Water

 

11/17 Mo

---- Substitute-----

6. Pg. 470 #1-8

7. Acid & Base Video Wkst

  

 

11/18 Tu

Starter

8. pH Problems

11/20 Th

Starter: Warnings from the Ice

 

Happy Thanksgiving!!  No School from 11/22 – 11/30, 2003!!  Yeah!

 

12/1 Mo

Starter: "The Phonograph"

12/2 Tu

"Finish The Phonograph"

Grade Unit 3 Notebooks

Bill Nye – Water Cycle / Oceanography

Angular Momentum Demo's

12/4 Th

Starter

Review: Chem Reactions / Acids Bases

Whiteboard Assn. 6 Pg. 470 #1-8

    Check Assn. 6

Whiteboard Assn. 8 (pH Problems)

    Check 8

 

12/8 Mo

9. SW: Strange Structures

  (End of Period)

Strange Structures Quiz

12/9 Tu

Check Assn. 9

Starter: Acids & Bases Defined (MV 541.3)

10. pH Internet Activity (doc,web)

12/11 Th

Starter: Read SW Taking Time 3/12/2001 Pg 14

Grade / Organize Notebook (gradesheet)

Write a Test

Unit 4 Take Home Test(doc.web  )

 

 

12/15 Mo

Work on Take Home Test

-- Unit 5: Earth Processes--

1. Assn. List/Cal/Starters

2. OCS 1.1 Pg. 12-15 (th)

 

12/16 Tu

Whiteboard/Grade Take Home Test

Exam Review

12/18 Th

Unit 4 Exam

Check Assn. 2

3. Bill Nye-Motion: Notes/CM/Sum

(1/8)

 

Cool Earth Science Internet Sites:

hhttp://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/developing.html

http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/pangaea/evidence.html

 

1/5 Mo

Staff Development Day

No School for students.

 

1/6 Tu

4. Video: Mars: Dead or Alive

   Part 1: 15 Notes

   Part 2: Summary

   Part 3: Diagrams

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html

 

1/8 Th

5. Earth's Big Breakup(web,doc)

 

 

1/12 Mo

6. Earth Processes Standards (doc)

 

1/13 Tu

Starter: Mars Update

Video: Amazing Earth

 

1/15 Th

Finish Amazing Earth Video

 

 

1/19 Mo

No School

 

Remember Martin Luther King!!!

1/20 Tu

 

7. Oceans: Charting the Vastness

Final Exam Review

1/22 Th

 

1st Semester Final Exam

 

 

1/26 Mo

8. OCS 23.3 Pg. 571 – 574(th)

1/27 Tu

Starter

9. Bill Nye-Crust

Mars Update

10. Notes Plate Tectonics

 

 

 

 

1/29 Th

 

Mars Update

Check Assn. 8, 9

Quiz: Assn. 8 / Grade Quiz

Create a web page

Earth Processes Power Point Report.

 

2/2 Mo

Mars Update

Go over Quiz

2/3 Tu

Starter

Mars Update

Finish Assn. 10

Hand out Unit 5 NotebookGradeSheet

----------Unit 6 Earth Science II------

1. Assn. List/Cal/Starters(web,doc)

 

 

2/5 Th

Collect Unit 5 Notebooks

Work on Web Sites

2. Bill Nye – Earth Quakes (N/S)

3. Plate Boundary Presentations (web,doc)

 

 

 

 

2/9 Mo

No School

2/10 Tu

Mars Update

Collect Notebooks

Check Assn. 2

3. Plate Boundary Presentations (web,doc) (2/17)

 

2/11 Th

Mars Update

Assn. 2 Quiz

Work on Assn. 3

 

2/16 Mo

No School

2/17 Tu

Mars Update

Give Plate Boundary Presentations

    - in small groups

    - pick a person for whole class

4. Rock Cycle Video (N/CM/S)

 

2/19 Th

Mars Update/Starter

Go over Bill Nye Quiz

4. Rock Cycle Video (N/CM/S)

Collect Assn. 3 Hard Copy

 

 

2/23 Mo

Rock Cycle Group Quiz

Check Assn. 4

Mars Update

 

2/24 Tu

Starter:

Go over Rock Cycle Group Quiz

5. The Day the Earth Shook

6. Dirt Bottle Lab (start)

 

2/26 Th

Collect Dirt Bottles (! pt Extra Credit)

7. Earth Reference Sheet 3-3

8. Earthquake lab

 

3/1 Mo

Mars Update

Finish Assn. 8 Earthquake Lab

3/2 Tu

Whiteboard Quiz – Assn. 8

9. Volcano: Nature's Inferno (web,doc)

 

3/4 Th

Finish Assn. 9

Mars Update

10. Dirt Bottle Lab (start)

 

 

3/8 Mo

10. Dirt Bottle Lab (finish)

3/9 Tu

Mars Update

11. Write an Exam

3/11 Th

Grade Notebook 6

------------ Notebook 7---------------------

1. AssnList/Cal/Starters

2. Bill Nye Volcanoes (NCS)

3. Volcano Notes (web,doc)

 

3/15 Mo

Volcano Quiz

3/16 Tu

Collect Notebook 6 (Not late if turned in by 3pm tomorrow)

Starter: Bill Nye – Atmosphere/Flight

4. Nitrogen Cycle Worksheet

 

3/17 Th

Update Web Page

   StudentWebPage

   Unit7Notebook

5. Nitrogen Cycle Power Point

 

 

3/22 Mo

5. Nitrogen Cycle Power Point

 

3/23 Tu

Mars Update

5. Nitrogen Cycle Power Point (finish)

 

 

3/25 Th

Mars Update

Collect Nitrogen Power Points

Show Power Points

Study for Nitrogen Quiz

Nitrogen Cycle Quiz

 

 

3/29 Mo

 

 

3/30 Tu

7. What's up with the Weather?

4/1 Th

7. What's up with the Weather (finish)

 

4/12 Mo

No School

 

4/13 Tu

Check Assn. 7

6. Carbon Cycle Video

4/14 Th

Check Assn. 6

Review Carbon Cycle

Carbon Cycle Quiz

Bill Nye - Waves

4/15 Fr

 

 

4/17 – 4/22 State Testing – No third period

 

4/26 Mo

------- Unit 8 Waves ---------

1. Assn. List/Cal/Starters (doc,web)

2. Wave Problems (tu)

4/27 Tu

Starter

Mars Update

Unit 7 Notebook Grade Sheet

2. Wave Problems (tu)

    - Finish

    - Whiteboard

Wave Problem Group Quiz

4/29 Th

Starter: Read Pg. 231-234 Questions 1, 2

Grade Wave Problem Group Quiz

Grade Unit 7 Notebook

3. Converting Length Units (doc,web)

 

 

5/3 Mo

Turn in Notebook 7

Go over Grades

Work on Assn. 3

Bring Book Tomorrow!

5/4 Tu

Starter:

4. Unit Conversion Problems

    - Lecture Notes

    - Work Problems

    - Whiteboard

 

 

5/6 Th

 

Starter/Check Assn. 5

Quiz: Wave & Unit Conversion Quiz

Grade Quiz

5. Read 10.2-10.4; OCS 10.4(th)

 

5/10 Mo

6. Fun with Forks

5/11 Tu

Starter

Mars Update

Finish 6. Fun with Forks

Review for Quiz

Wave Problem Quiz

 

5/13 Th

--- Substitute

7. Apollo 13: To the Edge & Back

     - 30 Notes, - 100 word summary

 

 

5/17 Mo

--- Substitute:

8. Sci World 5/9/03

    - Read & Take Quiz

      on pg. 17 # 1-12

5/18 Tu

Starter: MU Video - Resonance

Grade Wave Problem Quiz

9. OCS 10.7 – 10.8 (Pg. 241-243)

Outline Quiz

5/20 Th

Starter

Outline Quiz / Grade Outline Quiz

Mars Update

10. Exam Review Notes

Unit 8 Grade Sheet

Unit 8 Exam on Monday

 

5/24 Mo

Unit 8 Exam

 

5/25 Tu

Grade Unit 8 Exam

Grade Notebooks

Video:  Inventions

Get your notebooks update

5/27 Th

----------- Unit 9 Ecology -----------------------

Mars Update

1. BN Ecology

 

 

 

5/31 Mo

Unit 8 Exam

 

6/1 Tu

Mars Update

2. Biodiversity Web Search(doc,web)

6/3 Th

 

 

 

 

 

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