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1 Labor Day |
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5 Course Intro; Scientist Worksheet |
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8 Popcorn Reading; Bingo |
9 Scientific Method Notes; M & M Lab; Section 2 |
10 Review; Fact v. Opinion; In Action |
11 Sponge Bob Review; Section 3 |
12 Implementation Day |
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15 Measurement & Density Notes; Tootsie Roll Lab |
16 Marble Ramp Lab |
17 Bubbles Lab |
18 Scientific Method Investigation |
19 Scientific Method Video |
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22 Density Notes; Measurement |
23 Density Problems; lab p. 27 |
24 Measure and Density Lab |
25 Liquid Layers |
26 Gum & Candy Bar Lab |
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29 Metric System |
30 Metric System |
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1 Length Lab |
2 Mass Lab |
3 Volume Lab |
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6 Metric Mania |
7 English or Metric |
8 Metric Mania Scavenger Hunt |
9 All About Graphing Lecture & Practice |
10 Lab p. 42 |
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13 Columbus Day Inservice |
14 Ch 1 Jigsaw |
15 Sponge Bob Safety; Safety Posters |
16 Jeopardy |
17 Ch 1 Test |
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20 Intro to Chem. |
21 Mixture Notes; Review |
22 Conservation of Mass Coin Lab |
23 Mixtures Review |
24 Messing with Mixtures Lab |
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27 Latent Heat Lab; p. 102 |
28 Sugar Lab |
29 Ditto |
30 Ghoulish Lights Lab |
31 Ditto |
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3 Mr. Styrofoam Peanut Lab |
4 States of Matter; Oobleck |
5 Elements Quiz |
6 Ch 3, section 1-2 Jigsaw |
7 Video |
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10 Holiday |
11 Holiday Veterans Day |
12 Jeopardy |
13 Ch 2 & 3.1-2 Test |
14 Atom Video |
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17 Size of Atoms; Atomic Structure Notes; Atoms Family |
18 Atoms & Isotopes |
19 Adopt and Element |
20 Periodic Table Video |
21 Element Presentations |
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24 Elements |
25 Periodic Table Notes |
26 Intro to Periodic Table Lecture & Notes |
27 Holiday Thanksgiving |
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1 Alien Lab, p. 163 |
2 Periodic Table Puns |
3 Jigsaw |
4 Jeopardy |
5 Ch 4 Test |
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8 Lewis Dot & Criss-Cross |
9 Lab, p. 183 |
10 Formulas & Bonding |
11 Jigsaw |
12 Electron Configuration |
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15 Ice Cream Lab |
16 Bonding Video |
17 Jeopardy |
18 Ch 5 Test |
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5 Mentos & Diet Coke Lab |
6 Chem. Reaction Notes |
7 Types of Reactions |
8 Chemical Equations |
9 Chemical Equations |
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12 Snowman Challenge |
13 Review |
14 Workbook |
15 Jeopardy |
16 Ch 6 Test |
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19 Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
20 Solutions |
21 Jigsaw |
22 Acid Bases Notes & Lecture |
23 In a Jam |
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26 Computer Lab Review |
27 Jigsaw |
28 Video |
29 Jeopardy |
30 Ch 7 Test |
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2 Intro Notes |
3 Molecular Models Lab, p. 305 |
4 Lab, p. 324 |
5 Jigsaw |
6 Computer Lab Research |
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9 Holiday |
10 Vocab. Packet with Streaming |
11 Human Genome, workbook |
12 Computer Lab Review |
13 Presentations |
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16 Presidents Day |
17 Jeopardy |
18 Ch 8 Test Hw: read 341-347 |
19 Roller Coaster Video Hw: workbook 9 (sections 1-3)due 3/12 |
20 Airplane Lab |
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23 Motion Lecture; Determining Speed |
24 Flying Daredevils Video |
25 Speed Challenge; Speed Machine hw: finish questions and problems |
26 Bubble Gum Physics |
27 Speed Trials Lab hw: lab questions; keep working on the workbook |
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2 Lab, p. 356 hw: finish analysis questions on p. 357 |
3 Roller Coaster Project hw: webquest from 'documents' |
4 Roller Coaster Project |
5 Roller Coaster Project Hw: read 350-357; Written report due tomorrow |
6 Acceleration |
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9 United Streaming: Motion; Motion-Graphs Lecture |
10 Running Man Graphs; Computer Lab hw: finish computer exercise |
11 Domino Lab Hw: workbook due tomorrow; domino lab analysis & conclusion
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12 Jeopardy hw: study |
13 Ch 9 Test Hw: frontal impact due 3/23 |
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16 Forces Notes & Practice; intro frontal impact project (due 3/23) Hw: workbook due 3/30; puzzles |
17 Building Big Computer Lab |
18 First Law & Lab hw: 1st Law Worksheet |
19 2nd Law & lab hw: complete lab questions |
20 3rd Law & practice; view Frontal Impact example Hw: Car project due Mon. |
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23 Frontal Impact; Newton's Laws Poster Project (due Wed.)
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24 Frontal Impact Hw: Poster and report due tomorrow |
25 Frontal Impact Hw: read 389-405 |
26 Jigsaw; United Streaming: Friction & Gravity |
27 Bill Nye: Momentum Hw: workbook due Mon. |
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30 Insurance Car Safety |
31 Jeopardy hw: study! |
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1 Ch 10 Test Hw: workbook 11 due 4/9 |
2Forces in Fluids Notes; Titanic Video Hw: colored pencils |
3 Drawing notes
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6 Pressure Video |
7 Jigsaw hw: bring lots of pennies
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8 Penny Activity demo & Penny Boat Hw: workbook due tomorrow |
9 Jeopardy hw: study |
10 Ch 11 Test Hw: ch.12, ch. 14 (1-5), ch. 15.2 due 5/18 |
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20 4 Seasons Notes; Computer Lab- 4 Seasons |
21 Computer Lab-Birthday Moons & flip book |
22 Moon phase lecture & Modeling Moon Phases |
23 Sun Inside/Outside Circle
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24 Sunspot Lab hw: sunspot line graph & 5 questions; starlab $$, STUDY for state test!!!! |
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27 Planets |
28 galaxies; distance lab; Finish Solar system video Hw: finish lab tables and questions; colored pencils |
29 Bingo; star notes; HR diagram
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30 Adopt a constellation due 5/8; $7 due next week for StarLab |
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1 Review hw: Study for State test; $$ due |
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4 STATE SCIENCE TEST!! Universe-History |
5 Same as Monday |
6 Testing |
7 Testing hw: $7 lab fee due tomorrow |
8 Bingo & Wordsearch;$7 due for StarLab hw: finalize constellation project |
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11 Present Constellations |
12 Star Lab |
13 October Sky |
14 October Sky |
15 October Sky hw: workbook due Monday |
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18 Workbook due |
19 Jeopardy hw: study & textbooks returned tomorrow |
20 Test & books due |
21 Computer Lab Hw: Work on Mars project-due 6/2 |
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25 Memorial Day |
26 Library Hw: Work on Mars project-due 6/2 |
27 Library Hw: Work on Mars project-due 6/2 |
28 Library Hw: Work on Mars project-due 6/2 |
29 Mission to Mars Video Hw: Work on Mars project-due 6/2 |
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1Lost on the Moon; Timeline hw: finalize Mars project |
2 Mission to Mars Presentations |
3 Mission to Mars Presentations
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4 Mission to Mars Presentations |
5 History of Exploration |
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8 Apollo 13 |
9 Apollo 13 |
10 Apollo 13
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11 Apollo 13 |
12 Astronaut Research |
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15Rocket Launch |
16 Year Review |
17 8th grade Field Trip |
18 Promotion |
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