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september 2008

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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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october 2008

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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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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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november 2008

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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

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december 2008

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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

19 Video

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january 2009

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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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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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february 2009

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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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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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march 2009

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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

 

 

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.)

 

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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april 2009

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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
Drawing notes pg 420, 421 (5), 426 (8), 427 (9), 439 (17), 440 (18,19)

 

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6 Pressure Video

7 Jigsaw

hw:  bring lots of pennies

 

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

 

24 Sunspot Lab

hw:  sunspot line graph & 5 questions; starlab $$, STUDY for state test!!!!

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28 galaxies; distance lab; Finish Solar system video

Hw:  finish lab tables and questions; colored pencils

29 Bingo; star notes; HR diagram

 

30 Adopt a constellation due 5/8; $7 due next week for StarLab

 

 

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may 2009

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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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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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june 2009

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1Lost on the Moon; Timeline

hw:  finalize Mars project

2 Mission to Mars Presentations

3 Mission to Mars Presentations

 

4 Mission to Mars Presentations

5 History of Exploration

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8 Apollo 13

9 Apollo 13

10 Apollo 13

 

11 Apollo 13

12 Astronaut Research

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15Rocket Launch

16 Year Review

17 8th grade Field Trip

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