12/3/08
Mineral identification Gizmo, due Thursday
Mineral Level II on Friday and Monday
12/2/08
Mineral identification Gizmo, due Thursday
Mineral Level II on Friday and Monday
12/1/08
Write your Green Living Project Proposal.
11/21/08
Review your mineral groups notecards. Quiz the day after vacation!
Theme project proposals due Tuesday after vacation.
11/20/08
Review your mineral groups notecards.
11/19/08
Review your mineral groups notecards.
11/18/08
Review your mineral groups notecards.
11/17/08
No homework today!
11/14/08
Mineral group projects due today! No homework over the weekend.
11/13/08
Mineral group projects are due at the BEGINNING of class tomorrow.
11/12/08
You should be done researching your mineral groups and should begin putting your presentation and handout together.
11/10/08
Continue researching the Mineral Groups lesson.
11/7/08
Begin working on your Mineral Groups lesson.
11/6/08
Make sure you are up-to-date on all the Studywiz assignments.
11/5/08
Make sure you are up-to-date on all the Studywiz assignments.
11/4/08
Post at least one response to the discussion question on Studywiz.
11/3/08
Read Chapter 1, Section 3 and answer the questions on Studywiz
10/31/08
Read Chapter 1, Section 2 and answer the questions on Studywiz
10/30/08
Read Chapter 1, Section 1 and answer the questions on Studywiz
10/29/08
Post a comment to the discussion on Studywiz
Element Icosahedron projects due on Thursday
10/28/08
Element project EXTENSION. It is now due at the beginning of class on Thursday and we will continue to work on them during class on Wednesday.
10/27/08
Element project due at the beginning of class on Wednesday.
Per 5 - Element project due Thursday, due to Friday's fire drill.
10/23/08
Your research for the Element project should be done. Drafts of the uses paragraph are due at the end of class on Friday.
10/22/08
Element project research due at the end of class on Thursday.
10/21/08
We'll be starting the element projects on Wednesday
Icos08Project0.doc
10/20/08
Finish periodic table grouping activity
Atomic theory project re-do's are due on Monday, October 27th.
10/16/08
Read pages 284-291 in the Physical Science text.
Goal - To gain an understanding of how the periodic table is organized.
While reading:
Copy all the headings (red and blue) into your notes
Under each heading, write the main idea of that section
Define each bold word in the text (there are 6 of them)
Answer questions 1, 2, and 3 on page 291.
Due on Monday.
10/15/08
Project due today. No homework!
10/14/08
Atomic theory project due on Wednesday. Be sure to bring in:
The answers to the 6 questions.
Your date poster for the timeline
Your atomic model.
10/9/08
Research for the Atomic Theory project. Begin with the links on the Science 8 page.
Bring in materials for building your model and timeline date on Tuesday
10/8/08
Scrapbook article final drafts due on Thursday.
10/7/08
Scrapbook article final drafts due on Thursday.
10/6/08
Practice using easybib.com by writing an MLA formatted bibliography entry for your scrapbook article.
10/3/08
10/1/08
Find and article and answer the pre-write questions for the Scrabook Article assignment.
9/30/08
Spend some time thinking about which idea you think we should use for our theme projects.
9/29/08
Per 1 and 5 - Quiz Today! No homework
Per 3 - Quiz on Tuesday. Be sure to study: the kinetic theory, measurement vocabulary, metric conversions, the gas laws, physical/chemical properties/changes, density, systems
9/26/08
Per 1 and 5 - Quiz on Monday. Be sure to study: the kinetic theory, measurement vocabulary, metric conversions, the gas laws, physical/chemical properties/changes, density, systems
Per 3 - You will review in class on Monday and take the quiz on Tuesday.
9/25/08
Finish the Gas Law sheet.
GasLawActivity.doc
9/24/08
No Homework!
9/23/08
Finish the Physical and Chemical properties activity.
PhysChemInvestigation.doc
9/22/08
Watch "Clouds" Brainpop video and take the on-line quiz.
9/18/08
No Homework!
9/17/08
Read the Mars Orbiter Article and answer the questions on the Reading Guide
MarsOrbiterGuide.doc
9/16/08
Density Gizmo and hands-on activity sheets due Wednesday.
9/15/08
Density Gizmo and hands-on activity sheets due Wednesday.
9/12/08
Make sure the sheets from both of the measurement activities are completed and ready to turn in on Monday.
9/11/08
Finish the measurement worksheet.
9/10/08
Conversion worksheet.
9/8/08
Be sure to understand the following terms: kilo-, milli-, centi-, meter, gram, liter, length, volume, mass, density, temperature, velocity.
9/3/08
Write one paragraph about what you expect from science class this year.
ParentLetter.doc
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