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September |
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30
No
School |
8/31 1st
day of school
QOTD
CW
Name Game
Student info cards
Teacher/class intro
"I like people" game
Animal in Me plate
HW
Get spiral notebook (100+ pages) |
1 Magazine
Drive
QOTD
CW
Name Game
Lab Safety scavenger hunt
Notebook Setup
Student ambassadors
Finish Animal in Me plates
HW
Finish Animal in Me plates |
2
QOTD
CW
Name game
Share/collect Animal plates
Class rules & routines
Syllabus Jeopardy
HW
Parent Signatures (lab rules &
syllabus) |
3 Picture Day
QOTD
CW
Name Game
Media Center- presentation & login
Website Search WS
Finish class rules & routines
HW
Finish website scavenger
hunt-parent signature optional |
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6 NO SCHOOL
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7
Life
Science Review
QOTD
CW
Name Game
Lab Safety Rules icebreaker
Lab safety overheads
Lab Safety pictionary
HW
Choose 3 most important rules &
explain why
Study for
Lab Safety Quiz |
8/9
QOTD 1
CW
Name Game
Share HW
Lab Safety
Quiz
Activity 1- read p. A-4
Watch DVD and answer analysis
Questions
Share Analysis questions
HW
Read Ch 1-6 in blue book, do
workbook 35-37 |
10
QOTD
CW
Update Notebook
HW &
Name Game
Activity 2- read A-6
Demo corrosive & flammable
Go over DOT hazard labels
Do Activity 2
Raffle
HW
Organize Notebook |
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13
QOTD
CW
Stamp Notebook
Finish Activity 2
Activity 2 Quiz
Read Activity 3
HW
-
Hazard at Home WS
- Print out
Unknown Mixture Lab |
14/15
QOTD 2
CW
Go over HW
Read Activity 4
Analysis Questions for activity 4
Make corrections to lab procedures
Start lab: Activity 5, analysis
questions
Lab: Activity 6: identifying liquids
HW:
Measuring length & volume WS |
16
QOTD 3
CW
HW & Name game
Finish Activity 6- analysis
questions
HW
Physical vs chemical properties
illustrations & 3 examples of each |
17
Wear blue day
QOTD
CW
Update Notebook
HW & Name game
Activity 7- analysis questions
Lab discussion so far
Raffle
HW
Organize Notebook |
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20 QOTD
CW
Stamp Notebook
Quiz:
Physical vs. chemical properties
Activity 7
HW
read
Ch 1-3, wk 21-23 |
21
QOTD 4
CW
HW & Name game
Activity 8: volume of objects &
analysis Q's
Identify plastics
HW
Density WS 1 |
22/23
Late Start
QOTD 5
CW
HW & Name game
Activity 9: Mass & density- analysis
Q's
Activity 10- identify metal solids
Finish lab & discuss lab report
Quiz assessment
Density notes & practice
Density WS #2
HW
Finish Density WS 2 |
24
Wear yellow day
QOTD
CW
Update Notebook
Density activities
Finish lab
HW
Organize Notebook |
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27
QOTD
CW
Stamp NB
Density & buoyancy notes
Density Worksheet
HW
Data on Density WS |
28
QOTD 6
CW
HW & Name Game
Bill Nye: Buoyancy
Floating or Sinking WS
HW
Read Ch 11-2, wk 194-196
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29/30
QOTD
CW
HW & name Game
Grade Density WS
Buoyant boat challenge
Review Chapter
HW
Create study sheet for
Test |
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October |
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1
QOTD
CW
Update Notebook
Test:
Studying Materials Scientifically
HW
Organize Notebook
Unknown Mixture lab due Monday,
Notebook graded Tues. |
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4
QOTD
CW
Stamp Notebook
Create new unit
Activity 12, create bar graphs
HW
Parent Review of Unit |
5
QOTD 7
CW
Grade Notebook
Go over HW
Finish Activity 12
Properties of Matter video
HW
Read Ch 2-1, wk 40-42 |
6/7
Cougar Pride Party
QOTD 8
CW
Go over HW
Activity 14: testing chemical &
physical properties of matter
HW
Selecting Materials for Products
chart
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8
1st
progress report
QOTD
CW
Update NB
Go over HW
Activity 15: Families of Elements,
analysis questions & notes
HW
Organize Notebook
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12
QOTD
CW
Stamp NB
Finish Activity 15
Notes: elements and periodic table
HW
Read Ch 4-2, wk 70-72
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13
QOTD 9
CW
Go over HW
Activity 16: read & do stopping to
think questions
HW
Read Ch 5-1, wk 90-92
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14/15
QOTD 10
CW
Go over HW
Go over Activity 16 questions
Atomic Structure Notes
Activity 17: Modeling Molecules
Element superhero project in Media
Center
HW
Read Ch 4-1, Wk 66-68
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16
QOTD
CW
Update Notebook
Element Superhero project research
in Media Center
HW
Organize Notebook
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19
Red Ribbon
Week
QOTD
CW
Stamp NB
Color in Periodic Table regions
PT region notes
Seat change
PT region notes
HW
Read Ch 4-3, wk 74-77
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20
Red
Ribbon Week
QOTD 11
CW
Go over HW
Color PT families
Demo sodium
PT family notes
HW
Read Ch 4-4, wk 80-82 |
20/21 Late
Start
Red Ribbon Week
QOTD 12
CW
Go over HW
Video: Periodic Table
Quiz on PT families
Electron dot models of first 18
elements
Grade electron dot models
Molecular model building
HW
Finish electron dot models &
Element Superhero project due FRIDAY
|
23
Red Ribbon
Week
Wear red day
QOTD
CW
Update NB
Collect Element Superhero project
Electron dot models of compounds
HW
Organize Notebook |
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26
QOTD
CW
Stamp Notebook
Finish Alien Periodic Table
HW
Finish Alien Periodic Table |
27 Spirit Day
Minimum Day
QOTD
CW
Collect Alien Periodic Table
Bohr models of first 18 elements
HW
Finish Bohr model drawings |
28/29
QOTD 13
CW
Grade Bohr models
Bohr Model Isotope drawings
Electron Dot molecules
Work on study sheet
HW
Study
Sheet to use on Test |
30
Wear orange day
QOTD
CW
Update Notebook
The
Chemistry of Materials Test I
HW
Organize Notebook,
Notebook graded Tuesday |
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November |
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1
QOTD
CW
Stamp Notebook
Create new unit
Carbon Notes
Video: Carbon
HW
Read Ch 8-1, wk 138-139 (+
Target reading skills) |
2
QOTD
CW
Grade Notebook
Collect Parent Review
Finish video
Create carbon molecules
HW
Read Ch 8-2, wk 141-144 |
3/4 Food
Drive
QOTD14
CW
Go over HW
Carbon Molecules
HW
Read Ch 8-4, wk 150-153
|
5 Food
Drive
QOTD
CW
Update Notebook
Finish Carbon molecules & work on
Life with Carbon WS
HW
Organize Notebook |
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8 Food
Drive
QOTD
CW
Stamp NB
Finish Carbon molecules structures
Finish Life with Carbon WS-
graded Tuesday
HW
Read Ch 8-3, Wk 146-148 |
9 Food
Drive
QOTD
CW
Grade Life with Carbon
Activity 18: Property of Plastics
HW
Polymer WS |
10 NO
SCHOOL
QOTD
CW
Update Notebook
Activity 22: Polymer reading
Finish Activity 18 & carbon
molecules
HW
Organize Notebook |
11 Food
Drive |
12 Food
Drive
No school |
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16
QOTD
CW
Stamp Notebook
Activity 19: creating new materials
& analysis Questions
HW
Polymer article in the news
(find article & print/cut it out).
Be prepared to share summary in
class |
17
QOTD 18
CW
Go over HW
Activity 20: Modeling molecules
HW
1) Grasping graphing WS
2) Print out Conservation of Mass
lab |
18/19
Cougar Pride Party
QOTD 19
CW
Go over HW
Activity 25: Conservation of Mass
Lab
HW
Read Ch 6-1, workbook 106-108 (do
everything)
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20
QOTD
CW
Update Notebook
Go over HW
Dialectical Journal for Ch 6-2
HW
1.Organize Notebook
2.
Conservation of Mass lab due Monday
11/30
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23
(Fall Break) |
24
(Fall Break) |
25/26
(Fall Break)
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27
(Fall Break) |
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December |
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30
QOTD
CW
Stamp NB
Finish Dialectical Journal
Balancing chemical equations Notes &
WS
HW
Read Ch 6-2, wk 110-114 (2
stamps) |
1
QOTD 18
CW
Go over HW
Finish notes
Balancing chemical equations WS I
Whiteboard review
HW
Balancing chemical equations WS
II |
2/3
QOTD 19
CW
Go over HW
M&M balancing chemical equations
Review for Test
HW
Create study sheet for
Test on Friday |
4
QOTD
CW
Update Notebook
TEST on Chemistry of Materials II
HW
Organize Notebook |
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7 Toy
Drive
QOTD
CW
Create new unit
Activity 30: Can you tell the
difference?
HW
Parent Review of Unit |
8 Toy
Drive
QOTD
CW
Collect Parent review
Activity 34: Water pollution reading
& analysis question
HW
Read Ch 3-1, workbook 51-53 |
9/10 Toy
Drive
QOTD 22
CW
Go over HW
Activity 35: Mystery Liquids
Activity 36: Making water & alcohol
molecules
HW
Read Ch 7-1, wk 125-126
|
11
2nd
Progress report
QOTD 23
CW
Update notebook
Go over HW
Finish Activity 36: making water &
alcohol molecules
HW
Organize Notebook
|
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14
QOTD
CW
Stamp Notebook
Grade molecules
What Dissolves- activity 38
HW
Print out Dissolving Duel Lab |
15
QOTD 24
CW
Go over HW
Start on Dissolving Duel lab
HW
Read Ch 7-2, wk 128-129 |
15/16 Late
Start
QOTD 25
CW
Go over HW
Dissolving Duel Lab
HW
- Finish up the lab analysis
questions and conclusion (follow
RERUNS in lab format) |
18
Minimum Day
QOTD
CW
Update Notebook
Catch-up day
HW
Organize Notebook |
21
(Winter Break)
 |
22
(Winter Break)
|
23/24
(Winter Break)
|
25
(Winter Break)
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January |
28
(Winter Break)
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29
(Winter Break)
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30/31
(Winter Break)
|
1
(Winter Break)
|
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4
QOTD
CW
Stamp Notebook
Activity 40: Parts per million &
analysis questions 1-6
HW
Work on Dissolving Duel lab (due
tomorrow) |
5
QOTD
CW
Grade Act. 40, analysis Q's 1-6
Bill Nye: Water cycle
HW
News article about water |
6/7 D/F
notices sent home
QOTD 26
CW
Share Homework
Activity 41: Testing water Quality
(can be turned into Extra credit
lab)
HW
Write a conclusion for water
quality lab activity (separate from
Notebook) |
8
QOTD
CW
Update Notebook
open Notebook Quiz on solutions
HW
Organize Notebook |
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11
QOTD
CW
Stamp Notebook
Activity 45: Precipitating specific
contaminants
HW
Work on Notebook |
12
QOTD 27
CW
Stamp Notebook
Activity 47: Acids, Bases, pH scale
reading, handout & analysis
questions
HW
Bring in 3 liquid household
items to test for acid/base |
13/14
Cougar Pride Party
QOTD 28
CW
Activity 46: Investigating
Solution of Acids and Bases
Analsis Questions #1-5
HW
Read Ch 7-3, workbook 131-132 |
15
Wear red day
QOTD
CW
Update Notebook
Activity 48: Mixing an acid and a
base
Analysis Questions
HW
Organize Notebook |
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18 (No School)
 |
19
QOTD
CW
Stamp Notebook
Activity 49: A model for acid-base
neutralization & analysis questions
HW
Read Ch 7-4, workbook 134-136 |
20/21
Drama Night
QOTD 29
CW
Go over HW
Reading: Activity 50- Chemistry of
Acids and Bases & analysis questions
Internet Bonding activity
HW
Finish 1st page of Bonding
activity |
22
QOTD
CW
Update Notebook
Internet bonding activity
HW
Organize Notebook |
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25
QOTD
CW
Stamp Notebook
Grade Internet bonding activity
Ionic Bond notes
HW
Read ch 5-2, Workbook 94-97 |
26
QOTD
CW
Go over HW
Ionic bonding activity
Covalent Bond notes
HW
Study
sheet for Water test |
27/28
QOTD
CW
Update Notebook
Water Test
HW
Organize Notebook- grading
tomorrow
Bring in passes (HW & Late work
passes) for extra credit |
29 End of
semester
QOTD
CW
Grade Notebook
See final grade
HW |
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February |
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31/1 NO
SCHOOL - Staff in-service
 |
2
2nd
semester starts
QOTD
CW
3 Truths & a Lie
Rules & routines review
Lab Rules review
Bummer
HW
Parent signature on rules &
routines, lab rules
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3
QOTD
CW
Create new unit page
Set-up Notebook
Motion reading
Distance vs displacement activity
HW
5 Questions & answers based on
Motion reading |
4 Final grades
home
QOTD 1
CW
Update Notebook
Share HW
Distance vs displacement activity
Measuring speed, activity 74, Q's
1-6
HW
Organize Notebook
Stamping on
Monday |
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7
QOTD
CW
Motion Quiz
Stamp Notebook
Activity 75: Interpreting graphs
Analysis Q 1-5
HW
Read Ch 9-2, workbook 160-162 |
8
QOTD 2
CW
Go over HW
Bill Nye: Motion
Quiz on motion graphs on Block
day
HW
Read Ch 9-1, wk 156-158 |
9/10
Wear red day
QOTD 3
CW
Finish Analysis Questions, go
over answers
Quiz: Analyzing & identifying
motion graphs
Activity 76: Speed & collisions,
analysis questions
Average speed WS
HW
Print out Mass &
Collision Lab |
11
QOTD
CW
Update Notebook
Start Mass & Collision Lab
HW
Organize Notebook |
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14
CW
Stamp Notebook
Finish Lab-
Lab report due Tuesday 2/22
Activity 78: Force,
Mass, Acceleration
HW
Read Ch 9-3, wk 164-166 |
15
QOTD 4
CW
Go over HW
Finish Activity 78
Start activity 79: Inertia around a
curve
HW
Calculating speed graphing WS |
16/17
CW
Update Notebook
Go over HW
Grade Notebook p.25
Activity 80:
Newton's Laws of Motion reading,
notes &
anticipation guide
HW
Organize Notebook
and
Velocity vs speed
WS |
18 No
school
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21
No School
|
22 CW
Update Notebook
Collect
Mass & Collision lab
Finish Act. 80 notes
HW
Read p. 389-391 & 393-395
Do workbook pg 180,181, 184 (2
stamps) |
23/24
QOTD 5
CW
Go over HW
Quiz:
Newton's 3 laws of motion
Activity 81: Net Force Challenge
Forces Notes
Net Force WS
HW
Net Force WS |
25 CW
Update Notebook
Go over HW
Activity 82: Braking Distance
HW
Organize Notebook
Print out
Force of Friction Lab |
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March |
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Feb. 28 CW
Stamp Notebook
Force of
Friction Lab
HW
Read Ch 10-1, workbook 173 and
finish lab bar graph |
1
QOTD
CW
Go over HW
Read Deceleration Activity
Acceleration notes
HW
Stopping Distance Graphing |
2/3
QOTD 6
CW
Go over HW
Finish Acceleration notes
Acceleration practice
Acceleration Worksheet
Bummer Review Game
HW
Study sheet for
Forces &
Motion Test |
4 CW
Update Notebook
Forces &
Motion Test
HW
Organize Notebook |
| 7
QOTD
CW
Stamp Notebook
Rollercoaster Lab
HW
Parent Review & Reflection #1 |
8
QOTD
CW
Grade Notebook
Rollercoaster Lab
HW
Finish Rollercoaster lab to turn
in on block day |
9/10
QOTD
CW
Create new unit
Finish rollercoaster lab
Activity 86: Observing objects in
space
Activity 87: Telescope reading
HW
Night Sky observations & Reading
NCU |
11
QOTD
CW
Update Notebook
Anticipation Guide
Activity 88: categorizing space
objects
HW
Organize Notebook |
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14
QOTD
CW
Stamp NB
Act 89: Where in Solar system am I?
HW
Read Ch 14-3, wk 243-246, skip
target reading skills |
15
QOTD 7
CW
Stamp HW
Act. 90: Drawing the solar system
HW
Read Ch 14-4, wk. 248-251, skip
target reading skills |
16/17
QOTD 8
CW
Go over HW
Act. 91: How big are planets
Planet Distances group work
HW
Finish Planet distances
questions- graded on Friday |
18
QOTD
CW
Update Notebook
Grade Planet distances
Grade Act 90 & 91
HW
Organize Notebook |
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21
QOTD
CW
Stamp Notebook
Act. 92: Remote Sensing
HW
Find an article about how
scientists learn about distant
planets & stars |
22
QOTD 9
CW
Share HW
Reading Act. 95: The Nearest Star &
analysis questions
HW
Print out Star Composition Lab |
23/24
QOTD 10
CW
Go over HW
Spectroscope Practice
Star Composition Lab
HW
Finish star lab analysis Q's &
conclusion |
25
QOTD
CW
Update Notebook
H-R diagram webquest
HW
Organize Notebook |
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28
QOTD
CW
Stamp Notebook
Universe Video
HW
Create a study sheet for Test
tomorrow |
29
QOTD
CW
Test: Earth in the Solar system
HW
Notebook reflection #2-4, NB
graded block day
Star Lab
due block day |
30/31
QOTD
CW
Notebook Graded
Create new unit
Activity 73: A Day on Earth
Bill nye: Earth's seasons
HW
Moon Observations using
www.calendar-365.com/mooncalendar/2011/april.html
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April |
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1
QOTD
CW
Update Notebook
Go over HW
Act. 74: as the earth rotates
HW
Organize Notebook |
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4
QOTD
CW
Stamp NOtebook
Act. 75: Sunlight & seasons
HW
Read Ch 12-1, wk 206-208 skip
target reading skill |
5
QOTD
CW
Finish Act. 75- collect
Act.78: Reading & three level
reading guide
HW
Read Ch 12-2, wk 210-211 |
6/7
QOTD
CW
Media Center: Activity 76
Grade Act. 76 analysis questions
Activity 79
Bill Nye: Moon
HW
REad Ch 12-3, wk 213-216 |
8
QOTD
CW
Update notebook
Go over HW
Mini-moon book project
Finish Bill Nye: Moon
HW
Organize Notebook
Mini-moon book
due Tuesday 4/19 |
11 (Spring Break) |
12
(Spring Break) |
13/14
(Spring Break)
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15
(Spring Break) |
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18 |
19 |
20/21 Talent
Show |
22 |
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25 DNA DAY |
26 |
27/28 |
29 |
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May |
| 2 |
3 |
4/5 |
6 |
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10 |
11/12 STAR
TEST |
13 |
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16 |
17 |
18/19 Late start
STAR TEST |
20 |
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23 |
24 Career Day |
25/26 |
27 |
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June |
30 (No School)
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31 |
1/2 |
3 |
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