Week of April 30 - May 4
Monday, April 30
Homework - complete your final science blog (make it a good one!) Please review the requirements below
Homework - complete your final science blog (make it a good one!) Please review the requirements below
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Week of February 27 - March 2
Balloon lab and Newton's laws questions packet due Monday, March 5th
Week of February 20 - 24
Work Lab due Tuesday, February 28 (This is to be done individually)
Practice problems worksheet due Thursday, March 1
Practice problems worksheet due Thursday, March 1
Week of February 13 - 17
Hair force lab due Wednesday, February 22
Week of January 16 - 20
Wednesday, January 18th
Homework - Take notes on the Khan Academy videos of Newton's first, second, and third laws. Due Friday, January 20th
Homework - Take notes on the Khan Academy videos of Newton's first, second, and third laws. Due Friday, January 20th
Week of December 5 - 9Tuesday, December 6th
Today we practice naming compounds and acids in preparation for our upcoming test (Tuesday, December 13th) Homework: Download, read, and notes on the lab safety presentation to the right. The information will be on the test so be sure to go over it in detail. Week of November 28 - Dec 2Friday, December 2nd We conducted the flame test lab and I handed out a naming acids practice worksheet. Homework: Complete the lab questions and the practice worksheet - Due Tuesday, December 6th. Wednesday, November 30th Today we checked answers to see that we're naming ionic and covalent compounds correctly. In addition, we took notes on naming acids. No homework. Monday, November 28th Watch and take notes on the video to the left. You only need to take notes on information that is new. |
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Week of November 21 - 25
Thursday, November 24th
We took notes on naming covalent compounds and had a lab equipment naming contest. The two naming compound worksheets are due on
Monday, November 28th.
Tuesday, November 22nd
Today we complete the Ionic compound lab activity. Be sure to carefully follow the directions before turning in your lab on Thursday, November 24th.
We took notes on naming covalent compounds and had a lab equipment naming contest. The two naming compound worksheets are due on
Monday, November 28th.
Tuesday, November 22nd
Today we complete the Ionic compound lab activity. Be sure to carefully follow the directions before turning in your lab on Thursday, November 24th.
Week of November 14 - 18
Monday, November 14th
Today we took both quizzes and took notes on the periodic table and bohr diagrams.
Homework - Complete the bohr diagram worksheet - Due Wednesday, November 16th.
Today we took both quizzes and took notes on the periodic table and bohr diagrams.
Homework - Complete the bohr diagram worksheet - Due Wednesday, November 16th.
Week of November 7 - 11
Tuesday, November 8th
Today we created the "How to read the periodic table" poster (Due end of class). Also assigned is your second blog entry. This blog should come from the graphical adaptation of Darwin's Origin of Species. You can blog on any subject included in the book.
Blog entry # 2 must be posted by 3:20 on Friday, November 11th.
Today we created the "How to read the periodic table" poster (Due end of class). Also assigned is your second blog entry. This blog should come from the graphical adaptation of Darwin's Origin of Species. You can blog on any subject included in the book.
Blog entry # 2 must be posted by 3:20 on Friday, November 11th.
Week of October 17 - 21
Wednesday, October 19th
I will be at the beach clean-up. While I'm gone you can continue reading The Origin of Species (yes you will be required to finish the whole book). If you don't have the book with you, work on the Galapagos finches data-based questions. Responses to the questions are due Friday, October 21st
Monday, October 17th
I gave everyone time to finish up the skull observations.
Week of October 10 - 14
Thursday, October 13th.
Make sure that you have your first blog posted on your weebly page by the end of school on Friday
Homework for the weekend: Read through chapter 5 in Darwin's Origin of Species Quiz Monday!
Tuesday, October 11th.
Today in class:
- I assigned your first blog entry (Due by the end of class Friday). Don't forget to email the link to your RSS feed as soon as you post your entry.
- you were given time to complete "Paleoanthropologist for a Day" This is due on Friday as well. Here is what your group must turn in: the powerpoint with the skulls in order based on your observations, your typed observations on each slide, and a statement (on the last slide) explaining how your observations led you to determine the order of the skulls.
Paleoanthropologist for a day PPT. Download it below
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Week of September 26 - 30
Wednesday, September 28th
Today we will review uncertainty in measurements so that you can complete your potato osmosis data table and graphs. Use the embedded document below in conjunction with the notes we took in class today to correctly include uncertanties in your data table and graph.
Potato Osmosis Data table & Graph due Friday, September 30th
Monday, September 26th
Today's Learning Goal: Be able to explain the evidence for evolution (DNA, the fossil record, comparative anatomy)
Complete the questions that go along with the “exploring evolution website." Click HERE for the link
If finished, go to the library and check out The Origin of Species and begin reading. (Even if you don't finish the questions you need to check out the book)
Homework: Read up to page 37. There will be a quiz over what you’ve read in class on Wednesday.
Week of September 19 - 23Thursday, September 21st
Homework - Construct a data table that includes the data you collected during your potato osmosis lab and then appropriately graph the results. Note: don’t graph every piece of data you collected! You must determine the single most relevant set of data that you collected and graph that. Use your notes and table guidelines PDF file to guide your work. The error analysis pdf to the right will help as well. Click HERE for the link to the evolution timeline flash animation. You will take notes up through the mesozoic era. Also, you need to read the first 37 pages of “The Origin of Species” Due Monday, September 26th Tuesday, September 20th Today we conducted a lab investigation of Natural Selection. The questions and graph need to be completed by the beginning of class on Thursday, September 22nd. |
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Week of September 5 - 9
Monday, September 5th: Today we are reviewing for the test on Friday. To begin class we will discuss prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Click here and get ready to take notes. By the end of class on Wednesday you will need to have completed your data tables for the osmosis lab where we used the dialysis tubing and different concentrations of sugar water.
For the test on Friday you will be responsible for knowing the following:
For the test on Friday you will be responsible for knowing the following:
- Microscope parts and functions
- Animal/Plant cell parts and organelle functions - see the embedded document below for an excellent overview of what you need to know
- Osmosis and Diffusion
- Graphs
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Here you will find all due dates for homework, labs, and assessments
Week of Aug 22 - 26
Monday, August 22nd: Homework: complete questions on the microscope lab we started in class today. Due Wednesday, August 24th
Wednesday, August 24th: Homework: complete the plant and animal cell coloring sheet. Due Friday, August 26th
Friday, August 26th: Homework: Finish answering the question that go with the onion and cheek cell lab we did today. Due Tuesday, August 30th
Wednesday, August 24th: Homework: complete the plant and animal cell coloring sheet. Due Friday, August 26th
Friday, August 26th: Homework: Finish answering the question that go with the onion and cheek cell lab we did today. Due Tuesday, August 30th
Week of Aug 15 - 19
Tuesday, August 16th. Line graph, bar graph, and pie chart are all due on Thursday, August 18th. Must be done by hand. Use one entire side of the graph paper for your line graph. Use the other side of the graph paper to complete your pie chart and bar graph.
Thursday, August 18th. Microscope
Thursday, August 18th. Your homework is to research the parts of a microscope and use the words I have given you to correctly fill in the boxes on the diagram. Due Monday, August 22nd.
Thursday, August 18th. Microscope
Thursday, August 18th. Your homework is to research the parts of a microscope and use the words I have given you to correctly fill in the boxes on the diagram. Due Monday, August 22nd.