Monday, September 29, 2008

6th/7th/8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Take Test, Read a book if you finish early
  • Complete worksheet, it's due tomorrow

6th/7th/8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Review Mono Lake Food Web
  • Vocab
  • Mono Lake Response Sheet
  • Test Prep
  • Test tomorrow

Friday, September 26, 2008

6th/7th/8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Finish Mono Lake Food Web
  • Response Sheet: Mono Lake
  • Test Prep

Thursday, September 25, 2008

6th/7th/8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Round table discussion on Mono Lake ecosystem
  • Mono Lake Food Web Activity
  • Response sheet
  • Homework: prepare for test

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

6th/7th/8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Discussion and prep for the video
  • Examine Mono Lake
  • Discussion questions

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

6th/8th Science

Today's Agenda:
  • Go over tests (Retakes will be Thursday)
  • Discussion
  • Mono Lake video
  • Homework: answer Mono Lake Questions

7th Science

Today's Agenda:
  • Finish Midsummative Exam
  • Go over test
  • Discussion

Monday, September 22, 2008

Friday, September 19, 2008

6th/7th/8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Finish video and questions
  • Discussion
  • Review for test
  • Read: "Life in a Community"

Remember there will be a test on Monday, so study your notes over the weekend!

Thursday, September 18, 2008

6th/7th/8th science

Today's agenda:

  • Finish ecosystems discussions from yesterday
  • watch "Among the Wild Chimpanzees"
  • work on questions

Computer lit video Here

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

6th/7th/8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • finish eco-card sorting activity
  • large card activity
  • discussion

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

8th/7th/6th science

Today's Agenda:

  • hand in experiments
  • Populations and Ecosystems vocab
  • Ecology card sort

Monday, September 15, 2008

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Design an experiment for paper airplanes
  • Conduct experiment at home
  • prepare a short presentation of experiment

7th/8th Science

Today's Agenda:
  • Discuss airplane experiment
  • Biomes film

Thursday, September 11, 2008

6th science

Today's Agenda
  • Why Project presentations
  • plan a paper airplane experiment

8th Science

Today's Agenda
  • Plan a paper airplane experiment

7th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Science Fair
  • Topic Selection---topic selection wizard Here
  • Browse topics of interest
  • List possibilities

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

6th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Hand in homework
  • Project Why Presentations
  • Research and design a paper airplane and bring it to class tomorrow

8th Science

Today's Agenda:
  • Scientific Method
  • Spongebob Science Worksheet
  • Homework: research and design a paper airplane to bring to class tomorrow

7th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Project "Why" Presentations
  • Review Scientific Method
  • Science Fair: Topic Selection
  • Homework: Spongebob Science Worksheet

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

6th/7th/8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Why Project
  • Scientific Method
  • Homework: experiment worksheets

Monday, September 8, 2008

6th/7th/8th Science

Today's Agenda:
  • Project "Why?"
  • Dice Activity
  • Quickwrite in Science notebook: Self-reflection on Nature of science and/or Project "Why"
  • Meerkat Observations

Friday, September 5, 2008

6th/7th/8th Science

Today's Agenda:
  • Observation/Inference Activities
  • Dice activity
  • Scientific Method Review
  • Homework: Scientific method Worksheet

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

6th/7th/8th science

Today's Agenda:
  • Review notes
  • Pop Quiz
  • Science Literacy Article And Questions
  • "Why" Project

Make sure to review notes from the last few days. The quiz will focus on our discussions of the process of doing science.