The content topics that will be explored include ecosystems, cell structures and life processes, heredity, and biological evolution.
05/09 Thursday Cells Unit 1 Test on Thursday 05/16. Some helpful review sources including study guides for Cells Unit 1 Activities 7, 8, & 9 and Cells Unit 1 Activities 10, 11, & 12 following:
03/22 Friday Cells Unit Activities 7, 8, & 9 Quiz on Wednesday 03/27. Study guide:
03/21 Thursday Cell Structure and Function Analogy Project The poster portion of the project will be graded as an assessment grade. Project due on Monday April 15. If you lost the paper copy of the student handout, here is the electronic copy:
01/11 Friday Unit Review and Study Guide for Ecology Unit: Interactions of Living Things Test (test is Wednesday, 01/16):
12/19 Wednesday Ecology Unit Activity 5 Interactions in Communities directed reading student handout (in case you left your copy at school). Remember that students have access to the textbook online.
11/14 Wednesday
10/19 Friday Sniffing Out Cancer article for informational text guided reading assignment here:
10/11 Thursday Soil Unit Lab Activity A: Soil Composition guided reading packet for MSVPA students. Due Monday 10/15.
09/28 Friday The following videos will help you to explore topics relevant to our School Site Investigation project:
09/25 Tuesday CRWC Stream Leaders permission form:
09/20 Wednesday Notice: Quiz on Activity 2 "Introduction to Ecology" concepts. Use your science notebook notes & White Space questions, Activity 2 handout, & online textbook to study. 09/18 Monday: Lab Activity 2: Which Abiotic and Biotic Factors Are Found in an Ecosystem? student handout
09/13 Thursday: Activity 2 Introduction to Ecology guided reading student handout:
09/06 Lab Safety Demonstration & Discussion: What happens when you cook an egg with heat or acid? |
The content topics that will be explored include chemistry, space science, and Earth science and processes.
05/22 Wednesday Earth Science 8 end of year project, The Restless Earth Project. Presentations start Tuesday June 4th.
05/07 Tuesday Geologic Timeline Project due Wednesday May 22, 2019; this project will be an assessment grade. Student assignment handout with resource links following:
The Sun The Moon Lunar Eclipse Solar Eclipse Terra-forming Mars 01/22 Tuesday Planet Poster Project student handout: (Project is due Monday 02/11)
01/15 Tuesday Study guide for mid-term from Monday's class:
12/19 Wednesday Space Science Unit Activity 4 Gravity and the Solar System directed reading. Access the textbook online.
Read the article and re-watch video on The Origins of the Universe at the following link from National Geographic: The Origins of the Universe video link Interesting videos on the expanding Universe: 11/09 Friday Debate grading rubric and rules:
10/26 Friday Chemistry Part 3 Notes and Chemistry Unit Test Study Guide:
10/25 Thursday Balancing Equations practice packet answer key:
10/12 Friday Reminder: Study for Chemical Bonding Quiz Monday 10/15. Resources below.
10/11 Thursday Chemistry Unit Directed Reading activity: Ionic, Covalent, and Metallic Bonding. Due Monday 10/15.
09/20 Thursday: Chemistry Part 1 Notes (in case you missed something in class)
09/14 Friday Reminder: Don't forget to create code.org account for CS Discoveries course. Hand-out from class attached.
09/13 Thursday: Use ptable.com to learn about the organization of the Periodic Table of Elements.
09/06 Lab Safety Demonstration & Discussion: What happens when you cook an egg with or acid? |