7th Grade Science 1st & 2nd quarters, 08-09
Abbreviations: HW = Homework EOP = end of period BOP = beginning of period WKST = worksheet
Q = questions BNSG - Bill Nye the Science Guy EXP = experiment PW = pre-write
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What we did today, dates due |
By the end of the period, I (the student) will be able to: |
Turned in today |
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Sept 2 |
Welcome! No homework. |
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Sept 3 |
Hand out "Rules and Regulations" (R and R) and go over some of them: safety is #1, required materials, consequences to misbehavior. HW - get "student info" and "safety contract" signed by Sept 5, need a spiral notebook by Sept 8 |
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Sept 4 |
Go over more R and R,Tour of the Room; lab safety rules; HW - bring colored pens or pencils tomorrow |
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Sept 5 |
Go over more R and R,Safety Poster, due Sept 8; Room rules and safety rules TEST on Fri 9/12 |
student data and safety contract |
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Sept 8 |
Go over more R and R, Set up spiral notebook, copy safety rules, what is a "warm-up"?; HW -must have safety rules copied by 9/10 |
safety poster, spiral notebook |
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Sept 9 |
Go over more R and R, intro to doing labs - requirements |
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Sept 10 |
Go over more R and R, do "Lava Lamp System" lab |
Safety rules check |
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Sept 11 |
Go over more R and R, What is a "system"?, "energy transfer"?; HW - Flashlight system worksheet due EOP |
flashlight system wksht |
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Sept 12 |
Room rules and Safety rules TEST; notes on Intro to Metric System |
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Sept 15 |
Metric system - "words and objectives" |
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Sept 16 |
Metric conversions - notes and wksht |
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Sept 17 |
Metric wksht |
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Sept 18 |
Length Lab - metrics - need a good ruler! |
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Sept 19 |
finish length Lab, metrics - need a good ruler and a calculator |
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Sept 22 |
Finding volume - more work on this, meniscus wksht |
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Sept 23 |
Volume Lab, day one |
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Sept 24 |
Volume Quiz |
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Sept 25 |
Mass and Weight - lab day 1 |
1. prove i can find volume, 2) show how to use a triple beam balance |
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Sept 26 |
Mass and weight, day 2 ; review metrics for test |
measure mass on the TBB, true the TBB |
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Sept 29 |
Mass and weight, day 3 ; review metrics for test |
find mass on the TBB |
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Sept 30 |
review for test |
accurately find mass |
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Oct 1 |
TEST on metrics - MUST have a good ruler and a calculator!!!!!!! |
prove i'm on my way to knowing metrics! |
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Oct 2 |
Intro to Energy, Machines and Motion: what will we be learning here? How to use the books |
understand how the text is organized |
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Oct 3 |
EMM, Inquiry 2 |
begin to understand how a battery is made |
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Oct 6 |
EMM, Inq 2 |
understand how a battery is made |
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Oct 7 |
EMM, Inq 2 |
understand how a battery is made |
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Oct 8 |
EMM, Inq 4 |
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Oct 9 |
EMM, Inq 4 |
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Oct 10 |
EMM, Inq 4 |
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Oct 13 |
EMM Inq 4 - collect data; PW Inq 5 by 10/17 |
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Oct 14 |
EMM Inq 4.1 questions; Electricity notes |
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Oct 15 |
Writing a conclusion skills |
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Oct 16 |
Identify variables and writing hypothesis practice |
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Oct 17 |
Inq 4 |
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Oct 20 |
writing questions and hypotheses - smoking study |
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Oct 21 |
Inq 5 |
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Oct 22 |
quiz - Inq 2 and 4 |
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Oct 23 |
Inq 5 |
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Oct 24 |
Inq 5 |
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Oct 27 |
Inq 6 |
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Oct 28 |
Inq 6 |
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Oct 29 |
Inq 6 |
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Oct 30 |
Halloween science - be ready for FUN! Last Day of 1st Quarter |
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Oct 31 |
No School – LEAP day |
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Nov 3 |
Inq 6 |
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Nov 4 |
Inq 6; HW - line graph |
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Nov 5 |
Inq 6 (whew - long labs!) |
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Nov 6 |
draw circuits |
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Nov 7 |
Inq 7 |
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Nov 10 |
Inq 7 |
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Nov 11 |
No School – Veterens Day |
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Nov 12 |
Inq 7 |
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Nov 13 |
Inq 7 |
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Nov 14 |
Inq 7 |
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Nov 17 |
Inq 7 |
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Nov 18 |
whew - Inq 7 - final day to get data |
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Nov 19 |
Draw forces and label them (need colored pens/pencils) |
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Nov 20 |
Typing Day for Inq 7 in the library, due Nov 24 |
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Nov 21 |
Power and Work examples and readings |
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Nov 24 |
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Nov 25 |
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Nov 26 |
Half Day |
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Nov 27-28 |
No School – Thanksgiving Day Holidays |
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Dec 1 |
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Dec 2 |
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Dec 3 |
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Dec 4 |
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Dec 5 |
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Dec 8 |
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Dec 9 |
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Dec 10 |
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Dec 11 |
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Dec 12 |
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Dec 15 |
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Dec 16 |
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Dec 17 |
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Dec 18 |
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Dec 19 |
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Dec 21- Jan 4 |
NO SCHOOL – Winter Break |
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Jan 5 |
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Jan 6 |
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Jan 7 |
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Jan 8 |
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Jan 9 |
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Jan 12 |
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Jan 13 |
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Jan 14 |
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Jan 15 |
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Jan 16 |
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Jan 19 |
NO SCHOOL – Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
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Jan 20 |
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Jan 21 |
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Jan 22 |
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Jan 23 |
Last Day of 1st Semester |