Week 13, 11/25 to 11/29

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 Last updated on Sunday, Nov 24, 2013, 5:48pm

 Daily Schedule 

1st per - 7:45am to 8:37am 

2nd per - 8:41am to 9:33am 

3rd per - 9:37am to 10:29am 

Eagle Time - 10:33am to 11:00am

Lunch - 11:00am to 11:32am 

4th per - 11:36am to 12:28pm 

5th per - 12:32pm to 1:24pm 

6th per - 1:28pm to 2:20pm

6th grade Science Monday to Wednesday - Students will be working on completing all the parts of EMM Lesson 5 on elastic force and gravity. Once students have finished all the lab parts (analyzing their data and writing their conclusions) they will work on their 3D GameLab quests. Wednesday we will be on an Early Release Schedule (leaving at 12:15pm and having 25min class periods). Here are the 6th grade Standards and Learning Targets we are working on right now: Energy. And here is a list of the Science vocabulary words we've been learning: Vocab. HW - None Thursday - Thanksgiving! HW - Have a great Thanksgiving! Friday - No School Today. HW - Enjoy your Thanksgiving break!

8th grade Science Monday to Wednesday - This week we will start working with microscopes. Students will begin by learning how to use (and care for) our compound microscopes. Wednesday we will be on an Early Release Schedule (leaving at 12:15pm and having 25min class periods). In December 8th graders will be working with microscopic organisms a couple of days each week, while working in the computer lab three days a week to practice some virtual classification of living things. (If you are not part of the class Facebook group and you are not getting my emails, send me a message to learn more about what we're doing.) Here are the 8th grade Standards and Learning Targets we are working on right now: Structure and Function. And here is a list of the Science vocabulary words we've been learning: Vocab. HW - None Thursday - Thanksgiving! HW - Have a great Thanksgiving! Friday - No School Today. HW - Enjoy your Thanksgiving break!

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Week 12, 11/18 to 11/22

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 Last updated on Friday, Nov 22, 2013, 11:16am

 Daily Schedule 

1st per - 7:45am to 8:37am 

2nd per - 8:41am to 9:33am 

3rd per - 9:37am to 10:29am 

Eagle Time - 10:33am to 11:00am

Lunch - 11:00am to 11:32am 

4th per - 11:36am to 12:28pm 

5th per - 12:32pm to 1:24pm 

6th per - 1:28pm to 2:20pm

6th grade Science Monday - Today we are working on finishing the Elastic Force lab, EMM Lesson 5, part 1, so that we can begin part 2 investigating the force of gravity! Here are the 6th grade Standards and Learning Targets we are working on right now: Energy. And here is a list of the Science vocabulary words we've been learning: Vocab. HW - None if you are caught up. Tuesday - Today we will check our lesson 5, part 1, answers and begin the part 2 reading. HW - None if you are all caught up. Wednesday - Today we should be starting the lesson 5, part 2 lab. HW - None if you are all caught up. Thursday - Still working on lesson 5, part 2. HW - None Friday - Today students will graph their data and write conclusions to their labs. Then they will begin completing that quest on 3D GameLab. HW - None

8th grade Science Monday - Those who are still working on their living assignments need to complete all of those so they can work on their Food Miles Blog quest. Those who are done with their Food Miles Blog are working on their other 3D GameLab assignments. Here are the 8th grade Standards and Learning Targets we are working on right now: Ecosystems. And here is a list of the Science vocabulary words we've been learning: Vocab. HW - None if you are caught up. Tuesday - Same as yesterday. HW - None Wednesday - Same as Monday. HW - None Thursday - Still same as Monday and very few 8th graders have completed their Food Miles Blog.  I'm getting restless because I really want to move on to microscopes and microscopic life, plus some other topics we need to get to! HW - None Friday - We will spend one more day catching up to the Food Miles Blog quest then we will start working on microscopes on Monday. I also taught a lesson in both classes to show students how to diagram different energy transfers. By 8th grade our students should have an understanding of how energy transfers through electrical systems, mechanical systems, heat systems (such as conduction, radiation and convection) and living systems (matter and chemical energy transfers in food webs). HW - None

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Week 11, 11/11 to 11/15

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 Last updated on Tuesday, Nov 12, 2013, 11:50am

 Daily Schedule 

1st per - 7:45am to 8:37am 

2nd per - 8:41am to 9:33am 

3rd per - 9:37am to 10:29am 

Eagle Time - 10:33am to 11:00am

Lunch - 11:00am to 11:32am 

4th per - 11:36am to 12:28pm 

5th per - 12:32pm to 1:24pm 

6th per - 1:28pm to 2:20pm

6th grade Science Monday - Happy Veteran's Day! No school today. HW - Midterm standards-based online progress reports were ready last week as were Skyward grades. Tuesday - Teams are still graphing and analyzing their data from the Elastic Force lab, EMM Lesson 5, part 1. HW - None Wednesday - Today teams will share their graphs as we go over the graph analysis questions. Then students can work on their other quests. HW - Choose a time in the next two days to come in for parent/student/teacher conferences! Thursday - Conference time! Teachers will be available today at the following times: 7:30 -11:30am, 1:00 - 4:00pm, and  5:00 - 7:30pm. HW - None Friday - Same as yesterday but only from 7:30 to 11:00am. HW - None

8th grade Science Monday - Happy Veteran's Day! No school today. HW - Midterm standards-based online progress reports were ready last week as were Skyward grades. Tuesday - Students are still working on their 3D GameLab Science quests to get to the Food Miles quest and the Food Miles Blog quest to share what they learned from last week's activity. HW - None Wednesday - Same as yesterday. HW - Choose a time in the next two days to come in for parent/student/teacher conferences! Thursday - Conference time! Teachers will be available today at the following times: 7:30 -11:30am, 1:00 - 4:00pm, and  5:00 - 7:30pm. HW - None Friday - Same as yesterday but only from 7:30 to 11:00am. HW - None

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Week 10, 11/4 to 11/8

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 Last updated on Friday, Nov 8, 2013, 11:26am

 Daily Schedule 

1st per - 7:45am to 8:37am 

2nd per - 8:41am to 9:33am 

3rd per - 9:37am to 10:29am 

Eagle Time - 10:33am to 11:00am

Lunch - 11:00am to 11:32am 

4th per - 11:36am to 12:28pm 

5th per - 12:32pm to 1:24pm 

6th per - 1:28pm to 2:20pm

6th grade Science Monday - Today we started EMM Lesson 5, an Introduction to Forces. HW - Midterm standards-based online progress reports are ready as are Skyward grades. Tuesday - Teams are still working on the Getting Started part of the lab preparation so they will need to finish that before they can do the Elastic Force lab, EMM Lesson 5, part 1. HW - None Wednesday - Today teams will start the lab investigating elastic force! HW - None Thursday - Elastic Force lab continued. Students are going to analyze and graph their data. HW - None Friday - Elastic Force lab data analysis and graphing is still going on today. HW - Have a great Veteran's Day weekend!

8th grade Science Monday - Today we started an activity called Food Miles to learn something about the foods we eat and how far they travel to get to us. HW - Midterm standards-based online progress reports are ready as are Skyward grades. Tuesday - Today teams will continue to calculate how many miles their lunches traveled to get to them using Google and Google Maps. Then they will calculate how much carbon was added to the atmosphere just for their lunch! HW - None Wednesday - Today teams will finish the Food Miles activity and share their conclusions by blogging about their results. Then students will be able to continue working on any quests they need to catch up on. HW - None Thursday - Students are working on their 3D GameLab Science quests to get to the Food Miles quest and the Food Miles Blog quest to share what they learned from that activity. HW - None Friday - Same as yesterday! HW - Have a great Veteran's Day weekend!

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Week 9, 10/28 to 11/1

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 Last updated on Thursday, Oct 31, 2013, 8:22am

 Daily Schedule 

1st per - 7:45am to 8:37am 

2nd per - 8:41am to 9:33am 

3rd per - 9:37am to 10:29am 

Eagle Time - 10:33am to 11:00am

Lunch - 11:00am to 11:32am 

4th per - 11:36am to 12:28pm 

5th per - 12:32pm to 1:24pm 

6th per - 1:28pm to 2:20pm

6th grade Science Monday - Today students who still need to finish their lesson 3 reflection questions will work on those and check their answers with me.  Then students will complete the lesson 3 quests on 3D GameLab and any other quests they still have to work on. Here are the standards and learning targets we are working on currently. HW - None, unless you can work on any past quests at home that you still need to finish. Parents can check their child's progress on 3D GameLab at any time (see how here). Tuesday - Students are working on their battery quests to finish all the lessons 2 and 3 work so they can start the lesson 4 quest, Forms of Energy. HW - None Wednesday - Same as yesterday. HW - None Thursday - By now students should be working on the Forms of Energy quest. HW - Do the Assess Thyself quest if you haven't already (it should have been done in class already and doesn't take long at all). Happy Halloween! Friday - Today Forms of Energy should be completed. The plan is to start EMM Lesson 5 on Forces on Monday. HW - None

8th grade Science Monday - Today we will finish recording team's final observations to share what they got from last week's experiment. We will see which substances teams decided were living and what their evidence was, as well as notice if the different liquid environments had any effect. Here are the standards and learning targets we are working on currently. HW - None Parents can check their child's progress on 3D GameLab at any time (see how here). Tuesday - Students are going to be working on their living quests based on the work we've been doing these last couple of weeks. HW - If you haven't taken your Biome/Ecosystems test at least once, please do so. Then complete the Biome Self-Assessment and the Assess Thyself quests. Wednesday - Same as yesterday. HW - None Thursday - Same as yesterday. HW - Do the Assess Thyself quest if you haven't already (it should have been done in class already and doesn't take long at all). Happy Halloween! Friday - By today students should have completed all the living quests and the Food Web and Food Energy Pyramid and Adaptations quests. Students have had all week to work on all of the above. HW - None

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Week 8, 10/21 to 10/25

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 Last updated on Thursday, Oct 24, 2013, 7:31am

 Daily Schedule 

1st per - 7:45am to 8:37am 

2nd per - 8:41am to 9:33am 

3rd per - 9:37am to 10:29am 

Eagle Time - 10:33am to 11:00am

Lunch - 11:00am to 11:32am 

4th per - 11:36am to 12:28pm 

5th per - 12:32pm to 1:24pm 

6th per - 1:28pm to 2:20pm

6th grade Science Monday - Today we are going to finish EMM Lesson 3, including the debrief and reflection. HW - None Tuesday - Today students continued to work on their lesson 3 reflection questions. HW - None Wednesday - Same as yesterday. HW - None Thursday - Today, as students finish their lesson 3 reflection questions, they will complete the lesson 3 quests on 3D GameLab and any other quests they still have to work on. HW - None Friday - Same as yesterday. HW - None

8th grade Science Monday - Today we are going to start determining what is living by doing a sorting activity to get students thinking. This is the first activity in our work to come up with a list of criteria to determine whether something is living or not. HW - None Tuesday - Today students continued working on yesterday's activity, specifically responding to a prompt on the class forum (the Is it Living prompt).  Then teams setup a set of vials that they will be using for an experiment to look for evidence as to whether five substances are living or non-living. HW - None Wednesday - Today teams finish setting up three different liquid environments in their vials then added five different substances. Students will be observing what happens in their vials to find any evidence whether the substances are living or non-living. HW - None Thursday - Today teams will record their observations while working on their available or in progress 3D GameLab quests. HW - None Friday - Today teams will record their final observations to share what they got from the experiment. We will see which substances teams decided are living and what their evidence is, as well as noticing if the different liquid environments had any effect. HW - None

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Week 7, 10/14 to 10/18

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 Last updated on Thursday, Oct 17, 2013, 8:21am

 Daily Schedule 

1st per - 7:45am to 8:37am 

2nd per - 8:41am to 9:33am 

3rd per - 9:37am to 10:29am 

Eagle Time - 10:33am to 11:00am

Lunch - 11:00am to 11:32am 

4th per - 11:36am to 12:28pm 

5th per - 12:32pm to 1:24pm 

6th per - 1:28pm to 2:20pm

6th grade Science Monday - Today we are going to debrief the EMM (Energy, Machines, and Motion) Lesson 2 Building a Battery lab. Students worked on the reflection questions then we went over them. HW - None Tuesday - Today students can work on any quests they still need to work on to get the battery quests connected to the lesson 2 lab. Then we will begin the quests to lead us to lesson 3! HW - None Wednesday - Today I will check in with students to see if they need more time to finish the quests they were working on yesterday.  Students did need more time so they got to work on their quests all period. HW - None Thursday - Today students will continue to work on quests to catch up. HW - None Friday - Today we will work on the EMM Lesson 3 lab on Rechargeable Batteries. HW - None

8th grade Science Monday - Today teams need to work on getting their Biome Project videos uploaded. Once they are done with their videos they can take the assessment and the self-assessment. Here are the standards and learning targets for the Biome Project. HW - None Tuesday - Today any student who has not yet taken the Biome/Ecosystem test needs to take it. There is a self assessment after students take the test. (The test results will be emailed to students and they can take it again to get a better score.) Those who are all caught up can work on the NOAA quests. HW - Check your email for you tests scores if you haven't already. Wednesday - Today students checked their emails to see their test scores. Students are able to retake the test to improve their scores. Teams are still working on editing, exporting and uploading their biome commercial movies. HW - None Thursday - Today all students need to take a self-assessment so reflect on how well they did on the Biome project and Biome/Ecosystems test.  As teams finish uploading and embedding their biome commercial movies on their blogs we can start viewing each other's work and giving feedback. HW - None Friday - Today students can continue to work on what we were doing yesterday. HW - None

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