1/12: Read Chapter 4, sec. 1&2 (p.102-112), answer Q. 1-5 p.108&112
1/13: Read Chapter 4, sec. 3&4 (p.114-125), answer Q. 1-5 p.119&125; review sheets
1/14: Review for Test
1/15: Test on Chapters 3 and 4
1/16: Start electricity.

Week of January 5th, 2004

1/5: Finish Contact; go over tests; read Chapter 2, sec. 1 (p.38-45), answer Q. 1-5 p.45
1/6: read Chapter 2, sec. 2 (p.46-54), answer Q. 1-5 p.54
1/7: Read Chapter 2, sec 3 (p. 56-59) and answer Q. 1-6 p. 59; Q 1-5 p.65; Q. 1-20 p.66; Test on p.67; review sheets
1/8: Review for Test; Test; read Chapter 3, sec. 1&2 (p.68-81), answer Q. 1-5 p.74 and 81
1/9: Go over tests; read Chapter 3, sec. 3&4 (p.82-93), answer Q. 1-5 p.87 & 93; review sheets
 

Week of December 22nd

12/22: Presentations for Astronomy Project
12/23: Watch the movie "Contact"
12/24: Off for Holiday Break

Week of December 15th

12/15: Read C1, sec 2, do vocab, Q 1-5, Reinforcement sheet, video
12/16: Read C1, sec 3, do vocab, Q 1-5, Reinforcement sheet, video
12/17: Library 1st period; C1 study guide and assessment review
12/18: Review sheets and video
12/19: Review then test; work on projects

Week of December 8th

12/8: Soil Leaching
12/9: Review for test
12/10: Earth Systems Unit Test
12/11: Work on Chapter Challenge and Brochure
12/12: Astronomy - read C1, sec 1, do vocab, Q 1-5, Reinforcement sheet, video

Week of December 1st

12/1: The effect of acid rain on rock; Mechanical Weathering
12/2: Finish/go over labs; Write-up Brillo lab
12/3: Classifying soils
12/4: Measuring pH and Testing soil water
12/5: Soil Particle size and drainage

Week of November 24th

11/24: Quiz review/Quiz
11/25: video
11/26: No school
11/27: No school
11/28: No school

Week of November 17th

11/17: Activity 2: Igneous Rocks
11/18: Activity 3: Metamorphic Rocks
11/19: DSTP Field Testing
11/20: Biosphere Rocks; Rock cycle; Rock project intro (Chapter Challenge); Weathering Activity 1
11/21: Weathering Activity 2 and 3

Week of November 10th

11/10: Global warming video/activity; biosphere project
11/11: No school
11/12: Finish biosphere project; come up with quiz questions
11/13: Packet 2 - Rocks and minerals; Act. 1: Minerals
11/14: Quiz; Activity 1: Sedimentary Rocks

Week of November 3rd

11/3: Mid-term
11/4: Activity 1: Build a biosphere
11/5: Activity 2: Part A, B, C; Water in the biosphere
11/6: Activity 3: Chemicals in the biosphere
11/7: Activity 4: Carbon in the biosphere

Week of October 27th

10/27: Energy Transformations: p.29 - 33; Review sheet for quiz
10/28: Review for quiz;
10/29: Roller Coaster Packet Quiz; work on Project
10/30: Do review sheet for mid-term
10/31: Projects due: Presentations; review for mid-term

Week of October 20th

10/20: 3rd Packet: Rollarcoasters p. 3 - 6
10/21: Rollar coaster design p. 7 - 11; Roller Coaster Video
10/22: mini-design challenge p. 13-15
10/23: Follow-up Questions p. 16-20; Inv. Roller Coaster Speed, Height, & Energy p.21-23
10/24: Inv. Roller Coaster Speed, Height, & Energy p.24-25; Energy Transformation p. 26-28; work on Project

Week of October 13th

10/13: Jamie's Mishap Part III; Comparing Forces in contact to P.23
10/14: Finish Forces; Mass: Does it Matter? Pages 24 - 28
10/15: Connecting Force and Motion; Inv. Newton's 2nd Law of Motion P.33
10/16: Cont. page 34 - 37; review for quiz
10/17: QUIZ ON PACKET #2

Week of October 6th

10/6: Continue with Jamie's Mishap with School Bus #314 through to page 8; page 9 - 12 for HW
10/7: HW Check / Go over HW; Crash Simulation I and II
10/8: QUIZ from LAB GRAPHS; Crash Simulation II and III; Video
10/9: No school for students
10/10: No school for students

Week of September 29th

9/29: Notebook check; go over quiz and corrections; Start Jamie's Mishap with School Bus #314
9/30: Science Van Lab Visit; Speed and acceleration lab
10/1: Science Van Lab Visit; Speed and acceleration lab
10/2: Science Van Lab Visit; Speed and acceleration lab
10/3: Finish Lab write-up; Creative Writing using Graphs

Week of September 22nd

9/22: Overhead extention sheet; Part IV presentations
9/23: Tracking the motion of a walker p. 18-20; Speedy Buggies Lab
9/24: Finish Buggies
9/25: Difference Between Speed and Acceleration lab; Quiz Review sheet
9/26: Speed lab and review for Monday's Quiz!