August 12 - Metric Olympics (Day 1)
August 15 - Metric Olympics (Day 2)
August 16 - Metric Practice and Web
August 17 - Metric Conversions and Notecards (I am not at school today)
August 18 - What is Science? Inference vs. Observation, Quantitative vs. Qualitative
August 19 - What is Science? Theory vs. Hypothesis.
August 22 - Review
August 23 - Research Quest
August 24 - Research Quest
August 25 - Nature of Science Quiz / Research Quest
August 26 - Vocab 11-20 / Research Quest
August 29 -
August 30 - Layers of the Earth Foldable
August 31 - Layers of the Earth Notes
Sept 6 -
Sept 7 - GeoPatterns
Sept 8 - GeoPatterns
Sept 9 - Notecard Quiz #2 / Volcanoes and Plates
Sept 12 - Volcanoes and Plates
Sept 13 - Plate Boundaries Foldable / Plate Boundaries Reading
Sept 14 - Sea Floor Spreading
Sept 15 - Sea Floor Spreading / Wegener's Evidence
Sept 16 - Wegener's Evidence
Sept 25 - Mineral Web and Foldable
Sept 26-27 - Mineral Identification Lab
Sept 28-29 - Rock Eagle
Oct 3 - Test 1 Corrections
Oct 4 - Go over Test and Mineral Lab; Mineral Guided Reading
Oct 5 -
Oct 6 -
Oct 7 -11 - Fall Break
Nov 30 - Edible Soil Lab
Dec 1 - Work on Study Guide for Test #3
Dec 2 - Wrap up Edible Soil Lab
Dec 5 - Review Notes on Soil
Dec 6 - Coding
Dec 7 - Review Labs, Go over Study Guides
Dec 8
Dec 9 - Test #3
Jan 4 - Water Distribution on the Earth
Jan 5,6 - Videos and Class Discussion on Water, Conservation, and Animal Adaptations
Jan 9 - Drainage Basin/Watershed Computer Activity
Jan10 -
Jan 11 -
Jan 12 - A Salty Taste Lab (Part 1) / End of the Artic Video
Jan 13 - Hydrology Vocab Quiz / A Salty Taste Lab (Part 2)
Jan 18 - Water Cycle Roulette
Jan 19 - Journey as A Water Molecule
Jan 20 - Water Flapbook
Jan 23 - Reveal Podcast (Water Wars)
Jan 24 - Ocean Explorer Computer Interactive
Jan 25 - Water Foldable
Jan 26 - Water Foldable
Jan 27 - Water Cycle Notes
Jan 30 - Water Cycle Quiz / Ocean Explorer (cont.)
Jan 31 - Ocean Explorer (cont.)
Feb 1 - Ocean Topography Notes / BrainPop
Feb 2 - Waves Notes / BrainPop
Feb 3 - Coriolis Effect Demo / Water Test Study Guide
Feb 6 - Waves Vids and Discussion
Feb 7 - Water Graphic Organizer
Feb 8 - Test Textbook Review
Feb 9 - Hydrology Test
Feb 10 - Japanese Tsunami Video/Questions
Feb 13 - Climate vs Weather, Wind Notecards
Feb 14 - Local Winds Foldable
Feb 15 - 16 - Global Winds Project
Feb 17-21: Winter Break
Feb 22 - Global Winds Notes, Vids, Review
Feb 23 - Global Winds Notes, Vids, Review (cont) & Wind Review Sheet
Feb 24 - Science Benchmark #2
Feb 27 - Unequal Heating Lab
Feb 28 - Air Masses of North America
Feb 29 -
Mar 7 - Clouds Identification Activity
Mar 8 - Why is the Earth Hotter at the Equator than the Poles Activity / Cloud in a Bottle Explained
Mar 9 - Review over Clouds, Study Guide
Mar 10 - Moving Masses - Weather Fronts Activity
Mar 22 -23 - Astronomy Notecards and Intro to Astronomy
Mar 24 - Big Bang Theory Origins and Theory Activity
April 10 - Classwork Section Table of Contents Review/Checking on Set-up
Apr 11 - Notes on Planets and Scavenger Hunt
Apr 12 - Finish up notes and Review
Apr 13 - How the Solar System Was Made Video
Apr 14 - Finish Video and Review. Galactic Address