Daily Plans/Assignments:6/14 (Friday) Final Hours 5 & 6
6/13 (Thursday) Final Hours 3 & 4 6/12 (Wednesday) Final Hours 1 & 2 6/11 (Tuesday) Last day of instruction! We discussed our graph results and finished the packet. Then we applied what we learned to design the final version of our dog crate for this unit. If there was extra time, students were encouraged to study for finals using their study guide and partner to quiz them. Don't forget about the Quizziz 7.1 and 7.3 online review too! (See links on 6/5.) 6/10 (Monday) Today we are going through the Unit 7.3 Test answers. Students are encouraged to study for the final as of last week when study guides were completed and checked. Then students ran their heat stroke lab and completed their packet with graph--if you didn't finish we will pick it up tomorrow! 6/7 (Friday) We are wrapping up our unit with our final activity "Heatstroke Investigation". Students first worked as a group on three questions during our anchoring experience scenerio. Then after our discussion and explanation of materials they worked again with their team to design and write the directions for their activity. We reviewed and edited these adding detail--we will run the activity on Monday. 6/6 (Thursday) Today we had our 7.3 Unit test and while students were taking it I did a quick notebook check. Absent crew were given an extension to complete their notebooks if needed. If you have not shown me your completed study guide and still need the correct answers see me for them--I am not posting the answers online. Finally, all missing/redo work last day is tomorrow with extra credit last day on Monday. 6/5 (Wednesday) We accomplished a lot this hour! First I reminded all missing work kids and offered extra copies--last day for missing/redo work is Friday. I passed back and went over Lesson 4 Quiz--it will be covered on tomorrow's test. We checked our notebooks for completion using the rubric provided--if your missing any pages I offered replacements. All scans are online on the right column and notebooks are due tomorrow. I'll check them during your test so you can have them to study at home for the final. Lastly, we went through all the correct answers for the study guide and played a quick round of 7.3 unit review on Kahoot! The link is: 7.3 create.kahoot.it/share/7-3-moving-thermal-energy/25b522b3-a244-48ca-b33b-510231f66694 7.1 create.kahoot.it/share/7-1-creating-an-energy-plan/899bb22e-af60-43d1-b630-415d9ab372f0 6/4 (Tuesday) 7th grade honors assembly was this morning, so I kept it a lighter day since all those students would need to make up what they missed! First we check notebook page 41 and discussed questions regarding Thursday's Unit Test. Then we added/finished the vocab sheet for lessons 1-4 from Ms. Cervi and placed those in our notebooks on page 42. Finally, students used the remaining time to finish the first half of the finals study guide. 6/3 (Monday) Our last full week of school! Today we are going through the second half of our study guide in preparation for Thursday's test. After a quick seat switch, students will be asked to finish the first half and therefore completing their entire final study guide. We added a quick review for the Unit test to page 41 in our notebooks as well. Finals start next week, so I am asking students to begin studying for ten minutes (or more) per day for science so they do not wait until the last minute. 5/31 (Friday) Today labs were passed back and absent students were handed their study guide, due Monday (#24-36). Students had a class discussion and completed a Claim, Evidence, Reasoning worksheet with an article. 5/30 (Thursday) I talked with each class and we concluded our unit test will be next Thursday. Study guides were handed out today and class time provided to complete #24-36 which students will use to study for BOTH their unit test and their final exam in two weeks. We will complete the remainder of this study guide Monday and I will review correct answers at that time. 5/29 (Wednesday) Today we got our lab back and we summarized the results. Since we finished this part of the lesson, students took an exit ticket quiz to check their understanding. Finally we discussed possible crate solutions to keep the dog cool and applied what we know with matter and thermal energy to understand differences in design. 5/28 (Tuesday) Today I am encouraging those kids with a quiz redo option to do them in the next few days before our next quiz. I caught up the absent students from before break and excused them from part, but not all, of our activity. We then finished the nickel sphere video watching thermal energy transfer and completed part three which is a graph and questions for a video on boiling water. The video link is here for absent students: youtu.be/Dxox2GRYXRk I collected that worksheet and we began our lesson summary "in a nutshell" together on notebook page 39. For tomorrow, if you have a plastic strawberry container I am offering 100 class points for each one brought in. (Other fruit or plastic "clam shell" containers will work too.) we will be using them as a model to build/test our dog crates. 5/24 (Friday) Today we massed pop tabs for our class contest--this runs until the last week of school, so please bring them in! We discussed our lab results yesterday and looked for patterns and possible errors in our data. After this we finished part 3 of our lab and I collected papers as a team. Finally, we made predictions on a similar lab (online video: nickel ball www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUWeKLvfrwc) and after we watched the video, filling in part of a new sheet. We'll continue this on Tuesday--enjoy your three day weekend! 5/23 (Thursday) I passed back any quizzes that need a parent signature for redo and am hoping to catch the last few absent kids today. we had a hands-on lab exploring the inputs and outputs of thermal energy. We completed the lab in table teams parts one and two and will continue the remainder of this activity tomorrow in class! 5/22 (Wednesday) Welcome back Mrs. Pierzecki! Today the winners of the baby prediction contest received their rewards, students taught and summarized the first three lessons, and we had a teaser to tomorrow's lab. Extra credit was reviewed--students can make a solar "thermal" cooker to heat s'mores, a hot dog, or other item of their choosing. Two designs will be provided, but students are encouraged to design their own or modify what they may have done this activity before. You can cook any food and design anything that will create heat using the Sun. Ten points is awarded after it is built with a selfie for evidence (print, e-mail, or show me the photo) and ten additional points will be rewarded if they also include a short paragraph explaining how thermal energy is transferred to heat their food item/how their cooker works. One design solar hot dog cooker: youtu.be/aiyY_RWuQvA One design for a s'mores cooker: youtu.be/pjsrRi2Bxl0 These are two great videos, but please feel free to explore as MANY different designs and ideas that will be successful. This is due before the half days for finals, so built it and wait until a really sunny and warm day to test it! 5/21 (Tuesday) Farewell day for Ms. Cervi!! We will be reviewing the unit 7.1 test today in class. After, we will be doing a farewell activity to end off our time together!! Enjoy the rest of the school year :) 5/20 (Monday) Quiz Day!!! Before we get to the quiz, students will be checking in their lesson 3 in a nutshell homework. We are taping this into our notebooks on page 37. After, we will get right to the quiz. When students are done with the quiz, they are working on revising their unit bubble maps in their notebooks. 5/17 (Friday) Happy Friday!! Today, we will being with reviewing a collision model. Then, we will check the cocoa collisions packet in class. After, we are doing a hot hands demonstration in class and creating a model. We will then watch a video on what "cold" really means and complete lesson 3 in a nutshell. QUIZ MONDAY OVER LESSON 3!!! 5/16 (Thursday) Please turn in the cocoa collisions packet today! We will be reviewing the hot cocoa model from yesterday's packet. Then, students will be completing a practice quiz. QUIZ MONDAY OVER LESSON 3. We will review the quiz in class, so students have this as a study tool. Then, we will be completing this lesson's vocab activity and putting notes in our notebook on pg.36 over scientific laws. 5/15 (Wednesday) Happy Wednesday!! We are working on some discussions questions from our game activity yesterday. We are taping these questions into our notebooks on pg.35. Then, students will be completing the Cocoa Collisions Student packet. If the packet is not finished in class, it is homework! 5/14 (Tuesday) Today, students will be watching a short video on hot chocolate warming up in a cup. After, students will be playing a collisions game all hour!!! This game is really fun :) 5/13 (Monday) Quiz day!! Also, last day to bring in a box of tissues for extra credit. Before the quiz, students are going to check their lesson 2 in a nutshell homework. This will go into notebooks on pg.34. After, we will do a quick review before the quiz and then get right to the quiz. If time permits, we will be sharing out blueprints and crate model ideas from Friday's activity. 5/10 (Friday) We are reviewing yesterday's lab. Next, students are working on their initial models and blueprints for the unit challenge. Students will also complete lesson 2 in a nutshell. NOTE: EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY: BRING IN TISSUES BY 5/13 FOR 10 PTS. EXTRA CREDIT. QUIZ ON MONDAY OVER LESSON 2 5/9 (Thursday) Students are doing a lab in class that investigates temperature. After, we will be doing a lesson 2 vocabulary activity. NOTE: EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY: BRING IN TISSUES BY 5/13 FOR 10 PTS. EXTRA CREDIT. QUIZ ON MONDAY OVER LESSON 2 5/8 (Wednesday) First, we are discussing yesterday's homework. Then we are working on a consensus bubble map for unit 7.3. Next, students are working on a microscopic water world activity and drawing a model. After, we will come together as a class to create a water molecule consensus model. NOTE: EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY: BRING IN TISSUES BY 5/13 FOR 10 PTS. EXTRA CREDIT 5/7 (Tuesday) We are talking about our unit challenge scenario today. Students are investigating the problem and identifying the criteria and constraints. We are adding these sheets into our notebooks on pg.31 and 32. Then, we are starting to create our bubble map for the unit. HW: tale of the two onions. NOTE: EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY: BRING IN TISSUES BY 5/13 FOR 10 PTS. EXTRA CREDIT 5/6 (Monday) Students will be working on the 7.3 unit pre-test today. When students finish, they will complete a graphing worksheet and finish up their title page on pg.29 in their notebooks. NOTE: EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY: BRING IN TISSUES BY 5/13 FOR 10 PTS. EXTRA CREDIT 5/3 (Friday) Happy Friday! Today we are jumping into our next unit which takes a look at thermal energy. First, students will watch a video and answer some discussion questions. Next, students will work on analyzing an info graphic on temperatures in a car on a hot day. There is a worksheet to complete as well. After, students will brainstorm ideas on how to keep cool in a car when the air conditioning goes out. We will share out these ideas and create a class "Beat the Heat" chart to compile all of our ideas. 5/2 (Thursday) Students will be completing a group project participation evaluation sheet in the beginning of the hour. Next, student will watch a Bill Nye video on Heat. Our new unit will be all about Thermal Energy and we will be starting that tomorrow. On pg.29 in student notebooks they are creating a title page: Thermal Energy. The title page must be colored and contain 3 pictures related to the topic. On pg.30 in student notebooks, students will be taping in their Bill Nye video notes. 5/1 (Wednesday) Welcome to the month of May everyone!!! Test day today! Please stop by and ask any questions you might have before the test. If you are absent, please be prepared to take the test when you return. 4/30 (Tuesday) Happy last day of April!!! Unit Challenge Poster Project gallery walk today! After, students are completing a unit 7.1 reflection worksheet. REMINDER: 7.1 UNIT TEST TOMORROW (5/1) 4/29 (Monday) Review guides are due today!! We will go over the answers in class so students can start preparing for the 7.1 unit test Wednesday. The remainder of class will be used to finished up posters. REMINDER: 7.1 UNIT TEST WEDNESDAY (5/1) 4/26 (Friday) Project work day. Posters will be finished today in class. Homework for the weekend is to finish the 7.1 Unit Test Review for Monday. NOTE: REVIEW GUIDE DUE MONDAY (4/29) AND 7.1 UNIT TEST WEDNESDAY (5/1) 4/25 (Thursday) Project day!! Students are working on developing a convincing poster to convince their parents to go off the grid. NOTE: REVIEW GUIDE DUE MONDAY (4/29) AND 7.1 UNIT TEST WEDNESDAY (5/1) 4/24 (Wednesday) Today were are recapping our generator models from lesson 3 and electromagnet generators from lesson 9. We will have a discussion about how we can improve these models. Next, students are watching to videos that cover wind power & water power. After, we are completing the lesson 9 summary table on pg.28. Students will end the hour by completing a modeling worksheet on wind and water power. NOTE: 7.1 UNIT TEST WEDNESDAY 5/01 4/23 (Tuesday) We are going to start the hour by having a discussion talking about the results we gathered from yesterday's electromagnet station lab. Then, students will watch a teacher demonstration with an electromagnet to answer questions in the lab packet. After, we are revisiting our generator models from lesson 3. Students will need to improve their generator models by answering discussion questions in the lab packet as well. Lab is due Wednesday (4/24) 4/22 (Monday) Welcome back!! I hope everyone had a nice weekend with family and friends. Today, we are moving into lesson 9. First, students are watching a video in class about a magnet picking up scrap metal. After, we are doing another station lab where students are playing with electromagnets. I will do a demonstration first so student know how to assemble the electromagnets. In their notebooks, we are creating a model for this system and recording the inputs and outputs. Students will move right into the stations lab that tests different variables against the electromagnet. 4/19 (Friday) NO SCHOOL!!! 4/18 (Thursday) Lesson 8 Quiz and notebook check (pg.10-21)!! Please be prepared to make the quiz up when you return to school if you are absent today. 4/17 (Wednesday) Today, we are completing the lesson 8 summary table and adding it to our notebook on pg.25. Then, we are completing a vocabulary list on pg.26 that covers all the terms you need to know for the lesson 8 quiz. After, students are working on lesson 8 discussion questions. REMINDER: Lesson 8 quiz and notebook check this Thursday (4/18) 4/16 (Tuesday) Students are working on another simulation today that investigates static electricity. After students complete the simulation, they will read an article on magnetism and answer questions.REMINDER: Lesson 8 quiz and notebook check this Thursday (4/18) 4/15 (Monday) Happy first day of 4th quarter! Students are working on a stations lab today that investigates magnetic forces and static electricity. REMINDER: Lesson 8 quiz and notebook check this Thursday (4/18) 4/12 (Friday) Happy Friday everyone! We are reviewing out energy skate park simulation together as a class. Next, we are filling out or lesson 7 summary table (along with some vocab.) and adding it pg.24. Lastly, we are completing a check your progress "quiz" as a class. REMINDER: the card marking ends TODAY! please turn in all late and missing work in by then. 4/11 (Thursday) Students are working with laptops today to complete a simulation lab that investigates total energy of a skater at a skate park. REMINDER: the card marking ends this Friday (4/12) please turn in all late and missing work in by then. 4/10 (Wednesday) Happy Wednesday everyone!! Today, we are placing some notes in our notebooks regarding transfer of energy and the different forms of energy. Then, students are working on finishing their CER posters and then presenting them. After, we are completing the lesson 6 summary table. We are really moving along!! Last but not least, students are completing a windmill activity exit slip. REMINDER: the card marking ends this Friday (4/12) please turn in all late and missing work in by then. 4/09 (Tuesday) First, we are taking some notes in on our notebook on pg.21 to identify the differences/purposes of a windmill, turbine, and a generator. Next, students are working on a CER poster from the windmill activity. Students are also coming up with their own model of a real-world example that illustrates the transfer of energy. REMINDER: the card marking ends this Friday (4/12) please turn in all late and missing work in by then. 4/08 (Monday) Welcome back everyone! I hope you all had a safe and fun spring break. Back to work today! First, we are spending some time finishing up the windmill activity we did the Friday right before break. After, we are reviewing the windmill model that goes along with the activity. Next, we are placing a windmill system model in our notebook. It is a different model than the one from the activity. As a class we are labeling where energy transfers are happening. REMINDER: the card marking ends this Friday (4/12) please turn in all late and missing work in by then. 3/29 (Friday) Windmill activity! Students created windmills and tested their windmills against different fan speeds to start to investigate the transfer of energy. Happy Spring Break everyone!! Have a great week off and I will see you soon! 3/28 (Thursday) Today we are starting to talk about lesson 6. On page 19 in our notebooks, we created a bubble map to brainstorm our ideas to the lesson question. After, we watched to videos the demonstrated the transfer of energy. We had a small class discussion to figure out how we could identify the energy transfer in the videos. Next, students read a wind power article. We highlighted some important parts in the article. Be sure to pick this up when you return to school. REMINDER: please be ready to take the quiz when you return. If you have gone for an extended period of time we will make arrangements for after spring break! 3/27 (Wednesday) Test Day!!! If you were absent, please be prepared to take the test when you return. Thanks :) 3/26 (Tuesday) We started the hour off by reviewing the wind vs. water power worksheet. Then, we completed our lesson 5 summary table in our notebook on page 18. We had a lot of information to write so we had to go on the back side of the the summary table (see the pdf). Its best to just put one piece of tape at the top of the paper so you can flip it up and see the other information. After, we worked on some more graphing before the test TOMORROW (3/27). I am at school by 7:30 every morning so stop in if you have any last minute questions before the test. 3/25 (Monday) A few changes to the agenda this week. The test is being moved to WEDNESDAY (3/27). Today in class, we are going over the answers to the review guide and answering any questions students have regarding the test. Next, students are working on a wind vs. water power worksheet. This activity investigates the differences between water turbines and wind turbines (helpful for the unit challenge). 3/22 (Friday) Happy Friday!! First thing on the agenda is creating a vocabulary list of terms that will be helpful for the test. This list was put in our notebooks on pg. 17. After, students worked on answering wrap-up questions on the pendulum lab. We went over the answers together in class after everyone was done. This will be helpful for the test as well. Lastly, the review for the test was passed on. This is due Monday. Have a great weekend everyone! 3/21 (Thursday) Today we did pendulum lab #2. This lab investigates the relationship between Kinetic Energy and Mass. I have created a sheet of absent data for any student who was not here today. After we collected our data, we watched a video that investigated the relationship between speed and Kinetic Energy. Students created a graph and answered some analysis questions on this lab. Reminder:Test next Tues. (3/21) 3/20 (Wednesday) Happy first day of Spring!! Today, we added some elevation lines to our unit challenge map in our notebook. The picture is really hard to see, so see me for those details when you return. Next, we did a Kahoot review over graphing. Lastly, we did a catapult demonstration in class. We have officially started learning about Kinetic energy! I have created a worksheet for students who were absent with data. See me for this as well. FYI: Next Tuesday (3/26) we will be taking a test over lesson 5. 3/19 (Tuesday) Due to the handbook presentation, the plans have been altered for today. Students turned in the graphing practice worksheet from yesterday and reviewed graphing even further. The second part of the hour was completing another graphing practice worksheet. We went over this worksheet together as a class. 3/18 (Monday) Today we are reviewing how to graph. First, we reviewed some notes on graphing, different types of graphs, and how to create a scale. (see me for this when you return) We also worked on a guided graphing practice where students created a bar graph and a line graph. Also see me for this when you return. 3/15 (Friday) Ms. Cervi is out today! However, students worked on an article rotation activity. There were 6 different articles over important science concepts you either have already covered or will cover this school year. Students read the articles in groups and came up with a question to ask the next group regarding the article. Back to business on Monday!! 3/14 (Thursday) Students played a game called "Survivor Science" this was a trivia game and a chance to get to know me (Ms. Cervi). This was the next activity we did in the couple days we spent getting to know each other. 3/13 (Wednesday) Over the next few days, I am taking the opportunity to do some "get to know you" activities with the students. Today, I had students decorate and fill out an "All About Me" sheet. This sheet is for my eyes only. After, students created a name tag. My intention is to use the name tags until I can learn everyone's name. If you were absent today, see me for further details on how to complete these activities when you return. 3/12 (Tuesday) Today students wrapped up lesson 4! First, we had a class discussion to talk about where we would place the water wheel, the water wheel exit slip and the pendulum activity. Second, we completed our lesson 4 summary and taped that into our notebook on pg. 16. Copies are in the room if a student needs one. 3/ 11 (Monday) I am out for science training and we have a sub, so i am leaving a Discovery Channel video on electricity and asking for notes. I will see you all on Tuesday! 3/8 (Friday) I reminded ALL students/classes about getting in missing/absent work and extra credit (due Monday). I offered additional copies of extra credit as they have been available for about two weeks in our room. Students read and ran a pendulum hands-on lab with their teams that took the majority of our hour. Results were to be taped in their notebooks on page 14 so we can use them Tuesday in class. 3/7 (Thursday) Today I am handing back the waterwheel exit quiz and reviewing the answers/systems parts. Then I'm sharing/reviewing the splat-o-matic activity including students who e-mailed me links (thank you!) We're finishing up our splat-o-matic notes on page 13. If time allows, I have a few short (2 min.) video clips showing potential energy to share. 3/6 (Wednesday) Sub today--CER Football class discussion and worksheet. See you tomorrow! 3/5 (Tuesday) Today we finished lesson three with updating our bubble map on page 4 and added lesson four's focus questions to that page. Then we added Bill Nye notes from yesterday to page 12 and on page 13 got it set up for our observations in the activity/lab today. Once ready, students helped run the splat-o-meter which is used to discuss potential energy. We recorded the results for two raw eggs of different heights and had some fun with other food objects and our cameras/slow motion recordings. We'll use this evidence and data to continue notes on page 13 tomorrow and I will upload them tomorrow once they're complete. Bill Nye Redo Opportunity: If you got 60% or less you and/or a redo suggestion note from me on your paper, you can raise your grade by rewatching Bill Nye Electricity video on You Tube at: https://youtu.be/dVgDcYhZUaA. On the back of your paper, please write a paragraph (5 sentences or more) connecting parts of the movie with what we are learning in class. (Examples from the movie include: parts about the generators, electricity flow, conductors, insulators, etc.) Then turn it into the bottom bin by Friday 3/8 to raise your grade. 3/4 (Monday) Welcome back! I'm offering class points and candy for students who are willing to bring in one item (egg, orange, fruit slice, etc) or find a link to gravity smashing something fun for our class intro. tomorrow. I'll have a few items, but the more the merrier! Please avoid items with peanuts/other food allergies if discussed in our hour. we got the exit tickets back and I reviewed grading. After we watched a short Bill Nye and did a worksheet-students graded them and turned them in for a grade. (2nd hour students A-L, here is the link to our video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dVgDcYhZUaA). Also, any students with missing work were reminded and notes put into PowerSchool accordingly. If you are missing work, you may always see me for extra copies or download them offline.
3/1 (Friday) Today notebooks are officially due (although it will take me some time to grade all of them). We started off with a YouTube video showing other generator models to broaden our understanding of what is occurring in our model/class. https://youtu.be/TKNZGX_Za7M While watching I pause to explain and elaborate on parts/portions. Then we filled out our Lesson 3 Summary Table on notebook page 11 as a class. Finally, students watched another 2 min. video clip with a water wheel and answered 5 questions due in class. Students needing more time will be allowed time in class Monday--it is not homework. Have a great weekend!
2/28 (Thursday) Woo-hoo--it's almost March, so today we changed seats! After that I took students through a notebook check, we filled out our index, and allowed them to take home notebooks tonight (if needed) to finish/complete any notes. After we finished our generator model drawings and did a quick gallery walk. We then labeled any parts we may have forgotten and taped the Lesson 3 Summary Tables into our notebooks for tomorrow. This is the last day for missing work before progress report deadline, so I reminded kids with missing assignments again and passed out extra copies as needed.
2/27 (Wednesday) First I reminded progress reports are this Friday and I'm still missing vacation/absent work from some students for Winter Break. Please check Power School and see me by Thursday if you notice anything with your class grades. we first updated our bubble map on notebook page 4 for Lesson 2 and added our Lesson 3 questions to it. After teams were given the components for an electric generator and the challenge of assembling it w/o directions. As they worked, I gave clues to guide teams towards success. Before my last clue, all team had been successful in making their light bulbs glow at least once per student. Then we discussed how this was a system model and started a model on page ten of our notebooks. This is where we'll pick it up tomorrow!
2/26 (Tuesday) Today we wrapped up lesson 2! First we revisited our electricity survey results for all classes and had a brief "Engage in Arguments from Evidence" discussion regarding the top/bottom choices. Then we updated our Lesson summary with the top two we will explore in the weeks to come. Finally, we finished the exit tickets from yesterday. I also introduced this card marking's extra credit opportunity-due in two weeks/March 11th. I have hard copies, so students can grab them as needed! 2/25 Welcome Back! First we summarized what we learned last week in our scenerio so we can jump back into planning our electricity solution. We got some new evidence: a graph showing previous and projected renewable energy and a short article. We worked with a partner or team of three to analyze the graph and answer/discuss the questions. Then we attached that to page nine in our notebooks. After, we read the article and had a small "Engage in Argument from Evidence" discussion pointing out which two electricity styles we feel would be best for our new home. We started the 1-5 article questions, but ran out of time, so this is where we'll pick up our day tomorrow. 2/18-2/22 Midwinter Break! Please enjoy the time off with your family and friends. 2/15 (Friday) Today we updated page 5 of our notebooks with an assignment I have graded and want students to keep. I am still missing some, so those kids need to turn it into me first before they can tape it in their notebooks. Then we did our Lesson Summary (A-C only) together as a class on page 8 and updated our bubble map on page 4. After students used their six energy sources in their notebooks on 6 & 7 combined with the scenerio on page 1 to create a Claim, Evidence, reasoning for the two energy types they feel will work best on their parent's property. This is turned in in class-no homework--kids needing more time will get more once we return from break. Enjoy your time off! 2/14 (Thursday) Happy Valentine's day! I hope you enjoy your little treat from me for every student and the Valentine made you giggle! Today we finished our notes on pages 6 my "teacher notebook" is scanned and uploaded under "Notebook Pages" on this web page. 2/13 (Wednesday) Today we split into 6 teams (no table teams-mixed groups) to individually explore one of the six renewable sources of future energy using a provided data sheet. Students then shared out and we got about halfway through our notes as a class--we'll finish up tomorrow. 2/12 (Tuesday) Ice storm! No school! 2/11 (Monday) We went over the points rewards system in our class and got the class discussion assignments back. After, we had a YouTube video on "Exploring Energy Generation Methods" with an accompanying worksheet (download in PowerSchool or see me for extra paper copy). We reviewed questions #1-12 together and #13 + #14 are independent for students (turn in today or tomorrow if you needed more time). The link to the video is here in case you want to rewatch it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cp8-lVo2A8 2/8 (Friday) Today we continued the lesson introduction by revisiting notebook page 3 and having a brief discussion on similarities and differences in our lists on electricity use. We then thought about use/no use on a larger scale: homes , communities, and nationally using the graphic organizer in our notebooks on page 2. We worked individually, then with partners, and finally with the whole table team. After we came together for a class discussion and continued to share/add to our notebook page 2. We then added the overall unit focus question to our bubble map sheet on notebook page 4 and concluded our day by filling our and turning in the student class discussion rubric for a grade. 2/7 (Thursday) Today we introduced our newest unit on electricity. We had a lot of small group/class discussion regarding our day off/morning and how we used electricity during these times. Students were given the unit scenario and after reviewing we placed that as page one in our notebooks. We reserved page two for tomorrow and jumped to page three where we "bullet" noted our electricity encounters from the moment we woke up today to the moment we're sitting in the classroom. Then we compared and discussed similarities and differences with partners/teams in our classroom. See notes on the side bar here for scans of the teacher notebook. (Note: notes will vary from student to student and should not completely match with the teacher version.) 2/6 (Wednesday) Ice Day-no school. Stay warm and enjoy your day off! 2/5 (Tuesday) Today we got our notebooks and folders or binders cleaned out of all semester #1 items. We got the index and pages set up for semester #2 in our notebooks. After this we re-bundled and returned table notebooks to the bins to be stored in our classroom. To conclude our class time today, students went through and checked their own pretests. This score is their "score to beat" at the end of the unit. We ran out of time to introduce the unit, so that will be first thing tomorrow! 2/4 (Monday) Welcome (officially) to semester #2! Today we had a few "housekeeping" items to review for new/returning students. First, we went over the policies/rules for Physical Science 7. A copy can be found under "Curriculum Night" if students misplaced their copy--new transfers in were given a fresh paper copy. Then I reviewed supplies we'd need and encouraged notebooks to return for tomorrow. finally students took the unit pretest for MiSTAR. |
Notebook Pages:FYI: MiSTAR worksheets used are copyrighted and cannot be posted here. They can be downloaded in PowerSchool or see me for an extra copy if you need one!
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