Science+-+Grade+7

. = Welcome to the __**7th Grade Science**__ Page of the kramerscience1 wiki! = = If you need to contact Mrs. Kramer, please e-mail kramerl@arcadia.k12.wi.us. =

== __ For information regarding the class, course materials, and resources, scroll down to find the information you seek. __ ==

= = = = = **LINK TO THE ONLINE VERSION OF THE SCIENCE TEXTBOOKS: [|Pearson Science]** !!!!! I will provide you with log-in instructions in class. =

= = =*** LINK TO [|Earthsky.org]. Check this often for all sorts of interesting science news.**=

Welcome back to another year of middle school science! In case you want a review of classroom policies and procedures, here is the Power Point we went through in class:
 * __9-2-15 Wed__**

Other handouts you received today:

__**9-3-15 Thur**__ If you need any reminders about expectations in my classroom, look here:

Today was the Room 102 Scavenger Hunt. Hope you enjoyed getting familiar with my classroom!

__**9-4-15 Fri**__ Today we discussed the importance of carefully following directions. How did you do?


 * Remember ** :
 * Signed "Late Work Policy" due TUESDAY
 * "All About Me" due TUESDAY

__**9-8-15 Tue**__ **Announcements**
 * Hand in signed "Late Work Policy"
 * "All About Me" due TODAY
 * Today**
 * "Bikini Bottoms Safety Rules". The correct safety rules will be posted around the room
 * Lab Safety Quiz WEDNESDAY

__**9-9-15 Wed**__
 * Announcements**
 * Quiz today on lab safety.


 * Today**
 * We brainstorm metric measurements using this handout: [[file:Metric System Notes.PDF]]

__**9-10-15 Thur**__ Read through this Power Point using this  as our guide. KEEP THIS IN YOUR FOLDER!

__** 9-10-15 Fri **__ Today we read about measuring lengths using metric measurements. The assignment given is practice!



__**9-14-15 Mon**__ After going through the answers on the metric length PRACTICE, here is the assignment: This is due TUESDAY

__**9-15-15 Tues**__
 * Announcements**
 * "Measuring: Length #2" due TODAY
 * Today**
 * Begin "Length Lab" [[file:Length Lab.PDF]]

__**9-16-15 Wed**__
 * **"Length Lab"** should get done today. KEEP IT FOR THURSDAY
 * **QUIZ THURSDAY on metric prefixes!**

__**9-17-15 Thur**__
 * Announcements**
 * "Length Lab" gets turned in today
 * Today**
 * "Metric Mania: Mass" [[file:Metric Mania_Mass.PDF]]
 * Use this power point to help you fill in the answers: [[file:metric_Mass.ppt]]
 * ** ASSIGNMENT: "Reading Metric Ruler" due FRIDAY[[file:Reading Metric Ruler.PDF]] **

__**9-18-15 Fri**__
 * Announcements**
 * "Reading a Metric Ruler" due TODAY


 * Today**
 * Discuss metric measurements of mass using the gram as the basic unit.
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Measuring Mass: Practice" due MONDAY (it's on the back of the power point page)

__** 9-21-15 Mon **__


 * Announcement: **
 * "Measuring Mass: Practice" due TODAY
 * Today**
 * Metric conversions between labels using "King Henry Died Unexpectedly Drinking Chocolate Milk"
 * ASSIGNMENT: [[file:Conversion-StairStep.PDF]] due TUESDAY

__**9-22-15 Tues**__
 * Announcements**
 * Check through "Conversion-Stair Step". How is your understanding?


 * Today**
 * Worked more conversions together in class
 * ASSIGNMENT: [[file:Mass_ConversionsAgain.PDF]]

__**9-23-15 Wed**__
 * Announcements**
 * "Mass_Conversions Again" due TODAY. Now is the time to get help with metric conversions! ASK ME!

__**9-24-15 Thur**__ __**9-25-15 Fri**__
 * Today**
 * Review how to zero a pan balance and use it to accurately find the mass of common objects.
 * [[file:Mass Lab.PDF]] This will be finished by the end of class on Friday.
 * Today**
 * Finish "Mass Lab". Ask me for help with the conversions if you need to.
 * ASSIGNMENT: Both of these are due on MONDAY. [[file:Metric Mass _edhelper.PDF]] AND [[file:Measuring Temp_practice.PDF]]

__**9-28-15 Mon**__
 * Turn in your "Mass Lab" today if you haven't already done so.
 * "Metric Mass" and "Measuring Temp. Practice" due TODAY
 * Introduce Metric Volume with this power point and worksheet: [[file:metric_Volume.ppt]] [[file:MetricMania_Volume.PDF]]
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Measuring Volume: Practice/Measuring Temperature: Graded" due TUESDAY [[file:MeasVolPr_MeasTempGr.PDF]]

__** 9-29-15 Tues **__
 * "Measuring Volume: Practice/Measuring Temperature: Graded" due TODAY
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Measuring Volume:Graded/ Metric Units of Volume" due WEDNESDAY [[file:MeasVolGr_MetricVol.PDF]]
 * __**QUIZ WEDNESDAY**__

__**9-30-15 Wed**__
 * "Measuring Volume:Graded/ Metric Units of Volume" due TODAY
 * Quiz today

__**10-1-15 Thur**__
 * "Volume Lab begins today. Work to complete parts A, Band C today. [[file:Volume Lab_7.PDF]]

__**10-2-15 Fri**__
 * Part D of the "Volume Lab" must get done today. DO NOT TURN IN YOUR LAB SHEET. We will talk about it on Monday.

__** 10-5-15 Mon **__
 * Define density and how to calculate it. Here is the power point we viewed in class: [[file:Density PPT.ppt]]
 * **ASSIGNMENT:** "Density and Rounding" due TUESDAY [[file:Density and Rounding.PDF]]
 * Have your "Volume Lab" ready to turn in TUESDAY

__**10-6-15 Tues**__
 * Hand in "Volume Lab" today.
 * "Density and Rounding" due TODAY
 * **ASSIGNMENT:** "Still Dense About Density?" due FRIDAY [[file:Still Dense About Density.PDF]]
 * "Density Lab" will begin tomorrow!

__** 10-7-15 Wed **__
 * Complete Part 1 of the Density Lab today. [[file:Grade 7 Density Lab.pdf]]

__** 10-8-15 Thur **__
 * Complete Parts 2 and 3 of the Density Lab today
 * REMEMBER: "Still Dense About Density?" due TOMORROW

__** 10-9-15 Fri **__
 * "Still Dense About Density?" due TODAY
 * Discuss Density Lab and hand it in
 * ** ASSIGNMENT: "Metric Review Worksheet_7" due MONDAY [[file:Metric Review Worksheet_7.PDF]] **
 * **TEST TUESDAY**

__** 10-12-15 Mon **__
 * "Metric Review Worksheet_7" due TODAY
 * Review for the test tomorrow on metric measurements

__**10-14-15 Wed**__
 * An introduction to the Scientific Method: media type="youtube" key="SMGRe824kak" width="560" height="315"


 * Scientific Method power point from class: [[file:scientific_method_PPT.ppt]]
 * ** ASSIGNMENT: "Observations or Inferences? due MONDAY **[[file:Observation or Inference 7.PDF]]

__**10-19-15 Mon**__
 * "Observations or Inferences? due TODAY
 * **ASSIGNMENT: "Observe/Infer Pkt" pg 7, #1-6** (complete sentences on notebook paper) **due TUESDAY**

__ **10-20-15 Tues** __
 * Pg 7 of "Observe/Infer Pkt" due TODAY
 * Discuss pp 10-11 of packet
 * ** ASSIGNMENT: "Observe/Infer Pkt" pp 10-11, #1-9. Complete sentences on notebook paper, DUE WED. **

__** 11-10-15 Tues **__
 * Keep adding definitions to your science vocabulary sheet!
 * What does the inside of the Earth look like? We will use these websites to help us understand earth's structure: [|Learner Dynamic Earth]; [|Windows to the Universe]
 * REMEMBER: "Earths Interior Guided Reading" due WEDNESDAY
 * REMEMBER: I will be checking for book covers tomorrow!!

__**11-11-15 Wed**__
 * Books should be covered by today!
 * "Earth's Interior GR" due TODAY
 * From the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History: [|"The Dynamic Earth"]
 * Keep adding new words to your vocabulary page!!

__**11-17-15 Tues**__

=Watch convection currents in action.= media type="youtube" key="RCO90hvEL1I" width="560" height="315"

__**11-20-15 Fri**__

=Watch the discovery of deep-sea hydrothermal vents!= media type="youtube" key="D69hGvCsWgA" width="560" height="315"

__**11-24-15 Tue**__ =Harry Hess and Sea-floor Spreading= media type="youtube" key="GyMLlLxbfa4" width="420" height="315"

Sea-floor Spreading Animations:
[|Sea-floor Spreading] [|Plate Tectonics and Sea-floor Spreading]

=Greatest Discoveries with Bill Nye Earth Science= media type="youtube" key="0KNqUwgqbZw" width="420" height="315"

__**11-25-15 Wed**__

Visit this website to learn more about the movement of the tectonic plates: [|"Plates on the Move"]

__**12-1-15 Tues**__
 * Sea-floor spreading activity as a practice quiz for the REAL QUIZ which will be WEDNESDAY: [|Sea-floor Spreading and Subduction]
 * ASSIGNMENT: "The Theory of Plate Tectonics Guided Reading" due THURSDAY
 * __**QUIZ TOMORROW ON SEA-FLOOR**__ **SPREADING!!**


 * __12-2-15 Wed__**
 * Watch this video of Bill Nye the Science Guy explaining plate tectonics:media type="youtube" key="lJiAUvB1vEU" width="420" height="315"


 * **How often do you think earthquakes occur around the world? This website from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) will help illustrate this: [|earthquake.usgs.gov]**
 * **REMEMBER! "The Theory of Plate Tectonics GR" is due TOMORROW!**

__**12-3-15 Thur**__
 * "The Theory of Plate Tectonics Guided Reading" is due today!
 * Plate boundaries courtesy of "The Dynamic Earth" website (see 11-11-15)
 * [[file:Part2platetectonics BEST!.ppt]]
 * [|Plate Boundary Animations]

__** 12-4-15 Fri **__
 * This interactive will help you understand the entire chapter and is your review for the test on __**TUESDAY**__
 * [|Dynamic Earth Interactive]

__** 12-18-15 Fri **__

Bill Nye the Science Guy explains seismographs media type="youtube" key="bpFzICiWPwA" width="560" height="315"

__**1-4-16 Mon**__ Review the triangulation method with this video [|Locating an Earthquake]

__**1-5-16 Tues**__
 * Your epicenter labs are due today. Please get them turned in to me.
 * We spend today on Chapter 3, Section 1, "Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics". This is the video I showed you in class: [|"Hawaii Is A Hot Spot Volcano"].


 * "Properties of Magma GR" (handed out yesterday) will be due on WEDNESDAY [[file:Properties of Magma GR.PDF]]

__**1-6-15 Wed**__
 * __** "Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics GR" due TODAY **__
 * Be sure to keep up on your vocabulary. Review the terms "viscosity" and "silica". Today we will watch these videos to demonstrate the vocabulary words and the concepts they represent.
 * [|"Dancing on Lava"]

__**1-7-15**__
 * New terms -- "viscosity" and "silica"
 * [|"Sources and Types of Lava"]
 * [|"Two Different Kinds of Volcanoes"]
 * [|"Demo of Shield- vs. Stratovolcanoes"]
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Properties of Magma GR" DUE MONDAY [[file:Properties of Magma GR.PDF]]

=**For your viewing pleasure: Crater Lake Time-lapse video.**=

**Crater Lake is actually incorrectly named.**
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 * Crater Lake was formed about 7700 years ago when an enormous volcanic eruption of Mount Mazama emptied a large magma chamber below the mountain. The fractured rock above the magma chamber collapsed to produce a massive crater over six miles across. Centuries of rain and snow filled the caldera creating Crater Lake. With a depth of 1932 feet (589 meters), Crater Lake is the [|deepest lake in the United States]  and the seventh deepest lake in the world. **

Crater Lake at night time-lapse video. Beautiful!!
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__**1-12-16 Tues**__

Today w e will cover the stages of volcanic activity (pg 97 in your book). To better illustrate this, we look at a couple more short videos about Mt. St. Helens: > > media type="youtube" key="njV9ski1gB4" width="560" height="315"
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__**1-13-16 Wed**__ media type="youtube" key="SJA27Bp1q58" width="560" height="315"

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__**1-15-16 Fri**__
 * Today**
 * Since we have shortened periods today, we are going to take a closer look at some volcano-related topics.

Mt. St. Helens Part 1
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Part 2
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Yellowstone Geysers: [|Yellowstone Geysers Video]
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 * 1) [|Tracking the Hot Spot]
 * 2) [|Under Yellowstone (NG)]
 * 3) [|Yellowstone National Park]
 * 4) [|Old Faithful Streaming Webcam]
 * 5) Pompeii

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 * After the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 Pompeii & Herculaneum were lost for centuries. Over the past 250 years the hidden secrtes of their society has been unearthed. The work of Fiorelli, Miauri, Lazer and Siggurdsson has contributed to our knowledge of this ancient society. **

__**1-18-16 Mon**__


 * Today**
 * Start Chapter 4, "Minerals". Discuss pp 112-113, then watch the Video Preview.
 * **ASSIGNMENT** "Properties of Minerals GR" due WEDNESDAY [[file:Properties of Minerals GR.pdf]]

__**1-19**____**-16 Tues**__


 * Announcements**
 * "Properties of Minerals GR" due WEDNESDAY


 * Today**
 * Read and discuss pp 114-115. You saw me demonstrate how to use a streak plate and what streak tells us (the color of the mineral's powder).

__**1-20-16 Wed**__


 * Announcements**
 * "Properties of Minerals GR" due TODAY


 * Today**
 * Retake the test for some...
 * ASSIGN "Properties of Minerals Review" __**AND**__ Read pp 116-122. Pay close attention to Moh's Hardness Scale[[file:Prop. of Minerals Review.pdf]]

__**1-21-16 Thur**__


 * Announcements**
 * "Properties of Minerals Review" due TODAY


 * Today**
 * Discuss Moh's Hardness Scale and density.
 * "Virtual Hardness Testing Lab". Visit this website to complete the lab: [|"Virtual Hardness Testing Lab"]
 * [[file:Moh's Virtual Hardness Lab.PDF]]

__**1-25-16 Mon**__
 * Announcements**
 * REMEMBER "How Minerals Form GR" is due WEDNESDAY
 * [[file:How Minerals Form GR.pdf]] [[file:How Minerals Form Review.pdf]]


 * Today**
 * Look at the photo on page 125. Real or faked??

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 * If you have the time and the interest, you can watch the full video"

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__**1-27-16 Wed**__


 * Today**
 * Discover the many ways we use minerals with this internet activity: "Mineral Mania" [[file:Mineral Mania.PDF]]
 * Here are the links you will need to complete the activity: [|"Mineral Uses"], [|"Fireworks"], and [|"Mineral Groups"]

__**1-29-16 Fri**__
 * Today**
 * Finish "Mineral Mania" on the computers. DO NOT TURN IT IN TODAY. We will discuss this Monday.
 * ASSIGNMENT: When done with the computer, put it away and start "Using Mineral Resources GR". This will be due TUESDAY. [[file:Using Mineral Resources GR.pdf]]

__**2-1-16 Mon**__
 * Announcements**
 * **"**Mineral Mania" gets turned in today
 * REMEMBER "Using Mineral Resources GR" due TUESDAY


 * Today**
 * Mining 101: discuss mineral uses and how we extract minerals and ores from the earth.

__**2-2-16 Tues**__
 * Announcements**
 * "Using Mineral Resources GR" due TODAY


 * Today**
 * Recall how to test for mineral hardness: [|"Mineral Hardness Testing"]
 * To prepare for the Mystery Minerals Lab, we'll start with this: [|"Virtual Mineral Lab"]. Do your best to identify the minerals using the available tests and the "Properties of Minerals" guidebook on the website. DO NOT JUST GUESS AND CLICK!!
 * [[file:Virtual Mineral Lab Report.PDF]]

[|Mineral Identification Lab Response Questions]

__**2-8-16 Mon**__
 * ASSIGNMENT: Chapter Review: pp 139-140, #1-15, 17-19, 21-22. Pg 141, #1-5. Due THURSDAY**


 * __2-9-16 Tues__**
 * "Mineral Identification Lab" begins today.
 * Use a separate sheet of paper to make a data table to record the results of your hardness tests. This will get turned in with your final lab.
 * Inventory all supplies at the beginning and end of each class period.
 * Wear safety goggles at all times.
 * DO NOT USE MINERAL # 9 or 14.

__** 2-11-16 Thur **__


 * Today **
 * Continue working on the lab.
 * Chapter Review questions will be due **FRIDAY**
 * ** TEST TUESDAY **

__**2-12-16 Fri**__
 * Announcements**
 * Chapter review questions are due today
 * Lab WILL get finished today
 * Today **
 * **ASSIGNMENT: "Mineral Key Terms/Concept Map" due TUESDAY [[file:Minerals Key Terms.pdf]]**
 * __2-16-16 Tues__**
 * "Minerals Test" today
 * Make sure you have your "Mineral Identification Lab" turned in!

__**2-17-16 Wed**__
 * Today**
 * "Rocks" video preview
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Classifying RocksGr" due FRIDAY [[file:Classifying Rocks GR.pdf]]

__**2-22-16 Mon**__
 * Today**
 * Recall what geologists use to identify rocks: mineral composition, color and texture
 * Review texture
 * "Rock Identification" on the computers. Follow this link: [|"Rock Identification"]. **DO NOT PEEK AHEAD AT THE ANSWERS!** Due by the end of class Wednesday.
 * [[file:Rock Id Table w Review.PDF]]

__**2-23-16 Tues**__
 * Today**
 * Not impressed with rocks yet? This may change your mind!
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__**2-24-16 Wed**__ A follow-up to the saga of the moving rocks of Racetrack Playa. Release date: August 27, 2014 media type="youtube" key="uyHcs7B27Zk" width="560" height="315"


 * Watch this to learn about the fortress walls in Cuzco, Peru: [|"Solving Incan History"]

__**2-29-16 Mon**__

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 * Today**
 * **ASSIGNMENT:** "Sedimentary Rocks GR" due WEDNESDAY [[file:Sedimentary Rocks GR.pdf]]
 * Begin discussion of sedimentary rocks.
 * Is THIS real or movie magic?

Petra from explore.org: [|Petra, Jordan]

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__**3-1-16 Tues**__
 * Announcements**
 * REMEMBER: **“Sedimentary Rocks GR” due WEDNESDAY **
 * Today**
 * Sedimentary Rocks, pp 152-153 in your book. Weathering, erosion,deposition, compaction, cementation.

__**3-2-16 Wed**__
 * Announcements**
 * "Sedimentary Rocks GR" due TODAY


 * Today**
 * **[|Observe How Sediments Are Deposited]**
 * **[|Clastic Sedimentary Rocks]**
 * Finish our discussion of sedimentary rocks, pp 154-156
 * NO HOMEWORK

__**3-3-16 Thur**__
 * Today**
 * Rocks from reefs, pp 157-159
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Rocks from Reefs GR" **due TUESDAY [[file:Rocks from Reefs GR.pdf]]**
 * Background information about coral reefs to guide our understanding:

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 * Watch corals "bloom": [|"ReefVid Coral Clips"]

__**3-4-16 Fri**__
 * Announcements**
 * "Rocks from Reefs GR" due TODAY

ASSIGNMENT: "Metamorphic Rocks GR" due TUESDAY
 * Today**
 * How do those living reefs become rock? Pgs. 157-159.
 * [|El Capitan Guadalupe NP]
 * Geology of Guadalupe National Park: [|Geologic Formations]

__**3-7-16 Mon**__
 * Announcements**
 * "Metamorphic Rocks GR" is due TODAY


 * Today**
 * Observe samples of granite and gneiss with a hand lens (Pg 160)
 * Metamorphic rocks, pp 160-162
 * Formation of metamorphic rocks [|Met. Rock Formation]

__**3-8-16 Tues**__
 * Today**
 * Discover the rock cycle and the role of plate tectonics in the rock cycle. Follow this interactive to complete the guided worksheet: [|"The Rock Cycle Interactive"]
 * [[file:Rock Cycle Review Interactive.PDF]]
 * "Rock Identification Quiz" WEDNESDAY
 * **TEST FRIDAY**

__**3-9-16 Wed**__
 * "Rock Identification Quiz"
 * Last day to work on the "Rock Cycle Interactive". We will go through this tomorrow in class to help you study for the test on FRIDAY!


 * __3-14-16 Mon__**
 * Announcements**
 * Old books will get turned in today!


 * Today**
 * You get new books today that will need to be covered with a __paper book cover by WEDNESDAY__, "Earth's Changing Surface"
 * **ASSIGNMENT:** We are in chapter 4 in the book. Section 1, "Fossils", starts on page 110. **__"Fossils GR" due WEDNESDAY__ [[file:Fossils GR.pdf]]**

__**3-21-16 Mon**__
 * Announcements**
 * **"The Grandest Canyon of All" Due TODAY**

__**3-22-16 Tues**__
 * Today**
 * Begin the "Geologic Time Webquest" by visiting this website: [|"UCMP Berkeley Geologic Time"]. Follow the directions on the screen as well as your handout to guide you through this activity. I don't expect you to finish this today :-) JUST DON'T LOSE IT!! [[file:Geologic Time Webquest.PDF]]
 * **ASSIGNMENT: "Relative Ages of Rocks SG" due TUESDAY [[file:RelAgeofRocks_SG.PDF]]**
 * "Relative Ages of Rocks" due TODAY
 * Continue working on the Geologic Time Webquest. Have it finished for tomorrow's class.

__**3-23-16 Wed**__


 * Today**
 * Go through the "Geologic Time Webquest" together as a class. HAND IN YOUR WEBQUEST PAPERS!
 * How did our Earth change with time? We will watch the first few minutes of this video, but I encourage you to visit this page and view the entire video. [|"Geologic Time"]
 * This is an artists vision of what 4.6 billion years on Earth may have looked like -- "Our Story in One Minute"

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 * Explanation: ** Could you tell the story of human existence in a minute? [|This thrilling video] culls together multiple teasing snippets in an attempt to do just that. And sets it to music. Briefly depicted, from start to finish, is an artistic animation of the [|Big Bang], a [|trip across] the early universe, the [|formation of the Earth and Moon], the emergence of multi-celled life and plants, the rise of [|reptiles] and [|dinosaurs], a devastating meteor strike, the rise of [|mammals] and humans, and finally the rise of [|modern civilization]. The minute movie ends with a flyover of the modern [|skyscraper] and a human standing atop a [|snow covered mountain]. The [|above video] is the latest from the [|Symphony of Science] project.

__**3-29-16 Tues**__
 * Make sure you have turned in your Geologic Time Webquest!
 * Now we will watch the first few minutes of "Geologic Time" (see link above)
 * Pages 127-129 in your book
 * **New ASSIGNMENT:** "The Geologic Time Scale GR" due THURSDAY

__**3-30-16 Wed**__ > > __**3-31-16 Thur**__
 * Today**
 * Begin watching "Origins: Earth Is Born" from NOVA.
 * How did our planet change throughout it's 4.6 billion year history to become the home we are all familiar with? http://video.pbs.org/video/2052249215/
 * Announcements**
 * "The Geologic Time Scale GR" due TODAY
 * Finish watching and discussing "Origins: Earth is Born"

__** 4-1-16 Fri **__
 * Today **
 * Early Earth, pp 130 - 133, projected on screen.
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Early Earth/Era's of Earth's History GR" __**due WEDNESDAY**__. Start working now! [[file:Early Earth Eras of Earth GR.PDF]]

__**4-5-16 Tues**__ "Early Earth/Era's of Earth's History GR" due TOMORROW
 * Announcements**
 * TEST FRIDAY**

Continue finishing up the material in the chapter, pp 142-145.
 * Today**

__ **4-6-16 Wed** __ We will use this website from the American Museum of Natural History to get a better understanding of the changes taking place as we travel through geologic time:  []

REMEMBER THE TEST IS FRIDAY

__**4-7-16 Thur **__ Work on the chapter review questions today to help you prepare for the test TOMORROW! Pages 149-150, #1-10, 12-15, 17-25. Page 151, #1-5. **DUE FRIDAY**

__**4-8-16 Fri**__
 * TEST TODAY!!**

__**4-11-16 Mon**__
 * Today**
 * Hand in old books and get the new ones, "Chemical Building Blocks" . **BOOKS COVERED BY FRIDAY**
 * Discuss pp 4-5
 * ** ASSIGNMENT: "Describing Matter GR" due THURSDAY **
 * [[file:Describing Matter GR.pdf]] [[file:Describing Matter RR.pdf]]

__**4-12-16 Tues**__
 * Announcements**
 * REMEMBER: "Describing Matter GR" is due THURSDAY
 * Today **
 * Examples of substances, physical properties and chemical properties, pp 6-9
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Physical vs. Chemical Properties" due THURSDAY[[file:Phy vs Chemical Properties.PDF]]

__**4-15-16 Fri**__
 * Announcements**
 * I will check book covers today!


 * Today**

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 * **Structure of the atom**

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 * "Atoms, Molecules, Elements and Compounds"


 * ASSIGNMENT: "Physical vs. Chemical Changes II" due MONDAY[[file:Physical vs. Chemical Changes II.PDF]]
 * **REMEMBER TO STUDY FOR YOUR QUIZ ON MONDAY (pages 6-9)**


 * __4-18-16 Mon__**
 * Announcements**
 * "Physical vs. Chemical Changes II" is due TODAY.
 * "Describing Matter Quiz I" TODAY


 * Today**
 * Review through pg. 10
 * Read and discuss pp 11-12
 * Just how small is an atom?media type="youtube" key="yQP4UJhNn0I" width="560" height="315"
 * More on atomic structure: [|"Strange Matter"]
 * **How big/small is the matter that makes up the Universe? [|"Scale of the Universe"]**
 * **"Magnifying the Universe" media type="custom" key="28485873"**
 * **ASSIGNMENT: Section Assessment, pg 15, #1-4. DUE WEDNESDAY**

__**4-19-16 Tues**__
 * Announcements**
 * REMEMBER: Section Assessment Questions, pg 15, #1-4, due WEDNESDAY


 * Today**
 * Read pp 13-14.
 * Refer to this power point to review the types of matter [[file:Types of Matter ppt.ppt]] [[file:Categorizing Matter ppthandout.PDF]]
 * **QUIZ WEDNESDAY pp 10-14**


 * __4-20-16 Wed__**
 * Announcements**
 * Section Assessment questions, pg 15, are due TODAY.


 * Today **
 * "Describing Matter Quiz 2"
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Measuring Matter GR" due FRIDAY [[file:Measuring Matter GR.PDF]]

__**4-21-16 Thur**__
 * Announcements**
 * REMEMBER: "Measuring Matter GR" is due FRIDAY.


 * Today **
 * **"What Makes up Matter?**
 * **"Changes in Matter"**


 * __4-22-16 Fri__**
 * Announcements**
 * "Measuring Matter GR" is due TODAY


 * Today **
 * "Properties of Elements Virtual Lab". Click here: [|Properties of Elements Virtual Lab]

__** 4-25-16 Mon **__


 * Today**
 * Review of metric measurement, pp 16-20
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Changes in Matter GR" due WEDNESDAY [[file:Changes in Matter GR.pdf]] [[file:Changes in Matter RR.pdf]]

__**4-26-16 Tues**__


 * Today**
 * pp 23-25 in your book. Physical vs. chemical changes, changes of state, law of conservation of matter
 * REMEMBER: "Changes in Matter GR" due WEDNESDAY

__**4-27-16 Wed**__
 * Announcements**
 * "Changes in Matter GR" due TODAY


 * Today**
 * Pages 26-27 in your book
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Math Analyzing Data pg 27" due FRIDAY

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 * Bill Nye demonstrates endothermic and exothermic reactions:**

__**4-28-16 Thur**__
 * Potential vs. kinetic energy, pp 30-31

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__**5-2-16 Mon**__
 * Announcements**
 * "Energy and Matter GR" is due TODAY
 * Today**


 * Bill Nye Potential and Kinetic Energy:
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 * Review potential and kinetic energy:

__**5-3-16 Tues**__
 * Today**
 * Finish discussing pp 32-33
 * **TEST THURSDAY**
 * ASSIGNMENT: Chapter Review pp 37-38, #1-17, 19-25. Pg 39, #1-5 DUE THURSDAY

__**5-4-16 Wed**__
 * Work time on your Chapter Review, due TOMORROW
 * **TEST TOMORROW**

__**5-5-16 Thur**__
 * Hand in you chapter review questions
 * "Introduction to Matter Test"

__**5-6-16 Fri**__
 * Today**
 * Intro Chapter 2, "Solids, Liquids and Gases", pp 40-41
 * Video Preview
 * Read/discuss pp 42-44
 * **ASSIGNMENT: "States of Matter GR" due TUESDAY [[file:States of Matter GR.pdf]] [[file:States of Matter RR.pdf]]**

__**5-9-16 Mon**__
 * Announcements**
 * REMEMBER: "States of Matter GR" due TOMORROW


 * Today**
 * "Phases of Matter Video (18 min). Bleeping quiz to follow!

__**5-10-16 Tues**__
 * Announcements**
 * "States of Matter GR" due TODAY


 * Today**
 * Project/read Section 1. Vocab!

__**5-11-16 Wed**__ media type="youtube" key="Wxpe-pfTp70" width="560" height="315"
 * Today**
 * Review states of matter and particle motion from yesterday
 * Demonstration of the properties of amorphous solids using the art of glass blowing!


 * Read surface tension, cohesion, viscosity
 * **ASSIGNMENT: "Changes of State GR" due FRIDAY** [[file:Changes of State GR.pdf]] [[file:Changes of State RR.pdf]]

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 * A cool trick with water:


 * Just because I love to see them run, here's another video of the basilisk lizard:

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 * This video shows you shouldn't believe everything you see on the internet!

__**5-12-16 Thur**__
 * Announcements**
 * **REMEMBER: "Changes of State GR" due MONDAY**


 * Today**
 * Project/discuss pp 48-50
 * How does thermal energy affect the state of a substance? Find out in this Virtual Lab: [|"States of Matter Virtual Lab"] [[file:States of Matter Virtual Lab.PDF]]

__**5-16-16 Mon**__
 * Announcements**
 * **"Changes of State GR" due TODAY**


 * Today**
 * Visit this website [|Changing Matter] to help visualize what's going on at the particle level when matter changes state.
 * Finish "States of Matter Virtual Lab" today. Ready to hand in tomorrow.

__**5-17-16 Tues**__
 * Announcements**
 * Lab due today.
 * __**QUIZ TOMORROW!**__


 * Today**
 * **Pgs 50-53** in your book
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Math Data pg 52", #1-5 AND Section Assessment pg 53, # 1-3. __**DUE WEDNESDAY**__

__**TEST - TEST - TEST**__ __**[|Changing State]**__