7th+Grade+Science+2017-2018

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=*** LINK TO [|Earthsky.org]. Check this often for all sorts of interesting science news.**= =##############################################################################################= =__Wed 5-30-18__= = = =__Fri 5-25-18__= = = =__Thur 5-24-18__=
 * "Solids, Liquids and Gases Packet" is due TODAY
 * Continue working on the "Plotting Phase Changes" graph and questions. That will be due THURSDAY
 * If you're ready to move on,
 * Starting a webquest that will help review what we just covered as well as set you up for what you will be learning as 8th graders in the fall.
 * __**Open this document and use it to access the websites**__ you need to visit to complete the webquest: [[file:Matter Webquest (1).pdf]]
 * You will need to put your answers on the hard copy I provide you. YOU MAY WORK WITH A PARTNER TO COMPLETE THIS WEBQUEST.
 * Today**
 * [|"Solids, Liquids, and Gases TEST 5.25.18"]
 * After submitting the test, pick up a copy of the __**"Solids, Liquids and Gases Packet"**__ and begin working on that. Use your book for help! __**DUE WEDNESDAY.**__
 * Announcements**
 * "Gas Behavior GR" is due TODAY
 * Today**
 * **Practice for your test tomorrow! [|"Solids, Liquids, and Gases PRACTICE TEST 5.24.18"]**

= = =__Wed 5-23-18__= __[|SLO Assessment]__ = = =__Tues 5-22-18__= = = =__Fri 5-18-18__= media type="youtube" key="WpXHpXKZtws" width="560" height="315"
 * Today**
 * To review for your quiz, visit this site [|"Changes of State"] and follow the on-screen directions. Quiz yourself and read for understanding so you are better prepared for the quiz!
 * Follow this link for the Quia Quiz: [|"Solids, Liquids and Gases QUIZ 5.22.18"]
 * After you have submitted your quiz, collect the new assignment, __**"Gas Behavior GR" due THURSDAY**__ [[file:Gas Behavior GR.pdf]]
 * **START STUDYING FOR YOUR TEST ON FRIDAY!**
 * Announcements**
 * **"Changes of State GR" due TODAY**
 * Today**
 * **Lab? How's it going? Misconceptions need to be addressed.**
 * **Follow-up on water's cohesive properties.**
 * 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!
 * Announcements**
 * **"Changes of State GR" due __FRIDAY__**
 * Today**
 * How does thermal energy affect the state of a substance? Find out in this Virtual Lab: [|"States of Matter Virtual Lab"] YOU WILL NOT GET DONE TODAY.[[file:States of Matter Virtual Lab.PDF]]

= = =__Wed 5-16-18__= = = =__Tues 5-15-18__= media type="youtube" key="Wxpe-pfTp70" width="560" height="315"
 * Today**
 * Physical Science Series - "Phases of Matter". Have some notebook paper handy for the "bleepin' quiz" at the end of the video!
 * **__ASSIGNMENT__: "Changes of State GR" due __FRIDAY__ [[file:Changes of State GR.pdf]] [[file:Changes of State RR.pdf]]**
 * Announcements**
 * "States of Matter GR" is due TODAY
 * 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

= = =__Mon 5-14-18__=
 * Announcements**
 * "States of Matter GR" is due TUESDAY
 * Today**
 * Introduce Chapter 2, "Solids, Liquids, and Gases", pp 40-41
 * Video Preview!
 * Additional discussion of pp 42-44
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= = =__Fri 5-11-18__=
 * Announcements**
 * "Matter Key Terms/Concept Map" due today
 * Today**
 * **[|"Introduction to Matter TEST 5.11.18"]**
 * **After the test, read pp 42-47 in your book**
 * **Then come get the new assignment from me, "States of Matter GR" due TUESDAY [[file:States of Matter GR.pdf]] [[file:States of Matter RR.pdf]]**

= = =__Thur 5-10-18__= = = =__Wed 5-9-18__= media type="youtube" key="KkwIWPxl_FI" width="560" height="315"
 * Announcements**
 * "Energy and Matter GR" is due TODAY
 * "Matter Key Terms/Concept Map" is due FRIDAY [[file:MatterKeyTermsConceptMap.pdf]]
 * __**TEST FRIDAY!**__
 * __Today__**
 * Practice, practice, practice! [|"Introduction to Matter PRACTICE TEST 5.10.18"]
 * Announcements**
 * "Energy and Matter GR" due THURSDAY
 * **TEST FRIDAY**
 * Today**
 * **Exothermic vs. endothermic reactions to review:**
 * Discuss pp 32-33 in your book.
 * ==**Energy Transfer**==

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 * Today**
 * Potential vs. kinetic energy, pp 30-31

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 * Bill Nye Potential and Kinetic Energy:
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__**ASSIGNMENT**__**: "Energy and Matter GR" due THURSDAY ** = = =__Fri 5-4-18__= > **Bill Nye demonstrates endothermic and exothermic reactions:** > media type="youtube" key="66kuhJkQCVM" width="420" height="315"
 * Announcements**
 * "Changes in Matter GR" is due TODAY
 * Today**
 * Introduction to the Law of Conservation of Mass and a balanced chemical equation
 * Changes in energy during physical and chemical changes, pp 26-27
 * == ASSIGNMENT: "Math Analyzing Data pg 27" due MONDAY ==

= = =__Thur 5-3-18__=
 * Announcements**
 * REMINDER: "Changes in Matter GR" is due FRIDAY
 * Today**
 * The difference between physical and chemical changes, pp 23-25 in your book.

= = =__Wed 5-2-18__=
 * Announcements**
 * "Measuring Matter GR" due TODAY
 * Today**
 * "Properties of Elements Virtual Lab" gets turned in TODAY
 * Review/discussion of Section 2, metric measures
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Changes in Matter GR" due FRIDAY [[file:Changes in Matter GR.pdf]] [[file:Changes in Matter RR.pdf]]

= = =__Tues 5-1-18__= = = =__Mon 4-30-18__= = = =__Fri 4-26-18__=
 * Announcements**
 * "Measuring Matter GR" due WEDNESDAY
 * Today**
 * "Properties of Elements Virtual Lab". Click here: [|Properties of Elements Virtual Lab] [[file:PropElementsVirtualLab.pdf]]
 * WORK HARD ON THIS - IT'S DUE TOMORROW!
 * Today**
 * Review Section 1, "Describing Matter"
 * Preview Section 2, "Measuring Matter"
 * QUIZ! [|"Describing Matter QUIZ 2 4.30.18"]
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Measuring Matter GR" due WEDNESDAY [[file:Measuring Matter GR.PDF]]
 * Announcements**
 * Physical/Chemical Properties/Changes Worksheet" due TODAY
 * Today**
 * Read/discuss pp 13-14 in the book
 * Refer to this power point to review the types of matter [[file:Types of Matter ppt.ppt]] [[file:Categorizing Matter ppthandout.PDF]]
 * **__ QUIZ MONDAY __ pp 10-14**

= = =__Thur 4-26-18__= = = =__Wed 4-25-18__=
 * Today**
 * Review through pg. 10
 * Read and discuss pp 11-12
 * **How big/small is the matter that makes up the Universe? [|"Scale of the Universe"]**
 * **[|"Magnifying the Universe"]**
 * __**ASSIGNMENT**__: **"Physical/Chemical Properties/Changes Worksheet" due FRIDAY [[file:PhyChemPropChangesWksht.pdf]]**
 * Announcements**
 * "Physical vs. Chemical Changes II" is due TODAY
 * Today**
 * Pg 10 in your book
 * **Atoms, Molecules, Elements and Compounds"**
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 * **QUIZ! [|"Describing Matter QUIZ 1 4.25.18"]**

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 * **Structure of the atom**
 * Just how small is an atom?media type="youtube" key="yQP4UJhNn0I" width="560" height="315"
 * __**ASSIGNMENT**__: "Physical vs. Chemical Changes 2" due __**WEDNESDAY**__ [[file:Phyvs.Chem2.pdf]]
 * **REMEMBER TO STUDY FOR YOUR QUIZ ON __WEDNESDAY__ (pages 6-9)**
 * Today**
 * "Geologic Time Key Terms/Concept Map" is due TODAY
 * [|"Fossils and Geologic Time TEST 4.17.18"]
 * Do you still owe me any work? That gets cleaned up TODAY!
 * __"Geologic Terms/Concept__ Map" is due today
 * [|"Fossils and "Geologic Time PRACTICE TEST"]
 * Real test is tomorrow!
 * Today**
 * Finish up the section on Era's of Earth's History. This is a great website to help us visualize what the Earth and the life on it may have looked like in each of the different periods of time: [|Field Museum's "Evolving Planet"]
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Geologic Time Concept Map/Key Terms" due MONDAY [[file:GeoTimeConceptMapTerms.pdf]]
 * Announcements**
 * "Early Earth/Era's of Earth's History GR" due THURSDAY
 * Today**
 * Early Earth, pp 130 - 133, projected on screen.
 * __**[|Travel Through Deep Time Interactive]**__
 * [|BBC A History of Life on Earth]

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 * Today**
 * Geologic Time? Let's go back to the beginning of the universe for some perspective:
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 * 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"]
 * From NOVA (Public Television): [|A Brief History of Life]
 * Pp 127-129 from your book
 * This is an artists vision of what 4.6 billion years on Earth may have looked like -- "Our Story in One Minute"
 * 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.
 * 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.

= = =__Thur and Fri 4-5-18__= = = =__Wed 4-4-18__= = = =__Mon 3-26-18__= = = =__Fri 3-23-18__=
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Early Earth/Era's of Earth's History GR" due THURSDAY [[file:Early Earth Eras of Earth GR.PDF]]
 * Today**
 * Project and discuss "Geologic Time Webquest". FILL IN WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE!
 * "Section 3 "Radioactive Dating". Projection of video from that section of of the book.
 * ** __[|Half-Life and Radioactive Dating]__ **
 * ==[|Internet Activity - Radioactive Dating]==
 * ==REMINDER: "Geologic Timescale GR" is due FRIDAY==
 * ==REMINDER: "Geologic Timescale GR" is due FRIDAY==
 * Finish the "Geologic Time Webquest" today. We will go through this tomorrow.
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Geologic Time Guided Reading" due FRIDAY [[file:Geologic Time Scale GR.pdf]]
 * Today**
 * Finish the "Determining Relative Ages of Rocks Investigation" and turn it in.
 * 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. You will work on this in class Tuesday as well. DON'T LOSE IT!! [[file:Geologic Time Webquest.PDF]]
 * Announcements**
 * "Relative Age Worksheet" is due today.
 * Today**
 * Using what you've learned in this section, begin this investigation to discover how you use fossils and geologic features to interpret the relative ages of rock layers: [[file:Det Rel Age of Rocks Investigation.pdf]]
 * Work with your lab partner to complete this activity. MAKE SURE YOU COMPLETE PROCEDURE # 1 AND 2 __**BEFORE**__ YOU MOVE ON TO THE ANALYZE AND CONCLUDE QUESTIONS.

= = =__Thur 3-22-18__= = = =__Wed 3-21-18__=
 * Announcements**
 * "Relative Ages of Rocks GR" is due TODAY
 * Today**
 * Finish the section, pp 120-121
 * Video Field Trip
 * Practice what you've learned here: [|"Relative Rock Layers"]
 * Self Test: [|"Relative Age Self Test"]
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Relative Age worksheet" due FRIDAY [[file:Relative dating worksheet.PNG.doc]]
 * Announcements**
 * "Relative Ages of Rocks GR" due THURSDAY
 * Today**
 * Pages 119-121 in your book
 * What's an unconformity? [|"Formation of an Unconformity"]
 * Let's see what you know: [[file:Relative Age Quiz PPT.ppt]]

= = =__Tues 3-20-18__= = = =__Mon 3-19-18__=
 * Today**
 * Review how an organism can become a fossil with this video: [|"Becoming a Fossil"]
 * Read together pp 117-118 in your book. Relative ages of rocks and the law of superposition
 * Watch this video to see what that looks like in the Grand Canyon: [|"The Grand Canyon: The Top Two Rock Layers"]
 * **ASSIGNMENT: "Relative Ages of Rocks Guided Reading" __due THURSDAY__** [[file:Relative Age of Rocks GR.pdf]] [[file:Relative Age of Rocks RR.pdf]]
 * Announcements**
 * "Fossils GR" due TODAY
 * Today**
 * How do they prepare and catalog fossil discoveries? This video from the National Park Service, "Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument" will tell us.
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 * In case you want to explore John day Fossil Beds National Monument, here is the link to that page: [|"John Day Fossil Beds Interactive Flash"]
 * Pages 114-116 in your book

=__Fri 3-16-18__=
 * Announcements**
 * REMINDER: "Fossils GR" due MONDAY
 * Today**
 * Pages 110-113 in Section 1

=__Thur 3-15-18__= = = =__Wed 3-14-18__= = = =__Tues 3-13-18__= = = =__Mon 3-12-18__= = = =__Fri 3-9-18__= = = =__Thur 3-8-18__=
 * Today**
 * Clean out your old books and trade them in for the new ones: "Earth's Changing Surface"
 * Preview the chapter that starts on page 108.
 * Video Preview - "A Trip Through Geologic Time"
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Fossils Guided Reading" due MONDAY [[file:Fossils GR.pdf]]
 * ASSIGNMENT: __**BOOKS COVERED BY MONDAY**__
 * Today**
 * TEST! [|"Rocks TEST 3.14.18"]
 * Today**
 * Go through your answers to "The Rock Cycle Interactive"
 * Access the practice test below and prepare for the test on WEDNESDAY.
 * Today**
 * "Metamorphic Rocks GR" is due TODAY
 * Finish the "Rock Cycle Interactive" today. DO NOT TURN IT IN! We will go over this in class together on Tuesday
 * Start preparing for the test on WEDNESDAY: [|"Rocks PRACTICE TEST 3.12.18"]
 * 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"]. YOU WILL HAVE TODAY AND MONDAY TO WORK ON THIS IN CLASS.
 * [[file:Rock Cycle Review Interactive.PDF]]
 * **"METAMORPHIC ROCKS GR" __DUE MONDAY__**
 * **TEST WEDNESDAY**
 * Announcements**
 * "Metamorphic Rocks GR" due MONDAY
 * Today**
 * Look at some samples of metamorphic rocks
 * Discuss pp 160-162 in your books
 * Formation of metamorphic rocks [|Met. Rock Formation]
 * [|Metamorphic rock formation]
 * SURPRISE! quiz [|"Rock Identification Quiz 3.8.18"]

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 * Announcements**
 * "Rocks from Reefs GR" is due TODAY
 * Today**
 * Pgs. 157-159 in our books.
 * Photos from Guadalupe National Park (rocks from reefs)
 * [|El Capitan Guadalupe NP]
 * Geology of Guadalupe National Park: [|Geologic Formations]
 * Preview metamorphic rocks, pp 160-162
 * **ASSIGNMENT:** "Metamorphic Rocks GR" due MONDAY [[file:Metamorphic Rocks GR.pdf]]
 * Announcments**
 * "Rocks from Reefs GR" due WEDNESDAY
 * Today**
 * **Dolomite Limestone -** we have it around us and it's kind of unique, so let's find out a little more: [|Dolomite Rock]
 * Its use in the manufacture of lime: [|"Hurstville Lime Kilns"]
 * Rocks from reefs, pp 157-159
 * Background information about coral reefs to guide our understanding:
 * Watch corals "bloom": [|"ReefVid Coral Clips"]

= = =__Mon 3-5-18__=
 * Announcements**
 * "Sedimentary Rocks GR" is due TODAY
 * Today**
 * Finish our discussion of sedimentary rocks, using the book, websites listed below, and rock samples.
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Rocks from Reefs GR" due WEDNESDAY [[file:Rocks from Reefs GR.pdf]]

= = =__Fri 3-2-18__=
 * Announcements**
 * "Sedimentary Rocks GR" is due MONDAY
 * Today**
 * Sedimentary rocks, pp 152-153 in your book.
 * **[|Observe How Sediments Are Deposited]**
 * **[|Clastic Sedimentary Rocks]**
 * **[|Clastic Rocks]**
 * **[|NPS Badlands Visitor Center]**

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 * Today**
 * Begin our discussion of sedimentary rocks.
 * Is THIS real or movie magic?

More about Petra: [|Petra, Jordan]
= = =__Wed 2-28-18__=
 * QUIZ - [|"Igneous Rocks QUIZ 3.1.18"]**
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Sedimentary Rocks Guided Reading" due FRIDAY** [[file:Sedimentary Rocks GR.pdf]]
 * Announcements**
 * **QUIZ THURSDAY - "IGNEOUS ROCKS"**
 * Today**
 * Bryce Canyon National Park will help us better understand igneous rocks: [|BCNP Igneous Rocks]
 * Finish with uses of igneous rocks


 * **Fortress walls in Cusco, Peru**
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The foundations are made of Yucay limestone brought from over 15km away. The outer walls are made from massive diorite blocks from nearby, and the inner buildings and towers are made from dark andesite. = = =__Tues 2-27-18__=
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 * Finish up with the Video Field Trip!
 * Announcements**
 * **"Igneous Rocks Guided Reading" is due TODAY**

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 * Today**
 * Welcome back! That was an unexpectedly long break...
 * "Igneous Rocks GR". Do you have it ready for today??
 * "Rock Id/Classifying Review" is also due today. We'll go through the answers together
 * Igneous rocks, pp 148-150 in your books.
 * Bryce Canyon National Park will help us better understand igneous rocks: [|BCNP Igneous Rocks]
 * Today**
 * Finish "Rock Identification" with chromebooks if necessary. DON'T FORGET THE BACK SIDE!
 * We want to correct that today, so work hard.
 * A follow-up to the saga of the moving rocks of Racetrack Playa. Release date: August 27, 2014
 * Announcements**
 * "Keep it Rockin' " is due TODAY
 * Today**
 * Recall what geologists use to identify rocks: mineral composition, color and texture
 * Review texture
 * Not impressed with rocks yet? This may change your mind!
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 * "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]]

= = =**__Mon 2-12-18__**= = = =**__Fri 2-9-18__**= = = =**__Wed 2-7-18__**=
 * Today**
 * **Students still needing to take the test, click on the link posted on Friday**
 * **Students who still need to work on the lab practical part of the test will be called on to do so sometime during class**
 * **If you are not taking the test or working on the lab practical, you should be working through this tutorial that links what we've learned about minerals to what we will be learning about rocks: [|"The Virtual Rock Lab Interactive"]**
 * Today**
 * Turn in you "Mineral Identification Lab" if you haven't already done so.
 * TEST - [|"Minerals TEST 2.9.18"]
 * There will be a lab practical portion to the test that I will explain in class
 * After you are done with the test, read pp 144-147, then come get the assignment from me.
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Classifying Rocks GR" due TUESDAY [[file:Classifying Rocks GR.pdf]] [[file:Classifying Rocks Review.pdf]]
 * **__Absolutely the last day to work on the lab!__**
 * Turn in your lab sheet with all questions answered in complete sentences today or tomorrow. DON'T FORGET THE CONCLUSION PARAGRAPH ON THE FIRST PAGE!
 * **TEST FRIDAY, "MINERALS". Access the practice test often to help you prepare for the test!! [|"Minerals PRACTICE TEST 2.7.18"]**

= = =__Mon 2-5-18__= = = =__Thur 2-1-18__=
 * Continue working on the Mineral Identification Lab - these will be turned in Wednesday, Thursday at the latest!
 * **"MINERAL'S TEST" WILL BE ON __FRIDAY__**
 * Announcements**
 * "Virtual Mineral Lab" should be turned in!
 * Today**
 * You must have your "Virtual Mineral Lab" completed and turned in to me BEFORE I assign you to a mineral kit.
 * Work with you lab partner(s) to test and identify 5 minerals at a time. Only after you have correctly identified 5 minerals will you be allowed to move on to another 5. YOU WILL HAVE 3 ATTEMPTS TO CORRECTLY IDENTIFY THE MINERAL'S NAME.
 * Inventory all supplies in your kit at the beginning and at the end of every class period you use them. Report any damaged or missing items to me immediately.
 * [[file:Mineral Identification Lab 2018.pdf]]

= = =__Wed 1-31-18__=
 * Announcements**
 * "Virtual Mineral Lab" should be turned in BEFORE YOU LEAVE CLASS TODAY
 * Today**
 * View "Rocks and Minerals: The Hard Facts". This will provide you with more background information before we start the Mineral Identification Lab.
 * Finish the Virtual Lab if you need to. HAND IT IN.
 * **ASSIGNMENT: "Mineral Key Terms/Concept Map" due MONDAY** [[file:MineralMapKeyTerms.pdf]]

= = =__Mon 1-29-18__=
 * Announcements**
 * "Using Mineral Resources GR" is due TODAY
 * Today**
 * Discuss smelting. Learn more about smelting by exploring this website: [|Fayette Historic State Park]
 * 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]]

= = =__Thur 1-18-18__=
 * Announcements**
 * REMEMBER "How Minerals Form GR" is due MONDAY
 * [[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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 * Announcements**
 * **"Properties of Minerals REVIEW/Mineral Density pg 119" due TODAY**
 * Today**
 * Review Moh's Hardness Scale and pick up where you left off yesterday on your Virtual Hardness lab activity.
 * **ASSIGNMENT: "How Minerals Form Guided Reading" due MONDAY** [[file:How Minerals Form GR.pdf]] [[file:How Minerals Form Review.pdf]]

= = =**__Mon 1-15-18__**=
 * __Announcements__**
 * REMINDER: **"Properties of Minerals REVIEW/Mineral Density pg 119" due WEDNESDAY**
 * Today**
 * ===Identifying a Mineral Using Mohs Hardness Scale:===
 * The hardness of a mineral is often used by geologists to help determine the identity of a sample. The Mohs Hardness Scale as developed by a German geologist, Friedrich Mohs, in 1812. The Mohs scale is a relative scale which lists the hardness of 10 common minerals. Talc, #1 on the scale is the softest and diamond, #10, is the hardest. Other common household item have also been assigned to the hardness scale such as glass, fingernail and penny.
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 * "Virtual Hardness Testing Lab". Visit this website to complete the lab: [|"Virtual Hardness Testing Lab"]
 * [[file:Moh's Virtual Hardness Lab.PDF]]
 * Announcements**
 * "Mineral Mania" due today. We'll go through it together in class so you can fill in anything you may have missed.
 * Today**
 * Looking a little closer at how many things we require from our Earth: [[file:Cell Phone Minerals.pdf]] [[file:cellphoneanswer.pdf]]
 * [[image:Mineral Baby 2016.jpg width="800" height="450"]]
 * [[file:MineralsStudyGuide-1 PPT.ppt]]
 * **ASSIGNMENT: "Properties of Minerals REVIEW/Mineral Density pg 119" due WEDNESDAY [[file:Prop. of Minerals Review.pdf]]**

= = =**__Fri 1-12-18__**= = = =**__Wed 1-10-18__**= = = =**__Tues 1-9-18__**=
 * Welcome back after your snow day off! Use the links below to complete the "Mineral Mania" webquest for MONDAY!**
 * 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"]
 * For those still needing to take the Quakes and Volcanoes Test, click here: [|"Quakes and Volcanoes TEST 1.8.18"]
 * Announcements**
 * Is there anyone still needing to take/finish the test?
 * Make sure you have the new assignment: "Properties of Minerals Guided Reading" **due WEDNESDAY**
 * Today**
 * Introduction to the "Minerals" chapter, pp 112-113
 * Video Preview!
 * **BRING IN ANY MINERAL SAMPLES THAT YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO SHARE WITH THE CLASS OR WANT TO HAVE A LOOK AT UNDER THE SCOPE!**

= = =**__Mon 1-8-18__**= = = =**__Fri 1-5-18__**= = = =**__Fri 12-22-17__**=
 * **Today - [|"Quakes and Volcanoes TEST 1.8.18"]**
 * **ASSIGNMENT: "Properties of Minerals Guided Reading" due WEDNESDAY [[file:Properties of Minerals GR.pdf]]**
 * Today**
 * "Volcanic Eruptions GR" is due TODAY
 * Unlimited attempts at the practice test. **REMEMBER - THE REAL TEST IS ON MONDAY! [|"Quakes and Volcanoes PRACTICE TEST 1.5.18"]**

= = =**__Wed 12-20-17__**=
 * [|"Interpreting Data Assessment"]
 * "Interpreting Graphs Packet" [[file:Interpreting Graphs Packet.pdf]]
 * Announcements**
 * "Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics Guided Reading" is due TODAY
 * REMINDER: "Properties of Magma GR" is due TOMORROW
 * Today**
 * New terms -- "viscosity" and "silica"
 * [|"Sources and Types of Lava"]
 * [|"Two Different Kinds of Volcanoes"]
 * [|"Demo of Shield- vs. Stratovolcanoes"]

= = =**__Tues 12-1917__**=
 * Announcements**
 * "Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics GR" is due TODAY
 * Today**
 * Looking into the chapter on Volcanoes, pp 80-81
 * Video Preview Chapter 3, Section 1, "Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics". This is the video I showed you in class:
 * [|"Hawaii Is A Hot Spot Volcano"].
 * [|"Dancing on Lava"]
 * ==[|"Finding the Epicenter Lab QUIZ 12.19.17"]==
 * **"ASSIGNMENT: "Properties of Magma GR due THURSDAY [[file:Properties of Magma GR.PDF]]**

= = =**__Mon 12-18-17__**= = = =**__Thur 12-14-17__**=
 * Announcements**
 * "Finding the Epicenter Lab" will get turned in before you leave class today!
 * Today**
 * Finish your "Epicenter Lab" and turn it in to the 7th grade tray
 * Study for you QUIZ TOMORROW ON THE EPICENTER LAB
 * **ASSIGNMENT: "Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics GR" due TUESDAY** [[file:Vocanoes and Plate Tectonics GR.PDF]]
 * Today**
 * **"Locating an Earthquake Epicenter" lab! [[file:Locating an Earthquake Epicenter.PDF]]**
 * Review the triangulation method that we discussed in class yesterday: [|"Locating an Earthquake"]
 * [[file:LocatingEpicenterEarthquake PPT.ppt]]
 * **LISTEN TO ALL DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY AND FOLLOW THEM!!**

= = =**__Wed 12-13-17__**= media type="youtube" key="1qbg7orb1lc" width="560" height="315"
 * Announcements**
 * "Earthquakes and Seismic Waves GR" is due TODAY
 * Today**
 * Pp. 54-55 in your book
 * **Bill Nye and the Richter Scale**


 * **Bill Nye and the seismogram**

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 * **Reading a seismogram (courtesy of the USGS) [|"Illustrated Guide to Reading a Seismogram"]**

= = =**__Tues 12-12-17__**=
 * Announcements**
 * REMEMBER: "Quakes and Waves Guided Reading" is due TOMORROW

**2.** Review the reading from this section, "Earthquakes and Seismic Waves". You may be able to view this website from your chrome books:  “BBC News – How Earthquakes Happen” **[]**
 * Today**
 * 1.** Discuss the quizzes from yesterday
 * 3.** Watch “Animations of earthquake waves”
 * []**
 * 4. “Savage Earth” (PBS) []**
 * 5.** Video Field Trip – “Earthquakes”

= = =**__Mon 12-11-17__**=
 * Announcements**
 * "A Model of Three Faults" lab gets finished and turned in today
 * QUIZ today on the lab
 * Today**

= = =**__Thur 12-7-17__**=
 * == [|"Faults Quiz 12.11.17"] ==
 * Read pp 51-53
 * **ASSIGNMENT: "Quakes and Waves Guided Reading" due WEDNESDAY [[file:Quakes and Waves GR.pdf]]**
 * Announcements**
 * "Forces in Earth's Crust GR" due TODAY

= = =**__Wed 12-6-17__**= =** __Tues 12-5-17__ **= = = =**__Fri 12-1-17__**= = = =**__Thur 11-30-17__**= media type="youtube" key="lJiAUvB1vEU" width="560" height="315"
 * Today**
 * "Notes on Faults". Use this to help you learn some of the new vocabulary. [[file:Notes on Faults.PDF]]
 * Begin the "Fault Lab" today. Work with your lab partner to construct the fault model and complete the lab questions. Lab is to be turned in on __**MONDAY.**__
 * [[file:A Model of Three Faults.PDF]]
 * __**QUIZ on the Fault Lab MONDAY!**__
 * Announcements**
 * **"Forces in Earth's Crust GR" due THURSDAY [[file:Forces in Earth's Crust GR.PDF]]**
 * Today **
 * Preview Chapter 2, pp 42-43. What's the Big Idea?
 * "Earthquake" Video Preview!
 * Discussion of pp 44-45 to help us prepare for tomorrow's lab.
 * Animations of the different types of faults: [|Animations for Earthquake Terms]
 * Animations of the different types of faults: [|Animations for Earthquake Terms]
 * Announcements**
 * **TEST TODAY!! [|"Plate Tectonics TEST 12.05.17"]**
 * **ASSIGNMENT: "Forces in Earth's Crust GR" due THURSDAY [[file:Forces in Earth's Crust GR.PDF]]**
 * Announcements**
 * "The Theory of Plate Tectonics GR" is due TODAY
 * TEST TUESDAY!!
 * Today**
 * We cover this last section of chapter 1 and put it all together.
 * Review with this power point: [[file:Part2platetectonics BEST!.ppt]]
 * ====**Visit this site to view animations about plate tectonics**: [|"Plate Tectonics Animations"]====
 * ==Practice for the test on TUESDAY [|"Plate Tectonics PRACTICE TEST - 2017"]==
 * Announcements**
 * **REMINDER: "The Theory of Plate Tectonics GR" is due FRIDAY**
 * **TEST TUESDAY - Chapter 1, "Plate Tectonics"**
 * Today**
 * We'll go through yesterday's quiz and discuss those answers
 * In this last section of the chapter we put it all together. It's always a good idea to have Bill Nye's help!


 * What is a plate? What types of actions can we see at plate boundaries? [|USGS Earthquake Map]
 * Tectonic plates and fault lines: media type="youtube" key="t1wdrzzQOqY" width="560" height="315"

= = =**__Wed 11-29-17__**=
 * Announcements**
 * "Modeling Sea-floor Spreading Lab" - "Analyze and Conclude" responses are due TODAY
 * ==**"Sea-floor Spreading QUIZ" TODAY [|"Sea-floor Spreading QUIZ 11.29.17"]**==
 * Today**
 * Quick review of the section on sea-floor spreading
 * Sea-floor spreading activity as a practice quiz: [|Sea-floor Spreading and Subduction]
 * Visit these web pages and read/watch: [|"Convection in the Mantle"] [|"Break-up of Pangaea"] [|"Future Predicted"] [|"Magnetic Stripes"] [|"Plate Boundaries"]
 * __**ASSIGNMENT:**__ "The Theory of Plate Tectonics GR" due __**FRIDAY**__ [[file:TheoryPlateTecGR.pdf]]

= = =**__Tues 11-28-17__**= = = =**__Wed 11-22-17__**= = = =**__Tues 11-21-17__**= >> media type="youtube" key="D69hGvCsWgA" width="560" height="315" > media type="youtube" key="GyMLlLxbfa4" width="420" height="315"
 * Announcements**
 * __**Quiz Wednesday on the "Sea-floor Spreading"**__
 * __**[|Volcanic Activity on Bali"]**__
 * __**[|Bali Volcano CNBC]**__
 * Today**
 * Formation of pillow lava might look something like this. It's never actually been recorded happening:
 * media type="youtube" key="DdIUuUY0L9c" width="560" height="315"
 * [|"The Mariana Trench: Earth's Deepest Place"]
 * Following the directions on pp 30-31 in your book, you will create a model of sea-floor spreading.
 * Analyze and Conclude" questions will be answered on notebook paper, using complete sentences, using your best handwriting and spelling. __**These are due** **WEDNESDAY**__
 * To better understand sea-floor spreading, visit these websites and follow the directions you find there. Yes, you will have to read!**
 * **[|Magnetic Evidence for Sea-floor Spreading (READ)"]**
 * **[|"Magnetic Reversals and Sea-floor Spreading (video)"]**
 * **[|"Magnetic Evidence Interactive"]**
 * Announcements**
 * QUIZ TODAY - Sections 2-3 in the chapter on Plate Tectonics
 * **REMINDER: "Sea-floor Spreading Guided Reading" is due TOMORROW**
 * Today**
 * Start Section 4 "Sea-floor Spreading"
 * Watch the discovery of deep-sea hydrothermal vents!
 * Take a closer look at pages 24-25 in your book.
 * =Harry Hess and Sea-floor Spreading=

= = =**__Mon 11-20-17__**=
 * =**[|Plate Tectonics Quiz Sec 2-3 11.21.17]**=
 * Announcements**
 * ==**QUIZ TUESDAY - Sections 2 and 3 in the chapter on Plate Tectonics!**==

= = =**__Fri 11-17-17__**=
 * Today**
 * After we go through the quiz and the "Drifting Continents GR", we'll look at that section in the book (pp 18-22)
 * Check out this animation: [|"Formation of Pangaea"]
 * [|"Break-up of Pangaea"]
 * And this animation as well: [|"Fossils on Different Continents"]
 * [|"100 Million Years into the Future"]
 * ==**ASSIGNMENT: "Sea-floor Spreading Guided Reading due WEDNESDAY [[file:Sea-floorSpreadingGR.PDF]]**==
 * Announcements**
 * Quiz corrections are due TODAY
 * "Drifting Continents Guided Reading" is due TODAY

= = =**__Thur 11-16-17__**=
 * Announcements**
 * **REMEMBER!!** "Drifting Continents Guided Reading" is due TOMORROW!
 * Today**
 * We are going to have a discussion on how you prepared for yesterday's quiz!!

= = =**__Wed 11-15-17__**= > media type="youtube" key="RCO90hvEL1I" width="560" height="315"
 * Announcements**
 * Plate Tectonics - Section 1 QUIZ today!
 * Today**
 * Finish anything we need to from Section 2
 * =Watch convection currents in action.=

= = =**__Tues 11-14-17__**= = = =**__Mon 11-13-17__**= = = =**__Fri 11-10-17__**=
 * =[|"Plate Tectonics Section 1 QUIZ 11.15.17"]=
 * =ASSIGNMENT: "Drifting Continents Guided Reading" due FRIDAY [[file:Drifting Continents G.R -4.pdf]]=
 * =[|"Plate Tectonics Section 1 QUIZ 11.15.17"]=
 * =ASSIGNMENT: "Drifting Continents Guided Reading" due FRIDAY [[file:Drifting Continents G.R -4.pdf]]=
 * Announcements**
 * "Convection and the Mantle GR" is due TODAY
 * **QUIZ WEDNESDAY - Section 1 in the book**
 * Today**
 * Make sure you write down the correct answers on your "Convection and the Mantle GR" when we go through it in class.
 * Covering section 2 in the book, we'll discuss the three types of heat transfer: radiation, conduction and convection. We will also look at some video clips in class to help illustrate these types of heat transfer. Sorry I can't put them on the wiki :-(
 * STUDY FOR YOUR QUIZ!!!
 * Today**
 * Review of the Plate Tectonics chapter up to this point
 * QUIZ WEDNESDAY - covering Section 1 in the book
 * Work time on "Convection and the Mantle GR". This is due TUESDAY
 * Done with your homework? Try your luck at this game! [|"Tectonic Millionaire"]
 * Announcements**
 * Keep adding key terms to your vocabulary list!
 * Today**
 * Beginning discussion of Section 2 in the chapter, "Convection and the Mantle". pp 14-16.
 * **ASSIGNMENT: "Convection and the Mantle Guided Reading" due TUESDAY** [[file:ConvectionandtheMantleGR.pdf]]

= = =**__Thur 11-9-17__**=
 * Announcements**
 * "Earth's Interior Guided Reading" is due TODAY
 * Today**
 * Continuing our discussion of Section 1 in the book, we'll cover pp 9-13.
 * Here's a handout to help you understand the location and composition of Earth's layers. [[file:InsideEarthNotePage.pdf]]
 * ASSIGNMENT: Define the key terms for Section 1 on your Science Vocabulary Awareness sheet.

= = =**__Wed 11-8-17__**=
 * Announcements**
 * Vocabulary definitions due TODAY
 * "Earth's Interior Guided Reading" due THURSDAY
 * Today**
 * Let's discuss those Scientific Method Virtual Labs. Some people still haven't turned this in!
 * Looking at pp 6-8 in your new science book.
 * To help us understand the structure of the earth, look at these links: [|Surface and Interior of Earth] [|Journey to the Center of the Earth]

= = =**__Tues 11-7-17__**=
 * Announcements**
 * BOOKS SHOULD BE COVERED BY NOW!
 * Today**
 * We'll go through the "Earth's Structure Interactive" in class together as I project the website. Make sure you write down any information you may be missing.
 * ASSIGNMENT: Define __**crust**__**, __mantle__, __inner core__, and __outer core__ on your new vocabulary sheet. MAKE USE OF THIS TO STAY UP ON THE GROWING LIST OF VOCABULARY WORDS! [[file:Science Vocabulary Awareness.pdf]]**
 * **ASSIGNMENT:** "Earth's Interior Guided Reading" __**due** THURSDAY__ [[file:Earth's Interior GR.pdf]]

= = =**__Fri 11-3-17__**=
 * Announcements**
 * BOOK COVERS DUE TUESDAY
 * Today**
 * I will give you the username and password to access the online book. The link is near the top of this page. WRITE IT DOWN!
 * Video Preview - "Plate Tectonics"
 * Continue working on "Earth's Structure Interactive". This is the last class day we will devote to working on this. We'll go over the answers in class on Tuesday.

= = =**__Thur 11-2-17__**= = = =**__Wed 11-1-17__**=
 * Announcments**
 * You finally get your books today. **BOOKS SHOULD BE COVERED WITH A PAPER BOOK COVER BY __TUESDAY__**
 * Today**
 * Continue working on the "Earth Interactive". Here's the link again: [|Earth's Structure Interactive]
 * Get on to the **Quia** website and check your score from yesterday's test. IF YOU SCORED LESS THAN 60%, TAKE THIS RE-TAKE TO TRY FOR A PASSIGN GRADE!! [|Scientific Method TEST RETAKE - 7 11.2.17]
 * Announcements**
 * Don't forget to turn in your "Scientific Method Virtual Lab" if you haven't already done so.
 * Today**
 * TEST! Read the questions and choices carefully and be patient with your computer! [|Scientific Method TEST (7) 11.1.17]
 * When you are done with the test, begin this "Earth Interactive" to help you prepare for what we are studying next. [|Earth's Structure Interactive]
 * [[file:The Earth Interactive.pdf]]

= = =**__Tues 10-31-17__**= = = =**__Mon 10-30-17__**= = = =**__Fri 10-27-17__**=
 * .Make sure to finish your Scientific Virtual Lab today. HAND THIS IN BEFORE YOU LEAVE CLASS.
 * Make use of your 3 attempts at the PRACTICE TEST. Work through the tests with intention. DO NOT GUESS!
 * **SCIENTIFIC METHOD TEST TOMORROW!!**
 * Announcements**
 * SCIENTIFIC METHOD TEST __**WEDNESDAY!**__
 * Today**
 * This is the last day to use class time on the Virtual Lab. In class, we'll discuss how to construct the graph.
 * [|Scientific Method PRACTICE TEST - 7] The practice test will be open today and tomorrow. You can take it up to 3 times to help you prepare for the test on WEDNESDAY
 * Announcments**
 * "Drawing Conclusions Packet" is due TODAY
 * "Scientific Method Vocabulary Quiz" TODAY! [|Scientific Method Vocabulary Quiz [7 10.27.17]]


 * Today**
 * Using the scientific method to conduct a controlled experiment. Go to this website for the investigation: [|"Scientific Method Virtual Lab"].
 * Response sheet for the virtual lab: [[file:Scientific Method Virtual Lab RESPONSE SHEET.pdf]]. COMPLETED LAB IS DUE BY THE END OF CLASS ON MONDAY.


 * __Thur 10-26-17__**
 * Announcements**
 * "Interpreting Data Packet" due TODAY
 * Today**
 * What's the next step in the Scientific Method, now that we've discussed analyzing data? [[file:Drawing Conclusions and Communicating PPT.ppt]]
 * **ASSIGNMENT: "Drawing Conclusions Packet" due FRIDAY [[file:Draw Conclusions 7.pdf]]**


 * __10-25-17 Wed__**
 * Announcements**
 * "Worksheet on Variables" due TODAY
 * **QUIZ FRIDAY on Scientific Method Vocabulary!**


 * Today**
 * Learning how to read and interpret your data. [[file:IntData 7.pdf]]
 * **ASSIGNMENT: "Interpreting Data Packet # 1-6, DUE THURSDAY**
 * To help you prepare for your quiz on Friday, try these vocabulary games! [|Scientific Method Vocabulary Review - 7]


 * __10-24-17 Tues__**
 * Announcements**
 * "Controlling Variables Packet" is due TODAY
 * **QUIZ FRIDAY on Scientific Method Vocabulary!**
 * Today**
 * Review the three types of variables you have in a scientific investigation
 * [[file:sponge bob exp1.ppt]] [[file:sponge bob exp 2.ppt]]
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Worksheet on Variables" due WEDNESDAY [[file:Worksheet on Variables [7].pdf]]


 * __10-23-17 Mon__**
 * Announcements**
 * "Developing a Hypothesis" is due TODAY
 * Today**
 * Review the steps of the scientific method!
 * Let's talk about the fun part - experimentation!! HAVE YOUR VOCABULARY SHEET HANDY.
 * Controls and Variables - what are they? [[file:Scientific Method - Controls and Variables ppt.ppt]]
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Controlling Variables Packet" - pg 46, # 1-5 due TUESDAY [[file:Controlling Variables Pkt. 7.pdf]]

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 * __10-18-17 Wed__**
 * Announcements**
 * "Hypothesis Worksheet - 7" is due today
 * Today**
 * Review the steps of the scientific method. Let's talk more about independent and dependent variables and how they can help you write a well-worded hypothesis.
 * HANDOUT: "Scientific Method Vocabulary" [[file:Scientific Method Vocab. [7].pdf]]
 * Let's hear what Bill Nye thinks about the scientific method:

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 * And this one is just for fun!


 * ASSIGNMENT: "Developing a Hypothesis" due MONDAY [[file:Developing a Hypothesis [7].pdf]]**

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 * __10-17-17 Tues__**
 * Announcements**
 * **"Dinosaur Scene Observe/Infer" #1-25 AND Qualitative/Quantitative #1-10 -- DUE TODAY**
 * Today**
 * Scientific questions lead to well written hypotheses. What is a hypothesis?
 * **ASSIGNMENT: "Hypothesis Worksheet - 7" due WEDNESDAY [[file:Hypothesis Wkst - 7.pdf]]**


 * __10-16-17 Mon__**
 * Announcements**
 * #1-20 of the Scientific Method Packet is due today
 * Today**
 * What's the difference between an observation and an inference?

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 * __**ASSIGNMENT**__**: "Dinosaur Scene Observe/Infer" #1-25 AND Qualitative/Quantitative #1-10 -- DUE TUESDAY**


 * __Fri 10-13-17__**

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 * This will be your resource for our beginning discussion of the scientific method: [[file:Scientific Method PACKET [7].pdf]]
 * **ASSIGNMENT: Questions # 1-20, due MONDAY**


 * __Thur 10-12-17__**
 * I will collect the "Metric Review Worksheet" today
 * Click this link to take your test! [|"Metric Measurement TEST [7 10.12.17"]]


 * __Wed 10-11-17__**
 * Announcements**
 * "Metric Review Worksheet" due TODAY
 * Today**
 * Review for your test tomorrow! Take this practice test to help you prepare. You will be able to take the test 3 times and the test will remain open all day.
 * Click this link for the practice test: [|"Metric Measurement PRACTICE TEST [7 10.11.17]]


 * __Tues 10-10-17__**
 * Announcements**
 * "Density Lab" will be collected today.
 * **"Metric Test" THURSDAY!**
 * Today**
 * Discuss the results of your lab and turn it in.
 * Handout to help you study for the test: [[file:Measurement Vocabulary [7].pdf]]
 * ASSIGNMENT to help you prepare for the test. __**DUE** **WEDNESDAY**__: [[file:Metric Review Worksheet [7].pdf]]


 * __Mon 10-9-17__**
 * Announcements**
 * "Still Dense about Density?" due today
 * Today**
 * Complete the "Density Lab" TODAY. Focus on finishing the measurements while you are in my room. The questions can be answered later.
 * **HAVE THE LAB READY TO BE HANDED IN ON __TUESDAY.__**
 * **"Metric Measurement Test" will be on THURSDAY**


 * __Thur 10-5-17__**
 * Announcements**
 * "Still Dense About Density?" due MONDAY


 * Today**
 * "Finding the Density of Water/Wood/Rock". LISTEN CAREFULLY TO THE INSTRUCTIONS AND FOLLOW YOUR WRITTEN PROCEDURE CAREFULLY!
 * Your finished lab should look neat and professional when you turn it in!
 * [[file:Density Lab [7].pdf]]


 * __Wed 10-4-17__**
 * Announcements**
 * "Density and Rounding" due today
 * Today**
 * Discuss your results from the Volume Lab
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Still Dense about Density?" due FRIDAY [[file:Still Dense About Density.PDF]]


 * __Tues 10-3-17__ **
 * Announcements **
 * Discuss the Volume Lab. DUE TODAY!
 * Today**
 * Begin our discussion of density - definition and how to calculate it. Start by going through this power point: [[file:density-review PPT.ppt]]
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Density and Rounding" due WEDNESDAY [[file:Density and Rounding.PDF]]


 * __Mon 10-2-17__ **
 * Announcements **
 * **"Measuring Temperature: GRADED" packet due today**
 * Today**
 * Finish Parts A-C of the Volume Lab if you haven't already done so.
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Measuring and Calculating/Volume Conversions" due TUESDAY


 * __Fri 9-29-17__ **
 * Announcements **
 * I'll let you take the quiz for real today! Follow this link: [|"Metric System Quiz [7 9.29.17"]]
 * Today**
 * Start the "Volume Lab" today. [[file:Volume Lab_7.PDF]]Remember to be as careful and accurate as possible while using the equipment and making you measurements.
 * **Complete Parts A, B, and C today.** If you still have time left, work on your **"Measuring Temperature: GRADED" packet for MONDAY.**


 * __Thur 9-28-17__ **
 * Announcement **
 * "Metric Units of Volume: GRADED" DUE TODAY (also temperature practice)
 * Today**
 * Register for Quia -- follow my directions carefully!
 * QUIZ! [|"Metric Measurement Quiz [7 9.28.17"]]
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Measuring Temperature: GRADED" due MONDAY [[file:Measuring Temp. [7] GRADED.pdf]]
 * ASSIGNMENT: **Read the "Volume Lab" before you come to class on Friday. [[file:Volume Lab_7.PDF]]**


 * __Wed 9-27-17__ **
 * Announcements **
 * "Measuring Volume/Graduated Cylinders 1" due TODAY
 * Today**
 * Discuss the Celsius scale as the metric unit of temperature
 * ASSIGN: "Measuring Volume GRADED/Measuring Temperature PRACTICE" due THURSDAY [[file:MeasVolGRADED-MeasTempPRACTICE.pdf]]


 * __Tues 9-26-17__ **
 * Announcements **
 * "Mass Lab" due TODAY
 * Today**
 * Introduction of metric units of volume: [[file:Metric Mania Volume.PDF]]. Follow along with this power point: [[file:metric_Volume.ppt]]
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Measuring Volume/Graduated Cylinders 1" due WEDNESDAY


 * __Mon 9-25-17__ **
 * Today **
 * Review proper procedure for carrying out the Mass Lab.
 * Conversions should be done and all questions answered in complete sentences, ready to be handed in TUESDAY!


 * __Fri 9-22-17__ **
 * Announcements **
 * "Using Triple Beam Balances" due today
 * Today**
 * Begin work on the "Mass Lab". THESE SHOULD BE DONE AND READY TO HAND IN ON __TUESDAY.__[[file:Mass Lab.PDF]]


 * __Thur 9-21-17__ **
 * Announcements **
 * "Metric Conversions - Length" due today
 * Today**
 * More practice with metric conversions using "King Henry..."
 * Demonstration using the triple beam balance - how to carry it - zero it - properly read the mass.
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Using Triple Beam Balances" due FRIDAY [[file:UsingTripleBeamBalances.pdf]]


 * __Wed 9-20-17__ **
 * Announcements **
 * "Metric Unit Conversion __**Practice**__" due TODAY
 * QUIZ on Metric Length TODAY
 * Today**
 * ASSIGNMENT: Now that we have had more practice, due "Metric Conversions - Length" for TOMORROW.


 * __Tues 9-19-17__ **
 * Announcements **
 * "Measuring: Length #2" (graded) AND "Measuring: Mass Practice". BOTH DUE **TODAY.**


 * Today**
 * **"King Henry Died Unexpectedly Drinking Chocolate Milk".** What that means and how we will make use of it.
 * "Metric Unit Conversion __**Practice**__" due WEDNESDAY [[file:MetricUnitConversionPractice.pdf]] "Metric Unit Conversion - Length" due later.


 * __Mon 9-18-17__ **
 * Announcements **
 * "Length Lab" due today
 * Quiz tomorrow on Metric Length measurements
 * Today**
 * Mass - definition and what metric units are used to measure mass.
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Measuring: Length #2" (graded) AND "Measuring: Mass Practice". BOTH DUE TUESDAY.
 * [[file:Measuring Length #2.PDF]] [[file:Metric Mania_Mass.PDF]]


 * __Fri 9-15-17__ **
 * Announcements **
 * QUIZ TUESDAY ON METRIC LENGTH!
 * Today**
 * Finish your "Length Lab". This should be complete and ready to hand in on MONDAY


 * __Thur 9-14-17__ **
 * Announcements **
 * "Measuring Length: Physical Properties Practice" DUE TODAY
 * Today**
 * Get out your "Metric System Notes". We'll finish the back side today
 * "Length Lab". Practice making accurate length measurements using a meter stick. YOUR "LENGTH LAB" SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF CLASS ON __**MONDAY.**__ [[file:Length Lab.PDF]]


 * __Wed 9-13-17__ **
 * Announcements **
 * "Measuring: Length" due TODAY
 * Today**
 * Review metric measurements. [[file:Metric System Primer.pdf]]
 * "Measuring Length: Physical Properties Practice". Work on this in class today. DUE TOMORROW [[file:Meas. Length-Phy.Prop.Practice.pdf]]


 * __Tues 9-12-17__ **
 * Announcements **
 * You should have read the "Measuring"handout for today so we can talk about it in class.
 * Today**
 * Finish any of the power point on metric length measures if necessary
 * Spend some time looking at the metric system as a whole and how the prefixes work with the base units.[[file:Metric Prefixes.PDF]]
 * Do we need to review the rule of rounding and significant digits?
 * __**PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT DUE WEDNESDAY**__: [[file:Measuring Length #1.pdf]]


 * __Mon 9-11-17__ **
 * Today **
 * Introduction to the metric system of measurements. [[file:Metric System Notes.PDF]] **SAVE THIS PAPER FOR AN ACTIVITY COMING SOON!**
 * Some background about metric length measures: [[file:metric_Length.ppt]] This is the handout we will use: [[file:Metric Mania Length.pdf]]
 * ASSIGNMENT: Read this handout for tomorrow. [[file:Measuring Handout.pdf]]


 * __Fri 9-8-17__ **

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 * Starter!! [[file:safety scramble.ppt]]
 * Spot the broken safety rules in these situations: [[file:labsafety1 pic.ppt]] [[file:labsafety2 pic.ppt]]
 * **QUIZ** on Lab Safety.
 * Why do scientists measure in metric measurements?


 * __Thur 9-7-17__ **
 * Today **
 * Discussion of the safety rules I want you to know and follow.
 * Let's see what safety in a science lab looks like
 * These are the safety rules that I will expect you to know and follow: [[file:Safety Rules to Post.pdf]]
 * **QUIZ on lab safety tomorrow!!**


 * __Wed 9-6-17__ **
 * Today **
 * "Getting to Know Room 120". How did you do?
 * Practice following directions. This should be fun!

In case you want a review of classroom policies and procedures, here is the Power Point we went through in class: If you need any reminders about expectations in my classroom, look here:
 * __Tues 9-5-17__ **


 * __Fri 9-1-17__**

Welcome back to Arcadia Middle School!!

Something really special happened this summer. Let's explore!
 * [|JPL Eclipse backgound]
 * [|Path of 1979]
 * [|USA Today video]
 * [|CNN video]
 * [|Stages of a Total Eclipse]
 * [|CNN Reporter]
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