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Daily lesson plans and assignments will be posted below.  When applicable, links will also be included in the lesson plans.  Many of these links are to PDF documents.  To get the latest version of  Adobe Reader, click here. (note:  Adobe Reader is free to download and install.)
 
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DATE

Daily Plan

TOC

Nov 19

BELLWORK:  What is one thing you remember from the movie last class?
  1. VIDEO: An Inconvenient Truth
  2. Science Fair - Literature Review

KEY VOCABULARY:

  • Greenhouse Effect
  • Global Warming

HOMEWORK:

  1. none

What is a literature review?

Summarization Activity

68.  Bellwork
 

Nov 17

BELLWORK:  none
  1. VIDEO: An Inconvenient Truth

KEY VOCABULARY:

  • Greenhouse Effect
  • Global Warming

HOMEWORK:

  1. none

67.  AIT Questions
 

Nov 13

BELLWORK:  Costa's Questions on Global Warming reading. 
  1. Review Global Warming Homework
  2. Science Fair Overview

KEY VOCABULARY:

  • Greenhouse Effect
  • Global Warming

HOMEWORK:

  1. Global Warming Packet
  2. Science Inquiry due on Friday

Design Diagram

Climate Inquiry Instructions

Claims Evidence Climate Inquiry

Example Climate Inquiry

66.  Bellwork
 

Nov 10

BELLWORK:  What is the difference between climate and weather? (exactly 20 words)
  1. Global Warming
  2. Climate Inquiry

KEY VOCABULARY:

  • Greenhouse Effect
  • Global Warming

HOMEWORK:

  1. Global Warming Packet
  2. Science Inquiry due on Friday

Design Diagram

Climate Inquiry Instructions

Claims Evidence Climate Inquiry

Example Climate Inquiry

59.  Bellwork
60.  Science Fair Calendar
61.  Science Fair Question
62.  Science Fair Workspace
63.  Science Fair Workspace
64.  Global Warming notes
65.  Global Warming packet

Nov 6

BELLWORK:  none
  1. Hand back tests
  2. Hand out progress reports
  3. Climate Inquiry

HOMEWORK:

  1. none

Design Diagram

Climate Inquiry Instructions

Claims Evidence Climate Inquiry

Example Climate Inquiry

no additions

Nov 4

BELLWORK:  Design Diagram for the CIM project
  1. Climate Inquiry Pair Share (inside circle / outside circle)
  2. Climate Inquiry

KEY VOCABULARY:

  • Climate
  • Weather

HOMEWORK:

  1. none

Design Diagram

Climate Inquiry Instructions

Claims Evidence Climate Inquiry

Example Climate Inquiry

Pg 58.  Bellwork

Nov 2

BELLWORK:  none
  1. Climate Inquiry
  2. State Science Test

KEY VOCABULARY:

  • Climate
  • Weather

HOMEWORK:

  1. none

Notebook check sheet

Climate Inquiry Instructions

Claims Evidence Climate Inquiry

Example Climate Inquiry

no additions
 

Oct 29

BELLWORK:  Pg 786, #38, 39
  1. Climate Inquiry
  2. Notebook check

KEY VOCABULARY:

  • Climate
  • Weather

HOMEWORK:

  1. none

Notebook check sheet

Climate Inquiry Instructions

Claims Evidence Climate Inquiry

Example Climate Inquiry

57.  Bellwork 10/29
 

Oct 27

BELLWORK:  Pg 778, Classifying Question, "Draw a postcard of your town that illustrates your town's climate"
  1. Climate Inquiry
  2. Notebook check

KEY VOCABULARY:

  • Climate
  • Weather

HOMEWORK:

  1. Read 24.7 and give a one sentence summary for each green section

Notebook check sheet

Climate Inquiry Instructions

Claims Evidence Climate Inquiry

Example Climate Inquiry

52.  Bellwork 10/27
53.  Climate Notes
54.  Bookwork Homefun
55.  Climate Inquiry
56.  Climate Inquiry

Oct 22

BELLWORK:  Pg 775, "Data analysis" questions 1 - 3
  1. Midterm

KEY VOCABULARY:

  • none

HOMEWORK:

  1. none

Notebook check sheet

51.  Bellwork 10/22

Oct 20

BELLWORK:  Define the terms: Convection, Conduction, Radiation
  1. Convection Lab
  2. CH 24 notes

KEY VOCABULARY:

  • Convection
  • Conduction
  • Radiation

HOMEWORK:

  1. From pages 754, 759, and 764, choose 6 total problems

46.  Bellwork 10/20
47.  Convection Lab
48.  Notes
49.  Notes
50.  Homefun

Oct 15

BELLWORK:  Describe one demo from last class and explain how it worked.
  1. Review Homefun
  2. NOVA: Lightning

KEY VOCABULARY:

  • air pressure

HOMEWORK:

  1. Read 24.3 - 24.4 w/KLQ  (Know, Learn, Question) chart for each section

43.  Bellwork 10/15
44.  NOVA: Lightning
45.  Homefun

Oct 13

BELLWORK:  Pg 746, Copy the figure at the top of the page and fill in the blank boxes
  1. Layers of the atmosphere notes
  2. Review Layers Activity
  3. Air Pressure Demos

KEY VOCABULARY:

  • air pressure

HOMEWORK:

  1. Pg 751: choose 4 assessment problems

40.  Bellwork 10/13
41.  Air Pressure Demos
42.  Homefun

Oct 8

BELLWORK:  Pg 747, read figure 2 and answer the question in bold underneath
  1. Temp vs X Inquiry - Presentations
  2. Graphing the Atmosphere (link to activity)

KEY VOCABULARY:

  • atmosphere
  • troposphere
  • stratosphere
  • mesosphere
  • thermosphere
  • ionosphere

HOMEWORK:

  1. Finish the Graphing the Atmosphere Activity

37.  Bellwork 10/8
38.  Notes
39.  Atmosphere Graphing Activity

Oct 6

BELLWORK:  Pg 11: #3 & #7
  1. Temp vs X Inquiry - Presentation

KEY VOCABULARY:

  • none

HOMEWORK:

  1. Read 24.1 - 24.2 w/ a 1 - 2 sentence summary of each section

35.  Bellwork 10/6
36.  Reading on 24.1 - 24.2

Oct 2

BELLWORK:  none
  1. Temp vs X Inquiry - Presentation Planning

KEY VOCABULARY:

  • Independent Variable
  • Dependent Variable
  • Control
  • Constant

HOMEWORK:

  1. none

no additions

Sept 30

BELLWORK:  none
  1. Temp vs X Inquiry

KEY VOCABULARY:

  • Independent Variable
  • Dependent Variable
  • Control
  • Constant

HOMEWORK:

  1. none

Notebook Check Sheet

Blank Experimental Design Diagram

Sample Experimental Design Diagram

no additions

Sept 28

BELLWORK:  Average the following: 1.3, 2.1, 2.8, 1.6
  1. Review Hot-Solutions Lab
  2. IV / DV Worksheet
  3. Temp vs X Inquiry

KEY VOCABULARY:

  • Independent Variable
  • Dependent Variable
  • Control
  • Constant

HOMEWORK:

  1. notebook check next class

Notebook Check Sheet

Blank Experimental Design Diagram

Sample Experimental Design Diagram

34.  Bellwork 9/28

Sept 24

BELLWORK:  Convert the following
12,000,000 m into km
3.67 g into mg
  1. Review Unit Conversion
  2. Hot-Solutions Lab

KEY VOCABULARY:

  • Scientific Notation
  • Unit Conversion

HOMEWORK:

  1. Finish Hot Solutions Graph

27.  Bellwork 9/24
28.  Hot Solutions - Data
29.  Hot Solutions - Graph
30.  IV / DV Worksheet
31.  IV / DV Worksheet
32.  Temperature vs X Inquiry
33.  Temperature vs X Inquiry

Sept 22

BELLWORK:  Convert the following to scientific notation
12,300,000 km
456 km
0.00105 km
0.000 000 110 km 
  1. Powers of Ten (Costa's Questions)
  2. Unit Conversion

KEY VOCABULARY:

  • Scientific Notation
  • Unit Conversion

HOMEWORK:

  1. none

24.  Metric Conversion
25.  Unit Conversion
26.  Bellwork 9/22

Sept 18

BELLWORK:  How many significant figures are in the following:  12,256, 0.0012, 1008, 0.00105
  1. REAL
  2. Measurement Review
  3. Scientific Notation
  4. Costa's Questions

KEY VOCABULARY:

  • Scientific Notation
  • Unit Conversion

HOMEWORK:

  1. none

20.  Bellwork 9/18
21.  REAL
22.  Costa's Questions
23.  Power's of Ten
24.  Metric Conversion
25.  Unit Conversion

Sept 16

BELLWORK:  Summarize in 20 words the difference between accuracy and precision
  1. Precision / Accuracy
  2. REAL
  3. The Ancients

KEY VOCABULARY:

  • Error
  • Significant Figures
  • Precision
  • Accuracy

HOMEWORK:

  1. Measurement WS (choose 10 problems)

14.  Measurement WS
15.  The Ancients
16.  Bellwork 9/16
17.  Notes
18.  Significant Figures
19.  Scientific Notation

Sept 14

BELLWORK:  Why do you think each bag of M&M's had different numbers of each color?
  1. Textbooks
  2. REAL
  3. Set up notebooks
  4. Precision / Accuracy

KEY VOCABULARY:

  • Error
  • Significant Figures
  • Precision
  • Accuracy

HOMEWORK:

  1. none

1.  Title page
2.  TOC
3.  TOC
4.  TOC
5.  TOC
6.  TOC
7.  TOC
8.  TOC
9.  Syllabus
10. Bellwork 9/14
11.  M&M lab
12.  Notes
13.  Notes
 

Sept 10

BELLWORK:  None
  1. Tube of Science
  2. Get to Know You Index Card Activity
  3. Syllabus
  4. M&M Lab

KEY VOCABULARY:

  • Model
  • Hypothesis
  • Average
  • Percent
  • Graph (Histogram)

HOMEWORK:

  1. 9 x 11.5 sprial notebook (at least 150 pages)
  2. Parent signature on the syllabus

Syllabus

M & M Lab

no additions
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