Fifith Grade Science (week of 4/27)

Monday: Invention planning

Tuesday: Super Science/worksheets

Wednesday: no class

Thursday: drawings of inventions due (White paper/dark ink or pencil; labled; type of materials; measurements; brief description of use

Friday: Super Science experimement

Science 7 (weeks of 4/27)

Monday: Earth's Birthday Studies---turtle presentations
Tuesday: Science World (sub plans)
Wednesday: turtle presentations con't
Thursday: Review
Friday: Quiz on Turtle Presentations

AP Bio (week 4/27)

We have been preparing for the AP exam. This included taking a past AP Bio exam (mc and essay)
I offered the students review at lunch or after school or evenings.

Monday--essay review
Tuesday--AP test form preparation
Wednesday--essay review
Thursday--lab review
Friday--lab review

Monday--Lab
Tuesday---no class
Wednesday--Lab
Thursday--review
Friday--review

Monday--exam
Tuesday--exam debrief
Wednesday--GATTACA
Thursday---con't
Friday---Beautiful Mind

Chemistry (week of 4/27)

Last week our class reviewed stoichiometry!
We began our discussion of limiting reactants.
I was gone to a conference, so students worked on the Chapter 12.3 Chapter Assessment
and several limiting reactant problems.

Monday: Review problems p.369
Tuesday: 12.4 Percent Yield p.370-2 practice problems 27,28,29
Wednesday: no class
Thursday: section assessment p.373
Friday: Mole ratio Chem lab 12

Monday: p.383 Standard Test Practice
Tuesday: Test
Wednesday: States of Matter Chapter 13 p.388 1-3
Thursday:Problem solving lab p. 390; partial pressure of gas 4-6; section assessment
Friday: 13.2 Forces of Actraction p.395 #13-16

Monday: 13.3 Liquids and Solids, read/take notes p.403 17-22.
Tuesday: No class
Wednesday: 13.4 Phase Changes, read/take notes p.409 24-27
Thursday: Lab 13---Comparing rates of evaporation pp.410-411
Friday: Standard Test Practice p.417

AP Bio (week 3/30)

Monday: Quiz 28/29====Chapter 33 complete

Tuesday: Chapter 34

Wednesday: Chapter 35

Thursday: Chapter 36

Friday: Chapter 37


During Break: Complete the remaining chapters of the book!

Science 7 (weeks of 3/30)

Monday: Weather Project Presentations

Tuesday: Health with Nurse Cathy

Wednesday: Weather 1.3
Homework section assessment 1, 2

Thursday: Weather 1.4
Homework section assessment 1, 2

Friday: Weather video

Fifith Grade Science (weeks of 3/30)

Question of the Week:Who is the inventor you are researching?

Monday: complete inventor booklets

Tuesday: draw plans for inventions

Wednesday: physical and chemical changes/Buckel Down

Thursday: changes con't

Friday: invention convention or Buckel Down

Chem (weeks of 3/30)

Monday Chapter 11 ---Standarized Test Practice...p.351

Tuesday Chapter 12 Stoichiometry 12.1 in class 1,2,3
hmwk Section Assessment p.357

Wednesday Stoichiometric Calculations in class 9,11
hmwk, 10, 12,13

Thursday Section assessment p.363

Friday Baking soda stoichiometry experiment p.362

Seventh Grade Science (week of 3/22)

Monday Weather Chapter 1.2 assessment question review in class

Tuesday Ch 1.3 hmwk assessment questions 1 and 2

Wednesday CH 1.4 hnwk assessment questions 1 and 2

Thurday Health Special with Nurse Cathy

Friday Science World Periodical

Chemistry (week of 3/22)

Monday: Chapter 11 con't---11.4 per cent composition

Tuesday: 11.5 Hydrates and composition of a substance

Wednesday: Chapter 11/Hydrate lab

Thursday: Chapter 11/ Gum Composition lab

Friday: Pop quiz!

Fifth Grade Science (3/22)

Question of the Week:
What is your idea for invention convention?

Monday: Complete SuperScience/Invention Convetion

Tuesday: Video/Discussion of George Washington Carver

Wednesday: Chemical Reactions---endothermic/exothermic

Thursday: Chemical Reactions con't

Friday: Computer Lab/investigating your scientist/booklet

AP Bio (week 3/22)

All week we will be monitoring our ongoing labs--This may need some attention during lunch especially after mating occurs!

Based on our progress we will discuss assessment tools for ongoing chapters.

Monday: Quiz 25-6
Tuesday: Fruit Fly Lab
Wednesday: Chapters 32-33
Thursday: Chapters 34-5
Friday:Chapter 36

Science 7 (weeks of 3/16)

Monday: Finish Magazine evaluation
Tuesday: Weather p.54 Air Pressure and Wind (Buckle Down)
Wednesday: Weather p.57 Col and Warm Fronts (Buckle Down)
Thursday: Nurse Cathy Special
Friday: Weather Types of Clouds (Buckle Down)

Monday: Weather Maps (Buckel Down)
Tuesday-Wednesday: Special Weather projects- Computer Research
Thursday: Nurse Cathy Special
Friday: Weather Project con't

Fifth Grade Science (3/16)

Question of the Week: Explain your part in the Earth's Birthday Ranforest Project. Be sure to include the graph you made!

Monday: Invention Convention Ideas/process of invention
Tuesday: Invention Idea plans
Wednesday: Learning about inventors-George Washington Carver
Thursday: Inventor Booklets---Computer Research
Friday: Computer Research con't

Chem (week of 3/10)

Monday: Moles: Lab How many moles of chalk does it take to write your name?
Wednesday: Molecules Ch.11.1 and 11.2
Thursday:Review Chapter 10 for Friday/con't Ch. 11.3
Friday: written expression of knowledge Ch.10

Science 7 (weeks of 3/10)

Monday:Presentation/Evaluation of Health Magazines
Wednesday: Weather Unit begins
Thursday: Nurse Cathy Special
Friday: Weather Unit

AP Bio (week 3/10)

Monday-transformation lab event
Wednesday-Chapter 30
Thursday-Chapter 31
Friday-Chapter 32

Next week
Monday:26-27 written expression of knowledge
Tuesday: Chapter 33
Wednesday: Blood Drive
Thursday: Fruit Fly Lab
Friday: Chapter 34

Fifth Grade Science (3/10)

Question of the week?
What is you topic for the Rainforest Presentation?

Monday-Wednesday-Thursday Presentations of information with graphs
student to answer questions about presentations.

Friday-Invention Convention---6 Fridays to come!

Chemistry (week of 3/02)

Monday/Tueday: Double replacement reactions forming water, gases and precipitates

Wednesday: Review of all chemical reactions

Thursday: Test

Friday: Begin Chapter 10 on the Mole

Science 7 (weeks of 3/02)

Monday: Con't Health Magazine work continues in the computer lab.

Tuesday: Review and compile health magazines/make additions or necessary changes

Wednesday: final magazine production/review

Thursday: Beginning of Health Special with Nurse Cathy---6 weeks

Friday: present health magazines to class

AP Bio (week 3/02 and 3/09)

Monday: Chapter 27-28
Tuesday: Quiz 22-23 Debrief Chapter 29
Wednesday: Quiz 24-25 Debrief Chapter 30
Thursday: pBlu experiement and genetic tasting experiment begin
Friday: experiments con't

Monday: experiments/Chapter 31
Tuesday: Purim
Wednesday: Chapter 32
Thursday: Test 26-27
Friday: Chapter 33

AP Overnight is being planned for the week of March 17th---details will be forthcoming!

Fifth Grade Science (3/2-3/9)

These next 8 classes our fifth grade class will be using free materials provided by a national initiative, Earth's Birthday. Fifth grade curriculum for this year focuses on the habitat of the Rainforest. Students will present information, graph, and take notes on classmates presentations. The students selected individual or partner presentations. I will do a model lesson on Monday. The student preparation will begin on Tuesday and Wednesday. Presentations will be on Thursday, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Monday: Dr. B presentation
Tuesday/Wednesday: Student presentation preparation
Thursday, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday: Student Presentations

Fifth Grade Science (2/17)

Tuesday ___SuperScience____Seal Sitter to the Rescue/Rescue Raft

Wednesday___SuperScience Mystery

Thursday____SuperScience___Duckie Artic Explorers/Moving Glacier Activity

Seventh Grade Science (weeks of 2/17 and 2/23)

Tuesday____Discsussion of the Nature of Science Buckel Down pp. 6-11
Homework pp.12-14

Wednesday____Review Scienctific Investigations Buckel Down pp.17-21

Thursday_____Health Current Heath

Friday_____Introduce Health Magazine Project

Monday___Plan Health Magazine/ Dispalying Data pp.22-4

Tuesday___ Using What you Know/Flight Experiment pp26-27

Wednesday___ Computer lab Health Magazine work

Thursday___Computer lab Health Magazine work

Friday____Computer lab Health Magazine work
magazine due March 2

Chem (week of 2/17)

Tuesday____no class

Wednesday____ review and regroup Covalent Bonds

Thursday______Chapter 10____review 10.1
`10.2 and 10.3 double block

Friday_____quiz on covalent bonds

AP Bio (week 2/17)

Tuesday---double block---
complete photosynthesis lab
cell respiration lab

Wednesday---no class

Thursday---lab debrief or chapter 20-21

Friday---Chapter 20-24

Monday---quiz on material covered this week

Chem (week of 2/02)

Tuesday---Metalic Bond Lab
typed lab write up due Friday
Hmwk---Read 9.1 and complete Section Assessment p.249

Wednesdsay---Covalent Bonding/Naming Molecules 9.2-9.3---p.248
Hmwk---Section Assessment p.258

Thursday---Molecular Structures 9.4/Building Molecules
Hmwk---Section Assessment p.262

Friday---Electronegativity and Polarity
Hmwk---Section Assessment p.267
typed lab write up due today

AP Bio (week 02/02 and 2/09)

Monday (dbl blk)---Photosynthesis Lab (Be ready to debrief next Tuesday)
Tuesday---Chapter 19 Org and control of eukaryote genomes
Thursday---Chapter 19 con't/Chapter 20 DNA Tech/Genomics
Friday---Chapter 20

Monday---Test Chapter 19/20
Tuesday---Debrief Lab
Wednesday---Chapter 21 Genetic basis of dev.
Thursday---Chapter 22 Darwinian viewpoint
Friday---Chapter 23 Evolution of pop.

Monday---Test Chapters 21-22-23

Science 7 (weeks of 2/02 and 2/9)

Welcome Back to Science!

Monday_Complete plant portion of "Walk through the Kingdom" packets
Tuesday_Complete Energy Transformation in Buckel Down pp.153-157
Wednesday_Using What You Know (activity)/Thinking It Over pp.158-160. Complete Practice Achievement test
Thursday_Current Health
Friday_Classification of Organisms p.92-98. Complete Practice Achievement Test 101.

Monday_Interactions Among Organisms pp.103
Tuesday_Using What You Know/Thinking It Over pp.110-111/practice Achievement Test pp.112-113
Wednesday_Ecosystems pp.114-121
Thursday_Current Health
Friday_ Using What You Know/Thinking It Over 122-113

Monday_Practice Achievement Test pp.124-125
Tuesday_Physical Properties of Matter pp.128-132
Wednesday_Using What You Know/Thinking it Over
Thursday_Current Health
Friday_Practice Achievement Test

Fifth Grade Science (2/2)

Question of the Week? Name 5 outer space topics presented by you classmates.

Monday_ The Sun ---Vocab/Video/Worksheet
Tuesday_Buckel Down---Outer Space pp.102-110
Wednesday_Con't
Thursday_Using p.111 What You Know activity

Monday_Review and Achievement Practice Quiz p.114-5
Tuesday_Earth Materials pp.116-119
Wednesday_Using What You know
Thursday_Review and Practice Achievement p.124-5

AP Bio (weeks1/25 and 2/2)

Monday____HHMI Brain Video
Tuesday___Chapter 19 or Memories HHMI
Wednesday____AP Bio Lab4 Photosynthesis I
Thursday_____Part II
Friday____Analysis/DNA Lab Overview

Monday___Double Block/ Electrofluorecous Set Up
Tuesday___ Con't
Wednesday___Chapter 20
Thursday___Chapter 20/21
Friday____Chapter 21

Monday____Test on 19,20,21

Fifth Grade Science (1/26)

About which part of our solar system did you report?
Monday___Finish Solar system reports
Tuesday___Quiz and Workbook 253-4-5
Wednesday___The Sun---Video and Worksheet
Thursday___The sun in our book

Chem (week of 1/26)

The Metalic Bond
Monday___Read all about it...8.3
Tuesday___Experience the Bonds of a Hair Pin and Paper Clip/Write Up and Analysis
Wednesday___more with metalic bonding
Thursday/Friday___What's New___ Chapter 9

Fifth Grade Science 1/19/09

Question of the Week:
Can you enact the birth of a star?

Tuesday: Stars---sequencing of stars wkbk.250/Milky Way model
Wednesday: Galaxies--- Read___wkbk.254
Thursday: Sun---Video/worksheet

Chemistry Mid term Update/STP answers

Greetings All!
The update on the information sheets are as follows:
1. I will copy any sheets handed into me by Shana tomorrow (Wednesday).
2. If you want your own sheet (8X11) you may have that in place of the class's notes.
3. You will receive from me a sheet with the polyatomic ions and the chart showing way energy shells are filled.
4. A Periodic Table will be hanging in the room.
5. STP answers by chapter:
Chapter 1--1.d 2.c 3.a 4. b 5.c 6.a 7.a
Chapter 2--1.c 2.c 3.c 4.a 5.d 6.d 7.a 8.a 9.d
Chapter 3--1.d 2.d 3.c 4.c 5.a 6.c 7.b 8.a 9.d 10.a
Chapter 4--1.b 2.a 3.d 4.b 5.c 6.a 7.a 8.c 9.c 10.d
Chapter 5--1.d 2.a 3.c 4.d 5.a 6.b 7.a 8.c 9.b 10.d
Chapter 6--1.c 2. a 3.a 4.c 5.d 6.b 7. c 8.d 9.b 10.d
Chapter 7--1.b 2.b 3.a 4.d 5.c 6.d 7.b 8.a 9.c 10.b

Lahitraot,
Dr. B.

Seventh Grade Science (week of 1/12)

Monday: Quiz; con't: A Walk through the Kingdoms

Tuesday: Continue living organisms discussion in Review Book

Wednesday: Plan Egg Drop Experiment

Thursday: Egg Drop Experiment
Lunch Meeting of Science Book Club!!!!

Friday: Write/Submit Egg Drop Report

Next two weeks: Play Practice---Good Luck Thespians!!!---see you on Stage!!!

AP Bio (week 1/12)

Monday: Exam Chapters 17/18

Tuesday: revist the Asci slides

Wednesday: Chapter 19

Thursday: What do I need to know for the mid-term? Chapter 1-9

Friday: What do I need to know for the mid-term II? Chapter 10-18

Mid-term exam: Next Thursday 12:00-2:15

Fifth Grade Science (1/12)

Question of the week: What is something we learned from Super Science?

Space Science Week

Monday: Intro space project?Example and Rubric
Review phases of the moon (if time permits)

Tuesday: Research topic of interest/Library
10 facts about topic/printed

Wednesday/Thursday: Present information to class

Chemistry (week of 1/12)

Monday and Tuesday:(Monday) Quiz ;Ionic Compounds con't

Wednesday-Friday: review for the semester exams
W-Ch.1->4
H-Ch. 5->7
F- Ch. 8

Semester exam is next Thursday 12-2:15

AP Bio (week 1/05)

Welcome Back!

I have a Sordaria spore plate ordered for a lab this week---when it arrives we will do the lab

Monday: DVD--- Crash of a Species (this will complement the environmental chapters completed over break)

Tuesday: Chapter 17 From Gene to Protein

Wednesday/Thursday: Chapter 18 Microbical Models

Friday: Sordaria Lab with cards or spore plate

Science 7 (weeks of 1/05)

>>>>Welcome Back to School<<<<<

Body Types ---- Remember the lesson on symmetry?

Monday: Organisms and Body plans (animal science books)
Tuesday Get packets on body plans....
Wednesday: packets con't

Thursday: Health---Current Health periodical

Friday: Health con't

Chemistry (week of 1/05)

WELCOME BACK TO 2 GREAT WEEKS OF CHEMISTRY

>>>IONIC BONDING<<<<<

We are going to be based in the book each day...but starting Tuesday we will have hands on experiences and experiments!!!!


Read and answer the assessment for each of the sections on the day assigned.
If the section problems are no completed in class they will be homework as well.

Monday: 8.1

Tuesday: 8.2

Wednesday: 8.3

Thursday: Building ionic compounds/manipulatives

Friday: STPrep at the end of the chapter

Next week to be announced.....

Fifth Grade Science (1/5)

WELCOME BACK!!!!!

Stations

Phases of the Moon
Planets (2 stations)
Sun and Energy

We will have a quiz on each of the stations on Thursday

Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday

Thursday: quiz on stations