Week of June 6, 2022 Mon - Study/review for tomorrow's quiz Tues - Take quiz, begin graphing weather journal data. Wed - Continue graphing weather journal data. Thurs - Abbreviated schedule. Student council school-wide activity in the afternoon. Finish up graphing work and turn in. Fri - 1/2 day of school. Awards/activites/movie . HAPPY SUMMER!!!!
Week of May 30, 2022 Mon - No School Memorial Day. Tues - School trip to Lugnuts baseball game. Wed - Begin Chpt 14 Lesson 1 notebook. (Due Tomorrow) WARM UP QUESTIONS DUE TOMORROW!!!! Thurs - Turn in WARM UP QUESTIONS. Go over Wednesday work and turn in. Complete Lesson Review Qs 1-7 ALL on pg. 502. Write out Qs 2,4,5,6. (Due Tomorrow). Fri - Complete study guide for next Tuesday's quiz over Climate.
Week of May 23, 2022 Mon - Review for tomorrow's test. Please turn in late/missing weather journal. Tues - Take test. Read and answer questions about El Nino. Wed - Go over test. Finish up and go over El Nino questions. Go over questions/discussion if time permits. Thurs - El Nino simulator and satellite images. Read and complete Gulf Stream info and questions. Fri - 1/2 day of school. Go over Gulf Stream Questions. View NASA 3D computer animations of ocean currents and Earth's energy engine. No School on Monday, Lugnuts game on Tuesday.
*********NO SCHOOL on Monday. Memorial Day.
Week of May 16, 2022
***Weather Journal Due on Thursday. Mon - Continue working on Chpt 13 Lesson 2 Notebook (due tomorrow) Weather Fronts handout/activity with partner. Tues - Turn in and go over Chpt 13 L2 notebook. Finish up weather fronts from Monday. (Turn in) Wed - Weather patterns "Journal #8" with partner. Due Tomorrow but we will likely go over at the end of the hour. Thurs - Turn in Weather Journal. Pass out study guide for next Tuesday test. Work on study guide. Fri - Movie and follow up activity. Movie: Nova Deadliest Tornadoes.
Week of May 9, 2022 Mon - Understanding and determining relative humidity. Relative humidity practice with partner. Take notes over instruments used for weather observations. Tues - Continue Relative Humidity practice with partner. "Check" tomorrow over determining relative humidity. Wed - Relative humidity/weather instruments check. Read pp. 459-464 Answer questions 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,11 on pg 468. Write out Qs 1,4,5,9. (Due Tomorrow) Thurs - Go over quiz and go over pg 461, and go over quiz. Cold and warm front simulations, current surface weather maps. Fri - Complete Chpt 13 Lesson 2 Notebook.
Week of May 2, 2022 Mon - Check barometers and discuss how they work. Go over Pg 456 Questions. Go over quiz from Friday. Tues - Complete Chpt 13 L notebook "Describing Weather" (Due Tomorrow) Wed - Movie, Science Kids: Weather and Climate (youtube video) with follow up activity. First half of weather journal due tomorrow. Thurs - Check first 1/2 of weather journal (just to see if it's done ONLY, I am not checking accuracy.) Complete "Describing Weather" w.s. w/partner, begin answering questions on barometer lab handout. Fri - Finish up and turn in barometer questions. Barometer wrap up and discussion.
Week of April 25, 2022 Mon - Quick check of weather journal for last Thursday's data. Work on Chpt. 12 Lesson 3 notebook. (Due Tuesday) Tues - Go over Monday's work and TURN IN. Mr. Weber will explain the Coriolis Effect. Coriolis YouTube video. Take notes over sea breeze/land breeze. Wed - Short discussion over jet stream wind. Work on Study guide for Friday's quiz over Air Currents. Thurs - Make classroom barometers. I have made a rubric which includes 10pts for following directions for this assignment. Fri - Take Quiz over air pressure. Check weather journal. Read pp 451-455 & complete Qs 1-10 all on pag 456. Write out Qs 3,4,5
Week of April 18, 2022 Mon - Review for tomorrow's test. Movie: Bill Nye: Cond., Conv., Rad. Tues - TEST over Earth's Atmosphere. Movie: Water and Weather Wed - Go over test. Read pp 427-430 & answer Q's 1-9 all on pg 431. . Write out Qs 1,2,8. (Due Tomorrow) Thurs - Go over pg 431 Qs. Sea and Land Breeze demo. Short video explaining wind. Begin Air Currents worksheet if time permits. Fri - Discuss Weather Journal (We will be recording weather daily weather data during the week for the next 4 weeks.) Finish up Air Currents ws from yesterday. (Due Monday)
Week of April 11, 2022 Mon - Go over/ turn in Pg 424 Qs from las Thursday. Watch video: The Atmosphere: Weather Classroom. Tues - Work on science Notebook Chpt 12. Lesson 2 (Due Tomrrow/WED) Pass out study guide for next Tuesday test Wed - Turn in Chpt 12 L2 Notebook. Convection videos. Mr. Weber Personal Tutor. Conduction/Convection/Radiation activity with partner. Thurs - Finish up work and/or work on study guide for next week's test. We will review for test on Monday. Fri - NO SCHOOL Good Friday Week of April 4, 2022 Mon - Test make up for people who missed the test before break. Go over test. Exchange books. Complete Chpt 12 Lesson 1 Science Notebook (Due Tomorrow) Tues - Go over Monday's assignment and turn in. Parnter up: Make a drawing to show air pressure decreases as altitude increases. Read top of pg. 414 together. Partners will devise a plan to measure the weight of air. I will demonstrate how this can be done. Wed - Create/draw air pressure poster. (Due Friday) Thurs - Continue working on poster. Begin reading pp 418-423. Complete questions 2,3,4,5,6,7,8 on pg 424. Write out Qs 3,4,6. (Due on Monday) Fri - Turn in poster. Finish up pg 424 Qs.
Week of March 21, 2022 Mon - Finish and turn in Tides data acivity from Friday. Pass out study guide for Wednesday test. Work on study guide. Tues - Review for tomorrow's test. Wed - Test over Earth and Moon. We will do this during homeroom on the morning, while we wait to load the buses for the Reward Party. Thurs - Bay of fundy videos and discussion of the world's highest tidal volume. Movie: Moon Dance Fri - No School. First day of Spring Break.
Week of March 14 , 2022 (Start of Q4) Mon - No School for students. (Teacher Professional Development) Tues - Take quiz over moon phases. Read pp 743-748 Answer Qs #3,4,5,6,7,8,9. Write out questions 3,7. (Due on Wed./Tomorrow) Wed - Gp over Pg 749 Questions. View lunar and solar eclipse animations/ simulations. Discuss the hows and whys of ecllipses. Thurs - Take notes over Moon facts. Google classroom assignment "The Moons Near Side." (Due Fri.) Fri - (Turn in G. Classroom work.) Watch video tides simulator and discuss. Begin working on Tides Data Activity with partner. (Due Mon. at the end of hour.)
Week of March 7, 2022 (End of Marking Period)
IMPORTANT: TWO BIG grades coming this week. 1. Test on Wedensday. 2. Warm up questions are due on Monday. This is big chunk of the grade. There are 30 warm up questions.
Mon - TURN IN WARM UP QUESTIONS. View the following simulators: https://astro.unl.edu/animationsLinks.htmlhttps://wkar.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/buac18-35-sci-ess- daylightsunpath/daylight-hours-and-the-suns-apparent-path/ Work on study guide for Wednesday test. Tues - Review for test in Game Groups. Wed - Take Seasons/Planets test. Check grades. Organize journals.Begin Friday's assignment. Thurs - Turn in study guide. Go over test. Make flash cards for Moon Phase quiz next Tuesday. Continue/Finish: Read pp 735-739. Complete Qs 1,2,3,4,5,6,8. Write out Qs #1,2,3,4. (Due Tomorrow) Fri - Go over pg 740 Questions. Go over quiz expectations for Tuesday's quiz. Moon phases simulator/demo
Week of 2/28-3/4, 2022 Mon - Continue and finish partner web quest from Friday. Tues - Finish web quest and turn in. Read pp 825-830. Answer Questions 1, 3-6,8, 9 on pg 831. Write out Q's : 1, 4, 6, 9. (Due Tomorrow) Wed - Go over and turn in pg 831 questions.Six follow up "bonus" questions for web quest, then go over them. Thurs - Turn in late work. Watch video clip on Doppler effect and Doppler shift & Big Bang Theory, pass out/work on study guide for next Wednesday's test. Fri - End of marking period next Friday. Watch movie: Science Kids: Earth and Our Solar System (discoveryed.com), and work on study guide. We will review for the test on Tuesday. IMPORTANT: TWO BIG grades coming next week. 1. Test on Wedensday. 2. Warm up questions are due on Tuesday. This is an easy, big chunk of the grade. They will have 29 warm up questions by then.
Week of February 21, 2022 Mon -NO SCHOOL (Mid-Winter Break) Tues - Read pp 761-765. Complete Q's 1,3,4,5,7,9 on pg 766. Write out Qs 4,5,9. Sketch the diagram in question #7 and label the arrows. Wed - Go over pg 766 Qs and turn in . Mr. Douglas, "personal tutor" to explain warm up #25. Short video over gravity and inertia. Thurs - Begin working on Chapter 21 Lesson 1 science notebook. Due Friday Fri - Turn in science notebook. Begin solarsystemscope.com "web quest" with partner. (Complete solar system data table and questions with partner. ) (Due date next Wed.)
Week of February 14, 2022 Mon - Finish up metric conversions and turn in, complete Seasons Fill- In/Crossword. (Due WED) Tues - Finish Monday work, due tomorrow. Finish late/missing work. Wed - View PBS animation/simulation for Sun's Path across Boston (Similar path and latitude as ours.) Watch movie: The Reason for the Seasons. Take notes for next study guide and test. Thurs - NO SCHOOL snow day. Fri - NO SCHOOL (Mid-Winter Break)
Week of February 7, 2022 Mon - Take Seasons Quiz . Read pp. 724-731 in Exploring the Universe. Answer Q's 1-7 all. Tues - Go over Monday assignment. View University of Nebraska Seasons Simulator. Begin seasons "science notebook" (small packet) Wed - Continue/Finish science notebook from Tues. Due on Thursday. View PBS "Earth in Orbit" showing seasonal changes and tilt. Thurs - Go over science notebook. View simulations to help explain answers on notebook. Fri - Metric conversion practice for next week's "eccentricity" activity.
Week of , January 31, 2022 (Original Plan, 3 snow days this week, W, Th, F) Mon - Go over test. Draw/label/define flower parts. (Due Tuesday) Tues - Pre lab prep for tomorrow's Salwater Density lab. Wed - How does salt affect the density of water? Lab with partner. Complete lab questions/handout and turn in on Thursday if not completed today. Take notes over seasons for seasons quiz on Friday. Thurs - Go over lab questions. Review for quiz. Seasons movie. Fri - Take Seasons Quiz . Read pp. 724-731 in Exploring the Universe. Answer Q's 1-7 all. 6th Grade Robotics Inventor 90 in 1 Kits
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Week of January 24, 2022 Mon - Turn in last Thurs/Fri work if needed. Pass out Study Guide for Thursday test. Complete "Photosynthesis, Tracing Back" activity with partner and research. (Due Tues.) Tues - Go over "Photosynthesis, Tracing Back" Work on study guide for Thursday test. Wed - Review for test in game groups. Thurs - Take Plant Energy test. Turn in completed Study guide. Fri - NO School!!
Week of January 17, 2022 Mon - No School. MLK Day Tues - Complete Carbs, Proteins and Fats assignment. (Due Wednesday) Wed - Go over Carbs, Proteins,Fats and TURN IN. Complete Phosynthesis A & B worksheet. (Due Thursday) Thurs - Elodea & Seed Drawings. This is a Google Classroom assignment for all students. All work to be turned in tomorrow. Fri - Finish and turnn In Thurs. work. Can be turned in Monday if it's not done. Go over Photosynthesis A & B worksheet we turned in yesterday. Movie over Plants and Photosynthesis. (IF time permits.)
Week of January 10, 2022 Mon - Turn in poster. Complete Viewing Plant Cells Questions (Due Tuesday) Most students will finish in class, today. Tues - Go over Viewing Plant Cells Questions. Review for quiz. Wed - Take photosynthesis quiz. Complete "Sambal's Photosynthesis Questions." (Due Thursday.) Thurs - Go overSambals, Go over Wed. Quiz. Fri - 1/2 day of school. 2 Photosynthesis Movies. No work required.
6th Grade Robotics Inventor 90 in 1 Kits 6th Grade Explorer Individual Projects
Week of January 3, 2022 New Quarter Begins
Mon - Take notes over photosynthesis equation for Next Monday or Tuesday quiz. Watch movie: Dog's Decoded Tues - Begin photosynthesis packet, due on Wed (Tomorrow). Wed- go over homework, begin photosynthesis poster due on Friday. Thurs- No School. Fri- continue work on poster. Due Monday.
Week of December 13, 2021 Mon - Work on study guide for WED test. Complete any missing work. Complete any missing warm up questions to turn in tomorrow. Tues - Turn in warm up questions (46pts BIG GRADE). Review for tomorrow test Wed - CELLS TEST and turn in study guide. Thurs - Go over test and warm ups. CSI Activity: Who Stole Santa's Sleigh? Fri - 1/2 day for students. REWARD celebration for students who earned the reward.
Week of December 6, 2021
Mon - Go over Adv. and Disadv. of both types of reproduction. Read pp 61-65. Answer Q's 1,2,4,6,9 on pg 66. (Due Tuesday) Tues - Go over pp. 66 Qs from yesterday. Osmosis domonstration/discussion. Google Classroom diffusion assignment. (Watch videos and Answer Questions) (Due Wed) Wed - Go over Tuesday's videos and Qs and TURN IN. Cells True and False Activity (Due Thurs). Thurs - Turn in Wed. work. Pass out and work on Study Guide for next Wednesday's Cells Test. Fri - Movie: Dog's Decoded. Week of November 29, 2021 Mon - Cells Movies: Life in a Drop of Pond Water , Life Science, CELLS. Tues - Take quiz over 5 levels of organization. Work on Cells Vocabulary for Friday's matching quiz. Wed - View Cells Alive interactive website. Go over take home test. Finish up vocabulary for Friday's quiz. Thurs - Discover advantages/disadvantages of sexual vs. asexual reproduction. (This focuses on the environmental implications of this topic. Example: one advantage of sexual reproduction is the offspring have many differences, therefore, the population is less likely to be "wiped out."Study for tomorrow's quiz. Fri - Vocabualary matching quiz. Finish up adavantages and disadvantages from yesterday. (Due Monday)
Week of November 22, 2021 Mon - Take quiz over cell theory. Finish up and go over questions from Friday. Tues - Correct Take Home test. Take notes over 5 Levels of Organization for next week's quiz. (Tenatively on Tues.) Wed - No School, Thanksgiving Break Thurs - No School, Thanksgiving Break Fri - No School, Thanksgiving Break
Week of November 15, 2021 Mon - Take TEST A Changing Earth's Surface Watch Earhquake video if time. Tues - Exchange books. Begin CELLS unit. Begin working on CELLS take-home test. (Due Friday) Wed - Go over Monday's test. Read Lesson 1 pg 9-15 and answer Q's 1-4, 6-8, 11 on pg 16. (Due Tomorrow) Take notes over cell theory for Monday's quiz. (This is a short fill in the blank test over the cell theory). Thurs - Go over Pg 16 Qs and turn in. Time to work on Take Home test due tomorrow. Fri - Turn in Take Home Test. Read pg 43-47. Answer Qs 1,2,5,7,10 on pg 48. & Qs 1,2,3,9,10 on pg 58. (Due Monday) but most people should finish today. Week of November 8, 2021 Mon - Go over Pg. 356-357 Qs from Friday (Turn In) . Tim and Moby Fossils video. Short video clip of Mt. St. Helens disaster. Tues - Correlating Rocks and Fossils activity with partner. Wed - Go ov er Tues. work. (Turn in). Pass out and complete study guide for next Monday's test. Thurs - Continue working on study guide. Mt. St. Helen's video and discuss. Fri - Review for Monday's test. Continue with video with extra time.
Week of November 1, 2021 Mon - Continue Chpt. 9 Review Qs from Fri. (Due Tomorrow). Discuss tomorrows activity. Epicenter Activity Day 1: Use P-waves and S-waves to locate epicenter on map activity. Find lag times only. Tues - Turn in Chpt 9 Review Quesitons. Day 2 of Epicenter Activity (Turn in Today ) Wed - Go over Chpt 9 Review Questions. P-wave and S-wave demos. Thurs - "Convection Day" Understanding the principles of convection; the force driving plate tectonics/eathquakes. Videos & demosof plate tectonics at work. Take quiz at the end. Nothing to prepare for Fri - Read pp 327-341; Answer Qs #1,2,4,5,8,10,11,15,17 on page 356-357 (Due Monday)
Week of October 25, 2021 Mon - Go over last Thursday's assignment (Sea Floor Qs) & turn in. Complete Content Practice A&B Develeopment of a Theory (Due Wednesday) Tues - Movie: Earth's Greatest Discoverieswith Bill Nye Wed - Complete Chapter 8 Lesson 2 & 3 Lesson Outline (Due Thursday/tomorrow) Thurs - Correct Lesson Outline (Turn in) for quiz grade and watch video about land forms and plate tectonics. Standard Deviants Module 4:Mts./Volc./E.Qk. Fri - Read chapter 9 and complete chapter review Q's 1-7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 21 on pp. 320 - 321 & Q's 6. 7. 11 on pp 322 - 323 (Due next Tuesday) Week of October 18, 2021 *****This week starts the new marking period.
Mon - No School for students Tues - Exchange books and go over last week's test. - Take pretest for the new unit. - Read pp 217-221, Q's 1,2,4,6 on pg 222; Read pp 225-227, Q's 4,5,6,7,8 on pg 230 (Due Tomorrow) Wed - Go over homework and turn in. Watch sea floor spreading video clip. -Begin "Seafloor spreading interpretstion and Questions" (This is a NOAA diagram/graph and questions with partner.) Thurs - Continue Wed. assignment with partner. (Due today if done, or Monday) Fri -All Skate Reward Party (Students with 3 or more zeros in any class from 1st quarter marking period will stay at school with assigned teacher.)
Week of October 11, 2021 *****End of marking period on Friday. *****Half Day on Friday *****Parent teacher conferences from Wed. and Thurs. 3:30-6:30
Mon - Begin 14 stations lab. Student and partner will view rocks & minerals, (some under microscopes) and answer questions/draw pictures about them. -Pass out study guide for Thursday's test. -TURN IN Rocks and Minerals KC Builder from last Thurs/Friday Tues - Same as Monday. This needs nearly 2 days to finish. Remaining time to work on study guide. Wed- Review for test on Thursday. -Turn In 22 warm up questions from science journal. Thurs - Take test & turn in study guide. Finish up any late work. Fri- -End of Marking period. Half day for students. -Movie Rocks and Minerals DVD (My collection)
Week of October 4, 2021 Mon - Pre-lab questions and discussion/prep for Tuesday Lab. Tues - Picture day. Complete Chapter 4 Lesson 1 Outline (Due Thursday) Wed- Minerals Identification Lab with partner. (Turn in at end of hour) Thurs - Introduction to the Microscope & worksheet (1/2 the kids today/ half tomorrow) TURN IN Tuesday's work. - Rocks and Minerals Key Concept Builder Lesson1. (Due Friday or Mon) (1/2 the kids today/ half tomorrow) Fri - Finish opposite assignment from Thursday Week of September 27, 2021 Mon - What is a Mineral "Key Concept Builer."Finish and turn in. Finish/turn in any late work from last week. Tues - Vocabulary Quiz. Watch Videos and answer questions from Google Classroom. Due Tomorrow. (What is a Mineral & A Brief Intro to Minerals). Wed- Turn in Videos Qs . Complete Chapter 4 Qs 1,2,7,8,9 11-13, 22-25, on Pp. 142-143. Due tomorrow. Thurs- Go over pg. 142-143 questions and TURN IN, finish up any missing work. Fri-Gold Rush Tech video and summary
Week of September 20, 2021 Mon -Introduction to Density. Begin density worksheet with partner. Tues - Continue density worksheet with partner. We will be finding the denisty of a few objects and recording data. Turn in worksheet with partner(s) names. Wed- Complete rocks and minerals vocabulary using book's glossary and index where needed. (Matching quiz next Monday or Tuesday over vocabulary.) Thurs.-1. Read pp. 77-83 and 87-91 in your science book. 2. Answer Questions 1-5, 9, 11, 14, 16, 20, 21 on pp 104-105. Fri-1/2 Day of School! Go over and Turn in pp 104-105 questions.
Week of September 13, 2021 Mon. - Movies: Earth’s Systems, Geologists Notebook, Solar wind and cosmic rays . Write 2 separate 5 sentence summaries for the movies we watched in class. (Due Tuesday). Turn in Poster. Tues. -Turn in Summaries from movies. Begin working on Chapter 2 Lesson 2 Outline. You will need Pp 49-55 from your book to complete this. (Due Wed.) Pass out study guide for Friday's test. Wed. - Turn in Lesson 2 Outline from Tuesday. Work on study guide for Friday's test. Thur. - Review for tomorrow's test. Fri. - Take test over Earth's Layers. Watch movie: Science Kids:Earth's Materials and Systems.
6th Grade Robotics Inventor 90 in 1 Kits 6th Grade Explorer Individual Projects
Week of September 6, 2021 Monday - No Shool Labor Day Tuesday-Finish last Thursday's quiz. Exchange books. Chapter Review on page 70 #’s 1,3-9, 11, 14, 16, 24, 25 (Due Thursday) Wednesday-Finish up page 70-71 Chapter Review Questions. Thursday- Go over Chapter 2 Review Questions. Begin Earth’s Layers “poster” (Label Earth’s layers) Friday- Continue "poster", due Monday if not finished today.
6th Grade Robotics Inventor 90 in 1 Kits 6th Grade Explorer Individual Projects Week 2: Aug 30 - Sept 2
Monday: View Cyber animation of water cycle. Go over page 534 Questions.
Tuesday: Water cycle video clip. Work on water cycle poster. (Due Thursday Sept. 2)
Wednesday: Continue working on poster, due tomorrow (Thursday)
Thursday: Turn in poster at beginning of hour. Open book quiz over water cycle. Due today.
Friday: No School Labor Day weekend.
Week 1: Aug 25-27
Thursday: Pass out books. Assemble science journals. Assignment: Read Pp 527-533, Answer Qs# 1-9 ALL on page 534
Friday: Watch water cycle video clip. Continue working on Pg. 534 Questions (Due on Monday)
