Calendar 2011-2012

August 2011
17
Wednesday
First Day of School- Welcome ActivitiesSafety, contract handed ouGo over syllabus and expectations;t
18
Thursday
Set up Notebook, get to know you activity
19
Friday
Power Point over Experimental Design, practice scenarios IV and DV
22
Monday
Finish Powerpoint over Experimental Design, practice scenarios Constants, Control, Testable Question
23
Tuesday
Super Fizzers lab-Set up lab, if time collect data
24
Wednesday
Super Fizzers lab
25
Thursday
Graph data from Super Fizzers lab and write Conclusions
26
Friday
More Practice Scenarios
29
Monday
Jeopardy Review for Test over Experimental Design
30
Tuesday
More practice using clickers
31
Wednesday
TEST over Experimental Design
September 2011
1
Thursday
Go over test results and start item analysis
2
Friday
finish item analysis
5
Monday
Labor Day - no school
6
Tuesday
Populations and Ecosystems Introduction: Vocabulary; Two kinds of observations
7
Wednesday
Read pg 3-7 and Make t-chart of male and female traits
8
Thursday
Card Sort activity, Hmwk: Lizzie the Lizard
9
Friday
Bingo game: using vocabulary
12
Monday
Mid-summative 1 &2 (Quiz) Discuss needs of organisms
13
Tuesday
Introduce Energy: Set up Food Burning Lab
14
Wednesday
Continue Food Burning Lab
15
Thursday
Discuss Graph results and questions from lab. Introduce Photosynthesis using RAP
16
Friday
Energy Roles read pg 17-19 and Take notes
19
Monday
Discuss differences between Food webs and food chains
20
Tuesday
Make a food web as a whole class activity
21
Wednesday
More Food web practice, HOMEWORK: Practicing food webs
22
Thursday
Internet links for websites: practice food webs in Library
23
Friday
Mid-Summative 3 and 4
26
Monday
NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
27
Tuesday
Energy Uses Activity
28
Wednesday
Trophic Level Game and Reading
29
Thursday
Mid- Summative 5; Limiting Factor Notes; HOMEWORK: coyote/rabbit sheet
30
Friday
"Oh Dear" Game outside
October 2011
3
Monday
Limitations Board Game; Mid-Summative 6
4
Tuesday
Studyguide
5
Wednesday
Jeopardy Review for Population and Ecosystems Test Part1
6
Thursday
Pop & Eco Test Part 1
7
Friday
Introduce human Impact Project
10
Monday
No school
11
Tuesday
Work in Library on Project Researching
12
Wednesday
Work in Library on Project Researching
13
Thursday
Work in Library on Project Researching/ creating lesson
14
Friday
Work in Library on Project Researching/creating lesson
17
Monday
Presentations
18
Tuesday
Presentations
19
Wednesday
Presentations
20
Thursday
Notes over Features and Traits: Adaptations
21
Friday
Library for Walkingstick simulation
24
Monday
Library for Walkingstick simulation level 2 and graphing
25
Tuesday
Comparing Fossils to living organisms-- similarities and differences
26
Wednesday
Quiz- Start Genetic Notes
27
Thursday
Finish Genetic Notes
28
Friday
Discuss quiz
31
Monday
Introduce Larkey Breeding
November 2011
1
Tuesday
Larkey Breeding
2
Wednesday
Library for Larkey Breeding
3
Thursday
Early out for Parent Teacher/conferences- More Punnett Square Practice
4
Friday
No School
7
Monday
Review Adaptations and Larkey Breeding
8
Tuesday
Punnett Square Practice- Hmwk- Sponge Bob Genetics
9
Wednesday
More Punnett Square Practice
10
Thursday
Asexual Reproduction Notes and Discussion
11
Friday
Mid-Summative 9
14
Monday
Environmental Impacts Review
15
Tuesday
Paragraph over Environmental Impacts
16
Wednesday
Poisoned Waters Video and notetaker
17
Thursday
Review for Pop and Eco test Part 2
18
Friday
Pop and Eco TEST Part 2
21
Monday
Test Analysis
22
Tuesday
Selective Breeding computer game
23
Wednesday
Thanksgiving Break 11/23 through 11/25
28
Monday
Types of Energy and Energy Transformations Hmwk
29
Tuesday
Finish Energy Transformations and Hmwk. Read pg 28-29. Discuss sources of Light. Vocabulary words
30
Wednesday
How does light Travel? Teacher demo. Student Experiment. Hmwk
December 2011
1
Thursday
Read pg 35-39, Take Notes. Demo light spreading out -Define Apparent Brightness & Light Year
2
Friday
Lab Activity Sorting Material. Define Transparent, Translucent and Opaque. hmwk
5
Monday
Vocabulary Quiz, Reading articles
6
Tuesday
Pinhole Camera Lab: Day 1
7
Wednesday
Pinhole Camera Lab: Day 2 Modifying the camera (Celebration of Success Assembly)
8
Thursday
Lesson 8. Exploring with Prisms
9
Friday
Read pg 87-91 do worksheet
12
Monday
Lesson 9.2 building the visible spectrum
13
Tuesday
Lesson 9.3
14
Wednesday
Electromagnetic Spectrum
15
Thursday
review for test/ Studyguide
16
Friday
Light Test Part 1
19
Monday
Test Analysis
20
Tuesday
FULL DAY of Classes
21
Wednesday
Teacherinservice (Christmas Break Starts
January 2012
3
Tuesday
Review visible spectrum- Powerpoint of Electromagnetic Spectrum
4
Wednesday
Read pg 99 and do Electromagnetic Spectrum Worksheet
5
Thursday
Lesson 10- spectra Scopes
6
Friday
Finish lab and write reflection over lab and read pg 114-115
9
Monday
Parts of the Eye
10
Tuesday
Optic lab with Dr. Repsher
11
Wednesday
Dopey Lab
12
Thursday
Finish Dopey Lab and Discuss using powerpoint
13
Friday
Parts of Eye Quiz/ Why objects look colored
16
Monday
No school
17
Tuesday
Detecting Danger Reading. Paragraph about benefits and drawbacks to airport security scanners
18
Wednesday
Lesson 12- Additive Color mixing/ comparing to Subtractive Color mixing/ simulations
19
Thursday
Lesson 14 Introduction- Fun with Mirrors
20
Friday
Sub- Reading
23
Monday
Lesson 14.2 and 14.3
24
Tuesday
Notes over lesson 14
25
Wednesday
Lesson 15.1 How is light Reflected
26
Thursday
Notes over lesson 15 Read pg 159-161
27
Friday
Lesson 16 Bending Mirrors
30
Monday
Differences between concave and convex mirrors
31
Tuesday
Lesson 17- Refraction
February 2012
1
Wednesday
Notes over Lesson 17
2
Thursday
Lesson 18- Convex and Concave lenses
3
Friday
Review Lenses
6
Monday
Fiber Optics and Review for Final Light Test
7
Tuesday
More Review
8
Wednesday
Final Light Test
9
Thursday
Finsih Light Test
10
Friday
Go over Light test Results
13
Monday
Snow Day
14
Tuesday
Introduce Sound with Activities, Reading pg 4-7 and worksheet
15
Wednesday
Set up wobbly Ruler Lab
16
Thursday
Carry out Wobbly Ruler lab and write conclusion
17
Friday
Lab- how sound moves through different mediums
20
Monday
No school- teacher -inservice
21
Tuesday
Sound Notes and PowerPoint
22
Wednesday
More Sound Notes
23
Thursday
Sound Review
24
Friday
Sound test
27
Monday
Review of Energy
28
Tuesday
Lab 2: Making a Battery
29
Wednesday
Lab 3: Rechargeable Batteries
March 2012
1
Thursday
Reading about batteries and completed worksheet in class
2
Friday
Lesson 4: parts of an experiment and graphing
3
Saturday
5
Monday
Review of Types of Energy and practice energy transformations
6
Tuesday
IPAD lab: Webquest over Renewable and Non-renewable resources
7
Wednesday
Finish Webquest; Discuss findings and do Wkst
8
Thursday
Review for Quiz
9
Friday
Energy Quiz
12
Monday
Discuss Forces: Attractive Force or Repulsive Force, Electric Charge Reading
13
Tuesday
Static Mania lab
14
Wednesday
Use Vandengraff to demonstrate static discharge
15
Thursday
Go to Library for Static Simulation
16
Friday
No school; Spring Break from March 17th thru March 23rd
26
Monday
Review Static Electricity, Start Magnetism Lab
27
Tuesday
Finish Magnetism Lab, Introduce Current Electricity:Predict on Lab "Light up and"
28
Wednesday
Test predicts on "Light up and" lab
29
Thursday
Lab over conductors and insulators
30
Friday
Simulations over conductors and insulators
April 2012
2
Monday
Series or parallel Ciruits Lab
3
Tuesday
MAP Testing
4
Wednesday
MAP Testing
5
Thursday
MAP Testing
6
Friday
No School- Good Friday
9
Monday
No School for students
10
Tuesday
Review for Electricity Test using studyguide
11
Wednesday
Electricity Test
12
Thursday
Forces lab- Balanced or Unbalanced Forces
13
Friday
Friction Lab- Types of friction
16
Monday
Lever Lab --library simulation
17
Tuesday
Inclined plane lab- library simulation
18
Wednesday
pulley lab- library simulation
19
Thursday
work practice
20
Friday
Designing a machine
23
Monday
Finish Machine designs
24
Tuesday
Notes and more work
25
Wednesday
Review for Machines Test
26
Thursday
Machines Test
27
Friday
Types of Motion
30
Monday
Library Forces and Motion Simulations
May 2012
1
Tuesday
Fan Car Lab
2
Wednesday
Fan Car Lab
3
Thursday
Roller Coasters
4
Friday
Roller Coasters
7
Monday
Roller Coasters
8
Tuesday
Roller Coasters
9
Wednesday
Evaluating Designs of Roller Coasters
10
Thursday
Review for EMM test
11
Friday
EMM Test
14
Monday
Library Rollercoaster simulations
15
Tuesday
Library Rollercoaster simulations
16
Wednesday
Review for Final
17
Thursday
Final Exam
18
Friday
last day- Roller coaster madness