The Big Ideas for the Entire Year:
* Science Inquiry (AKA Experiments)
*How the Earth changes
Mon Test April 11 - Earth, Moon, and Sun blank study guide here completed study guide here and Quizlet here
Older content is found at the bottom of the page
**Groovy list of science websites
**NASA fun
5/20 - Review air pressure, composition, and atmospheric layers
5/13 - 5/17 - Atmosphere and begin weather
5/6-5/10 - Rockets, Launch, and template
5/3 - Complete benchmark
5/2 - 5th, 4th, and 6th hour - complete templates, read section about Space Race, complete Space Race packet, begin personal project
5/1 - Begin benchmark - early release day
4/30 - 2nd, 3rd, and 4th hour - complete templates, read section about Space Race, complete Space Race packet, begin personal project
4/29 - 1st, 2nd, 3rd hour - complete templates, read section about Space Race, complete Space Race packet, begin personal project
4 /24 - 4/26 - Crater Lab with template
4/23 - Review, start looking at Stars
notes
Find your weight on other planets - https://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/
Sun 101 | National Geographic
STARS | The Dr. Binocs Show | Best Educational Videos for Kids | Peekaboo Kids
Launchpad: The Life Cycle of a Star
The life cycle of a neutron star - David Lunney
4/18 - Our solar system in scale - moon and Earth demonstration, Solar System tape demonstration
video - Watch This Guy Build a Massive Solar System in the Desert | Short Film Showcase
video - VFX Artist Reveals the True Scale of the Universe
video - Astronauts Answer 50 of the Most Googled Space Questions | WIRED
video - How Long You Can Survive On Each Planet
**** Calculate the size and distance of any planet - http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/solar_system/
4/17 - We shared our interesting facts found yesterday.
4/16 - Planet exploration - notes
helpful websites -https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/menu/solar-system/
https://www.bobthealien.co.uk/
4/15 - How did the solar system form?
Formation of solar system - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRZYMimUET8
How the universe works - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sMRR53HE9g&t=637s
Will the moon ever leave us?
4/12 - Solar system introduction
I Can checklist and discuss topic interests
video - Outer Space:'We are the Planets,"The Solar System Song by StoryBots
video - Solar System 101 - National Geographic
4/11 - Test
4/10 - Early Release - Study Games
4/9 - Time given to work on study guide. Review. What is our moon like? How did it form?
Moon notes
video - How were the Moon's Craters & Maria Formed?
video - Astronauts falling on the Moon
video - What would it be like to live on the moon?
4/8 -Time given to work on study guide. ****Added tides to study guide on back page
Review. Find the shadow. Tomorrow we'll look at how it changes throughout the day.
4/5 - Finish Oreo demo , Moon phase flashcards. Tides.
video - The Tides minutephysics
video - Does The Moon Really Control The Tides?
4/4 - Moon phases, eclipse, and tides, oh my! Made models with balls and flashlights, some got to Oreo demo
video - Explaining Lunar Eclipses and the SUPER BLOOD MOON!
video - Why a total solar eclipse is such a big deal
4/3 - STUDY GUIDE PASSED OUT
Moon phases -notes
video- NSTA moon phases demonstration
video - BrainPOP moon phases
video - Mr. Lee's moon rap
image of current moon
mnemonic device for remembering moon phases
4/1 - 2nd and 6th hour - gravity and inertia, all others review using Discovery Ed and begin discussing moon phases
3/29 - Discipline Reviews and Class party 2nd and 6th hour - others read about gravity and inertia and practice with Phet simulation then practice packet
3/28 - notes - solstice and equinox
video - solstice and equinox 3D
check in comprehension sheet
peek into gravity with Phet simulator if finished early
3/27 Continue notes (vocabulary foldable) and explanation - day and night, year, and seasons
practice packet
copy of book section
3/26 Space begins!!!! Rotation vs. Revolution
video - Seasons and the Sun
video - Reasons for the Seasons
3/22 and 3/25 - Complete personal project
3/21 - Review, Evolution, and begin project
video - What is Evolution?
video - Myths and Misconceptions about Evolution
Project - scoring guide, planner, blank template
3/20 - Complete notes
video - How do we know the age of Earth?
video - Quick Overview of Geologic Time Scale
3/19 - Continue notes & index fossil puzzle
video - How to date a planet
3/18 - Big time chunk names(eons) and layers in the Earth with fossils
video - Brief History of Geologic Time
video - Earth's entire history on a football field
video - Time
Begin notes -
Matching powerpoint
3/8 - 3/17 - Have an amazing time!!! Surprise if you bring back a picture or evidence of one of our vocabulary words from this year (like the photograph I showed you of weathering that I took when I went out to lunch a couple months ago ;)
3/7 - Make fossil models
3/6 - Fossil packet
3/5 - Fossils - Notes, Examples, and Video
3/4 - Introduce Geologic Time Scale - kids make a timeline of their lives
video - History of the Earth
Click the buttons below to learn more about each section. Feel free to look ahead. The vocabulary words are listed, as well as websites to visit, and any extra supplies that may be needed for that unit.
**Lava in pool video for Gabriel - www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIETUy5N3x4
** Awesome fossil game
**interactive geologic timeline
** geologic time scale game
Test date March 1. Study guide here. Completed study guide here. Quizlet :)
3/1 - Test
2/28 - Rock review lock boxes
2/27 - Review Games
2/25 - 2/26 Personal Project (scoring guide - all vocab needs to be used whether one makes a comic or any other type of project) * blank comic strip here, comic ideas here, other project ideas here
2/22 - Rock cycle game and catch up or start personal project
2/21 - Rock cycle notes and edible rock cycle
2/20 - Metamorphic notes and practice
2/19 - Check in (miniquiz) and begin metamorphic rocks
2/18 - President's Day - No school
2/15 - Grade packet from yesterday. Complete vocabulary foldables. Homework if not complete.
2/14 - Sedimentary review packet, picture notes, and breathtakingly awesome demonstration
2/13 - Sedimentary rocks video, notes and practice. Time to work on study guide at the end of class.
2/12 -Review igneous rocks and begin discussing sedimentary rocks - video
2/11 - Igneous Rock Pancake Lab
2/8 - Igneous notes
2/7 Review packet of classification of rocks, grade it, volcano video
2/6 Early release - Read section Classifying Rock and observe different types of rocks
2/5 Benchmark
2/4 Complete template independently
2/1 - Complete Viscosity Lab and review
1/31 - COLD DAY - no school :)
1/30 - COLD DAY - no school :)
1/29 - Finish template and begin Viscosity Lab
1/28 - Pumpkin scenario and template
Test date January 24. Study guide here. Completed study guide here. QUIZLET :)
1/25 Wrap up, discipline review, locker clean out, team party
1/24 - Test
1/23 - Review for test
1/22 - One Day Mineral Personal Project
1/21 - Martin Luther King Jr Day - No school
1/18 - Grade old work. Review. Videos.
Video - Why is all sand the same? (test question - quartz found in sand makes electronics)
Video - What's the Deepest Hole We Can Dig? (examples of open-pit and shaft mines)
Video - Mining (background, history, and smelting)
Video - World's biggest mine... (effects of coal and mining)
Video - Deadly Crystal Cave (Naica Mine)
1/17 - Catch up day. Complete study guide and all old work.
1/16 - Read section and then answer questions in the packet.
1/15 - Completed 10,12,16,18, and 19 on the study guide. Set up solutions to make mineral crystals. Completed review packet and started picture notes.
1/14 - Study guide passed out (completed 1 -8). Mini quiz. How minerals form notes and video
1/11 - Identify the mineral lab
1/10 - Add to notes and find mystery minerals on Discovery Education
1/9 - Early release - grade packet
1/8 Mineral notes and explore packet
1/7 - Welcome back!! - Reflection on Google Classroom, Clean out binders. Start MINERALS! Yay!!!
Observe six minerals and match them to a household product
Test 12/19 and 12/20 - study guide here and completed study guide here. This is quizlet practice.
12/21 - 12/6 - No school
12/20 - Test for hours 2,4,6- earthquake-safe building for 1,3,5
12/19 - Test for hours 1,3,5 - earthquake-safe building for 2,4,6
12/18 - Review game and work on project
12/17 - Personal project
12/14 - review packet and begin personal project - We will have time all Monday and half of Tuesday to complete projects. The students do not need to do it for homework and they do not need to spend money on the project!
12/13 - finish notes - after effects, prediction and safety
video - tsunami
video - prediction
video - 2011 tsunami in Japan
video - more in-depth about Japan
12/12 - Find the epicenter using intensity (Mercalli scale)
12/11 - Measuring earthquakes - Moment Magnitude, Richter, and Mercalli scales - magnitude vs. intensity
video - great review
video - magnitude vs. intensity
12/10 -surface waves
video - triangulate the epicenter
video - seismic waves
12/7 - Test Study Guide passed out and triangulate epicenter in class
12/6 - Earthquake review packet
12/5 - Early Release - P and S Wave graph
Video - people waves
Video - use S and P waves to figure out how far away the earthquake is
12/4 - JA Biz Town
12/3 Seismic wave lab
Video - slinky waves
11/30 - Fault types
Video - Faults with blocks
11/29 - Earthquake student-led exploration
11/28 - Earthquakes begin! Stress forces
Notes in Powerpoint
Fill in the blank notes
11/27 - Complete final draft of investigative report for Water Erosion Lab - homework if not completed in class
11/26 - Type draft, peer edit, write final draft of investigative report for Water Erosion Lab
11/21-23 Happy Thanksgiving!
11/20 - share arguments/write investigative report for Water Erosion Lab
11/19 hours 1-3 JA Biz Town prep, other hours - share arguments/begin prewrite for investigative report on Water Erosion Lab
11/16 no school
11/15 Snow Day
11/14 Argument poster for Water Erosion Lab
11/13 Template and Argument Rough Draft for Water Erosion Lab
11/12 Veteran's Day - Celebrations and Template
11/9 - Complete water erosion lab
11/8 - Begin water erosion lab
11/7 = Water erosion lab planning
11/6 - off - vote :)
11/5 - Discipline meeting, locker cleanout, Team party, some lab planning
11/2 - Read about soil and permeability and start planning lab
11/1 - organize binders, pass out packets, begin discussing soil and permeability brief soil intro video and
permeability video
10/31 - complete template independently
10/30 - yesterday continued....
10/29 - Practice analyzing experimental data and apply it to the template
Test date - October 23 - We will complete the study guide as we learn about the subjects. Here is a completed copy. Here's Jeopardy practice
Here is Quizlet.
Click the buttons below for extra practice - we're now in Plate Tectonics.
10/24 - Break out box
10/23 Test
10/22 - Review for test tomorrow
10/19 Complete notes and make boundaries with sandwich cookies - video with cookies at each step
10/18 Benchmark Assessment (Progress Check)
10/17 - Review, notes, video 1, video 2
10/16 - Fill out study guide, mini-quiz over continental drift and seafloor spreading, and introduction to three boundary types (ask to see the dance moves - Convergent Together clap Divergent Apart clap, Transform Slide....)
10/11 - Students made seafloor spreading model
10/10 - Seafloor Spreading video, toilet paper roll demo done in class, notes, practice
10/9 - Catch up on Warm ups to # 7 and Drifting continents packet, start Seafloor Spreading Bill Nye video
Video - Another look at convection currents from the inside
Video - past supercontinents
10/8 Videos, Notes, Study Guide, Videos
Alfred Wegener Story Video
Continental Drift Pop Up Book Video
Continental Drift Rap
Continental Drift Rock
10/5 - Continental Drift Puzzle
10/4 Review and mini quiz. Study guides handed out.
10/3 Early Release - Grade cut out matching, convection current notes
10/2 Convection Current Lab
Convection Coloring practice
10/1 Happy October :) Heat transfer notes and practice - cut out matching is homework for all classes other than 1st hour if not completed in class.
First practice attempted and then graded together.
Cut out and match that was homework if not completed in class.
9/28 Heat Transfer Popcorn Lab intro
with notes
9/27 Complete model
9/26 Application packet and then apply to model
9/25 - Continue notes, Color layers of Earth
9/24 Introduction to the interior of Earth :)
intro
notes
How deep can we dig? video
Seismic waves as indirect evidence
9/21 - lab and template
9/20 Begin adding Spaghetti Lab data to template
9/19 - Spaghetti Lab
9/18 - Go over test, organize binder, begin looking at Discovery Education - Kids may retake test during any lunch
9/17 - Variable Superhero (Due Friday)
9/14 - Quiz - STUDY GUIDE and STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE
9/13 - Independent and dependent notes and practice
Mythbusters variable videos
9/12 - Finish study guide
9/11 - Density Lab
Extra density practice
9/10 - Density
Density is the amount of mass in a given volume
9/7 - 1st hour - Fundraiser Introduction. Every other hour - the students were given their grades and given time to work on their study guides
9/6 Volume of irregular solids - process = displacement (total volume minus initial volume = volume of object), tool = graduated cylinder, units = mL (milliliters)
9/5 - Volume with regular objects - length x width x height, tool = ruler, units = cm3 (the 3 should be superscript so it's centimeters cubed or cubic centimeters)
9/4 - Volume Lab (liquids) - tools= graduated cylinders or beakers, unit = mL (milliliter)
- Volume is the amount of space something takes up
- Meniscus song
8/31 - Mass Lab - tool = scale, units = grams
- Mass is the amount of matter in an object
8/30 - Length practice continued,
8/29 - Measurement Day 1, Coloring Mass Notes, Measurement Notes
8/28 - Footprints continued. Story due Friday.
8/27 - Examine fossilized footprints to make inferences about the past - we're using an alternate assignment, but the idea is the same as here
8/24 - Observation vs. Inference vs. Prediction
8/23 - Continue grading template as warm up and begin observation notes
8/22 - Begin grading template - log onto Google Classroom - student brought home login information for parents
* Family welcome form
8/21 - Pretest - Inquiry template
8/20 - Fishy Fortune - observations and inferences
8/17 Pretest - Benchmark
8/16 Procedures and begin Growth Mindset Booklet - due 8/24
* Behavior card procedure - The classroom rules are posted on the board. In my class, first the students receive one verbal warning, second offence in a day receives a reflection worksheet, then if behavior continues, the card is marked.
8/15 Welcome back!! Introductions and expectations
My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.
-Anais Nin
** Awesome fossil game
**interactive geologic timeline
** geologic time scale game
Test date March 1. Study guide here. Completed study guide here. Quizlet :)
3/1 - Test
2/28 - Rock review lock boxes
2/27 - Review Games
2/25 - 2/26 Personal Project (scoring guide - all vocab needs to be used whether one makes a comic or any other type of project) * blank comic strip here, comic ideas here, other project ideas here
2/22 - Rock cycle game and catch up or start personal project
2/21 - Rock cycle notes and edible rock cycle
2/20 - Metamorphic notes and practice
2/19 - Check in (miniquiz) and begin metamorphic rocks
2/18 - President's Day - No school
2/15 - Grade packet from yesterday. Complete vocabulary foldables. Homework if not complete.
2/14 - Sedimentary review packet, picture notes, and breathtakingly awesome demonstration
2/13 - Sedimentary rocks video, notes and practice. Time to work on study guide at the end of class.
2/12 -Review igneous rocks and begin discussing sedimentary rocks - video
2/11 - Igneous Rock Pancake Lab
2/8 - Igneous notes
2/7 Review packet of classification of rocks, grade it, volcano video
2/6 Early release - Read section Classifying Rock and observe different types of rocks
2/5 Benchmark
2/4 Complete template independently
2/1 - Complete Viscosity Lab and review
1/31 - COLD DAY - no school :)
1/30 - COLD DAY - no school :)
1/29 - Finish template and begin Viscosity Lab
1/28 - Pumpkin scenario and template
Test date January 24. Study guide here. Completed study guide here. QUIZLET :)
1/25 Wrap up, discipline review, locker clean out, team party
1/24 - Test
1/23 - Review for test
1/22 - One Day Mineral Personal Project
1/21 - Martin Luther King Jr Day - No school
1/18 - Grade old work. Review. Videos.
Video - Why is all sand the same? (test question - quartz found in sand makes electronics)
Video - What's the Deepest Hole We Can Dig? (examples of open-pit and shaft mines)
Video - Mining (background, history, and smelting)
Video - World's biggest mine... (effects of coal and mining)
Video - Deadly Crystal Cave (Naica Mine)
1/17 - Catch up day. Complete study guide and all old work.
1/16 - Read section and then answer questions in the packet.
1/15 - Completed 10,12,16,18, and 19 on the study guide. Set up solutions to make mineral crystals. Completed review packet and started picture notes.
1/14 - Study guide passed out (completed 1 -8). Mini quiz. How minerals form notes and video
1/11 - Identify the mineral lab
1/10 - Add to notes and find mystery minerals on Discovery Education
1/9 - Early release - grade packet
1/8 Mineral notes and explore packet
1/7 - Welcome back!! - Reflection on Google Classroom, Clean out binders. Start MINERALS! Yay!!!
Observe six minerals and match them to a household product
Test 12/19 and 12/20 - study guide here and completed study guide here. This is quizlet practice.
12/21 - 12/6 - No school
12/20 - Test for hours 2,4,6- earthquake-safe building for 1,3,5
12/19 - Test for hours 1,3,5 - earthquake-safe building for 2,4,6
12/18 - Review game and work on project
12/17 - Personal project
12/14 - review packet and begin personal project - We will have time all Monday and half of Tuesday to complete projects. The students do not need to do it for homework and they do not need to spend money on the project!
12/13 - finish notes - after effects, prediction and safety
video - tsunami
video - prediction
video - 2011 tsunami in Japan
video - more in-depth about Japan
12/12 - Find the epicenter using intensity (Mercalli scale)
12/11 - Measuring earthquakes - Moment Magnitude, Richter, and Mercalli scales - magnitude vs. intensity
video - great review
video - magnitude vs. intensity
12/10 -surface waves
video - triangulate the epicenter
video - seismic waves
12/7 - Test Study Guide passed out and triangulate epicenter in class
12/6 - Earthquake review packet
12/5 - Early Release - P and S Wave graph
Video - people waves
Video - use S and P waves to figure out how far away the earthquake is
12/4 - JA Biz Town
12/3 Seismic wave lab
Video - slinky waves
11/30 - Fault types
Video - Faults with blocks
11/29 - Earthquake student-led exploration
11/28 - Earthquakes begin! Stress forces
Notes in Powerpoint
Fill in the blank notes
11/27 - Complete final draft of investigative report for Water Erosion Lab - homework if not completed in class
11/26 - Type draft, peer edit, write final draft of investigative report for Water Erosion Lab
11/21-23 Happy Thanksgiving!
11/20 - share arguments/write investigative report for Water Erosion Lab
11/19 hours 1-3 JA Biz Town prep, other hours - share arguments/begin prewrite for investigative report on Water Erosion Lab
11/16 no school
11/15 Snow Day
11/14 Argument poster for Water Erosion Lab
11/13 Template and Argument Rough Draft for Water Erosion Lab
11/12 Veteran's Day - Celebrations and Template
11/9 - Complete water erosion lab
11/8 - Begin water erosion lab
11/7 = Water erosion lab planning
11/6 - off - vote :)
11/5 - Discipline meeting, locker cleanout, Team party, some lab planning
11/2 - Read about soil and permeability and start planning lab
11/1 - organize binders, pass out packets, begin discussing soil and permeability brief soil intro video and
permeability video
10/31 - complete template independently
10/30 - yesterday continued....
10/29 - Practice analyzing experimental data and apply it to the template
Test date - October 23 - We will complete the study guide as we learn about the subjects. Here is a completed copy. Here's Jeopardy practice
Here is Quizlet.
Click the buttons below for extra practice - we're now in Plate Tectonics.
10/24 - Break out box
10/23 Test
10/22 - Review for test tomorrow
10/19 Complete notes and make boundaries with sandwich cookies - video with cookies at each step
10/18 Benchmark Assessment (Progress Check)
10/17 - Review, notes, video 1, video 2
10/16 - Fill out study guide, mini-quiz over continental drift and seafloor spreading, and introduction to three boundary types (ask to see the dance moves - Convergent Together clap Divergent Apart clap, Transform Slide....)
10/11 - Students made seafloor spreading model
10/10 - Seafloor Spreading video, toilet paper roll demo done in class, notes, practice
10/9 - Catch up on Warm ups to # 7 and Drifting continents packet, start Seafloor Spreading Bill Nye video
Video - Another look at convection currents from the inside
Video - past supercontinents
10/8 Videos, Notes, Study Guide, Videos
Alfred Wegener Story Video
Continental Drift Pop Up Book Video
Continental Drift Rap
Continental Drift Rock
10/5 - Continental Drift Puzzle
10/4 Review and mini quiz. Study guides handed out.
10/3 Early Release - Grade cut out matching, convection current notes
10/2 Convection Current Lab
Convection Coloring practice
10/1 Happy October :) Heat transfer notes and practice - cut out matching is homework for all classes other than 1st hour if not completed in class.
First practice attempted and then graded together.
Cut out and match that was homework if not completed in class.
9/28 Heat Transfer Popcorn Lab intro
with notes
9/27 Complete model
9/26 Application packet and then apply to model
9/25 - Continue notes, Color layers of Earth
9/24 Introduction to the interior of Earth :)
intro
notes
How deep can we dig? video
Seismic waves as indirect evidence
9/21 - lab and template
9/20 Begin adding Spaghetti Lab data to template
9/19 - Spaghetti Lab
9/18 - Go over test, organize binder, begin looking at Discovery Education - Kids may retake test during any lunch
9/17 - Variable Superhero (Due Friday)
9/14 - Quiz - STUDY GUIDE and STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE
9/13 - Independent and dependent notes and practice
Mythbusters variable videos
9/12 - Finish study guide
9/11 - Density Lab
Extra density practice
9/10 - Density
Density is the amount of mass in a given volume
9/7 - 1st hour - Fundraiser Introduction. Every other hour - the students were given their grades and given time to work on their study guides
9/6 Volume of irregular solids - process = displacement (total volume minus initial volume = volume of object), tool = graduated cylinder, units = mL (milliliters)
9/5 - Volume with regular objects - length x width x height, tool = ruler, units = cm3 (the 3 should be superscript so it's centimeters cubed or cubic centimeters)
9/4 - Volume Lab (liquids) - tools= graduated cylinders or beakers, unit = mL (milliliter)
- Volume is the amount of space something takes up
- Meniscus song
8/31 - Mass Lab - tool = scale, units = grams
- Mass is the amount of matter in an object
8/30 - Length practice continued,
8/29 - Measurement Day 1, Coloring Mass Notes, Measurement Notes
8/28 - Footprints continued. Story due Friday.
8/27 - Examine fossilized footprints to make inferences about the past - we're using an alternate assignment, but the idea is the same as here
8/24 - Observation vs. Inference vs. Prediction
8/23 - Continue grading template as warm up and begin observation notes
8/22 - Begin grading template - log onto Google Classroom - student brought home login information for parents
* Family welcome form
8/21 - Pretest - Inquiry template
8/20 - Fishy Fortune - observations and inferences
8/17 Pretest - Benchmark
8/16 Procedures and begin Growth Mindset Booklet - due 8/24
* Behavior card procedure - The classroom rules are posted on the board. In my class, first the students receive one verbal warning, second offence in a day receives a reflection worksheet, then if behavior continues, the card is marked.
8/15 Welcome back!! Introductions and expectations
My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.
-Anais Nin