Homework


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||~ Block 2 Projects: @http://mrsstellingsblock2projects.blogspot.com/ Block 3 Projects: @http://mrsstellingsblock3projects.blogspot.com/ Block 7 Projects: @http://mrsstellingsblock7projects.blogspot.com/ Block 8 Projects: @http://mrsstellingsblock8projects.blogspot.com/ ||~  ||~   ||~   ||~   || Prepare for the Squid Dissection Discuss adaptations the squid has that we expect to see during the dissection tomorrow HW: Be prepared to dissect - wear closed-toe shoes and appropriate clothing || In Class: Squid Dissection! HW - None || In Class: Viewing slide shows from our projects that were due just before TCAP Use links above to access your class projects HW: None || In Class: Viewing slide shows from our projects that were due just before TCAP Use links above to access your class projects HW: None || In Class: Viewing slide shows from our projects that were due just before TCAP Use links above to access your class projects HW: None || Graphing Mini-Unit No Homework || In Class: More graphing practice for TCAP NO Homework || TCAP/CSAPNo Homework || TCAP/CSAPNo Homework || TCAP/CSAPNo Homework || Work on EasyBib for your slide show. Also: Homework: Work on your slide show project! || **In Class:** Homework: Finish slide show project! || In Class: Your project is due today!! You should be done with it when you come to class. Homework : None || In Class: Video: The Science Behind Migrations by National Geographic HW: None || No School! || Work on slides 1 - 6. Cross check partner work by looking at slides others in your group have created. Look for spelling, editorial errors, typos, etc. Make sure the slide has all the qualities you want for you project. Homework: None || In Class: Slides 7 & 8 Homework: Keep caught up on the project || In Class: Slides 9 & 10 Students who are advanced should be adding extra elements to their slides to show "going above and beyond" the basic requirements. Talk to me about this, as you have questions. Homework: Work on the project, as needed || In Class: Venn Diagram - compare and contrast two biomes from last week's reading and notes (Thursday and Friday) Assign Google Docs Presentation Project Homework: Start thinking about what organism you are going to study for your project || In Class: Narrow your ideas for an organism down to your top three. Do preliminary research on each on the computers. Decide (by the end of class) on an organism and a partner with whom you will work. Homework: Begin work on project || In Class: Explain Easy Bib for your bibliography. Goal: Complete Slides 1 and 2 Homework: Work on project || In Class: Goal: Complete Slides 3 and 4 Homework: Work on project || No School Teacher Furlough Day || Finish notes on Succession - pages 34-37 (from Thursday of last week) "The Lorax" part 1 and "The Lorax" part 2 - watch on YouTube. Create a 4-step series of pictures that shows how succession would happen in the area after the Once-ler gives the seed to the child at the end of the story. HW: Finish classwork and study Carbon Cycle and Succession || In Class: Quick Quiz on Carbon Cycle and Succession Biomes - Create a picture using my Google Picture Template of a biome of your choice. Follow directions given on the template. You will have to find the template through your Google Account - see me or a study buddy for help. HW: none || In Class: Finish and share your Google Picture with Mrs. Stelling HW: None || In Class: Read and take notes on the different forest biomes (temperate deciduous forest, coniferous forest, tropical rain forest) Homework: Finish for homework || In Class: Read and take notes on the different land biomes (temperate grassland, savanna, desert, tundra) Homework: Finish for homework || Science Weekly Worksheet - the role of decomposers Review Water Cycle Carbon Cycle - pages 31-32 Homework: Finish notes || In Class: SWW - recap Carbon Cycle Carbon Mini Lab Homework: Study the Carbon Cycle || In Class: SWW Carbon Footprint Activity Homework: Study Carbon Cycle || In Class: SWW - Nitrogen Cycle pr Succession in ecosystems Homework: Study Cycles in Nature || No School - District-Wide Snow DAY! || In Class: Go over review packet for the test (handed out on Friday in class and posted below on this calendar) Homework: Study for the test and bring a silent reading book to class! || In Class: Interactions of Living Things Test Homework: None || In Class: Prepare for our field trip to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science Homework: Bring your lunch, beverage, and a pencil for the field trip tomorrow! If you signed up to get a Powell packed lunch, you will get it in the morning before we leave for the museum! || No Class today -- Field trip to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science!!! || In Class: Return tests from Tuesday Discuss our field trip experience from Thursday || Bill Nye Video on "Food Webs" Complete accompanying notes sheet Homework: None || Parents/Guardians: Interested in chaperoning our trip to DMNS next Thursday, January 26? Contact Mrs. Stelling ASAP! Thank you! IN Class: Blocks 2, 3, 8 - Finish discussion of Bean Activity "Tattered Web" article - looking at an example of how organisms are connected in an ecosystem - complete cause and effect chart. Block 7 - Discuss and debrief Bean Activity Homework: None || Interactions of Living Things Test coming next Tuesday, January 24!! In Class: Read pages 14 - 18 Vocabulary notes Homework: Study for test! || Interactions of Living Things Test coming next Tuesday, January 24!! In Class: Study Guide for the test Homework: Study for test! || SWW - questions about Friday's notes Turn in homework from Friday Read and find definitions for vocabulary, pages 8 - 9 Homework: Study notes and vocabulary for a brief quiz tomorrow in class || In Class: SWW - questions about vocabulary Quiz in class over the interactions of living things National Geographic Series - Red Crab Migration Why do they migrate? What are their cues to migrate? Homework: None || In Class: SWW - abiotic vs. biotic Read pages 10-11 in class Discuss energy game for tomorrow's class (and for Friday for 7th block) Homework: page 7 in the text book - answer question number 4 in complete sentences on a separate piece of paper || In Class: SWW Blocks 2, 3, 8 - Bean Activity - Energy Game Block 7 - "Tattered Web" article - looking at an example of how organisms are connected in an ecosystem - complete cause and effect chart. HW: None || In Class: SWW Blocks 2, 3, 8 - Discussion about Bean Activity - Energy Game - Debrief and learn from playing the game Block 7 - Bean Activity - Energy Game HW - Think about how the game relates to real life situations || Teacher planning day || In Class: Book Checkout - New text books Pass out permission form for DMNS field trip - due by Friday! Wildebeest migration video Homework: DMNS Permission form and check due by Friday || In Class: Wildebeest migration video Sorting it out - activity to learn about how the environment is organized Homework: DMNS Permission form and check due by Friday || In Class: Walkabout - Pretest for Ecology - We are going outside... Dress accordingly! Collect permission forms Homework: DMNS Permission form and check due by Friday || In Class: Read pages 2 - 7 in text. Take notes on Cornell note sheet. Homework: Zoom, Zoom, Zoom paper || Homework: Study for the Test (Wind, Weather, Climate), Wednesday, 12/14/11. Review sheet is due Tuesday! || In Class: Review for the test Go over the review sheet and climate factors sheet Homework: Study for the Test (Wind, Weather, Climate), Wednesday, 12/14/11. || In Class: Test (Wind, Weather, Climate) Collect "The Air Around You" Text Books Homework: None || In Class: Final Grades Binder clean out Homework: None || Have a fantastic and safe winter break!! See you in 2012. NO HOMEWORK!! || Weather Patterns Cornell Notes Homework: Study notes || In Class: Finish notes on dew point Look at weather around the world - comparing dew point to relative humidity Severe Weather intro - pages 47-51 Homework: Study notes || In Class: Severe Weather haiku Homework: Study notes Test over air movement, weather, and climate will be on Wednesday, December 14! || In Class: Introduce climate - brainstorm, look at examples of cities around the world, infer factors that affect the weather of different places HW: Study notes Test over air movement, weather, and climate will be on Wednesday, December 14! || In Class: Climate, p. 66-69 Study/Review packet for Wind, Weather, Climate Test - 12/14/11 - Due by Tuesday, 12/13/11 HW: Study notes, work on review packet Test over air movement, weather, and climate will be on Wednesday, December 14! || Read and take notes on Air Movements, p. 21-25 Homework: None || In Class: Read and take notes on Air Movements, p. 21-25 Homework: None || In Class: Return Quizzes Bill Nye Video "Wind" Homework: Study Air Movements notes || In Class: Weather Factors, p. 36-39 Homework: Study notes || In Class: Pop Quiz - Air Movement Check up Precipitation, p. 42-43 Homework: Study notes || Return Exit Ticket Quiz from Friday Conduction Lab - form hypotheses, run the lab in class Turn in Convection Worksheet Homework: Study for quiz over heat transfer and the water cycle (Friday!) Get grades in planners signed by Wednesday! || In Class: Bill Nye Video on "Water Cycle" Notes for the video Homework: Study for quiz over heat transfer and the water cycle (Friday!) || In Class: Graph and Conclusion for Monday's lab on Conduction Review in class - Power point on heat transfer Homework: Study for quiz over heat transfer and the water cycle (Friday!) || In Class: Review for Friday's quiz Homework: Study for quiz over heat transfer and the water cycle (Friday!) || In Class: Quiz on Heat Transfer and Water Cycle Homework: None! Enjoy your Thanksgiving Holiday! || SWW New Seats Return Atmosphere Quizzes Read and take notes - Radiation, Conduction, Convection - pages 17-19 in text book Homework: Finish Reading and Notes - pages 17-19 || In Class: SWW Homework check Water Cycle - p. 19 Finish reading through page 20 Homework: Section Assessment page 20, # 1 - 4 - Answer questions using complete sentences || In Class: Bill Nye Video "Heat" Homework: Study science notes || In Class: SWW Convection Lab - Do part A Discuss density's role in convection Homework: Study science notes || In Class: SWW Convection Lab - Complete parts B, C and D. Set up for Conduction Lab (Monday) Homework: Convection Worksheet (front and back) || Return written portion of Density Test Bill Nye Video "Atmosphere" Homework: Study notes on atmosphere || In Class: Go over notes in foldable Finish reading: pages 12-15 Ozone demonstration Homework: Study notes - Atmosphere quiz on Friday! || In Class: Atmosphere demonstrations A can in cold water A bigger can in cold water Inside and Out Holding it all in - upside down Review: Video - Atmosphere Card Game Homework: Study notes - Atmosphere quiz on Friday! || In Class: Review for Atmosphere Quiz "Name that Layer" - around the world game Homework: Study notes - Atmosphere quiz on Friday! || In Class: Atmosphere Quiz Homework: None || Jeopardy Review for Density Test (Test is tomorrow!!) Homework: Study for your Density Test! Bring a silent reading book with you to class. || In Class: Density Test Homework: None || In Class: Pretest on Earth's Atmosphere Distribute and Check out __The Air Around You__ textbooks Create notecatcher/foldable for notes on Earth's Atmosphere Homework: none || In Class: Return Density Tests - Reflect on your performance and preparation Read and take notes in Earth's Atmosphere Foldable (notecatcher) pages 6 - 10 Homework: Study notes on Earth's Atmosphere || In Class: Finish notes and reading pages 10 - 11 in the text book. Take notes in Foldable for all remaining layers of the atmosphere. Draw color picture for each layer of the atmosphere on the page of the foldable where you find that layer's name. Homework: Study notes on the atmosphere || Prepare for Temperature and Density Lab Distribute Review Sheet for Test over Density to be 10/25/11 Homework: Wear closed-toe shoes for the lab All students have been invited to get extra help at lunch all week. || In Class: Return quizzes from last Wednesday Run Lab Time to study and ask questions from Review sheet and/or quiz Homework: Study for Density Test All students have been invited to get extra help at lunch all week. || In Class: Blocks 2 & 3 only All classes**:** All students have been invited to get extra help at lunch all week. || In Class: Review for Density Test Go over answers to Study Guide Homework: Study for Density Test (Tuesday, Oct. 25) All students have been invited to get extra help at lunch all week. Review Games: All classes**:** All students have been invited to get extra help at lunch all week.** || SWW Return Saltwater Density Lab Reports Go over the simulation from Friday's class On-Line Density Simulation Click on " Run Now! " No Homework || In Class: SWW Run "Swap and Stack" Density Lab HW Finish lab for homework Study for short density quiz || In Class: Density Quiz Homework: None || ===No School=== || ===No School=== || SWW & turn in the SWW sheet (green) from last week Homework check - bar graph Density of Water Lab Go over results from Friday's lab Homework: None || In Class: SWW Finish Density of Water Lab Complete Graph Homework: Density Questions || In Class: SWW - write conclusion for Water Density Lab & Homework Check Go over graphs from Density of Water and Density of Solids Labs Density Pop Quiz Homework: None || In Class: SWW Saltwater Density Lab Homework: Finish Graph for homework || In Class: Computer Lab: On-Line Density Simulation Click on " Run Now! "Complete the paper: Homework: None || SWW New seats Video on Matter and Density Matter and Density Video Link sign in: pmsstudent password: Powell Video Notes: Homework: None || In Class: SWW Go over notes from video Stacking Mystery Liquids in the Straw and Potato Homework: None || In Class: SWW Density Powerpoint and notes Homework: None || In Class: SWW Learning to use a Triple Beam Balance Activity in class Homework: No Homework || In Class: Density of Solids - Lab using the Triple Beam Balance and finding Density Homework: Finish the Graph (Bar graph) on the back of the lab paper || SWW Graphing Review and Practice Homework: None || In Class: SWW Return Scientific Method Tests - Reflect on your performance Graphing Homework: None || In Class: Video - The scientific method in action -- Real scientists doing real science to answer real scientific questions! No Homework || In Class: SWW Prestest for next unit Oil, Salt, Water Homework: None || In Class: SWW Stacking Liquids - observe, predict, describe results Homework: None || In Class: Finish writing conclusions and putting final touches on Lifesaver Lab III report. Turn these in to the basket. Begin Review for the test (Friday 9/16/11). blocks 3, 7, 8 - Formative Assessment on Scientific Method for review. Homework : Study || In Class: Review Sheet for Scientific Method Test Homework: Study || In Class: Block 2 - Formative Assessment on Scientific Method for review. All classes: Jeopoardy Review Homework: Study || In Class: Go over answers to Formative assessment Review purpose, hypothesis, conclusion writing Review variables Homework: Study for test tomorrow!! || In Class: Scientific Method Test Bring a silent reading book Homework: None || In Class: Lab Report Conclusion writing Title writing - Review Distribute Permission Slips for In-School Field Trip - due Friday 9/9/11 Homework: Return permission slips and $2 || Note: Due to MAP testing schedule, students will have science EITHER Tuesday or Wednesday, but not both. In Class: Lab Report Conclusion writing Title writing - Review Distribute Permission Slips for In-School Field Trip - due Friday 9/9/11 Homework: Return permission slips and $2 || In Class: Set up for Lifesaver Lab III Homework: Permission slip, $2, and anything you need from home to run your lab || In Class: Run Lifesaver Lab III Homework: Start studying for Scientific Method Test - Next Friday || SWW and Homework check Every experiment begins with a question --> Homework: None || In Class: SWW Take notes/Class discussion: Form Hypothesis: Penny and Pipette experiment Homework: || In Class: Scientific Method flow chart Clarify and practice purpose, hypothesis, variables SWW Take notes/Class discussion: Homework: || In Class: Prepare for Lifesaver Lab II Homework: Wear closed-toe shoes || In Class: Run Lifesaver Lab II Homework: None || SWW Safety Quiz Pre-Assessment on Scientific Method Due: CO license plate, Safety Contract HW: None || Classwork: SWW Pre-Assessments ~ Graphing ~ Conclusion Writing We are doing our first lab tomorrow! Be prepared! HW: Wear closed-toe shoes! || Classwork: SWW Lifesaver Lab I Observe Predict Prior Knowledge Homework: None || Classwork: SWW Scientific Method Video and Notes Homework: None || Classwork: SWW and turn it in Testable question vs. Nontestable question Homework: State the Questions (part 2) || Bring a Silent Reading Book to class Memorize Locker Combo Return Slip in Ed-venture packet by Friday $5 for TFK due Friday || In Class: Organize binders and dividers Introduce SWW Learn about Infinite Campus Portal Learn about Powell Website and Mrs. Stelling's Wikispace Homework: None || In Class: SWW Connections Activity in Class Tour the Classroom in class Homework: None || In Class: SWW Safety Talk in class Safety Contract Homework: Return Signed Safety Contract - due Monday || In Class: License Plate Activity Homework: Finish License Plate - due Monday ||
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 * If you have shared your presentation with me**, I have commented on your slides in the "speaker's notes" over to the right side of the slides. Please, read and make adjustments and improvements based on my notes.
 * Put the final touches on your slide show about your organism.**
 * If you have shared your presentation with me**, I have commented on your slides in the "speaker's notes" over to the right side of the slides. Please, read and make adjustments and improvements based on my notes. If you have not shared your project with me, I cannot get into it to make comments! This is why I reminded you several times last week to share with me!
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 * Make sure you have shared your presentation with me! I will be looking at them this weekend and will need access to your work!**
 * Slide 11 - complete in class**
 * Start "EasyBib" (slide 12)**
 * Homework:**
 * Work on the project, as needed** ||
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 * Temperature and Density videos**
 * Hot and Cold Water**
 * Water Density**
 * Coke vs. Diet Coke**
 * Archimedes Article**
 * Finish for homework**
 * Homework: Study for Density Test (Tuesday, October 25)**
 * **http://tinyurl.com/densityrags** **
 * **http://tinyurl.com/densityquiz** ** || In Class: Blocks 7 & 8 only
 * Temperature and Density videos**
 * Hot and Cold Water**
 * Coke vs. Diet Coke**
 * Archimedes Article**
 * Finish for homework**
 * Homework: Study for Density Test (Tuesday, October 25)**
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 * Third Block NO CLASS - ASSEMBLY - NO HOMEWORK**
 * BLOCKS 2, 7, 8:**
 * BLOCKS 2, 7, 8**
 * BLOCK 3:**
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