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Welcome to the 2013-14 school year at WMS. In this Explorer Science Blog I will include a brief overview of classroom activities and homework. From time to time this is subject to change. I will plan to update this every week.
April 14-18
Monday: New Seating Chart, Get Seeds for Plant Project, Mt. Everest (Mountain forming processes)
Tuesday: Mt. Everest
Wednesday: Homework: Unit 4 lesson 3 Due Friday
Thursday: Ring of Fire
Friday: Take Home Dragsters, Grade Homework, Unit 4 Lesson 3 Notes
March 24-28
Monday: Rocks and Minerals
Tuesday: Grade Unit 4 Vocabulary t-chart, streak and hardness test of common minerals, Homework: Unit 4 Lesson 1 due Friday 3/28
Wednesday: Notes on Unit 4 Lesson 1
Thursday: Metamorphic and Sedimentary Rock Identification Lab
Friday: Grade Unit 4 Lesson 1 Notes, Review for mid-term next Wednesday 4/2
March 10-14
Monday: Lab on Radiometric Decay, Homework: Unit 5 Lesson 2 Due 3/12
Tuesday: Notes on Unit 5 Lesson 2
Wednesday: Grade Homework, Rift Valley
Thursday: Lab: Modeling the Fossil Record
Friday: Review Labs, Homework: Unit 5 Lesson 3 Due 3/18
February 24-28
Monday: Trimester 2 Science Exam
Tuesday: New Seating Chart, Finish Painting Cars, Put Axles and Wheels on Cars
Wednesday: Draw up Brackets, Set-Up Track, Final Day for Car Modifications
Thursday: Race Day, Calculations
Friday: Review Results from Race, Finish Calculations
February 10-14
Monday: Quiz on Unit 3 Lessons 1 and 2, Review part of Homework Due Tuesday
Tuesday: Grade Homework #'s 6,7,12,14,18-22, and all p.151 , Notes on Unit 3 Lesson 3
Wednesday: Finish Notes on Unit 3 Lesson 3, Homework Due Friday 2/14 p.153-164(#'s 1,5-25) and p. 165 ALL
Thursday: Lab Demonstrating Waves Using Giant Slinkies
Friday: Grade Homework, Review Lab, Notes on Unit 3 Lesson 4, Homework Due Wednesday 2/19 p. 169-178 (#'s 1,3,5,6,10,11,13,15,16,17-21) p. 179 ALL
January 20-24
Monday: Blue-print, Homework: pages 114-119 Due 1/23 (#'s 2 on p. 115, and 1,5,6, Blue-prints due Wednesday
Tuesday: Unit 3 Lesson 1 Notes, Review pages 114-119
Wednesday: Advanced Science Read pages 253-278 by 1/29, Design Blue-prints due Today for a grade
Thursday: Grade page 119, Transfer blue-print to block of wood, Homework due Tuesday 1/28 p. 120-125 #'s 9,11-118, p.125 1-8
Friday: Theory: Relativity, Transfer blue print to block of wood, Binder and Locker clean-out
December 16-20 and January 13-17
Monday 12/16: Quiz on Unit 2 Lesson 3, Homework Due Wednesday p.94-99 #'s 1,2,5,7,10
Tuesday 12/17: Review pages 94-99, GUESS Method solve 5 Force Problems, Dragster Design
Wednesday 12/18: Deadline Graph Redo, Grade p. 99, Unit 2 Lesson 4 Notes
Thursday 12/19: Dragster Design Day
Friday 12/20: Theory: Electromagnetism, Dragster Design Day
Monday 1/13: Review Speed, Acceleration, Force, Homework Due Wednesday p. 100-105 and p. 108-112, Review for Mid-Term on Thursday 1/9
Tuesday 1/14: Review p. 100-105, Review for Mid-Term
Wednesday 1/15: Grade p. 105 and 108-112, Review for Mid-Term
Thursday 1/16: Mid-term
Friday 1/17: Theory: Thermodynamics, Return Mid-Term, Dragster Design Day, Finalized Blue Prints Due 1/22
December 9-13
Monday: Review pages 78-83, Distance-Time and Speed-Time Graphing
Tuesday: Review pages 84-87, Unit 2 Lesson 3 Notes, Graph Analysis Questions, Homework Due Thursday p. 88-91
Wednesday: Grade page 86, Lab: Free Fall
Thursday: Grade page 91, Study Guide for Unit 2 Lesson 3 Quiz
Friday: Theory: Waves, Quiz, Forces involved with dragsters, Design Process page 443
November 25-December 6
Monday 11/25: Grade p. 77, Unit 2 Lesson 1 Notes, In class: Interpreting Graphs pages 68 and 69
Tuesday 11/26: Design Process p. 440-443, Discuss Dragster Project Requirements
Wednesday-Friday 11/27-11/29 No School, Happy Thanksgiving
Monday 12/2: Vocabulary Assignments Unit 2 Key Terms(1 word from each lesson), Unit 2 Lesson 2 Notes
Tuesday 12/3: GUESS Method Solving Acceleration Problems, Graphing (DRY MIX), Distance-Time Graphs
Wednesday 12/4: Periods 2 and 3 Read p. 135-169 by next Wednesday, Speed-Time Graphs
Thursday 12/5: Graphing Analysis Questions, Study Guide for Unit 2 Lessons 1 and 2 Quiz Friday
Friday 12/6: Theory on Waves, Quiz 15 Questions, Homework due Wednesday 12/11 p. 78-87
November 18-22
Monday: Grade p. 61 #12, Review pages 55-61, Complete Pages 62-64 as a class, Homework Due Wednesday p. 65-67
Tuesday: GUESS method to Solve Problems
Wednesday: Grade pages 65-67, Periods 2 and 3 Requirements for final project, Unit 2 Lesson 1 Notes
Thursday: Acceleration, Work on pages 70-73 together, Homework Due Monday 11/25 p. 74-77
Friday: Theory, Unit 6 Lesson 2 Notes, Acceleration Problems
November 11-15
Monday: Locker clean-out, Human Genome
Tuesday: Human Genome
Wednesday: 2nd Trimester Key Points, Kinetic Energy Lesson
Thursday: Design a Windmill Lab
Friday: Laws of Motion, Homework Due Monday 11/18 pages 55-61
November 4-8
Monday: Grade pages 434-438, Sample Questions for Trimester 1 Exam, Study and review confusing questions
Tuesday: Review Game
Wednesday: Trimester 1 Exam, Periods 2 and 3 Read Through Chapter 5 of Alchemy of Air
Thursday: Start Trimester 2, Return Exam and Review Final Grade, New Seating Chart, Human Genome Project
Friday: No School For Students, Professional Development Day for Teachers
October 28-November 1
Monday: Review pages 424-427 Grade #14, Earthworm Dissection Prep
Tuesday: Earthworm Dissection
Wednesday: Grade page 431, Homework Due Monday 11/4 p. 434-438
Thursday: Periods 2 and 3 Alchemy of Air book discussion (Read through Chapter 3), Unit 6 Lesson 5 Notes, Notes for Quiz Friday
Friday: Theory, Unit 6 Lesson 5 Quiz
October 21-25
Monday: Grade page 421, Homework Due Monday 10/28 Pages 424-427
Tuesday: Chemistry Lab: Water...The Universal Solvent, Key Points for Unit 6 Lesson 4 Quiz
Wednesday: Periods 2 and 3 Alchemy of Air Notecard questions from Chapter 1, Unit 4 Lesson 6 Quiz, Homework Due Wednesday 10/30 p. 428-431
Thursday: Fall Break No School
Friday: Fall Break No School
October 14-18
Monday: Review pages 409-415, Plant Cell Lab
Tuesday: Periods 2 and 3 Solar Cooker Analysis Papers Due, Grade p. 412 #9, Review Plant Cell Lab, Homework Due Friday 10/18 p. 416-419
Wednesday: Review pages 416-419, Notes on Unit 6 Lesson 4
Thursday: Eyeball Dissection
Friday: Theory, Review Eyeball Dissection, Grade p. 419, Homework Due Monday 10/21 p. 420-423
October 7-11
Monday: Grade page 401, Dissolve an Egg, Notes Unit 6 Lesson 3, Homework Due Tuesday pages 402 and 403, Homework Due Thursday p. 404 and 405
Tuesday: Grade page 403, Throw away Solar Cookers for periods 2 and 3, Egg Osmosis and Diffusion, Respiration and Photosynthesis, Lab: Plant Cell Slides
Wednesday: Periodic Table of Elements R8 and R9, Lab: Plant Cell
Thursday: Grade page 405, Periods 2 and 3 begin Alchemy of Air, Key Points for Quiz Friday, Lab: Plant Cell Slides
Friday: Theory, Unit 6 Lessons 2 and 3 Quiz, Periods 2 and 3 Reminder: Solar Cooker Paper Due Tuesday
September 30- October 4
Monday: Grade p. 393, Notes Unit 6 Lesson 2, Cell Membrane Demonstration, Homework: pages 394-399 Due Thursday
Tuesday: Periods 2 and 3 Solar Cooker Reflection Day, Lab: Different Types of Cells
Wednesday: Lab: Different Types of Cells, Homework Due Friday pages 400 and 401
Thursday: Grade Pages 398 and 399, Red Blood Cells, White Blood Cells, Bacteria
Friday: Theory, Plant Cells, Homework Due Monday pages 402 and 403, Homework Due Tuesday pages 404 and 405
September 23-27
Monday: 6.1 Checkpoint Practice Quiz, Mid-Term Study guides for Units 1 and 6, Homework Due Friday pages 384-389
Tuesday: Review for Mid-Term
Wednesday: Mid-Term for Trimester 1
Thursday: Return Exam and Review, New Seating Chart, Demonstration on Lipids, sugars, and water (hydrophobic and hydrophilic, review pages 384-389
Friday: Theory, Models of Selectively Permeable and DNA, Grade page 389, Homework Due Monday pages 390-393
September 16-20
Monday: Grade pages 47-50, Unit 6 Key Terms, Homework: pages 374-379 Due Wednesday 9/18
Tuesday: Compare bacteria to animal cells, Homework: pages 374-379 Due Wednesday 9/18
Wednesday: Grade page 377, Cell Theory, Notes on Unit 6 Lesson 1, Homework Due Friday p. 380-383
Thursday: Bacteria and Red Blood Cells, Homework Due Friday pages 380-383
Friday: 2nd and 3rd Period Solar Cookers are Due, Grade p. 383, Unit 6 Mid-term and Final Exam Key Points, Mid-Term is Wednesday 9/25
September 9-13
Monday: Grade page 37, Lab: The Strange Case of Beri-Beri, Examples of Scientific Investigations, Homework: pages 38-41 Due Tuesday, pages 42-42 Due Wednesday
Tuesday: Review pages 38-41, Homework: pages 42-43 Due Wednesday
Wednesday: Grade page 43, Lab: Density, Homework: pages 46-50 Due Monday 9/16
Thursday: Review pages 46-50, Key points for unit 1 Lesson 3 Quiz on Friday, Homework: p. 46-50 due Monday
Friday: Theory, Quiz on Unit 1 Lesson 3, Homework: Due Monday p. 46-50
September 2-6
Monday: No School Labor Day
Tuesday: Handout Unit 1 Review Items, Heart Rate Lab, Unit 1 Lesson 2 Notes, Review 28-30, Homework: p. 28-31 Due Wednesday, p. 32-35 Due Thursday
Wednesday: Grade page 31, Lab: Strange Case of Beri-Beri, Homework: p. 32-35 Due Monday
Thursday: Grade page 35, 5 Percentage Problems, Lab: Strange Case of Beri-Beri, Key Points for Unit 1 Lesson 2 Quiz on Friday, pages 38-41 Due Tuesday
Friday: Theory: Memetics, Quiz on Unit 1 Lesson 2, Homework: p. 36 and 37 Due Monday, p. 38-41 Due Tuesday, pages 42-43 Due Wednesday
August 26-30
Monday: Review pages 18-20, Lab: Planet Forum, Homework: Due Tuesday pages 18-23
Tuesday: Review pages 21-23, Grade page 23, Lab: Planet Forum, Homework: Due Thursday pages 24-27
Wednesday: Review pages 24-25, Homework: Due Thursday pages 24-27
Thursday: Review page 26, Grade page 27, Lab: Heart Rate
Friday: Theory, Periods 1 and 2 have Solar Cooker Plans Due, Lab: Heart Rate, Homework: Due Wednesday 9/4, pages 28-31
August 19-23
Monday: Graphs, Homework: Key Terms Due Tuesday, pages 4-10 Due Wednesday
Tuesday: Review graphs and key terms, Homework: pages 4-10 Due Wednesday, pages 11-15 Due Thursday
Wednesday: 1st and 2nd Period Assign Solar Cooker Project, Notes on Unit 1 Lesson 1, Homework: pages 11-15 Due Thursday
Thursday: Review Key Points for Quiz on Unit 1 Lesson 1 on Friday
Friday: Unit 1 Lesson 1 Quiz, Lab Planet Forum, Homework: pages 18-23 Due Tuesday
