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.: Calendar...

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Updated February 20, 2012

.: February, 2012

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1/30 - Hurricane Development & Progress
-Hurricane Tracking (FG)
1/31 - Role of oceans in Global Weather Systems
-El Nino vs. La Nina
01 - Demonstrate an Understanding of Weather
-Weather quiz (FG)
-Unit Review due 2/02
02 - Grade & Discuss Unit review (FG)
03 - District required Weather Unit exam (SG)
06 - Weather Unit test analysis
- Intro Lithosphere
07 - Continental Jigsaw & Mapping the ocean floor
08 - Early Release
- Lithosphere vocabulary: Verbal/Visuals (for a booklet)
09 - Sea Floor Spreading mini lab
REG: Earth's Crust (FG)
PAP: Plotting the Evidence (FG)
10 - Plate Tectonics notes
13 - Plate Tectonics notes
14 - Movement of Crustal plates (FG)
- Sea Floor Polarity (FG)
15 - Understanding Tectonics quiz (FG)
16 - 8th to Creekview Trip 9-1:30
- Contour Line Map mini lab (PFG)
- Exploring topography
17 - Practice STAAR-reading

20 - Topographic Maps notes (FG)
21 - Creekview Counselors meet for HS Scheduling


22 - Read & interpret topographic maps
-Construct a mountain & examine landforms mini lab (PFG)
PAP: Rube, final steps due; final videos & report due BY 3/18/12
23 - Mt. Shasta: Making a topo map (PFG)
24 - Explain parts of a topo map & interpret their meaning
27 - Practice Map Creek topo activity (FG)
28 - Lithosphere Performance Assessment (PFG-FG)
29 - Complete, check, & discuss performance assessment
3/01 - Check understanding of topo maps: quiz (FG)
3/02 - Topo/Lithosphere activities
-TEST: Wed., 3/07
3/05 - Lithosphere Unit Review (FG)
3/06 - grade & discuss unit review
3/07 - District required Earth: Lithosphere unit exam (SG)
3/08 - analyze results of lithosphere unit exam
3/09 - Lithosphere reteach as needed
- Intro to Organisms & the Environment

.: January, 2012

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
02 - Student Holiday
- Teacher Workday
03 - 2nd Semester begins
-Notebook Clean out and reorganization
-MAP Testing
04 - Complete MAP Testing & NB Organization
-Weather Article
05 - STAAR Practice testing Sci-AM; SS-PM
06 - Convection of Fluids; Ocean currents
* PAP: Rube steps 5-6 (team 7-9) due
09 - Movement of air & water (FG)
10 - Air Movement QAR (FG)
11 - Interaction of Ocean & Atmosphere research (PFG)
12 - Interaction of Ocean & Atmosphere research/prepare presentation(PFG2)
13 - Complete Interaction of Ocean & Atmosphere prepare/practice presentation (PFG)
16 - MLK
HOLIDAY
17 - Ocean-Atmosphere presentations (SG)
18 - Relationship between Sun, Oceans, & Atmosphere quiz (FG)
19 - Weather Observations & inferences
-Frontal boundaries
20 - Formation of fronts
-predicting weather (FG)
23 - How to use Psychrometers
24 - Psychrometer mini lab (PFG)
-Relative humidity


25 - Forecasting the Weather notes
26 -Tools used to measure & predict the Weather
-Determining the Weather (FG)
27 - Impact of Oceans on Land
-National Highs and Lows (FG)

-Meteorological Foldable (FG)
-Reading a Weather Station
PAP: Rube Steps 1-8 (1-12) due (FG)

30 - Hurricane Development & Progress
-Hurricane Tracking (FG)
31 - Role of oceans in Global Weather Systems
-El Nino vs. La Nina
2/01 - Demonstrate an UNderstanding of Weather
-Weather quiz (FG)
-Unit Review due 2/02
2/02 -Grade & Discuss Unit review (FG)
2/03 - District required Weather Unit exam (SG)

.: December, 2011

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
11/28 - Sun, Moon & Tides
* notes
* CER: Tides (FG)
11/29 - Graph-predict phases & tides
* Moon phase & tides lab activity pt 1 (P-FG)
11/30 - Moon phase & tides lab activity pt II (FG)
01 - Earth & space quiz (FG)
02 - Earth in Space unit review due Mon. 12/5 (FG)
05 - Grade & discuss unit review (FG)
06 - District required Earth in Space Unit Exam (SG)
07 - Earth in Space exam analysis
-Semester Exam Review: Q's 1-16 due 12/08
08 - grade & discuss semester reveiw questions 1-16 (FG)
-Review Q's 17-32 due 12/09
09 - grade & discuss questions 17-32 (FG)
-Review Q's 33-52 due 12/12
12 - grade & discuss questions 33-52 (FG)
-Review Q's 53-67 due 12/12
13 - grade & discuss questions 53-67 (FG)
-Q & A; semester exam discussion
14 - Semester Exams: Periods 1, 2, & 3

-will attend periods 4-5 as well (full day)

15 - Semester Exams: Periods 4 & 5
-Early Release (Noon)
16 - Semester Exams: Periods 6 & 7
-Early Release (Noon)
19 -
Snowman
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30 - BREAK
1/02 - Student Holiday
- Teacher Workday
1/03 - 2nd Semester begins
-Notebook Cleanout and reorganization
1/04 -
1/05 -
1/06 -

.: November, 2011

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
10/31 - Explore the HR Diagram (FG)
1 - Complete star discussion
- Univers quiz II )FG)
2 - Universe unit review due 11/2
3 - grade & discuss universe unit review
4 - District required Universe Unit Exam (SG)
07 - Universe Exam analysis
08 - HS Academy visits
* Space Games
09 - Earth in Space
* PreAssess
* The Moving Earth (P-FG)
10 - Effects of Earth's Orbit
* Seasonal Sun & Day/Night Graph (FG)
11 - Earth's rotation & revolution notes
14 - Earth's Seasons
* Sun Earth survey
* labeling the Seasons (FG)
15 - Demonstrate understanding of the seasons
* Reasons for the Seasons post-assessment (FG)

* Phases of the Moon intro

16 - Model the Phases of the Moon
* Lunar Phase Wheel mini lab
17 - Identify, explain, predict moon phases
* notes
* PAP: Rube pt 2 due (FG)
18 - Identify, explain, predict moon phases
* Mass demo F1/F5
* practice quiz (FG)
21 -

Dancing Turkey

22 -
THANKSGIVING
23 -
HOLIDAY
24 -
BREAK
25 -

Football Turkey

28 - Sun, Moon & Tides
* notes
* CER: Tides (FG)
29 - Graph-predict phases & tides
* Moon phase & tides lab activity pt 1 (P-FG)
30 - Moon phase & tides lab activity pt II (FG)
12/1 - Earth & space quiz (FG)
12/2 - Earth in Space unit review due Mon. 12/5 (FG)

.: October, 2011

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
03 - Speed, velocity, acceleration check (FG)
- Review Inertia: Newton's 1st Law
04 - Explain Newton's 3 laws (notes & demos)
05 - DIfferentiate betwen distance & displacement activity (FG)
06 - MAP Testing
07 - complete MAP testing
- SVA Practice II (FG)
PAP: Intro & Timeline for Rube Goldberg project
10 -

Fair Day Holiday
11 - Intro & begin Mouse Trap Car project: design, plan, draw
12 - Mouse Trap Car project: build (PG)
13 - Mouse Trap Car project: build (PG)
14 - Mouse Trap Car project: build (PG)
- Begin unit review: due 10/18
17 - Mouse Trap Car project: Official race day (FG)
18 - Grade & discuss unit review
19 - District required Force & Motion unit exam (SG)
20 - Force & Motion test analysis
- Complete MTP report (FG) due F 10/21
21 - Univere unit intro
- Understanding the Universe activity
24 - explain and discuss parts of the universe & measureing distances - notes
25 - locate planets in the universe
- Kepler Exoplanet Transit Hunt (FG)
26 - complete Kepler
- Star Size comparisons
27 -Universe quiz I (FG)
- Tools of the Trade notes
28 - Radio Telescopes mini-lab
- The EM Spectrum notes
* PAP: Rube pt 1 due (FG)
31 - Explore the HR Diagram (FG)
11/1 - Complete star discussion
- Univers quiz II )FG)
11/2 - Universe unit review due 11/2
11/3 - grade & discuss universe unit review
11/4 - District required Universe Unit Exam (SG)
.: Aug./Sept., 2011
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
8/22 - BEAR Camp
8/23 - Notebook setup and class rules
-HW read pp. 3,4,8
8/24 - Notebook expectations & Virtual Campus
-Personal Survey
_reread p. 8
8/25 - Safety in Science
- General rules
- Safety Poster (FG)
8/26 - Safety notes
- CbD
- Science is Way Cool (FG)
8/29 - NB Journaling
- Helicopter Lab info and Prep
8/30 - Helicopter Lab testing (PFG)
8/31 - Helicopter Lab: complete graphs, write CbD (final paper due Mon., 9/6 (SG)
1 - Chemistry Intro
- Classifying matter (PG)
2 - Periodic Table intro and notes
5 - Labor Day Holiday
6 - complete PT notes
- Using the Periodic Table (FG)
7 - Periodic Element Project (FG/SG)
8 - PICTURE DAY
- Work on Element Cube
9 - Periodic Table quiz (FG)
- Modeling Atoms
12 - Atoms notes & models
13 - Reading & Using the Periodic Table (FG)
14 - Periodic Table & Atoms quiz (FG)
- Atoms & Molecules
15 - Formulas & Equations in chemistry & notes
16 - Formulas, equations & compounds
- Counting Atoms (FG)
- Balanced or Not? (FG)
19 - Law of Conservation of Mass & Chemical equations
- Conservation of Mass Lab prep
20 - Conservation of Mass Lab (PFG)
- Atoms to Equations quiz (FG)
21 - Evidence of chemical reactions
- Unit Exam Review (FG) [due Th 9/22]
22 - Grade & discuss Unit exam review (FG)
23 - District required Unit Exam (SG)
26 - UNit Exam Analysis & discussion
27 - Slime Lab: Make & Play (PFG)
28 - Intro to Force & Motion (mini-lab)
29 - Speed, Velocity, Acceleration notes
30 - Relating Force & motion to space
- SVA Practice (FG)

 

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