Nov. 22-24: Energy & Ecosystems

This week we'll be discussing energy flow through ecosystems.

Monday - Energy in Ecosystems
Tuesday - Ecology Vocab & Model Notes
Wednesday - Animal Book Research

We will also be having rise and stretch on Wednesday, so students who got less than 75% on the chemistry final will need to retake that test on that day.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

I'm thankful for my job!
I'm thankful for the good days and the good students!
I'm thankful for the times when they make me laugh!
I'm thankful to go home at the end of the day!

Nov. 15-19 : Finishing Chemistry, Animal Research, and Energy!!!

We've done a lot this week!

Monday - Chemistry final review... properties, changes, phases, reactions...
Tuesday - Final Chemistry Exam (40 questions of pure terror!)
Wednesday - New Folder Pages (nope, not new folders, just new insides)
Thursday - Endangered Animal Research (beginning the research project for this term on an endangered species. Students will be working on this in conjunction with English to produce a persuasive essay about whether or not the species they researched is worth protecting.)
Friday - Categorizing Types of Energy (pg7)

Thanks for a fabulous week!

Nov. 8-12: State Testing, Wiki & Chemical Reactions

It's kind of a crazy week with some state testing we have going on... I'm sure the kids can tell you all about it.

Last Friday - (3rd Period) State testing survey and interest inventory. And chemical reaction notes (pg14).
Monday - (4th period) English and math state testing. And chemical reaction notes (pg14).
Tuesday - (5th period) Reading and science state testing. And chemical reaction notes (pg14).
Wednesday - Finish the Wiki day. This is it! The last chance to get this done!
Thursday - Chemical Reactions Review.
Friday - Chemistry Review (Big Test on all things chemistry on Monday)

There we have it. A fun, busy week ahead of us.

Nov. 1-5: Phase Change Graphs & Chemical Reactions

This week we're finishing talking about phase changes and moving on to some specific chemical reactions.

Monday - No school
Tuesday - Discuss phase change graph of water (pg 18)
Wednesday - Review matter notes and phase changes
Thursday - R&S quiz (matter & phase changes) & start chemical reactions

Friday, Monday, and Tuesday are going to be weird days since students will be doing some state testing (EXPLORE). On Friday students will take a survey as part of the test in 3rd period and then will spend the rest of the pod time in 3rd period. On Monday students will take another part of the test and stay in 4th period, and on Tuesday they will stay in 5th period. That way, all students get the testing done, and get about 55min. of class time in each core class (science, history, and English).

In science for those 3 days, students will be finishing the chemical reaction notes and we'll do ... something else... that's totally awesome...