Below is a brief outline of what we are learning each day during the week. As always, things may change during the week. If you have questions please ask!
December 31 - January 4 Monday: No School Tuesday: No School Wednesday: Characteristics of Living Things Notes Thursday: Single Celled vs Multi-celled Organisms Notes Friday: Prokaryotic vs Eukaryotic Notes December 17 - December 21 Monday: Interpreting Weather Data Quiz Tuesday: Worst Hurricanes in History Video Wednesday: Storms Research Thursday: Storms Brochure Friday: Storms Presentations
December 10 - December 14 Monday: Water Cycle Scavenger Hunt, Weather Instruments Jigsaw, and Water Cycle Complex Text Tuesday: Stations: Global Winds worksheet, quizlet, air masses puzzle, water cycle and global winds task cards Wednesday: Atmosphere and Water Cycle Test Thursday: Relative Humidity and Weather Forecasting Webquest Friday: Isobars and Isotherms Practice and Interpreting Weather Data Quiz
December 3 - December 7 Monday: Joplin Tornado Video - Intro to Storms Tuesday: Storms Flipbook - Research on Hurricanes, Tornadoes, and Thunderstorms Wednesday: Finish Flipbook and Meteorology Book - Intro to Meteorology Thursday: Winds Webquest - Research on Global Winds, Local Winds, and Convection Currents Friday: Station work - review of the water cycle, fronts practice, storm safety, and wind practice
November 26 - November 30 Monday: Fronts and Air Masses Jigsaw Tuesday: Fronts and Air Masses Webquest Wednesday: Fronts and Air Masses Review Thursday: Fronts and Air Masses Test Friday: Meteorology Tools
October 1 - October 5 Monday: Introduction to Meteorology Tuesday: Hurricane Harvey and Surviving Lightning Wednesday: Why do we study weather? Severe weather vs natural disasters Thursday: Gases in the Atmosphere Friday: Layers of the Atmosphere
September 24 - September 28 Monday: Review of Forces Unit Tuesday: Forces Test Wednesday: Introduction to Simple Machines Thursday: Simple Machines Quiz and Electricity Introduction Friday: Electrical Circuits
September 17 - September 22 Monday: No School Tuesday: Forces introductory Webquest Wednesday: Introduction to Balanced and Unbalanced Forces Reading Thursday: Balanced and Unbalanced Forces Notes Friday: Balanced and Unbalanced Forces Stations Saturday: Recapping Forces
September 10 - September 14 Monday: Motion Graph Reading and Questions and Average Speed Notes Tuesday: Speed Practice Problems and Motion Review Wednesday: Motion Test Thursday: Balanced and Unbalanced Forces Notes Friday: Balanced and Unbalanced Forces Stations
September 3 - September 7 Monday: No School Tuesday: Newton's Laws Video and Isaac Newton Reading Wednesday: Motion Graph Notes in Notebook Thursday: Newton's Law Webquest (two of the links dont work so skip #4 but still do the true false) Friday: Motion Graph Stations
August 20 - August 24 Monday: Review of Social Expectations & Literacy - Energy Transfer Reading Tuesday: Stations - Energy Transfer Foldable, Mechanical Energy Mini-Lesson with Teacher, and Independent Reading Wednesday: Stations - Energy Transfer hands on, Finish Mechanical Energy Packet, and PE/KE Task Cards Thursday: Games - Energy Transfer Task Card Game and Quizizz Friday: Test - Potential and Kinetic Energy Test
July 23 - July 26 Monday: Building Background - Potential and Kinetic Energy Guided Notes Tuesday: Types of Potential and Kinetic Energy Foldable Wednesday: Introduction to Energy Transfer Thursday: Energy Transformations Practice Friday: Tracked Out - No School
July 16 - July 20 Monday: Lab Safety Stations Day 1, Expectations of Stations, and Class Jobs Tuesday: Lab Safety Stations Day 2 and Class Jobs Wednesday: Finishing Up Lab Safety Stations Thursday: Review of Science Safety Contract and Lab Safety Quiz Friday: Review of Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy Sources
July 9 - July 13 Monday: About me, Class Expectations and Procedures Tuesday: About me, Class Expectations and Procedures Wednesday: "The Name Jar" Read Aloud Thursday: Expectations and Procedures, "There" Read Aloud, and Goal Setting Activity Friday: Expectations and Procedures, "Emmanuel's Dream" Read Aloud, and Growth Mindset Activity