Past+Lesson+Plans

2010-2011 School Year
__** June **__
 * = **Monday 5/30**

Happy Memorial Day!

No School ||= **Tuesday 5/31**

What are Invasive Species?

Nab the Aquatic Invader - Invasive Species of Michigan

Select One Organism to Research and Create Wanted Poster

||= **Wednesday 6/1**

Field Trip to Binder Park Zoo - Explore Organisms and Their Ecosystems ||= **Thursday 6/2**

Complete Wanted Poster for Invasive Species

||= **Friday 6/3**

Study Guide for Exam ||
 * = **Monday 6/6**

Review Study Guide

Exam Review Game ||= **Tuesday 6/7**

Exam Hour 9

Sixth Grade Celebration ||= **Wednesday 6/8**

1/2 Day

Exams Hours 2 & 4 ||= **Thursday 6/9**

1/2 Day

Exams Hours 5 & 8 ||= **Friday 6/10**

1/2 Day

End of Year Carnival ||

__** May **__
 * = **Monday 5/2**

Explore Wolf and Moose Populations on Isle Royale, MI

Graph Population Numbers - Draw Conclusions

Pages 1-3 in Sci. Journal

Isle Royale

Homework : Finish Populations Graph Page 3

Note: Science MAP Test Moved to Next Week ||= **Tuesday 5/3**

Analyze Wolf and Moose Population Graphs

Define Organism, Population, Community, and Ecosystem

View Planet Earth "Fresh Water" Segment (12:30-15:30)

Create Pyramid of Organisms, Populations, Communities, and Ecosystems ||= **Wednesday 5/4**

What's Eating You? Exploration

Observe Food Web of Isle Royale and a Prairie

Identify Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers in Food Webs

Homework: Read Article - Be Prepared to Discuss in Class on __Friday__ ||= **Thursday 5/5**

Into the Forest Food Web Game - What is at the Core of Every Food Web?

Watch Video Segment: The Flow of Energy Through Ecosystems (3:02) Discuss the Flow of Energy Through an Food Web ||= **Friday 5/6**

Discuss Article and Identify the Connection to Vocabulary

Analyze Classroom Ecosystem - Pages 6-7

Draw Food Web of Classroom Ecosystem - Page 10 ||
 * = **Monday 5/9**

Science MAP Prep

Goal Setting ||= **Tuesday 5/10**

Science MAP Test ||= **Wednesday 5/11**

Graphing MAP Results

Introduce Five Causes of an Unbalanced Ecosystem

Read Article on Overpopulation ||= **Thursday 5/12**

Causes of an Unbalanced Ecosystem

Complete Expert Group Section of Article - Create Poster

Add Notes to Page 33 ||= **Friday 5/13**

Causes of an Unbalanced Ecosystem

Climate Time Machine - Discuss Observations

What Has Caused These Changes?

Add to Notes on Page 33 ||
 * = **Monday 5/16**

Habitat Destruction and Resource Depletion

Segment of Planet Earth - Saving Species: Scarce Species

Finish Notes on Page 33 ||= **Tuesday 5/17**

Michigan Endangered Species Aboriginal Art Project - Work Day ||= **Wednesday 5/18**

Predict Changes in a Food Web

Start Ecosystem Concept Map

||= **Thursday 5/19**

Read Pages 11-12

Groups of Two Create Posters Describing Assigned Organism Interaction

HW: Read Two For One Deal Article - Classify Each Organism Interaction

||= **Friday 5/20**

Discuss Article Homework

Present Organism Interaction Posters - Gallery Walk

Add to Ecosystem Concept Map ||
 * = **Monday 5/23**

Discussion of Projects for Exhibition

Discovering Michigan's Ecosystems - Pages 20-21 in Student Journal ||= **Tuesday 5/24**

__ Exhibition Day!!! __

Project Setup and Practice

Exhibition 6-8 p.m. ||= **Wednesday 5/25**

Discovering Michigan's Ecosystems - Complete Pages 20-21 and Share Findings

Complete Concept Web Notes

HW: Study for Quiz! ||= **Thursday 5/26**

Ecosystems Quiz ||= **Friday 5/27**

Michigan's Invasive Species - Read Pages 22-25 in Student Journal - Answer Questions on Pages 26-27 ||

April


 * = ** Monday 4/11 **

Timeline Activity

Pages 36-37 ||= ** Tuesday 4/12 **

Complete Timeline Activity ||= ** Wednesday 4/13 **

Rock Layers Lab and Study Guide

Earth Science Unit

Test Friday

||= ** Thursday 4/14 **

Review Rock Layers Lab and Study Guide ||= ** Friday 4/15 **

Earth Science Unit Test ||
 * = ** Monday 4/18 **

Pure Berrien County Project ||= **Tuesday 4/19**

Pure Berrien County Project ||= ** Wednesday 4/20 **

Pure Berrien County Project ||= ** Thursday 4/21 **

Pure Berrien County Project ||= ** Friday 4/22 **

No School ||
 * = **Monday 4/25**

Pure Berrien Project

Project Presentation ||= **Tuesday 4/26**

Analyze ES2 Test Scores

Students Review Individual Scores ||= **Wednesday 4/27**

Life Science Pre-Test ||= **Thursday 4/28**

Analyze Life Science Test Scores

Review Goal Sheet - Set Goal for Unit



What is an Ecosystem? - Create Concept Map

Homework: Draw and List Parts of Your Observed Ecosystem ||= **Friday 4/29**

Share Observed Ecosystems - Identify Parts as Biotic or Abiotic Factors

Review for MAP Test ||

March


 * = ** Monday 2/28 **

Discuss Earth as a Magnet

Using a Compass

Student Journal Page 15 ||= ** Tuesday 3/1 **

Discuss Student Journal Page 15

Building a Compass

Homework: Student Journal Page 17 ||= ** Wednesday 3/2 **

Discuss Compass Activity and Homework

Expert Groups - Magnet Articles ||= ** Thursday 3/3 **

Vocabulary Note Cards

Clicker Review - Earth as a Magnet

Earth's Magnetic Field Video ||= ** Friday 3/4 **

Home School Partnership

Ecology Presentation ||
 * = **Monday 3/7**

Magnetic Field Quiz

Discussion of Ecology Presentation ||= **Tuesday 3/8**

Read Pages 106-107 and 113-114 in Purple Science Resource Book

Start Fossil Vocabulary ||= **Wednesday 3/9**

Complete Fossil Vocabulary

Introduce "I Can" Statements - Discuss What They Mean and What We Know

Quiz Retake Options - Before or After School Thursday ||= **Thursday 3/10**

Fossils: Putting the Pieces Together Activity

Review Tectonic Plate Movement Site A Site B

Read and Identify Key Information About Fossils

Student Journal Pages 18-26 ||= **Friday 3/11**

Fossils: Putting the Pieces Together Activity (Cont.)

Complete Fossil Dig Based on Age and Location ||
 * = **Monday 3/14**

Discuss Earthquake/Tsunami

in Japan - Connect to

Earth Science

Complete Fossil Dig -

Compare Fossils and

Analyze Data

Homework:

Complete Page 26 in

Student Journal ||= **Tuesday 3/15** Review Homework Page 26

Add Knowledge Gained to Learning Goals - Review "I Can" Statements

Identify Fossils Activity Page 27

Fossil Identification: Site A Site B Site C - Click through the many pages ||= **Wednesday 3/16** Continue Identifying Fossils - Start Writing Story About Fossil Page 28 ||= **Thursday 3/17** Getting into the Fossil Record Site

||= **Friday 3/18** Complete Getting into the Fossil Record Site

Extra Time? Adventures at Dry Creek Fossil Bodies Dino Tech

(Stay **only** on the sites

you have been given -

Please do not select

links within each site) ||
 * = **Monday 3/21**

Getting into the Fossil Record Tear and Share ||= **Tuesday 3/22**

Concept Mapping for Fossil Story

Start Rough Draft

Homework : Rough Draft Due Tomorrow

||= **Wednesday 3/23**

Peer and Self Assessments of Rough Drafts

Watercolor Demonstration

Start Picture of Fossil

Homework : Make Revisions to Fossil Story ||= **Thursday 3/24**

Complete Watercolor of Fossil

Final Draft of Story Due ||= **Friday 3/25**

Type Final Draft of Fossil Story ||
 * = **Monday 3/28**

Review Traces of Tracks Sheet - Discuss Inferences

Discuss Age of Rocks and Fossils

Connect Activities to Learning Goals Sheet ||= **Tuesday 3/29**

Read Book __Uncovering Earth's History__

Respond the Changes on the Earth's Surface

After School Work Time for Fossil Stories 2:36-3:15 ||= **Wednesday 3/30**

Preserve the Past or Build the Future Debate ||= **Thursday 3/31**

Assemble Fossil Stories and Painting ||= **Friday 4/1**

Career Day

Happy Spring Break! ||

February
 * = ** Monday 1/31 **

Review Outcomes of Do Re Meanders Lab

Sediment Investigation - Practice Writing a Procedure

Homework: Write a Procedure for Making a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich - Due Wednesday ||= ** Tuesday 2/1 **

Earth Science 2 Pretest

What We Know About Earth Science Unit 2 - Due Friday

||= ** Wednesday 2/2 **

Snow Day ||= ** Thursday 2/3 **

Earth Science 1 Learning Goals Review with Clickers

Following a Procedure - Peanut Butter and Jelly Style

Discuss the Main Points of a Procedure ||= ** Friday 2/4 **

Analyze Results of ES2 Pretest - Discuss New Learning Goals

Review What We Know About and the Questions We Have for Earth Science Unit 2 ||
 * = ** Monday 2/7 **

How Earthquakes are Measured

- Richter Scale

Plotting Earthquakes -

Review Latitude and Longitude ||= ** Tuesday 2/8 **

Read Pages 19-21 in Earth Science Book

Earth's Interior Vocabulary

and Inside the Earth (Label

Layers of the Earth)

||= ** Wednesday 2/9 **

Continue Plotting Earthquakes -Plot on Class Map

Look for Patterns in

Earthquake Locations

Trace Tectonic Plate Boundaries

Page 1 of Student Journal ||= ** Thursday 2/10 **

Review Inside the Earth

Work from Tuesday

Plate Tectonics Jigsaw Puzzle

Compare and Contrast

Puzzle Map and Current Map

Observe Convection in Lava Lamp -

Compare to Convecting Mantle-

Video: How the Inner

Structure of Planet Earth Affects Plate Tectonics

Page 3 - Question 2

of Student Journal ||= ** Friday 2/11 **

Student Journal Page 2

Discuss Movement

of the Plates

Video Segments:Inside Our Planet &

Exploring Our Earth ||
 * = ** Monday 2/14 **

Determine Causes of

Earthquakes, Mountains,

and Volcanoes -

Pages 6-7 in Student Journal

Notes on Pages 8-10

- Site for Notes ||= ** Tuesday 2/15 **

Dynamic Earth -

Online Activity

||= ** Wednesday 2/16 **

Dynamic Earth -

Online Activity

Review for Quiz ||= ** Thursday 2/17 **

Complete Dynamic Earth Activity

and Review

Earth Science 2

Mid-Point Quiz ||= ** Friday 2/18 **

Start Model of Plate

Boundaries - Page 11



Plate Boundaries - Check Here

First

Plate Boundaries Map ||
 * = ** Monday 2/21 **

Work Time for Plate

Boundaries Model ||= ** Tuesday 2/22 **

Work Time for Plate

Boundaries Model ||= ** Wednesday 2/23 **

Work Time for Plate

Boundaries Model ||= ** Thursday 2/24 **

Present Plate Models ||= ** Friday 2/25 **

Introduction to Magnets

Finding Direction

Using Magnets

Student Journal Pages 13-14

View Exploration: Magnets ||


 * January **
 * = ** Monday 1/3 **

Review Chemical and

Physical Weathering

Demonstrations

Note Cards for

Physical Weathering,

Chemical Weathering,

and Erosion

Weathering and Erosion Video

- Discuss How Weathering

and Erosion Shape Earth's Surface ||= ** Tuesday 1/4 **

Review the Three

Types of Rocks -

How each is formed

Rock Cycle Diagram -

Follow Your Own Path

Rock Cycle Game ||= ** Wednesday 1/5 **

Discuss Ways to Break

Down a Rock

- How Could We

Demonstrate using Crayons?

Groups Brainstorm Ways to

Break Down a "Rock"

and Form a New Rock -

Develop a Procedure ||= ** Thursday 1/6 **

Carry Out Rock Procedure

in Home Ec. Room ||= ** Friday 1/7 **

Write Conclusion for

Rock Experiment

Share Results with

Groups ||
 * = ** Monday 1/10 **

Rock Cycle Venn Diagram



Planet Earth: Mountains

- Segments Formation of

Mountains and Glaciers

** Homework: **

** Read Glacier Article **

** and Complete Tear and **

** Share Questions **



||= ** Tuesday 1/11 **

Investigate Glaciers

- How they pick up sediments

- How the Great Lakes

where formed

Site A

Site B

Tear and Share

Answers from Article ||= ** Wednesday 1/12 **

Rock Cycle Interactive

in Computer Lab

||= ** Thursday 1/13 **

Project Exhibition ||= **Friday 1/14**

Rock Cycle, Weathering,

and Erosion Quiz

Work on Study Guide for Exam -

Due Tuesday 1/18 ||
 * = **Monday 1/17**

No School

MLK Day ||= **Tuesday 1/18**

Work on Exam Study Guide ||= **Wednesday 1/19**

Study Guide Due

Review Study Guide in Class

Jeopardy Review Game

9th Hour Exam ||= **Thursday 1/20**

1/2 Day

Hour 2 and 4 Exams ||= **Friday 1/21**

1/2 Day

Hour 5 and 8 Exams ||
 * = **Monday 1/24**

Ben Carson Day

Reading Integration ||= **Tuesday 1/25**

Review Exam

Explorations on Weathering and Erosion A and B Discuss Follow-Up Questions for Each

||= **Wednesday 1/26**

Virtual Lab Do Re Meanders

Introduce Lab and Briefing Document

Complete Explore Section

||= **Thursday 1/27**

Virtual Lab Do Re Meanders

Review Resources

Design Investigation ||= **Friday 1/28**

Virtual Lab Do Re Meanders

Carryout Investigation || December
 * = ** Monday 12/13 **

Why is Soil

Important to Us?

Properties of Soil

- pages 37-38

Digging Up

the Dirt Article ||= ** Tuesday 12/14 **

Introduction to

Chemical Weathering

Design Investigation

of Chemical Weathering

- pg. 24-28

(Students divided into

groups investigating

different types

of chemical weathering) || ** Wednesday 12/15 **

Perform Investigation

on Chemical

Weathering ||= ** Thursday 12/16 **

Perform Investigation on Physical Weathering ||= ** Friday 12/17 **

Mega Party

Holiday Assembly ||
 * ** Monday 12/6 **

Earth Science 1

Pre-Test ||= ** Tuesday 12/7 **

Review Results of

Earth Science

Pre-Test -

Discuss Learning

Goals for Unit

Introduction to Rocks

and Sediment

Start Vocabulary Activity-

Create 6

Vocabulary Cards || ** Wednesday 12/8 **

Complete Vocabulary

Cards

Rocks and Minerals || ** Thursday 12/9 **

Exploring Sediment - Activity 2

- Record Results

on page 3

of Student Journal

Brainstorm Ways

to Break

Down Rocks || ** Friday 12/10 **

Characteristics

of Rocks

Video on Rocks

and Minerals ||
 * = ** Monday 11/29 **

Work on

Physical Science

Study Guide for

Test on Thursday ||= ** Tuesday 11/30 **

Law of Conservation

of Mass Lab ||= ** Wednesday 12/1 **

Jeopardy Review Game

Study Guide Due ||= ** Thursday 12/2 **

Physical Science

Unit Test ||= ** Friday 12/3 ** Analyze TestResults ||
 * = ** Monday 11/22 **

Forms of Energy



Changing the Form of Energy Extra Time?

Site A

Site B ||= ** Tuesday 11/23 **

Molecules in Matter:

Activity 13 Continued -

pages 39-41 ||= ** Wednesday 11/24 **

1/2 Day

Cultural Awareness

Assembly ||= ** Thursday 11/25 **

No School -

Happy Thanksgiving ||= ** Friday 11/26 **

No School

Reminder:

Unit Test on

Thursday 12/2 ||
 * = ** Monday 11/15 **

Present Cold Can

Challenge Results ||= ** Tuesday 11/16 **

Exploring Chemical

Energy - Calorie Lab ||= ** Wednesday 11/17 **

Introduction to Energy

Video Segment

Read pages 1-2 of

Article

- Complete Graphic

Organizer

Homework:

Graphic Organizer Due Friday ||= ** Thursday 11/18 **

Law of Conservation

of Energy -

Activity 12

Group Discussion

of Page 36

Homework:

List Five Examplesof EnergyTransfromationsin Your Home ||= Friday 11/19

Molecules in Matter:

Activity 13 -

pages 37-38 ||
 * = ** Monday 11/8 **

Build Dayfor the Cold Can Challenge

Homework:

Group Members

Work on Assigned Task ||= ** Tuesday 11/9 **

Testing for the

Cold Can Challenge

Homework:

Group Members

Work on Assigned Task ||= ** Wednesday 11/10 **

Create Poster

Displaying Results

of the Cold

Can Challenge

||= ** Thursday 11/11 **

1/2 Day - Conferences

Complete Poster

Quiz Over Thermal Energy Transfers ||= ** Friday 11/12 **

1/2 Day - Conferences

Complete Posters

Quiz Over

Thermal Energy

Transfers ||
 * = ** Monday 11/1 **

Create ThermalEnergy Transfer Foldable -Conduction, Convection,and Radiation

Homework:

Complete Foldable ifnot Finished in Class ||= ** Tuesday 11/2 **

Convection in the Air -

Pages 21-23 in Science Journal

Create Cold Can

Challenge Rubric

as a Class

Homework:Collect Materials

for Cold CanChallenge ||= ** Wednesday 11/3 **

Radiation andSolar Energy -Class Demonstration

Graph Results - Pages 24-25

Clicker Assessment -

What do you know

about thermal energy? ||= ** Thursday 11/4 **

Introduction of the Cold Can

Challenge Project

Start Creating Design for the

Cold Can Challenge

Reminder: Thermal

Energy QuizNext Wednesday ||= ** Friday 11/5 **

Menu Project

Presentations

Musical in

the Afternoon ||
 * = ** Monday 10/25 **

Explore Articles

- Record

Observations

and Questions ||= ** Tuesday 10/26 **

Record and DiscussQuestions thatCame Up DuringExploration ofSimulations and Articles

What is Thermal

Energy? Where is it Found Around Us?

- Thermal Energy

Video

Pass Out

Toy Pictures

Homework:

Record and

Explain 5

Situations Where

Thermal Energy

is Transferred -

Due Thursday ||= ** Wednesday 10/27 **

Menu Project

Assembly Day

Thermal Energy Packet -

Due Friday ||= ** Thursday 10/28 **

Discuss Thermal

Energy Examples

Conduction

Activity -

Record Observation

in Science Journal ||= ** Friday 10/29 ** The Parts of a Conclusion Write a Conclusion for ConductionActivity

Review ThermalEnergy Packet -Questions from Students ||
 * = ** Monday 10/18 ** ||= ** Tuesday 10/19 ** ||= ** Wednesday 10/20 ** ||= ** Thursday 10/21 ** ||= ** Friday 10/22 ** ||
 * = Potential and Kinetic

Energy Quiz

Mid-Point Check: Completed Paragraph and AdvertisementDesign ||= MEAP Testing

Hours 5, 8 & 9 Meet

Edit Toy Paragraphs ||= MEAP Testing

Edit Toy Paragraphs ||= Toy Presentations

in Class ||= Thermal Energy

Introduction

Explore Simulations ||
 * = ** Monday 10/11 ** ||= ** Tuesday 10/12 ** ||= ** Wednesday 10/13 ** ||= ** Thursday 10/14 ** ||= ** Friday 10/15 ** ||
 * = Complete ToyObservations

Page 12 -

Discuss Magnetic

Potential Energy

Energy in a Pendulum

Homework:

Collect Items for

Toy Project ||= MEAP Testing

Hours 2, 4, and 5 Meet:Discuss Energy [|Toy Project]

and Brainstorm Ideas --

Work on Toy Design

and Prototype ||= MEAP Testing

Hours 8 and 9 Meet:Discuss Energy [|Toy Project]

and Brainstorm Ideas --

Work on Toy Design

and Prototype ||= Work Day for Toy Projects:

Finish Prototype

Student Receive

[|Kinetic and Potential]

Energy Study Guide -

Due Friday 10/16 ||= Work Day for Toy Projects:

Complete Sketch for Placemat

and Describe Energy Involved

Potential and

Kinetic Energy

Quiz Monday 10/19 ||
 * = ** Monday 10/4 ** ||= ** Tuesday 10/5 ** ||= ** Wednesday 10/6 ** ||= ** Thursday 10/7 ** ||= ** Friday 10/8 ** ||
 * = Perform Student DesignedInvestigation - Pages 2-3

Analyze Results and Discuss Conclusions

Homework:

Complete Page 3,

Questions 6 and 7 if

Not Finished in Class ||= Discuss Connection

Between Ramp and Drop

Investigations

Add Evidence to

Learning Goals

Start Design Process for

Next Investigation - page 8-9 ||= Complete Design for

Investigation

Pages 8-9

Start Collecting Data ||= Complete Data Collection

and Analysis

Compare Results with

the Class - What is

Our Data Telling Us?

Sand Drop Example ||= Introduction to Potential

and Kinetic Energy in Toys ||

September Lesson Plans
 * Monday 9/6 || Tuesday 9/7 || Wednesday 9/8 || Thursday 9/9 || Friday 9/10 ||
 * No School Happy Labor Day! || First Day of School!!

How to be a Successful Shamrock: All About Shamrock Pride || Science Classroom Procedures

The Roles of Science Group Members

What is Science? Poster || Project:

Hello My Name is…

Introduction of Hello My Name is Metric Measurement || Hello My Name is

Length:

Students practice measuring length using a meter stick and ruler

Homework Due Friday 9/17:

Create a Hello My Name is poster for a metric measurement tool ||
 * Monday 9/13 || Tuesday 9/14 || Wednesday 9/15 || Thursday 9/16 || Friday 9/17 ||
 * Hello My Name is Mass:

Students practice measuring length using a triple-beam balance and digital scale || Hello My Name is Volume:

Students practice measuring volume using a graduated cylinder [|Measurement Quiz Study Guide]- Due Thursday || Hello My Name is Temperature:

Students practice measuring temperature using thermometers and temperature probes || Quiz Over Metric Measurement Study Guide Due || Introduction to the Methods of Science Identify Inquiry Steps in MythBusters Video ||
 * Monday 9/20 || Tuesday 9/21 || Wednesday 9/22 || Thursday 9/23 || Friday 9/24 ||
 * Review Inquiry Design

Students Design [|Paper Airplane] and Determine One Variable to Change Design Investigation || Test Airplanes and Record Data || Interpret Data and Evaluate Evidence Portion of Paper Airplane Handout

Create Poster for Gallery || Paper Airplane Inquiry Gallery

Communicate Science and Analyze Alternative Explanations Sections of Paper Airplane Handout || Science MAP Testing

Airplane Inquiry Handout Due ||
 * Monday 9/27 || Tuesday 9/28 || Wednesday 9/29 || Thursday 9/30 || Friday 10/1 ||
 * Physical Science Pre-Test:Used to Determine Strengths and Weaknesses of Understandings || Review Pre-Test - Look For Areas of Strength and Weakness

Review Physical Science Goals || Running on Energy Investigation - page 1 of Student Journal || Discuss Results of Running on Energy Investigation

Note Cards:Potential EnergyKinetic Energy || Students Design an Investigation to Test - Pages 2-3 ||

Heat Transfers - Online Review for Quiz on Tuesday

2009-2010 School Year

 * **Monday 6/7**

Exam Review Day - Work on Study Guide || **Tuesday 6/8**

Vocabulary Charades - Continue Review

6th Grade Science Wrap Up

8th Hour Exam || **Wednesday 6/9**

2nd and 4th Hour Exams || **Thursday 6/10**

6th and 7th Hour Exams || **Friday 6/11**

Final Day - Carnival Day ||
 * **Monday 5/31**

No School

Memorial Day || **Tuesday 6/1**

Field Trip to Grand Rapids Museum || **Wednesday 6/2**

Invasive Species Research - Website: Nab the Aquatic Invader Handouts: Nab the Aquatic Invader Chart.doc

Nab the Aquatic Invaders Directions.doc || **Thursday 6/3**

Endangered Species Project - Round-Robin Presentation

Student Critiques and Project Evaluation || ** Friday 6/4 **

Nab the Aquatic Invader - Review Chart and Solve Case

Students Given Exam Study Guide - Work Time Given on Monday in Class

|| Ecosystems - Discuss Possible Changes due to Organism Increase/ Decrease
 * ** Monday 5/24 **

Analyze Food Webs and Predict Changes || **Tuesday 5/25**

Endangered Species MiniProject.doc

Research and Work Day || **Wednesday 5/26**

Endangered Species Mini-Project Work Day || **Thursday 5/27**

Ecosystem Quiz

Work Day for Endangered Species Mini-Project || **Friday 5/28**

Ecosystem Movie and Review Organisms

Honor Roll Students to 5-Pines ||
 * **Monday 5/17**

Classroom Organism Experiment Development - Procedure and Data Collection

Setup Experiment || **Tuesday 5/18**

Ecosystem Concept Map

Observe Classroom Ecosystems - Page 6 Homework: Page 8 Due Thursday 5/20 || **Wednesday 5/19**

Project Work Day: Aboriginal Art and Artist Statement || **Thursday 5/20**

Review Homework - Page 8

Create Food Web of Classroom Ecosystem

Prairie Ecosystem

Read Pages 11-12, Groups Create Poster on Their Topic || **Friday 5/21**

Groups Present Organism Relationship Posters

Add Organism Relationship Notes to Concept Map

Prairie Ecosystem - Discuss Possible Changes due to Organism Increase/ Decrease

Analyze Food Webs and Predict Changes ||
 * **Monday 5/10**

Complete MAP Test Review Packet

MAP Test Game || **Tuesday 5/11**

Science MAP Test || **Wednesday 5/12**

PSA Exhibit Day

Project Evaluation || ** Thursday 5/13 ** MAP Test Graphing

Observations vs. Inferences || ** Friday 5/14 ** Classroom Organism Experiment Development - Question and Hypothesis ||
 * **Monday 5/3**

Introduction to PSA Artifact Project - Hours 2, 4, & 6

Brainstorm Session for PSA Artifact - Hours 7 & 8 || **Tuesday 5/4**

Work Day for PSA Artifact Project || **Wednesday 5/5**

Work Day for PSA Artifact Project

Artifact Due Friday 5/7 || **Thursday 5/6**

Science MAP Test Review Packet- Goal Setting || **Friday 5/7**

Arranging Display Boards - Artifact and Cause & Effect Writing

Project Evaluation

Start Review of MAP Packet || __Topic: Waste Disposal__
 * **Monday 4/26**

Population Growth Effects on Waste

Where does our Garbage Go?

Garbage Activity for Tuesday: Composting and Recycling Lunch

Add Notes to Graphic Organizer || **Tuesday 4/27** __Topic: Climate Change__

Climate Kids Site A Site B

Add Notes to Graphic Organizer

Extra Time?? Climate Change Sites Site 1 Site 2 || **Wednesday 4/28** __Topic: Resource Depletion__

Natural Resources and the Environment Video

Read Conservation and Sources of Energy Handout

Add Notes to Graphic Organizer || **Thursday 4/29** __Topic: Pollution__

Read Pollution Article

"What is Your Pollution Solution?" Posters

Add Notes to Graphic Organizer || **Friday 4/30** __Topic: Habitat Destruction/__ __Endangered Species__

[|Endangered Species Site] - Review Reasons for Reduction in Population

Discuss Excerpts from Endangered Species Book

Add Notes to Graphic Organizer ||
 * **Monday 4/19**

Review Earth Science Test Results

Start Ecosystem Vocabulary Foldable || **Tuesday 4/20**

Life Science Pre-Test

Complete Ecosystem Vocabulary Foldable || **Wednesday 4/21**

Watch Video: Preserving the Legacy: The Delicate Balance Homework: Energy Use in My Home Handout - DUE FRIDAY 4th Hour: View Alternative Energy Presentations by 8th Grade Students || **Thursday 4/22**

2nd Hour: Environmental Footprint Activity
 * __ HAPPY EARTH DAY!! __**

4th Hour: Brainstorm Ways to Reduce Environmental Footprint

Afternoon Classes: Oil Spill Clean Up || **Friday 4/23**

Review Energy Use in My Home Handout

Work on "What WE Can Do Plan"

Brainstorm Causes of an Unbalanced Ecosystem ||
 * **Monday 4/12**

Fossils: Putting the Pieces Together - Pages 18-26 || **Tuesday 4/13**

Continue Fossils: Putting the Pieces Together Activity - Pages. 18-26

Test Study Guide Due Thursday 4/15 || **Wednesday 4/14**

Compare Results from Putting the Pieces Together - Form Conclusion || ** Thursday 4/15 ** Study Guide Due Review for Test - Jeopardy Study Game || **Friday 4/16**

Earth Science 2 Test ||
 * **Monday 3/29**

Review Getting into the Fossil Record and 4.1 Handout

4.1 Handout Due Today || **Tuesday 3/30**

Complete Timeline Activity

Fossil Layer Discussion and Video || **Wednesday 3/31**

Sedimentary Rock Layers Activity - Analyze Fossils pgs. 27-28 || **Thursday 4/1**

English Activities - Book Talks - Read Stories to Elementary Students || **Friday 4/2**

Have a Restful and Safe Spring Break!! ||
 * **Monday 3/22**

The Earth as a Magnet - pgs. 15-16 || **Tuesday 3/23**

Getting into the Fossil Record - Online Activity

Getting into the Fossil Record Handout || **Wednesday 3/24**

Continue Getting into the Fossil Record - Online Activity

Extra Time?: Adventures at Dry Creek Fossil Burying Bodies Dino Trek (Stay only on the sites you have been given -  Please do not select  links within each site) || **Thursday 3/25**

Geologic Timeline Activity - pgs. 36-38 || **Friday 3/26**

Complete Geologic Timeline Activity - pgs. 36-38

Section 4-1 Handout - Due Monday ||
 * **Monday 3/15**

Continue Presentations

Review for Quiz || ** Tuesday 3/16 ** Quiz Complete Presentations || **Wednesday 3/17**

Activity 5 - Earth as a Magnet - pgs. 13-14

Evening Conferences 5-8:30pm

Scholastic Book Fair Open during Parent Teacher Conferences || **Thursday 3/18**

Making a Compass Activity

1/2 Day Conferences 12-3:30 & 5-8:30pm

Scholastic Book Fair Open during Parent Teacher Conferences || **Friday 3/19**

Career Day

1/2 Day ||
 * **Monday 3/8**

Work Day for Plate Boundary Models || **Tuesday 3/9**

Final Work Day for Projects || **Wednesday 3/10**

Project Presentations

Presentations Continue on Monday || **Thursday 3/11**

Create Note Cards

[|Dynamic Earth] Online Activity || **Friday 3/12**

[|Dynamic Earth] Online Activity

Quiz on Tuesday: Review Note Cards and Science Journal Pages || Earthquake - View [|USGS] website and [|Seismic Montior]
 * ** Monday 3/1 ** || ** Tuesday 3/2 ** || ** Wednesday 3/3 ** || ** Thursday 3/4 ** || ** Friday 3/5 ** ||
 * Discuss Chile

Start Activity 3 - Granite and Basalt Comparison Page 4 || Complete Activity 3 Discuss Collision of Plates - Page 5

[|Link] to Earthquake, Volcano, and Mountain Animation - Complete Pages 6-7

[|United States Land Regions] || Information on [|Plate Boundaries] - Notes Pages 8-10

Discuss Project and Start Planning - Pages 11-12 Plate Movement Project.doc

Oral Presentation Rubric .doc || Hours 2 and 4 Only: View Planet Earth Mountains - Discuss Connection Between Tectonic Plate Boundaries and Mountain Formations || Project Work Day

Note: Project Presentations Tuesday 3/9 and Wednesday 3/10 || Investigation Poster
 * ** Monday 2/22 ** || ** Tuesday 2/23 ** || ** Wednesday 2/24 ** || ** Thursday 2/25 ** || ** Friday 2/26 ** ||
 * Create Sediment

Review for Test || Study Guide Due

Earth Science Test || Earth Science - Part 2 Pre-Test

What We Know About Earthquakes || Earthquake Mapping Activity || Earthquake Mapping Activity

Relationship Between Earthquakes and Tectonic Plates ||
 * ** Monday 2/15 ** || ** Tuesday 2/16 ** || ** Wednesday 2/17 ** || ** Thursday 2/18 ** || ** Friday 2/19 ** ||
 * Glacier Video Segment

Make a Glacier - Investigate Glacial Movement - pg 33

Read page 35

Homework: Page 36 Due Wednesday || Pictures of Landforms - How Glacier Change the Landscape

Note Cards: glacier glacier abrasion Glaciers.ppt

Glacier Tear-and-Share || Complete Tear-and-Share Activity

Analyze Soil Composition page 37

Brainstorm: Life Without Soil? Life Without Weathering of Rocks?

Dust Bowl Video - Discuss Importance of Soil to Our Economy || Test Study Guide Given to Students Due Tuesday 2/23

Sediment Properties - Students Design a Scientific Investigation || Perform Sediment Scientific Investigation ||
 * ** Monday 2/8 ** || ** Tuesday 2/9 ** || ** Wednesday 2/10 ** || ** Thursday 2/11 ** || ** Friday 2/12 ** ||
 * Complete Presentations

Vocabulary Card: - physical weathering

Individual Projects Due || Activity 9 Part 1: Chemical Weathering Pages 24-25

Check out this [|site] for another example of a calcium carbonate and vinegar reaction! || Snow Day

|| Weathering and Erosion Readings - Expert Group Discussions

Weathering and Erosion Video - Note Card: 3 Things You Learned || Chemical Weathering - Oxidation Demonstration

Vocabulary Card: - chemical weathering Page 30 Due Tuesday 2/16 ||
 * ** Monday 2/1 ** || ** Tuesday 2/2 ** || ** Wednesday 2/3 ** || ** Thursday 2/4 ** || ** Friday 2/5 ** ||
 * Review Exam

Clean and Organize Binders

Read __Cracking Up__ pages 6-15 || Connect Pictures of Mountains to the Forces that Created Them - Page 18

Video Segment on Physical Weathering

Start Planning for Project - Bring Materials from Home

Weathering Project Rubric || Project Model Work Day

Brainstorm Individual Display - Page 19-21

Homework: Individual Display || Final Project Model Work Day - Complete pages 19-21

Homework: Individual Display Due Monday 2/8 || Group Presentation Day

Homework: Individual Display Due Monday 2/8 || Students Receive Study Guide NOTE: ALL missing work is due on Monday 1/25 || Exam Review - Complete and Check Study Guide || Jeopardy Exam Review Game
 * ** Monday 1/25 ** || ** Tuesday 1/26 ** || ** Wednesday 1/27 ** || ** Thursday 1/28 ** || ** Friday 1/29 ** ||
 * Exam Review -

8th Hour Exam || 2nd and 4th Hour Exams

1/2 Day || 6th and 7th Hour Exams

1/2 Day

End of the Semester || King Jr. Day - No School || Investigate Crayon Rock Models - Metamorphic Rock
 * ** Monday 1/18 ** || ** Tuesday 1/19 ** || ** Wednesday 1/20 ** || ** Thursday 1/21 ** || ** Friday 1/22 ** ||
 * Martin Luther

Compare and Contrast Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks - Page 8

Vocabulary Card - metamorphic rock || Investigate Crayon Rock Models - Igneous Rock

Compare and Contrast Three Types of Rocks - Page 10

Vocabulary Card - igneous rock

Homework: Rocks Can Melt Page 11 - Due Thursday 1/20 || Rock Cycle Reading and Venn Diagram

Rock Cycle Game || Rock Cycle Interactive [|Online Activity] - Complete The Rock Cycle Interactive.doc || Pre Assessment
 * ** Monday 1/11 ** || ** Tuesday 1/12 ** || ** Wednesday 1/13 ** || ** Thursday 1/14 ** || ** Friday 1/15 ** ||
 * Earth Science

Characteristics of a Rock - Activity 1 || Sediment Classification - Activity 2

Vocabulary Cards: - sediment - weathering || Sedimentary Rock Investigation with Crayon Shavings - Activity 2

Video on Weathering || Sedimentary Rock Formation with Crayon Shavings

Comparison of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks - Activity 3 Exhibition Night - Berrien Springs Project || Discuss Sedimentary Rock Formation

Video Segments on Erosion and Sedimentary Rocks

Vocabulary Cards: - erosion - sedimentary rock ||
 * Monday 1/4 || Tuesday 1/5 || Wednesday 1/6 || Thursday 1/7 || Friday 1/8 ||
 * Saint Joseph River Project || Saint Joseph River Project || Saint Joseph River Project || Saint Joseph River Project || Saint Joseph River Project ||
 * Monday 12/14 || Tuesday 12/15 || Wednesday 12/16 || Thursday 12/17 || Friday 12/18 ||
 * Ecosystem Article

Create Ecosystem Organization Pyramid Due Wednesday || What is a Watershed?

[| View our Watershed]

Watershed PowerPoint || Ecosystem Organization Pyramid Due River and Stream Ecosystems - Online Activity

[|Website]

River and Stream Ecosystems Handout || Complete River and Stream Ecosystems - Online Activity

Investigate Other [|Ecosystems]

Discuss Negative Changes to Michigan's Rivers and Streams || Mega Party || Due Today
 * Monday 12/7 || Tuesday 12/8 || Wednesday 12/9 || Thursday 12/10 || Friday 12/11 ||
 * Review Study Guide -

Jeopardy Review Game || Hours - 2 & 4 Meet Today

Physical Science Unit Test

Walking Tour of Berrien Springs || Hours 6, 7, & 8 Meet Today

Physical Science Unit Test

Interview with Bob Myer || Snow Day || Brainstorm Ways Humans Can Alter Our Environment

Video: People and the Environment

Discuss Ideas Presented in Movie - Do We See Them in Berrien Springs? || State - Activity 13
 * Monday 11/30 || Tuesday 12/1 || Wednesday 12/2 || Thursday 12/3 || Friday 12/4 ||
 * It's a Matter of

Lab on Pages 37-38 of Student Journal || Solid, Liquid, and Gas Dance

Pages 39-41 of Student Journal || RAFTS Writing - Water Molecule Travels Through the States of Matter

RAFTS Poster Due Thursday Water Molecule RAFTS

RAFTS writing rubric || "Mrs. Barrett's Famous Matter-Changer-Doesn't-  Go-Anywhere-Experiment" Law of Conservation of Matter Lab

Law of Conservation of Matter Lab || Review Lab from Previous Class

Note Card: Law of Conservation of Matter Energy Connections Test Study Guide - Due Monday Physical Science Unit Test Study Guide Test on Tuesday 12/8 || "Energy in a System" Writing
 * Monday 11/23 || Tuesday 11/24 || Wednesday 11/25 || Thursday 11/26 || Friday 11/27 ||
 * Review Quiz and

Discovery Education Exploration || Radiation, Conduction, and Convection Graphic Organizer

Mini Quiz || Silent Reading/ Library Time

Thanksgiving Movie || Happy Thanksgiving

No School || No School || PowerPoints and Handouts: RAFT.doc RAFT comic strip.pdf Conclusion Rubric.doc

metric measurement chart.ppt metricmeasurement.ppt Gummy Bear Lab.doc

Radiation
 * Monday 11/16 || Tuesday 11/17 || Wednesday 11/18 || Thursday 11/19 || ====== Friday 11/20 ====== ||
 * Note Card:

Continue Activity 9 Discuss Results - Teacher Models Conclusion Box Temperature Experiment - What Would You Change? - Teacher Models Designing an Experiment || Energy Transfer Example

Demonstration of Several Types of  Energy and Energy Transfers || Pendulum Example: Where is the Energy? Prewriting Think Sheet - Start Energy in a System Writing on Page 36

Page 36 Due Friday

Review for Quiz || Basics of Physics: Exploring Energy Video and Video Response Sheet || Heat Transfer Quiz

Discuss Video Response Sheet

Page 36 Writing Due Today || Warp Speed - Get to Know You/ Cooperation Activity
 * Monday 11/9 || Tuesday 11/10 || Wednesday 11/11 || Thursday 11/12 || Friday 11/13 ||
 * Juggle Game and

Around the Rock Activity || Activity 9: Solar Energy

Black vs. White Box Temperature Experiment || Activity 9: Graph Results || 1/2 Day - Hours 2 & 4

Read pages 38-39 & 18-19 from Energy Book - Tear and Share Activity

Read "Hot Stuff" Script Aloud || 1/2 Day - Hours 6, 7 &, 8 Read pages 38-39 & 18-19 from Energy Book - Tear and Share Activity

Read "Hot Stuff" Script Aloud || Presentations - Toy, Toy Handout, and Advertisement Due || Hours 2, 4, & 6: Quiz Over Potential and Kinetic Energy
 * Monday 11/2 || Tuesday 11/3 || Wednesday 11/4 || Thursday 11/5 || Friday 11/6 ||
 * Start Toy

Heat Transfer Foldable Notes

Hours 7 & 8: Quiz Over Potential and Kinetic Energy

Finish Toy Presentations || Hours 2, 4, & 6: Finish Toy Presentations

Hours 7 & 8: Heat Transfer Foldable Notes || Heat Energy Packet - Due at the End of Class || Energy Conversion Packet - Due at the End of Class ||

Comprehension Paragraphs
 * Monday 9/14 || Tuesday 9/15 || Wednesday 9/16 || Thursday 9/17 || Friday 9/18 ||  ||
 * Video

Watch Planet Earth Caves and Construct Three Paragraphs to Summarize Due Tuesday

Binders and Index Cards Due || Metric Measurement

Introduce Measurement Tools

Complete Metric Measurement Chart Notes Cave Paragraphs Due || Metric Measurement

Length - Measuring in Centimeters and Millimeters || Metric Measurement

Mass - Video: Mass vs. Weight

Note Cards - Mass, Volume, and Length || Metric Measurement

Volume || Part 1 - A Review of Metric Measurement and an Introduction to the Scientific Method || Gummy Bear Lab Part 2 - A Review of Metric Measurement and an Introduction to the Scientific Method
 * Monday 9/21 || Tuesday 9/22 || Wednesday 9/23 || Thursday 9/24 || Friday 9/25 ||
 * Gummy Bear Lab

Lab Due Wednesday 9/23 || Review Gummy Bear Lab - Lab Due Today Myth Busters Helium Balloon Video - Discuss How the Myth Busters Follow the Steps of the Scientific Method || Scientific Method - Note Cards for Hypothesis and Variable

Scientific Method Video and Handout

Review for Quiz || Quiz Over Metric Measurement ||

Pre-Assessment - Used to Determine Areas of Strength and Weakness - Not Graded || Introduction to Science Kits
 * Monday 9/28 || Tuesday 9/29 || Wednesday 9/30 || Thursday 10/1 || Friday 10/2 ||
 * Sixth Grade Science

Pre-Test of Energetic Connections

Discuss Kits and Distribute Student Journals || Activity 1: Running on Energy

What is Energy? "What We Think About Energy" Chart

Start Activity 1 || MAP Testing in Library || Continue Activity 1: Running on Energy || Design and Perform an Experiment to  Test the Bounce Height of a Ping-Pong Ball From Various Heights || Activity 1 - Part 2: Continue Experiment and Analysis Steps
 * Monday 10/5 || Tuesday 10/6 || Wednesday 10/7 || Thursday 10/8 || Friday 10/9 ||
 * Activity 1 - Part 2:

Discuss the Three Parts of a Conclusion

Work on Conclusion (See Below for Conclusion Rubric) Final Draft Due Thursday || Activity 2: Get the Ball Rolling

Discuss Forces: Balanced and Unbalanced

Design and Perform an Experiment to Investigate the Affect of Height on the Amount of Energy Used || Activity 2 Continued

Continue Experiment and Analysis Steps

Activity 1 Conclusion Due || Activity 2 Continued

Calculating Speed

Analyze Classroom Data - What Do We Notice? ||
 * Monday 10/12 || Tuesday 10/13 || Wednesday 10/14 || Thursday 10/15 || Friday 10/16 ||
 * Activity 2 Continued

Work on Conclusions

Group Presentations of Conclusions || MEAP Testing

Hours 2, 6, 7, & 8: Activity 3 - Develop a Question and Design an Experiment

Hour 4: Classes Do Not Meet || Hours 2, 6, 7, & 8: Activity 3 - Perform Experiment

Hour 4: Activity 3 - Develop a Question and Design an Experiment || Hours 7 & 8: Activity 3 - Develop a Conclusion

Hour 4: Activity 3 - Perform Experiment

Hours 2 & 6: Classes Do Not Meet || Hours 7 & 8 Mass and Energy Teacher Demo

Hours 2, 4, & 6: Develop a Conclusion || Teacher Demonstration and Conclusion for Activity 3
 * Monday 10/19 || Tuesday 10/20 || Wednesday 10/21 || Thursday 10/22 || Friday 10/23 ||
 * Hours 2, 4, and 6:

Hours 7 and 8: Activity 5 - Page 12 || Hours 2, 4, and 6: Activity 5 - page 12

Hours 7 and 8: Classes Do Not Meet || Continue Activity 5 - Discuss Types of Potential Energy in  Each Toy

Introduce [|Potential Energy Toy] Project || Toy Work Day - Bring All Materials || Toy Work Day - Toy and Toy Handout Due Monday ||

Review Toy Handout
 * Monday 10/26 || Tuesday 10/27 || Wednesday 10/28 || Thursday 10/29 || Friday 10/30 ||
 * Hours 2, 4, 6, & 8:
 * Hours 2, 4, 6, & 8:

Start Activity 6

Hour 7: 5-Pines Trip || Hours 2, 6, & 8: Finish Activity 6

Note Cards on Energy Transfer

Hour 7: Review Toy Handout

Start Activity 6

Hour 4: 5-Pines Trip || Hours 4, 6, 7, & 8: [|RAFT Writing]: Potential and Kinetic Energy Due Friday

Hour 2: 5-Pines Trip || Hour 2 Start Activity 8

Hour 6: Start Activity 8

Hour 4 & 7: Finish Activity 6

Note Cards on Energy Transfer

Hour 8: 5-Pines Trip || Hours 4, 7, & 8: Start Activity 8

Hour 2: RAFT Writing: Potential and Kinetic Energy - Review in Class

Hour 6: 5-Pines Trip

Quiz Over Potential and Kinetic Energy for All Classes on Monday || Teacher Demonstration and Conclusion for Activity 3
 * Monday 10/19 || Tuesday 10/20 || Wednesday 10/21 || Thursday 10/22 || Friday 10/23 ||
 * Hours 2, 4, and 6:

Hours 7 and 8: Activity 5 - Page 12 || Hours 2, 4, and 6: Activity 5 - page 12

Hours 7 and 8: Classes Do Not Meet || Continue Activity 5 - Discuss Types of Potential Energy in  Each Toy

Introduce [|Potential Energy Toy] Project || Toy Work Day - Bring All Materials || Toy Work Day - Toy and Toy Handout Due Monday ||

Monday, May 11 - Organism Competition / Frog Populations

 * ===Review organism competition article and brainstorm other ways that organisms compete for resources===
 * ===Discuss decrease in frog populations around the world using National Geographic article===
 * ===Review for quiz===

Tuesday, May 12 - Quiz

 * ===Quiz over organism interactions===

Wednesday, May 13 - Population Changes in a Food Web

 * ===Each group receives a different food webs along with scenarios for increases/decreases in populations within a food web===
 * ===Groups then present their predictions to the class===
 * ===[[file:Food Web activity.ppt]]===

Thursday, May 14 - Environmental Issues

 * ===Students start reading Chapter 3.1 pages 84-89 (82-87 in new version)===
 * ===Complete web notes===
 * ===Answer questions 1-6 (1 abc and 2 abc in new version) - Due Friday===

Friday, May 15 - Discovery Explorations

 * ===Explorations: "Biodiversity" and "Something Fishy"===
 * ===Review explorations and questions from chapter 3.1===

Monday, May 18 - Population Explosion

 * ===Review explorations from Monday===
 * ===Read "Population Explosion" article and discuss how the increase in the human population has altered the world===
 * ===Video on population increases===

Tuesday, May 19 - Developing an Environmental Ethic

 * ===Teacher presentation of environmental ethics===
 * ===Students study scenarios, select the environmentally ethical choice, and discuss the reasons behind their selections===

Wednesday, May 20 - Biodiversity

 * ===Read sections of chapter 3.3 - create web notes===
 * ===Sections: Extinction of Species, Causes for Extinction, and Protecting Biodiversity===

Thursday, May 21 - Invasive Species

 * ===Groups of two students choose an invasive species of Michigan to research and create a poster to inform others about the dangers of these species===
 * ===LINK to website===
 * ===Research day===

Friday, May 22 - Invasive Species Project

 * ===Work day for posters===

Tuesday, May 26 - Invasive Species Project

 * ===Project presentation day===

Wednesday, May 27 - Isle Royale Wolf/Moose Population and Planet Earth: The Future

 * ===Discuss situation on[| Isle Royale]===
 * ===Watch Planet Earth: The Future===

Thursday, May 28 - Exam Study Guide

 * ===Review physical science topics for exam===
 * ===Study guide is given to students===

Friday, May 29 - Exam Study Guide

 * ===Review life science topics for exam===

Monday, June 1 - Review Game for Exams

 * ===Physical science review game===

Tuesday, June 2 - Review Game for Exams

 * ===Life science review game===
 * ===Study guide due===

Wednesday, June 3 - Exams

 * ===2nd and 3rd hour exams===

Thursday, June 4 - Exams

 * ===5th and 8th hour exams===

Monday, April 26 - Review Ecosystem Test / Organism Interactions Reading

 * ===Review ecosystem test===
 * ===Watch video segment on abiotic and biotic factors===
 * ===Read pages 32 (starting at niche paragraph) to 35 and pages 37-38 (25-27 and 30-31 in new edition)===
 * ===Teacher models webbing as a form of note taking===
 * ===Homework: Answer questions 2, 3, 4, and 5 on page 38 (Questions 2ab and 3abc on page 31 in new edition)===
 * ===Homework due Wednesday, April 29===

Tuesday, April 28 - Continue Reading and Webbing Notes

 * ===Continue reading pages from previous day and adding to webbing notes===

Wednesday, April 29 - Predator/Prey Relationships

 * ===Review homework questions from book===
 * ===Discuss predator/prey relationships - students brainstorm several examples and ideas are recorded on the board===
 * ===Watch video segment on predators and prey===
 * ===As a group answer questions on predators/prey and their adaptations for hunting and survival===

Thursday, April 30 - Predation and Limiting Factor

 * ===Discuss questions on predators/prey and their adaptations for hunting and survival===
 * ===Vocabulary introduced: limiting factor===
 * ===Watch video segment - Population Limits (1:05)===

Friday, May 1 - Symbiosis Article and Poster

 * ===Read "Two for One Deal" article from Discovery Education - Discuss the three types of symbiosis===
 * ===Watch symbiosis video segment (2:30) for further examples===
 * ===Students create a poster on the three types of symbiosis including an example and their own definition===

Monday, May 4 - Interdependency of Organisms

 * ===Discuss the interdependency of organisms - examples include a bee and a flower; humans and bacteria in the digestive track===
 * ===Watch video segments - Nature Buddies (5:25) and Mutualistic Relationships (2:33) - about mutualism - brainstorm other relationships between animals that are examples of mutualism===
 * ===Use page 37 (30 in new edition) for further examples===


 * ===Review conservation PowerPoint for video conference===

Tuesday, May 5 - AIMS Testing/Video Conference

 * ===2nd and 8th hours: Video Conference with the Buffalo Zoo===
 * ===3rd hour: Organism interaction activity===
 * ===5th hour: AIMS testing in library and population graph analysis handout===

Wednesday, May 6 - AIMS Testing/Classroom Activity

 * ===2nd, 5th, and 8th hours: Organism interaction activity===
 * ===3rd hour: Aims testing in the library and population graph analysis handout===

Thursday, May 7 - AIMS Testing/Video Conference

 * ===3rd and 5th hours: Video Conference with the Buffalo Zoo===
 * ===2nd and 8th hours: Aims testing in the library and population graph analysis handout===

Friday, May 8 - Population Graph Analysis

 * ===Review the population graph analysis activity===
 * ===Read competition among organisms article===
 * ===Summarize article using a graphic organizer===

Monday, April 13 - Ecosystem Review and Introduction of Chapter 2

 * ===Review terms: organism, population, community, ecosystem, abiotic factor, and biotic factor===
 * ===Start reading and discussing Chapter 2 Section 1===
 * ===Work time for Chapter 2 Section 1 note handout - Notes due Wednesday===

Tuesday, April 14 - Chapter 2 Reading and Notes

 * ===Finish reading Chapter 2 Section 1===
 * ===Watch video segment "Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers" and discuss video questions===
 * ===Work time for Chapter 2.1 notes===

Wednesday, April 15 - Review Notes and Discovery Exploration

 * ===Review notes from Chapter 2 Section 1===
 * ===Add "primary consumer", "secondary consumer", and "tertiary consumer"===
 * ===Students complete "What's Eating You" exploration and discuss questions from student handout===

Thursday, April 16 - Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers Online Activity

 * ===Students complete online activity from two websites and complete handout===
 * ===Review handout in class===
 * ===Homework: Write down everything you eat for the next 24 hours===

Friday, April 17 - Organisms Obtaining Energy

 * ===Video segment and notes on energy pyramids===
 * ===Review what students ate in the past 24 hours. Discuss where the energy in the food came from.===
 * ===Create a diagram of their food chain===

Monday, April 20 - Food Web Activity

 * ===Food web activity using "Into the Forest" game===
 * ===Discuss what happens when an organism is removed from the food web===
 * ===Complete food chain diagram===

Tuesday, April 21 - Study Guide

 * ===Use notes and book to complete study guide===
 * ===Study guide due on Thursday - Test Friday===

Wednesday, April 22 - EARTH DAY!!!

 * === Earth Day oil spill activity ===

Thursday, April 23 - Review for Test

 * ===Review study guide===
 * ===Test review game===

Friday, April 24 - Ecosystem Test

 * ===Test===

Monday, March 23 - Introduce Population, Community, and Ecosystem

 * ===Read pages 16-21 in Environmental Science book===
 * ===Complete notes handout===

Tuesday, March 24 - Review Population, Community, and Ecosystem

 * ===Review notes handout from class===
 * ===Watch video "Learning About Ecology" and discuss video questions===

Wednesday, March 25 - Project Introduction

 * ===Students are given a Michigan ecosystem to research and present in a non-linear PowerPoint presentation===
 * ===Start research===

Thursday, March 26 - Project Research

 * ===Students continue researching their ecosystem===
 * ===Discussions with fellow groups researching the same ecosystem===

Friday, March 27 - Presentation Planning

 * ===Teacher demonstration of a non-linear PowerPoint presentation===
 * ===Students begin creating their PowerPoint presentation===

Monday, March 30 and Tuesday, March 31 - Project Work Days

 * ===Work days for PowerPoint presentation===

Wednesday, April 1 - Presentation Days

 * ===Students present projects===

Thursday, April 2 - Organism Interactions

 * ===Review how organisms, including humans, interact within an ecosystem===
 * ===Class discussion about the positive and negative effects of organisms on an ecosystem===
 * ===Watch TLC Elementary School; People and Environment===

Friday, April 3 - Make Up Day

 * ===Make up day for projects and presentations===

February 17 - Transfer of Energy Notes and Fold-able

 * ===Review reading from yesterday===
 * ===PowerPoint notes about heat transfer===
 * ===Heat Transmission - Conduction, Convection, and Radiation (2:32)===
 * ==="Fold-able" notes on convection, conduction, and radiation - notes due Wednesday===

February 18 - Energy Transfer and Conduction

 * ===Video segment on conduction - discuss conduction as the transfer of energy through direct contact===
 * ==="Heat Transfer" and "Heat on the Move" Discovery Education explorations===
 * ===Homework: Read pages 18-19 of handout and complete questions on pages 20-21 - DUE FRIDAY, February 20===

February 19 - Convection

 * ===Review "Heat Transfer" and "Heat on the Move" explorations from yesterday===
 * ===Video segment on convection - discuss convection as the transfer of energy through a gas or liquid===
 * ==="Heat-Go-Round" Discovery Education exploration===
 * ===Read "Hot Stuff" article about energy transfer in a Reader's Theater format===

February 20 - Radiation

 * ===Video segment on radiation - discuss radiation as the transfer of energy through space or air===
 * ==="Melt-Off" Discovery Education exploration===
 * ===Review and check homework - pages 18-21===

February 23 - Review of Thermal Energy Transfer

 * ===Notes on conduction, convection, and radiation from PowerPoint===
 * ===Video segment - "The Movement of Heat" (3:38)===
 * ===Review examples of conduction, convection and radiation===

February 24 - Temperature vs. Thermal Energy/Quiz Review

 * ===PowerPoint review of temperature and thermal energy===
 * ===Vocabulary charades review===

February 25 - Energy Transfer Quiz

 * ===Quiz===
 * ===Video segments - "Kinds and Forms of Energy" (3:58) and "The Five Main Forms of Energy" (2:41)===
 * ===Complete chart of energy types and examples - pages 144-145 (complete as homework if needed)===

February 26 - Transfer of Energy Lab

 * ===Review energy types chart===
 * ===Introduce lab and expectations===
 * ===Complete 2 lab stations===

February 27 - Transfers of Energy Lab

 * ===Complete final 4 lab stations===
 * ===Class discussion of the energy transfers at each station===

March 2 - Law of Conservation of Energy

 * ===Ping pong ball and golf ball demonstration===
 * ===Video segment - "Law of Conservation of Energy" (4:35)===
 * ===Read pages 148-153 from Motion, Forces, and Energy Book - demonstrate ideas with a pendulum===
 * ===Homework handout 38-41 - reading and questions due Wednesday===

March 3 - Law of Conservation of Energy - Part II

 * ===Complete reading from pages 148-153===
 * ===Notes from [[file:Energy Conversion and Conservation.ppt]]- Fill out Types of Energy chart===
 * ===Discuss homework pages 38-41===

March 4 - Conservation of Energy Exploration

 * ===Review homework pages 38-41===
 * ===Persistent Energy Discovery Education exploration===

March 5 - Review

 * ===Discuss Persistent Energy exploration===
 * ===Tear and Share activity to review energy transformations and the law of conservation of energy===
 * ===Review vocabulary for quiz===

March 6 - Energy Conservation and Transformations Quiz

 * ===Quiz===
 * ===Reader's Theater on radiant energy===

March 9 - Intoduce Matter and Its Molecules

 * ===Think-pair-share to list examples of solids, liquids, and gases. Discuss how we catogorize each of these into their groups===
 * ===Watch "Energy and the Four States of Matter: Soilid, Liquid, Gas, and Plasma" (3:41)===
 * ===Students draw the particles of the three states of matter===
 * ===Act out the arrangement and movement of the particles in a solid, liquid, and gas===
 * ===Watch "Plasma: The Fourth State of Matter" (3:04) and add plasma definition and examples to notes===

March 10 - Matter Reading and Questions

 * ===Read pages 13-14 and answer questions on pages 15, 16, and 17 of State of Matter handout - due Thursday===

March 11 - State Changes

 * ===Demonstration of state changes - add to notes===
 * ===Video: Phase Changes and Temperature-Time Graphs (11:39)===
 * ===Introduce matter project - due Friday, March 13th===

March 12 - Homework Review and Reader's Theater

 * ===Review homework pages 13-17===

March 13 - Law of Conservation of Mass

 * ===Law of Conservation of Mass Lab===

March 16 - Expert Group Readings

 * ===Groups read article, summarize, and presents to class (5th and 8th hours)===

March 17 - Expert Group Readings/Quiz Review

 * ===Groups read article, summarize, and presents to class (2nd and 3rd hours)===
 * ===Review for quiz with reader's theater "Shape Shifters" article and jeopardy review game (5th and 8th hours)===

March 18 - Quiz Review/Quiz

 * ===Review for quiz with reader's theater "Shape Shifters" article and jeopardy review game (2nd and 3rd hours)===
 * ===Quiz (5th and 8th hours)===

March 19 - Quiz (1/2 day)

 * ===Quiz (2nd and 3rd hours)===

March 20 - Career Day (1/2 day)

 * ===Career day===

February 2 - Introduction of Potential and Kinetic Energy

 * ===Demonstrations of potential and kinetic energy===
 * ===Reading 140-143 and web notes - Due Tuesday===

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February 3 - Potential Energy vs Kinetic Energy

 * ===Review web from pages 140-143===
 * ===Discuss kinetic and potential energy variables===
 * ==="Set to Go" exploration - examples of potential energy===
 * ===Homework: Read mechanical energy handout and talk-to-the-text, then answer questions. Due Thursday===

February 4 - Potential Energy and Mass Lab

 * ===Discovery education "Moving On" exploration===
 * ===Graph chart from exploration===
 * ===Review "Moving On" exploration and graph===

February 5 - Pendulum Energy

 * ===Review homework handout from Tuesday===
 * ===Demonstrate kinetic and potential energy in a pendulum - determine when it is losing/gaining potential and kinetic energy===
 * ===Review for energy quiz - charades game===

February 6 - Potential and Kinetic Energy Quiz - Introduce Energy Project

 * ===Quiz over potential and kinetic energy===
 * ===Introduce potential and kinetic energy project and objectives to be met===

February 9 - Potential and Kinetic Energy Project

 * ===Review energy quiz from Friday===
 * ===Work on project proposal===

February 10 - MovieMaker Tutorial

 * ===How to save pictures and put them into MovieMaker===
 * ===Adding text to a MovieMaker Presentation===
 * ===Work time===

February 11 - Project Work Day

 * ===Full work day for projects===
 * ===Adding text to slides===

February 12 - Project Work Day

 * ===Work time for projects===
 * ===Adding titles and credits===

February 13 - Project Presentations

 * ===Add final touches to project===
 * ===Present projects in class===

February 16 - Project Presentations/Start Energy Transfer Unit

 * ===Present projects in class===
 * ===Heat Transfer Video (2:56) - Discovery Education Science===
 * ===Start reading on energy transfer - Finish reading as homework===

January 20 - Rock Layers

 * ===2nd and 3rd Hour Exams in the Morning===
 * ===Afternoon Lessons for 2nd and 3rd hour:===
 * ===Discuss Getting into the Fossil Record and Understanding Geologic Time online activities===
 * ===Observe rock layers - What can be determined from each layer?===
 * ===Discuss intrusion and extrusion in rock layers===

January 21 - Rock Layers

 * ===5th and 8th Hour Exams in the Morning===
 * ===Afternoon Lessons for 5th and 8th hour:===
 * ===Discuss Getting into the Fossil Record and Understanding Geologic Time online activities===
 * ===Observe rock layers - What can be determined from each layer?===
 * ===Discuss intrusion and extrusion in rock layers===

January 22 - Rock Layers Project

 * ===Rock Layer Project - Draw the layers of fossils based on description given===
 * ===Rock Layer Project Due Monday 1/26===

January 23 - Fossil Reading

 * ===Read article "The Case of the Faulty Fossil" - determine and discuss the problem in the article===
 * ===Video on Geologic Time (15:31) - Discuss radioactive and carbon dating===

January 26 - Making a Geological Time Line

 * ===Students determine a scale for geologic time in centimeters where 1 cm = 10 million years===
 * ===Using cash register tape, students create a time line and label 6 major events that occurred in each era===
 * ===Rock Layer Project Due===

January 27 - Geologic Time Line

 * ===Geological time line activity===

January 28 - Geologic Time Line/Fossil Layers Lab

 * ===Complete geologic time line===
 * ===Start fossil layers lab on page 118===

January 29 - Fossil Layers Lab/Review Study Guide

 * ===Complete and review lab on page 118===
 * ===Review study guide===

January 31 - Fossil Test

 * ===Study guide DUE ===
 * ===Fossil Test===

Monday, January 5 - Getting into the Fossil Record

 * ==Students complete online activity[| Getting into the Fossil Record]==

Tuesday, January 6 - Reading Testing

 * ===Reading Testing in Library===
 * ===Traces of Tracks sheet - Due Wednesday===
 * ===Fossils sheet - Due Wednesday===

Wednesday, January 7 - Getting into the Fossil Record

 * ===Review Traces of Tracks and Fossil Notes from yesterday===
 * ===Video segment on rock layers - "Natural Phenomena: Rocks, Fossils, and Earth History"===

Thursday, January 8 - Understanding Geologic Time

 * ==Students complete online activity[| Getting into the Fossil Record]==
 * ===Start online activity [|Understanding Geologic Time]===

Friday, January 9 - Layers of Rock

 * ===Finish Understanding Geologic Time online activity===
 * ===[|Fossil Fun] Site for those with completed work===

January 12-14 - Exam Review

 * ===Exam review study guide===
 * ===Exam [|Final_exam_jeopardy_review.ppt]===

January 15-16 - Mid-Term Exams

 * ===Mid-Term Exams===

January 19 - No School

 * ===Martin Luther King Jr. Day===

Monday 12/15 - Plotting Earthquakes

 * ===Continue work on "Looking for Pattern" handout===
 * ===Class discussion of activity and the location of earthquakes===

Tuesday 12/16 - Earthquake Articles

 * ===Talk-to-the-Text earthquake articles===
 * ===Groups discussion of main ideas and supporting details with t-chart===
 * ===Group presents main ideas to class===

Wednesday 12/17 - Volcano Introduction

 * ===Compare earthquake and volcano positions (page 89) on map from earthquake activity===
 * ===Label tectonics plates on map===
 * ===Start volcano notes===

Thursday 12/18 - Volcanoes Online

 * ===Students complete handout to connect volcano types to plate boundary types===
 * ===Use [|LINK]===
 * ===Video on Volcanoes and Pompeii===

Friday 12/19 - Plate Tectonics Review

 * ==="It Cracks Me Up" reader's theater===
 * ===Holiday game===

Monday 11/17 - Magnetic Field Study Guide

 * ===Complete and review study guide for magnetic field quiz===

Tuesday 11/18 - Compass Lab

 * ===Create a compass activity===
 * ===Test how a compass reacts to magnetic and electrical fields===

Wednesday 11/19 - Magnetic Field Quiz

 * ===Quiz over magnetic fields===
 * ===Concept web of pages 20 and 21===

Thursday 11/20 - Dynamic Earth

 * ===Students begin handout using [|Dynamic Earth] website===

Friday 11/21 - Snow Day

 * ===Snow Day - No School===

Monday 11/24 - Dynamic Earth

 * ===Review concept web of pages 20 - 21===
 * ===Continue [|Dynamic Earth] handout===

Tuesday 11/25 - Dynamic Earth

 * ===Continue work on Dynamic Earth handout===
 * ===Review Dynamic Earth handout===

Wednesday 11/26 - 1/2 Day

 * ===Alternate schedule===
 * ===Make-up day for missing work===

Monday 12/1 - Layers of the Earth

 * ===Layers of the Earth video (10 min.)===
 * ===Index card notes on the three layers of the Earth===
 * ===Introduce unit notes - Homework: complete layers of Earth drawing using pages 22-23===

Tuesday 12/2 - Faults and Plates

 * ===Create "foldable" on faults and plates notes===
 * ===Read pages 26-27 about convection===
 * ===Observe a lava lamp and compare it to the convection that occurs in the Earth's mantle===
 * ===Video segments on convection in the Earth's mantle===

Wednesday 12/3 - Plate Tectonics

 * ===Complete and discuss "Dance of the Plates" Discovery Education exploration===
 * ===Notes on continental drift added to index cards===
 * ===Homework: Unit notes section - "plate tectonics"===

Thursday 12/4 - Continental Drift

 * ===Watch video Continents Adrift - compare and contrast the plate tectonics theory and continental drift theory===
 * ===Complete "Continental Drift" section of unit handout - Unit handout due Friday===

Friday 12/5 - The Great Puzzle

 * ===Video segment on Our Changing Earth: Continental Drift (3:16)===
 * ===Complete Great Puzzle activity using [|link]===

Monday 12/8 - The Great Puzzle

 * ===Students complete The Great Puzzle activity - Due Tuesday===
 * ===Review for quiz===

Tuesday 12/9 - Quiz and Earthquake Notes

 * ===Inside the Earth quiz===
 * ===Earthquake notes===

Wednesday 12/10 - Earthquakes and Volcanoes Introduction

 * ===Earthquakes and volcanoes video (20:10) - Students complete handout===
 * ===Discuss lesson for Thursday - practice plotting latitude and longitude===

Thursday 12/11 - Plotting Earthquakes

 * ===Use [|link] to plot 20 current earthquakes on a world map===

Friday 12/12 - Plotting Earthquakes

 * ===Continue plotting earthquakes activity===
 * ===Complete "Looking for Patterns" handout on activity===

Monday 10/27 - Wednesday 10/29 - Rock Cycle PowerPoint Project (click to view project page)

 * ===Students use the PowerPoint program to create a guessing game involving the rock cycle===
 * ===Day 1: PowerPoint template is introduced - students work on clues for their game===
 * ===Day 2: Students enter clues to the PowerPoint Template and pictures are added===
 * ===Day 3: Final work day - student finish requirements and add backgrounds, text colors, animation, etc.===

Thursday 10/30 - Friday 10/31 - Rock Cycle PowerPoint Projects Presented

 * ===Groups present rock cycle projects to class===
 * ===Start rock cycle interactive handout===

Monday 11/3 - Rock Cycle Interactive - Rock Cycle Video

 * ===Complete [|rock cycle interactive]===
 * ===Watch rock cycle video and complete handout===

Tuesday 11/4 - Rock Cycle Quiz

 * ===Rock cycle quiz review===
 * ===Rock cycle quiz===

Wednesday 11/5 - Travel Through the Rock Cycle

 * ===Students travel through the rock cycle by rolling dice to determine which area of the rock cycle they will travel through next===
 * ===Using the path through the rock cycle, students create a story or comic style sketch to explain their journey through the rock cycle===

Thursday 11/6 - Magnetism Introduction

 * ===Complete rock cycle journey activity from Wednesday - sketch/story due Friday===
 * ===Discuss "What do we know about magnets?"===
 * ===Watch Discovery Education video segment "Magnetism" (2:00) and "The Core" (1:40)===

Friday 11/7 - Earth as a Magnet

 * ===Teacher models Talking to the Text with "Earth as a Magnet" article===
 * ===Students complete Tear and Share with information gained from reading "Earth as a Magnet"===

Monday 11/10 - Exploring Magnetic Fields

 * ===Lab: Exploring Magnetic Fields - compare the magnetic fields of a bar magnet to the magnetic field of the Earth===

Tuesday 11/11 - History of the Compass

 * ===Watch video segment from Discovery Education - "Magnetic Earth" (8:13)===
 * ===Read "Mad About Magnets" article about the history of compass use and summarize what occurred during each date===

Wednesday 11/12 - Compass Timeline

 * ===Notes added to KWL chart===
 * ===Students create a timeline of the history of the compass using the article "Mad About Magnets"===

Thursday 11/13 - All About Compasses - 2nd and 3rd hour classes only (1/2 Day)

 * ===Continue history of the compass timeline===
 * ===[|Online compass practice]===

Friday 11/14 - All About Compasses - 5th and 8th hour classes only (1/2 Day)

 * ===Continue history of the compass timeline===
 * ===[|Online compass practice]===

Monday 9/22 - Scientific Method Myth Busters Style

 * ===Watch Myth Busters Video on the Helium Football===
 * ===Discuss how the Myth Busters use the scientific method===

Tuesday 9/23 - Review of the Scientific Method

 * ===Review how the Myth Busters use the scientific method===
 * ===Scientific Method Penny Lab===

Wednesday 9/24 - Introduction to Weathering

 * ===Pass out "Earth's Surface Books"===
 * ===View pictures of landforms shaped by weathering and erosion===
 * ===Notes on the types of weathering - Types of Weathering.ppt===

Thursday 9/25 - Types of Weathering Demonstrations

 * ===Start weathering demonstrations===
 * ===Read "Rocks and Weathering" - Talk-to-the-Text===

Friday 9/26 - Types of Weathering Demonstrations (cont.)

 * ===Continue weathering demonstrations===
 * ===Complete questions on "Rocks and Weathering" sheet===

Monday 9/29 - Review Weathering - Introduce Erosion

 * ==="Forces that Shaped the Earths" Discovery Educations Exploration and discuss different types of mechanical weathering===
 * ===Watch chemical weathering video clip (2:57 min.)===
 * ===Discuss the movement of rock particles - erosion===
 * ===Start erosion vocabulary===

Tuesday 9/30 - Continue Erosion Vocabulary

 * ===Complete erosion vocabulary===
 * ===Start working on weathering and erosion test study guide===

Wednesday 10/1 - Types of Erosion Video

 * ===Watch: "Types of Erosion" and complete video handout===
 * ===Work on weathering and erosion study guide===

Thursday 10/2 - Weathering and Erosion Reading Expert Groups

 * ===Groups read articles on weathering and erosion===
 * ===Expert groups present their finding to the class===
 * ===Review for test - STUDY GUIDE DUE ===

Friday 10/3 - Weathering and Erosion Test

 * ===Weathering and Erosion Test===

Monday 10/6 - Thursday 10/9 - Soil Centers

 * ===Soil centers include a study on the composition, texture, and color of soil===
 * ===Soil centers handout and "soil formation and composition" sheet due on Friday===
 * ===Soil comic strip project assigned - __Due 10/15__===

Friday 10/10 - Review Soil

 * ===Review soil center packet - due today===
 * ===Observe the porosity of soil - clay, silt, and sand===
 * ===Layers of soil Discovery Education exploration===

Monday 10/13 - Exploration and Expert Group Readings

 * ===Expert group readings about weathering, erosion, and soil===


 * ===Work on soil comic project===

Tuesday 10/14 - MEAP Testing

 * ===MEAP Testing - classes do not meet===

Wednesday 10/15 - Soil Video and Comic Strips

 * ===Video on Soil and Vegetation (11:33) - students complete handout===
 * ===Students present their soil comic projects - Soil Comic Strip Project DUE TODAY ===

Thursday 10/16 - MEAP Testing

 * ===MEAP Testing - classes do not meet===

Friday 10/17 - Soil Sample Activity

 * ===Review topographic maps===
 * ===Soil sample testing game===

Monday 10/20 - Review of Rock Cycle

 * ===Think-pair-share about the rock cycle - discuss===
 * ===Read article "The Rocks of the Great Wall"===
 * ===Watch "Three Rocks" from Discovery Education (11:00)===

Tuesday 10/21 - MEAP Testing

 * ===MEAP Testing - classes do not meet===

Wednesday 10/22 - The Cycle of the Rock Cycle

 * ==="Rock Around the Clock" Discovery Exploration - students complete handout as notes===
 * ===View rock cycle diagram - Fill out Venn diagram based on the rock cycle===
 * ===Start discussing Rock Cycle Project===

Thursday 10/23 - MEAP Testing

 * ===MEAP Testing - Classes do not meet===

Friday 10/24 - No School

 * ===Teacher professional development===

Tuesday 9/9 - Introduction of Measurement Devices

 * ===Introduce measurement devices (ruler, meter stick, balance, graduated cylinder, beaker, etc)===
 * ===Predict what each device measures - create chart with predictions===
 * ===Discuss parts of a ruler - centimeters and millimeters===
 * ===Practice measuring in centimeters and millimeters - discuss advantages of each===

Wednesday 9/10 - Measuring Length Metric Style

 * ===Investigate the length of a meter while walking the track - 100 meters, 400 meters===
 * ===Determine the number of laps in a kilometer===
 * ===Discuss the prefix kilo- and how it is used in metric measurement===

Thursday 9/11 - Mass vs. Weight - Measuring Mass

 * ===**Vocabulary Cards - Add MASS, VOLUME, and DENSITY**===
 * ===View Discovery Science Connection video segment "Gravity and Mass" (2:34)===
 * ===Discuss the difference between mass and weight===
 * ===Investigate how mass stays the same, while weight varies by finding a student's [|weight on different planets]===
 * ===Review how to use a [|triple-beam balance]===
 * ===Practice finding the mass of several objects===

Friday 9/12 - Graduated Cylinders and Volume

 * ===Determine how a graduated cylinder measures volume===
 * ===Watch "Measuring Volume" video segment (1:03)===
 * ===Practice reading the volume using a graduated cylinder===
 * ===Watch "Density" video segment (1:42)===
 * ===Practice calculating density===

Monday 9/15 - Mass Lab

 * ==="Finding the Mass of Matter" Lab - DUE Wednesday===

Tuesday 9/16 - Volume Lab

 * ===Work on Study Guide - Due Thursday===
 * ===Reading Fluency Testing in the Library===

Wednesday 9/17 - Density Lab

 * ==="Finding the Volume of Matter" and "Finding the Density of Matter" Labs - DUE at the end of the hour===
 * ===Lab packet, including mass, volume, and density labs, DUE today===

Thursday 9/18 - Measurement Quiz

 * ===Review for Measurement Quiz===
 * === Measurement Quiz ===
 * === Brainstorm how scientists use the scientific method ===

Friday 9/19 - Scientific Method

 * ===Review the six steps to the scientific method===
 * ===Note Cards===