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Week of May 14, 2018
This week we will finish reviewing for our final exam which will be Thursday May 17 and Friday May 18. The study guide is above.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Final Exam May 17 and 18
Week of May 7, 2018
This week we will start reviewing for our final exam which will be Thursday May 17 and Friday May 18.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Final Exam May 17 and 18
Week of April 30, 2018
This week we will have our quiz over light and mirrors on Tuesday.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Quiz on Tuesday
Week of April 23, 2018
This week we will work on make a poster about the electromagnetic spectrum. We will most likely have a quiz early next week (FSA and field trips make it difficult to know an exact date as of now).
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Quiz... coming soon
Week of April 16, 2018
This week we continue our unit on light and mirrors by learning about the electromagnetic spectrum..
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Week of April 9, 2018
This week we continue our unit on light and mirrors by examining how objects appear and how light rays react in curved mirrors and lenses.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Week of April 2, 2018
This week we continue our unit on light and mirrors by examining how objects appear in hinged and curved mirrors.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Week of March 26, 2018
This week we will review for our quiz which will be on Wednesday. The study guide is above.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Quiz on Wed March 28
Week of March 12, 2018
This week we will be finishing up our unit on chemistry. Unfortunately we will not be able to finish before spring break so we will have a quiz shortly after returning from spring break. The study guide is above.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Quiz when we come back from spring break.
Week of March 5, 2018
This week we will have a quick quiz over balancing chemical equations on Monday. Then we will start to learn about acids and bases.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Quiz on Monday
Week of February 26, 2018
This week we will be working on balancing chemical equations. There will not necessarily be homework but if students don't finish their equation sheets they will need to do them at home.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Week of February 19, 2018
This week we will be working on balancing chemical equations. There will not necessarily be homework but if students don't finish their equation sheets they will need to do them at home.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Week of February 12, 2018
This week we will review for our quiz on Wednesday. The study guide is above. Next we will learn how to balance chemical equations.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Quiz next week
Week of February 5, 2018
This week we will perform three tests on four substances to determine if they are ionic or covalent compounds. We will then learn about chemical equations and start preparation for a quiz next week. The study guide is above.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Quiz next week (most likely Wednesday though it may be pushed back a day or two)
Week of January 22, 2018
This week we will continue learning about atoms and how they form molecules. Be sure to ask your child about his or her new best friend!
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
What Makes Up Matter? (Atoms) (pages 2-3)
What Makes Up Matter? (Elements) (pages 4-5)
About the Atomic Model (page 22)
Week of January 22, 2018
This week we will continue learning about atoms and how they form molecules. Be sure to ask your child about his or her new best friend!
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Week of January 15, 2018
This week we will begin learning about atoms which will be a part of the rest of our chemistry unit.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Week of January 8, 2018
This week we will learn about solutions and suspensions, work more with density, and prepare for a quiz over activities 1-3. The quiz will be on Friday.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Matter and Change (1-3) Quiz Friday
Week of December 3, 2017
Test Wednesday!
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Force and Motion Unit Test Wednesday
Week of November 26, 2017
We will finish learning new content this week for our Force and Motion unit. We will then start reviewing for the test. The study guide for the test is available above.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Force and Motion Unit Test coming soon
Week of November 12, 2017
We will review for an equation quiz on Monday and take the equation quiz on Tuesday. We will start to learn about Newton's Third Law of Motion. We will be having a unit test over force and motion in a couple of weeks. The study guide for the test is available above.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Equation Quiz on Tuesday
Force and Motion Unit Test coming soon
Week of November 5, 2017
This week we will be learning about elastic potential energy and Newton's Third Law of Motion. Students will be building and using a come back can. There will be short quiz over equations either at the end of this week or the beginning of next week.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Week of October 29, 2017
This week we will be learning about acceleration and elastic potential energy. Students will be building and using a come back can. We will also learn how to solve acceleration problems.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Week of October 2, 2017
This week we will continue learning about Newton's Laws of Motion as they apply on Earth and in space. We will also learn how to solve F=ma problems.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Week of September 24, 2017
This week we will continue learning about Newton's Laws of Motion as they apply on Earth and in space. We will also be doing i-Ready testing.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Week of September 4, 2017
This week we will review for our Nature of Science test which will be on Wednesday September 6. The study guide is available above.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Test Wednesday!
Week of August 28, 2017
This week we will learn the reasons why science cannot use supernatural explanations for events. We will also begin to review for our Nature of Science test which is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday September 6. The study guide is available above.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Week of August 21, 2017
This week we will continue learning about the nature of science, scientific vocabulary, determining independent and dependent variables, and basic rules of performing experiments.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Week of August 14, 2017
This week we will be learning about the nature of science, scientific vocabulary, determining independent and dependent variables, and basic rules of performing experiments.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
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Week of May 14, 2018
This week we will finish reviewing for our final exam which will be Thursday May 17 and Friday May 18. The study guide is above.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Final Exam May 17 and 18
Week of May 7, 2018
This week we will start reviewing for our final exam which will be Thursday May 17 and Friday May 18.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Final Exam May 17 and 18
Week of April 30, 2018
This week we will have our quiz over light and mirrors on Tuesday.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Quiz on Tuesday
Week of April 23, 2018
This week we will work on make a poster about the electromagnetic spectrum. We will most likely have a quiz early next week (FSA and field trips make it difficult to know an exact date as of now).
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Quiz... coming soon
Week of April 16, 2018
This week we continue our unit on light and mirrors by learning about the electromagnetic spectrum..
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Week of April 9, 2018
This week we continue our unit on light and mirrors by examining how objects appear and how light rays react in curved mirrors and lenses.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Week of April 2, 2018
This week we continue our unit on light and mirrors by examining how objects appear in hinged and curved mirrors.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Week of March 26, 2018
This week we will review for our quiz which will be on Wednesday. The study guide is above.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Quiz on Wed March 28
Week of March 12, 2018
This week we will be finishing up our unit on chemistry. Unfortunately we will not be able to finish before spring break so we will have a quiz shortly after returning from spring break. The study guide is above.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Quiz when we come back from spring break.
Week of March 5, 2018
This week we will have a quick quiz over balancing chemical equations on Monday. Then we will start to learn about acids and bases.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Quiz on Monday
Week of February 26, 2018
This week we will be working on balancing chemical equations. There will not necessarily be homework but if students don't finish their equation sheets they will need to do them at home.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Week of February 19, 2018
This week we will be working on balancing chemical equations. There will not necessarily be homework but if students don't finish their equation sheets they will need to do them at home.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Week of February 12, 2018
This week we will review for our quiz on Wednesday. The study guide is above. Next we will learn how to balance chemical equations.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Quiz next week
Week of February 5, 2018
This week we will perform three tests on four substances to determine if they are ionic or covalent compounds. We will then learn about chemical equations and start preparation for a quiz next week. The study guide is above.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Quiz next week (most likely Wednesday though it may be pushed back a day or two)
Week of January 22, 2018
This week we will continue learning about atoms and how they form molecules. Be sure to ask your child about his or her new best friend!
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
What Makes Up Matter? (Atoms) (pages 2-3)
What Makes Up Matter? (Elements) (pages 4-5)
About the Atomic Model (page 22)
Week of January 22, 2018
This week we will continue learning about atoms and how they form molecules. Be sure to ask your child about his or her new best friend!
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Week of January 15, 2018
This week we will begin learning about atoms which will be a part of the rest of our chemistry unit.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Week of January 8, 2018
This week we will learn about solutions and suspensions, work more with density, and prepare for a quiz over activities 1-3. The quiz will be on Friday.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Matter and Change (1-3) Quiz Friday
Week of December 3, 2017
Test Wednesday!
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Force and Motion Unit Test Wednesday
Week of November 26, 2017
We will finish learning new content this week for our Force and Motion unit. We will then start reviewing for the test. The study guide for the test is available above.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Force and Motion Unit Test coming soon
Week of November 12, 2017
We will review for an equation quiz on Monday and take the equation quiz on Tuesday. We will start to learn about Newton's Third Law of Motion. We will be having a unit test over force and motion in a couple of weeks. The study guide for the test is available above.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Equation Quiz on Tuesday
Force and Motion Unit Test coming soon
Week of November 5, 2017
This week we will be learning about elastic potential energy and Newton's Third Law of Motion. Students will be building and using a come back can. There will be short quiz over equations either at the end of this week or the beginning of next week.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Week of October 29, 2017
This week we will be learning about acceleration and elastic potential energy. Students will be building and using a come back can. We will also learn how to solve acceleration problems.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Week of October 2, 2017
This week we will continue learning about Newton's Laws of Motion as they apply on Earth and in space. We will also learn how to solve F=ma problems.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Week of September 24, 2017
This week we will continue learning about Newton's Laws of Motion as they apply on Earth and in space. We will also be doing i-Ready testing.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Week of September 4, 2017
This week we will review for our Nature of Science test which will be on Wednesday September 6. The study guide is available above.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Test Wednesday!
Week of August 28, 2017
This week we will learn the reasons why science cannot use supernatural explanations for events. We will also begin to review for our Nature of Science test which is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday September 6. The study guide is available above.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Week of August 21, 2017
This week we will continue learning about the nature of science, scientific vocabulary, determining independent and dependent variables, and basic rules of performing experiments.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)
Week of August 14, 2017
This week we will be learning about the nature of science, scientific vocabulary, determining independent and dependent variables, and basic rules of performing experiments.
Homework: None (though unfinished classwork will need to be completed at home)