week of 12/19

7th - none Monday, but should make final copy of drawing for procedures if you get a chance
      - Wed. type conclusion
      - Final copy of lab due Friday

8th - none

Extra Credit: What is the significance of the Winter Solstice? (get a HW pass)

week of 12/12

7th - type purpose of lab using notes from class
      - Thurs type hypothesis, materials, procedures due Monday

8th - Science article 4 (cloud seeding) due Friday except for 8-3 due Tuesday
        8-3 Creek reflection due Friday. Include:  all the normal components and "compared to"....flow meter "care" ..... air and water temp

GEMINID METEOR SHOWER:  Earth is passing through a stream of debris from near-Earth asteroid 3200 Phaethon, source of the annual Geminid meteor shower.  Forecasters expect meteor rates to reach 20-to-40 per hour when the shower peaks in bright moonlight on the night of Dec.13/14.  The best time to look, no matter where you live, is between 10 pm local time on Tuesday, Dec. 13, and sunrise on Wednesday, Dec. 14th. Check http://spaceweather.com for more information and live audio from a meteor radar.
BIG SUNDIVING COMET: A comet nearly as wide as two football fields (200m) is plunging toward the sun where it will most likely be destroyed in a spectacular light show on Dec. 15/16. Solar glare will hide the event from human eyes, but NASA and ESA spacecraft should have a grand view.  Check http://spaceweather.com for full coverage.

week of 12/5

7th - finish soil profile questions we started in class due Fri
8th - none yet

Week of 11/28

7th - none yet. (coming on Tues)
      - Make graph of data from class today. You can use a computer or by hand( your choice). Due Wed
   - finish percolation test activity (neat data table, neat drawing, answered questions, graph (from last night))

8th - creek reflection due Fri (8-3 only)
After school detentenion Tuesday for anyone that has not turned in SA3 by tomorrow morning

Week of 11/21

7th - Soil % composition activity due Wed.  (includes data table, calculations, graph, and conclusion) this is a graded assignment and needs to be your best work)

8th - Science Article 3 due after Thanksgiving. Do it now so you don't have HW later

Week of 11/14

7th  - Answer questions 1-4  on soil composition sheet. They flow together to make a paragraph that we will finish (questions 5 & 6) on Thursday. This is a graded assignment

8th - none Monday

week of 11/7

7th - bring in jar for soil % composition activity

Extra Credit Opportunity: Explain the soil experiment we did today to your parents, have them sign a note, bring it to me and I'll give you a HW pass


8th - creek reflection,

week of 10/31

7th - finish copy: 3 food chains and food web using vocab, with pictures, colored, neat

8th - creek reflection, science article 2 due Fri.

week of 10/24

7th - none yet

8th - creek reflection, Metric mixup due Th.

week of 10/17

Still NECAP testing in 8th grade

7th - Leaf ID and vocab test Thursday. Practice at home using on-line tree guide (link on my blog)

8th - Creek reflection (only 8-2)

week of 10/11

NECAP testing - no HW (7th or 8th)

week of 10/3

7th - vocab sheet due Thurs. (symbiosis, mutualism, commensalism, parasitism, taxonomy, dichotomous key)

8th -Bring in something metric, skills worksheet due Wed., Creek reflection day after you go

Week of 9/26

7th - vocabulary sheet herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, scavenger, food chain, food web

8th - creek reflection (due the class after you go)
Creek simulation lab due Thursday - Typed, includes all lab parts, data, calculations, graph, and drawing

week of 9/19

7th - vocab sheet due Thurs.

New 7th - bring in 5 different tree leaves on Monday

8th - creek reflection (the day after you go),
Creek temperature simulation - Purpose due Wed., Hypothesis, materials, procedures due Fri.

week of 9/12

7th - list 5 things that you use daily that use electricity

8th - Creek reflection (the class after you go), vocabulary sheet due Thurs.

Week of 9/6

7th - get safety contract signed (Tues), vocab sheet due monday

8th - science article 1 due friday, Creek reflection due tuesday 8-1

Homework 8/31

Welcome Back!
7th - No Homework

8th - Get safety contract signed over the weekend (going home Friday)
8-2 only - creek reflection due Wed.

Final Summer

Final summer assignment (or first HW next week)

Who is Irene and how are you and your family getting ready for her? (email me)

Summer # 2

Nice job to those who emailed me for a homework pass last time.

Here is the new challenge: (prize on first day of school)
Find an example of one way science influences/is involved in your favorite thing and email it to me.

Happy Summer!!!

Send me an email (this week only) and I'll give you a HW pass at the start of next year.

Week of 6/6

7th - get ready for Museum of Science sleepover on Thursday

8th - final creek project due next Tuesday 6/14

week of 5/23

7th - none Monday, Wed - get pedigree info ,

Cell reproduction essay rewrite(for those that earned less than a 3) due Wed. after Memorial Day
Must be 5 quality work to get a 3

8th - periodic table test Thurs.
final creek project assigned today, rubric given, due 6/14
creek graph due 6/6

Week of 5/16

7th - none (no science class this week due to 8th grade science NECAP)

8th - none (science NECAP)

8th grade trip to bay campus Thursday 5/19 after lunch

• permission slips go home Tuesday

week of 4/25

7th - vocab worksheet - symbiosis, parasitism, mutualism, commensalism, vernal pool, wild card word (any other science word)

8th - brochure worksheet due wed., three "periodic words" due Fri

week of 4/11

7th - none 8th - element model due Monday after vacation 4/25. Turn it in early

week of 4/4

7th - lab due Thurs 8th - find three pieces of info about your element

week of 3/28

7th - Monday-type procedures and draw final pictures, Wed&Fri work on conclusion, Lab due next Thurs 4/7 8th - none working on NECAP prep

Week of 3/21

7th- starting Egg Lab Tuesday, begin typing lab report as we work in class Purpose due Thurs,
hypothesis and materials due Mon. 3/28, procedures including pictures due Wed. 3/30


8th - Balloon project, due Tuesday3/29 see progress repot this Friday for update on what your student needs to complete.

week of 3/14

We plan on Fying balloons on Thursday 3/17 if anyone is interested or wants more info please email me.

7th - correct cell test and get signed (one class got them today and the rest will recieve them on Wed)

8th - 6 balloon pieces (see rubric) due Tuesday. Must have balloon for class Tuesday.

week of 2/28

7th - study for cell test on Friday ( notes, analogies, 2 cell drawings, 2 worksheets and drawings, microviewer drawings)

8th - Density worksheet due Thurs.,
- gather balloon materials as directed in class

Balloon Rubric given

week of 2/14

60 sec science quiz in class this week (open notes) in 7th and 8th grades

7th - cell parts quiz Thursday

8th- Density bottle and paragraph due Friday (instructions givenin class)

week of 1/24

7th - Study for quiz on Friday (notes in two pocket folder) cell theory, early scientists, types of microscopes

8th - Metric quiz Thursday (study metric notes), volume worksheet

Week of 1/18

7th-none Tuesday, Study cell/microscope intro notes for test on Wed 1/26

8th - Wed. -none, Friday - finish any work not completed in class,
Metric test next Thurs (1/27)

week of 1/3

7th - lab due Wed., microscope parts qz. Fri

8th -