Mr.K's Homework

week of 2/9

2012-02-09T14:08:00.001-05:00

7th - none

8th - creek reflection 8-1 due Monday

week of 1/18

2012-01-18T14:25:00.001-05:00

7th - none

8th - creek reflection (8-2 only)

1/9

2012-01-09T08:05:00.004-05:00

7th none

8th none- (only creek reflection if your class goes)

Week of 1/3 - none

2012-01-05T20:07:00.001-05:00

week of 12/19

2011-12-19T11:57:00.003-05:00

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

2011-12-13T08:03:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-05T14:08:00.001-05:00

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

Week of 11/28

2011-11-28T11:48:00.001-05:00

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

2011-11-21T14:48:00.001-05:00

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

2011-11-14T14:34:00.001-05:00

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

2011-11-07T15:00:00.002-05:00

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

2011-11-01T07:56:00.001-04:00

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

2011-10-24T14:38:00.001-04:00

7th - none yet

8th - creek reflection, Metric mixup due Th.

week of 10/17

2011-10-17T14:04:00.002-04:00

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

2011-10-11T09:12:00.002-04:00

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

week of 10/3

2011-10-03T08:28:00.003-04:00

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

2011-09-28T08:02:00.003-04:00

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

2011-09-19T14:46:00.003-04:00

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

2011-09-12T08:01:00.002-04:00

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

2011-09-06T08:14:00.005-04:00

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

2011-09-01T07:33:00.002-04:00

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

2011-08-25T06:52:00.003-04:00

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

2011-07-06T15:10:00.002-04:00

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!!!

2011-06-22T14:44:00.001-04:00

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

2011-06-07T08:27:00.001-04:00

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

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

week of 5/23

2011-05-24T14:06:00.002-04:00

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

2011-05-17T08:48:00.002-04:00

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

2011-04-26T07:16:00.004-04:00

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

2011-04-13T13:50:00.003-04:00

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

week of 4/4

2011-04-06T09:33:00.002-04:00

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

week of 3/28

2011-03-30T13:52:00.002-04:00

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

2011-03-21T13:55:00.004-04:00

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

2011-03-14T14:59:00.002-04:00

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

2011-02-28T14:46:00.003-05:00

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

2011-02-14T13:55:00.002-05:00

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

2011-01-24T11:23:00.002-05:00

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

2011-01-18T12:08:00.001-05:00

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

2011-01-03T09:10:00.000-05:00

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

8th -

week of 12/20

2010-12-20T12:01:00.001-05:00

Look for the lunar eclipse Monday night!

7th - bar graph of soil lab data(each group) due Wed

8th - none

week of 12/13

2010-12-14T08:37:00.001-05:00

7th - type purpose on Tuesday, hypothesis, materials, procedures on Thurs

8th - NECAP worksheet, finish sci article 6

Week of 12/6

2010-12-06T07:39:00.004-05:00

7th - Science article 3 (your choice of topic, extra credit if about anything to do with soil, cells or microscopes) due Fri

8th - Science article 5 (your choice of topic- extra credit if about metric, oceans, periodic table/elements) due Thurs

week of 11/29

2010-11-30T07:48:00.002-05:00

7th - None, get ready for student led conferences, complete all work by your conferece time, organize your binder

8th - None, get ready for conferences, complete all work by your conference time, organize your binder

week of 11/22

2010-11-22T07:34:00.001-05:00

7th - none

8th - none

week of 11/1

2010-11-03T14:21:00.002-04:00

7th - none

8th - creek reflection
- science article 3 - Metric Mixup due Tuesday

week of 10/25

2010-10-26T07:02:00.000-04:00

7th - science article 1 due Thursday

8th - science article 2 due Friday

week of 10/18

2010-10-20T08:44:00.002-04:00

7th Response Q - Why is it harder to use the field guide(tree ID) outside in the forest than in the class?

Week of 10/12

2010-10-12T07:56:00.002-04:00

7th - 7-1,7-3 none
7-2 half page response about why we go outside, behavior (what to do and not do), safety

8th - none yet

Week of 10/4

2010-10-06T07:56:00.001-04:00

7th - No HW this week NECAP

8th - No HW this week NECAP (except creek reflection 8-2)

Week of 9/27

2010-09-27T08:15:00.000-04:00

7th -none Monday

8th -

Week of 9/20

2010-09-21T14:45:00.001-04:00

7th - none

8th - Fish graph and sentences due Fri.
Creek reflection due on the next class after we visit

Week of 9/13

2010-09-13T08:05:00.000-04:00

7th - None/finish any work not completed in class

8th - None/finish any work not completed in class

Week of 9/7

2010-09-07T11:54:00.000-04:00

7th - Get Safety Contract signed by Friday

8th - Get Safety Contract signed, safety test Thursday

Week of 9/2

2010-09-02T07:44:00.001-04:00

7th

8th - bring in notebook materials (dividers, binder, loose leaf or spiral)

Summer!

2010-06-24T07:22:00.004-04:00

Thanks for checking out my homework blog!

Extra Credit #1
Grow something, anything, and keep a journal about it. Think about what scientists do... sketch, take pictures, measure, keep data, write observations.

Extra Credit # 2
What is your idea to help the Gulf Coast with the oil spill? What can you do, what should the government do, what should BP(the oil company) do? Tell me what you feel about the spill. Make a comment on my blog http://jtownscience.blogspot.com/

Homework week of 6/1 - 6/8

2010-06-01T13:56:00.003-04:00

7TH GRADE TRIP IS ON FRIDAY JUNE 4 (sorry about any mixup in date)

7th - bring in permission slip

8th - work on creek project
* 3 things (finished) due Wed 6/2
* 6 things (finished) due Thurs 6/9
* Final Project due Mon 6/14

DATA IS ON MY BLOG

Homework 5/23 - 5/31

2010-05-26T14:22:00.002-04:00

7th - none

8th - Work on your creek project. Rubric given out in class today. I will be checking at least one part off on Friday and grading several pieces next Wed.

Project due 6/13

Homework week of 5/3 - 510

2010-05-03T09:21:00.002-04:00

7th - Science article 4.3 due 5/6

8th - Element model due 5/13 follow directions in notes

Homework week of 4/26 - 5/3

2010-04-26T08:31:00.001-04:00

7th - Science article 4.2 due Friday

8th - Science article 4.2 due Thursday

Homework 4/12 - 4/16

2010-04-13T07:47:00.002-04:00

7th - science article 4.1 due Thursday

8th - NECAP practice questions

Science article 4.1 due Friday
creek visit reflection due Friday (8-1 0nly) what you did, how you did it, your data, other observations

Homeweork week of 4/5 - 4/13

2010-04-05T14:58:00.000-04:00

7th - none yet

8th - none yet

Homework week of 3/15 - 3/22

2010-03-15T14:01:00.002-04:00

7th- work on "eggsperiment" due Next week

8th - NECAP practice problem due Wed.

Homework Week of3/8 - 3/15

2010-03-08T14:01:00.002-05:00

7th- Monday - Write purpose paragraph for Egg lab
Wednesday -Type hypothesis, materials, procedure

8th - NECAP practice examples

Homework week of 2/22 - 3/1

2010-02-22T09:30:00.003-05:00

7th - Edible cell plan due Wed
Edible cell due Friday
Cell test Thurs 3/4

8th - Work on balloon project. Many parts should be complete by now and working on essay, questions, and graph

Homework week of 2/1 - 2/8

2010-02-02T06:22:00.002-05:00

7th - Study for cell organelle qz. on Wed

8th - We are beginning the balloon project now. Keep all papers organized.
Type or make each paper neat and as complete and detailed as you can.
So far you should have:
History grid, movie notes, ppt notes, balloon design sheet, design questions

Homework week of 1/25 - 2/1

2010-01-26T06:02:00.003-05:00

8th - Finish denisty activity started in class (data, calculations, and questions)

7th - Study for cell organelle quiz (next week).
Make a study aid (due Monday)

Homework week of 1/4-1/11

2010-01-06T16:56:00.001-05:00

7th - finish lab (write conclusion, put in order) due Thurs or Fri.

8th - volume activity due Thurs/Fri.

No homework over vacation!

2009-12-22T13:45:00.001-05:00

Homework week of 12/14 - 12/21

2009-12-14T09:10:00.001-05:00

7th - Monday - Write Procedures
Tuesday - Write Hypothesis and materials

Homework week of 12/7 - 12/14

2009-12-08T09:12:00.002-05:00

7th - Finish soil profile papers including coloring and questions with detail

8th - Creek simulation lab due Thur or Friday

Homework Week of 11/30 - 12/6

2009-12-03T16:26:00.001-05:00

7th - None

8th - Start typing Creek Simulation

Homework week of 11/16 - 11/23

2009-11-17T14:00:00.002-05:00

7th - none

8th- study for metric test

Homework week of 11/9 - 11/16

2009-11-09T10:33:00.001-05:00

7th - "Take home test" due Thurs/Friday

Identify three trees using online "What Tree is That?" http://www.arborday.org/trees/whattree/
Write out the path you followed in the format we used in class
Bring in the leaves or a picture of them
Do four trees for a 4, five leaves for a 5

8th - Metric conversion worksheet due next class

Halloween Extra Credit

2009-10-30T14:37:00.004-04:00

Help me find out the most popular candy given out this year. Make a table with a column for each type of candy you received and another for the # of pieces. Fill it in.

Homework week of 10/26 - 11/2

2009-10-26T09:36:00.002-04:00

7th - Study for vocab test Thursday or Friday
Study aide due with test (must be something that you made)

8th - none (Monday)

Homework week of 10/19- 10/26

2009-10-20T08:10:00.003-04:00

7th - vocab (symbiosis, parasitism, mutualism, commensalism, taxonomy, dichotomous key)

8th - Metric Mixup article

Homework week of 10/5 - 10/13

2009-10-05T07:51:00.002-04:00

7th - Vocabulary Sheet due next class (biotic, abiotic, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore,ecology)

8th - Vocabulary sheet due next class (matter, mass, weight, volume, metal, non-metal)

Homework week of 9/28 - 10/5

2009-09-28T08:38:00.004-04:00

8th - Dead Clam science article (1.2)due Monday 10/5 (all classes)

7th - NECAP vocabulary quiz Thur/Friday STUDY!
(MUST BRING A SIGNED NOTE TELLING ME HOW YOU STUDIED)

Homework week of 9/21 -9/28

2009-09-21T12:41:00.002-04:00

7th - NECAP vocabulary due Fri.

8th - Creek Q #3
"Why is it important to know how/about all the jobs/tests we do and why should we all do them the same?

Homework week of 9/14-9/21

2009-09-14T09:32:00.005-04:00

7th - Three things that we can study in the forest (complete sentence)

- NECAP vocab sheet due Fri.

8th - Respond to coastal studies question for next class

"What types of things affect the organisms we found today."

Respond to second coastal studies questions for next class

"How did this trash get here and why does it keep coming back"

"How can we classify this trash (separate it into groups)"

Homework week of 9/8 - 9/14

2009-09-04T14:05:00.002-04:00

7&8 - Safety Quiz on the last class of the week(Thurs. or Fri.)

8th - Science article due Monday

Homework week of 9/2 -9/7

2009-09-03T07:53:00.001-04:00

7th- Get safety contract signed by the next class after it is passed out

8th - Same as 7th

Summer Extra Credit 4

2009-08-16T15:08:00.005-04:00

Look out in the Atlantic. What do you see?
Is that the only place to look?

Make a comment with a fact or two on my blog http://jtownscience.blogspot.com/

Summer extra credit 3

2009-07-20T07:19:00.002-04:00

Here's a fun one. Go to the store and buy a bag of M&Ms. Separate them buy color, record data, graph the results, eat.

If you want more credit do the same thing with skittles

Even more credit? Make a table contrasting the similarities and differences

Summer extra credit 2

2009-07-06T05:57:00.002-04:00

Hey all,
As summer rolls along I'm sure that science will enter your life in some way or another. Make a comment on my blog http://jtownscience.blogspot.com/ about it (include first name only and grade).

Summer Extra Credit 1

2009-06-18T16:53:00.001-04:00

Plant something and watch it grow. Record your observations and collect some data. = 1 HW pass

Make a graph of the data = 1 HW pass

Pictures and or drawings = 1 HW pass

Homework week of 6/8-6/15

2009-06-11T06:18:00.002-04:00

7th - cell reproduction quiz

8th - light quiz

Homework week of 6/1 - 6/8

2009-06-04T06:37:00.001-04:00

7th - none - working on cell reproduction

8th - none - working on light and the spectrum

Homework week of 5/25 - 6/1

2009-05-27T06:01:00.002-04:00

Take the poll on my blog, shape your destiny.

7th - none

8th - finish cabbage pH lab

Homework week of 5/18 - 5/26

2009-05-21T05:27:00.002-04:00

7th - finish egg lab - formal lab report - include drawings and data sheets

8th - Cabbage indicator lab - do at home testing to find 5 acids, 4 bases, and 2 neutrals. Attach pieces of cabbage paper to your pH scale from class or on another sheet of paper.

Homework Week of 5/11 - 5/18

2009-05-13T08:01:00.001-04:00

7th - Working on Egg lab. Type a new piece each night.

8th - Working on Cabbage pH indicator lab -

Homework week of 5/4 -5/11

2009-05-02T06:31:00.002-04:00

BRING IN BOSTON PERMISSION SLIPS

7th - Diffusion activity writeup (when finished with class piece)
Starting egg lab - should begin typing each night after class

8th -

Homework week of 4/27 -5/3

2009-04-27T17:27:00.001-04:00

7th - None yet

8th - Study for Periodic Table/Atoms and Elements test at end of this week

Homework week of 4/20 - 4/27

2009-04-21T10:03:00.002-04:00

7th - study for genetics test Friday

8th - element model due Friday (all classes)
element brochure due Friday

Homework Week of 4/20 - 4/27

2009-04-21T10:00:00.003-04:00

Homework week of 4/13- 4/20

2009-04-10T17:29:00.003-04:00

Vacation week.
8th grade working on element research (makeing brochures in class) and element model due Friday after vacation.

Check out the Volvo Ocean Race. They started a new leg yesterday (Saturday)

Homework Week of 4/6-4/13

2009-04-07T14:57:00.001-04:00

7th - none

8th - Research your element, write down information to be used in class on brouchure
Build element model due Friday 4/25

Homework week of 3/30- 4/5

2009-03-30T19:10:00.003-04:00

7th - study for pedigree quiz. Use notes form class. Draw a pedigree and explain to your parents

8th - none Monday, periodic table worksheets Wed and Thurs.

UPDATE: Start to research your element (given out in two classes today Friday). A cool web site is linked on my class blog. Leave me a comment if you find something cool. http://jtownscience.blogspot.com/

Homework week of 3/23- 3/30

2009-03-25T06:43:00.005-04:00

Update 3/27 - Earth Hour tomorrow! Turn off your lights from 8:30 -9:30. Be part of this important event. www.earthhour.org

7th - None - Building pedigree chart, learning about genetics.

8th - Bring in "elemental" items for our display. (Items that have element names or parts of names on them). Learning about periodic table, atoms, and elements

Homework week of 3/16 - 3/20

2009-03-16T14:41:00.004-04:00

7th - none

Update 3/18- Find trait information for your family (as best as you can) you and siblings, mom and dad(aunts and uncles if you can), grandparents

8th - none

7th and 8th (update 3/19)
Spring comes tomorrow. Make a comment on my science blog (jtownscience@blogspot.com), if I put it on you earn a hw pass.

Homework Week of 3/9 -3/13

2009-03-09T16:53:00.003-04:00

7th - cell test Tuesday or Wed

8th - Balloon project wrap up. Three graphs should be done now. Conclusion questions being handed out in class Tues. and Wed.

UPDATE: 3/13- 8TH GRADE ONLY- ALL BALLOON MATERIALS ARE DUE IN YOUR FIRST SCIENCE CLASS NEXT WEEK! THIS INCLUDES ALL PREVIOUS PAPERS, COVER, TOC W/PAGE #S, GRAPHS, AND 2 ESSAYS