Hello Parents and Students,

I hope you are enjoying your much deserved 3 day weekend! 🙂

We finished up energy transfers and transformations last week, and this week we are moving on to motion and speed. We will have some math to do in this unit, so be prepared! Depending on the weather, we will try to go outside for a lab this week.

Objective: 6.8 A, B, C, D

Students will investigate motion through a variety of activities in order to identify changes in position and direction and the speed of an object. Students will also graph changes in motion.

Monday:
No School

Tuesday/Wednesday
Direction, Displacement and distance
*Notes and demonstrations

Thursday/Friday
Distance and Time Lab
-Go over unit 6 test

unit 6 test reteach will be- Wednesday during PE
retake will Thursday during PE

Hello,

We will be finishing up our unit on thermal energy transfer this week. Be looking for homework Tuesday and Wednesday night, as well as studying. We need to be looking over Potential and kinetc, energy forms, transformations, and thermal energy transfer. Everyone should have great notes to study, as well as a song to learn on You tube.
“Radiation, conduction, and convection song.”

Objective: 6.9

This lesson focuses on the movement of thermal energy through processes such as conduction, convection, and radiation. Students will conduct several investigations in order to gain an understanding that thermal energy moves in a predictable pattern from warmer to cooler until the substances attain the same temperature

Monday:
Convection Lab
Going to symphonic band concert at 12:30

Tuesday/Wednesday:
Review
Energy Homework
Study

Thursday/Friday
Grade Homework
Test

Hello Parents and students!

This semester seems to be going by faster than the last, I didn’t think that would be possible! I hope the kids are enjoying our energy unit, this week will be a fun one!

Objective:
This lesson focuses on the movement of thermal energy through processes such as conduction, convection, and radiation. Students will conduct several investigations in order to gain an understanding that thermal energy moves in a predictable pattern from warmer to cooler until the substances attain the same temperature.

Monday/Tuesday:
QUIZ- Potential and kinetic, energy transformations, energy types and forms.

Hot or Cold ?
Radiation Lab

Wednesday/Thursday

Convection Box Demo
Convection

Friday/Monday
Conduction Lab

**If students have any missing work they are not allowed to do labs until work in completed!

Hello Parents and Students

This week will be getting into energy transformations. This will be a fun week because we will be up and moving quite a bit! Wednesday is a Half day! 🙂

Objective: 6.9C
Students will compare and contrast potential and kinetic energy using a simple system and demonstrate energy transformations that occur within the systems.

Monday/Tuesday
Activity: Energy in a Ball
Discussion: Energy Types and forms

Wednesday/Thursday
Demonstration/Discussion- Transformations of Energy and Law of Conservation of Energy
Activity- Energy Transformations

Friday/Monday
Activity: Descriptive Investigation

Hello Parents and Students,

We are just about done with energy resources. We will be having our debate in the think lab on Tuesday and Wednesday, then have a quick open note test on Thursday/Friday.

I will be gone at the UIL meet on Friday

Objective: 6.7
Students research and debate the advantages and disadvantages of using specified energy resources. Students then design a logical plan to manage energy resources in the home, school, or community based on the research they have done.

Monday: No School MLK Day

Tuesday/Wednesday
Debate – Info sheet due

Thursday/Friday
Test
Vocabulary- Make sure you have your comp book.

Hello Parents and Students,

We made it through the first week back and we finished our projects, WHEW!! 🙂

This week we are finishing our energy resources research to prepare for our debate. We also have to take our universal screener this week.

Objective:
Students research and debate the advantages and disadvantages of using specified energy resources. Students then design a logical plan to manage energy resources in the home, school, or community based on the research they have done.
6.7 A,B

Monday:
Energy Resource Research
-Student will become an expert on assigned resource. Student will debate why his or her resource is the way to go.

Tuesday/Wednesday

Finish research
Sort Clarification

Thursday/Friday
Universal Screener
Work on Energy Resource

Hello Parents,

I hope you had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Years!

I am so excited for this semester, we have so many cool new things to learn! But first we have to get those projects done from last semester. We will then be jumping into energy resources.

Objective:
Present projects: Due Wednesday/Thursday

Students will research and debate the advantages and disadvantages of using specified energy resources.

Monday/Tuesday (BRING SUPPLIES TO FINISH PROJECT)
Introduce energy resources

Work on Projects

Wednesday/Thursday

Present Projects

Friday/Monday

Energy Resource Research

Hello Parents and Students,

I hope you all enjoyed the break! 🙂

We are getting closer and closer to Christmas break, cannot believe this semester is nearly over! We are finishing up our unit on living things and then we will be moving to environments. Projects are in full swing, make sure we are making progress on that! I am here every morning by 7:15 if you need help!

this weeks objective:

Students will learn about the cell theory, scientists who led to the development of the cell theory, and how to use microscope to determine that organisms are composed of cells. They will compare and contrast basic characteristics that are used to classify organisms into the broadest taxonomic categories of Domains and Kingdoms
Students will describe biotic and abiotic interactions of several ecosystems and diagram the levels of organization within an ecosystem.

Monday/Tuesday
Domains and Kingdoms

White day classes need to fill in charts for homework!
Wednesday/Thursday
Quiz- Classification of living things/ Domains and Kingdoms

Friday/Monday
Levels of Organization
Comparing interactions

Project: Students should have uni and multicellular organisms complete by this point. Working on Ecosystems and displays next week!

Hello Parents and Students,

I hope you enjoyed your weekend! We have short week this week, we will get out at 11:30 on Tuesday! Remember to work on your project over the weekend!

this weeks objective:

Students will learn about the cell theory, scientists who led to the development of the cell theory, and how to use microscope to determine that organisms are composed of cells. They will compare and contrast basic characteristics that are used to classify organisms into the broadest taxonomic categories of Domains and Kingdoms

Monday/Tuesday ****Microscope Quiz ***

Classification – 4 ways we classify organisms
iPad- Cells

Hello parents and students,

Great first week of biology, seems like everyone has really enjoyed using the microscope. We have one more day with the microscopes then we will be talking about how to classify living things. The students got their information about the semester project this past week and should be taking that home with them to brainstorm! I will attach information about the project as well!

This weeks objective:

Students will learn about the cell theory, scientists who led to the development of the cell theory, and how to use microscope to determine that organisms are composed of cells. They will compare and contrast basic characteristics that are used to classify organisms into the broadest taxonomic categories of Domains and Kingdoms

Monday/Tuesday
-Cells Part 2
– Pond Cells
** Brainstorming due!

Wednesday/Thursday
Sexual and Asexual reproduction
Classification of Living things

Friday
Searching for Cells
*Computer Lab

Project information

IT’S YOUR WORLD, WHO LIVES IN IT?

What are we doing?
You are going to create an environment and the organisms that live there. The environment needs to fit the needs of the creatures you create. You will make up a place and the animals that we could find there. (So you are not using animals that we know, you get to make up your own)

Purpose: To create an environment (like a dessert, tundra, rain forest, grassland, etc) that will accommodate the needs of the organisms that live there. The ecosystem will need Biotic and Abiotic organisms

MUST HAVES:
Two multicellular organisms
– List their characteristics- Eukaryotic, Prokaryotic (nucleus or no nucleus), Autotroph, Heterotroph (describe what they eat), sexual, asexual (how do they reproduce).
One unicellular organisms
-List their characteristics- Eukaryotic, Prokaryotic, Autotroph, Heterotroph (describe what they eat), sexual, asexual.
Write a story to tell about your ecosystem. 1 page describing the environment and your organisms. (Each member of the group must write a paper)
CREATE – poster, powerpoint, movie, play, 3D model, etc. To display you ecosystem create a display to present to the class.
** All projects must follow Rubric.

DUE- December 15th ??
Presentations will be December 15-19th ??

Due Dates are subject to change!