HW/Daily Activities

(This may change from day to day depending on how much we actually get done in class so check back often to make sure something wasn't changed at the last minute.)

Last updated on Friday, February 16, 2007, 4:18pm

Daily Schedule
1st per -7:35am to 8:37am
2nd per- 8:41am to 9:33am
3rd per - 9:37am to 10:29am
Eagle Time: 10:33am to 11:00am
Lunch - 11:00am to 11:32am
4th per - 11:36am to 12:28pm
5th per - 12:32pm to 1:24pm
6th per - 1:28pm to 2:20pm

6th grade Science:

Monday - Students had to redo their EMM lesson 12 pulley experiments because I made an error (doesn't happen often) and no one caught my error in time. Luckily, I caught it myself :o)
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Tuesday - We will try to wrap up EMM lesson 12 on the pulley, which includes the reflection questions on p. 115. If we do that, we can start lesson 13 on levers tomorrow.
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Wednesday - Early Release today for Eagle Night tonight!
The plan is to begin with the intro to EMM lesson 13 on levers.
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Thursday - Today most classes were able to start EMM lesson 13 with Inquiry 13.1 where they tried to balance the lever with different amounts of washers on each side.
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Friday - Today we will keep working on EMM lesson 13, Inquiry 13.1.
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7th grade Science:

Monday - Today we will begin the earthquake data collection phase of our Earth Movement project. Students will begin to research earthquakes as well.
Students will choose jobs (volcanologists, geochronologist, or geologist - everyone will get to be a seismologist as well).
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Tuesday - Today students will have an HIV/AIDS presentation during science from a guest speaker.
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Wednesday - Early Release today for Eagle Night tonight!
Today students will start collecting their Earthquake Data Collection for earthquakes that take place on or near the tectonic plate each team chose or was assigned. That's about all we'll have time for.
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Thursday - For the next week or so students will start class by checking the Earthquake site to plot any new earthquakes in their region of the world. We will look for patterns later on when we've collected enough data.
Today, after students had some time to check for new earthquakes, I divided the class into a volcanology group, a geography group, and a geochronology group. Each group got a set of maps to start making direct observations that they will later share with their small teams. Each person in the small teams will be expert in one of the above jobs.
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Friday - Check Earthquake site for new earthquakes.
Then students will meet in their job groups. Students are making observations and trying to find plate boundaries. Each job specialty is defining plate boundaries with their own symbols and descriptions.
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