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Theories and Evidence for Dinosaur Extinction

invasive plants of Massachusetts

pictures of invasive plants

purple loosestrife 1

purple loosestrife 2

movement of atoms after heating

calsky moon site

Giant vegetables in Alaska

Gulf Stream Maps

Fuel Economies of Cars

Roller Coaster Creator

Sun position and focus through the year

sunlight and darkness over Earth

Lab Report on Heating and Cooling

Cape Wind Project

Not in my backyard

Wind Power in Northeast

Impacts of Wind Turbines on Birds

Balloon Car Supplies

balloon car designs #1

balloon car designs #2

Supercollider (LHC) facts from Popular Mechanics

Hubble Telescope

Heat and Greenhouse Effect

frozen frogs

Topcs for Planet Quiz

Vocabulary for BINGO Ecology

Questions about Fertilizer Research

Saturn V Rocket

Forces, Gravity and Friction

Space Test

Density Poster Requirements

Articles on Cape Wind Project

Moon Features Note Template

Lunar Eclipse and N'oreaster on the Cape

Space Vocab Questions

Measure Yourself

Study Guide - Mass, Volume, Density, Currents

2 column notes for energy

Grade 7 Science Curriculum

Seasons

Heat and Heat Transfer

Welcome

Due May 23:
B: Organization of living Things in Forest -- complete table, using definitions from text (pages 7-11) and examples from forest
Also complete food web showing producers and four consumer levels. Show key.

May 22:
A: Final Lab Report on your research topic. Hand in with rubric.

May 18:
Test on Motion

May 17:
E: Final Lab Report, hand in with rubric

May 16:
F: Final Lab Report, hand in with rubric
B,E,: Text pages 10-13.
Answer questions:
p. 31: 1,2,3,6,7
p. 32: 11,12,14,17,18,19
p. 33: 2,3,5

A: p. 2 Lab Report

May 15:
A: 2 sided speed and graphing practice
B,E,F: Speed and velocity problems practice

May 14:
B,E,F: You Try It! Speed, velocity, and graphing problems

Due May 11:
A: Speed practice problems (# 3-5)
B,F: Speed graphing 2 sided sheet
E: Lab Report, page 2.

Due May 10:
A: Lab Report, page 1. Speed practice sheet (What wins the race?)
B: Lab Report completed. Also complete question sheet about motion detector, speed, and graphing.

Due May 9:
E and F: Speed Problems (third set)

Due May 7:
A: Homework practice problems -- reference point, velocity, speed. Use pages 7-10 in text. Complete Experiment Design Sheet for your research question.
B: Lab Report, p. 2. Speed Practice Problems (#3)
E and F: Lab Report, p. 1.

Due May 3:
A: Complete Experiment Design Sheet for your research question.
B: Complete front page of Lab Report for your research question. Use handout as model for your report.
E: Homework practice problems -- reference point, velocity, speed. Use pages 7-10 in text.
F: Homework practice problems -- reference point, velocity, speed. Use pages 7-10 in text. Complete Experiment Design Sheet for your research question.

Due May 2:
A: Complete data table for Roller Coaster experiment.
B: Homework practice problems -- reference point, velocity, speed. Use pages 7-10 in text.
E: Complete Experiment Design Sheet for your research question.
F: Complete Roller Coaster Quick Lab and rough draft.

Due May 1:
B: React to video -- Will the bowling ball hit the man?
F: Roller Coaster Quick Lab and rough draft

Due April 30:
E,B: Roller Coaster Quick Lab and rough draft
E: New Experiment Design Sheet

Due April 27:
B: Roller Coaster Quick Lab,
A: Quiz on kinetic and potential energy; variables (independent, dependent, constants)

Due April 25:
B,E,F: Quiz on kinetic and potential energy; variables (independent, dependent, constants)

Due April 24:
All: Review notes on kinetic and potential energy
A: Use text page 148 - 149 and notes to fill in Energy Organizer. Complete all blank spaces followed by:
B: Roller coaster diagram, labeled with heights and areas of high potential and kinetic energy

Due April 13:
A: Proofread and fine tune Quick Lab on your research topic. Hand in.
E,F: Use text pages 148-149 to fill in Energy Organizer. Complete all blank spaces followed by:

Due April 12:
E,F: Proofread and fine tune Quick Lab on your research topic. Hand in.
B: Use text page 149 and notes to fill in Energy Organizer. Complete all blank spaces followed by:

Due April 11:
All: Quick Lab for your own research question; include Design Sheet

Due April 9: F: Conclusions for your own research topic on notebook paper. Explain results and science concepts.

Due April 5:
A: Quick Lab -- Compare your wrapper with Hershey's
B: Quick Lab -- Your own experiment
E,F: Design sheet for experiment of your own.

Due April 3: Test -- Heat Concepts
E: Map out design for next experiment you planned with your group (complete first side). Each person must complete an Experimental Design sheet.

Due March 30:
All: Study Guide Product. Write on separate cards or paper, NOT between lines of handout.
B: Finish design sheet for new experiment. Complete Freezing vocabulary sheet, which can be used for the topic of freezing on the Study Guide.
E,F: Complete Freezing vocabulary sheet, which can be used for the topic of freezing on the Study Guide.

Due March 28:
E: Finish crossword. Finish all questions on freezing water sheet.
Begin Study Guide product.
F: Finish crossword. Begin Study Guide product.

Due March 27:
A: 2 vocabulary sheets -- Insulator, Conductor. Finish all questions on freezing water sheet.
B: Finish crossword. Begin Study Guide product.

Due March 26:
B,E,F: Complete all questions on Cooling of Water Experiment

Due March 23:
A: Quick Lab for chocolate wrapper
F: Conclusion questions from cooling water

Due March 20:
F: Hand in Quick Lab for chocolate wrapper
B,E,F: Give one example of each type of phase change (melting, freezing, vaporization, condensation) and write on handout
A: Make corrections to your bolts experiment, using the model paragraphs we discussed in class.

Due March 19:
F: Complete Quick Lab for chocolate wrapper
A: Complete Conclusions sheet examples, underlining important parts

Due March 16:
E: Bring in Quick Lab write up

Due March 14:
A: Complete "What do you know?" Parts 1 and 2. Use Experimental Design Sheet for Part 1. Write answers to Part 2 on that paper.
B,E,F: Summary of Hot and Cold Water Experiment

Due March 13:
See March 12. All this is due today.
B,E,F: Complete "what do you know?" Parts 1 and 2. Use Experimental Design Sheet for Part 1. Write answers to Part 2 on that paper.

Due March 12:
All: Conclusions from bolts experiment
E,F: Complete experimental planning sheet for chocolate wrapper
B: Complete first side of experimental planning sheet and design your data table on a separate piece of paper.

Due March 9: Quiz on local and global winds
A: Predictions for Bolts experiment
B,E: Conclusions for Bolts experiment
E,F: Brainstorm possible wrapper materials for chocolate bar

Due March 8:
Finish conclusions for mixing hot and cold waters, parts a,b, and c. Answer bigger question on separate paper: How does the mass of a material affect it ability to transfer heat? You will be adding more evidence to support your answer after the steel bolts experiment.

Due March 7:
A: Review global winds
B,E,F: Finish conclusions of hot and cold waters experiment -- Parts. B and C

Due March 5:
A: Use web site PHSchool.com and type in code. Sail the globe using global winds. Take all 3 trips. Take self-test.
B: Bring in Balloon Race story.

Due March 2:
B,E,F: Write 3-4 sentences in journal format to describe each leg of the balloon race from Greenland to Camaroon. Describe conditions as if you were there. Include one picutre for each leg of the trip.

Due March 1:
All: Review global winds in text -- pages 49 - 51.
E: Complete organizer tables and 2 paragraphs to describe winds encountered on balloon race.
A,B,F: Complete organizer tables to describe winds encountered on balloon race.

Due Feb. 29:
All: See land and sea breezes animation on my web site (Heat and Heat Transfer).
A: Complete heat transfer review sheets
B,E,F: use web site on PHSchool.com, type in code on page 51. Sail all 3 trips (A,B,C). Take self quiz.

Due Feb. 28:
A: page 1 of Heat transfer review sheets; first 4 rows of convection sheet
B: Heat transfer review sheets
E,F: Heat transfer review sheets; see animation of land and sea breezes on my web site (Heat and Heat Transfer). Use animation to
answer question: Is there a time when there are no breezes? When? Why?

Due Feb. 16:
E and F: Quiz on Temperature and Thermal Energy
A: Conduction sheet -- give variations of the word "conduction." Give an example in picture, labeling direction of heat movement.
B: Finish last section of Conduction sheet.

Due Feb. 15:
Quiz: Temperature, Thermal Energy
Retake of last test to earn an 80. Must show corrections of test and 4 density papers

Due Feb. 13:
A: Temperature sheet. Use text and notes.
All: Review notes and text pages (42-44) on Temperature, Thermal Energy, and Heat Transfers

Due Feb. 10:
B,E,F: Temperature sheet. Use text and notes.

Due Feb. 6;
B,F: Letter to Captain Smith of the Titanic. Create your own letter. Follow guidelines.

Due Feb. 3:
Test: Mass, Weight, Gravity, Volume, Density
Hand in corrected Measurement Booklet and 4 corrected papers.
Use booklet, past quizzes, and problem sets to review material.

Due Feb. 2:
A: Sink or Swim
B,E,F: Mediterranean Sea (Density Applications sheet). Use human density answers from Sink or Swim to answer #4.

Due Jan. 31:
Quiz: Volume, density, layering. Correct all 4 problem sets, following the 5 step guidelines. Hand in.

Due Jan. 30:
A: Complete Density problems (3rd set)
All: Correct all density problems returned. These problems and Measurement Booklet will serve as a Study Guide for test (to be announced) next week. You must hand these in on day of test.

Due Jan. 27:
B,E,F: Revisions to Measurement Booklet
B: Revisions to Astronomy Game due. Raise grade to A.
A: Density Problems (third set) -- complete all, show work and units. Also correct first set of density problems.
B,E,F; Density Problems (4th set) and Sink or Swim. Also correct first set of density problems.

Due Jan. 26:
B,E,F: Density problems (third set) -- complete all, show work and units

Due Jan. 24:
Density and Volume Problems -- complete all, show work and units

Due Jan. 23:
A: Booklet on Measurement. Follow rubric.
B: Volume and Density Practice

Due Jan. 20:
Booklet on Measurement. Follow rubric.
All: In Comp. Book: concluding paragraph to answer question: Do different volumes of the same material have the same densities? Answer giving evidence from data collected in class.

Jan. 16- 19:
Organize work on Measurement Booklet. Follow directions and rubric. Start by answering questions for each characteristic in organizer or outline. Then create pages in booklet. Plan ahead to estimate number of pages needed.

Due Jan. 11:
Quiz -- mass, weight, gravity

Due Monday, Jan. 9:
A: Finish Your Weight on Other Planets

Due Friday, Jan.6:
B,E,F: Your weight on other planets

Due Wednesday, Jan. 4:
Finish game board. Bring in all questions, all parts of game and rubric to hand in for group grade.

Due Thursday, Dec. 22:
Study Guide product and Test
Bring in final version of questions and answers for Astronomy Game. Bring in any materials to help build game (for Friday).

Due Dec. 21:
Complete all questions for group game. Bring materials to help build game. Continue work on Study Guide.

Due Dec. 20:
Bring materials for game.
Write 5 questions and answers from each of the last 3 categories of review questions for game (planets, solar system, galaxies)

Due Dec. 19:
2 column notes -- Space Topics. Use text.

Due Dec. 16:
Quiz: gravity, forces, orbit, light year, AU, comet, asteroid, meteor, meteoroid, meteorite (pages 16-19, 104-107, 130)

Due Dec. 15:
B,E,F: Summary (2 or more sentences) using all words on handout. Text p. 151.

Due Dec. 14:
Complete Compare/Contrast organizer of inner and outer planets. Use text and notes.

Due Dec. 13:
Complete review question sheet -- forces and orbit
OR Complete Poscard from Space (if assigned)
Bring text and notes home to complete.
Bring table of planet characteristics and text to class.

Due Dec.12:
Two sided table of planet characteristics -- bullet information
Use pages 84-101 in text.
E and F: Complete question #7 on Solar System question sheet.

Due Dec. 8:
Complete questions 1-5 about solar system on handout.
Show regions of asteroids and comets on map.
Complete 2 column notes for these vocabulary terms: comet, asteroid, meteor, meteoroid, meteorite. Use pages 104-107 in text.
Left column: word and picture (color)
Right column: definition and details

Due Dec. 7:
Finish forces organizer, giving examples in pictures
Correct Exit ticket and p. 19 questions.

Due Dec. 6:
Review notes
A: finish calculating planet distances

Due Dec. 5:
Text p. 19-- questions 1abc, 2abc

Due Nov. 28:
Mars article questions

Due Nov. 22:
2 column notes about your section of the Mars article. Record in bullets only the most essential details. Read the rest of the article without taking notes.
Moon Test retake for grades below 80: Hand in corrections to test on separate paper, then be prepared to retake test during homeroom or after school tomorrow.

Due Nov. 21:
Extra Credit work
Hurricane project (poster or news report)
All remaining permission slips and checks for field trip are due.

Due Nov. 18:
Science Test on Moon
Study Guide Product
Challenger Permission slip signed with check

Due Nov. 16:
A: Graph of high and low tide heights, include 4 moon phases on graph
All: Start work on Study Guide Product
B,E,F: Complete question #8 on Tides question sheet. See text for explanation.

Due Nov. 15:
A: Job Application for Challenger Center Field Trip
B,E,F: Graph of high and low tide heights, include 4 moon phases on graph
E: Paragraph about pros or cons of manned moon base. Use organizer you created and comments from your classmates.

Due Nov. 14:
B,E,F: Job Application for Challenger Center Field Trip
A,B,F: Paragraph about pros or cons of manned moon base. Use organizer you created and comments from peers.

Due Nov. 10 (Full moon):
Manned moon base paragraph --All people below an A ,create a 2 column organizer to answer question: "Should we establish a manned base on the moon?" Give 4 reasons for or 4 reasons against a manned base. Give details for each reason. Set up in organizer (Topics on left, Details on right). Do not write paragraph yet.
E and F: Flip book of moon phases. Start with new moon on top. Follow directions.

Due Nov. 9:
Quiz: moon phases, moon characteristics, eclipses
F: Picture from eclipse reading in color. On back: identify type of eclipse, give scientific explanation for eclipse, and draw diagram from space of this eclipse.
A and B: Flip book of moon phases. Write name of phase below bold line. Create 1 card for each of 4 major phases. Shade in dark part with pencil. For each of the other phases, make 7 cards that gradually change. Stack all cards together, starting with new moon. Staple or paper clip at top corner of stack.

Due Nov. 7:
A: Paragraph stating pros or cons of establishing a manned moon base. Give evidence for 4 reasons. Use information from 2 articles and 2 videos.
F: Images from reading of eyewitness account of an eclipse. Use color to draw 2 images that really stood out to you as the selection was read.

Due Nov. 4:
All: Moon Observations in Composition Book. Follow sheet of requirements.
A: 2 index cards of eclipses
B,E: Paragraph stating pros or cons of establishing a manned moon base. Give evidence for 4 reasons. Use information from 2 articles and 2 videos.
F: Complete all index cards on eclipses with good quality.

Due Nov. 3:
All: Make corrections on 2 column notes. Hand in corrected notes.
A,B,E: Bring in 4 bulleted points for or against manned moon base.
B,F: Create 2 index cards for eclipses. Follow directions on handout. Use color and details. Use text.

Due Oct. 31:
Text questions, p. 27: 1abc, 2abc
A,B,E: review/revise your 4 bulleted reasons for or against manned moon base, give evidence from article and videos.
F: Write a summary of your 4 reasons for or against a manned moon base. Give evidence from article and videos to support reasons.

Due Oct. 28:
Redo Seasons Project to earn an 80.
Moon Notes #2 from text -- 2 column notes with pictures in color
4 bullet points for or against manned moon base, give evidence from article and videos.

Due Oct. 25:
A,B,E: Complete summary for article about water on the moon. Include these points in the summary: Was water there? In what form? Where found? Importance of discovery... Write 4-5 sentences. Stick to most important details in article, and use your 2 column notes.

All: Continue to watch moon. Best viewing time: early in AM tomorrow when you wake up, in the east. Composition books will be collected and graded. You need at least 3 moon observations of your own in a landscape background with date and time. Specific guidelines will be given in class.

Over next few days -- Oct. 21-23, observe moon. Draw face of moon shading light and dark areas. Write time and date next to it. Make sure that you have drawn the other views --a. moon at two different times in same day b. moon at same time on two different days. Composition Notebook will be graded for completion, readability, and accuracy.

Oct. 20:
Quiz on Moon: motion of moon, cause of moon phases, names of phases. Use text and notes.

Due Oct. 19 - 20:
Study moon phases and all notes for quiz on Thursday.

Due Oct. 18:
All: 2 sided sheet about moon, using pages 21-23 in text.
Observe moon for shading and position.

All:
See moon and draw, showing shading. Label with date and time. You may also snap a picture of the moon on 2 different nights to compare the shading.

Draw moon in one of your landscape views at one of the same times you did before. Label with time and date.

2 column notes about moon characteristcis (pages 31-33 in text). Complete details in bullets, draw pictures in color on left side.

Due Oct. 14:
Test retake to earn 80 . Must hand in 2 review sheets and corrected tests (with reasons why answer is correct). Retake during H Period or after school.

Due Oct. 13:
A: Make moon observations, following questions glued in composition book.

B,E,F: In composition book: Draw the moon -- make a large pencil drawing and shade in dark areas. Label with date and time.

In all classes: Review group: complete 2 review handouts; make test corrections on separate piece of paper and describe why your new answer is correct.

Due Oct. 11:
In composition book: Observe moon. Draw a picture of the background landscape. Draw the moon in the picture, accurately showing its shape and position in the sky. Label moon with time and date.
A: Bring facts and rought draft of Seasons Project to class to finish.

Due Oct. 7:
Test on Seasons. See Study Guide on Seasons page.
Study Guide product due.

Due Oct. 6:
A: Work on facts and rough draft of Seasons Project
B,E,F: Seasons Project final product
All: Work on Study Guide

Due Oct. 5:
A: Work on Study Guide.
B,E,F: Work on Study Guide. Seasons project: Gather all facts and bring in rough draft of product for your location

Due Oct. 4:
A,E: Review sheet on seasons. Use text.
B,F: Review notes, handout, text for quiz

Due Oct. 3:
A: Complete flashlight and globe questions
B,F: Complete Why are there Seasons? sheet, about daylength at different seasons. AND Review sheet - use text and notes
E: 2 column notes about seasons, using text. Show pictures on left, in color. AND Complete Why are there Seasons? sheet, about daylength at different seasons.

Due Sept. 28:
B,F: Finish seasons questions using flashlight and globe. Complete 2 column notes with more depth, color, and pictures.
E: Finish seasons questions using flashlight and globe.

Due Sept. 27:
A: Finish daylight hours questions from graph
B and F: Finish questions about Earth revolving around flashlight model. Complete 2 column notes: How revolution causes seasons

Due Monday, Sept. 26:
Cover textbook.
A: 4 square vocabulary about rotation and revolution. 2 column notes about seasons. Use text and notes.
B,E,F: Bring all completed homework to class.

All: cover Astronomy text
Bring all homework to class.
Quiz -- Thursday, Sept. 22. Use text, notes, handouts. Topics:
1. qualitative/quantitative observations
2. sun angle
3. rotation/revolution
4. daylight hours over 1 year -- Franklin and other latitudes
Period A: Quiz covers topics 1-3

Due Sept. 21:
A: Finish graph of daylight hours and key. Make 4 observations about graph in your notebook.
B and E: 4 squares -- Rotation and Revolution -- follow directions in squares. Also include memory device in Examples.
2 column notes, using text and daylight graph
F: 2 column notes, using text and daylight graph

Due Sept. 20:
A: Plot 5 locations on map
B,E,F: Plot 5 locations on map. Graph 5 latitudes on one side of graph. Use colored pencil to connect dots with a ruler. Give a key of color and latitude in right margin. Be neat!

Due Sept. 19
F: On a piece of paper to hand in: Compare Rotation and Revolution. Write each word, definition, picture to illustrate, and memory device(how will you know the difference between these words?)

Due Sept. 14:
Make all corrections on Qualitative/Quantitative sheet. Return to me for full credit.

Due Sept 12:
Science Safety Contract signed by you and your parent.
Qualitative and quantitative observations sheet: identify in paragraph; describe an object

Due Sept 9:
All papers in yellow envelope reviewed, signed, and returned. Keep picture form and bring in on day pictures are taken.

Please have your parent take the online Parent Survey on my web site.

Due Sept 7:
Complete Student Survey. Include Science Period (A,B,E or F)!

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Updated: May 22, 2012

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