My Classroom Calendar

August

2010

Safety & Metrics

7th Grade Science

 

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

 

 

 

Teachers Return

Work Day

 

 

 

 

Work Day

 

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

 

Intro to class

Rules / Procedures

Getting to know you activity

Science Safety

Lab Safety Contracts

Safety Project Intro

S1C2PO1

Science Safety

Safety project

 

S1C2PO1

Science Safety

Continue projects

 

S1C2PO1

Science Safety

Present projects

 

S1C2PO1

 

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

 

Lab Safety Quiz

Intro Metrics

S1C2PO1

Metrics / Measurement

 

S1C2PO4

Metrics / Measurement

 

S1C2PO4

Metrics / Measurement

 

S1C2PO4

Metrics / Measurement

 

S1C2PO4

 

29

30

31

 

 

 

 

 

Metrics / Measurement

Quiz

S1C2PO4

Process Skills

Observation / Inference

S1C1PO1

 

 

 

 


 

September

2010

Earth History

7th Grade Science

 

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

 

 

 

1

2

3

4

 

 

 

Process Skills

Hypothesis

S1C1PO3

Process Skills

Variables

S1C1PO2

Process Skills

Qualitative/Quantitative

S1C4PO3

 

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

 

 

NO SCHOOL

Process Skills

Graphs / Data

S1C3PO1

Process Skills

Common Assessment

S1C1PO1 – C1C4PO3

Investigation 1 Part 1

Pushing the Envelope

S1C2PO5

Investigation 1 Part 2

Pushing the Envelope

S1C2PO5

 

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

 

Investigation 2 Part 1

River Song

S1C2PO5

Investigation 2 Part 1

River Song

S1C2PO5

Investigation 2 Part 2

Deeper Into the Canyon

S1C2PO5

Investigation 2 Part 3

Grand Canyon Qs

S6C1PO1

Investigation 2 Part 3

Grand Canyon Qs

S6C1PO1

 

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

 

Investigation 2 Part 4

Mid Sum Exam 1 &2

S6C1PO1

Investigation 3 Part 1

Observing Rocks

S6C1PO1

Investigation 3 Part 1

Observing Rocks

S6C1PO1

Investigation 3 Part 2

Correlating G.C. Rocks

S6C1PO1

Investigation 3 Part 3

Colorado Plateau

S6C1PO1

 

26

27

28

29

30

 

 

 

Investigation 4 Part 1

Observing Sand

S6C1PO1

Investigation 4 Part 2

Stream Tables

S6C1PO1

Investigation 4 Part 3

Weathering Video

S6C1PO3

Review for Mid-Summative Exam

S6C1PO1, S6C1PO3

 

 

October

2010

Earth History

8th Grade Science

               

 

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

 

 

 

 

 

1

2

 

 

 

 

 

Investigation 4 Part 4

Mid-Summative 3 & 4

S6C1PO1, S6C1PO3

 

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

 

 

Galileo Testing

Review

 

Galileo Testing

Review

 

Galileo Testing

Review

 

Galileo Testing

Science Puzzles

 

Reward Day

 

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

 

Investigation 4 Part 5

Making Sandstone

S6C1PO1

Conferences

Investigation 4 Part 5

Making Sandstone

S6C1PO1

Conferences

Investigation 4 Part 6

Making Shale

S6C1PO1

Conferences

Investigation 4 Part 6

Making Shale

S6C1PO1

Conferences

Investigation 5 Part 1

Limestone Ingredients

S6C1PO1

Early Release

 

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

 

 

Fall Break

 

Fall Break

 

Fall Break

 

Fall Break

 

Fall Break

 

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

 

Investigation 5 Part 2

Calcium Carbonate

S6C1PO3

Investigation 5 Part 3

Creating Limestone

S6C1PO1

Investigation 5 Part 3

Creating Limestone

S6C1PO1

Investigation 5 Part 4

Reading G.C. Rocks

S6C1PO1

Rocks Common Assessment

S6C1PO1, S6C1PO3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

November

2010

Earth History

7th Grade Science

 

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

 

Investigation 6 Part 1

Personal Timelines

S6C1OP4

Investigation 6 Part 2

A Long Time Ago

S6C1PO4

Investigation 6 Part 3

Adding Tape Timelines

S6C1PO4

Investigation 6 Part 4

G.C. Rocks on Timeline

S6C1PO4

Geologic Time Review and Quiz

S6C1PO4

 

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

 

Investigation 8 Part 1

Igneous & Metamorphic

S6C2PO2

Rock Cycle

Rocky World Brochure

S6C2PO2

Rock Cycle

Rocky World Brochure

S6C2PO2

 

No School

Rock Cycle

Rocky World Brochure

S6C2PO2

 

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

 

Rock Cycle

Crayon Rock Cycle Lab

S6C2PO1

Rocks

Formation Location

S6C2PO1

Rock Cycle

Reading & Video

S6C2PO1

Rock Cycle

Rock Cycle Jeopardy

S6C2PO1, S6C2PO2

Rock Cycle Common Assessment

S6C2PO1, S6C2PO2

 

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

 

Earth Layers

Earth Food Model

S6C1PO2

Earth Layers

Earth Foldable & Qs

S6C1PO2

 

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

28

29

30

 

 

 

 

 

Earth’s Layers

Bill Nye Crust Video

S6C1PO2

Pangaea

Pangaea Puzzle

S6C1PO3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December

2010

Earth History

8th Grade Science

 

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

 

 

 

1

2

3

4

 

 

 

Tectonic Plates

Boundary Notes / Chart

S6C1PO3

Tectonic Plates

Milky Way Project

S6C1PO3

Landforms

Landforms Introduction

S6C1PO3

 

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

 

Landforms

Salt Dough Project

S6C1PO3

Landforms

Salt Dough Project

S6C1PO3

Earthquakes

Richter Scale

S6C2PO6

Earthquakes

P & S Wave activity

S6C2PO6

Review and Common Assessment

S6C1PO1 – S6C2PO6

 

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

 

 

Galileo Testing

Review

 

Galileo Testing

Review

 

Galileo Testing

Review

 

Galileo Testing

Science Puzzles

 

Reward Day

 

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

 

 

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

26

27

28

29

30

31

 

 

 

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

January

2011

Earth In Space

7th Grade Science

 

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

 

Review classroom procedures / chart Galileo scores & set 3rd quarter goals

Inquiry 1.1

Season’s Pretest

S6C3PO6

Inquiry 2.1

What We Know SEM

S6C3PO2

Inquiry 2.2

Scaling the SEM System

S6C3PO2

Inquiry 3.1

Analyzing Shadows

S6C3PO2

 

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

 

Inquiry 3.2

Collecting Computerized Shadow Data

S6C3PO1, 2

Inquiry 3.3

Modeling Winter and Summer Shadows

S6C3PO2

Inquiry 3.4

Analyzing the Effects of Earth’s Rotation

S6C3PO2

Inquiry 4.1

Investigating Seasons on Earth

S6C3PO64

Inquiry 4.1 Continued

Investigating Season on Earth

S6C3PO4

 

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

 

 

NO SCHOOL

Inquiry 4.2

Observing the North Star

S6C3PO4

Inquiry 4.3

Seasonal Variations

S6C3PO4

Inquiry 4.3 Continued

Seasonal Variations

S6C3PO4

Common Assessment

Seasons Test

S6C3PO2, 3, 4

 

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

 

Inquiry 5.1

Moon’s Reflected Light / Moon Pre-test

S6C3PO1

Inquiry 5.1 Continued

Investigating the Moon’s Reflected Light

S6C3PO1

Inquiry 5.2

Modeling Lunar Phases

 

S6C3PO1

Inquiry 5.2 Continued

Modeling Lunar Phases

 

S6C3PO1

Review Moon phases and seasons – Additional notes / activities

S6C3PO4, 6

 

30

31

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inquiry 6.1

Investigating Lunar and Solar Eclipses

S6C3PO2

 

 

 

 

 

 

February

2011

Earth In Space

7th Grade Science

 

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

 

 

1

2

3

4

5

 

 

Inquiry 6.2

Analyzing the Geometry of Eclipses

S6C3PO2

Inquiry 6.2 Continued

Analyzing the Geometry of Eclipses

S6C3PO2

Review Seasons, Moon Phases, Tides & Eclipses

 

S6C3PO1, 2, 3

Common Assessment – Moon Phases

 

S6C3PO1, 2, 3

 

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

 

Inquiry 10.1

Anchor Activity

Objects Pre-test

S6C3PO6

Inquiry 10.1 Continued

Anchor Activity (Planet Brochure)

S6C3PO6

Inquiry 11.1

Designing a Model Solar System

S6C3PO6

Inquiry 11.2

Using a Scale Factor

 

S6C3PO6

Inquiry 11.3

Building a Scale Model of the Solar System

S6C3PO6

 

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

 

Inquiry 11.3 Continued

Building a Scale Model

S6C3PO6

Conferences

Inquiry 12.1

Impact Craters

S6C3PO6

Conferences

Inquiry 12.1 Continued

Impact Craters

S6C3PO6

Conferences

Inquiry 17.1

Examining Asteroids

S6C3PO6

Conferences

Objects In Space Catalog Project

S6C3PO1, 2, 3, 6

Early Release

 

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

 

 

No School

Objects In Space Catalog Project

 

S6C3PO1, 2, 3, 6

Major Constellations

 

 

S6c3po5

Major Constellations

 

 

S6c3po5

Common Assessment – Objects In Space

 

S6c3po5, 6

 

27

28

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March

2011

Earth In Space / Pop & Eco

7th Grade Science

 

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

 

 

1

2

3

4

5

 

 

Galileo Review

SEM System

Galileo Review

Moon Phases

Galileo Review

Seasons

Galileo Review

Space Objects

 

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

 

 

Galileo Testing

Review

 

Galileo Testing

Review

 

Galileo Testing

Review

 

Galileo Testing

Review

 

Reward Day

 

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

 

 

Spring Break

 

Spring Break

 

Spring Break

 

Spring Break

 

Spring Break

 

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

 

Investigation 1, Part 1

Intro Milkweed Bugs

S4C3PO6

Investigation 1, Part 2

Milkweed Bug Habitat

S4C3PO6

Investigation 1, Part 3

Observe Habitats

S4C3PO6

Investigation 2, Part 1

Ecosystem Card Sort

S4C3PO1

Investigation 2, Part 2

Video Population Study

S4C3PO1

 

27

28

29

30

31

 

 

 

Milkweed Bugs / Sorting Life Quiz

S4C3PO1, S4C3PO6

Investigation 3, Part 1

Physical Environment

S4C3OP2

Investigation 3, Part 2

Introducing Life

S4C3PO2

Investigation 3, Part 2

Introducing Life

S4C3PO6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

April

2011

Populations & Ecosystems

7th Grade Science

 

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

 

 

 

 

 

1

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

 

Investigation 3,  Part 3

Observe Miniecosystems

S4C3PO6

Investigation 4, Part 1

Mono Lake

S4C3PO3

Investigation 4, Part 1

Mono Lake

S4C3PO3

Investigation 4, Part 2

Mono Lake Food Web

S4C3PO3

Investigation 4, Part 2

Mono Lake Food Web

S4C3PO3

 

 

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

 

 

AIMS REVIEW

AIMS Testing

Investigation 5, Part 1

Energy in Food

S4C3PO1

AIMS Testing

Investigation 5, Part 1

Energy in Food

S4C3PO1

AIMS Testing

Investigation 5, Part 1

Energy in Food

S4C3PO1

AIMS Testing

Investigation 5, Part 1

Energy in Food

S4C3PO1

AIMS Testing

 

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

 

Investigation 5, Part 2

Energy and Producers

S4C3PO1

Investigation 5, Part 3

Using Energy

S4C3PO1

Investigation 5, Part 4

Trophic Levels

S4C3PO1

Investigation 5, Part 4

Trophic Levels

S4C3PO1

 

No School

 

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

 

Investigation 5, Part 4

Trophic Levels

S4C3PO1

Finding the Energy Common Assessment

S4C3PO1

Investigation 6, Part 1

Reproductive Potential

S4C3PO4

Investigation 6, Part 1

Reproductive Potential

S4C3PO4

Investigation 6, Part 2

Algae & Brine Shrimp

S4C3PO4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May

2011

Populations & Ecosystems

7th Grade Science

 

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

 

Investigation 6, Part 2

Algae & Brine Shrimp

S4C3PO4

Investigation 6, Part 3

Population Dynamics

S4C3PO4

Investigation 6, Part 3

Population Dynamics

S4C3PO4

Population Size Common Assessment

S4C3PO4

Investigation 7, Part 1

Ecoscenarios

S4C3PO5

 

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

 

Investigation 7, Part 1

Ecoscenarios

S4C3PO5

Investigation 7, Part 1

Ecoscenarios

S4C3PO5

Investigation 7, Part 1

Ecoscenarios

S4C3PO5

Investigation 7, Part 1

Ecoscenarios

S4C3PO5

Ecoscenarios Common Assessment

S4C3PO5

 

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

 

 

Galileo Testing

 

Galileo Testing

 

Galileo Testing

 

Galileo Testing

 

Reward Day

 

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

 

ABC Science Book

 

Review all POs

ABC Science Book

 

Review all POs

ABC Science Book

 

Review all POs

ABC Science Book

 

Review all POs

ABC Science Book

 

Review all POs

 

29

30

31

1

2

 

 

 

 

No School

Planet Earth Video

Planet Earth Video

 

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL