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Friday 3/6/2020
Day 132

Today and tomorrow the students will be watching the movie San Andreas in conclusion of our latest unit. Students will be expected to listen for vocabulary that was used throughout the unit. 

Thursday 3/5/2020
Day 131

Today and tomorrow the students will be watching the movie San Andreas in conclusion of our latest unit. Students will be expected to listen for vocabulary that was used throughout the unit. 

Wednesday 3/4/2020
Day 130

Students will be taking the 3rd quarter benchmark test today. Student that are absent will need to make it up either on Thursday or Friday. 

Tuesday 3/3/2020
Day 129

Students will finish taking notes on earthquakes and then we will do a quick review for the test tomorrow.

Monday 3/2/2020
Day 128

Students will be taking notes on earthquakes and watching various video clips pertaining to. 

Friday 2/28/2020
Day 127

Students will continue to take notes on earthquakes. 

Thursday 2/27/2020
Day 126

Today the students will begin taking notes on earthquakes. 

Wednesday 2/26/2020
Day 125

Students will be given the class periods to work on the packet handed out the day before. Students who do not finish will need to complete it as homework. 

Tuesday 2/25/2020
Day 124

Today the students have a substitute and he will give them a reinforcement packet on plate tectonics and layers of the Earth. 

Monday 2/24/2020
Day 123

Today the students will be taking the last part of notes on plate tectonics. 

Friday 2/21/2020
Day 122

Today the students will complete a worksheet on a video called "Born of Fire". 

Thursday 2/20/2020
Day 121

Students will continue to take notes on Plate Tectonics. 

Wednesday 2/19/2020
Day 120

Students will be given a small amount of time to complete their fact/fiction worksheets and then we will begin taking notes on Plate Tectonics. 

Tuesday 2/18/2020
Day 119

Students will finish Dante's Peak and then they will be given a worksheet in which they will research scenarios of the movies and distinguish if they were fact or fiction. 

Friday 2/14/2020
Day 118

Today I have periods 2,4 and 6. We will begin watching the movie Dante's Peak. 

Thursday 2/13/2020
Day 117

Today I have periods 1,3 and 5. We will begin watching the movie Dante's Peak. 

Wednesday 2/12/2020
Day 116

Students will be taking a unit test on volcanoes. 

Tuesday 2/11/2020
Day 115

Students will work on a study guide to help prepare for the test tomorrow. 

Monday 2/10/2020
Day 114

Today the students will be completing the last day of notes on volcanoes.

Friday 2/7/2020
Day 113

Student will take notes on watch videos on the hazards of volcanoes. 

Thursday 2/6/2020
Day 112

Students will take not on volcanoes. 

Wednesday 2/5/2020
Day 111

Today we will be continuing to take notes on the volcano unit. 

Tuesday 2/4/2020
Day 110

This will be the last day that the students will be given class time to work on their brochures. Any remaining work must be completed at home. The assignment is due tomorrow. 

Monday 2/3/2020
Day 109

Studentst will continue to work on their brochures on a volcano. 

Friday 1/31/2020
Day 108

Students will continue to work on volcano brochure. 

Thursday 1/30/2020
Day 107

Today the students will choose a volcano to do research on. They will then create a brochure about that volcano. 

Downloads: volcanotravelbrochure[1]_5_9_2013_11_09_46_am.doc
Wednesday 1/29/2020
Day 106

Students will continue taking notes on volcanoes. 

Tuesday 1/28/2020
Day 105

Today the students will be taking notes on the new unit which is volcanoes. 

Monday 1/27/2020
Day 104

Students will take the unit test today on minerals and atomic structure. There will also be a note check. 

Friday 1/24/2020
Day 103

Students will be given the day to finish the atomic structure packet. Students that do not finish need to finish it as homework and it is due Monday. 

Thursday 1/23/2020
Day 102

Today the students will be given a packet where they will review atomic structure and they will also practice electron configuration. 

Wednesday 1/22/2020
Day 101

Students will continue with notes from the day before. 

Tuesday 1/21/2020
Day 100

Students will begin taking notes on atomic structure and electron configuration. 

Friday 1/17/2020
Day 99

Students will complete a worksheet on a video called America's gold. Periods 4 and 5 will be excused to go and watch the play. 

Thursday 1/16/2020
Day 98

Students will be given a small amount of time to complete their packet. After that, we will continue to take unit notes. 

Wednesday 1/15/2020
Day 97

Students will continue to work on packet.

Tuesday 1/14/2020
Day 96

Students will work in groups on a packet in which they will cut out and create shapes of different types of crystals. 

Monday 1/13/2020
Day 95

Students will continue to take notes on crystals. 

Friday 1/10/2020
Day 94

Today the students will be taking notes on the different types of crystals. 

Thursday 1/9/2020
Day 93

Students will be given a worksheet in which the students pick a mineral and do research on that mineral. 

Wednesday 1/8/2020
Day 92

Students will continue taking Cornell Notes on minerals. 

Tuesday 1/7/2020
Day 91

Today we will begin the unit on minerals. We will begin this by the students taking notes. 

Monday 1/6/2020
Day 90

Students will complete a video worksheet on the Blue Planet, The Deep. 

Friday 12/20/2019
Day 89

Today classes 2, 4 and 6 will be taking the final exam. 

Thursday 12/19/2019
Day 88

Today classes 1, 3 and 5 will be taking the final exam. 

Wednesday 12/18/2019
Day 87

Students will hopefully complete the review in class today. 

Tuesday 12/17/2019
Day 86

Students will continue to work on review in class. 

Monday 12/16/2019
Day 85

Students will be given a review to help them prepare for the final. Students will work on this in class and at home. 

Friday 12/13/2019
Day 84

Students will take a quiz and then work on and complete a worksheet on Earth's layers. 

 

Note: This was the last day for student to turn in late work. 

Thursday 12/12/2019
Day 83

This will be the last day of notes on rocks. Tomorrow we will have a quiz. 

Wednesday 12/11/2019
Day 82

Notes on rocks. 

Tuesday 12/10/2019
Day 81

Students will continue taking notes on rocks.

Monday 12/9/2019
Day 80

Students will finish packet and then we will continue with notes on rocks. 

Friday 12/6/2019
Day 79

Students will be given a packet that will have them using Google Maps to explore different places on Earth and distinguish what types of rock formations they are. 

Thursday 12/5/2019
Day 78

Students will continue taking notes on igneous rocks. 

Wednesday 12/4/2019
Day 78

Students will be taking a test today on geologic history. 

Tuesday 12/3/2019
Day 77

Today we will starting a new unit on types of rocks. Students will begin by taking notes on igneous rocks

Monday 12/2/2019
Day 76

Students will be given a worksheet on fossils to reinforce what they had learned. 

Tuesday 11/26/2019
Day 75

We will finish the notes on fossils today. 

Monday 11/25/2019
Day 74

Students will be taking notes on the different types of fossils. 

Friday 11/22/2019
Day 73

Students will continue with the packet from the day before. 

Thursday 11/21/2019
Day 72

Today the students will be doing research on animals from the Mesozoic and Cenozoic time periods and then they will complete paragraphs where they will be comparing and contrasting

Wednesday 11/20/2019
Day 71

Again, the students will be taking and completing notes on Earth history. 

Tuesday 11/19/2019
Day 70

Students will continue to take note on the history of Earth. 

Monday 11/18/2019
Day 69

Students will take notes on geologic time. 

Friday 11/15/2019
Day 68

This is the last day that the students will have in class to complete their packet. Students that do not finish need to finish it over the weekend due Monday. 

Thursday 11/14/2019
Day 67

Students will continue working on packet. 

Wednesday 11/13/2019
Day 66

Students will be given a large packet on Earth's geologic time scale. 

Tuesday 11/12/2019
Day 65

Students will take Cornell Notes today as we continue our section. 

Friday 11/8/2019
Day 64

Students will continue to work on the assignment from yesterday. 

Thursday 11/7/2019
Day 63

Today we will be taking notes on superposition. Once completed the students will be given a worksheet for reinforcement. 

Wednesday 11/6/2019
Day 62

Students will begin the new unit on Geology. The first unit that we will be starting is Earth's history.

Tuesday 11/5/2019
Day 61

Students will be taking a test today. Students not present will need to come in during lunch to make it up.

Monday 11/4/2019
Day 60

We will be taking notes on the Big Bang Theory. We will then play in Kahoot game in preperation of tomorrow's test.

Thursday 10/31/2019
Day 59

Today we will be finishing taking notes on the galaxy section. 

Wednesday 10/30/2019
Day 58

Yesterday we did not get to the simulation game so that is what is in plan for today. 

Tuesday 10/29/2019
Day 57

Today the students will continue to take notes and then we will begin a gravity simulation game on the computer.

Monday 10/28/2019
Day 56

Students will complete the worksheet handed out last Thursday. Once the worksheet is completed we will continue with the beyond our solar system PowerPoint. 

Friday 10/25/2019
Day 55

Periods 1, 3 and 6 will be writing down 15 facts on episode 2 of the Cosmos series. Periods 4 and 5 are going to the play. 

Thursday 10/24/2019
Day 54

Students will identify different types of galaxies and then they will be doing a space tour in which they will be researching galaxies, nebulae etc...

Wednesday 10/23/2019
Day 52

Students will continue taking notes on the Galaxies.

Tuesday 10/22/2019
Day 51

Students today will begin taking notes on the section "Beyond our Solar System". 

Monday 10/21/2019
Day 50

Students will continue to take notes on NEO's. Students will also watch video clips throughout as well. 

Friday 10/18/2019
Day 49

Students will begin taking notes on the Meteor Belt and Near Earth Objects.

Thursday 10/17/2019
Day 48

Students will finish the PowerPoint on Mars. Then they will research and write a 50 word paper on what happened to the water on Mars?

Wednesday 10/16/2019
Day 47

Students will continue to work on packet. Whatever they do not finish will need to be completed as homework. 

Tuesday 10/15/2019
Day 46

We will continue to take notes on Mars. Students will then be given a worksheet packet in which they have to research Mars' geological regions.

Monday 10/14/2019
Day 45

We will begin taking notes on Mars. 

Friday 10/4/2019
Day 44

Students will take a test today. Students who are absent will need to make it up after we get back from break. 

Thursday 10/3/2019
Day 44

Students will continue to take notes on Earth's tides. Tomorrow there will be an open note test. 

Wednesday 10/2/2019
Day 43

Students will be given some time in class to finish the packet from the day before. We will then begin taking not on Earth's tides. 

Tuesday 10/1/2019
Day 42

Finish lunar phases notes and then the students will be given a Moon Phases Packet.

Monday 9/30/2019
Day 41

Today we will begin taking notes on the Moon. 

Friday 9/27/2019
Day 40

Today the students will complete a worksheet on the video The Cosmos. 

Wednesday 9/25/2019
Day 39

Student will continue taking notes on the Earth.

Tuesday 9/24/2019
Day 38

Students will be given time to complete the packet from the day before. Students will then be taking notes on the planet Earth.

Monday 9/23/2019
Day 37

Students will take notes on the planet Venus. Students will then be given a packet on Mercury and Venus.

Friday 9/20/2019
Day 36

Students will begin taking notes on section two of the Astronomy Unit: Inner Planets.

Thursday 9/19/2019
Day 35

Students will take a test on the first section of the Astronomy unit.

Thursday 9/19/2019
Day 40

Students will take notes on the Earth's seasons.

Wednesday 9/18/2019
Day 34

Students will be given time to get their notes in order and ready to be graded tomorrow. We will then play Kahoot to help them review for the test. 

Tuesday 9/17/2019
Day 33

Today the students will finish the notes on this section of Astronomy. There will be a note check and a test on Thursday this week. The notes that will be graded are from 8/19 to 9/17. 

Monday 9/16/2019
Day 32

Today the students will take a small amount of notes on the Sun. We will then as a class create sundials and go outside to see how they work. 

Friday 9/13/2019
Day 31

Students will finish the packet today. We will then begin notes and demonstrate the center of mass. Students near the end of the period will have about twenty minutes to find ten facts about the Sun on the computers.

Conferences are today I will have periods 2, 4 and 6

Thursday 9/12/2019
Day 30

Students will finish the packet today. We will then begin notes and demonstrate the center of mass. Students near the end of the period will have about twenty minutes to find ten facts about the Sun on the computers. 

Wednesday 9/11/2019
Day 29

Students were released early yesterday due to a power outage. Periods 3,4,5 and 6 will begin the Stars packet today.

Tuesday 9/10/2019
Day 28

Students will be given a worksheet packet on the life cycle of stars.

Monday 9/9/2019
Day 27

We will take a small amount of notes on stars and then I will handout a video worksheet on the series Hyperspace "Staying Alive". 

Friday 9/6/2019
Day 26

Students will take a quiz on the layers of the Sun. We will then begin taking notes on the life cycle of stars. 

Thursday 9/5/2019
Day 25

Continue taking notes on the Sun emphasizing the Sun's layers. 

Wednesday 9/4/2019
Day 24

Students will be given a worksheet packet on the Sun. 

Tuesday 9/3/2019
Day 23

Beginning to take Cornell Notes on the Sun.

Friday 8/30/2019
Day 22

Continue with PowerPoint on the Sun. We will do an HR Diagram on the star's temperature and luminosity as a class. 

Thursday 8/29/2019
Day 21

We will continue with the PowerPoint on the stars and Sun. 

Wednesday 8/28/2019
Day 20

Students will be given the class period to work on their planet graphs. 

Tuesday 8/27/2019
Day 19

We will continue with notes from the day before. 

Monday 8/26/2019
Day 18

We will begin taking Cornell Notes on a PowerPoint about the stars and the Sun. Students will then be given a worksheet in which they will graph distances of planets from the Sun. 

Friday 8/23/2019
Day 17

Students will turn in their newspapers and then we will watch a video called Hyperspace "Star Stuff". Students will complete a worksheet while watching the video. 

Thursday 8/22/2019
Day 16

Today will be the last day that the students will have class time to finish their newspapers. 

Wednesday 8/21/2019
Day 15

Continue with project. 

Tuesday 8/20/2019
Day 14

Students will continue to work on their newpaper projects. 

Monday 8/19/2019
Day 13

We will be starting our astronomy unit today. Students will begin by taking notes on the origin of astronomy. Once completed, the students will begin a newspaper project where they research astronomers. 

Friday 8/16/2019
Day 12

Students will have a quiz on the Introduction of Earth Science. Students will also have their first notecheck of the year as well. 

Thursday 8/15/2019
Day 11

This will be last day that we will work on the article in class. Students that do not finish need to complete it as homework. 

Wednesday 8/14/2019
Day 10

Students will continue to work on their science article in class.

Tuesday 8/13/2019
Day 9

Students will begin writing about an article pertaining to Environmental Science. 

Monday 8/12/2019
Day 8

Students will be given time to complete their Topographic maps packet. We will then begin taking notes on a PowerPoint about environmental science.

Friday 8/9/2019
Day 7

Students will be given a short amount of time to work on the assignment from the day before. We will then go over a quick PowerPoint on Topographic maps. Students will then be given a worksheet packet on Topographic maps. 

Downloads: topographic_maps_shorten (1).ppt | wkst-reading topographic maps.pdf
Thursday 8/8/2019
Day 6

We will complete a short PowerPoint on maps. Students will then be given a worksheet on latitude and longitude. 

Downloads: usa-latitude-longitude-map_wmwtr.pdf | latitude-and-longitude-worksheet.pdf
Wednesday 8/7/2019
Day 5

We will finish the PowerPoint from the day before. 

Tuesday 8/6/2019
Day 4

Students will take Cornell Notes on a PowerPoint on the introduction of Earth Science.

Monday 8/5/2019
Day 3

Students will be taking the Earth Science Pre-Test. 

Friday 8/2/2019
Day 2

Classroom expectations. 

Thursday 8/1/2019
Day 1

First day introductions