Nov 18-22

Weekly Lesson Plans November 18th-22nd

Monday- Ch 20 Vocab Quiz. Chapter 20 Study Guide.  Study Guide is due on Wednesday.

Tuesday- Students had half of the period to continue working on their Ch 20 Study Guide.  The students voted on a universe video.  BR#25 Students will write 10 facts from the video.

Wednesday- Students will trade and grade the Ch 20 Study Guide and then play the game show review. 

Thursday- Ch 20 Test with extra credit.

Friday- Video from The Universe Series. The Most Dangerous Places in the Universe.

Nov 11-15

Weekly Lesson Plans November 11th-15th

Monday- No School Veteran's Day

Tuesday- Students will watch a video about the Life and Death of Stars to introduce Chapter 20. BR#21 Students will write 15 facts from the video.

Wednesday- BR # 22 Read "Constellations" pg. 697 answer both questions in your journal.  Students will take notes and have discussion over Ch 20 S.1 about the life and death of stars.  Homework: Ch 20 S.1 Questons #1-7 pg. 701

Thursday- BR #23 Read " Any Aliens Out There?" pg. 701 Answer the question at the bottom of the page.  The answer should take up half a page in your journal. Students will take notes and have discussion over Ch 20 S.2.  Homework: Ch 20 S.2 Questions pg. 707 #1-7 and 9.

Friday- BR # 24 Read "We're All Stars" on pg. 714 and answer questions 1 and 2 in your journal.  Students will take notes and have discussion over Ch 20 S.3 about the future of our universe.  Homework:  S.3 Review Questions pg.717 Questions #1-8.

Nov 4-8

Weekly Lesson Plans November 4th-8th

Monday- Students went outside for an activity (Planet Walk) in which they got a better understanding of how far apart the planets are and what size the planets are.

Tuesday- Students traded and graded their study guides and then played the Game Show Review.

Wednesday- Students watched a video from The Universe series called Saturn Lord of the Rings.

Thursday- Chapter 19 Test.  Extra credit will be given out after the test.

Friday- BR#20 1. What is moon light? 2. Is the moon's orbit flat?  3. During the play what is incorrect about the Earth?  4. When did astronomers realize that the Earth was round?  5. What does the moon have the  is similar to an earthquake? Students did the Chapter 20 vocab and turned it in during class 13 words pg. 721.

Oct 28- Nov 1

Weekly Lesson Plans October 28-November 1
Monday- Students will watch the 100 Greatest Discoveries in Astronomy to begin the Astronomy Unit.

Tuesday-BR# 17 Read "A Return to the Moon"pg. 659 and answer both questions in your journal.  Students will take notes over Chapter 19 S.1 about the Earth, Moon, and Sun.  Homework: Ch 19 Vocab pg. 683 14 words due Friday before the Vocab Quiz.

Wednesday- BR # 18 Read "Exploring Planets" pg. 665 answer question 1 in your journal.  Students will take notes and have discussion over Ch 19 S.2 The Inner and Outer Planets.  Homework: Chapter 19 S.2 Questions #1-8 pg. 670.

Thursday- BR #19 Read " Where are Earth's crators?" pg. 677 answer questions 1 and 2 in your journal.  Notes over chapter 19 S.3 Homework: S.3 review questions pg.679 #1-9

Friday- Ch 19 Vocab Quiz. Ch 19 Study Guide

Oct 21-25

Weekly Lesson Plans October 21-25

Monday- Students will be in the library working on creating an Element pamphlet.  Students signed up for an element that they were interested in researching.  They are finding information about this element such as how is was discovered, who discovered it, when it was discovered, physical and chemical properties, uses, compounds, where it can be found in the world, and how it can be extracted or purified. The Brochure is due on Thursday!

Tuesday- Students will continue working on their Element pamphlet in the library.

Wednesday- Students will continue working on their Element pamphlet in the library.

Thursday- Students will continue working on their Element pamphlet in the library. The brochure will be due at the end of the class period today!

Friday- No School!

Oct 14-18

Weekly Lesson Plans October 14th-18th

Monday- No School

Tuesday-Students will take the Chapter 5 Vocab Quiz.  Then they will have the rest of the period to work on their Chapter 5 Study Guide. Study Guide is due on Thursday.

Wednesday- Students will have the first half of the period to work on their Chapter 5 Study Guide (due Thursday).  Then students will review concepts from Chapter 5 with a short video.

Thursday- Students will trade and grade their Chapter 5 Study Guide and then play the Game Show Review.

Friday- Chapter 5 Test.  This is the first test on second quarter.  There will be an extra credit puzzle after the test.

Oct 7-11

Weekly Lesson Plans October 7th-11th

Monday- BR #14 What items do you put on your calander? What items appear in a regular pattern or periodic? Notes and Discussion over Chapter 5 S.1 Homework: Organizing Elements worksheet with the Chapter 5 vocab (12 words pg. 169) on the back.

Tuesday- BR #15 Identify the following on the periodic table:  A. the chemical symbol for Mercury B. The period and group for Gold C. the atomic mass of Iron D. the atomic number of Neon E. the element represented by Cu  Students will take notes and have a discussion over Ch 5 S.2  Homework: Elements in your body/Magnesium

Wednesday-  BR #16 Drawing Conclusions #7 pg. 155 Students will take notes and have discussion over chapter 5 S.3 Homework: Ch 5 S.3 Concept Review/ACT Practice

Thursday-Students will watch a video about elements. Tempted to snore over the periodic table of the elements? Not after poet Roger McGough, in inspired dramatic fashion, traces the evolution of chemistry from the Greeks to present day. This program includes one feature segment and three short segments: The Elixir of Life (12 min.), European Alchemists (9 min.), The Elements of Life (22 min.), Combined Strength (5 min.)

Friday- No School

Reminders: Vocab Quiz next Tuesday and Ch 5 Test next Friday!