Links:

8th grade website

Biome research

Animal and Plant research

FENN FLORA KEY

Archive Calendar

10

GRADUATION

CHRIS

2

HW: Where do plants get mass from?

3

Von Helmont

4

Plant observation

5

Plant demo's

9

Vascular system of plants

10

13

16

Blue and Gold:

Flower part ID and make flowers

HW:

17

Blue: Flowers and seedless plants

Gold:

18

Blue: Review

Gold: Flowers and Seedless plants

19

Blue: Test on plants and photsynthesis

Gold: Review

20

Gold: Test on plants

Blue:

23

Plant video get back test

24

TBA

25

Start review organize notebook

26

Blue and Gold: Review for exam

27

Gold: Review for Exam

30

NO SCHOOL

31

Blue Section meets

Gold; No class

1

Review on 5th and 6th period

Review Plants

2

6th period final review

3

Exam at 8:30

28

Blue and Gold: Wing types

Plane wings and Bird Wings

HW:Wing type Reading and questions

29

Blue: Finish wing types and start Bernoulli's Principal

HW: Flight Muscles and questions

30

Gold: Finish wing types and start Bernoulli's Principal

HW:Wing type Reading and questions

Blue: Finish Bernouli's

Bernoulli Sheet

HW: Mechanism of lift and definitions

31

Blue: Discuss readings

Wing ID sheet

HW: Flip book

Gold: Finish Bernouli's

Bernoulli Sheet

HW: Mechanism of lift and definitions

1

Gold : Discuss readings

Wing type sheet

HW:Beak Reading

4

Blue: Beak Activity

HW Beak Reading

Gold: Beak Activity

HW: Flip book

5

Blue: Finish Beaks

6

Gold : Finish Beaks

Blue Review for test on Beaks and Wings

7

Blue Test

Gold: Review

8

Gold: Test

11

Work on bird Wings - Start feet

12

Bird feet Foot PP

pictures

HW Create a bird

13

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15

18

Patriots Day - No School

19

Prof. Day - No school

20

Gold and Blue

21

Blue and Gold

22

Gold

25

Bird paragraphs

Bird picture

28

Blue: Evolution video/ HW: None

Gold: Human Evolution

HW: Darwin's Evolution

1

Blue: Human Evolution

HW: Darwin's Evolution

2

Blue: Bird Wing dissectionHW: "Light as a bird" reading

Gold: Bird evolutionHW: "Light as a bird" reading

3

Blue:Bird : Learn names of bird bonesvolution

Gold : Bird Wing dissection

HW: Learn names of bird bones

4

Gold: Glue Bird bone labels

7

Blue/Gold Label bones/Observe feathers

HW:Feathrs make the bird reading

8

Blue: Label feather parts/Start drawing feathers

HW: Memorize feather parts

9

Gold/Blue: Review

10

Blue/Gold: Test on evolution and bird bones

HW: Finish bird wing

11

Gold: No class

31

Blue Gold

Global Warming

HW: Reading

1

Gold: No Class

Blue Review

2

No Class

3

Blue : Test

HW: Biome Reading Packet

Gold: Review for test HW: Study For Test

4

Blue No Class

Gold: Test

HW: Biome Reading Packet

7

Blue : Select Biomes

HW Reading on specific biome

Gold: Select Biomes

HW Reading on specific biome

8

Gold: No Class

Blue Biome Research

Due Wednesday

9

Blue Animimal and plant research for large grid

HW: Continue with research

Use links

Gold: Biome research Due Thursday

10

Blue : Continue Research Due End of class Monday

Gold: Animimal and plant research for large grid

HW: Continue with research

Use links

11

Blue No Class

Gold: Continue Research

Due End of Class MOnday

14

Blue : Finish research

Gold Finish research

15

Gold: No Class

Blue : Food Webs

HW: Starter Web

16

Blue and Gold: Work on food web

HW: Final draft due on Friday

17

Blue and Gold: Work on food web

HW: Final draft due on Friday

18

Gold: Begin evolution

Term Ends

21

No School

22

No School

23

Blue and Gold

Evolution

Reading on Evolution

24

Blue and Gold

Evolution continued

HW: Darwin's finches

25

Blue No Class

Gold: Evolution Video

3

BLUE and Gold

Welcome back

Work on plactic storm

HW: None

4

Blue:

Work on plastic storm

HW: Reading on storm tracks and answer questions in notebook

5

Blue: Finish plastic storm, practice moving it along storm track

HW: Brainstorm question that could be answered by storm

Gold: Work on plastic storm

HW: Reading on storm tracks and answer questions in notebook

6

Gold:Finish plastic storm, practice moving it along storm track

HW: Brainstorm question that could be answered by storm

Blue: Do storm tracks on RSI Cyclones :Share questions.

HW: Practice using strom to answer questions

7

Gold:

Do storm tracks on RSI Cyclones

Share questions.

HW: Practice using strom to answer questions

10

Blue and Gold:

Final reveiw of questions

HW: Presnt question to an adult

11

Blue: Review

HW: Test on plastic Storm

12

SNOW DAY

13

Gold: Review

HW: Test on plastic Storm

Blue; Test

HW: Reading pg 108-113

Questions 1 and 2 all

14

Gold: Test

HW: Reading pg 108-115

Questions 1, 2,

17

No school: MLK

18

Blue : In class Hurricane webquest

HW: Finish homework

19

Blue: Climate discussion

HW: Climographs Sheet

Gold: In class Hurricane webquest

HW: Finish homework

20

BLUE: Climograph review; Powerpoint

HW: Read 118-127; Do questions 1a, 2b. 2f

GOLD: Hurricane vs Noreaster - Intro to Climographs

HW:Climographs Sheet

21

SNOW DAY

24

Blue: Cool climate graphs

HW:Read 130 -134

Do questions 1A , 1B, 3A

Gold:Climograph review

Powerpoint

HW: Read 118-127; Do questions 1a, 2b. 2f

25

Blue: Finish Activity

Intro to Global Warming

HW: Read 135-141

Do questions 2a,b 3a,b

26

Blue: Global warming

HW: No HW

Gold

Cool climate graphs

HW:Read 130 -134

Do questions 1A , 1B, 3A

27

SNOW DAY

28

Gold: Finish Activity

Intro to Global Warming

HW: Read 135-141

Do questions 2a,b 3a,b

No School

30

Blue: Wind Chill / Heat index

Humidity Chart

HW: Pg 54-56

On page 56 do questions 1-5 in the Math Explorer box

1

Blue: Relative humidity activity and chart

Gold:Wind Chill / Heat index; Humidity Chart

HW: Pg 54-56; On page 56 do questions 1-5 in the Math Explore box

2

Gold: Weather movie

:Blue:

Clouds

HW: Pg 57-60 Questions 1-3 all

3

Gold:Cloud Names

6

Blue: Precipitation

Gold:Precipitation

HW: Read pg 61-65

Do question 1 a, b, c, d

7

Blue: Fronts

Front diagram

HW: Front Reading

8

Blue: Continue with fronts

HW: Read 72-77

Questions 2a,b,c on page 79

Gold:Fronts / Continue with fronts

HW: Read 72-77; Questions 2a,b,c on page 79

9

Blue:Finish up clouds around fronts

HW: Read pg 78

do question 3 on pg 79

Gold:Front diagram

HW: Front Reading

10

Gold:

Cyclones/ Anti cyclones

HW: Read pg 78

do question 3

13

Blue: Cyclones/ Anti cyclones

HW:None

Gold:Review Sheet

HW: Study

14

Blue: Review Sheet

HW: Study

15

Blue: Test

Gold: Test

16

Blue: Make storm

Gold:

17

Gold:

Enjoy your last few days of Summer vacation

10

Gold Blue: Welcome and prepare for next week

Important information

Expectations

Homework:Decorate cover of Notebook and List communities you are part of.

13

Blue: / Gold:No Class

14

Blue:: Read packet on cyclic, symbiotic and domino patterns and answer questions about consequences.

HW: Read and answer questions on "What's a Habitat?"

15

Blue: In class: Create a food web (link to instruction)

HW: Answer questions about web.

Gold: Read packet on cyclic, symbiotic and domino patterns and answer questions about consequences.

HW: Read and answer questions on "What's a Habitat?"

16

Blue: Gold: Introductions and review Expectations

Review all the material already covered: Plant ID Terms

Homework:Plant ID reading and sketches

Home Plant ID due on Monday

17

Gold:: In class: Create a food web (link to instruction)

HW: Answer questions about web.

Homework: Finish Home Plant ID Sheet

20

Blue/ Gold:

Discuss outside survey and do demo.

Introduce Fenn Flora Key

HW:

What's a Habitat Reading

21

Blue: Model Outside survey

HW :Q and A reading on Invasive Species s

23

Blue: Continue outside survey

HW.P. Loosestrife control

Gold: Continue outside survey

HW:P.Loosestrife Introduction

24

Blue: No Class

Gold: Continue outside survey

HW.P. Loosestrife control

27

BlueGold:

Discussion of invasives and purple loosestrife

Purple Loosestrife map

Reading: Introduction reading and think about questions especially number 3

28

Blue: Quiz review sheet

Classnotes

Finish invasive discussion / Review for quiz

Homework:Study for quiz

GOLD: No Class

29

Blue: Gold:

Tree ID powerpoint

Tree survey

HW; "Can we stop them?"

30

Blue: TEST

HW: None

Gold: Finish discussion of invasive species.

Quiz review sheet / Classnotes

HW: Study for test

October 1

Gold:

TEST

HW: None

4

Blue: Gold:

Pass back test

Brainstorm animals and research diets using Zim

HW: Food Web comparison

5

Blue:

Reviewfood web

Discuss homework

HW: Food Web Reading

6

Blue: Create Food web

Gold:

Review Food webs

Discuss homework

HW: Food Web Reading

7

Blue: Go outside for final plant id

HW: None...enjoy the long weekend

Gold:Create Food Web

HW: None...enjoy the long weekend

8

Gold: No class...Field Trip

11

NO SCHOOL

COLUMBUS DAY

12

Blue: Water distribution in the world

Water cycle intro

HW: Brainstorm varaibles affecting evaporation

13

Blue: Collect variables / Discuss Phase change

HW: Water cycle reading

Gold: Water distribution in the world

Water cycle intro

HW: Brainstorm varaibles affecting evaporation

14

Blue: Discuss Lab format / Assign Variables to groups

HW: Write up first part of lab

Gold: Collect variables,

Discuss Phase change

HW: Water cycle reading

15

Gold:Discuss Lab format

Assign Variables to groups

HW: Write up first part of lab

18

Gold:Blue: Class notes

HW: Create data table. Do procedures for the lab

19

Blue: Set up lab

Write final draft of prediction and procedures

20

Blue: Record data (day 1) / Definition of evaporation

HW: Evaporation reading

Gold:Set up lab

HW: Write final draft of prediction and procedures

21

Blue: Record data (day2) / Red Dye experiment

HW; Water on hand experimentand Finish red dye lab

Gold: Record data (day 1) /

Definition of evaporation

HW: Evaporation reading

22

Gold: Record data (day2)

Red Dye experiment

HW;Water on hand experiment and Finish red dye lab

25

Blue: Check boxes / Class Notes

HW: Reading on Evaporation

Gold:Class notes / Check boxes

HW: Reading on Evaporation

26

Blue: No Class

27

Blue: No Class ERB

Gold: No class ERB

28

Blue: Gold

Collect data

start graph

HW: Finish graph

29

Gold:Collect data

Discuss graph

HW: None

Test on Wednesday

1

Blue: Classnotes

Gold:

Discuss results of experiment.

HW: Conclusion graphic organizer

2

Blue:

Review

HW: Study

3

Blue: TEST on evaporation

Chapter 1 in Weather text book

Gold: Review

HW: Study

4

Blue: Last day of evaporation data collection.

Intro to weather text book

HW: None - go to the middle school play

Gold:Test on evaporation

5

Gold: Last day of evaporation data collection.

Intro to weather text book

HW: None - go to the middle school play

8

Blue :Gold:

Bell Jar/Air has mass

Homework: Section 2 and questions 1,2,3

9

Blue: Barometers

Intro to wind

HW; Reading on Pressure and wind

10

Blue: Wind continued / RSI

HW: pg46-48 Do questions 1a,1b,1c 2a, 2b

Gold: Barometers / Intro to wind

HW; Reading on Pressure and wind

11

No school - Veterens Day

12

Gold:

Bottle and egg

Crushing can

HW: complete explanation of Egg and bottle

15

Blue: Bottle and egg

Crushing can

HW: complete explanation of Egg and bottle

Gold: Wind/High and low pressure systems

RSI program

HW: Read 48-52

do question 3 on pg 52

16

Blue: Global Winds

HW Global wind reading

Gold : NO class

17

Blue: Isolines and pressure gradients.

Gold:

Global Winds

HW Global wind reading

18

Blue: High and low pressure maps

Pressure map/jet stream power point

HW: None

Gold:

19

Gold:

High and low pressure maps

Pressure map/jet stream power point

HW: None

22

Blue: Pressure sheets

Barometer

Gold:Review

23

Blue: Review

24

Blue: Pressure quiz

Gold:Pressure quiz

25

THANKSGIVING

26

f.a.t

3

Blue: Review Homework reading onPhotosynthesis

Formula

Hw: How do plants prepare for Winter

Gold: No Class

4

Blue/ Gold:

Continue Photosynthsis / Demo's/ Zoom in Java

HW: Color in the xylem and the phyolem in Stalk and leaf sheet

5

Blue/ Gold:

Review for Test

6

Blue/ Gold:

Test on Plants/ Photosynthesis

HW: Brainstorm on Groundwater

Blue: No class

Gold: Groundwater discussion

HW: Reading 1 on Groundwater

10

Blue: What do ou know about groundwater

Hw Reading 1

Gold: No Class

12

Blue: groundwater animation

Gold:

Blue:

Gold:

14

Blue: No class

Gold:

17

Blue:

Gold: No Class

18

Blue:

Gold:

19

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Gold:

20

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Gold:

21

Blue: No class

Gold:

24

Blue:

Gold: No Class

25

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Gold:

26

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Gold:

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Gold:

28

Blue: No class

Gold:

31

No School- Memorial day

19

NO School

21

No School

Gold: / Blue:

Plant observation

HW: Final copy of picture/general description/wings/beaks

Bird name and genus species

Gold: / Blue:

Put create a bird project together

HW: Reading on Plant Classification Chap 1

Blue: No Class

Gold: Intro to plants

HW: PLant reading Chap 3

26

Gold : No Class

Blue:: Intro to plants

classnotes

HW: Plant reading Chap 3

Gold: / Blue:

Dicots vs Monocots

Van Helmont

HW Van Helmont

Gold: / Blue:

Photosynthesis

HW:PhotosynthesisReading and questions

29

Cultural Arts Festival

Blue: No Class

Gold: Photosynthesis diagram

HW: Why do leaves change color

May 3

Gold : No Class

Blue:Photosynthesis Diagram

HW: Why do leaves change color

May 4

Gold: / Blue:

Review

HW: Study

May 5

Gold: / Blue:

Plant and photosynthesis test

May 6

Gold: / Blue:

5

Gold : No Class

Blue: Collect beak and Feet paragraph

Description activity

HW: Bird Shape Reading

Gold: Collect beak and Feet paragraph

Description activity

HW: Bird Shape Reading

Blue: Lesson on bird drawing

HW: Wing Description

Gold: Planting

HW: Start Wing description

Blue:Planting

HW: Work on Wing Description

8

Gold: Lesson on bird drawing

HW: FinishDescription Rough Draft

Blue: Peer edit Wing

Work on bird sketch

HW: Final draft of Bird wing

9

Blue: No Class

Gold: Peer edit Wing

Work on bird sketch

HW: Final draft of Bird wing

12

Gold : No Class

Blue:Work on bird picture

HW: Classification reading

Gold: Work on bird picture

HW: Classification reading

Blue:

Gold: Classification lesson

HW: Finish for hw

Gold: Classification lesson

HW: Finish for hw

Blue: Peer edit general description by drawing

HW: Final copy of general description

Gold: Peer edit general description by drawing

HW: Final copy of general description

Blue: Plant video

16

Blue: No Class

Gold: Plant video

1

No class

Field trip to Salem

2

Review

Class notes

HW: Prepare for test

3

Test on :Bones, feather parts

Wing types, Types od flight

Bernoulli's principle

HW: Evidnece for Evolution

4

Review Homework

Power point

5

Gold: Review Evolution

Human evolution

HW: Beaks

Blue: No Class

8

Gold: No Class

Blue: Review Evolution

Human evolution

HW: Beaks

9

GOLD / BLUE : Beak Notes

Class Notes

Beak Power point

HW: Beak ID

10

GOLD / BLUE

Quiz review

HW: Review for quiz

11

GOLD / BLUE

Quiz

Homeowrk:

Bird evolution Reading

Darwin Website

12

Bird evolution power point

29

Gold : No Class

Blue: Bird feet

Class Notes

Homework: Bird foot reading and questions

30

Gold: Bird feet

Class Notes

Homework: Bird foot reading and questions

Blue: Bird feet

Putting your bird together.

Writng guide

HW: Locating Bird in Web

31

Gold:

Bird feet

Putting your bird together.

Writng guide

HW: Locating Bird in Web

Blue: Start draft of beak and feet description

Hear examples

Homework: Draft due tomorrow

1

Gold: Start draft of beak and feet description

Hear examples

Homework: Draft due tomorrow

Blue: Peer edit Beak and Feet description

Bird shape reading

Description activity

HW: Make corrections observe birds

2

Blue: No Class

Gold: Blue: Peer edit Beak and Feet description

Bird shape reading

Description activity

HW: Make corrections observe birds

1

Blue: Food Web Desrciption assignments

Class Notes

HW: Rough Draft

Gold: No class

2

Blue: Peer revising

HW: Final draft

Gold; Food Web Desrciption assignments

Class Notes

HW: Rough Draft

3

Blue: Feather observation

HW: Feathers make the bird

Gold: Peer revising

HW: Final draft

4

Blue: Chicken Wing Dissection

HW: No Homework

Gold: Feather observation

HW: Feathers make the bird

5

Blue: No Class

Gold: Chicken Wing Dissection

HW: No Homework

8

Blue: Bird Video

Hw: Study

names of bones

Gold: No Class

9

Blue: Glue Bones

HW: No homework

Gold:

Bird Video

Hw: Study names of bones

10

Blue: Work on feathers

HW: Reading "light as a bird

Gold: Glue bones

HW: Reading "light as a bird

11

Blue: Discuss readings

Feather blanks labels

Discuss Color/ UV light

HW: None

Gold: Start Feathers

HW; Prepare for quiz

12

Blue: No Class

Gold: Quiz

Finish feathers

HW: None

15

No School

16

No School

17

Blue: Wing types

Wing types

HW: Wing Reading and questions

Gold: Color, Preening, UV light.

HW: Wing type Reading

18

Blue: Wing types

HW: Mechanism of lift

Gold: Wing types

HW: Mechanism of lift

19

Blue : No class

Gold: Bernouli's principle

HW: None

22

Gold: No class

Blue

HW: Types of flight

23

Gold and Blue

Types of Flight

24

Video clips,

Go over homework

25

Build flip books

Flapping demos

HW: Ski jumping reading

26

Blue: NO class

Gold: Flight vidoe