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Week of April 15 - April 19
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8th Grade Assignments - All Core Classes
Monday - April 15 - Phenomenon of the Day - Fireflies - Notes over Gravity and the Universe - Practice Worksheets over Planets
Tuesday - April 16 - Phenomenon of the Day - Jumping Salmon - Notes over the Solar System - Solar System Review Worksheets - ixl GG.4
Wednesday - April 17 - Phenomenon of the Day - Kissing Prairie Dogs - NSCAS Review
Thursday - April 18 - Phenomenon of the Day - Exploding Toads - NSCAS Review
Friday - April 19 - No School - Professional Work Day
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Monday - April 8 - Phenomenon of the Day - Double Rainbows - Video "Crash Course Astronomy - Lunar Phases" - Notes over Lunar Phases - Quiz Tomorrow over Lunar Phases
Tuesday - April 9 - Phenomenon of the Day - Hair Ice - Quiz over Lunar Phases- Lesson Check Quiz "Lunar Phases" - Lesson Review pages 88-90
Wednesday - April 10 - Phenomenon of the Day - Duck-Billed Platypus - Lesson 3 Launch "Eclipses" - Lesson 3 Phenomenon "What is causing these bites out of the Sun?" - Make a Claim - Video "Crash Course Astronomy - Eclipses" - Term Sheet
Thursday - April 11 - Phenomenon of the Day - Pancake Ice - Notes over Eclipses - Lesson 3 Review pages 108-110 - Lesson Check Quiz "Eclipses" - Quiz over Eclipses Tomorrow
Friday - April 12 - Phenomenon of the Day - Laminar Flow - Module 3 Phenomenon "What makes up the universe?" - Lesson 1 Launch "Gravity in Space" - Lesson 1 Phenomenon "What would space be like without gravity? Term Sheet - Video "Crash Course Astronomy - The History of the Universe" - Note Sheet over Gravity and the Universe
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Monday - April 1 - Phenomenon of the Day - Sunburns - Lesson 4 Launch "Crayon Color" - Lesson 4 Phenomenon "How do colors appear from white light shining on and through crystals?" - Make a Claim - Term Sheet - Note Sheet over Light
Tuesday - April 2 - Phenomenon of the Day - Batteries - Review Notes over Color of Light - Simulation "Color Vision" - Simulation "Animal Eyes" - Virtual Lab "What colors of the spectrum are most important for plant growth?" - Quiz tomorrow over color
Wednesday - April 3 - Phenomenon of the Day - Eclipses - Quiz over Color of Light - Lesson Check Quiz - Color of Light - Lesson Review pages 140-142 - Term Sheet over the Earth- Moon - Sun System
Thursday - April 4 - Phenomenon of the Day - Bubbles - Unit 4 Module 2 Phenomenon "How do the movements of the Earth-Moon-Sun influence the seasons, phases of the Moon and eclipses?" - Video "Sunrise over the Earth" - Lesson 1 Launch "Seasons" - Lesson 1 Phenomenon "What causes seasons?" - Make a Claim - Note Sheet
Friday - April 5 - Phenomenon of the Day - Bat-Eared Foxes - Review Notes over Earth's Motion Around the Sun- Lesson Check Quiz - Lesson 2 Launch "Phases of the Moon" - Lesson 2 Phenomenon "Why isn't the Moon always full?" - Video "Moon Metamorphosis" - Make a Claim - Term Sheet
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Monday - March 25 - Phenomenon of the Day - Galaxy Formation - Lab Video "Mirrored View" - Notes over Reflection and Mirrors - 3-D Thinking page 93
Tuesday - March 26 - Phenomenon of the Day - Itches - Lab "Two-Sided" - 3-D Thinking page 97 - Lab "The Rough Side" - Collect Evidence
Wednesday - March 27 - Phenomenon of the Day - Sloth Behavior - Lesson 2 Check Quiz "Reflection and Mirrors" - Lesson 2 Review pages 102-104 - Lesson 3 Launch "Through the Lens" - Lesson 3 Phenomenon "Refraction and Lenses" - Make a Claim - Term Sheet
Thursday - March 28 - Phenomenon of the Day - Schools of Fish - Lab "Bending Light" pages 110-111 - Notes over Refraction, Lenses, and the Eye - 3-D Thinking pages 113 and 118 - Collect Evidence
Friday - March 29 - Phenomenon of the Day - Mirages - Lab "Looking Through Lenses" page 120-123 - Lesson Check "Refraction and Lenses" - Lesson 3 Review pages 120-122
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Monday, March 18th - Friday March 22nd - Spring Break
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Monday - March 11 - Phenomenon of the Day - Bruises - Lab "Lights Out" - Notes over Light - Quiz over Light Tomorrow
Tuesday - March 12 - Phenomenon of the Day - Black Holes - Quiz over Light - Virtual Lab "Electromagnetic Spectrum"- 3-D Thinking pages 76 and 80 - Collect Evidence
Wednesday - March 13 - Phenomenon of the Day - Hail - Lesson Check Quiz "How Light Travels" - Lesson Review pages 82-84
Thursday - March 14 - Phenomenon of the Day - Galaxy Formation - Lesson 2 Launch "Seeing a Mower" - Lesson 2 Phenomenon "Why are the African Wild Cat's eyes glowing?" - Make a Claim
Friday - March 15 - No School
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Monday - March 4 - Phenomenon of the Day - Goosebumps - Review for Mechanical Wave Interactions Test - Test Tomorrow!
Tuesday - March 5 - Mechanical Wave Interactions Test - Hand in Notes - Hand in Books
Wednesday - March 6 - Phenomenon of the Day - Clownfish - Review Test - Module 2 Phenomenon "How does this rainbow form?" - Lesson 1 Launch "Traveling Waves" - Lesson 1 Phenomenon "How does light compare to sound in between tall buildings?" - Make a Claim - Term Sheet
Thursday - March 7 - Phenomenon of the Day - Bruises - Video "How does light actually work?"
Friday - March 8 - No School - End of 3rd Quarter - Teacher Workday
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Monday - February 26 - Phenomenon of the Day "Retrograde Planets" - Lesson 2 Launch "Tin Can Phone" - Lesson 2 Phenomenon "Why are the walls of a recording studio covered in foam?" - Make a Claim - Video "Crashing Waves" - Fill in Lab pages 40-42 - Term Sheet
Tuesday - February 27 - Phenomenon of the Day "Why do ants carry their dead?"- Notes over Mechanical Wave Interactions - Simulation "Sound" - Investigation page 43 "It's all Material" - Collect Evidence A - Quiz Tomorrow
Wednesday - February 28 - Phenomenon of the Day "Beaver Dam Building" - Mechanical Wave Interaction and the Ear Quiz - Lesson Review pages 52-54 - Begin Learn Smart Test Review
Thursday - February 29 - Phenomenon of the Day "Sandhill Crane Migration" - Lesson Check Quiz "Mechanical Wave Interactions" - Work on Learn Smart Test Review
Friday - March 1 - Phenomenon of the Day "Fireflies" - Module 2 Phenomenon "How does the Rainbow form?" - Lesson 1 Launch "Traveling Waves" - Lesson 1 Phenomenon "How does light compare to sound between tall buildings?" - Make a Claim - Term Sheet
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Monday - February 19 - No School - Teacher Professional Learning Day
Tuesday - February 20 - Phenomenon of the Day "Thunder" - Finish Wave Property Notes - Quiz Tomorrow - Lab "Strike That" page 17-18 - Collect Evidence A and B - Phet Lab "Parts of Waves"
Wednesday - February 21 - Phenomenon of the Day "Comets" - Quiz over Wave Properties - Lab "Don't Be Alarmed" pages 22-23 - 3-D Thinking pages 28 and 30 - Collect Evidence C
Thursday - February 22 - Phenomenon of the Day - "Seeing the Moon during the Day" - Simulation "Earthquake Waves" - PhET - Wave on a String
Friday - February 23 - Phenomenon of the Day - "Tides" - Lesson Check Quiz "Wave Properties" - Lesson Review pages 32-34
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Monday - February 12 - Phenomenon of the Day "Why do voices crack?" - Review for Mechanical Energy Test - Test Tomorrow
Tuesday - February 13 - Mechanical Energy Test - Hand in books for participation - Hand in Notes
Wednesday - February 14 - Phenomenon of the Day "What are bismuth crystals?" - Review Mechanical Energy Test - Review Magnetic and Electrical Forces and Simple Circuits for the NSCAS Test
Thursday - February 15 - Phenomenon of the Day "Monarch Butterflies" - Unit 3 Phenomenon "Why does a wave knock you down?" - Video "Catch a Wave" - Lesson 1 Launch "Getting the Ball Back" - Phenomenon "Why do you feel thunder?" - Make a Claim - Lab pages 10-11 "Making Waves" - Lesson 1 Term Sheet
Friday - February 16 - Phenomenon of the Day "Hysterical Strength" - Notes over Wave Properties
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Monday - February 5 - Phenomenon of the Day "What causes sunrises and sunsets?" - Collect Evidence on Kinetic Energy - Lesson Check Quiz "Kinetic Energy" - Lesson 2 Review pages 138-140
Tuesday - February 6 - Phenomenon of the Day "How do seeds germinate?" - Lesson 3 Launch "Swing Low" - Lesson 3 Phenomenon "What happens to the energy of the weight as it swings?" - Make a Claim - Lab "Energy of the Pendulum" pages 146-148
Wednesday - February 7 - Phenomenon of the Day - "What causes hair lava to form?" - Notes over Law of Conservation of Energy - 3-D Thinking page 150 - Collect Evidence A - ixl H.1 - H.2 and H.3 or H.4
Thursday - February 8 - Phenomenon of the Day "What causes salt flats to form?" - Collect Evidence - Lesson Check 3 "Law of Conservation of Energy" - Lesson Review pages 160 - 162 - HAL Link
Friday - February 9 - Phenomenon of the Day - "Seahorse Reproduction" - Learn Smart Test Review "Mechanical Energy"
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Monday - January 29 - Phenomenon of the Day "What causes tornadoes?" - Video "Kinetic Energy - Demonstrated with Crashing Spheres - Notes over Kinetic Energy - Lab "Mass Matters" - 3-D Thinking page 115
Tuesday - January 30 - Phenomenon of the Day "What are mammatus clouds and how do they form?" - Lesson 1 Review pages 122-124 - Lesson Check Quiz "Kinetic Energy" - Collect Evidence
Wednesday - January 31 - Phenomenon of the Day "What causes tsunamis to happen?" - Lesson 2 Launch "Don't Fall" - Lesson 2 Phenomenon "How does changing the position of a ball affect its energy?" - Video "Increasing Potential and Kinetic Energy" - Make a Claim - Lab "Slingshot Physics"
Thursday - February 1 - Phenomenon of the Day "What are Sun Halos and when do they form? - Investigation "Dropping the Ball" - Collect Evidence
Friday - February 2 - Phenomenon of the Day "How does decomposition occur?" - Lesson Check 2 "Potential Energy" - Lesson 2 Review pages 138-140 - Collect Evidence
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Monday - January 22 - Phenomenon of the Day "What would happen if the Earth's moon was destroyed?" - Lesson Check Quiz "Gravitational Force" - Lesson Review pages 92-94
Tuesday - January 23 - Phenomenon of the Day "How does volcanic lightening occur?" - Learn Smart Test Review "Forces and Motion"
Wednesday - January 24 - Phenomenon of the Day "Why are there different colors in the Aurora Borealis?" - Review for Forces and Motion Test - Test Tomorrow
Thursday - January 25 - Forces and Motion Test - Hand in Notes - Hand in Books
Friday - January 26 - Phenomenon of the Day "What causes red tides and biolumenescence?" - Review Forces and Motion Test - Module 2 Launch "What role does energy play in an amusement park ride? - Lesson 1 Launch "Soccer Ball" - Lesson 1 Phenomenon "What determines how far you can move a ball?" - Make a Claim - Term Sheet
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Monday - January 15 - No School - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Tuesday - January 16 - Phenomenon of the Day - Why do Arctic quakes occur? - Lesson 4 Launch "Ball Toss" - Lesson 4 Phenomenon "What pulls a skydiver to the ground?" - Make a Claim - Lab "Use the Forces" pages 80-81 - Investigation "The Pencil that Dropped Around the World" page 81-82 - Term Sheet - SNOW DAY
Wednesday - January 17 - Phenomenon of the Day - Why do we not feel motion if the Earth is tilted and spinning? - Notes over Gravitational Forces - PhET "The Force of Gravity" - Collect Evidence A
Thursday - January 18 - Phenomenon of the Day - Why was Hydrogen the first element to form? - Lab "Weighing Washers" pages 87-88 - Math Connection page 89 - 3-D Thinking page 90 - Collect Evidence B and C
Friday - January 19 - Phenomenon of the Day - What would happen if the Earth's moon was destroyed? - Lesson Check Quiz "Gravitational Force" - Lesson Review pages 92-94
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Monday - January 8 - Phenomenon of the Day "What would happen if the Earth stopped rotating?" - Virtual Lab "Motion, Forces and Simple Machines" - 3-D Thinking - Collect Evidence - SNOW DAY
Tuesday - January 9 - Phenomenon of the Day "Does the Moon make its own light?" - Lesson Check Quiz "Force Pairs" - Lesson Review 3 pages 72-74 - SNOW DAY
Wednesday - January 10 - Phenomenon of the Day - "Why do we not feel motion if the Earth is tilted and we are spinning? - Lesson 4 Launch "Ball Toss" - Lesson 4 Phenomenon "What pulls the skydiver to the ground" - Make a Claim - Lab " Use the Forces" page 80-81 - Investigation "The Pencil that Dropped Around the World" - Lesson 4 Term Sheet
Thursday - January 11 - Phenomenon of the Day - "Why was hydrogen the first element to form? - Notes over Gravitational Forces - PhET "The Force of Gravity" - Collect Evidence A
Friday - January 12 - Phenomenon of the Day - "What would happen if the Earth's moon was destroyed?" - Lab "Weighing Washers" pages 87-88 - Math Connection page 89 - 3-D Thinking page 90 - Collect Evidence B and C - SNOW DAY
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Monday - Wednesday - January 1 - 3 - No School - Winter Break
Thursday - January 4 - Phenomenon of the Day "How can a spaceship move in space?" - Lesson 3 Launch "Blowing in the Wind" - Lesson 3 Phenomenon "Force Pairs" - Make a Claim - Lab "Pulling Your Weight" pages 62-63 - Lesson 3 Term Sheet
Friday - January 5 - Phenomenon of the Day - When a log of wood is burnt, the ashes weigh less than the actual weight of the wood. Where did the missing mass go? - Notes over Force Pairs - Investigations " Back to Back" and "Bounce Back" - 3-D Thinking page 64-67 Collect Evidence A, B and C
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Monday - December 18 - Balanced and Unbalanced Forces Practice
Tuesday - December 19 - Lesson Check Quiz "Force and Acceleration" - Lesson Review pages 54-56
Wednesday - December 20 - Teacher Development Day - No School
Thursday, December 21 - Thursday, January 4 - No School - Winter Break
Monday - December 11 - Notes over Velocity, Acceleration, and Forces - Quiz Tomorrow - Investigation "When Push Comes to Shove" - 3-D Thinking page 43 - Math Connection page 44
Tuesday - December 12 - Quiz - Notes over Newton's 2nd Law of Motion, Contact Forces, and Friction - PhET "Friction" - 3-D Thinking page 47 - Collect Evidence A
Wednesday - December 13 - Newton's 2nd Law of Motion Practice Worksheet
Thursday - December 14 - Science MAP Testing
Friday - December 15 - Science MAP Testing
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Monday - December 4 - Lab "Be the Fastest" page 20-21 - Math Connection page 23 - Investigation page 25 "Point the Way"
Tuesday - December 5 - Quiz over Speed - Finish Notes over Graphing Speed - Investigation page 27-28 "Plot It" - 3-D Thinking page 29
Wednesday - December 6 - PhET "The Moving Man" - Virtual Lab "Motion and Momentum" - Collect Evidence C and D
Thursday - December 7 - Lesson Check Quiz "Position and Motion" - Lesson 1 Review page 31-32
Friday - December 8 - Lesson 2 Launch "Constant Mowing" - Lesson 2 Phenomenon "What happens to the motion of the water tube when it is pushed or pulled?" - Video "Pulled Away" - Make a Claim - Lesson 2 Term Sheet
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Monday - November 27 - Review for Evidence of Evolution Test
Tuesday - November 28 - Evidence of Evolution Test - Hand in Notes - Hand in Books
Wednesday - November 29 - Review Evidence of Evolution Test - Unit 2 Module 1 Phenomenon "Why is the boat still moving if not one is rowing?" - Lesson 1 Launch "Train Ride" - Lesson 1 Phenomenon "How can you describe the position and motion of the train outside the window?" - Make a Claim - Lesson 1 Term Sheet
Thursday - November 30 - Notes over Reference Point, Position, and Displacement - Draw a map to home - Investigation page 11 "Start From Here" - "See you Soon" page 13 - 3-D Thinking page 19 - Collect Evidence A and B
Friday - December 1 - Lab "Be the Fastest" page 20-21
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Monday - November 20 - Learn Smart Review "Evidence of Evolution"
Tuesday - November 21 - Finish Learn Smart Review "Evidence of Evolution" - Video "Galapagos - Born of Fire"
Wednesday - Friday - November 22 - 25 - No School - Thanksgiving Break
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Monday - November 13 - Collect Evidence - Revise Claim and Support Reasoning - 3-D Thinking page 140 - Lesson Check Quiz "Fossil Evidence of Evolution" - Lesson Review page144-146
Tuesday - November 14 - Lesson 2 Launch "Fins and Flippers" - Lesson 2 Phenomenon "How can the wings of the bat and the wings of a bird provide evidence for an evolutionary relationship?" - Video "Winging It" - Make a Claim - Term Sheet - Simulation "Fossil Dig"
Wednesday - November 15 - Notes over comparative anatomy, homologous, analogous, and vestigial structures, and embryology - Collect Evidence A and B - Revise Claim and Support Reasoning - Investigation page 156 "Developing Evolutionary Understanding" - 3-D Thinking page 156
Thursday - November 16 - Investigation page 157 "Evolving Your Knowledge" - Virtual Lab "Classifying Using Biotechnology"
Friday - November 16 - Lesson Check Quiz "Biological Evidence of Evolution" - Lesson Review pages 160-161
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Monday - November 6 - Notes over Fossil Formation, Fossil Record, and Geologic Time Scale - Investigation page 136 "Analyze the Age" - 3-D Thinking page 139 - Collect Evidence A - Quiz Tomorrow
Tuesday - November 7 - Quiz over Fossil Formation - Lab "Return to Form"
Wednesday - November 8 - Notes over Extinction, Evolution, and Transitional Fossils - Lab "It's Time for a Change" page 140-141 - 3-D Thinking page 140 - Collect Evidence B
Thursday - November 9 - Virtual Lab "Dino Dig" - Revise Claim and Support Reasoning
Friday - November 10 - ixl S.1 and S.2 over Fossils
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Monday - October 30 - Collect Evidence - Lesson Check "Artificial Selection" - Lesson Review pages 112-14
Tuesday - October 31 - Learn Smart Test Review - Test is Thursday
Wednesday - November 1 - Review for Natural Selection and Adaptations Test
Thursday - November 2 - Natural Selection and Adaptations Test - Hand in Notes - Hand in Books for Participation Grade
Friday - November 3 - Review Natural Selection and Adaptations Test - Module 3 Phenomenon "How do whale pelvic bones show evidence of evolution?" - Lesson 1 Launch "Endless Fossi-bilities" - Lesson 1 Phenomenon "How do fossils, such as Tiktaalik, provide evidence of evolution?" - Make a Claim - Term Sheet
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Monday - October 23 - No School - Teacher Work Day
Tuesday - October 24 - Pedigree Practice - Dihybrid Punnett Squares
Wednesday - October 25 - Lesson 2 Check Quiz "Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection" - Lesson 2 Review pages 98-100
Thursday - October 26 - Lesson 3 Launch "Corn Connection" - Lesson 3 Phenomenon "Why do all of these dogs look different?" - Make a Claim
Friday - October 27 - Artificial Selection Notes - Virtual Lab "Gene Splicing" - Collect Evidence
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Monday - October 16 - Notes over Incomplete Dominance, Polygenic Inheritance, and Chromosome Disorders - Punnett Square Practice - Falcon Rewards from 12:45 - 3:00
Tuesday - October 17 - 8th Grade Field Trip to Lincoln
Wednesday - October 18 - Practice Incomplete Dominance Punnett Squares - Quiz Tomorrow - Parent-Teacher Conferences - 3:45 pm - 7:45 pm
Thursday - October 19 - Quiz over Incomplete Dominance - Finish any missing work - Parent-Teacher Conferences 12:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Friday - October 20 - No School
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Monday - October 9 - Quiz over Darwin, Traits, and Natural Selection - Virtual Labs "How are birds adapted to their habitat?" and "How are fish adapted to their environment?"
Tuesday - October 10 - Notes over Genetics and Punnett Squares - Punnett Square Practice - Quiz Tomorrow
Wednesday - October 11 - Quiz - More Punnett Square Practice
Thursday - October 12 - Lab "Predicting Results" - Punnett Square Practice
Friday - October 13 - Lab "Genetic Traits"
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Monday - October 2 - Lesson Check Quiz "How Traits Change" - Lesson Review pages 76-78
Tuesday - October 3 - Lesson 2 Launch "Tree Snails" - Lesson 2 Phenomenon "Why do you think this plant has flowers that look like bees?" - Video "Nature's Copycats" - Make a Claim - Lesson 2 Term Sheet - Lab "Classroom Variations" pages 84-85
Wednesday - October 4 - Lab "Population Variations" - Collect Evidence A
Thursday - October 5 - Video "Charles Darwin - The Making of a Theory"
Friday - October 6 - Notes over Darwin, Traits, Natural Selection, and Adaptations - Collect Evidence B - Quiz Monday
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Monday - September 25 - Finish DNA Models pages 65-66 - 3-D Thinking page 67 - Notes over RNA and Transcription - Video "Transcription" - Investigation "Transcription" page 68 - Gizmos "Building DNA"
Tuesday - September 26 - Review Replication and Transcription - Strawberry Extraction Lab
Wednesday - September 27 - Notes over Translation and Mutations - Collect Evidence - Investigation "Mutation Classification" - 3-D Thinking page 74 - Quiz Tomorrow over Replication, Transcription, and Translation
Thursday - September 28 - Quiz over Replication, Transcription, and Translation - Gizmos "RNA and Protein Synthesis"
Friday - September 29 - No School - Teacher Professional Day
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Monday - September 18 - Review for Geologic Time Test
Tuesday - September 19 - Geologic Time Test - Hand in Notes and Books for Review
Wednesday - September 20 - Review Geologic Time Test - Module 2 Phenomenon "Why does this butterfly when it stretches its wings, look like an owl?" - Video "Whoo are you?" - Lesson 1 Launch "Cat Eyes" - Lesson 1 Phenomenon "Why is the alligator white and not green?" - Video "White Alligator" - Make a Claim - Lesson 1 Term Sheet
Thursday - September 21 - Investigation "Crack the Code" pages 52-53 - Notes over DNA - Quiz Tomorrow over DNA - 3-D Thinking page 67
Friday - September 22 - DNA Quiz - Lab "Model DNA" page 65-66
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Monday - September 11 - Investigation "Gaps in the Rock Record" pages 32-33 and "It's a Match" pages 34-35 - Notes over Unconformities, Gaps in the Rock Record, Correlation and Index Fossils - 3-D Thinking page 35 - Collect Evidence A - Fossil Dig Simulation
Tuesday - September 12 - Quiz over Unconformities and Index Fossils - Notes "How do geologic events help build Earth's timeline?" - Investigation page 38 "Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down" - 3-D Thinking page 39 - Investigation "Riddle in the Rocks" page 40 - Collect Evidence B
Wednesday - September 13 - Notes over Geologic Time Scale - Investigation "It's About Time" page 42 - Collect Evidence C, Revise Claim and Support Reasoning - Video "Eons - A Brief History of Geologic Time"
Thursday - September 14 - Lesson Check "Building a Time Line" - Lesson 2 Review pages 46-48
Friday - September 15 - Learn Smart Test Review "Geologic Time"
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Monday - September 4 - No School - Labor Day
Tuesday - September 5 - Video "Relative Dating of Rock Layers" - Investigation "Clues to Earth's Past" pages 19-21
Wednesday - September 6 - Reconstructing Past Environments page 22 - Collect Evidence B, Revise Claim, and Give Reasoning - Lab "Paleogeographic Mapping
Thursday - September 7 - Lesson Review pages 24-26 - Lesson Check Quiz "Analyzing the Rock and Fossil Record"
Friday - September 8 - Lesson 2 Launch "Scientific Explanations" - Lesson 2 Phenomenon "How do geologists know that separate sequences of rock layers have been formed at the same time?" - Make a Claim - Term Sheet
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Monday - August 28 - Video "How old is the Earth?" - Notes "The basis for understanding Earth's past" and "Relative-age Dating"
Tuesday - August 29 - Science MAP Testing
Wednesday - August 30 - Science MAP Testing
Thursday - August 31 - Investigation page 10 "The present is the key to the past" - 3-D Thinking page 11 - Lab "Layers Rock" page 12-13 - Video Animation "Relative Age Dating" - Quiz Tomorrow over Relative Age Dating - Collect Evidence A
Friday - September 1 - Relative Age Dating Quiz - Investigation "Relatively Speaking" pages 14-17 - 3-D Thinking page 18
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Monday - August 21 - Measurement Lab
Tuesday - August 22 - Measurement Lab
Wednesday - August 23 - Paper Towel Inquiry Lab
Thursday - August 24 - Paper Towel Inquiry Lab
Friday - August 25 - Module 1 Phenomenon "How can rocks tell the story of Earth's long history?" - Lesson 1 Launch "How old is Earth?" - Lesson 1 Phenomenon "How can the rock layers and geologic features be used to sequence past geologic events?" - Video "Shoshone Road Cut" - Make a Claim - Lesson 1 Term Sheet
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Monday - August 14 - Teacher Professional/Work Day
Tuesday - August 15 - Teacher Professional/Work Day
Wednesday - August 16 - Welcome! Science 8 Overview
Thursday - August 17 - Class Expectations - All About Me
Friday - August 18 - Share All About Me - Begin Measurement Lab