Social Studies News Week of: Feb. 20th

This week in Social Studies we're finishing up our first unit of the semester--"The 1st Civilizations & Mesopotamia."  Students are working on a poster project in which they're investigating an empire that were among the first in the Fertile Crescent region.  At this point, we've gotten a few grades in the grade book so feel free to check grades on Infinite Campus.  Most assignments have only given students an opportunity to reach "Proficient" so far.

We'll be having our first unit test on Friday!  The unit test will give students an opportunity to reach Advanced.  Students have notes and assignments attached right in their social studies notebooks and they will get a study guide on Wednesday to help them study!

Science News- Week of Feb. 20th

Monday: Flipper Conclusion, Variable Study Guide, Variable Review Game

Tuesday: Variable Assessment, Energy Video

Wednesday: Alternative Energy lesson, Energy graph analysis, Energy Reading

Thursday: Alternative Fuel Projects

Friday: Alternative Fuel Projects

Math News Week of February 13th

We will wrap up Chapter 8 on Monday as we learn about performing a rotation on a geometry figure. After a day of review on Tuesday, our Chapter 8 Test will be on Wednesday, February 15th. Later in the week we will continue on with geometry, but shift our focus to finding the area and perimeter of various shapes. Here is a list of upcoming homework.

Due 2/14 Lesson 4D Pg 505-506 #7-13 odds, 22-25 all, 27, 29

Due 2/15 Study Guide Pg 509-513 #9-29 odds, 33-37 odds, 41-45 odds

Due 2/17 Lesson 1A Pg 525-527 #1-11 odds, 15, 21, 24, 31, 33

Due 2/20 Lesson 1B-C Pg 532-534 #1-11 odds, 15, 19-29 odds

Math News Week of February 6th

We continued one of our units of geometry this week. We are currently learning how to perform translations, reflections, and rotations on shapes in the coordinate plane. Here is a list of the homework assignments that were due this week.

Due 2/8 Pg 476-479 #1-15 odds, 19, 31

Due 2/9 Pg 483-485 #1-19 odds, 35

Due 2/10 Pg 492-495 #1-15 odds, 31, 33

Due 2/10 Blueprint Projects

Due 2/13 Pg 498-501 #5-11 odds, 19-23 odds, 33, 37

Science News- Week of February 13th

Monday: Lifeboat Lab Part 2,

• Assignments: Lifeboat Lab Conclusion- Due Tuesday

Tuesday: Density Graph Practice, STEM Boat Design Challenge and Reflection

Wednesday: Variable Quiz, Simple Machine Video, Construct Catapults

• Assignments: Catapult Article and Questions- Due Friday

Thursday: Catapult Investigation Part 1 

Friday: Catapult Investigation Part 2

• Assignments: Catapult Conclusion- Due Monday

Science News- Week of February 6th

Monday: Pendulum Lab Part 1

• Assignments: Goodall/Newton Reading Analysis- Due Wednesday

Tuesday: Pendulum Lab Part 2

Wednesday: Pendulum Lab Part 3

• Assignments: Pendulum Lab Conclusion- Due Thursday 

Thursday: Density Lesson and Activity

Friday: Lifeboat Lab Part 1

Science News- Week of Jan. 30th

This week we will be focusing on the Scientific Method and Measurement.

Monday: Lab Safety Activities, Measurement Video

Tuesday: Metric System Notes and Stations

• Assignments: Metric Article Write Up- Due Thursday

Wednesday: Metric System Conversion Practice

Thursday: Metric System Quiz, Scientific Method Notes

Friday: Variable Notes, Penny Lab

• Assignements: Goodall/Newton Reading Analysis- Due Next Tuesday