Apr 27 - 8th

Discussed the Venn diagram from yesterday (planet/dwarf planet).

Went over the Planet WS that was due today.

Students began working on their model of the solar system foldable.

Apr 26 - 7th

First, we will discuss the WS that was due today. This page should become page 87 in student's notebook.

Then students will take a quiz over the material that we learned yesterday.

Following that, students will work on the topic of speciation.

Use the following link to learn about speciation. While reading, students should have their notebook page out from the teacher. As they read about the example scenario, students should take notes to help remind them of the example:

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Read from "speciation" until the end of "defining speciation". Do not do "causes of speciation".

Put the page in page 88 of your notebook.

Get the "Speciation WS" from the front of the room. You only have to do problems 1 and 2 for tomorrow.

Apr 26 - 8th

Dwarf planet reading

Definition of dwarf planet

Dwarf planets

Aug 25 - 8th

Students completed their notes pages on the planets and showed them to the teacher for completion credit.

The Planet WS is due on Thursday. This will be graded for accuracy.

April 24 - 7th grade

Students turned in their graphs and had them graded during class.

While this was going on the other students finished their notebook page from friday. Students then worked on the next page and we had a discussion about the review work.

Here is the page

April 24 - 8th

Students worked on charts detailing information about the inner and outer planets.

April 21 -7th

Students turned in their video assignment.

We then discussed the peppered moth example from yesterday and answered the questions from the simulation.

Peppered moth graph is due Monday

Worked on Natural Selection notebook page.

April 21- 8th

Students took their quiz on the solar system.

April 20 - 7th

Students began to look at Natural Selection.

Prezi

Use the following Simulation in order to answer the questions on the handout.

Complete the following questions and use the following rubric.

Video for help if needed

April 20 - 8th

Students began putting parts of their activities into their notebooks. Students completed pages 88-91 as well as having a discussion about the main ideas behind those pages.

Quiz tomorrow.

April 19 - 7th

Students read page 154-156 in the green book and filled out questions on notebook page.

Video assignment due friday.

April 19 - 8th

Students used the last day in class to finish up activities. Quiz this friday on page 74-87 and the activities.

April 18 - 7th

Students checked their grades. They also confirmed that page 79 was in their notebook.

We then continued watching a video and looking for information for the question sheet.

April 18 - 8th

Students worked on group activities. Today and tomorrow will be the last days. Students received points for assignments that they had complete thus far.

April 7 - 7th

Students finished notes page, colored their pages, made foldable, and began working on Review work/Breain work for homework.

April 7 - 8th grade

Students finished PARCC testing. Students had time to work on activities in groups.

April 5th - 7th

We handed back and went over the quiz from last week.

Discussed the fossil activity and how items were sorted.

Began lecture on relative dating and the features of sedimentary rocks when dating.

april 5 - 8th

Students are taking the PARCC test for the remainder of the week. While in class, they will work on the solar system activities.