The project will be a test grade. Formative assignments will be daily/quiz grades. Please see Exploravision.org
for project details. Students will work in groups of 2-4.
12/19: Project idea due for approval by Mrs. T.
1/9: Past and present technology rough drafts due.
1/16: Future technology rough draft due.
1/23: Consequences, bibliography, and abstract due
1/27: Final corrected project and 5 mock up webpages due for test grade and Mrs. T to send in to Exploravision.
Monday: No class due to inclement weather.
Tuesday: National Debt graphing activity. Begin Geography Bee. Study Guide and Ch. 7 Test tomorrow. Students needing help can come in at 7:30 a.m. Students not completing study guides will not get to play the review games before the test tomorrow!
Wednesday: Review games before test. Take Ch. 7 Test.
Thursday: Finish Geography Bee. Study Island Review Activities.
Friday: Study Island Activity.
Monday: Vocabulary Worksheet and bonus puzzler worksheet. Check Workbook pages for Ch. 11.
Tuesday: Check Study Guides for Ch. 11 – Test Ch. 11. Gave information for Exploravision projects (see page on Exploravision or Exploravision.org for more info). Ch. 16 is next. Homework: Brainstorm with family and friends about a societal problems that could be solved with a new technological innovation within the next 20 years. Bring ideas to class.
Wednesday: Exploravision packets distributed and groups formed. Brainstorm ideas for problems to solve with a new technology. Final Problem due Friday 12/19.
Thursday: Groups brainstorm problems and get teacher approval. Begin research and Ch. 16 workbook pages when complete.
Friday: Begin working on past technology research section for Exploravision project.
Monday: Plate Tectonics – Earth’s Structure and Interior
Tuesday: Plate Tectonics Inquiry Activity
Wednesday: Plate Tetonics Webquest – if absent this can be done at home. Evidence for Pangea and Continental Drift
Thursday: Causes for plate tectonics and types of plate boundaries and deformations. Graded Worksheet on Earth’s structure and types of plate boundaries.
Friday: Types of faults and mountain building.
Homework for week: Ch. 7 workbook pages due Mon. 12/15, Ch. 7 Study Guide and Test Tuesday, 12/16
Monday: Sec. 7-1 How and Why Washington was elected. Setting up the government. Ch. 7 Study Guides distributed.
Tuesday: Hamilton and National Finances 7-2. Conflicts/differences Hamilton and Jefferson. Quiz Section 1 & 2 tomorrow.
Wednesday: Quiz 7-1/2. National Debt Activity.
Thursday: 7-3 Challenges for a New Nation part 1. New National Capital Map Activity.
Friday: 7-3 Challenges for a New Nation part 2. Quiz on Section 3 Monday.
Homework for Week: Ch.7 study guide and test due Wednesday 12/17. TN Constitution Workbook due 12/15 – counts as optional test grade.
Monday: Check Ch. 9 workbook pages. Finish Alternative Energy Presentations. Ch. 9 Study guide and test tomorrow – Presentations Wednesday.
Tuesday: Check study guides. Test Ch. 9. When finished begin Ch. 11 workbook pages and study guides. Presentations tomorrow.
Wednesday: Alternative Energy Presentations due.
Thursday: Begin Ch. 11 – Plate Tectonics. Continue working on Ch. 11 study guides and workbook pages.
Friday: Lab – Comparing combustion by-products of ethanol and kerosene.
Monday: Finish section 6-3. Section review questions p. 225. Begin citizenship poemCh. 6 Study guide and test due Wednesday. Students have until Wednesday to recite the preamble for 10 points added to the test grade.
Tuesday: Citizenship poems. Review for test. Study guide and Ch. 6 Test tomorrow.
Wednesday: Test Ch. 6. Begin reading Ch. 7 or working on TN Constitution Workbooks – due Friday.
Thursday: Work on TN Constitution Workbooks – due tomorrow.
Friday: Read and discuss/check answers in TN Consitution workbooks – turn in for a TEST grade.
