Test on Ch. 16: Monday 1/26
Exploravision Final Project due: Tuesday 1/17
Tuesday: Acceleration, Forces, and Friction. Guided practice calculating acceleration. Ch. 16 Test Monday 1/26. Exploravision Rough Draft due tomorrow.
Wednesday: Graphing Motion lab using motion detectors.
Thursday: Friction lab using ramps, wooden cars, sails, and photogates.
Friday: Finish notes on Ch. 16. Work on Exploravision Final Project.
Monday: Thinklink Test B. Checked Ch. 16 workbook pages and Study Guides.
Tuesday: Work on Exploravision project. Checklists, requirements additional information distributed. Rough drafts due on 1/21 – quiz grade. Final project including 5 web page graphics due 1/26 – test grade. Exploravision.org for more info.
Wednesday: Frame of motion and calculating speed and velocity. Domino Lab. Practice calculating average speed. Graded worksheet tomorrow.
Thursday: Graded worksheet on Calculating Speed. Graphing speed using motion detectors and laptops.
Friday: Exploravision work on computers.
Ch. 8 Study Guide due and Test Friday 1/16
Monday: Quiz Section 8-1. Sec. 8-2: Louisiana Purchase. Lewis and Clark and Pike’s expeditions. Interactive map activities Classzone.com. Quiz 8-2 tomorrow.
Tuesday: Quiz Sec. 8-2. Notes 8-3: Coming of war. Causes of War of 1812. Embargo and Non-Intercourse Acts. Conflicts in the West. Homework: P.283 1-4. Quiz Section 8-3 tomorrow.
Wednesday: Review & check homework p. 283. Quiz Sec. 8-3. Notes on War of 1812. Groups make graphic organizers of major battles and details and share with class. Quiz tomorrow on Section 8-4.
Thursday: Quiz 8-4. Review for Test tomorrow. Study guides and tests due tomorrow.
Friday: Test Chapter 8. Study Island Review of Economics objectives on computers. Start reading Ch. 9.
Monday: Review ch. 7. Begin Ch. 8-1. Pass out Ch. 8 Study guides.
Tuesday: TCAP coach book – read p. 35 – 46. Questions p. 39, 43, 47-50 on own paper. If finished doo Section reviews ch. 9.
Wednesday: Pike’s Expedition Map Activity – graded.
Thursday: Biography Packet – answers on own paper.
Friday: Finish notes and Quiz on 8-1.
Monday: Work on Exploravision projects in computer lab. Rough drafts of everything but web pages due by January 21. Final draft, web pages, and cover sheet due 1/26. See Exploravision.org for more information.
Tuesday: Work on Ch. 16 workbook pages – due Friday 1/9.
Wednesday: Study guide Ch. 16 – due Friday 1/9.
Thursday: Do all section reviews in Ch. 16 and finish workbook pages and study guide. Due tomorrow.
Friday: Check workbook pages and study guides. Intro to physics lab.
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.
