Wednesday December 14th, 2016

Happy Last Wednesday Before Break!!!

Today we will:

• Complete and turn in the tech book questions.  Make sure all questions are answered completely using full sentences.  Make sure all spelling, grammar and punctuation are correct.

Monday December 12th, 2016

Happy Last Monday before break!!!

Today we will:

• Work on the Exploring the Circulatory System Board and questions
• Questions and link to discovery ed are in google classroom
• This is not homework, we will finish it on Wednesday
• Don't forget: Your user name is your full email (with the @adams12.org) and the password for all students is rockytop (no spaces and no capital letters)

****DON'T FORGET TO DRESS NICELY AND PACK A LUNCH FOR TOMORROW****

Thursday December 8th, 2016

Happy Thursday!!! Hope you are staying warm!!

Today we will:

• Complete the two trials for our heart rate lab
• Begin graphing and answering conclusion questions for the lab

Wednesday December 7th, 2016

Happy Snowy Wednesday!!

Today we will:

• Take notes on the Circulatory System

Tuesday December 6th, 2016

Happy Tuesday!!

Today we will:

• Complete and turn in the Human Body Pre-Assessment
• Complete and turn in the Human Body Organ Chart

Monday December 5th, 2016

Happy Monday!!!

Today we will:

• Complete and turn in the essay portion of the Monday writing on the growing of noses and other body parts in a lab.  This essay is being scored as part of our schoolwide SLO so do your best!!!!
• Begin the human body pretest.

Thursday December 1st, 2016

Happy December!!!!

Today we will:

• Finish our unit test.
• Begin discussing our Body Systems Unit.
• Work on and complete our body system vocabulary word splash.

Tuesday November 29th, 2016

Happy Tuesday!!!  Hope you are staying warm!!

Today we will:

• Go over our UNIT TEST which is TOMORROW!!!
• Work on and turn in the Organelle Mystery (in preparation for the test)

Monday November 28th, 2016

Happy Monday!!!! Hope you had a great break!!!

Today we will:

• Work on the questions part of Monday writing (next week we will do the essay)
• Review for your unit test that is THIS WEDNESDAY!!!!

Friday November 18th, 2016

Happy Last Day Before Break!!!

Today we will:

• Learn about Mitosis and Cell Division.  Work on the Mitosis Activity in google classroom.

Thursday November 17th, 2016

Today we will:

• Finish and turn in the stations lab on photosynthesis and respiration
• Make sure your Photosynthesis Simulation is turned in
• Work on the Unit Study Guide
• Complete the Cell Crossword Puzzle

YOUR CELL UNIT TEST WILL BE THE WEDNESDAY WHEN WE GET BACK FROM BREAK.  NOVEMBER 30TH.  THERE IS A STUDY GUIDE IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM YOU CAN REFER TO IF YOU WANT TO STUDY OVER BREAK.  WE WILL SPEND MONDAY AND TUESDAY WHEN WE GET BACK GOING OVER THE UNIT.

Wednesday November 16th, 2016

Happy Wednesday!!!

Today we will:

• Begin our 9 station photosynthesis/respiration activity

*****PERMISSION SLIPS ARE DUE TOMORROW*****

Tuesday November 15th, 2016

Happy Tuesday!!

Today we will:

• Complete and turn in the photosynthesis simulation in google classroom.

Monday November 14th, 2016

Happy Monday!!! I hope you all enjoyed your long weekend!!

Today we will:

• Work on and complete notes on photosynthesis and respiration (paper)
• Begin a photosynthesis simulation in google classroom

Thursday November 10th, 2016

Happy Thursday!!! And last day of school for the week!!

Today we will:

• Make sure our eggmosis lab is turned in on google classroom.
• Complete and turn in the microscope booklet.  Even if you do not get through everything you must turn in your booklet at the end of the class period.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!

Wednesday November 9th, 2016

Happy Wednesday!!

Today we will:

• Complete the eggmosis lab.  You must finish your measurements, clean up, and answer the analysis questions.  When you are finished with the questions on google classroom, turn in the assignment.  If you do not finish the questions in class they are homework.
• Once you are done with the eggmosis lab you can continue working on the microscope booklet.

Tuesday November 8th, 2016

Happy Tuesday!!!

Today we will:

• Measure our eggs and move them to water
• Continue working on our microscope activities

Monday November 7th, 2016

Happy Monday!!!

Today we will:

• Pass out permission slips for our December field trip
• Change out egg to a new liquid in the Eggmosis lab
• Go over osmosis and diffusion so the definitions in the lab can be filled in
• Complete the Cell Membrane worksheet and notes

Friday November 4th, 2016

Happy Friday!!!

Don't forget about the dance tonight, 6-8!!

Today we will:

• Watch two videos on cell transport.
• Color the picture of active and passive transport
• Begin the eggmosis lab

Thursday November 3rd

I still love my Cleveland Indians!!!

Today we will:

• Continue working on our microscope booklet.

Tuesday November 1st, 2016

Happy First Day of November!!!!

Hope you all had a great Halloween.  Please make sure your trash makes it to the garbage cans today.

Today we will:

• Work on completing our "A cell is like a....." project.  They are due at the beginning of class tomorrow (Wednesday)
• If you finish your project there is a Bill Nye video in google classroom to watch on your chromebooks.

Monday October 31st

Happy Halloween!!!

Today we will:

• Go over and answer any questions you have on the Cell Organelle "A Cell is like a..." project
• Play Cell Organelle matching game outside
• Begin Monday writing

***YOUR "CELL IS LIKE A...." PROJECT IS DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS WEDNESDAY***

Thursday October 27th, 2016

Happy Thursday!!!

Today we will:

• Enter rubric scores for the school wide writing goal.
• Begin the activity "A cell is like a....."

Wednesday October 26th, 2016

Happy Wednesday!!  Go Indians!!!

Today we will:

• Watch Bill Nye Cells video
• Go over Comparing Cells Worksheet

Tuesday October 25th, 2016

Happy Tuesday!!!

Today we will:

• Go over the organelle foldable
• Finish and turn in the Comparing Cells Venn Diagram
• Work on Cells Alive website

Thursday October 20th, 2016

Happy Thursday!!

Today we will:

• Begin working on a cell organelle foldable

Wednesday October 19th, 2016

Happy Wednesday!!!

Today we will:

• Go over the guided reading about cells

Tuesday October 18th, 2016

Happy Tuesday!!

Today we will have the counseling department present their Signs of Suicide program.  I expect all students to be respectful throughout this presentation.  This is a hard topic that needs to be discussed and effects people differently.

Monday October 17th, 2016

Happy Monday!!!

Today you will:

• Watch the video Inside Cells
• During video write 10 facts you learned in the video on paper
• Turn in your paper
• Begin Monday writing on allergies
• Read the article in google classroom
• Answer the first for questions on the document in google classroom and highlight the article where the answers were found.
• If you do not finish the questions in class, they are homework

Thursday October 13th, 2016

Happy Thursday!! (Friday for you guys)

Today we will:

• Finish and turn in the Guided Reading and questions that are found in google classroom.  
• The link to the online textbook is http://pearsonsuccessnet.com/
• The login is heather.davis@adams12.org and the password is rockytop1 

• Watch a video on cell organelles

Wednesday October 12th, 2016

Happy Wednesday!!  Enjoy the rain and cool weather!!

Today we will:

• Take a quiz on the characteristics of life
• Work of Guided Reading and questions (Guided reading is in the text book and questions are in google classroom)

Tuesday October 11th, 2016

Happy Tuesday!!

Today we will make sure everything is complete so we can move on to cell organelles:

• Complete and turn in the essay part of the Monday writing about Mammoth skulls from last Monday
• Complete and turn in the Characteristics of Life Reading and Questions
• Complete and turn in the Discovery Ed online activity

****TOMORROW WE WILL HAVE A QUIZ ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF LIFE****

Monday October 10th, 2016

Happy Monday!!!

Today we will:

• Preview the Earth Fair.  You can start buying tomorrow before school or after school.  If you bring money to class I will let you go during class.
• We will be looking at sample Monday writings with the scoring rubric to determine what a "1" looks like, a "2" looks like, a "3" and a "4".
• Work on a techbook cell activity which is in google classroom

Thursday October 6th, 2016

Happy Rainy Thursday!!!

*****Don't Forget Tomorrow is Pink Day*****

Today we will:

• Complete and turn in the Characteristics of Life Reading and Questions

Tomorrow we will be walking to the pond so wear comfortable clothes and shoes!!

Wednesday October 5th, 2016

Happy Walk to School Day!!!!

Today we will:

• Spend 15 minutes finishing the test.  If you do not finish during this time you must come in tomorrow morning before school or during lunch.
• Begin Characteristics of Life reading and questions.

Tuesday October 4th, 2016

Happy Tuesday!!

Today we will:

• Take our Unit 1 test!!!

Monday October 3rd, 2016

Happy Monday!!

Today we will:

• Complete the essay from last weeks Monday writing and turn it in.
• Review for our unit test which is tomorrow!!!
• Bring something to do quietly (without your computer) for after you have completed your test tomorrow.

Friday September 30th, 2016

Happy Friday!!!  Hope you have a great weekend!!

Today we will:

• Finish and turn in the Pangea activity
• Work on the Unit 1 study guide in google classroom.  The study guide is due at the beginning of class Monday.

Thursday September 29th, 2016

Happy Thursday!!

Today we will:

• Finish and turn in the Pangaea activity
• Begin working on the Geological Time Unit Study Guide (in google classroom)

Wednesday September 28th, 2016

Happy Wednesday!!!

Today we will:

• Begin and work on the Continental Drift Activity
• We will finish the activity tomorrow so there is no homework this evening.

Tuesday September 27th, 2016

Happy Tuesday!!!

Today we will:

• Watch Nova - Ice Age Death Trap and fill out google worksheet
• Finish and turn in Mass Extinction Gallery Walk

Monday September 26th, 2016

Happy Monday!!

Today we will:

• Work on the first 4 questions from Monday Writing
• Do a Gallery Walk of the Mass Extinctions

September 23rd, 2016

Happy Friday!! Hope you have a great weekend.

Today we will:

• Take a quiz on Geologic Time
• Finish and turn in Mass Extinction Powerpoint

Thursday September 22nd, 2016

Happy Thursday!!!

Today we will:

• Continue working on our mass extinction projects.  Make sure you refer to the rubric and the directions and make sure everything is in your presentation!

Wednesday September 21st, 2016

Happy Wednesday!!!

Today we will:

• Watch a short video on mass extinctions and how they happen
• Go over our Mass Extinction projects
• Pick which mass extinction each student will research
• Begin working on Mass Extinction Project

Tuesday September 20th, 2016

Happy Tuesday!!!

Today we will:

• Make sure Whales: Walking in the Past is completed and turned in
• Complete Changes in Horse Fossils Over Time (colored pencils are in the back of the room in the right hand drawer) - assignment is on paper, not in google classroom
• If time allows we will watch a short video on mass extinctions

Monday September 19th, 2016

Happy Monday!!!

Today we will:

• Work on and complete our Monday writing in google classroom and turn it in. https://newsela.com/articles/lucy-fossil-mystery/id/21188/#
• Complete and turn in the Whales activity from last Friday 

***DON'T FORGET TO HAVE ALL ACTIVITIES WE HAVE DONE UP TO THIS POINT TURNED IN BY TOMORROW!!!***  I WILL NOT ACCEPT ANYTHING AFTER TOMORROW MORNING!!!

Friday September 16th, 2016

Happy Friday!  Go Ohio State.  And Notre Dame.  And Oregon.  And the Browns!!!!!

Today we will:

• Complete Part 1 and Part 3 on the Whales: Walking Into the Past activity
• Make sure the entire worksheet (Part 1, 2, and 3) are complete and turned in by the end of class.

Thursday September 15th, 2016

Happy Thursday!!

****DON'T FORGET TO BRING YOUR HAT AND $1 TOMORROW!!!!****

Today we will:

• Begin working on Whales-Walking in the Past
• Read article and highlight
• Answer questions on part 2 of document in google classroom

Wednesday September 14th, 2016

Happy Wednesday!!

Today we will:

• Finish and turn in the Geologic Timeline and Student sheet (answer the 4 post lab questions)
• Finish and turn in the Fossil and Geologic Time Webquest

***On the Student Sheet for the timeline, only answer the 4 challenge questions.  This will be homework if not finished in class.

***The Fossil and Geologic Time Webquest is NOT homework

Tuesday September 13th, 2016

Happy Tuesday!!

Today we will:

• Watch the video "Morphed: When whales had legs"
• You will write 10 facts during the movie using complete sentences and turn it in after the video.  You MUST turn in your paper today to get credit.
• Finish Geological Time Challenge
• You will finish labeling geological events, tape your pictures to the timeline and answer the questions in google classroom.  Make sure the questions and your data table are turned in.

Monday September 12th, 2016

Happy Monday!!

Today we will:

• Work on, complete and turn in Monday Writing on pterosaurs
• Work on Fossils and Geologic Time Webquest

September 8th, 2016

Happy First Day of the NFL Season!!!

Today we will:

1st and 2nd hour:

• Begin the Geologic Timeline Challenge 

6th and 7th hour:

• Complete and turn in the Fossils and Geologic Time Webquest (in google classroom)

Wednesday September 7th, 2016

Happy Wednesday!!

Today we will:

• Watch a video about rock layers and the Grand Canyon
• Answer questions during the video on paper.  Turn in the paper at the end of class.  Make sure  your name is on it and all questions have been answered!

Tuesday September 6th, 2016

Happy Tuesday!!!

Today we will:

• Work on, complete and turn in the Sequencing Rock Layers Practice (in google classroom) - you must make a text book for each answer.
• If time allows we will begin the Geologic Time Challenge and making a timeline.

Friday September 2nd, 2016

Happy Friday!!

Go Ohio State!!

Today we will:

• Finish the Rock Layers Activity and turn in both the paper and questions on google classroom
• Earth's History Quiz

Thursday September 1st, 2016

Today we will:

• Complete and turn in the Matching Rock Layers activity.  Part of this is in google classroom and part is on paper so make sure you turn in both parts!!

Wednesday August 31st, 2016

Today we will:

• Watch a short video on Relative Dating of Rock Layers
• Begin Matching Rock Layers Notes and Lab

Tuesday August 30th, 2016

Happy Tuesday!!

Today we will:

• Work on and turn in the Understanding Geologic Time Webquest.  If not finished in class it is homework.  The webquest is in Google Classroom

Monday August 29th, 2016

Happy Monday Everyone!!

Today we will:

• Complete and turn in Monday writing (if not completed in class it is homework and due before class tomorrow)
• Finish the powerpoint on Fossils and the Law of Superposition

Friday August 26th, 2016

Happy Friday!!

Today we will:

• Finish our fossil research and place fossil pictures on our timeline
• Begin Fossils and the Law of Superposition Notes

Thursday August 25th, 2016

Today we will:

• Take notes on how fossils help us tell time (google classroom)
• Research fossils and fill in a geological timeline. (google classroom)

Wednesday August 24th, 2016

Happy Wednesday!!

Today we will:

• Finish our group KWL chart
• Watch Bill Nye and answer questions.

Tuesday August 23, 2016

Happy Tuesday!!!

Today we will:

• Watch the core talk video on school expectations
• Take the Geological Time Pretest

Monday August 22nd, 2016

Happy First Monday!!!

Today we will:

• Write our two things we are grateful for and put it on the board in the hall
• Go over how to do Monday writing
• Work on our first Monday writing (in google classroom)

Friday August 19th, 2016

Happy Friday!!!

Today we will:

• Fill out and post our promise cards
• Work on team building through pasta races
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Thursday August 18th, 2016

Happy First Thursday!!!

Today we will:

• Set up google classroom
• First hour will need to get handbook document signed by parents and turned in.
• Continue with our Promise Cards

Wednesday August 17th, 2016

Happy Wednesday!!

Today we will:

• Move to our assigned seats
• Get to know our neighbors
• Work on our promise cards from "because I said I would....."

Tuesday August 16th, 2016

Happy First Day of School!!!

Today we will be getting to know each other through a variety of activities.

WELCOME BACK!!

Welcome Back to School!!!! And welcome to 7th grade.  I look forward to meeting everyone and having an exciting year in science.  Everything you need to know will be found here and in google classroom.  I hope this year is a great one!!