June 18 -20

To all my Halsted Students:
It's been another great year! Thank You for working hard and laughing a lot.
Be sure to say, "Thank You" to your parents and your family for their support.
I will miss you, please visit me in the future.

Best of Luck.

Remember, the door is opened...You must walk through it.

Love, Mrs. Curreri

p.s. The 8th grade slide show is on the "O" open share drive at Halsted if anyone would like a copy of it. It is in my folder (Curreri) under Class of 2007.

Monday 6-18-07
Early Dismissal
Promotion Practice all day
8th Grade "Clap Out"

Tuesday 6-19-07
Early Dismissal
Be at NHS at 8:30
Promotion Practice
Promotion Ceremony 6:00 @ NHS

Wednesday 6-20-07
Pick up Report Cards, Say "Goodbye"

Please turn in your SCIENCE BOOKS.

Monday 6-11-07
Language Arts Final Exam
(Students may finish Science Final Exam as well)
Happy Feet in Science classes
Team Building Games

Tuesday 6-12-07
Social Studies Final Exam
Happy Feet in Science classes
Team Building Games

Wednesday 6-13-07
Awards Assembly
Team Building Games

Thursday 6-14-07
Make Up Exams
Sign 8th Grade Mural

Friday 6-15-07
Early Dismissal
Promotion Practice
8th Grade Slide Show presented by Student Council

June 4-8

Monday 6-4-07
Washington D.C. Trip

Tuesday 6-5-07
Washington D.C. Trip
Wizard of Chemistry Presentation for some 8th graders

Wednesday 6-6-07
Washington D.C. Trip
Cardinals Baseball Game for some 8th graders

Thursday 6-7-07
Review for Final Exam
Continue to use Mrs. Curreri's Blog to help you study for the final exam.

Friday 6-8-07
Final Exam
I am Collecting Books today and Monday 6-11-07.

May 28- June 1

Monday 5-28-07
NO SCHOOL

Tuesday 5-29-07
NO SCHOOL

Wednesday 5-30-07
Tri-District Field Day

Thursday 5-31-07
Activity: Experiment on muscle strength and exercise, create a graph showing results
Websites:
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=99473&page=1

Try this at home: http://www.tcpnow.com/grandparentsdaykit/part2/si74.pdf

Friday 6-1-07
Activity: Experiment on touch receptors and reflexes.
Websites:
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/receptor.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00386/touch/sensoryreceptors.htm

May 21-25

Monday 5-21-07
Activity:United Streaming Video: Discover Magazine: Brainstormers. Are you right-brained or left-brained? activity
Websites:
http://www.unitedstreaming.com/search/assetDetail.cfm?guidAssetID=F1D09DB2-30A9-4123-9C79-6032643D50F9

http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp

http://www.angelfire.com/wi/2brains/test.html

http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/articles/dominance/index.htm

Tuesday 5-22-07
Activity:Online tutorial of the brain, label the parts of the brain
Websites:
http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/teenbrain/work/anatomy.html

Wednesday 5-23-07
Activity:Online tutorial of the heart and digestive system. Notebook check!
Websites:
http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp


Thursday 5-24-07
Activity: Experiment on muscle strength and exercise, create a graph showing results


Friday 5-25-07
NO SCHOOL

May 14-18

Monday 5-14-07
Activity: act out the flow of blood through the circulatory system
Homework: SG 12-2, mini book of heart and major blood vessels due Wednesday
Websites:
http://www.smm.org/heart/heart/in-out.htm

http://www.smm.org/heart/heart/pumping.htm

http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio105/circulat.htm

Tuesday 5-15-07
Activity:Build a model of the lungs and measure lung capacity using a model
Homework: none
Websites:
http://www.naturalhealthschool.com/10_2.html#im


Wednesday 5-16-07
Activity: SMART board lesson on arthropods, Virtual dissection of crayfish. Pre-lab discussion for tomorrow
Homework: Be prepared for tomorrow’s lab
Websites:
http://biog-101-104.bio.cornell.edu/BioG101_104/tutorials/animals/crayfish.html

http://www.aa.psu.edu/biology/crayfish/

http://www.dsb1.edu.on.ca/ecocampbickell/Golden%20Avenue%20Grade%206/website/characteristics.htm

http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/Science/Animals/Arthropods.htm

http://www.pbs.org/kcet/shapeoflife/animals/arthropods.html

http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/parasitology/arthropods.htm


Thursday 5-17-07
Activity: Crayfish dissection
Homework:
Websites:
http://biog-101-104.bio.cornell.edu/BioG101_104/tutorials/animals/crayfish.html

http://www.aa.psu.edu/biology/crayfish/

Matrix Survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=307703716823



Friday 5-18-07
No School

May 7-11

Monday 5-7-07
Activity:Visit “My Pyramid” website and get a “My Pyramid Plan” based on height, weight, and physical activity. View each category in the pyramid (on website) and list 3 examples for each.
Homework:Quiz Wednesday on labeling the digestive system
Websites:
http://www.mypyramid.gov/index.html

http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/resources/mpk_worksheet.pdf

http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/resources/mpk3_lesson3.pdf

http://www.mypyramid.gov/pyramid/index.html

Tuesday 5-8-07
Activity: Notes on organ function in digestive system. Lab activity on taste vs. smell
Websites:
http://www.entnet.org/healthinfo/topics/smell_taste.cfm

http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/tastevsmell.html

Wednesday 5-9-07
Activity:Written quiz on digestive system, SMART board notes on function of organs in digestive system.
Homework:Make mini book of digestive system or write a story (dialogue) involving digestive organs.
Websites:
http://training.seer.cancer.gov/module_anatomy/unit10_5_quiz_dd_1.html

Thursday 5-10-07
Activity:Virtual dissection lab, virtual quiz on digestive system
Websites:
http://faculty.clintoncc.suny.edu/faculty/Michael.Gregory/files/Bio%20102/Bio%20102%20Laboratory/Fetal%20Pig/Fetal%20Pig.htm

http://www.hillstrath.on.ca/moffatt/bio3a/fetalpig/fpdsf01.html

http://www.biologycorner.com/pig/fetal.html

http://hes.ucf.k12.pa.us/gclaypo/digestivequiz.html

http://training.seer.cancer.gov/module_anatomy/unit10_5_quiz_dd_1.html

http://www.quia.com/jg/66042.html

http://www.tvdsb.on.ca/westmin/science/sbi3a1/digest/digdiag.htm

Friday 5-11-07
Activity:SMART board notes on blood function and components, build a model of blood components
Homework:Make mini book of blood components. Bring in an empty soda bottle for Monday.
Websites:
http://anthro.palomar.edu/blood/quizzes/bldquiz1.htm

http://anthro.palomar.edu/blood/blood_components.htm

April 30 - May 4

Monday 4-30-07
Activity: Trace patterns of inheritance through the pedigree charts created in class last week.
Websites:
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/human_bio/problem_sets/human_genetics/05t.html

Tuesday 5-1-07
Activity: Visit “My Pyramid” website and get a “MyPyramid Plan” based on height, weight, and physical activity. View each category in the pyramid (on website) and list 3 examples for each.
Homework: Read 11-2, SG 11-2
Websites:
http://www.mypyramid.gov/index.html

http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/resources/mpk_worksheet.pdf

http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/resources/mpk3_lesson3.pdf

http://www.mypyramid.gov/pyramid/index.html

Wednesday 5-2-07
Activity:Video: “Supersize Me”

Websites:
http://www.mcdonalds.com/

http://www.bk.com/#menu=3,-1,-1

http://www.wendys.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Size_Me

http://allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:301680

Thursday 5-3-07
Activity: Video: “Supersize Me”
Homework: Read 11-1, SG 11-1

Friday 5-4-07
Activity:Finish Video: “Supersize Me”, List 5 negative changes the test subject experienced when he began his fast food diet. Then, describe the methods he used to help his body recover from the damages his fast food diet caused.
Homework:Finish class work
Websites:
http://www.puristat.com/standardamericandiet/processedfoods.asp?pid=2&campaignno=SAD&adgroup=processed&keywords=Harmful+Effects+of+Eating+Processed+Foods&OVRAW=harmful%20effects%20of%20eating%20fast%20food&OVKEY=harmful%20effects%20of%20eating%20processed%20food&OVMTC=advanced

http://www.realtruth.org/articles/244-eytd.html

April 23-27

Monday 4-23-07
Activity: “Monstrous Mutations” challenge against mutations within a survival situation
Homework:
Websites:
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/disorders/index.cfm

http://the_human_genome.tripod.com/mutations.html

http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Sciences/LifeScience/PhysicalAnthropology/EvolutionFact/GeneticMutation/GeneticMutation.htm


Tuesday 4-24-07
Activity: Compare human karyotypes of persons with klinefelter’s syndrome, turner’s syndrome, and down’s syndrome.
Websites:
http://www.hgmd.cf.ac.uk/ac/index.php

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/disorders/index.cfm

4-25-07
Activity: DNA Extraction from human cheek cells
Websites:
http://library.thinkquest.org/18617/data/types/dna.html


Thursday 4-26-07
Activity: Create a pedigree for a very large family. Trace traits through the pedigree depending on each pattern of inheritance.
Websites:
http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/instruct/mcclean/plsc431/mendel/mendel9.htm

http://www.sciencecases.org/hemo/hemo.asp

Friday 4-27-07
Activity: Pedigree chart continued...
Homework: Finish Pedigree

April 16-20

Monday 4-16-07
Activity:Make any finishing touches to timelines and answer conclusion questions. Grade timelines.
Homework:
Websites:
http://www.starsandseas.com/SAS%20Evolution/SAS%20geoltime/geotime_eras.htm

Tuesday 4-17-07
Activity:Evolution Web Quest
Homework:
Websites:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/evolution.htm

Wednesday 4-18-07
Activity:Fossils Video Quiz
Homework:
Websites:
http://einstein.byu.edu/~masong/HTMstuff/C24A1.html

http://home.earthlink.net/~mmc1919/halflife.html

Thursday 4-19-07
Activity:Discuss and label a DNA molecule
Homework:
Websites:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/genome/dna_sans.html

Friday 4-20-07
Activity:Build a DNA model
Homework:
Websites:

April 2 - 5

Monday 4-2-07
Activity: Geologic Time Scale, timeline of earth's history

Websites:
http://www.mhhe.com/physsci/physical/tillery/tutorialtest/GeoTime/GTimFra.html

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/geotime/contents.html

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/geotime.html

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/geologictime.php

Tuesday 4-3-07
Activity: Geologic Time Scale, timeline of earth's history

Wednesday 4-4-07
Mrs. Curreri will be out today due to a field trip to Fairview Lakes.
Activity: Bill Nye video on history of earth and evolution
Homework: SG 17-2, Read 17-2

Thursday 4-5-07
Mrs. Curreri will be out today due to a field trip to Fairview Lakes.
Activity: Finish Bill Nye video, read 17-3 in class, complete SG 17-3

Friday 4-6-07
NO SCHOOL, Happy Easter, enjoy spring break!!!

March 26 - 30

Monday 3-26-07
Activity: Online tutorial on plate tectonics
Homework: Homework: Study for quiz tomorrow
Websites:
http://library.thinkquest.org/17701/high/index.html


Tuesday 3-27-07
Activity:Quiz on Plate Tectonics, Earthquake online tutorial
Homework:
Websites:
http://www.thetech.org/exhibits_events/online/quakes/overview/

http://projects.crustal.ucsb.edu/understanding/

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/http://www.sciencecourseware.org/VirtualEarthquake/VQuakeExecute.html

Wednesday 3-28-07
Activity:“Dating the Fossil Record” activity, observe and analyze fossils
Homework:SG 16-1
Websites:
http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/dinosaurs/dinofossils/Fossiltypes.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/Geologictime.html

http://go.hrw.com/resources/go_sc/hst/ia/hstl08.htm

Thursday 3-29-07
Activity:“The Great Fossil Find” activity, Rock Layers SMART board presentation
Homework:SG 16-2
Websites:
http://gpc.edu/~pgore/geology/historical_lab/reldat_exercises.html

Friday 3-3-0-07
Activity:Radioactivity & Half-life experiment

Websites:
http://www.gcse.com/radio/halflife.htm

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/archaeology/dating/radio_carbon.html

http://go.hrw.com/activities/frameset.html?main=2278.html

March 19-23

CONGRATULATIONS 8TH GRADERS...YOU SURVIVED THE GEPA!

We still have two marking periods to complete, so keep meeting your assignment deadlines and improving your study habits.


Monday 3-19-07
Activity:Guest Speaker from Trans Options

Tuesday 3-20-07
Activity:“Mystery of the Far Flung Fossils” activity
Homework:SG 15-1
Websites:
http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/pangaea/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Continents.shtml

http://www.historyoftheuniverse.com/cdmovie.html

http://www.greenon.k12.oh.us/IndianValley/TIC/grade8/jenkins/continentaldrift.html

http://www.scotese.com/earth.htm

http://www.scotese.com/newpage13.htm

Wednesday 3-21-07
Activity:Model, describe and label diagrams of plate boundaries
United Streaming Video: http://www.unitedstreaming.com/search/assetDetail.cfm?guidAssetID=E936D178-9D65-4CE6-886F-E10C84062305
Homework: SG 15-2
Websites:
http://www.geo.lsa.umich.edu/~crlb/COURSES/270/Lec12/Lec12.html

http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/glossary/s_u/sea_flr_spread.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Continents.shtml

Thursday 3-22-07
Activity:Guest Speaker Jen Sheehan from NJ Watershed Program

Friday 3-23-07
Activity:Online tutorial on plate tectonics
Homework:SG 15-3, quiz Tuesday on Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
Websites:
http://library.thinkquest.org/17701/high/index.html

http://discoverourearth.org/student/tectonics/continental_drift.html

March 5-9

Students will be participating in GEPA practice and problem-solving questions all week in order to prepare for the GEPA next week. Hopefully, practicing this week will help ease the stress levels of the 8th graders in anticipation for next week.
Remember to eat breakfast and go to sleep early!!


NOTEBOOK CHECK THIS FRIDAY!!!


Check out the NJ Department of Education's website Science standards and sample GEPA questions here:

http://www.state.nj.us/njded/assessment/ms/sample/test_book_sci.pdf

http://www.njpep.org/assessment/TestSpecs/ScienceGEPA/index.html

http://www.state.nj.us/njded/assessment/ms/sample/science_score_guide.pdf

February 26 - March 2

Monday 2-26-07
Activity: Dragon Genetics Project
Homework:GEPA practice questions
Websites:
http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/bio1int.htm#gene

http://library.thinkquest.org/20465/g_punnet.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/20465/g_linkagemap.html

http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/monohybr/terms.html

http://www.imagecyte.com/chromo.html

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/

Tuesday 2-27-07
Activity:Dragon Genetics Project
Homework:GEPA practice questions

Wednesday 2-28-07
Activity:Dragon Genetics Project
Homework:GEPA practice questions


Thursday 3-1-07
Activity:Dragon Genetics Project
Homework:GEPA practice questions


Friday 3-2-07
Activity:Dragon Genetics Project
Homework:GEPA practice questions

February 19-23

Monday 2-19-07
No School

Tuesday 2-20-07
No School

Wednesday 2-21-07
Activity: Use Science World to answer questions about articles. Work in small cooperative groups to complete a GEPA practice booklet.
Homework: Finish class work


Thursday 2-22-07
Activity: SMART board lesson and practice problems
Homework: Probability & Genetics wksht 3-2
Websites:
http://www.genome.gov/

http://www.genome.gov/educationkit/

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/tour/

Friday 2-23-07
Activity: Drag and Drop Genetics: http://www.zerobio.com/drag_gr11/mono.htm
Homework: SG 14-2
Websites:
http://arapaho.nsuok.edu/~biology/Genetics/GenTut1/GenTut1.htm

February 12 - 16

Monday 2-12-07
Activity:Natural selection in the English Peppered Moth simulation activity.
Websites:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/01/6/l_016_08.html

http://www.english.ilstu.edu/students/flknowl/flk3/museum/moths.html

Tuesday 2-13-07
Activity: Mice Populations simulation activity
Homework: Conclusion questions
Websites:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/darwin/origin/index.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/sex/guppy/ed_pop.html

Wednesdsay 2-14-07
Activity: Online mitosis and meiosis interactive simulation:
http://www.biologyinmotion.com/cell_division/index.html
http://www.cellsalive.com/meiosis.htm
http://taggart.glg.msu.edu/bs110/meiosis.htm
Meiosis with socks.
Homework: SG 13-2
Websites:
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072437316/student_view0/chapter12/animations.html#

http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/launchpad/

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/cloning/clickandclone/

Thursday 2-15-07
Activity: SMART board lesson and practice Punnett Square problems.
Homework: Probability and Genetics worksheet (3-2)
Websites:
http://www.genome.gov/

http://www.genome.gov/educationkit/

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/tour/

http://library.thinkquest.org/19037/ebasics_links.html

Friday 2-16-07
Drag and Drop Genetics: http://www.zerobio.com/drag_gr11/mono.htm
Homework: SG 14-2
Websites:
http://arapaho.nsuok.edu/~biology/Genetics/GenTut1/GenTut1.htm

February 5-9

Monday 2-5-07
Activity: Activity: Continue to present Alien Projects.
Homework: Complete the study guide for Chapters 19 and 20, Test Friday

Tuesday 2-6-07
Activity: Activity: Analyze the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram on characteristics of stars. Online tutorial: http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/labs/star_life/starlife_main.html
Compare humans and stars and the stages each goes through.
Websites:
http://www.sunblock99.org.uk/sb99/people/Darko/sb99_sts.html#dist

http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~soper/Stars/hrdiagram.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/stars/startypes.shtml

Wednesday 2-7-07
Activity: Point presentation on types of galaxies. Online web quest about galaxies.
Homework: SG 20-3
Websites:
http://www.seds.org/messier/xtra/supp/gal-ttab.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/J0113067/TypesOfGalaxies.htm

http://www.skyimagelab.com/galaxies.html

http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/universe/galaxytour/index.html

http://www.smv.org/hastings/student2.htm

Thursday 2-8-07
Activity: Activity: Review for test on Chapters 19 and 20
Homework: STUDY

Friday 2-9-07
Test on Chapters 19 and 20

January 29- February 2

Your Aliens Projects are due this Friday, February 2nd.

Monday 1-29-07
Activity: “A Spin Around Our Solar System: The Sun as a Star” United Streaming video. Complete a focus sheet during video.
Homework: Work on your project
Websites:
http://www.sunblock99.org.uk/sb99/people/Darko/sb99_sts.html#dist

Tuesday 1-30-07
Activity: Mr. Lepes will demonstrate seasons, solstices, equinoxes, and gravity.
Homework:Work on your project, SG 20-1

Wednesday 1-31-07
Activity: Work on Power Point presentations for alien projects… Save presentations to “open-share” drive


Thursday 2-1-07
Activity: Activity:Analyze the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram on characteristics of stars. Online tutorial: http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/labs/star_life/starlife_main.html Compare humans and stars and the stages each goes through.
Homework: Finish up projects
Websites:
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/universe/stargazers/index.html

Friday 2-2-07
Activity: Present Aliens Projects

January 22- 26

Homework all week: Work on your "Aliens" project... Whenever possible, you may come use the laptops during recess, study hall, or after school. Just see me to discuss when you can come in for computer time.

This is a great website for all your cosmic questions:
http://helios.gsfc.nasa.gov/qa_plan.html

Monday 1-22-07
Activity: Lab on elliptical orbits
Homework: SG 19-2
Websites:
http://www.fourmilab.ch/solar/

Tuesday 1-23-07
Activity: Earth as a peppercorn: Create a metric scale model of the distances of planets using spices. OR create a human scale model of the solar system (outside).
Homework: Weigh in on other planets, how old are you on other planets?
Webites:
http://www.space.com/php/popup/virtualspacetour/noad_astropedia.php

http://www.troybrophy.com/projects/solarsystem/

http://www.fourmilab.ch/solar/


Wednesday 1-24-07
Allow time to work on aliens project using virtual space tour:
http://www.space.com/php/popup/virtualspacetour/noad_astropedia.php
Movies in the afternoon ("Night at the Museum")

Thursday 1-25-07
Activity: Create a timeline (online) of space travel and technology.
Include 10 entries with a description of each event.
Use this site: http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/timeline/index.html

Websites:
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112461/quiz.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112461/timeline.html

http://wingsovermars.arc.nasa.gov/

http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/ http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/technology/

http://www.history.com/exhibits/moonshots/timeline.html

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/timeline.html

http://www.space.com/news/spacehistory/greatest_space_events_1960s.html

Friday 1-26-07
Activity: national geographic online investigative activity, online scavenger hunt.
Homework: SG 19-3
Websites:
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078741858/student_view0/unit4/chapter11/lesson4/lesson_review.html

http://quest.nasa.gov/vft/docs/Solar_Syst_Math_L3.doc

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/organizers/cometsasteroids.php.p=Astronomy+basics@,eds,astronomy-basics.php&a=,eds

http://www.kidskonnect.com/CometsMeteors/CometAsteroidMeteorHome.html

http://janus.astro.umd.edu/astro/impact/

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/asteroids/

January 15-19

No School Monday. We are starting a project this Tuesday that will be due in about 3 weeks.


Tuesday 1-16-07
Activity: Introduce “Aliens” project. Video: "Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy."
Homework: Project due in 3 weeks
Websites:
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/blast/

http://www.nasa.gov/

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/solar_system/

http://video.movies.go.com/hitchhikersguide/global/index_main.html?countryID=us&section=&datastr=&

Wednesday 1-17-07
Activity: Finish video from Monday.
Homework: moon phases puzzle

Thursday 1-18-07
Activity: Demonstration on seasons, moon phases, and eclipses.
Homework: moon phases and eclipses worksheet
Websites:
VERY COOL SITE: http://www.forgefx.com/casestudies/prenticehall/ph/eclipse/eclipses.htm

http://janus.astro.umd.edu/astro/seasons/frame.html

http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/time/eclipses.html

http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/vphase.html

http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/moon_phases.html


Friday 1-19-07
Activity: Mr. Lepes will teach a lesson and do a demonstration modeling the formation of our solar system.
Homework: SG 19-1
Websites:
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/our_solar_system/formation.html

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/solarsystem/formation.html

http://www.marxist.com/science/bigbang.html

January 8-12

Monday 1-8-07
Activity: Online tutorials and quizzes for waves, currents, and tides. Play ocean floor game to identify some landforms on the ocean floor.
Homework: SG 9-2, ocean floor worksheet
Websites:
http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/motion/default.htm

http://www.mos.org/oceans/planet/features.html

http://www.msstate.edu/dept/geosciences/CT/TIG/WEBSITES/RESEARCH/Christine_Oxenford/index.html

Tuesday 1-9-07
Activity: Tide Pool Activity
Homework: Quarterly Study guide
Websites:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/edgeofsea/tidepool.html

http://bonita.mbnms.nos.noaa.gov/Visitor/TidePool/VRTidepool/welcome.html

Wednesday 1-10-07
Activity: Quiz on Oceans
Homework: Quarterly Study guide

Thursday 1-11-07
Activity: Review for quarterly exam
Homework: STUDY

Friday 1-12-07
Activity: Quarterly Assessment

January 2-5

Happy New Year!
Quiz next Wednesday on Oceans. Quarterly Exam is next Friday..
Study guides will be given on Wednesday.

Tuesday 1-2-07
Activity: Ocean waves simulation (online), online waves quiz
Homework: Draw and label parts of a wave
Websites:
http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/motion/waves1.htm

http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/students/waves/index.html

EXTRA CREDIT: http://www.vickiblackwell.com/tt2/glendahusser/Hunt/


http://www.nationalgeographic.com/volvooceanrace/interactives/waves/index.html

Wednesday 1-3-07
Activity: Tide simulator internet activity. Tide level observer internet activity.
Homework: Questions about tides
Websites:
http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/labs/tides/tides_main.html

http://riker.ps.missouri.edu/RICKSPAGE/Moon/Tides.html

Thursday 1-4-07
Activity: Tidal range lab
Homework: Tides puzzle, draw diagrams of neap tides and spring tides
Websites:
http://www.mmscrusaders.com/newscirocks/tides/tideanim.htm

http://www.saltwatertides.com/dynamic.dir/newjerseysites.html

Friday 1-5-07
Activity: Density currents activity.
Homework: SG 9-3
Websites:
http://www.csun.edu/~psk17793/ES9CP/ES9%20ocean_currents.htm

December 18-22

Happy Holidays. Enjoy your time off, relax, and come back refreshed and motivated to learn.
Happy New Year, 2007!

Monday 12-18-06
Activity: Online hurricane tutorial.
Homework: STUDY for ch 8 test, Complete the study guide (get it signed for 5 points)
Websites:
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/home.rxml

http://www.middleschoolscience.com/hurricane.htm

http://www.middleschoolscience.com/hurricanes.htm

http://teachertech.rice.edu/Participants/louviere/hurricanes/activities.html

Tuesday 12-19-06
Activity: track hurricanes on paper and online
Homework: STUDY for ch 8 test, Complete study guide and chapter review for test.
Websites:
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/hurtrack/index.html

Wednesday 12-20-06
Activity: Jeopardy and “eggspert” review.
Homework: STUDY
Websites:

Thursday 12-21-06
Activity: Weather test
Websites:

Friday 12-22-06
Activity: The Day After Tomorrow video. Write a summary about the weather related events that led to the mini ice age.
Websites:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/dayaftertomorrow/large.html

http://www.dayaftertomorrowfacts.org/

December 11 - 15

Monday 12-11-06
Activity: Quiz on relative humidity. SMART board lesson on weather fronts. Teacher demonstration of a front.
Homework: Write a song that compares cold fronts and warm fronts.
Websites:
http://okfirst.ocs.ou.edu/train/meteorology/Fronts.html

http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/visualization/collections/weather_fronts.html

http://earthsci.org/processes/weather/weaimages/weaimages.html

Tuesday 12-12-06
Activity: Dew Point lab, “The Tilted Earth” activity and “The Earth’s rotation activities.
Websites:
http://apollo.lsc.vsc.edu/classes/idm3020/tut_folder/nick_tutorial/

http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/time/seasons.html

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/uts/seasons1.html&edu=elem&back=/seach/search_navigation.html

http://www.learninghaven.com/science/articles/seasons.htm

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/skytellers/day_night/about.shtml

http://apollo.lsc.vsc.edu/classes/idm3020/tut_folder/nick_tutorial/

Wednesday 12-13-06
Activity: Reading weather maps
Homework: SG 8-2
Websites:
http://www.mohonasen.org/staffdev/weather5/weathermaps.htm

Thursday 12-14-06
Activity: Surface air pressure and isobars activity
Homework: Practice reading isobars
Websites:
http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/air_pressure/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_pressure

Friday 12-15-06
Activity: United Streaming clip of how a thunderstorm forms and how tornadoes form. Teacher demo of tornado in a bottle.
Homework: SG 8-3
Websites:
http://members.aol.com/tornadfoto/

http://whyfiles.org/013tornado/3.html

http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/thunder2.html

http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/tornado2.html

http://eo.ucar.edu/kids/dangerwx/tstorm1.htm

http://eo.ucar.edu/kids/dangerwx/tornado1.htm

December 4-8

Monday 12-4-06
Activity: Draw and label the stages of the water cycle. Use kinesthetic activity to help remember each stage of the cycle. Label each layer of the atmosphere. Evaporation and condensation experiment. Notebook Check.
Homework: water cycle wksht, atmosphere drawing, Quiz Wednesday on water cycle and atmosphere layers

Tuesday 12-5-06
Activity: Use the weather vane and the compass to determine wind direction. Check data by looking at local weather on the net.
Homework: Read 8-1, complete SG 8-1

Wednesday 12-6-06
Activity: Quiz on the atmosphere and the water cycle.
Homework: Names of Clouds puzzle

Thursday 12-7-06
Activity: “The Tilted Earth” activity and “The Earth’s rotation and revolution” activity. Wind belts and the Coriolis Effect.

Friday 12-8-06
Activity: “Relative Humidity” lab activity
Homework: Quiz Monday on relative humidity (practice solving relative humidity problems)

This week's websites:

EXTRA CREDIT: (Perform this experiment for the class):http://www.spartechsoftware.com/reeko/Experiments/ExpMarshmallowPressure.htm

http://www.west.net/~science/co2.htm

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/wind1.htm

http://www.kidzworld.com/site/p1440.htm

http://www.spartechsoftware.com/reeko/Experiments/ExpCloudsInBottle.htm

http://schoolscience.rice.edu/duker/weatypeclouds.html

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/cldtyp/home.rxml

http://www.carlwozniak.com/clouds/types.html

http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/time/seasons.html

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/uts/seasons1.html&edu=elem&back=/seach/search_navigation.html

http://www.learninghaven.com/science/articles/seasons.htm

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/skytellers/day_night/about.shtml

http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/moisture.html

http://www.bom.gov.au/lam/humiditycalc.shtml?Dry_Bulb=23&Moist_value=15&Moisture=WB&rh=0

EXTRA CREDIT:http://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/hair/hair_activity.html

November 27 - December 1

Please ask your child what his or her grade is on the Electricity and Magnetism test. Any student who scored below a 70% must get a parent/guardian signature. Any student who fails to do so will be kept in for recess detention until the test is returned to me with a signature.

Monday 11-27-06
Activity: Observe and draw a concave and a convex lens. Discuss reflection and refraction and what causes each to occur (behavior of light). Think about how light reflects and/or refracts with each lens. List real world examples of each. Try to bend light using water and a spoon, then pour water in a cup until you see a penny (up against the side).
Homework: Finish color lab (due Tuesday)

Tuesday 11-28-06
Activity: “Looking at Images” lab activity

Wednesday 11-29-06
Activity: Create a station model for a city of choice using geometer sketchpad.
Homework: Print and finish your station model.

Thursday 11-30-06
Activity: Graphic organizer for molecular structure and behavior to be completed with demonstrations of the concepts related to molecular structure and behavior (evaporation: alcohol, condensation: ice water, sublimation: dry ice).
Homework:

Friday 12-1-06
Activity: Draw and label a diagram of the layers of the atmosphere with 2-3 characteristics mentioned in each layer of the diagram. Use the internet as a resource. Things to think about: temperature, thickness, distance from Earth’s crust, benefits from layer, dangers of layer.
Homework: SG 7-1, Notebook check Monday

This Week's Websites:

EXTRA CREDIT: http://sol.sci.uop.edu/~jfalward/physics17/chapter12/chapter12.html

http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/light/u12l1a.html

http://acept.la.asu.edu/PiN/mod/light/reflection/pattLight1.html

http://acept.la.asu.edu/PiN/mod/light/lenses/pattLight2.html

http://freespace.virgin.net/gareth.james/virtual/Optics/Lens/lens.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/28160/english/reflection/index.html

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/wxwise/station/page5.html

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/comets/sublimation.html

http://www.dryiceinfo.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaporation

http://www.americanwaterheater.com/support/bulletins/Ta_1001.pdf

http://www.msu.edu/~goldenc1/redesign/watercycles.htm

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Atmosphere/layers.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/balloon/science/atmosphere.html

http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/space/atmosphere.html

http://curriculum.calstatela.edu/courses/builders/lessons/less/les3/layers.html

November 20-22

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Monday 11-20-06
Activity: “Eggspert” whiteboard review
Homework: Study

Tuesday 11-21-06
Test on Chaptes 1, 2, and 3

Wednesday 11-22-06
Activity: “Heat racers” activity, “disappearing penny” activity, and “reverse arrow” activity

November 13-17

Big Test next Tuesday on Chapters 1, 2, and 3... Study guides will be sent home this Thursday and are due (with signatures for the 5 bonus points) in class next Monday.

Monday 11-13-06
Activity: ”What makes an electromagnet stronger?” lab activity
Homework: SG 2-2

Tuesday 11-14-06
Activity: Complete graphic organizer for electric motors and generators. Use internet to research and describe how electric motors and generators are used in hybrid vehicles. Research and describe some hybrid vehicles on the market.
Homework: SG 2-3, 2-4

Wednesday 11-15-06
Activity: thermal expansion lab
Homework: electricity and magnetism pretest

Thursday 11-16-06
Activity: Complete “Properties of Light” worksheet, internet webquest
Homework: SG 3-1, study guide for test on ch 1,2, 3 due Monday

Friday 11-17-06
Activity: frequency of colors lab activity
Homework: Lighten Up worksheet and study guide for Tuesday's test


This week's websites:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_motors

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/teachers/lessons/roygbiv/roygbiv.html (Thursday's Lab)

http://www.howstuffworks.com/electromagnet.htm

http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/iconmagnetism.html

http://www.mcwdn.org/Physics/Magnetism.html

EXTRA CREDIT: http://www.seed.slb.com/en/scictr/lab/relax/relax.htm

http://www.seed.slb.com/en/scictr/journal/engineering/motor.htm

http://www.howstuffworks.com/question262.htm

http://web.njit.edu/~mab4/how_does_a_hybrid_car_work.htm

http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/HSCmotors.html

http://www.psinvention.com/kinetic.htm

http://www.purchon.com/physics/electromagnetic.htm

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/index.pl

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/waves_particles/index.html

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/xray/index.html

http://lectureonline.cl.msu.edu/~mmp/applist/Spectrum/s.htm

November 6-10

Parent-Teacher conferences are this week, with an early dismissal every day.
I will not be available for conferences Monday, but you can call me or email me to set up another time to meet.
No school Thursday and Friday of this week.

Monday 11-6-06
Activity: Quiz on electricity and circuits.
Homework: Concept map on current electricity

Tuesday 11-7-06
Activity: “Can you map a magnet’s force?” lab activity pg 53 in text.
Homework: SG 2-1

Wednesday 11-8-06
Activity: ”What makes an electromagnet stronger?” lab activity
Homework: Lab conclusion questions

This week's websites:

http://www.article19.com/shockwave/oz.htm

http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/HSCmotors.html

http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/magnetism.htm

http://www.howstuffworks.com/electromagnet.htm

http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/iconmagnetism.html

http://www.mcwdn.org/Physics/Magnetism.html

October 30 - November 3

Monday 10-30-06
Activity: Attraction and Repulsion of Cheerios lab activity

Tuesday 10-31-06 HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! BE SAFE.
Activity: Read chapter one, sections 1 and 2 together in class. Complete SG 1-1 and SG 1-2

Wednesday 11-1-06
Activity: Conductor/Insulator lab activity

Thursday 11-2-06
Activity: “Can you make the connection?” lab activity
Homework: SG 1-3

Friday 11-3-06
Activity: Circuits lab activity

This Week's Websites:

http://www.ndt-ed.org/EducationResources/HighSchool/Electricity/hs_elec_index.htm

http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/demos/main_pages/20.7.html

http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/CURR/Science/sciber00/8th/forces/sciber/energy2.htm

http://www.article19.com/shockwave/oz.htm

http://www.schoolscience.co.uk/content/3/physics/circuits/circh3pg1.html

http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/HSCmotors.html

EXTRA CREDIT: http://schools.mukilteo.wednet.edu/staff/corlettem/Summit/Lessons/Building%20an%20Electric%20Motor.htm