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Week 1:
7th Grade: I will be presenting all the materials the students will need for Science. We will cover safety, watch a safety video, take a safety quiz and do a safety sketch. We will also be covering how to think like a scientist and How to think critically.
HS: I will be presenting all the materials they students will need for Science. We will cover safety, watch a safety video, take a safety quiz and do a safety sketch. We will also be covering how to think like a scientist, How to think critically, making data tables and creating graphs
Week 2:
7th Grade: The Junior High students will be finishing up the pre-Amplify material, to include measurements, use of data charts and graphs and experiment design. They will also take a pretest on all things scientific. Finally, they will conduct their first experiment on Friday (How many licks to the center of a Tootsie Pop)
High School: The High School students will take pre-test on all things scientific. They will begin their studies on Earth Science starting with chapter 1, Introduction to Earth Science and conduct their first lab, Use of a microscope.
Week 3:
7th Grade: Next week we will be beginning the Amplify program. The students will have laptops, assigned by their seat, to use. We have covered the laptop use policy (to only be used for Amplify work, not grade checking, work in any other class or surfing the web. The lessons will begin with a study of the Microbiome of a human body, concentrating on bacterial illnesses. We will also conduct a microscope LAB on the block days.
High School: The high schoolers will continue the studies on mapping. There will be a lab on Tuesday on topographical mapping. They will review chapter one on the first part of block day and take the chapter one exams in the second half. On Friday, they will begin a new chapter on Matter.