2023-2024
>>> MATTER AND ENERGY IN ECOSYSTEMS - UNIT REVIEW <<<
30 MAY 20024 - Thursday
LAST CHANCE! Make-Ups or Retakes: (#133) ME 4.4 End-of-Unit Assessment
29 MAY 2024 - Wednesday
Elective Interest From 2024-2025 School Year: (Robotics and Mariachi ) https://forms.gle/KaBgsW4p8nptwoGo9
Engineering Lab: Tower (Ruiz B-11) Sneak Peek| Engineering Lab: Engineering Lab: Boat (Coffey B-3)
28 MAY 2024 - Tuesday
Engineering Lab: Boat (Coffey B-11) | Engineering Lab: Parachute (Ruiz B-3)
7th Period - OS - 3.83 Seconds
5th Period - LL -? Seconds
4th period - MH - 4.31 Seconds - AC - 4.15 Seconds
3rd period - AB - EL - 4.48 Seconds
2nd period - ?? - ?.?? Seconds
1st period - JM - 4.11 Seconds
24 MAY 2024 - Friday
Engineering Lab: Cannon (Coffey & Ruiz B-11)
Make-Ups or Retakes: (#133) ME 4.4 End-of-Unit Assessment
Longest Shot: 7th Period - JS - 85 feet
23 MAY 2024 - Thursday
(#133) ME 4.4 End-of-Unit Assessment (Use the Sim or other Amplify resources to help you gather evidence. )
22 MAY 2024 - Wednesday
Last in-class intervention time. Check Aeries for missing or low-scoring assignments from Assignments 132 to 123 and do or redo them.
(#123 and #124) ME 2.4 Critical Juncture Assessment Retake (Use the Sim or other Amplify resources to help you gather evidence. )
The End-of-Unit assessment is tomorrow. Unit Review Document
21 MAY 2024 - Tuesday
Amplify Assignments 4.3 | Reasoning Tool | (#132) ME 4.3.1-6
In order to convince your readers, a written scientific argument needs to state a CLAIM, describe specific EVIDENCE, and explain how the evidence supports the claim (REASONING).
A claim can sometimes be supported more effectively if you consider the combination of several different pieces of evidence.
20 MAY 2024 - Monday
Amplify Assignments 4.2 | Review Friday's Pear Deck and Sorting Tool | Observation Form | (#131) ME 4.2.1-4
17 MAY 2024 - Friday
16 MAY 2024 - Thursday
Amplify Assignments 3.4 | Your model should look like the SIM | (#129) ME 3.4.1-6
15 MAY 2024 - Wednesday
14 MAY 2024 - Tuesday
13 MAY 2024 - Monday - LAB
Amplify Assignments 3.2 | (#127) ME 3.2.1-4
If you finish your game early, watch this video: Carbon Cycle for Kids (5:38)
10 MAY 2024 - Friday
09 MAY 2024 - Thursday
Go to zero, 1st, and 2nd period.
Then:
If you are going to Ten Pin, go to the cafeteria 3rd period.
If you are NOT going to Ten Pin, go to Mrs. Peterson's classroom C25 when you would normally go to science.
1st and 2nd Period: Global renewables: Pioneering the energy transition | DW Documentary
08 MAY 2024 - Wednesday
(#123 and #124) ME 2.4 Critical Juncture Assessment Retake (Use the Sim or other Amplify resources to help you gather evidence. )
If you finish early (or did not retake), work on missing or low-score assignments.
If you have no missing assignments, including your posters, do a quiet activity.
07 MAY 2024 - Tuesday
Amplify Assignments 2.5 | ME 2.5.3 Pear Deck | (#125) ME 2.5.1-5
Review the items below before retaking your test:
Relationship between Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration (Video 3:28)
Photosynthesis vs Cellular Respiration (Video 8:12)
06 MAY 2024 - Monday
(#123) Part 1: ME 2.4 Multiple Choice Questions
(#124) Part 3: Written-Response Question #2
(1.) What do you predict will happen to carbon in the air over time?
(2.) How could this affect the living things in the dome?
(3.) Explain your thinking.
Part 4: Complete the Homework
If you are not finished, work on your Cellular Respiration poster.
03 MAY 2024 - Friday
Draw and color a poster for the process of cellular respiration
Inputs: energy storage molecules and oxygen
Where: in the mitochondria of producers, consumers, decomposers
Outputs: energy, water, and carbon dioxide
Example: Cellular Respiration
02 MAY 2024- Thursday
01 MAY 2024 - Wednesday
30 APR 2024- Tuesday
Amplify Videos to Remember: ME 1.4.4 Photosynthesis and Elodia | ME 2.1.3 Snail and Elodia Part 1 | ME 2.1.3 Snail and Elodia Part 2 |
Other instructional Videos: Photosynthesis in Plants Video (4:52) | Photosynthesis (4:53)
29 APR 2024 - Monday
I'm right next door substituting for Crivelli. Use the instructional Videos or the Teacher Slides to guide you through the lesson. Ask my sub if you have any questions.
26 APR 2024 - Friday
25 APR 2024 - Thursday
24 APR 2024 - Wednesday
Work on missing assignments or assignments with low scores. Progress reports are due today.
Photosynthesis Poster (Use this Example, search the internet, or be creative and make your own. )
Draw and color
Label the kinds of molecules involved: carbon dioxide, water, oxygen, and glucose (an energy storage molecule)
Make a key for the atoms involved: carbon, oxygen, hydrogen
Label the reactants and products
Use arrows to show the direction of events.
In your drawing, include the sun and chloroplasts.
If you finish early, read: Examining the Biodome Files, What Is Carbon?, Extension: Is a food chain without plants plausible?
https://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/plumlanding/t/games-and-videos/habitats-and-ecosystems/
23 APR 2024 - Tuesday
Amplify Assignments 1.3 | (#115) ME 1.3.1-4
22 APR 2024 - Monday
19 APR 2024 - Friday
Draw and color
Label the kinds of molecules involved: carbon dioxide, water, oxygen, and glucose (an energy storage molecule)
Make a key for the atoms involved: carbon, oxygen, hydrogen
Label the reactants and products
Use arrows to show the direction of events.
Include the sun and chloroplasts in your drawing.
18 APR 2024 - Thursday
MAKE-UP/RETAKE: PR 4.4 (#112) End-of-Unit Assessment (Pear Assessment)
Matter and Energy in Ecosystems 1.1 Pre-Unit Assessment (Not graded in Aeries. However, do your best.)
17 APR 2024 - Wednesday
MAKE-UP/RETAKE: PR 4.4 (#112) End-of-Unit Assessment (Pear Assessment)
Matter and Energy in Ecosystems 1.1 Pre-Unit Assessment (Not graded in Aeries. However, do your best.)
Matter and Energy in Ecosystems play.blooket.com
16 APR 2024 - Tuesday
MAKE-UP/RETAKE: PR 4.4 (#112) End-of-Unit Assessment (Pear Assessment)
Matter and Energy in Ecosystems 1.1 Pre-Unit Assessment (Not graded in Aeries. However, do your best.)
15 APR 2024 - Monday
12 APR 2024 - Friday
PR 4.4 (#112) End-of-Unit Assessment (Pear Assessment)
Matter and Energy in Ecosystems 1.1 Pre-Unit Assessment (Not graded in Aeries. However, do your best.)
11 APR 2024 - Thursday (modified lessons)
Assignments: (1) PR 4.2.1 | PR 4.1.2-3 Pear Deck (Evidence Cards) | (2) PR 4.2.3.3 (3) PR 4.3.1 (4) PR 4.3.4
Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PR 4.2 | Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PR 4.3
The End of Unit Assessment is tomorrow, April 12th | Populations and Resources Unit Review
10 APR 2024 - Wednesday
Amplify Assignments PR 4.1 | PR 4.1.2-3 Pear Deck | (#110) PR 4.1.1-4
The End of Unit Assessment is Friday, April 12th | Populations and Resources Unit Review
09 APR 2024 - Tuesday
08 APR 2024 - Monday
28 MAR 2024 - Thursday
27 MAR 2024 - Wednesday
PR 2.4 (#102 and #103) Critical Juncture Assessment Retakes
Invaders - identify and remove invasive species
26 MAR 2024 - Tuesday
25 MAR 2024 - Monday
22 MAR 2024 - Friday
Draw a Five-by-Five Food Web: (EXAMPLE)
You may use the Internet to help you research consumer and resource populations.
Include the sun.
Include a chain of at least FIVE links long.
Include FIVE organisms branching from the main chain.
Include yourself (humans) on the web.
Include the arrows showing which way the energy flows.
21 MAR 2024 - Thursday
20 MAR 2024 - Wednesday
Populations and Resources | PR 2.5 Critical Juncture Assessment
| Unit Review | (#102) Multiple Choice Questions | Unit Review | (#103) Written Response Two | Unit Review |
RETAKES will be on Wednesday next week.
If you finish early, try Dynamic Systems (Engineering Practice) | Dynamic Systems 2
19 MAR 2024 - Tuesday
Day 2 of 2: Amplify Assignments PR 2.4 | PR 2.4.3 Pear Deck | Log in with your Google Account Padlet (Write your name for the Subject.) | (#101) PR 2.4.1-4
Critical Juncture Assessment will be this Tomorrow. Study!
18 MAR 2024 - Monday
Day 1 of 2: Amplify Assignments PR 2.4 Complete all parts of Amplify activities one and two.
Copy, Paste, and then Edit the directions to match what you plan to do:
Press Play, run the Sim for 22 time units, and then press Pause.
Increase/Decrease the Greenleaf/Furbil population that you predicted would increase the number of deaths in the weebug population. (Hint: Make a big change to see the biggest effect. Weebug/Furbil Population: ___)
Lock the Greenleaf/Furbil population.
Press Play and run the Sim for at least 22 more time units.
Press Analyze and use the range window to review the number of deaths during the 22 time unit range just before and during the 22 time unit range after the change. Record the number of weebug deaths in the data table.
__________________________________________________________________________3rd Quarter
15 MAR 2024 - Friday
14 MAR 2024 - Thursday
13 MAR 2024 - Wednesday
Last chance to redo the Chemical Reactions End-of-Unit Assessment
12 MAR 2024 - Tuesday
11 MAR 2024 - Monday
08 MAR 2024 - Friday
Amplify Assignments PR 1.3 | PR 1.3.2 Pear Deck and 6 Coin Flip or https://flipsimu.com/ (Heads = Birth, Tails = Death ) | (#95) PR 1.3.1-3
Populations and Resources PR 1.1 | Pre-Unit Assessment (Written responses are optional)
07 MAR 2024 - Thursday
06 MAR 2024 - Wednesday
Populations and Resources PR 1.1 | Pre-Unit Assessment (Written responses are optional)
(Make-up if absent, or retake) Amplify Assignments CR 4.4 | End-of-Unit Assessment
05 MAR 2024 - Tuesday
Amplify Assignments CR 4.4 | End of Unit Assessment
(#92) Multiple-Choice Questions | (#93) Written-Response One
04 MAR 2024 - Monday
The end-of-unit assessment is tomorrow. Review the unit.
Amplify Assignments CR 4.3 | Science Seminar Observations | (#91) CR 4.3.1-4
01 MAR 2024 - Friday
Amplify Assignments CR 4.2 | CR 4.2.2 Pear Deck | CR 4.2.3 Evidence Card Sort | ALL CARDS | (#90) CR 4.2.1-4
The end-of-unit assessment is on Tuesday, review the unit.
29 FEB 2024 - Thursday
28 FEB 2024 - Wednesday
Engineering Practice: Build a Flood-Resistant City
27 FEB 2024 - Tuesday
26 FEB 2024 - Monday
Amplify Assignments CR 3.3 | Digital Tokens | CR 3.3.3 Word Relationships (Pear Deck) | (#87) CR 3.3.1-4
23 FEB 2024 - Friday
For the curious mind: Combustion Video 1 | Video 2 | Video 3 | Video 4
22 FEB 2024 - Thursday
21 FEB 2024 - Wednesday
Check the Facts: Post-Test
RETAKE (optional): Critical Juncture Assessment
Chemical Reaction Poster (Use the simulator, include all parts below.)
1. Title: "Chemical Reactions"
2. Label: Reactant, (Yields) ---->, Product
3. Draw: Micro-scale model (atoms and molecules)
4. Label: Chemical formulas
5. Draw/Color: Draw some lab glassware for decoration, and color your poster.
20 FEB 2024 - Tuesday
Amplify Assignments CR 2.5 | (Digital Tokens Modeling Tool) | Review Cartoon | (#84) CR 2.5.1-4
01 FEB 2024 - Thursday to 14 FEB 2024 - Wednesday | 10 Lessons
31 JAN 2024 - Wednesday
Only one Blooket: https://play.blooket.com/play
Check the Facts Pre-Test
Chemical Reaction Poster (Use the simulator, include all parts below.)
1. Title: "Chemical Reactions"
2. Label: Reactant, (Yields) ---->, Product
3. Draw: Micro-scale model (atoms and molecules)
4. Label: Chemical formulas
5. Draw/Color: Draw some lab glassware for decoration, and color your poster.
FYI: Flood Video
30 JAN 2024 - Tuesday
If you can't tell the difference between the atoms' colors please let me know.
Amplify Assignments CR 2.4 | Critical Juncture Assessment
(#82) Multiple-Choice Questions | (#83) Written-Response One | Written-Response Two
29 JAN 2024 - Monday
All test retake opportunities expire today: If needed, here is the link!
Amplify Assignments CR 2.3 | (Activity 2) Digital Tokens | (Activity 3) Chemical Reactions Pear Deck | (#81) CR 2.3.1-3
Watch a few Flip Grids from yesterday and comment on them. Or make one if it was not working for you yesterday.
26 JAN 2024 - Friday
If you still need to retake the test here is the link!
Amplify Assignment CR 2.2 | Practice Model | Digital Tokens | Explaining Chemical Reactions Flip | (#80) CR 2.2.1-2
25 JAN 2024 - Thursday - LAB
Amplify Assignment CR 2.1 | (LAB PREVIEW) | (#79) CR 2.1.3-5
If you still need to retake the test here is the link!
24 JAN 2024 - Wednesday
If you still need to retake the test here is the link!
Amplify Assignments CR 1.6 | 1.6.2 Word Relationships | (#78) CR 1.6.1-2
23 JAN 2024 - Tuesday
If you still need to retake the test here is the link!
Amplify Assignments CR 1.5 | (#77) CR 1.5.1-3 | CR 1.5.4 Pear Deck
22 JAN 2024 - Monday
If you still need to retake the test here is the link!
19 JAN 2024 - Friday - LAB
RETAKE THE TEST, if you want to. Open 8:15-3:45
18 JAN 2024 - Thursday - LAB
RETAKE THE TEST, if you want to. Open 8:15-3:45
17 JAN 2024 - Wednesday
Test Make-Ups: Phase Change - End of Unit Assessment
>>> Phase Change Unit Review <<<
16 JAN 2024 - Tuesday
Phase Change - End of Unit Assessment
(#72) Multiple-Choice Questions | (#73) Written-Response Two
If you finish early, you can preview the key terms for the next unit; Chemical Reactions, and answer this SURVEY QUESTION.
12 JAN 2024 - Friday
11 JAN 2024 - Thursday
iReady Testing Math 1st Period (iReady Bell Schedule)
First, log into Clever. Second, click on iReady. Third, start the Math.
Amplify Assignments PC 4.2 | PC 4.2.1-3 Pear Deck | PC 4.2.1.4 Evidence Card Sort | PC 4.2.1.-3 | (#70) PC 4.2.3-5
10 JAN 2024 - Wednesday
Amplify Assignments PC 4.2 | PC 4.2.2 Visual Claims | PC 4.2.1-3 Pear Deck | PC 4.2.1.4 Evidence Card Sort | PC 4.2.1.-3 | (#70) PC 4.2.3-5
09 JAN 2024 - Tuesday
08 JAN 2024 - Monday (Substitute: Mr. Briones)
Do this first and do the best you can: Chemical Reactions: Pre-Unit Assessment
Watch this video: Phase Changes and identify similarities and differences among solids, liquids, and gasses.
On paper, create a Venn diagram, your diagram should look something like this.
__________________________________________________________________________2nd Quarter
>>> Phase Change Unit Review <<<
21 DEC 2023 - Thursday
First, check your grade in Aeries. If you think I have something wrong or not up to date, email me: eruiz@turlock.k12.ca.us
Second, build one or more snowflakes.
The Science of Snowflakes another good snowflake video, and one more. ***
20 DEC 2023 - Wednesday
Critical Juncture Assessment retakes on Edulastic: Phase Change 3.5 (You must retake the test if you scored less than 8/12 and have less than a B for your overall science grade.)
If you are eligible to take the test in room A3 with Mr. Ferreira, you may do so after I take attendance.
If you finish early, make sure you completed your Google Assignments Especially: (#68) PC 3.5.1.2
19 DEC 2023 - Tuesday
Amplify Assignments PC 3.5 | Video for the Amplify Homework | (#68) PC 3.5.1.2
Review Video One | Review Video Two | Review Video Three | Review Video Four | Review Video Five
If you finish early, make sure you completed your Google Assignments
18 DEC 2023 -Monday
Phase Change 3.4 - Critical Juncture Assessment
(#66) Multiple-Choice Questions | (#67) Written Response One | Written Response Two
If you finish early, make sure you completed Google Assignments #56 to #65
15 DEC 2023 - Friday
14 DEC 2023 - Thursday (Mrs. Bailey)
PC Poster - Example Posters
(1.) Title: PHASE CHANGE
(2.) Draw a model of the molecules, with kinetic energy/motion/temperature lines. [ ) , ) ) , or ) ) ) ]
(3.) Label the transformation processes: melting, vaporizing, condensing, freezing.
(4.) Label the phases: solid, liquid, gas
(5.) Write the explanations of why phase changes happen.
(6.) Include the KEY: " ) " = kinetic energy, motion, and temperature
(7.) Use some color in your poster
If you complete your poster early, complete PC 2.3.4 and PC 3.2.4
13 DEC 2023 - Wednesday
12 DEC 2023 - Tuesday
11 DEC 2023 - Monday
Amplify Assignments PC 2.3 | Review what you have learned to help you on the warm-up | PC 2.3.2 Titan Evidence Card Sort | (#62) PC 2.3.1-2
08 DEC 2023 - Friday
Claim 1: Transferring energy into or out of a substance changes its temperature, which changes the molecules’ freedom of movement.
Claim 2: Transferring energy into or out of a substance changes the molecules’ kinetic energy, which changes their freedom of movement.
Claim 3: Transferring energy into or out of a substance changes the molecules’ speed, which changes their freedom of movement.
07 DEC 2023 - Thursday
06 DEC 2023 - Wednesday
WARM-UP: Complete these modeling tools and compare your work with others.
Work on missing or incomplete assignments, or assignments with low scores.
05 DEC 2023 - Tuesday
Amplify Assignments PC 1.6 | Complete this modeling tool, if you have not yet done so. | Recored your dances on FLIP | (#59) PC 1.6.1-3
04 DEC 2023 - Monday (Substitute: Mrs. Brenda)
01 DEC 2023- Friday
30 NOV 2023 - Thursday
29 NOV 2023 - Wednesday
RETAKE OPPORTUNITY | Rock Transformations End-of-Unit- Assessment. <<< This will be graded as the retake, not Amplify.
For help on your retake, you can see your feedback here >>> RT4.4: End-of-Unit Assessment - Changes will not be regarded in Amplify
Complete all the activities from 1 -5. Amplify Assignments PC 1.2 | (#55) PC 1.2.1-2 | AND PC 1.2.3-4
If you finish early, work on missing assignments from this class or a different class, read, draw, or do something productive and quiet.
28 NOV 2023 - Tuesday
>>> Rock Transformation Unit Review <<<
27 NOV 2023 - Monday
TRY YOUR BEST, JEFFERY! Phase Change 1.1 | Pre-Unit Assessment | Today, Complete as much of the assessment as possible (PART 1, 2, and 3).
MAKE-UP TEST | Rock Transformations | (#53) Multiple-Choice Questions | (#54) Written-Response Two
If you finish early, work on missing assignments from this class or a different class, read, draw, or do something productive and quiet.
17 NOV 2023 - Friday
Rock Transformations - RT4.4: End-of-Unit Assessment
(#53) Multiple-Choice Questions | (#54) Written-Response Two
Don't forget to complete this assignment in Amplify, RT 4.2.3.1-2.
If you finish early, work on missing assignments from this class or a different class, read, draw, or do something productive and quiet.
16 NOV 2023 - Thursday | END-OF-UNIT ASSESSMENT will be TOMORROW, November 17th. Be prepared: Use the study materials above.
Amplify Assignments RT 4.3 | Pear Deck RT 4.1.3-4 | All of the Cards - Set 1 | Pear Deck RT 4.2.2-3 | All of the Cards - Set 2 | RT 4.3 Science Seminar Observations | (#52) RT 4.3.1-4
15 NOV 2023 - Wednesday | END-OF-UNIT ASSESSMENT will be Friday, November 17th.
Amplify Assignments RT 4.2 | Annotate the four remaining Set-1 cards on Pear Deck RT 4.1.3-4 | All of the Cards - Set 1 | Pear Deck RT 4.2.2-3 | All of the Cards - Set 2 | (#51) RT 4.2.1-3
14 NOV 2023 - Tuesday | END-OF-UNIT ASSESSMENT will be Friday, November 17th.
13 NOV 2023 - Monday
Amplify Assignments RT 3.4 | RT 3.4.2 Pear Deck (Write and Share) | RT 3.4.3 Pear Deck (Modeling Tool) | (#49) RT 3.4.3-4
09 NOV 2023 - Thursday
Amplify Assignments RT 3.3 | RT 3.3.2 Google Doc (Chart) | RT 3.3.3 Pear Deck (Map) | If you are confused, copy the teacher's example. | (#48) RT 3.3.3-4
08 NOV 2023 - Wednesday
Critical Juncture Assessment Retakes.
(#44) Multiple-Choice Questions | (#45) Written Response One | Written Response Two (Optional)
If you finish early, work on your missing science assignments.
Seventh Period Quizizz
Fifth Period Quizizz
Fourth Period Quizizz
Third Period Quizizz
Second Period Quizizz
First Period Quizizz
07 NOV 2023 - Tuesday
06 NOV 2023 - Monday
03 NOV 2023 - Friday
Rock Transformations 2.6: Investigating Hawaiian Rocks [ What color group are you in? Click to find out! ]
Purple Group: Reading “Rocks on the Hawaiian Islands”
[ Video 5:10 Activity 1 | Activity 1 Warm-Up | Video 2:52 Activity 2.1 | Activity 2 Sim and Parts 1, 2 | Video 2:58 Activity 2.2 | Video 4:17 Activity 2T ]
Green Group: Reading “Hawaiian Volcanoes and Beaches”
[ Video 4:33 Activity 1 | Activity 1 Warm-Up | Video 1:43 Activity 2.1 | Activity 2 Sim and Parts 1, 2 | Video 3:23 Activity 2.2 | Video 4:17 Activity 2T ]
Blue Group: Reading “Hawaiian Volcanoes and Beaches”
[ Video 5:19 Activity 1 | Activity 1 Warm-Up | Video 2:43 Activity 2.1 | Activity 2 Sim and Parts 1, 2, 3 | Video 4:09 Activity 2.2-3 | Video 4:17 Activity 2T ]
Assignment/s Summary: RT 2.6.1, RT 2.6.2, (#45) RT 2.6.1-2
If you finished early: Explore this Virtual Field Excursion
02 NOV 2023 - Thursday
Rock Transformations - Critical Juncture Assessment
(#43) Multiple-Choice Questions | (#44) Written Response One | Written Response Two
If you finish early work on your missing science assignments.
If you are not missing any assignments, Explore this Virtual Field Excursion
01 NOV 2023 - Wednesday
Rock Transformation Poster - Example Posters - With Explanations (A, B, C) - Self Help
(1.) Title: The Rock Cycle
(2.) Draw your poster
(3.) Color your poster
(4.) Label the transformation processes: weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation, heat and pressure, melting, and cooling.
(5.) Label the materials: igneous rock, sediment, sedimentary rock, metamorphic rock, and magma.
31 OCT 2023 - Tuesday
Amplify Assignments RT 2.4 | Pear Deck RT 2.4.2 Write and Share | Pear Deck RT 1.5.2 Modeling Rock Formation | (#42) RT 2.4.1-2
30 OCT 2023 - Monday (Sub: Cordell)
27 OCT 2023 - Friday
Amplify Assignments RT 2.2 | Devil's Tower Google Earth | (#40) RT 2.2.1-2
26 OCT 2023 - Thursday - 12:15 Dismissal
Amplify Assignments RT 2.1 (Activities three and four only.) | (#39) RT 2.1.3-4
(If you are curious) How deep have we drilled into the earth?
25 OCT 2023 - Wednesday - 12:15 Dismissal
Amplify Assignments RT 2.1 (Activities one and two only.) | (#38) RT 2.1.1-2
(If you are curious) How deep have we drilled into the earth?
24 OCT 2023 - Tuesday - 12:15 Dismissal
D-Back Time: Work on incomplete assignments, redo assignments with low scores, or both.
If you have extra time and are behaving: Student Blooket Link | Teacher Blooket Link
23 OCT 2023 - Monday
Amplify Assignment RT 1.5 | Pear Deck RT 1.5.2 Modeling Rock Formation | (#37) RT 1.5.4-6
20 OCT 2023 - Friday
Amplify Assignments RT 1.4 (Activity 1 and 2 only) | (Useful Videos - Video A 4:19 - Video B 2:45 - Video C 1:11 ) | (#36) RT 1.4.1-2
Instructional Videos (Activity 1 and 2 only) | Teacher Slides RT 1.4
19 OCT 2023 - Thursday
Amplify Assignments RT 1.3 | (#35) RT 1.3.1-2 | (OPTIONAL) RT 1.3.3-4
18 OCT 2023 - Wednesday
Amplify Assignments RT 1.2 | Pear Deck RT 1.2.3 Rock Samples | RT 1.2.3 Flipgrid Join Code: bc41d58a | (#34) RT 1.2.3
Many of you have not completed this assignment: Quiz: (#33) PM 3.6 Pangea Activity
_________________________________________________________________________1st Quarter
>>> Plate Motion Unit Review <<<
17 OCT 2023 - Tuesday (Sub: Cordell)
Plate Motion (Make-Up/Retake) - End-of-Unit Assessment
(#30) Multiple-Choice Questions | (#31) Written-Response One | Written-Response Two
If you finish early, work on the Rock Transformations Pre-Unit-Assessment (It does not count for a grade.)
If you have extra time and are behaving: Student Blooket Link | Teacher Blooket Link
16 OCT 2023 - Monday
No School
13 OCT 2023 - Friday (Sub: Cordell)
Video Directions: PM 3.6 Pangea Video Directions
Digital Example: PM 3.6 Pangea Piskel GIF
Quiz: (#33) PM 3.6 Pangea Activity
If you finish early, work on the Rock Transformations Pre-Unit-Assessment (It does not count for a grade.)
12 OCT 2023 - Thursday (Sub: Cordell)
Video: (17:26) Continental Drift The Full Story (Take notes on paper. No Chromebooks until after the video.)
Quiz: (#32) PM 3.5 Continental Drift
If you finish early, work on the Rock Transformations Pre-Unit-Assessment (It does not count for a grade.)
11 OCT 2023 - Wednesday
Plate Motion 4.4 - End-of-Unit Assessment
(#30) Multiple-Choice Questions | (#31) Written-Response One | (Optional) Written-Response Two
10 OCT 2023 - Tuesday
Amplify Assignments PM 3.4 | How to Screenshot | How to upload: (add file, upload, browse, downloads, screenshot) | (#29) PM 3.4.3-5 | Indian Plate Motion Video
(Optional Extras) Convection Currents Demonstration | Convection Currents Move the Mantel Material | Explore this plate simulator
09 OCT 2023 - Monday
Amplify Assignments PM 3.3 | PM 3.3.3 Reconstructing Gondawanaland | PM 3.3.3 Video Directions | (#28) PM 3.3.1-2
06 OCT 2023 - Friday
Amplify Assignments PM 3.2 | (#27) PM 3.2.1-3 | Explore this plate simulator
If you finish early, explore BrainPop.
05 OCT 2023 - Thursday
04 OCT 2023 - Wednesday
Plate Motion 2.6 - Critical Juncture Assessment - Retake Opportunity
(#22) PM 2.6 - Multiple Choice
If you finish early, animate a plate boundary (divergent or convergent): https://www.piskelapp.com/ | Directions | Example Animation, explore BrainPop, complete work from another class, or any combination of those three choices.
03 OCT 2023 - Tuesday
Everyone: Exploring Iceland's Plate Boundary [ Video 7:00 Activity 1 | Activity 1 PM 2.7 Amplify Warm-Up (See what color group you're in?) ]
Green Group: [ Video 5:52 Activity 2: Parts 1 and 2, Video 6:37 Parts 3, 4, and 5 | Activity 2 read and annotate then work on the PM 2.7 Modeling Tool | Video 2:25 Activity 3 | Activity 3 Critiquing Models | (#25) PM 2.7.2-4 ]
Blue Group: [ Video 6:34 Activity 2: Parts 1 and 2, Video 5:23 Parts 3 and 4 | Activity 2 read and annotate then work on the PM 2.7 Modeling Tool | Video 3:00 Activity 3 | Activity 3 Critiquing Models | (#25) PM 2.7.2-4 ]
Purple Group: [ Video 8:25 Activity 2: Parts 1 and 2 | Activity 2 read and annotate then work on the PM 2.7 Modeling Tool | Video 3:10 Activity 3 | Activity 3 Critiquing Models | (#25) PM 2.7.2-4 ]
Everyone: Teacher Slides 2.7 | How to Screenshot | How to upload: (add file, upload, browse, downloads, screenshot)
If you finish early, animate a plate boundary (divergent or convergent): https://www.piskelapp.com/ | Directions | Example Animation
The assessment retake will be on Wednesday, October 4th, after the reteach lessons.
02 OCT 2023 - Monday
Everyone: Exploring Iceland's Plate Boundary [ Video 7:00 Activity 1 | Activity 1 Warm-Up (See what color group you're in?) ]
Green Group: [ Video 5:52 Activity 2: Parts 1 and 2, Video 6:37 Parts 3, 4, and 5 | Activity 2 read and annotate then work on the PM 2.7 Modeling Tool | Video 2:25 Activity 3 | Activity 3 Critiquing Models | (#24) PM 2.7.1-2 ]
Blue Group: [ Video 6:34 Activity 2: Parts 1 and 2, Video 5:23 Parts 3 and 4 | Activity 2 read and annotate then work on the PM 2.7 Modeling Tool | Video 3:00 Activity 3 | Activity 3 Critiquing Models | (#24) PM 2.7.1-2 ]
Purple Group: [ Video 8:25 Activity 2: Parts 1 and 2 | Activity 2 read and annotate then work on the PM 2.7 Modeling Tool | Video 3:10 Activity 3 | Activity 3 Critiquing Models | (#24) PM 2.7.1-2 ]
Everyone: Teacher Slides 2.7
The assessment retake will be on Wednesday, October 4th, after the reteach lessons.
29 SEP 2023 - Friday - (Substitute: Ayala)
Plate Motion 2.6 - Critical Juncture Assessment
(#22) PM 2.6 - Multiple Choice | PM 2.6 Written Response One | (#23) PM 2.6 Written Response Two
If you finish the test early, work silently on the PM word search or some other academic activity. Return the word search to Mr. Ruiz on Monday in exchange for a Diamond Buck.
28 SEP 2023 - Thursday
Amplify Assignments PM 2.5 | PM 2.3 Review Notes | Pear Deck PM 2.5.3 Modeling Tool | (#21) PM 2.5.3-5
27 SEP 2023 - Wednesday
D-Back Time: Complete missing assignments, including your Plate Boundry Model, and improve assignments with low scores.
Plate Motion Unit Review - NOTICE: Critical Juncture Assessment this Friday.
26 SEP 2023 - Tuesday (Substitute: Mrs. Cordell)
(#20) Plate Boundary Model | Supplies available: 8.5 x 11 paper, colored pencils, crayons, rulers, scissors
Include the following items:
Title: Plate Boundaries
Subtitles: Divergent, Convergent
Model: Draw and color each type of plate boundary.
Label: plate 1, plate 2, trench, ridge, or mid-ocean ridge, mantle, the direction of plate movement
Description: Write a brief description of the plate and mantle interactions at each boundary.
Use the following resources for help: Amplify Assignments PM 2.3 | PD: Boundary Characteristics Chart
BE CREATIVE: feel free to research other plate boundary pictures on the Internet and example posters.
If you do not have access to physical supplies or need to modify this assignment, create a digital poster and share it with Mr. Ruiz at eruiz@turlock.k12.ca.us - You can copy and paste digital images into your digital poster if needed. Site your image sources (include the hyperlink) if you copy and paste images from the internet.
Have FUN! I plan on posting these all over the classroom walls, and on my website.
25 SEP 2023 - Monday
22 SEP 2023 - Friday
21 SEP 2023 - Thursday
20 SEP 2023 - Wednesday
D-Back Time: Complete missing assignments or improve assignments with low scores.
Hero Student Account Creation (slideshow)
19 SEP 2023 - Tuesday
18 SEP 2023 - Monday
15 SEP 2023 - Friday
14 SEP 2023 - Thursday
Amplify Assignments PM 1.2 | Pear Deck PM 1.2.4 Map | (#13) PM 1.2.1-2
(Optional) Quizlet Plate Motion Vocabulary
>>> Geology on Mars Unit Review <<<
13 SEP 2023 - Wednesday
D-Back Time: Complete missing assignments or improve assignments with low scores.
If you were absent yesterday, complete the next two assignments:
(#12) Geology on Mars End-of-Unit Assessment (You may retake the test now, too.)
Plate Motion Pre-Unit-Assessment (Finish this if you did not have enough time yesterday.)
If you are all caught up, you may join us on Blooket
12 SEP 2023 - Tuesday
Track your positive behavior: Hero by Schoolmint your temporary password is dutcherhero1, and your user name is your school email address - change your password after you log in. (Students are not able to log in yet. We are working on a solution)
11 SEP 2023 - Monday
Amplify Assignments GM 3.4 | (How to VIDEO >>>) GM 3.4.2 Peer Review Doc | SENTENCE STARTERS | (#11) GM 3.4.1-4
(Optional Video 14:30) Mars Facts and History
Teacher Slides GM 3.4 | Instructional Videos | How to copy and paste your GM 3.3.2 table to GM 3.4.2
08 SEP 2023 - Friday
07 SEP 2023 - Thursday
Amplify Assignments GM 3.2 | GM 3.2 More New Information | GM 3.2.3 Evidence Gradient | (#9) GM 3.2.1-5
06 SEP 2023 - Wednesday
D-Back Time: Complete missing assignments or improve assignments with low scores.
05 SEP 2023 - Tuesday
Amplify Assignments GM 3.1 | GM 3.1.2-3 Evidence Gradient | (#8) GM 3.1.1-3
GM 3.1.3 New Information | Extra information if you were absent today.
01 SEP 2023 - Friday
Amplify Assignments GM 2.3 | Testing an Idea Student Sheets | Stream 1 (low slope) | Stream 2 (high slope) | Video of both slopes (0:27) | Flowing Lava Model (5:14) | (#7) GM 2.3.1-4
31 AUG 2023 - Thursday
Amplify Assignments GM 2.2 | Observation Sheets | Flowing Water Model (4:30) | Science Lab Tips | (#6) GM 2.2.1-4
30 AUG 2023 - Wednesday
Join our Quizlet Class | Study live as a class www.quizlet.live
Pause Wednesday: Use this class time to catch up on missing assignments or to improve low scores. .
BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT (10:50)
29 AUG 2023 - Tuesday
Optional: Venus Death of a Planet 4k
28 AUG 2023 - Monday
25 AUG 2023 - Friday
24 AUG 2023 - Thursday - (Continued from 23 AUG 2023)
Amplify Assignments GM 1.1 | Spheres | Meet a Planetary Geologist (2:56) | (#2) GM 1.1.1-5
23 AUG 2023 - Wednesday - (No homework is due today, this lesson will be continued tomorrow.)
Amplify Assignments GM 1.1 | The Night Sky | Our Solar System | The Four Rocky Planets | The Earth System | Spheres | Meet a Planetary Geologist (2:56) | (#2) GM 1.1.1-5
22 AUG 2023 - Tuesday
Introduction to Amplify Science (3:11) | Navigating Amplify Science (15:39) | 27 Insanely Cool Experiments (13:44) Students can watch this while I help them get logged in.
Assignment Reminder: | (#1) First Day Form
21 AUG 2023 - Monday
18 AUG 2023 - Friday
If you have completed the assignments from Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday try this: Bobby Dropper (datasheet) or find one other person and two new people (three different people altogether) to see what similarities and differences you have.
If you have not yet finished assignments from earlier in the week keep working on them.
17 AUG 2023 - Thursday
Create a Colored Pattern
Make a larger square from 23 by 23 to 33 by 33 smaller squares: Use 1/4 inch graph paper.
Use at least five colors in your pattern.
Write your name date and period on the back of your graph paper.
If you finish, early work on your science cube, your inquiry cube, or both.
16 AUG 2023 - Wednesday
Complete the missing face of the cube: Virtual Cube | Printable Paper Cube
Students will be asked to look for patterns of information. Using the information found on the virtual cube, students will need to interpret patterns and use the evidence provided to defend their ideas about completing the missing face of the cube.
15 AUG 2023 - Tuesday
14 AUG 2023 - Monday
Welcome back to school!
Join our Science 7th Grade Google Classroom | (#1) First Day Form