Preview

30 MAY 2025 - Friday

• Science Experiments

29 MAY 2025 - Thursday

• Building in the Jungle

28 MAY 2025 - Wednesday - LAST WIN DAY

• I sent home your final grades. Check Aeries if you are curious.

• Five Minute Crafts Summer Edition

27 MAY 2025 - Tuesday

• The Unbelievable True Story of the Apollo Rescue

• Ten Pin

23 MAY 2025 - Friday

• Windmill: Ruiz B-15 | Stomp Rocket : Coffey B-11

22 MAY 2025 - Thursday

• Cannon: Ruiz B-11 and Coffey B-11

21 MAY 2025 - Wednesday - WIN

• Check your grade in Aeries. Work on missing work or improving low scores. E-mail Mr. Ruiz if you think there is a mistake in Areries or if he has not graded an assignment not in Google Classroom, like a written response or a test. If you need to retake a test and it's locked, notify Mr. Ruiz.

20 MAY 2025 - Tuesday

• Incubator PCEP Day 5 | Futura Workspace (Phase Change) |Article | SIM | (#131) BI 05.1-2 (Last Graded Assignment)

• Baby Incubator Helpful Information

• Futura Chemical Engineer's Dossier

• Teacher Slides BI 05.1-2 | Calc

19 MAY 2025 - Monday

• Amplify PCEP Day 1 | Futura Workspace (Phase Change) |Article | SIM  | (#130) BI 01.1-3 

• Baby Incubator Helpful Information

• Futura Chemical Engineer's Dossier

• Teacher Slides BI 01.1-3 

16 MAY 2025 - Friday

• Parachute: Ruiz E-15 

15 MAY 2025 - Thursday -  WIN

• iReady Testing Schedule

• Check Aeries and work on missing or low-score assignments as far back as assignment number (#117).

• If you think something is wrong in the grade book, email eruiz@turlock.k12.ca.us.

14 MAY 2025 - Wednesday 

• Tallest or Toughest Tower: Ruiz B-11

13 MAY 2025 - Tuesday

• Foil Boat: Ruiz B-11

12 MAY 2025 - Monday 

• Paper Bridge: Ruiz B-11

Potential Labs: Foil Boats, Cannon, Catapult, Index Card Towers,  Paper Bridge, Parachute, Windmill, Egg (sub?) Drop...

09 MAY 2025 - Friday

• Amplify PMEP Day 5 | Futura Workspace (Plate Motion) | TsunamiAlert | (129) TW 05.1-2

• Teacher Slides TW 05.1-2

08 MAY 2025 - Thursday 

• Amplify PMEP Day 1 | Futura Workspace (Plate Motion) | TsunamiAlert | Library | (128) TW 01.1-3

• Introduction to Engineering | (0:00-5:50) Rock Skip Robot- The Science of Perfect Rock Skipping

• How Tsunamis Work | 3:36 Video Link

• Teacher Slides TW 1.1

07 MAY 2025 - Wednesday - WIN

• Retakes: (#127) ME 4.4 End-of-Unit Test

• Less than 5/10 Must Retake: (#126) ME 4.3.4 Written Response

06 MAY 2025 - Tuesday

• (#127) ME 4.4 End-of-Unit Test

• (#126) ME 4.3.4 Written Response

05 MAY 2025 - Monday

• (#126) ME 4.3.4 Written Response

• Review for tomorrow's test: Matter and Energy in Ecosystems Unit Review

• 4:00 | Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration - Energy Cycle of Life

• 3:28 |  The Carbon Cycle | Carbon Cycle Process | Video for Kids

• 20:00 | Planet Under Pressure Sharing Carbon: The Carbon Cycle 

02 MAY 2025 - Friday

• Amplify Assignments 4.3 | Reasoning Tool | (#125) ME 4.3.1-6 | (#126) ME 4.3.4 Written Response

• Instructional Videos | Teachers Slides 4.3  

• To convince your readers, a written scientific argument must 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.

01 MAY 2025 - Thursday

• Amplify Assignments 4.2 | Review the Pear Deck and Sorting Tool | Observation Form | (#124) ME 4.2.1-4

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides ME 4.2

30  APR 2025 - Wednesday - WIN

• Mr. Ruiz is still grading assignments back to #111.

• Check your grade.  To improve, what do you need to do? Get to work.

• (#123) 8th Grade Science - Practice Test (Worth one point in Aeries.)

• orb.farm

29 APR 2025 - Tuesday

• Amplify Assignments 4.1 |  ME 4.1.3 Pear Deck | ME 4.1.4 Sorting Tool | (#122) ME 4.1.1-5

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides ME 4.1

28 APR 2025 - Monday

• Amplify Assignments 3.4 | Your model should look like the SIM | (#121) ME 3.4.1-6

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides ME 3.4

17 ARP 2025 - Thursday

• Amplify Assignments 3.3 | (#120) ME 3.3.1-4

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides ME 3.3

16 APR 2025 - Wednesday - LAB

• Amplify Assignments 3.2 | Game | (#119) ME 3.2.1-4

• If you finish your game early, watch this video: Carbon Cycle for Kids (5:38)

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides ME 3.2

15 APR 2025 - Tuesday - WIN

• State Testing

• It's the end of the progress report period. Check your grade to ensure you are not missing any assignments. If you think there is a mistake, email eruiz@turlock.k12.ca.us.

• Finish your tirarama

• The Relationship Between Photosynthesis and Respiration (3:28)

14 APR 2025 - Monday

• Amplify Assignments 3.1 | (#118) ME 3.1.1-5

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides ME 3.1 

11 APR 2025 - Friday 

• (#117) The Carbon Cycle Triarama 

• (Completed example)

• The Relationship Between Photosynthesis and Respiration (3:28)

• It's the end of the progress report period. Check your grade to ensure you are not missing any assignments. If you think there is a mistake, email eruiz@turlock.k12.ca.us.

10 APR 2025 - Thursday - WIN

• Mater and Energy in Ecosystems Sim

• Part 1: (#115) ME 2.4 CJA Test (Make-ups and Retakes)

• Part 2: Written Response (Limited to three attempts.)

• Part 3: Complete the Homework 

• If you are not finished, work on your Cellular Respiration poster.

09  APR 2025 - Wednesday - (Sub: Mr. Gonzalez)

• Amplify Assignments 2.5 | ME 2.5.3 Pear Deck | (#116) ME 2.5.1-5

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides ME 2.5

Review the items below before retaking your test:

• The Carbon Cycle Triarama (Completed example)

• Relationship between Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration (Video 3:28)

• Photosynthesis vs Cellular Respiration (Video 8:12)

• Matter and Energy in Ecosystems Unit Review

08 APR 2025 - Tuesday

• (#115) Part 1: ME 2.4 CJA Test 

• (#116) Part 2: Written Response (Limited to two attempts.)

•                 Part 3: Complete the Homework 

• If you are not finished, work on your Cellular Respiration poster.

07 APR 2025 - Monday

• Amplify Assignments 2.3 |  ME 2.3.4 Pear Deck | (#114) ME 2.3.1-5

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides ME 2.3

04 APR  2025 - 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

• (#113) ME 2.2.6 Written Response

03 APR 2025 - Thursday

• Amplify Assignments 2.2 | (#112) ME 2.2.1-5

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides ME 2.2

02 APR 2025 - Wednesday - WIN DAY

• Blooket

• Due by midnight on Friday:  (#110) ME 1.6.4 Written Response

• iReady My Path Math

• Plus anything else you need to do

01 APR 2025 - Tuesday

• Due by midnight on Friday:  (#110) ME 1.6.4 Written Response

• Amplify Assignments 2.1 | (#111) ME 2.1.1-5

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides ME 2.1

• 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 | 

• Article: A Feast for Decomposers: PDF | HTML

• Other instructional Videos: Photosynthesis in Plants Video (4:52) | Photosynthesis (4:53)

31 MAR 2025 - Monday

• Amplify Assignments 1.6 | (#109) ME 1.6.1-5

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides ME 1.6

28 MAR 2025 - Friday

• Amplify Assignments 1.5 | (#108) ME 1.5.1-4

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides ME 1.5

27 MAR 2025 - Thursday

• Amplify Assignments ME 1.4 | Energy Storage Molecules Pear Deck | (#107) ME 1.4.1-4

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides ME 1.4

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26 MAR 2025 - Wednesday - Renaissance Day!

• Matter and Energy in Ecosystems: Blooket

25 MAR 2025 - Tuesday

• Start HERE today, and then go to today's warm-up. Use the SIM.

• Amplify Assignments ME 1.3 | (#106) ME 1.3.1-4

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides ME 1.3

• Extension Article

24 MAR 2025 - Monday

• Amplify Assignments ME 1.2 | (#105) ME 1.2.1-3

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides ME 1.2

21 MAR 2025 - Friday

• Video: Our Planet | Forests (Play at 1.25 speed for a 36-minute video)

• One of Mr. Ruiz's Summer Hikes

• (#104) PR 5.0 Our Planet - Forests

20 MAR 2025 - Thursday

• (#103) Photosynthesis Poster (Use this example, search the internet, or be creative and make your own. ) 

• Instructional videos: A, B, C

1. Draw and color

2. Label the kinds of molecules involved: carbon dioxide, water, oxygen, and glucose (an energy storage molecule)

3. Make a key for the atoms involved: carbon, oxygen, hydrogen

4.  Label the reactants and products

5. Use arrows to show the direction of events. 

6. Include the sun and chloroplasts in your drawing. 

• 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/

19 MAR 2025 - Wednesday - WIN

• Matter and Energy in Ecosystems ME 1.1 Pre-Unit-Assessment (Not for a grade in Aeries)

• MAKE-UP/RETAKE: (#102) PR 4.4 End-of-Unit Assessment (This is for your 3rd Quarter Grade)

• If you finish early, work on iReady My Path Math.

• Matter and Energy in Ecosystems Blooket

18 MAR 2025 - Tuesday 

• Matter and Energy in Ecosystems ME 1.1 Pre-Unit-Assessment (Not for a grade in Aeries)

• MAKE-UP/RETAKE: (#102) PR 4.4 End-of-Unit Assessment (This is for your 3rd Quarter Grade)

• If you finish early, work on iReady My Path Math.

17 MAR 2025 - Monday

• (#102) PR 4.4 End-of-Unit Assessment

14 MAR 2025 - Friday

• Amplify Assignment PR 4.3 | Science Seminar Observations | (#101) PR 4.3.1-4

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PR 4.3

• The End of Unit Assessment is Monday, March 17th | Populations and Resources Unit Review 

13 MAR 2025 - Thursday 

• Amplify Assignments PR 4.2 | PR 4.1.2-3 Pear Deck  (Evidence Cards) 

• (#100) PR 4.2.1-3

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PR 4.2 | Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PR 4.3

• The End of Unit Assessment is Monday, March 17th | Populations and Resources Unit Review 

12 MAR 2025 - Wednesday - WIN

• Invaders - Identify and remove invasive species

• Dynamic Systems 2

• play.blooket.com

11 MAR 2025- Tuesday

• Amplify Assignments PR 4.1 | PR 4.1.2-3 Pear Deck | (#99) PR 4.1.1-4

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PR 4.1

10 MAR 2025 - Monday

• Amplify Assignments PR 3.4 | PR 3.4.2-3 Pear Deck | PR 2.7.2-3 Pear Deck | (#98) PR 3.4.1-5

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PR 3.4

07 MAR 2025 - Friday

• Amplify Assignments PR 3.3 | PR 3.3.3 Pear Deck | (#97) PR 3.3.1-4

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PR 3.3

06 MAR 2025 - Thursday

• PR 3.1.2 Reading Comprehension Quiz

• Amplify Assignments PR 3.2 | (#96) PR 3.2.1-5

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PR 3.2

05 MAR 2025 - Wednesday - WIN 

• Amplify Assignments PR 3.1 | (#95) PR 3.1.1-3 

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PR 3.1

• F-O-O-D-C-H-A-I-N or Mountain Scramble

04 MAR 2025 - Tuesday

• Morning ELPAC testing

• Make-up or Retake | Unit Review | (#92) PR 2.5 Critical Juncture Assessment 

• Estimate the Dandelion Population at Duthcer Middle School. (Field Survey)

• Dandelion Identification: https://www.ediblewildfood.com/dandelion.aspx or https://northbranchnaturecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Dandelion-Identification.pdf

• Area of a circle =πr2 (1 circle is 3.14 yards squared)    Area of a rectangle: length x width (The field is about 40,000 yards squared or  12,738.85 circles.)

• Find the average number of dandelions per circle. What is your dandelion population calculation? Use this form in Google Classroom to help you.  

• Carrying Capacity - Population Ecology | Population Ecology | Population Dynamics

03 MAR 2025 - Monday

• Morning ELPAC testing

• Make-up or Retake | Unit Review | (#92) PR 2.5 Critical Juncture Assessment 

• Draw a Five-by-Five Food Web: (EXAMPLE) - (Google Draw)

• You may use the Internet to help you research consumer and resource populations. 

1. Include the sun.

2. Include a chain of at least FIVE links long.

3. Include FIVE organisms branching from the main chain. 

4. Include yourself (humans) on the web.

5. Include the arrows showing which way the energy flows. 

• Make a Mangrove

28 FEB 2025 - Friday

• Make-up or Retake | Unit Review | (#92) PR 2.5 Critical Juncture Assessment 

• Amplify Assignments PR 2.7 | PR 2.7.2-3 Pear Deck | (#94) PR 2.7.1-4

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PR 2.7

27 FEB 2025 - Thursday

• Amplify Assignments PR 2.6 | Evidence Cards A & B | (#93) PR 2.6.1-3

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PR 2.6

• Make a Mangrove

26 FEB 2025 - Wednesday

• Populations and Resources | Unit Review | (#92) PR 2.5 Critical Juncture Assessment 

• If you finish early, try Dynamic Systems (Engineering Practice) | Dynamic Systems 2

25 FEB 2025 - 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.) | (#91) PR 2.4.1-4

• Instructional Videos | Techcher Slides PR 2.4

• Critical Juncture Assessment is Tomorrow.  Study!

24 FEB 2025 - Monday

• Day 1 of 2: Amplify Assignments PR 2.4  Complete all parts of Amplify activities one and two.

• Instructional Videos | Techcher Slides PR 2.4

Copy, Paste, and then Edit the directions to match what you plan to do:

1. Press Play, run the Sim for 22 time units, and then press Pause.

2. 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: ___)

3. Lock the Greenleaf/Furbil population.

4. Press Play and run the Sim for at least 22 more time units.

5. 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.

21 FEB 2025 - Friday

• Amplify Assignments PR 2.3 | (#90) PR 2.3.1-4 

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PR 2.3

20 FEB 2025 - Thursday

• Amplify Assignments PR 2.2 | LAB | Cricket Video | (#89) PR 2.2.1-5

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PR 2.2

19 FEB 2025 - Wednesday  - WIN DAY

• Last chance to redo the Chemical Reactions End-of-Unit Assessment

• Dynamic Systems 2

• play.blooket.com

18 FEB 2025 - Tuesday

• Amplify Assignments PR 2.1 | PR 2.1.2 Padlet | (#88) PR 2.1.1-4

• Instructional Videos | Teachers Slides PR 2.1

12 FEB 2025 - Wednesday

• Amplify Assignments PR 1.4 | PR 1.4.3-4 Pear Deck | (#87) PR 1.4.1-4

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PR 1.4

11 FEB 2025 - Tuesday

• Amplify Assignments PR 1.3 | PR 1.3.2 Pear Deck and 6 Coin Flip or https://flipsimu.com/ (Heads = Birth, Tails = Death ) | (#86) PR 1.3.1-3

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PR 1.3

10 FEB 2025 - Monday

• Amplify Assignments PR 1.2 | PR 1.2.4 Pear Deck | (#85) PR 1.2.1-4

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PR 1.2

07 FEB 2025 - Friday - WIN DAY - Rewards Day

• If absent make-up, CR 4.4 | (#84) CR 4.4 End-of-Unit Assessment

• Populations and Resources PR 1.1 | Pre-Unit Assessment

• Dynamic Systems (Engineering Practice)

• iReady MyPath Math

06 FEB 2025 - Thursday

• (#84) CR 4.4 End-of-Unit Assessment

• (#84) CR 4.4 End-of-Unit Assessment (Reduced Number of Questions)

• Chemical Reactions Unit Review

• Chemical Reactions Unit Vocabulary 

05 FEB 2024 - Wednesday

• The end-of-unit assessment is tomorrow.  Review the unit.

• Amplify Assignments CR 4.3 | Science Seminar Observations | (#83) CR 4.3.1-4

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides CR 4.3

04 FEB 2025 - Tuesday

• Amplify Assignments CR 4.2 | CR 4.2.2 Pear Deck | CR 4.2.3 Evidence Card Sort |  ALL CARDS | (#82) CR 4.2.1-4

• The end-of-unit assessment is on Thursday. Review the unit.

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides CR 4.2

03 FEB  2025 - Monday

• Amplify Assignments CR 4.1 | CR 4.1.2 Evidence Card Sort | (#81) CR 4.1.1-3

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides CR 4.1

31 JAN 2025 - Friday

• Amplify Assignments CR 3.4 | CR 3.4.3 Pear Deck | (#80) CR 3.4.1-5

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides CR 3.4

30 JAN 2025 - Thursday

• Amplify Assignments CR 3.3 | Digital Tokens | CR 3.3.3 Word Relationships  | (#79) CR 3.3.1-4

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides CR 3.3

29 JAN 2025 - Wednesday - WIN

• Mandatory Retakes:  Amplify Assignments CR 2.4 | (#75) Critical Juncture Assessment

• For a select group of 7th-period students: https://app.edulastic.com/author/tests/verid/679028cbb0812bb6b1a5a528

• Engineering Practice: Build a Flood-Resistant City

• play.blooket.com

28 JAN 2025  - Tuesday

• Amplify Assignments CR 3.2 | (#78) CR 3.2.1-4

• For the curious mind: Combustion Video 1 | Video 2 | Video 3 | Video 4

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides CR 3.2  

27 JAN 2025  - Monday

• Amplify Assignments CR 3.1 |  Digital Tokens | Chemical Reactions Pear Deck | (#77) CR 3.1.1-4

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides CR 3.1 htt CO2

24 JAN 2025 - Friday - WIN (15 MIN)

• Amplify Assignments CR 2.5 |  (Digital Tokens Modeling Tool) | Review Cartoon | (#76) CR 2.5.1-4

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides CR 2.5 

23 JAN 2025 - Thursday - (Substitute: Mr. Gonzalez)

• If you can't tell the difference between the atoms' colors please let me know. 

• Amplify Assignments CR 2.4 | (#75) Critical Juncture Assessment

22 JAN 2025 - Wednesday

• (#74) 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

21 JAN 2025 - Tuesday

• Amplify Assignments CR 2.3 | (Activity 2) Digital Tokens | (Activity 3) Chemical Reactions Pear Deck | (#73) CR 2.3.1-3 

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides CR 2.3 

20 JAN 2025 - Monday - HOLIDAY

17 JAN 2025 - Friday

• Amplify Assignment CR 2.2 | Practice Model | Digital Tokens | (#72) CR 2.2.1-2 

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides CR 2.2

16 JAN 2025 - Thursday - LAB

• Amplify Assignment CR 2.1 | (LAB PREVIEW) | (#71) CR 2.1.3-5

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides CR 2.1

15 JAN 2025- Wednesday

• Amplify Assignments CR 1.6 | 1.6.2 Word Relationships | (#70) CR 1.6.1-2

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides CR 1.6

14 JAN 2025 - Tuesday  WIN DAY  (19 MIN)

• iReady Math

• Video: What is chemistry?

• Chemical Reactions Key Terms: https://play.blooket.com/play

13 JAN 2025 - Monday

• Amplify Assignments CR 1.5 | (#69) CR 1.5.1-3 | CR 1.5.4 Pear Deck

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides CR 1.5

10 JAN 2025 - Friday - WIN DAY (15 MIN)

• Amplify Assignments CR 1.4 | Reading Comprehension Questions | (#68) CR 1.4.1-2

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides CR 1.4

09 JAN 2025 - Thursday - LAB

• Amplify Assignments CR 1.3 | (#67) CR 1.3.4-5

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides CR 1.3

08 JAN 2025 - Wednesday - LAB 

• Amplify Assignments CR 1.2 | (#66) CR 1.2.1-3

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides CR 1.2

07 JAN 2025 - Tuesday

• Phase Change End-of-Unit Assessment Make-up/Retake: (#64) PC 4.4 MC

• Chemical Reactions: Pre-Unit Assessment

06 JAN 2025 - Monday

• Amplify Assignments PC 3.5 | (#65) PC 3.5.1.2

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PC 3.5

20 DEC 2024 - Friday -   - WIN DAY

• Make-Up test - Phase Change End-of-Unit Assessment: (#64) PC 4.4 MC

• Chemical Reactions: Pre-Unit Assessment

Skipped

• Make-Up test - Phase Change 3.4 - Critical Juncture Assessment

• (#xx) Multiple-Choice Questions | (#xx) Written Response One

• Chemical Reactions: Pre-Unit Assessment

19 DEC 2024 - Thursday

• Phase Change End-of-Unit Assessment: (#64) PC 4.4 MC

• If you finish early, work on PC 2.3.4 and PC 3.2.4

Skipped

• Phase Change 3.4 - Critical Juncture Assessment

• (#xx) Multiple-Choice Questions | (#xx) Written Response One

• If you did everything above, work on PC 2.3.4 and PC 3.2.4

18 DEC 2024 - Wednesday

• Amplify Assignments PC 3.3 | (#63) PC 3.3.3-4

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PC 3.3

17 DEC 2024 - Tuesday 

• 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

16 DEC 2024 - Monday

• Amplify Assignments PC 3.2 | LAB | (#62) PC 3.2.1-3 (Finish PC 2.3.4)

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PC 3.2

13 DEC 2024 - Friday - WIN DAY (15 min)

• Amplify Assignments PC 3.1 | PC 3.1 Simulator Questions | (#61) PC 3.1.1-2 

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PC 3.1

• WIN Day: https://www.engineering.com/games/

12 DEC 2024 - Thursday

• 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 | (#60) PC 2.3.1-2

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PC 2.3

11 DEC 2024 - Wednesday

• Amplify Assignment PC 2.2 | LAB | (#59) PC 2.2.1-2

• 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.

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PC 2.2

10 DEC 2024 - Tuesday

• Amplify Assignments PC 2.1 | PC 1.3.2.2 Modeling Tool - Pear Deck | (#58) PC 2.1.2-3

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PC 2.1

10 DEC 2024 - Tuesday - Skipped - 2024

• Amplify Assignments PC 1.6 | Complete this modeling tool, if you have not yet done so. | Record your dances on your Chromebook | (#58) PC 1.6.1-3

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PC 1.6

09 DEC 2024 - Monday

• Amplify Assignments PC 1.5 | (#57) PC 1.5.3-4

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PC 1.5

06 DEC 2024- Friday

• Amplify Assignments PC 1.4 | How to Screenshot | (#56) PC 1.4.1-2

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PC 1.4

05 DEC 2024  - Thursday - LAB

• Amplify Assignments PC 1.3 | PC 1.3.2.2 Modeling Tool - Pear Deck | (#55) PC 1.3.1-3

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PC 1.3

Phase Change Unit Review

04 DEC 2024 - Wednesday 

• Amplify Assignments PC 1.2 | (#54) PC 1.2.1-2

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PC 1.2

03 DEC 2024 - Tuesday (Substitute: Mr. Gonzalez)

• Whole Class: Rock Transformation Review Video: The Rock Cycle: A Review of the Origin of Rocks (21:15)

• If you MISSED the test or need to RETAKE the test: (#53) End-of-Unit Assessment Rock Transformations

• Individually: Phase Change Preview Video:  Phase Change Demonstrations | Chemistry Matters (18:50)

Other Possible Videos

• Bill Nye The Science Guy - Rocks And Soil - Best Quality (23:05)

• What Are Rocks and How Do They Form? Crash Course Geography #18 (10:56)

• The Rock Cycle | Sedimentary, Metamorphic, Igneous | Learning Made Fun (6:39)

• The Geography of Mars (17:06) 

• Plate Motion (45:35)

• Every Layer of the Grand Canyon, Explained (26:14)

• Why Yosemite is ACTUALLY America's First National Park (16:09)

02 DEC 2024 - Monday - WIN DAY

• If you missed the test : (#53) End-of-Unit Assessment Rock Transformations

• Phase Change 1.1: Pre-Unit Assessment

• Quizlet: Phase Change Key Terms - Study Activities

• Phase Change Key Terms: https://play.blooket.com/play

22 NOV 2024 - Friday

• (#53) End-of-Unit Assessment Rock Transformations

21 NOV 2024 - Thursday |  Combine two lessons to examine and evaluate all the evidence to formulate a scientific argument. 

END-OF-UNIT ASSESSMENT will be Friday, November 22nd. 

• Amplify Assignments RT 4.1 | (#52) RT 4.1.1-4

• Eliminate the weakest cards and annotate the four remaining Set-1:  Pear Deck RT 4.1.3-4 | All of the Cards - Set 1 

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides RT 4.1

• Extra Important Evidence: Pear Deck RT 4.2.2-3 | All of the Cards - Set 2

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides RT 4.2

20 NOV 2024 - Wednesday - W.I.N. Day

• Your End-of-Unit Assessment will be this Friday.  (Review Video 1, Review Video 2)

• I will send home a missing assignment report at the end of the day. Check Google Classroom Assignments.

• You must complete this written response RT3.3.4.

• You must complete your Rock Cycle Poster (go back to 12 NOV 2024's assignment description)

• iReady: Math My Path

• Academic work from other classes.

• https://play.blooket.com/play

19 NOV 2024 - Tuesday

• Amplify Assignments RT 3.4 | RT 3.4.2 Pear Deck (Write and Share) | RT 3.4.3 Pear Deck (Modeling Tool) | (#51) RT 3.4.3-4

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides RT 3.4

18 NOV 2023 - Monday

• 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. | (#50) RT 3.3.3-4

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides RT 3.3

15 NOV 2024 - Friday

• Amplify Assignments RT 3.2 | (#49) RT 3.2.1-3 | RT 3.2.4 Mission Screenshots | How to Screenshot

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides RT 3.2

• Explore this Geology Museum

14 NOV 2024 - Thursday

• Amplify Assignments RT 3.1 | (#48) RT 3.1.1-2 

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides RT 3.1

13 NOV 2024 - Wednesday - WIN DAY

• Rock Transformations 2.5 - Critical Juncture Assessment - Retakes

• (#45) Multiple-Choice Questions | (#46) Written Response One (IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM) | Written Response Two

12 NOV 2024 - Tuesday

• Rock Transformation Poster - Example Posters - With Explanations (A, B, C) - Self Help

• Amplify Rock Transformation Simulator

• (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.

08 NOV 2024 - 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 for all groups: RT 2.6.1, RT 2.6.2, (#47) RT 2.6.1-2

If you finished early: Explore this Virtual Field Excursion

07 NOV 2024 - Thursday

• Rock Transformations 2.5 - Critical Juncture Assessment

• (#45) Multiple-Choice Questions | (#46) 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

06 NOV 2024 - Wednesday - W.I.N. Day & LAB

• 15 minutes: Work on missing work,  assignments with low scores, or iReady MyPath Math

• 10: Minutes: Science Lab

• 10 Minutes: Solo Blooket or  https://play.blooket.com/play

05 NOV 2024 - Tuesday

• Amplify Assignments RT 2.4 | Pear Deck RT 2.4.2 Write and Share | Pear Deck RT 1.5.2 Modeling Rock Formation | (#44) RT 2.4.1-2

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides 2.4

04 NOV 2024 - Monday 

• Amplify Assignments RT 2.3 | Weathering Video | (#43) RT 2.3.1-2 

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides RT 2.3 

01 NOV 2024 - Friday

• Amplify Assignments RT 2.2 | Devil's Tower Google Earth | (#42) RT 2.2.1-2

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides RT 2.2

• (If you are curious) More about the Core

 31 OCT 2024 - Thursday

• Amplify Assignments RT 2.1 | (#41) RT 2.1.1-2  

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides RT 2.1

• (If you are curious) How deep have we drilled into the earth?

30 OCT 2024 - Wednesday - W.I.N. Day

• Last chance to retake or finish: (#35) Plate Motion 4.4.1-2: End-of-Unit Assessment 

• Work on incomplete assignments, redo assignments with low scores, or both.

• iReady my PATH MATH

• If you have extra time and are behaving: Solo Blooket Link | https://play.blooket.com/play

29 OCT 2024 - Tuesday

• Amplify Assignment RT 1.5 | Pear Deck RT 1.5.2 Modeling Rock Formation | (#40) RT 1.5.4-6

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides RT 1.5

28 OCT 2024 -  Monday

• Amplify Assignments RT 1.4 (Activity 1 and 2 only) | (Useful Videos - Video A 4:19 - Video B 2:45 - Video C 1:11 ) | (#39) RT 1.4.1-2

• Instructional Videos (Activity 1 and 2 only) | Teacher Slides RT 1.4

25 OCT 2024 - Friday (Sub: Cordell)

• Amplify Assignments RT 1.3 | (#38) RT 1.3.1-2 |  (OPTIONAL) RT 1.3.3-4

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides RT 1.3 

23 OCT 2024 - Wednesday (Sub: Cordell)

• Retake Opportunity: (#35) Plate Motion 4.4.1-2: End-of-Unit Assessment 

• If you finish early, work on the Rock Transformations Pre-Unit-Assessment MULTIPLE-CHOICE ONLY (Mandatory; however, It does not count as a grade.)

22 OCT 2024 - Tuesday (Sub: Cordell)

• Video: (17:26) Continental Drift The Full Story (Take notes on paper. No Chromebooks until after the video. Keep your notes for the retake tomorrow.)

• Quiz: (#36) PM 3.5 Continental Drift  >>> SENTENCE STARTERS <<< 

• If you finish early, work on the Rock Transformations Pre-Unit-Assessment MULTIPLE-CHOICE ONLY (Mandatory; however, it does not count as a grade.)

21 OCT 2024 - Monday

• NO SCHOOL

14 OCT 2025 -Tuesday

• Amplify Assignments RT 1.2 | Pear Deck RT 1.2.3 Rock Samples | Padlet | (#37) RT 1.2.3

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PM 1.2

13 OCT 2025 - Monday

• (Not graded in Aeries) RT 1.1 Pre-TEST - Take your time, do the best you can.

• Check Aeries and do missing work or redo low-score work.  (14 OCT 2025 at 11:59 is the absolute deadline for late 1st quarter work)

• Most Incomplete Assignments: (#30) PM 3.4.4 Essay  and (#23) Plate Boundary Model (your poster, see 26 SEP 2025 for directions)

• If you finish early: iReady My Path Math | Rock Transformations Key Terms on Blooket

10 OCT 2025 - Friday - WIN

• Retakes: (#31) PM 4.4 TEST

• Check Aeries and do missing work or redo low-score work. 

• Most Incomplete Assignments: (#30) PM 3.4.4 Essay  and (#23) Plate Boundary Model (your poster, see 26 SEP 2025 for directions)

• If you finish early: iReady My Path Math | Rock Transformations Key Terms on Blooket

09 OCT 2025 - Thursday

• Amplify Assignments PM 4.1 | Pear Deck PM 4.1.3.1 Evidence Cards A-E | PM 4.1.4 Sorting Evidence | (#32) PM 4.1.1-3.1

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PM 4.1

08 OCT 2025 - Wednesday

• (331) PM 4.4 TEST

07 OCT 2025 -Tuesday

• Amplify Assignments PM 3.4 | Indian Plate Motion Video | (#30) PM 3.4.4 Essay | (#29) PM 3.4.3-5 

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PM 3.4

• (Optional Extras) Convection Currents Demonstration | Convection Currents Move the Mantel Material | Explore this plate simulator

• How to Screenshot | How to upload:  (add file, upload, browse, downloads, screenshot)

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06 OCT 2025 - Monday

• Amplify Assignments PM 3.3 | PM 3.3.3 Reconstructing Gondawanaland | PM 3.3.3 Video Directions | (#28) PM 3.3.1-2

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PM 3.3

03 OCT 2025 - Friday

• Amplify Assignments PM 3.2 | (#27) PM 3.2.1-3 | Explore this plate simulator

• If you finish early, explore BrainPop.

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PM 3.2

02 OCT 2025 -  Thursday

• Amplify Assignments PM 3.1 |  PM 3.1.3 Word Relationships | (#26) PM 3.1.3-4

• Plate Motion Simulation | Plate Motion Data Tool activity: Plate Distance vs. Time | Calculator

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PM 3.1 

01 OCT 2025 - Wednesday - WIN

• If you finish the test early, work silently on the PM word search or other academic activity. 

• 1st priority: Complete your cross-section models of convergent and divergent plate boundaries. 

• 2nd priority: Complete missing work, improve low scores, or both.

• WIN DAY (15 minutes) If you have less than 75% in this class, go to Aeries to see what you need to fix; otherwise, study the Plate Motion Key Terms on Blooket or Quizlet.

•  play.blooket.com

30 SEP 2025 - Tuesday 

•  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 | (#25) 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 | (#25) 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 | (#25) PM 2.7.1-2 ]

• Everyone: Teacher Slides 2.7 | How to Screenshot | How to upload: (add file, upload, browse, downloads, screenshot)

• The assessment retake will be tomorrow, October 1st, after the reteach lessons.

29 SEP 2025 - Monday 

• Plate Motion 2.6 - Critical Juncture Assessment - (#24) PM 2.6 TEST

• If you finish early, work on your poster (#23 Plate Boundary Model), or this (PM 2.5.4).

• The assessment retake will be on Wednesday, October 1st, after the reteach lessons.

26 SEP 2025 -Friday

• (#23) 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 | PM 2.3.2: Boundary Characteristics Chart

• BE CREATIVE: feel free to research other plate boundary pictures on the Internet and example posters.

• Suppose 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. In that case, You can copy and paste digital images into your digital poster if needed. If you copy and paste pictures from the internet, cite your image sources (include the hyperlink).

• Have FUN! I plan on posting these all over the classroom walls, and on my website. :-)

25 SEP 2025 - Thursday

• Amplify Assignments PM 2.5 |  PM 2.5.3 Modeling Tool | (#22) PM 2.5.3-5

• Reminders: PM 2.3.2 Notes | PM 2.4.3 Notes 

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PM 2.5

24 SEP 2025 - Wednesday

• Amplify Assignments PM 2.4 | PM 2.3.2: Boundary Characteristics Chart | PM 2.4.3 Modeling Tool | (#21) PM 2.4.3-4

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PM 2.4

23 SEP 2025 - Tuesday

• Amplify Assignments PM 2.3 | PM 2.3.2: Boundary Characteristics Chart  | (#20) PM 2.3.3 

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PM 2.3

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PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES: NOT BOOKED  | BOOKED | PENDING

Monday 22 SEP 2025: 1:00 | 1:10 | 1:20 | 1:30 | 1:40 | 1:50 | 2:00 | 2:10 | 2:20 | 2:30 | 2:40 | 2:50

Tuesday 23 SEP 2025:  1:00 | 1:10 | 1:20 | 1:30 | 1:40 | 1:50 | 2:00 | 2:10 | 2:20 | 2:30 | 2:40 | 2:50

LAST UPDATED: 9/18/2025 at 7:59 AM

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22 SEP 2025 - Monday

• Amplify Assignments PM 2.3 | PD: Boundary Characteristics Chart  | (#20) PM 2.3.1-2 

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PM 2.3

19 SEP 2025 - Friday

• Amplify Assignments PM 2.2 | (Example of Sound from a Hydrophone) | Tsunami | (#19) PM 2.2.1-2

• Teacher Slides PM 2.2 | Instructional Videos 

18 SEP 2025 - Thursday - LAB

• Amplify Assignments PM 2.1 | (#18) PM 2.1.3-5

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PM 2.1

18 SEP 2025 - Wednesday

• Amplify Assignments PM 1.4 | Pear Deck PM 1.4.3 Modeling Tool | (#15) PM 1.4.3-6

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PM 1.4

17 SEP 2025 - Tuesday

• Amplify Assignments PM 1.3 | (#15) PM 1.3.1-2 | PM 1.3 Activity 3 Maps & Projections | PM 1.3.3-4

• Instructional Videos | Teacher Slides PM 1.3

12 SEP 2025 - Friday

• Amplify Assignments PM 1.2 | Pear Deck PM 1.2.4 Map | (#14) PM 1.2.1-2

• (Optional) Quizlet Plate Motion Vocabulary

• Teacher Slides PM 1.2 | Instructional Videos 

11 SEP 2025 - Thursday 

• (13) GM 3.5 End-of-Unit Assessment - Retake

• Due today: Plate Motion Pre-Unit Assessment

• play.blooket.com  Plate Motion Vocabulary

• If you finish early, try Dynamic Systems (Engineering Practice) | Dynamic Systems 2

10 SEP 2025 - Wednesday  

• (#14) GM 3.5 Test. | Mr. Ruiz will unlock the test after giving directions.

• Plate Motion Pre-Unit Assessment

• Complete your scientific argument (#12) GM 3.4 Essay

• Explore Mars: A Mars Rover Game | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids 

09 SEP 2025 - Tuesday

• Amplify Assignments GM 3.4 | Join Class Companion | SENTENCE STARTERS | (#12) GM 3.4 Essay |  (#13) GM 3.4.1-4 

• (Optional Video 14:30) Mars Facts and History

• Teacher Slides GM 3.4 | Instructional Videos

08 SEP 2025 - Monday - WIN

• Amplify Assignments GM 3.3 | (Review) GM 3.2.3 Evidence Gradient | (#11) GM 3.3.1-2

• Teacher Slides GM 3.3 | Instructional Videos

05 SEP 2025 - Friday - LAB

• Amplify Assignments GM 3.2 | GM 3.2 More New Information | GM 3.2.3 Evidence Gradient | (#10) GM 3.2.1-5

• Teacher Slides GM 3.2 | Instructional Videos 

04 SEP 2025- Thursday

• Amplify Assignments GM 3.1 | GM 3.1.2-3 Evidence Gradient | (#9) GM 3.1.1-3 

• GM 3.1.3 New Information | Extra information if you were absent today. 

• Teacher Slides GM 3.1  | Instructional Videos

03 SEP 2024 - Wednesday

• 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) | (#8) GM 2.3.1-4

• Picture of Channel on Mars

• Teacher Slides GM 2.3  | Instructional Videos

02 SEP 2025 - Tuesday (We had no Internet - We played the rock observation game.)

01 SEP 2025 -  Monday 

• NO SCHOOL - Labor Day Holiday

29 AUG 2025 -  Friday

• Amplify Assignments GM 2.1 | (#6) GM 2.1.1-5

• Teacher Slides GM 2.1 | Instructional Videos 

• Optional: Venus Death of a Planet 4k

28 AUG 2025 - Thursday - LAB

• Amplify Assignments GM 2.2 | Observation Sheets | Flowing Water Model (4:30) | Science Lab Tips 

•  (#5) GM 2.2.1-4

• Teacher Slides GM 2.2 | Instructional Videos 

27 AUG 2025 - Wednesday - WIN

• Amplify Assignments GM 1.3 | GM 1.3.3 Set 1 | GM 1.3.3 Set 2 |  Channel on Mars | (#4) GM 1.3.1-4 

• Teacher Slides GM 1.3 | Instructional Videos 

• Booklet for all classes except 4th period. 

26 AUG 2025 - Tuesday

• Amplify Assignments GM 1.3 | GM 1.3.3 Set 1 | GM 1.3.3 Set 2 |  Channel on Mars | (#4) GM 1.3.1-4 

• Teacher Slides GM 1.3 | Instructional Videos 

25 AUG 2025 - Monday

• Amplify Assignments GM 1.2 | Geologic Processes (water and lava flow pictures) | MAP-2 | MAP-3 | (#3) GM 1.2.1-5

• Introduction to Amplify Science @Home Videos (1:08)

• Teacher Slides GM 1.2 | Instructional Videos

22 AUG 2025 - Friday  -  WIN

• Complete this Career Survey

• 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

• Teacher Slides GM 1.1 | Instructional Videos

21 AUG 2025 - Thursday - (Continued from yesterday)

• 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

• Teacher Slides GM 1.1 | Instructional Videos

20 AUG 2025 - Wednesday - (this lesson will take two days)

• 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

• Teacher Slides GM 1.1 | Instructional Videos

20 AUG 2024 - 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 

19 AUG 2024 - Monday

• Paper Chain STEM Challenge

16 AUG 2024 - Friday (Substitute: Gonzalez )

• Science Cube

• If you finish, early work on your colored pattern, your inquiry cube, or both. 

15 AUG 2024 -  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. 

13 AUG 2024 - 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.

12 AUG 2024 - Tuesday

• Welcome back to school!

• Join our Science 7th Grade Google Classroom | (#1) First Day Form