Agenda – January 12 – 16
Sunday January 11th 2009, 4:23 pm
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Monday:

√ DRWB chapter 20:3 grade

Chapter 20 Section 3: Mixtures

Objectives
1. Describe the properties of mixtures.
2. Describe the methods of separating mixtures.
3. Give examples of common mixtures.

Tennessee Science
Curriculum Standards
7.12.1

Tuesday:

Chapter 20 Section 3: Mixtures

Objectives
1. Analyze a solution in terms of its solute, solvent, and concentration.
2. Demonstration: Sugar Cube Race

Tennessee Science
Curriculum Standards
7.12.1

Wednesday:

Objectives
1. Compare the properties of solutions, suspensions, and colloids.
2. Give examples of common solutions, suspensions, and colloids

Thursday:

Lab: Separation Anxiety

Friday:

Test
Chapter 20:3 (only)

Remember: There is no school Monday it’s Martin Luther King Day.



Library Research Paper Update
Friday January 09th 2009, 12:35 pm
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You have all been working and researching during Library time since October and the final countdown is approaching.
So here are some significant dates.

January 21
Rough draft with you conclusion is due.

February 4
Final paper due.

The paper should be stapled together in the following order:

Title page it must include topic, Library Class period plus your name, homeroom and date.
5-6 pages of the paper
Bibliography in MLA Formatting

If you need help formatting you can go to The OWL at Purdue for a guide.

The envelope should also include:
5 4X6 bibliography cards
10 4X6 note cards
Introductory paragraph – thesis last sentence
Rough draft and conclusion



Agenda – January 5 – 9
Sunday January 04th 2009, 7:05 pm
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Happy New Year!
Check over your school supplies make sure they are in good order.
Bring every thing to class Monday.
- Spiral
- Binder
- Book
- Work book

Monday:

Review of Elements Chapter 20;1
Check DRWB Chapter 20;1

Homework “Element review worksheet”

Tennessee science
Curriculum standards
7.12.2a, 7.12.2c

Tuesday:

Chapter 20
Section 2: Compounds

Objectives
1. Describe the properties of compounds.
2. Identify the differences between an element and a compound.
3. Give examples of common compounds.

Tennessee science
Curriculum standards
7.12.2a

Distribute Science Project materials
Project Due February 9

Wednesday:

Library

√ DRWB chapter 20:2

Thursday:

Lab Pressure demonstration


Friday:

Chapter 20 Section 3: Mixtures

Objectives
1. Describe the properties of mixtures.
2. Describe methods of separating the components of a mixture.
3. Analyze a solution in terms of its solute, solvent, and concentration
4. Compare the properties of solutions, suspensions, and colloids.

DRWB Chapter20:3 Due Monday

Tennessee science
Curriculum standards
7.12.2a



Agenda – December 15 – 19
Sunday December 14th 2008, 8:04 am
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Monday:

Christmas Concert 9:00

Chapter 19 DRWB Test

Tennessee Science
Curriculum Standards
7.12.2a

Tuesday:

Think Link

Wednesday:

Library

Thursday:

Pressure Demonstration

Friday:

Introduction to Elements
Tennessee Science
Curriculum Standards
7.12.2a, 7.12.2c

Treat Day

I wish you and your families,
Greetings of the Season.
Best Wishes for the New Year.

Have a wonderful break!
Guess what! You are half way through the 7th grade!!!!



Agenda – December 8 – 12
Sunday December 07th 2008, 12:59 pm
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Monday:

Let’s Build a Periodic Table!

Chapter 19 DRWB due

Chapter 19:States of Matter
Section 1:Four States of Matter

Tennessee Science
Curriculum Standards
7.12.2a

Tuesday:

Let’s get ready to dissect!
External frog

Wednesday:

Virtual Frog Dissection
The site is under LINKS ….take a look!

Thursday:

Frog Dissection

Friday:

Chapter 19:States of Matter
Section 2:Changes of State

Tennessee Science
Curriculum Standards
7.12.2a, 7.12.2c



Agenda December 1 – 5
Monday December 01st 2008, 11:10 pm
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Monday:
Chapter 18 DRWB Review

Tennessee Science
Curriculum Standards
7.12.2b, 7.12.2c

Tuesday:

Chapter 18 Test

Chapter 19 DRWB Due Friday

Wednesday:

Library
Remember !!!
10 note cards are due 2 cards for each of the 5 sources.

Thursday:

Review of Newtons Law’s to prepare for the in-house field trip.

Chapter 19 States of Matter

Tennessee Science Curriculum Standards
7.12.2b, 7.12.2c

Friday:

Neil Spencer will present Newton: The Apple and Beyond
Lab
Let’s Build a Periodic Table!



Agenda November 24 – 25 Thanksgiving Week
Sunday November 23rd 2008, 4:14 pm
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Although this week is short, it is filled with fun.
Richard Graham is coming Monday to take us around the world musically. He is a long time Schilling friend who has visited us for several years. He is the first of our in-house Field Trips.

Monday and Tuesday this week we will begin our study of Matter.
We will do a quick study of Chapter 18. We studied these concepts in August,
so this will be somewhat of a review.

Just get the Directed Reading Workbook done by Tuesday. We started it in class Friday. There are only two sections.

Hope you all have a Happy Thanksgiving. Since it is the time of year we remember the people and things for which we are thankful, I am thankful for each of you as my student and I am so proud of the progress you have made in science class.

Remember the three home work rules.
1. Wear your seatbelts.
2. Be nice to your parents.
3.Come back to me in one piece.

AND I’m adding a little something extra…..

4. Since we are all so blessed …do something kind for someone else!



Agenda November 12 – 14
Tuesday November 11th 2008, 7:11 pm
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We have Monday and Tuesday off this week. Tuesday is Veterans Day, an American holiday remembering those who have died bearing arms in the name of liberty and in pursuit of freedoms, doing their duty for God and to Country. When President Wilson first proclaimed this day to be a legal holiday in this country he called it ‘ A day dedicated to the cause of world peace … Our neighbors in Canada call it Remembrance Day, and in other parts of the world it’s referred to as Armistice Day. Armistice Day is the anniversary of the symbolic end of World War I on 11 November 1918. It commemorates the armistice signed for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front, which took effect at eleven o’clock in the morning — the “eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month”.

Wednesday
Parts of the Flower
Graphic of the Kingdom of Plants

Thursday
Pollination and Fertilization

Friday
Parts of the Flower Test
Pollination and Seed Dispersal

REMEMBER!!!!!
Hang on to these sheets a packet will be due next week!



Agenda November 3 – 7
Sunday November 02nd 2008, 12:17 pm
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Monday

Ch 11 Test
Packet Due

Wednesday – Library –

5 Bibliography Cards due
MLA format

Monday – Friday —— Plant Reproduction

This material is not in your text so make sure you save all the handouts! We will have another packet due next week.

Objectives assessed:
• A mature plant produces seeds, cones, or spores, its reproductive structures.
• Flowers have structures that allow them to be pollinated.
• Soil, water, light, and temperature conditions must be right before a seed can germinate.
• The conditions of soil, water, light, and temperature that make germination possible are different for each plant.
• Pollinated flowers create new seeds.
• Wind, water, and animals help spread pollen.
• Plants distribute seeds, cones, or spores widely in a variety of ways to compete with other plants.

Tennessee Standards
7.4.spi.1 match a flower part with its reproductive function.
7.4.spi.2 distinguish between sexual and asexual methods of reproduction.
7.4.spi.3 recognize advantages and disadvantages of sexual and asexual reproduction.
7.4.spi.4 recognize a variety of pollination methods and associated floral adaptations.



Agenda October 27 – 31
Friday October 24th 2008, 3:05 pm
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Chapter 11

Body Organization System Study
Monday- Nervous system

Tuesday – Digestive system
Circulatory system

Thursday –
Ch 11 Test
Packet Due
These are graded!

Friday
Computer Lab
Electric Heart
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/eheart/

Determine the relationships among cells, tissues, organs, and systems given a diagram and identify the function of organ systems.
7.1.5

This is a busy week for us!
Red Ribbon Week
Pep Rally Monday Schilling vs. Germantown
Debates Wednesday