JA 7A Science Schedule for November 8th - 12th

Monday: Today student's should work on the topic - Sedimentary Rocks. They should do the lab assessment, practice/homework, and the quiz. Next they should move on to the next topic - Properties of Minerals.

Tuesday: Today student's should take a topic test on the previous chapter "The Rock Cycle". Next they should work on - Deforming the Earth's Crust.

Wednesday: Student's should work on - Forces in the Earth's Crust and Landforms. They should take a topic test as well.

Thursday: Student's should work on two topics today - Changing the Earth's Surface and The Force of Moving Water. They should do the vocabulary, on-line content, journal activity, practice/homework, and the quiz.

Friday: Today student's should work on - Water Erosion and Glaciers.

Chemistry Schedule for November 8th - 12th

Monday: Student's should work on the topic - Properties of Matter. They should do the on-line content, journal activity, lab assessment, practice/homework, and the quiz. Next they should work on the topic - Density.

Tuesday: Student's should take a quiz on the previous topic and then work on the next lesson - Changes in Matter. Later they should work on - States and state changes.

Wednesday: Today student's should take the topic test review and the topic test.

Thursday: Student's should work on two topics today - Energy of state changes and Intermolecular forces.

Friday: Finish up the quiz on the previous topic and then work on the next lesson - Phase Equilibrium.

Physical Science Schedule for November 8th - 12th

Monday: Students should work on the topic - Rates of Change. Next they should take the topic test and then move on to the next lesson - Understanding Solutions.

Tuesday: Today student's should work on the lesson - Concentration and Solubility. They should do the vocabulary, on-line content, journal activity, lab assessment, practice/homework, and the quiz.

Wednesday: Student's should work on the next lesson - Describing Acids and Bases.

Thursday: The next two topics student's should work on today are - Acids and Bases in Solution; and Digestion and PH.

Friday: Student's should take a topic test on the chapter Acids and Bases and then start on the next lesson - Measuring Motion.

JA 7A Science Schedule for Oct 18th - 22nd

Most of the student's did well on their E2020 science courses last week. However, we have many students who are not meeting their weekly target. There is a tool on your organizer that will help you be on track. When you login and click on the organizer you will see few icons on the bottom of the page. Then do the following:

1. When you click on the reports button, you have access to many different types of reports. To view any of these reports in detail simply click on the corresponding button.

2. When you click on assignments calendar it shows you what assignments you have completed (in green text), what assignments you should have completed and future assignments (in grey text), and what assignments you should be working on today (in blue text). It also shows the percent complete for the course after each assignment is completed.

JA 7A SCIENCE: This group should have completed the first unit - The Scientific Process and the topic test on it. Students who did not finish it should work on it over the weekend.

This week students should work on the following:

The second unit Evaluating explanations, should take the topic test and then move on to the third unit Earth's History.

NOTE: If a student is not meeting his/her daily target, they are responsible to work on it at home or stay after school.

Chemistry Schedule for Oct 18th - 22nd

Most of the student's did well on their E2020 science courses last week. However, we have many students who are not meeting their weekly target. There is a tool on your organizer that will help you be on track. When you login and click on the organizer you will see few icons on the bottom of the page. Then do the following:

1. When you click on the reports button, you have access to many different types of reports. To view any of these reports in detail simply click on the corresponding button.

2. When you click on assignments calendar it shows you what assignments you have completed (in green text), what assignments you should have completed and future assignments (in grey text), and what assignments you should be working on today (in blue text). It also shows the percent complete for the course after each assignment is completed.

CHEMISTRY: This group should have completed the first unit - Measurement in chemistry and the topic test on it. Students who did not finish it should work on it over the weekend.

This week students should work on the following:

The second unit Atomic Structure, should take the topic test and then move on to the third unit Periodic Table.

NOTE: If a student is not meeting his/her daily target, they are responsible to work on it at home or stay after school.

Physical Science Schedule for Oct 18th - 22nd

Most of the student's did well on their E2020 science courses last week. However, we have many students who are not meeting their weekly target. There is a tool on your organizer that will help you be on track. When you login and click on the organizer you will see few icons on the bottom of the page. Then do the following:

1. When you click on the reports button, you have access to many different types of reports. To view any of these reports in detail simply click on the corresponding button.

2. When you click on the assignments calendar it shows you what assignments you have completed (in green text), what assignments you should have completed and future assignments (in grey text), and what assignments you should be working on today (in blue text). It also shows the percent complete for the course after each assignment is completed.

PHYSICAL SCIENCE: This group should have completed the first unit - Measurement and the topic test on it. Students who did not finish it should work on it over the weekend.

This week students should work on the following:

The second unit Matter, should take a topic test on it and then move on to the third unit Solids, liquids, and gases.

NOTE: If a student is not meeting his/her daily target, they are responsible to work on it at home or stay after school.

JA 7B Science Schedule for Mar 29th - Apr 2nd

Monday: Students will be assigned with a chapter project - Design and build an earthquake-safe house. Students will have 2 weeks to work on it. This project will be due on Monday, April 12th and is worth 200 points. Next we will discuss sec-1, Forces in Earth's crust. Students will learn about types of stress that changes the Earth's surface, kinds of faults, and the land features that result from the forces of plate movement. Do the notes and section assessment for homework.

Tuesday: Discussion on sec-2, Earthquakes and Seismic waves. Students will learn about types of seismic waves, measuring earthquakes using the Mercalli scale, the Richter scale, and the moment magnitude scale. Next we will learn to compare the magnitude of various earthquakes and how to locate the epicenter. Do the notes and section assessment for homework.

Wednesday: Today students will work on two fun activities during class. First they will work on a skills lab - Finding the epicenter. Next, they will work on a news report - each student should pretend to be a television news reporter covering an earthquake rated between IV and V on the Mercalli scale and write a short news story describing the earthquake's effects.

Thursday: Discussion on sec-3, Monitoring Earthquakes. Students will learn how seismographs work, how geologists monitor faults using tilt meters, creep meters, GPS satellites, and how to use seismographic data. Next they will work on their notes/section assessment and finish it for homework.

Friday: Discussion on sec-4, Earthquake safety. Students will learn how geologists determine earthquake risk, the types of damage an earthquake can cause, what can be done to increase earthquake safety and reduce earthquake damage. Do the notes and section assessment for homework.

Physics Schedule for Mar 29th - Apr 2nd

Monday: Today we will discuss sec-5.2, Energy. Students will learn to identify several forms of energy, calculate kinetic energy for an object, apply the work-kinetic energy theorem to solve problems, and distinguish between kinetic and potential energy. Do the section review for homework.

Tuesday: Students will work on the practice problems B for part of the class period. Next they will work in groups to finish their "Creating Robots" project.

Wednesday: Today students will work on practice problems C and D for part of the class period. Next we will discuss sec-5.3, Conservation of Energy. Students will identify situations in which conservation of mechanical energy is valid, recognize the forms that conserved energy can take, and solve problems using conservation of mechanical energy.

Thursday: Students will work on practice problems E and then finish their section-5.3 section review. Next they will continue to work on the Robots project.

Friday: Discussion on sec-5.4, Power. Students will relate the concepts of energy, time, and power; calculate power into two different ways, and explain the effect of machines on work and power.

Earth Science Schedule for Mar 29th - Apr 2nd

Monday: Today we will discuss sec-7.2, Nonrenewable Energy. Students will learn concepts such as; why coal is a fossil fuel, how petroleum and natural gas are removed from Earth, the process of nuclear fission and nuclear fusion, and how nuclear fission generates electricity. Next students will watch videos on these concepts. Do the section review for homework.

Tuesday: Discussion on sec-7.3, Renewable Energy. Students will learn how geothermal energy may be used as a substitute for fossil fuels, they will learn to compare passive and active methods of harnessing energy from the sun, and how water and wind can be harnessed to generate electricity. Do the section review for homework.

Wednesday: Discussion on sec-7.4, Resources and Conservation. Students will learn about the environmental impacts of mining and the use of fossil fuels, how the environmental impacts of mining can be reduced, and identify various ways that we can conserve natural resources. Next students will watch videos on conservation of resources. Do the section review for homework.

Thursday: Students will work on an inquiry lab - Blowing in the wind. The objective of this lab is to design and build a functional windmill that lifts a specific weight as quickly as possible.

Friday: Students will work on their chapter assessment for part of the class period and then study for the chapter test.

JA &B Science Schedule for Feb 16th - 19th

Tuesday: Discussion on mass, units of mass, the measurement of mass, and the difference between mass and weight. Next students will work on measurement of mass lab where they get to measure the masses of various objects using spring scales, common balance, electronic scales, and platform scale.

Wednesday: Today students will learn about volume of liquids, volume of regular solids, and volume of irregular solids. Later they will do several labs to measure volume of both regular and irregular solids.

Thursday: Discussion on density, units of density, and densities of common substances. Next students will do problems to figure out density when mass and volume are given, followed by the measurement of density lab.

Friday: Today students will learn to measure time and temperature. We will focus on units of temperature, measuring temperature, comparing Celsius and Kelvin scales, and conversions between units. Do the sec-1, section assessment for homework.

Physics Schedule for Feb 16th - 19th

Tuesday: Discussion on sec-3.2, Vector operations. Students will learn to identify appropriate coordinate systems for solving problems with vectors, and to apply Pythagorean theorem and tangent function to calculate the magnitude and direction of a resultant vector. Next they will work on practice A and practice B problems.

Wednesday: We will continue our discussion on sec-3.2. Today students will learn to resolve vectors into components using the sine and cosine functions, and to add vectors that are not perpendicular. Later they will work on practice C problems and section review.

Thursday: Discussion on sec-3.3, Projectile motion. Students will learn to recognize examples of projectile motion, to describe the path of a projectile as a parabola, and to resolve vectors into their components and apply the kinematic equations to solve problems involving projectile motion.

Friday: Today students will work on practice D and practice E problems. Do the sec-3.3, section review for homework.

Earth Science Schedule for Feb 16th - 19th

Tuesday: Students should turn in their Ch-3 section reviews and chapter review today for grading. Students can get help for the first half hour. Next students will study for the test in groups.

Wednesday: Test on ch-3, Models of the Earth. Next we will begin our discussion on sec-4.1, Matter.

Thursday: We will continue our discussion on sec-4.1. Students will learn to compare chemical and physical properties of matter, to describe the basic structure of an atom, compare atomic number, mass number, atomic mass, and isotope, and to describe the arrangement of elements in the periodic table. Do the section review for homework.

Friday: Today we will discuss sec-4.2, Combinations of atoms. Students will learn about compound and molecule, how to interpret chemical formulas, to describe the two ways that electrons form chemical bonds between atoms, and to explain the differences between compounds and mixtures. Do the section review for homework.

JA 7B Science Schedule for Feb 1st - 5th, 2010

CHAPTER PROJECT: Students are supposed to select a specific question, design and conduct a scientific experiment to investigate it. This project is due on February 8th, and is worth 200 points. Students who need extra help with this project can come to me after school. This project was assigned on January 25th.

Monday: Students will work on skills lab - Piecing information together. Next, they will work on ch-1 chapter review.

Tuesday: Today we will study in groups for the test on ch-1, What is Science?

Wednesday: Test on ch-1 for first part of the period. Next, we will discuss sec-1 on ch-2, Measurement - A common language.

Thursday: Presentation by the volunteers from Gem and Mineral Society. Students will work in groups and study about various rocks, fossils, magnetic sand, and flourescent rocks.

Friday: Discussion on common SI prefixes. We will learn the common conversions for length followed by a lab for measurement of length.

Physics Schedule for Feb 1st - 5th, 2010

Monday: Discussion on sec-2.2, Acceleration. While discussing this section we will learn about motion in terms of changing velocity, compare graphical representations of accelerated and nonaccelerated motions, and apply kinematic equations to calculate distance, time, or velocity under conditions of constant acceleration.

Tuesday: Students will work on numerous problems related to average acceleration, displacement with constant acceleration, velocity and displacement with constant acceleration, and final velocity after any displacement. Do the section assessment for homework.

Wednesday: Discussion on sec-2.3, Falling objects. Students will learn how to relate the motion of a freely falling body to motion with constant acceleration, calculate the displacement, velocity, and time at various points in the motion of a freely falling object, and compare the motions of different objects in free fall. Next we will work on problems related to falling objects. Do the section review for homework.

Thursday: Presentation by the volunteers from Gem and Mineral Society. Students will work in groups and study about various rocks, fossils, magnetic sand, and flourescent rocks.

Friday: Students will work on ch-2 chapter review.

Earth Science Schedule for Feb 1st - 5th, 2010

Monday: Discussion on sec-2.2, Energy in Earth System. Students will study about Earth's four spheres such as; the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, the geosphere, the biosphere; cycles in the Earth System - the nitrogen cycle, the carbon cycle, the phosphorus cycle, and the water cycle. Students will then work on a quick lab - Effects of solar energy. Do the section assessment for homework.

Tuesday: Today we will discuss sec-2.3, Ecology. We will learn about the ecosystem, three factors that control the balance of an ecosystem, how energy is transferred through an ecosystem, and various ways that ecosystems respond to environmental change. Next we will do a quick lab - Studying the ecosystem. Do the section assessment for homework. Students will also work on the ch-2 chapter review.

Wednesday: Test on ch-2.

Thursday: Presentation by the volunteers from Gem and Mineral Society. Students will work in groups and study about various rocks, fossils, magnetic sand, and flourescent rocks.

Friday: Students will work on a lab - Testing the conservation of mass.