Week 19: 2002

Mon.

1/7

"I, Robot" Chapter 2 - continue working on journal

 

HW: Sign Shoebox Rubric by Thursday

Tues.

1/8

"I, Robot" Chapter 2- continue working on journal entries

 

HW: 

Sign Shoebox Rubric by Thursday 1/10

Robot Journal due Mon 1/14

Wed.

1/9

Moon Phase Notes and Demonstration, go over Moon Phase Calendar (pdf) from December

Moon Phase Movie - login and password needed

Moon Phase Movie-Worksheet (pdf)

Moon Phase Worksheet - Elongation

Thurs.

1/10

Moon Phases continued

Signed Shoebox Rubric due today

 

HW:

Robot Journal due Mon 1/14

Fri.

1/11

Link of the Week: Eclipse Movie

 

Week 20

 

Mon.

1/14

"I, Robot" Chapter 2 - Journal Due Today

 

Complete Moon Phases Activities:

Moon Phase Movie - login and password needed

Moon Phase Movie-Worksheet (pdf) and Moon phases worksheet

 

Assignment: Constellation Myth Project - Greek Olympics

Classwork - Constellation Worksheets TBA

HW: 

Rough Drafts - Science (pdf) and Myth (pdf) due Tues 1/22

Tues.

1/15

Planetarium - Orion, Canis Major and Minor, Taurus

Constellation Study Guides (pdf) for Orion and Taurus

Wed.

1/16

Classwork - Constellation Worksheets: Orion and Winter Colors, Go over study Guides.

Thurs.

1/17

Planetarium - Gemini, Auriga

Constellation Study Guide (pdf) for Gemini

HW: 

Rough Drafts - Science (pdf) and Myth (pdf) due Tues 1/22

Fri.

1/18

No School Today and Monday

Link of the Week: FunBrain - Name the Constellation

 

Week 21

 

Mon.

1/21

Martin Luther King, Jr. - No school today

Tues.

1/22

Peer Editing:  Constellation Myth Project for Greek Olympics - Project Rough Drafts - Science (pdf) and Myth (pdf) due Today

Proof Reading Check List (word doc)

HW: Constellation Study Guide for Gemini

Wed.

1/23

ShoeBox Constellation Scavenger Hunt - can you find which stars belong to each constellation?

Thurs.

1/24

Planetarium - Bootes, Virgo, and Leo

HW: Constellation Study Guide Leo (pdf)

Read Chpt. 14 and 16, and answer questions

Fri.

1/25

Link of the Week: FunBrain - Name the Constellation

 

Week 22

 

Mon.

1/28

Challenger Anniversary - 1986

BrainPOP - Life Cycle of a Star Movie and Worksheet (pdf)

Login and Password needed

HW: Work on Project

Tues.

1/29

BrainPOP - Life Cycle of a Star Movie and Worksheet (pdf)

Login and Password needed

HW: Work on Project

Wed.

1/30

Constellation Myth Project for Greek Olympics due Today

Planetarium - Hercules, Lyra, and Cygnus

HW: Review and organize notes for Quest

Thurs.

1/31

Astronomy Unit Quest - Open Notebook

Fri.

2/1

We Start Chemistry Next Week!!!

Link of the Week: FunBrain - Name the Constellation

 

Week 23

 

Mon.

2/4

New Seats!

Introduction to the Periodic Table - Activity (pdf)

BrainPOP movie - Periodic Table - login and password needed

Periodic Table - Color (pdf)  

Tues.

2/5

Introduction to the Periodic Table - Activity (pdf)

BrainPOP movie - Periodic Table - login and password needed

Element of the Day (pdf) - Hydrogen

Wed.

2/6

Complete and go over Introduction to the Periodic Table - Activity (pdf)

Start: How to read and use the Periodic Table -(pdf) .  Determine shells and electrons. Color the periodic table according to the families.

HW: Identify the elements handout

Element of the Day (pdf) - Helium

Thurs.

2/7

Parent Conferences - Early Dismissal

Fri.

2/8

Parent Conferences - No School

Periodic Table - The Ingredients of the Universe

Links of the Week - 

BrainPOP Atoms Movie  & Periodic Table:  login and password

Proton Don - Can you name the element?

 

 

Mon.

2/11

Go over Identify the Elements Homework.

 

How to read and use the periodic table (pdf).  Determine shells and electrons. Color the periodic table according to the families.

 

Element of the Day (pdf) - Lithium

Tues.

2/12

Greek Olympics Day

Wed.

2/13

Complete - How to read and use the periodic table (pdf).  Determine shells and electrons. Color the periodic table according to the families.

HW: Periodic Table Crossword Puzzle (pdf)

Element of the Day - (pdf) - Beryllium

Thurs.

2/14

Happy Valentines Day!

Go over Periodic Table Crossword Puzzle

Begin "The Atoms Family" Activity - Atoms Family Student Worksheets (pdf) and Atoms Family - Overheads (pdf)

 

HW:  Complete Atoms Family Atomic Math Challenge (pdf)

Element of the Day (pdf)  - Boron

Fri.

2/15

Links of the Week - 

BrainPOP movies: Periodic Table and Atoms - login and password

Periodic Table - The Ingredients of the Universe

Proton Don - Can you name the element?

 

Tentative Plans for the rest of the year

Week 25

Mon.

2/18

President's Day - No School

Tues.

2/19

Faculty Study Day - No School

Wed.

2/20

Complete  "The Atoms Family" Activity - Atoms Family Student Worksheets (pdf) and Atoms Family - Overheads (pdf)

Go over hw Atoms Family Atomic Math Challenge (pdf)

 

Element of the Day (pdf) - Carbon

Thurs.

2/21

Bohr Diagrams

Lewis Dot Diagrams - Practice problems

Bonding - Covalent and Ionic, Octet Rule

Metal & Nonmetal=? : Nonmetal & Nonmetal=?

 

Element of the Day (pdf) - Nitrogen

Fri.

2/22

Links of the Week - Need a periodic table (pdf)?

BrainPOP movies: Periodic Table and Atoms - login and password

Periodic Table - The Ingredients of the Universe

Proton Don - Can you name the element?

 

Week 26

 

Mon.

2/25

Bonding - Covalent and Ionic, Octet Rule

Metal & Nonmetal=? : Nonmetal & Nonmetal=?

Element of the Day (pdf) - Oxygen

Tues.

2/26

Bonding - Covalent and Ionic, Octet Rule

Metal & Nonmetal=? : Nonmetal & Nonmetal=?

Making Molecular Models Lab (pdf)

Quiz - First 8 elements

Wed.

2/27

Making Molecular Models Lab (pdf)

Element of the Day (pdf) - Fluorine

Thurs.

2/28

Making Molecular Models Lab (pdf)

Element of the Day (pdf) - Neon

Fri.

3/1

Links of the Week - Need a periodic table (pdf)?

BrainPOP movies: Periodic Table and Atoms - login and password

Periodic Table - The Ingredients of the Universe

Proton Don - Can you name the element?

 

 

Week 27 

 

Mon.

3/4

Complete Making Molecular Models Lab (pdf)

Element of the Day (pdf) - Sodium

Tues.

3/5

Go over Making Molecular Models Lab (pdf)

Element of the Day (pdf) - Magnesium

Wed.

3/6

Play Practice Schedule - Catch up day

Element of the Day (pdf) - Aluminium

6th Grade Play Tonight

Thurs.

3/7

Play Practice Schedule - Catch up day

Element of the Day (pdf) - Silicon

6th Grade Play Tonight

Bohr Diagram Quiz next Week

Fri.

3/8

Links of the Week - Need a periodic table (pdf)?

BrainPOP movies: Periodic Table and Atoms - login and password

Periodic Table - The Ingredients of the Universe

Proton Don - Can you name the element?

 

Week 28 

Mon.

3/11

Notes:  Writing chemical formulas - rules, Notes on Formulas and Naming Compounds  

Study for Bohr Diagram Quiz this Wed.

Element of the Day (pdf) - Phosphorus

Tues.

3/12

Notes:  Writing chemical formulas - rules, Notes on Formulas and Naming Compounds  

Element of the Day (pdf) - Sulfur

Wed.

3/13

Notes:  Writing chemical formulas - rules, Notes on Formulas and Naming Compounds  

Bohr Diagram Quiz today

Bond With A Classmate Activity - Tags & Worksheet (pdf)

Element of the Day (pdf) - Chlorine

Thurs.

3/14

Bond With A Classmate Activity - Tags & Worksheet (pdf)

Element of the Day (pdf) - Argon

Fri.

3/15

Regular Dismissal - Enjoy Spring Break!  Classes Resume 4/2/02

Links of the week:

BrainPOP: States of Matter movie - Login and Password needed

Need a periodic table (pdf)?

Periodic Table - The Ingredients of the Universe

 

 

Week 29 and Week 30 - Spring Break

 

 

Week 31

 

Mon.

4/1

No School

Tues.

4/2

Catch up Day - Element of the Day Packet (pdf) due this week

Wed.

4/3

Split Classes: 

Rainbow Lab (pdf)

BrainPOP- pH movie & pH Worksheet (pdf) & pH notes

BrainPOP - water movie & water worksheet (pdf)

Thurs.

4/4

Rainbow Lab (pdf)

BrainPOP- pH movie & pH Worksheet (pdf) & pH notes

BrainPOP - water movie & water worksheet (pdf)

 

Quiz - Elements 9 - 18

Fri.

4/5

Link of the Week: pH factor

 

Week 32

 

Mon.

4/8

Split Classes: 

Rainbow Lab (pdf)

BrainPOP- pH movie & pH Worksheet (pdf) & pH notes

BrainPOP - water movie & water worksheet (pdf)

Tues.

4/9

Rainbow Lab (pdf)

BrainPOP- pH movie & pH Worksheet (pdf) & pH notes

BrainPOP - water movie & water worksheet (pdf)

Wed

4/10

Go over Rainbow Lab and BrainPOP worksheets

Thurs.

4/11

Start Cabbage Juice Lab

Fri.

4/12

Links of the Week: Element Hangman Game pH Factor

 

Week 33

 

Mon.

4/15

Cabbage Juice Lab

Tues.

4/16

Cabbage Juice Lab

Wed.

4/17

Go over Cabbage Juice Lab

HW: Study Notes for Quiz

Thurs.

4/18

Quiz - Lewis Structures, Types of Bonds and Naming Compounds

Fri.

4/19

Link of the Week: Element Hangman Game pH Factor

 

 

Week 34

 

Mon.

4/22

Mystery Powder Lab (pdf)

HW: Sign Quiz this week

Tues.

4/23

Mystery Powder Lab (pdf)

Wed.

4/24

Mystery Powder Lab (pdf)

Thurs.

4/25

Mystery Powder Lab (pdf)

Fri.

4/26

Link of the Week: BrainPOP Air Bag movie - Nitrogen gas can save your life! Learn about this reaction.

 

Week 35

Mon.

4/29

Science Olympiad

Tues.

4/30

Balancing Equation notes  & Complete 1st page in class together : Balancing Equations Worksheet (pdf)

Balancing Equations Activity (pdf)

Wed.

5/1

Balancing Equations Activity (pdf)

Thurs.

5/2

Balancing Equations Activity (pdf)

HW: Balancing Equations Worksheet (pdf)

Fri.

5/3

Optional Conference Day - No Classes

Link of the Week:  Practice Balancing equations on the computer | Balancing Equations Challenge - If you are done with the lab, try these problems and fill in the worksheet!

 

Week 36

Mon.

5/6

Go over Balancing Equations Activity and Balancing Equations Worksheet HW

Tues.

5/7

Field Trip - St. John the Divine NYC

Wed.

5/8

Chromatography Lab

Thurs.

5/9

Chromatography Lab

Fri.

5/10

 

Week 37

Mon.

5/13

Radioactive Decay and Half Life Lab (pdf)

Tues.

5/14

Field Trip -  The Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC

Wed.

5/15

Field Trip - Dwight Englewood

Thurs.

5/16

Radioactive Decay and Half Life Lab (pdf)

Fri.

5/17

FIELD DAY - GREEN VS. WHITE!

Week 38

Mon.

5/20

Review

Tues.

5/21

Practice - Festival of the arts

Wed.

5/22

Festival of the arts

Thurs.

5/23

Chemistry Unit Test

Fri.

5/24

Field Trip - The Cloisters

Week 39

Mon.

5/27

Memorial Day - No School

Tues.

5/28

Balloon Car Racers - start building!

Wed.

5/29

Balloon Car Racers - build

Thurs.

5/30

Balloon Car Racers - build

Fri.

5/31

 

Weeks 40 & 41

Mon.

6/3

Balloon Car Racers - Race Day!

Tues.

6/4

Medieval Day

Wed.

6/5

Science Survey - Letters to Next Year's Class

Thurs.

6/6

 

Fri.

6/7

 

Mon.

6/10

 

Tues.

6/11

Last Day of Classes

Wed.

6/12

6th Grade Graduation

Thurs.

6/13

Good Luck in 7th Grade at your new schools!!!

Fri.

6/14

Enjoy the Summer!