SCIENCE
CLASS CALENDAR |
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Below you will find our Weekly Classroom Calendar. For your long term
planning checkout the Semester 1 and 2 calendar of events.
(Just click on the link below.)
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"Chasing the Standards"
Aligning
classroom instruction with state standards is my highest priority as a science
teacher. Given the nature of some of the standards it is sometimes a difficult thing
to do. My goal is to produce curricular units and activities that will engage
students in meaningful learning while allowing for individual differences and
learning styles. Accomplishing all of the standards in the course of a school
year is a challenge. Below you will find a link to see how and when I will attempt
to address the standards this year in science class. |
Click below to view or print a copy of Mr.
Elliott's 8th Grade Science Course Framework.
Word Version
PDF Version
Weekly Calendar for Apr.
26 - 30, 2010
Day |
Planned
Activities |
| mon.
apr 26 |
Earth
Day WebQuest
- Oral Report
Preparation
-
Poster Prep.
(Computer
Room 300)
Final Computer
Room Work Day! |
 |
Click
on the Earth above to
visit this WebQuest |
| tues.
apr. 27 |
DNA
PowerPoint:
- Structure of DNA |
| Grade
/ Review DNA Activity |
| wed.
apr. 28 |
DVD:
Cracking the Code - DNA (Part 1) |
| thurs.
apr. 29 |
DVD:
Cracking the Code - DNA (Part 2) |
| fri.
apr. 30 |
Human
Origins
Web site Activity
(computer Room 300) |
 |
Click
on the icon above to
visit this Web Site |
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SEMESTER
1
(Click link below for a monthly
schedule)
AUGUST 2009
5 thru 7 -
Teacher "Boot
Camp" (In-Service Training)
12 - Teacher Orientation (1st Day for Teachers)
13 - Begin 1st Nine Week G.P / Semester 1 (1st
Day for Students)
17 - 8th
Grade Science Pre-Test
18 - Indirect Evidence Lab
20 /21 - Atom PowerPoint
Activity (Computer Room 300)
26 - Atom
Quiz
27 - SMS Open House 6:30 - 8:00
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September 2009
1 - Half-Life Lab
7 - Labor Day (No
School)
9 - Atom
Test (Rescheduled from Sep. 3)
10 - Begin Phases of Matter
Unit
15 thru 17 - Rotation of
Activities ("Salol Lab", States of Matter Assignment,
Scientific Method Computer Program Activity)
23 - Extra Credit
Atoms Due
23 - Phases
of Matter Quiz
24 - Underwater
Physics 'The Science of Scuba Diving'
25 - Begin Hot Air
Balloon Team Activity
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October 2009
1 - Parent - Teacher Conferences (No School for Students)
2 - Fall Break (No
School)
8 - Phases
of Matter Test
9 - Begin Periodic Table Unit
12 - Hot Air
Balloon Launch (Actual
launch date depends upon weather)
13 - Extra Credit
Due
16 - End
of 1st Nine Week Grading Period
23 - Periodic
Table Quiz
26 - Begin "Rotation
of Activities" (Iron - Sulfur Lab, VCR: NOVA - Fireworks,
Element Chart Packet)
29 - Begin
"Elliott's Elements" WebQuest Project
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November 2009
5- Periodic
Table Test
6 - Begin
Chemical Reactions Unit
13 - MID-TERM
16 thru 18 -
"Elliott's Elements" WebQuest Presentations ( PowerPoint / Oral
Report)
24 - Olympian
Team Movie "Arsenic and Old Lace"
24 - Olympian
Team G/T Language Arts Field Trip -
Derby Dinner Playhouse "It's a
Wonderful Life!
25 thru 27 - Thanksgiving Vacation
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December 2009
1 - Chemical
Reactions Quiz
4 - Ice Cream Lab
10 - Chemical
Reactions Test (Parts 1 and 2)
11 - Chemical
Reactions Test (Part 3)
14 - Begin
Magnetism / Electricity Unit
17 - Begin
Christmas Light Circuit Activity
18 - Extra Credit
Due
22 - Olympian
Team Movie - "It's A Wonderful Life!"
22 - End of 2nd 9 Week Grading Period / Semester 1
22 - Christmas Vacation Begins
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SEMESTER
2
(Click link below for a monthly
schedule)
January 2010
4 - Professional Day
(No School for students)
5 - Begin Semester 2 / 3rd Nine Week Grading
Period (First day back
for Students)
12 - Electrical
Symbols Quiz
18 - Martin Luther King Holiday (No School or Snow
Make-up Day)
19 - Series
/ Parallel Circuit Quiz
21 - Electromagnet
Activity
26 - Electricity
/ Magnetism Test
27 - Begin Plate
Tectonics Unit
28 - Begin "Rotation
of Activities" (Virtual Earthquake Computer Activity, VCR: NOVA -
Earthquake,
Inside the Earth and Earth Crust
Activities)
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February 2010
2 - Begin Plate
Tectonics Computer Activities (Computer Room 300)
3 - Parent
-Teacher Conferences / Professional Development Day
(No School for Students)
5 - Mid-Term
15 -
President's Day (No School or Snow
Make-up Day)
19
- Dynamic
Earth Test
22
- Spaghetti EarthQuake Team Activity Begins
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March 2010
1- ISTEP
Week Begins
9 - Extra
Credit Due
12 - EaRtHqUaKeS!
12 - Last School Day before Spring Break Begins!
22 - Begin
Astrophysics Unit
24 - Begin Ellipse
Activity
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April 2010
1 - Begin Earth Day WebQuest
Activity
2 - Astrophysics
Quest
2 - Good Friday (No
School or Snow Make-up Day)
7 - Begin Genetics Unit
13 - Probability
Lab
21 - CSI Blood Lab
22 - Earth
Day 2010 (Earth Day WebQuest Presentations
postponed to the Week
of May 10)
27 / 28 - ISTEP
30 - Human Origins
Website Activity
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May 2010
5 - Genetics Test
6 - Begin Ecology Unit
7 - (No School
or Snow Make-up Day)
31 - Memorial
Day (No School)
June 2010
1 - Last Student Day of School
22- Last Teacher Day
HAVE A GREAT SUMMER! GOOD LUCK AT
HIGH SCHOOL.
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