Thursday, March 31, 2011

Today is India Day!

We will be heading for part of the day to the Saugatuck Center for the Arts.  The other part of the day we will spend investigating the people and culture of India.  In science we will complete the India Webquest!

When you have finished the webquest you can make your own Bombay TV Sub-title Movie!!!!  School Appropriate Subtitiles Please!!!

Bombay TV

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Wednesday Class

Today in science, the students will be taking test retakes. In addition, they will be viewing a Planet Earth video.

The audio recordings for the test are available below:
Part One
Part Two

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Tuesday Class

Today in science class, the students will continue chemistry station work. The stations that will serve as an introduction to our next unit, chemistry. In addition, we will be going over the fossils unit test in order to prepare for test retakes. The test retakes will be tomorrow. Click here to access a copy of the test!

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Monday Class

Today in science class, the students will begin learning about the exciting world of chemistry! We will be kicking off our chemistry unit with station work. The students will visit a variety of stations that will teach them the basics of chemistry.

Friday, March 25, 2011

Friday Class

Today in science we took our Fossils Test!
Good luck to all students!
On Monday we begin our chemistry unit.

Test Taking Resources

Below are the Audio Files for the Fossil Test!


Fossil Test Part 1
Fossil Test Part 2

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Wednesday Class

Today, the students completed quiz retakes. In addition, the students reviewed for the unit test by working on Structured Choice activities. The fossils unit test will be on Friday.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Tuesday Class

Today in Science, the students will be reviewing for the unit test by working on Structured Choice. The fossils unit test will be on Friday.

15 Question Test Link to Help You Prepare.

Monday, March 21, 2011

Monday Class

Today in science we continued watching a movie on how modern day paleontologists use data from the present world to make predictions on what environments and organisms were like millions of years ago.
Tomorrow we will start a structured choice time in preparation for the test given at the end of this week.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Wednesday Class

Today in science we did two things:
1. We took a small 15 question mini test on how life changes over time with a close look at time periods.

2. We started a discussion on evolution. We are using small video clips from PBS to guide our discussions. A link for these videos is available on our resource pages.

Monday, March 14, 2011

Tuesday Class

Today in science we did two things:
1. We had a presentation on the last two time periods called the Tertiary and Quaternary Time Periods. Unfortunately, this presentation is not currently available online.

2. Students had time for some mini-structured choice. Among their choices in class is to watch any of the following movie clips:

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Thursday Class

Today in science class we did three things:

1. We watched Mr. Malefyt's presentation on the "age of reptiles."

2. We split up into groups and shared presentations and helped each other fill out our geological timelines. We are looking into ways to share our presentations with others outside our classroom as well.
Here is a link to the time map that each student filled in today.

3. We took a quiz.

Wednesday Class

Today in science we are going to finish working on our age of reptiles project. But first...Please do the following short online review quiz.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Tuesday Class

Today in science we continued a small project called the "Age of Reptiles" project. This project can be viewed by clicking here. 
The last day to work on this is tomorrow. On Thursday, students will be working in small groups presenting to each other.

Monday, March 7, 2011

Friday, March 4, 2011

Friday Class

Today in science, we went reviewed information from the fossil stations by watching a Prezi presentation. The students also took a quiz relating to fossil station learning targets.The students ended the hour by watching a video about fossils.
 

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Wednesday Class

Today we continue our three day group of stations on fossils. In particular, these stations cover the time periods of the paleozoic era. Click here to access the fossil stations page! 

You will need a password to access the videos. Please email me if you forgot the password or need a password!

A reminder...each student needs to have their headphones with them!

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Tuesday Class

Today we begin a three day group of stations on fossils. In particular, these stations cover the time periods of the paleozoic era. Click here to access the fossil stations page! 

You will need a password to access the videos. Please email me if you forgot the password or need a password!

A reminder...each student needs to have their headphones with them!