science7mrk
Peirce Middle School 7th Grade Science Teacher
 
                                           WELCOME BACK!!

TUE.  9-3            Welcome back!   First day activities, scavenger hunt, ice breaker, etc.
HOMEWORK:  NONE

WED.  9-4     Course outline handed out, science safety contract, books must be covered
HOMEWORK:  Books covered, safety contract signed

FRI.  9-6:  Start "Blizzard" activity.
HOMEWORK:  NONE

MON.  9-9:  Finish Blizzard activity.  Review atoms, elements, and periodic table of elements.
HOMEWORK:  NONE

TUE.  9-10:  Review periodic table of elements.
HOMEWORK:  Quiz on periodic table on Friday.

WED. 9-11: Start Fermi research project.
HOMEWORK:  Quiz on Friday

THUR. 9-12: Complete Fermi project.  Review for quiz
HOMEWORK:  Quiz Friday, Fermi # 1 due Monday

FRI. 9-13: Quiz on periodic table of elements.  Complete Fermi
HOMEWORK:  Fermi # 1 due Monday

MON.  9-16:  Review atoms, molecules, size of atoms
HOMEWORK:  pg. 6-11 terms/questions due wed

TUE.  9-17:  Review elements/compounds/ mixtures
HOMEWORK:  pg. 6-11 terms/questions due wed

WED.  9-18:  Review electron orbits, families of elements, dot diagrams
HOMEWORK:  NONE

THUR.  9-19:  Picture day (students go out in science)
HOMEWORK:  NONE

FRI.  9-20:  Mr. Kimberling has a substitute.
HOMEWORK:  Read pg. 12-20.  Define key terms pg. 12 and do questions pg. 20

MON.  9-23:  Review families of elements/ periodic table.
HOMEWORK:  NONE

TUE.  9-24:  Review ions, ionic bonds, metals/nonmetals.
HOMEWORK:  NONE

WED.  9-25:  Lab- liquid volume and measurement
HOMEWORK:  Complete lab data table

THUR.  9-26:  Review ions, valence electrons, families of periodic table.
HOMEWORK:  NONE

FRI.  9-27:  Lab demonstration.  "Reactivity of metals".
HOMEWORK:  NONE

MON.  9-30:  Mr. Kimberling has a substitute today. 
HOMEWORK:  pg. 22-27 terms and questions due tue

TUE. n 10-1:  Review writing ionic compounds, formulas, charges
HOMEWORK:  NONE

WED.  10-2:  Review polyatomic ions, formulas, naming of compounds
HOMEWORK:  NONE

THUR.  10-3:  Review elements, periodic table, families of elements.
HOMEWORK:  NONE

FRI.  10-4:  Review properties of hydrogen, chemical reactions, flammability test
HOMEWORK:  Finish worksheet study guide "ionic bonding"

MON.  10-7:  Review ionic bond properties, covalent bonds
HOMEWORK:  NONE

TUE.  10-8:  Review covalent bonds, double and triple bonds, polar bonds
HOMEWORK:  pg. 30-35 terms and questions due thur

WED.  10-9:  Mr. Kimberling has a substitute today
HOMEWORK:  pg. 41-43 chapter review due Friday

THUR.  10-10:  Review polar bonds, surface tension, capillary action, water properties
HOMEWORK:  Chapter review due Friday.  TEST ch. 1 thur

FRI.  10-11:  Review ch. 1 for test thur

MON.  10-14:  Study skills for test.  Study guide for test ch. 1
HOMEWORK:  TEST ch. 1 thur

TUE.  10-15:  Review for test ch. 1 on thur
HOMEWORK:  TEST ch. 1 thur

WED.  10-16:  Continue review for test ch. 1
HOMEWORK:  TEST ch. 1 thur

THUR.  10-17:  TEST ch. 1
HOMEWORK:  NONE

FRI.  10-18:  Half day today.  Mr. Kimberling has a substitute today
HOMEWORK:  NONE

MON.  10-21:  Finish test.  Preview ch. 2 section 1
HOMEWORK:  pg. 46-53 terms and questions due wed

TUE.  10-22:  Chemical/physical lab today. 
HOMEWORK;  pg. 46-53 terms/questions due wed

WED.  10-23:  Complete chemical/physical lab today
HOMEWORK:  NONE

THUR.  10-24:  Review chemical and physical properties, changes, observations, hypotheses
HOMEWORK:  Complete study guides (chemical/physical changes)

FRI.  10-25:  Review evidence for physical/chemical change.  Exothermic and Endothermic reactions, preview balancing equations
HOMEWORK:  Study guides (chemical/physical change) due Monday

MON.  10-28:  Review balancing chemical equations.
HOMEWORK:  NONE

TUE.  10-29:  Continue review of balancing chemical equations
HOMEWORK:  NONE

WED.  10-30:  Review types of chemical reactions: Synthesis, Decomposition, Single displacement, Double displacement.
HOMEWORK:  NONE

THUR.  10-31:  Review types of chemical reactions, reaction of Aluminum and copper chloride which is a single displacement reaction.
HOMEWORK:  pg. 56-63 key terms and questions due Friday.
TEST/QUIZ on ch. 1 WED

FRI.  11-1:  Review ch. 2 for QUIZ wed
HOMEWORK: Chapter review pg. 79-81  # 1-4, 7-9, 14, 17-20, # 2 pg. 81

MON.  11-4:  Review ch. 2 for quiz wed
HOMEWORK:  Quiz ch. 2 wed

TUE.  11-5:  No School Inservice day

WED.  11-6:  Quiz ch. 2
HOMEWORK:  NONE

THUR.  11-7:  Review graphs (bar, line, pie).
HOMEWORK:  pg. 36-39 key terms/questions due Friday.  Survey 50 people favorite topic by Friday

FRI.  11-8:  Graph results of survey.  Bar and pie graphs.
HOMEWORK:  Complete graphs by Monday

MON.  11-11:  Finish graphs.  Preview forces ch. 2
HOMEWORK:  Graphs due tue

TUE.  11-12: Review forces, friction, balanced forces, unbalanced forces
HOMEWORK:  NONE

WED.  11-13:  Review friction, types of friction, thermal heat.
HOMEWORK:  NONE

THUR.  11-14:  Mr. Kimberling has a substitute
HOMEWORK:  pg. 42-50 terms/questions due mon

FRI.  11-15:  Review Bernoulli's principle, lift, airplane and birds wings
HOMEWORK:  NONE

MON.  11-18: Review gravity, factors of gravity, earth/moon system, weightless in space, inertia
HOMEWORK:  NONE

TUE.  11-19:  Review Newton's first law of motion, Inertia, balanced forces, unbalanced forces
HOMEWORK:  NONE

WED.  11-20:  Pop quiz on Newton's 1st law, friction, gravity, inertia, balanced forces, fluids
HOMEWORK:  NONE

THUR.  11-21:  Review Newton's 2nd law of motion.
HOMEWORK:  NONE

FRI.  11-22:  Continue review of Newton's 2nd law of motion
HOMEWORK:  Finish worksheet (problems 1-10)

MON.  11-25:  Review factors of Newton's 2nd law of motion, (force, mass, acceleration, friction)
HOMEWORK:  NONE

TUE.  11-26:  1/2 day for students- conferences.
HOMEWORK:  NONE

NO SCHOOL- THANKSGIVING BREAK

MON.  12-2:  Mr. Kimberling has a substitute today.
HOMEWORK:  pg. 54 questions.  pg. 53 and 54 math practice.  Study guides

TUE.  12-3:  Mr. Kimberling has a substitute today.
HOMEWORK:  pg. 55 to 61 terms/questions.  (make up 5 F=MA questions with answers)

WED.  12-4:  We are starting a lab today.  Newton's 2nd law and 3rd law preview
HOMEWORK:  Calculate ratios from 1st part of lab

THUR.  12-5:  Continue with lab.
HOMEWORK:  Lab results, questions, and graph due mon

FRI.  12-6:  Review Physics of falling/rolling objects.
HOMEWORK:  Carts and bricks lab due mon.

MON.  12-9:  Review Newtons 3rd law, reaction forces, action forces
HOMEWORK:  NONE

TUE.  12-10:  SNOW DAY

WED.  12-11:  We are starting a writing assignment.  "A Day in Space".
Due Date:  Thur. Dec. 19th
HOMEWORK:  TEST ch. 2 WED dec. 18th

THUR.  12-12:  Review momentum, (MOM=MV), kg/ms. 
HOMEWORK:  TEST ch. 2 wed.  ESSAY due thur

FRI.  12-13:  Review Centripetal force, momentum,  forces
HOMEWORK:  TEST ch. 2 wed., ESSAY due thur

MON.  12-16:  Review ch. 2 for test on wed
HOMEWORK:  TEST ch. 2 wed., ESSAY due thur.  Chapter Review pg. 69-71 # 1-23 due wed

TUE.  12-17:  Review for ch. 2 test.
HOMEWORK:  TEST ch. 2 wed., ESSAY due thur., Chapter Review pg. 69-71 # 1-23 due wed

WED.  12-18:  TEST ch. 2
HOMEWORK:  None

THUR.  12-19:  Review inertia, Newton's laws of motion
HOMEWORK:  NONE

FRI.  12-20:  Review inertia, Newton's laws of motion

THUR.  1-2:  Preview ch. 4 (work and simple machines)
HOMEWORK:  Finish crossword puzzle

FRI.  1-3:  No school Snow day

MON.  1-6:  Review problem solving techniques, team building exercises
HOMEWORK:  NONE

TUE.  1-7:  Lab- Stations of work. 
HOMEWORK:  NONE

WED.  1-8:  Start egg project in class.  Students will design and build tomorrow.
HOMEWORK:  NONE

THUR.  1-9:  Build and construct egg device in class.
HOMEWORK:  Egg device must be ready to test tomorrow

FRI.  1-10:  Continue with construction of device.  Test device on mon.
HOMEWORK:  Egg device must b ready to go mon.

MON.  1-13:  Test egg device today. 
HOMEWORK:  Finish lab report: due tue

TUE.  1-14:  Review "work" and "power".  (solving word problems using these equations)
HOMEWORK:  pg. 108-113 terms/questions plus math practice due wed

WED. 1-15:  Review work and power problems.
HOMEWORK:  NONE

THUR.  1-16:  Lab- Power walking up ramp
HOMEWORK:  complete calculations for lab

FRI.  1-17:  1/2 day today.  Mr. Kimberling has a substitute.
HOMEWORK:  Finish lab

TUE.  1-21:  Snow day

WED.  1-22:  Snow day

THUR.  1-23:  Review requirements for Compound Machine project.  Informational sheet is going home and needs to be returned (signed)
HOMEWORK:  Project sheet signature due next thur



FRI.  1-24:  Review simple machines and work/power
HOMEWORK:  pg. 114-121 key terms/questions due mon

MON.  1-27:  Review simple machines, levers, mechanical advantage, input and output force
HOMEWORK:  NONE

TUE.  1-28:  Review mechanical advantage, efficiency, ideal machines, real machines.
HOMEWORK:  Sketches for project due tomorrow

WED.  1-29:  Review sketches for project.
HOMEWORK:  Bring materials to class to work on project

THUR.  1-30:  Building day for projects. 
HOMEWORK:  Poster due thur

FRI  1-31:  Mr. Kimberling has a substitute today
HOMEWORK:  Study guide packet due Monday

MON.  2-3:  Snow day

TUE.  2-4:  2 hour delay snow.  Building day in class for project
HOMEWORK:  Poster due thur

FRI.  2-7:  Mr. Kimberling has a substitute today.
HOMEWORK:  Poster is now due Monday

MON.  2-10:  Building day for projects.
HOMEWORK:  Project due tue Feb. 18

TUE.  2-11:  Simple machine lab in class today.
HOMEWORK:  Project due tue Feb. 18

WED.  2-12:  Continue simple machine lab.
HOMEWORK:  Project due tue Feb. 18

TUE.  2-18:  Present projects in class today.  We will launch them tomorrow!
HOMEWORK:  Project completed

WED.  2-19:  Launch projects in class today.
HOMEWORK:  Quiz on Friday (calculating work and power, the six simple machines, and how machines make work easier)

THUR.  2-20:  Mr. Kimberling has a substitute today. 
HOMEWORK:  Quiz friday on work, power, simple machines.  Chapter Review pg. 141-142 # 1-23 due Monday

FRI.  2-21:  Quiz today on work, power, simple machines
HOMEWORK:  Chapter review due Monday

MON.  2-24:  Preview chapter 5 (energy and motion)
HOMEWORK:  Finish crossword puzzle

TUE.  2-25:  Review potential and kinetic energy, solving word problems using these equations (Ep= W H)     (Ek= .5mv2)
HOMEWORK:  Review equations.

WED.  2-26:  Continue review of potential and kinetic energy and solving word problems using the equations.
HOMEWORK:  Complete all "easy" word problems on worksheet
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