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Mrs. Johnson 7th Grade Science Salty Dogs Team ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Week of June 1-4: The last week of class students will complete their physics cars. Students will create cars out of everyday items and will race them against their classmates and the other 7th grade teams! Week of May 24-28: Last week students went on a scavenger hunt to find simple machines at work throughout the school. On Thursday, students began a project in which they will build a "Rube Goldberg," or a really compound machine made of simple machines. I do have some materials for students to use in class but students were asked to be creative and use some materials from home to help them build their machines. The assignment will be completed in class and students are working in groups. Week of May 17-21: It is EOG week, and we all know that students will be stretched to the limit, so in science this week I hope students can relax and truly enjoy their labs. On Monday students will take a walk around the school to find as many simple machines around the school as possible in a simple machines scavenger hunt activity. On Tuesday, students in groups will begin to design and build a Rube Goldberg, which will consist on several simple machines working together to complete a task. Week of May 10-14: This week students will study for and take a quiz on Newton's 3 Laws and speed and acceleration. Later in the week students will learn about simple machines. Week of May 3-7: This week students will delve into Newton's 3 Laws of Motion while completing labs and activities that will involve thought and mathematics. Please, please, please send in fettuccine pasta for a lab. Students will use fettuccine pasta to create a structure that can hold a science textbook, demonstrating Newton's 3rd Law of Motion. Also, interims were sent out Friday, April 30th. Please sign and return them to each teacher as soon as possible. Week of April 26-30: By mid week students will have mastered the variables and calculations for both speed and acceleration. On Wednesday students will take a short quiz to show their mastery. The later part of the week will be used to introduce Newton's 3 Laws of Motion J Week of April 19-23: WE ARE FINALLY STARTING PHYSICS!!! YAY! :) Students will defy school rules for a class period by calculating the speed of their mouths chewing gum, which we all know move really fast! Week of April 12-16: This week students will finally finish up our long unit on body systems. Their final assignment for the unit will be a written assignment in which students will interview an organ and then write a newspaper style article teaching the reader the importance of the organ and how it works. In class students will have time to write and revise their articles and then on Friday all of my classes will type their articles in the computer lab. Week of April 6-9: This week we will finally finish our journey through all of the body systems! We will wrap up body systems with our last system of study which is the nervous system. Students will learn how the nervous system helps to control their body and all the information that is processed by the body. Students will complete 8 "Brain Stations" in which they will put their nervous systems to the test, testing how their body processes information about the outside world including sense of smell and touch. Week of March 22-26: This week we will delve into two more body systems including the excretory and the endocrine. The later part of the week we will use to review the entire human body including all of its systems, and take a comprehensive Blue Diamond at the end of the week. I would like to extend a HUGE thank you to all of the students and parents that gave to our Cystic Fibrosis fundraiser which sponsors the Donna M. Crandell foundation for CF. The kids have really gotten into the fundraiser and have worked extremely hard to raise over $500 dollars for the Salty Dog team and over $1200 for the entire 7th grade. All of my students have exceeded my expectations for this cause and have truly made my proud. J
Week of March 15-19: At the beginning of the week students will finish up their final assignment for the digestive system. The assignment requires the student to write about their favorite food as it travels through the system. Students must write from the perspective of food starting at the mouth and ending in the place where undigested food ends up. J Later in the week we will move into the endocrine and the excretory systems. Week of March 8-12: This week we begin our "mini-unit" on the digestive system. Students will understand the digestive track and the importance of eating healthy. Please allow your student to bring a small snack with them to science on Monday, just make sure the snack has that the nutritional information on the package. Students will analyze the content of the snack to see what they are REALLY putting in their mouths. Week of March 1-5: We will use the beginning of the week to learn and understand the importance of muscles. Wednesday we will use an in class day to study for the science trimester exam on Thursday. Students were given a study guide for the exam on 2/25 and also given class time to complete the guides and ask any questions. PLEASE have your student review the study guide each night in order to be prepared to the exam on 3/4. Week of February 22-26: This week students will continue understanding and mastering the importance and the parts of the skeletal system. Students will get to see a true skeleton by dissecting an owl pellet and piecing together the skeleton inside! After completion, students will take a short quiz on the bones. To prepare your student for the quiz play simon says with them. In class we played simon says using the bones. Your child will LOVE it and will show you how much they know about the skeletal system! :) Week of February 15-19: On Monday students will wrap up their "mini unit" of the respiratory system with a quiz. On Tuesday students will begin the skeletal system. Students will learn the many bones that make up the system, as well as the joints that hold them together. Later in the week students will create a skeleton completely out pasta. Their pasta person must be doing a physical activity and show a complete diagram of the human skeleton. Week of February 8-12: Students will be completing a portion of the writing assignment given by the state. Students will write on a prompt that is relevent to the course of study that we are currently studying, body systems. I believe students will be fully prepared to do well on the writing assignment, and will have majority of the week to use class times to research, write and revise their papers. Week of January 26-29: This week students will complete and present their Public Service Announcements. All classes will choose a winner that will be shown over the tv system to the entire school in the month of February, which is heart health month. Later in the week students will begin learning about the respiratory system. *Remember that Monday is a teacher workday and that on Tuesday, the 26th, interims will be sent home for all classes.
Week of January 19-22: On Tuesday students will take a quiz on the circulatory system. Students will be asked to identify the parts of the heart and the path that blood takes through the heart. Students will also be responsible for knowing the four components that make up blood. On Wednesday, students will begin working on their final circulatory system assignment. For this assignment, students must educate their peers about the importance of being heart healthy and how to keep their heart healthy. Students will work in groups of their choice to create a 3-5 minute PSA (Public Service Announcement) educating Daniels about what they have learned over the past few weeks. Groups will have the majority of the week to plan out, create, and share their product. *Remember that Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which is a holiday for staff and students. Week of January 11-15: This week we will continue our journey through the circulatory system. By this week students should have a clear understanding of the heart and circulatory system, so we will move into heart disections, and heart disease. Week of January 4-8: This week we will begin our unit on body systems. We will first define a system, and then move into our first system of study, which is the circulatory system. This "mini-unit" will include a focus on the major organs that are involved in the circulatory system, and then move into environmental factors that could compromise the health of that system. Week of December 14-18: Students will finish up their study of genetics this week. Monday in class, students will finish their study guides and we will review as a class. Tuesday we will take the genetics test. On Monday, I will stay after school for any student who needs extra help or wishes to have more time with me to study for the test. (2:30-3:15* Depending on how long the child wishes to stay. Please have rides ready accordingly) Wednesday students will take their final Blue Diamond on genetics and clean out their notebooks with a notebook check. Thursday and Friday will be reserved for watching Lorenzo's Oil. *Remember Monday, December 21st is a Teacher Workday. Friday is the last day of school before the Holiday break!!! Have a wonderful holiday. Week of December 7-11: Students will work on a Genetic Project. Students will work in pairs to complete a powerpoint presentation about a genetic disorder of their choice. Students will have 3 days in the library to research their disorder and create their powerpoints. Later this week students will present their projects to the class. Week of November 30-December 4: This week we will complete labs and activites that will help students more fully understand DNA, and it's importance in life. Students will create a DNA alias in class and also extract their own DNA. *Extra Credit Opportunity: Students can complete a Family Tree Pedigree over Thanksgiving Break. Students were sent home Friday with the details* Week of November 23-24: This week we will continue our study of genetics. Because of the trimester exam, our genetics quiz has been pushed back into this week. *Remember that is the week is short, Wednesday-Friday is a holiday for students. Week of November 16-20: Correction about the trimester exam, the science exam will be given Tuesday the 17th of November. Students will have a day to review for the exam in class on Monday. After the exam we will continue exploring genetics through their work on pedigrees and punnett squares. Students will have a quiz on the genetic material on Friday. Week of November 9-13: We will continue our study of genetics this week. Students will create little creatures called Rebops. So please continue to send in any supplies listed below so that we can complete the activites. And thanks to all that have already sent in supplies! :) Students will also learn about pedigrees and how they are used to study genetic traits or genetic disorders. Also, mid-week students will take the trimester exam. Trimester exams are new this year. The 7th grade science exam includes multiple choice questions about the content that students have learned in trimester 1. *Also, remember that Wednesday is Veterans Day, which is a holiday for both students and teachers. Wish List for the Genetic Unit:
Week of November 2-6: This week in class students will delve even further into gentics. Students will master their understanding of punnett squares and even create their our "babies" based on genetic input. Wish List for the Genetic Unit:
Week of October 26-29: This week students will delve into genetics; Learning how genetics affects their everyday lives--from plants to people. Students will explore the basic concepts of genetics through literature and labs. *Remember that Friday is a Teacher Workday* Week of October 19-23: In class students will finish up their Cloudy with a Chance of _______ projects. Student will then get the oppurtunity to share their books in class. Mid week we will begin our Genetics unit. To begin this unit, students will learn about the smallest unit of life, a cell. Week of October 19-16: This week we will wrap up weather with a final assesment. Also in class we will read Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Students will then create a book of their own filling in the title Cloudy with a Chance of __________. Week of October 5-9: Throughout the week students will put everything that they have learned about weather together and become meteorologists. Students will study weather symbols, fronts, pyschrometers and much more to predict the weather. This week students will dive into weather. We will start the week by measuring relative humidity using a psychrometer. Students will also learn how predict weather using information gained by global winds, clouds, and weather fronts. *Please remember that Monday is a teacher workday Week of September 21-25: This week students will write an editorial for a local newspaper, pertaining to the information that they have learned and gathered about air quality and pollution. Later in the week students will be exposed to the affects of global warming on the earth. Week of September 14-18: This week students will learn how to better take care of the earth in GREEN STATIONS! Students will move through 8 stations were they will learn about recycling, pollutants, hybrid cars and even how to make their own paper! Please send it any used dryer lent, which we will use to make the paper. Week of September 8-11: We will start the week off on Tuesday with a quiz on the Atmosphere (name the layers, what gases make up the atmosphere, and air pressure.) The rest of the week we will cover radiation from the sun and how that effects the Earth, and the importance of stewardship. Week of August 31-September 4: This week we will finish up our introduction to science class on Monday. On Tuesday students will begin learning about the atmosphere and weather. Students will learn the layers of the atmosphere and about air pressure through interesting class demos and labs! And thank you so much for sending supplies in for science labs, they will be put to great use!
Week of August 25th-28th: Welcome back!!! I am so excited to get back to school and back to teaching science! This week we will learn the ends and outs of science class, and the importance of working as a group. I am sending home a couple of things with your student the first day. One will be my syllabus for you and your student to look over, a wish list for science labs and a safety contract for you and your student to sign. Please read and go over the safety rules with your student. Also please make sure to return the contract to me asap. Please let me know if you have any concerns, email is the best way to get in touch with me. I'm looking foward to a wonderful year and with your continued help and support I know this year will be successful! :)
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Students will also learn about acceleration and velocity using some of their favorite toys: teach decks!!! 
