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Week of May 18th to May 22th

This week we will continue with the Human Growth and Development curriculum.

Objective: This week you will learn about Decision-Making Process. What are the steps to follow to make a healthy decision. Also you will be able to learn some strategies that will help you manage your stress

Assignment:

Go to Teams and click on Assignments. Look for "Strategies for Managing Stress"

1. Open and read the presentation "Decision-Making Process" which is a pdf document attached as a "Reference Material"

2. Watch the Discovery Education video segment for additional information.

3. Open the word document "Decision Making". You are given an scenario where you need to follow the 5 steps of the Decision-Making process to make your own decision. In the presentation, you have an example of how to use these steps. Read the example carefully and apply that to the scenario given in the assignment.

4. Do NOT forget to complete the concept map about "Wellness"

5. Submit your answers through Teams or send it via email.

Use the information in the presentation and video to answer the question. Do Not copy and paste from a website, use your own words!

Remember to make up the work you are missing !

Friday May 29th is the last day to submit any make up work!

 

Week of May 11th to May 15th

This week we will continue with the Human Growth and Development curriculum.

Objective: This week you will learn about Stress. What causes all the changes in our body when we are under stress. Also you will be able to learn some strategies that will help you manage your stress

Assignment:

Go to Teams and click on Assignments. Look for "Strategies for Managing Stress"

1. Watch the Discovery Education video

2. Open and read the presentation "Stress" which is a pdf document attached as a "Reference Material"

3. Open the word document "Stress Worksheet", answer the questions and submit it on Teams.

Use the information in the presentation and video to answer the question. Do Not copy and paste from a website, use your own words!

Remember to make up the work you are missing !

Friday May 29th is the last day to submit any make up work!

Week of May 4th to May 8th

This week we will begin the Human Growth and Development part of the Science curriculum.

Objective: This week you will learn about Wellness and its different components. Also you will be able to reflect on the positive and negative influences of peer pressure.

Assignment:

Go to Teams and click on Assignments. Look for Human Growth and Development: "Wellness"

1. Watch the "Interrelatedness of Health Animation Video"

2. Open and read the presentation "Wellness" which is a pdf document attached as a "Reference Material"

3. Open the word document "Wellness", answer the questions and submit it on Teams.

 

Remember to make up the work you are missing !

All assignments are posted here and you may find them on Teams as well.

 

Week of April 27th to May 1st 

The Sun produces energy that travels as electromagnetic waves as well as all other stars. 

This week you will learn/review the properties of waves, the different types of waves and some properties of sound as a form of energy that also travel by waves.

Assignment: Edgenuity SC.7.P.10.3 - "Speed of Waves in Different Materials"

I posted this Edgenuity in Teams (Assignment). 

Make sure you go back to all the assignments from previous weeks and make them up so that the Z are replaced with a grade. Remember you can also request the chance to redo those that you did not do well on so your grade is improved.

 

Week of April 20th to April 24th

 

Objective: This week you will learn about “Forces” and how the gravitational force between the Earth, Sun and Moon causes ocean tides

To achieve this objective, you will do the following:

1. Read Lesson 2.3 “Eclipses and Tides” Page 90-102. 

Remember: You have assessments to take from the Textbook online. These assessments were assigned during the previous weeks. 

• Log in the Portal

• Click on the Textbook icon

• Click on the “Menu” at the top left corner.

• Go to Assessments. 

• There are 4 (four) assessments that are Past Due but still “open” to allow everyone who has not taken them to make them up.

2. GIZMO: "Ocean Tides". The grade for the GIZMO is a combination of both; the Student Exploration Guide and the online quiz. Make sure you complete and submit the Student Exploration Guide as well as the online quiz. Student exploration guide is now available in Teams (Assignments). You can submit it there or via email.

3. Edgenuity SC.6.P.13.1 – “Types of Forces”

Grades for this Week:

1. Edgenuity SC.6.P.13.1 – “Types of Forces”

 

2. GIZMO: “Ocean Tides”

 

 

Week of April 13th to April 17th

Objective: This week you will learn about Eclipses and Tides. You will be able to understand how the arrangement of the Earth, Sun and Moon in the space causes solar and lunar eclipses as well as the effect of the Moon’s gravity.

To achieve this objective, you will do the following:

1. Read Lesson 2.3 “Eclipses and Tides” Page 90-102. Take the assessment “Eclipses” (15 questions)

When you log in the Textbook, click on the “Menu” at the top left corner. Go to Assessments. The new assessment for this week is “Eclipses”; however, you will be able to see the Past Due assessments which are the other three you were supposed to take. Those Past Due assessments are still open to allow everyone who has not taken them to make them up.

2. GIZMO: "2D Eclipse". The grade for the GIZMO is a combination of both; the Student Exploration Guide and the online quiz. Make sure you follow the directions below to access, follow, complete and submit the Student Exploration Guide. The questions where you are asked to draw something are NOT required.

Student Exploration Guide

· Click on the Lesson Info above the main screen to access the Student Exploration Guide.

· Click on the link for MS Word Version so you download it to your device. Once it opens, click at the top to "Enable Editing". By doing that you may type your answers and save them.

· Follow the directions and answer all questions.

· Send the document electronically as an attachment via email.

There is NO new Edgenuity assigned this week. However, the Edgenuity from last week will remain available so you can go back and review the content about Eclipses and also for the students who have to complete it because they did not do so last week.

Grades for this Week:

1. Assessment “Eclipses” in the Textbook online

 2. GIZMO: “2D Eclipse”

Announcement  

    I entered the grades in the Gradebook for the assignments that were due last week. Please check your grades!

   1. If you see a Z, that means I did not receive any work from you. If you are interested in making up that work, send me an email to [email protected] and we will arrange for make up. As soon as you submit the work I will replace the Z with the grade.

   2. If you do not see any grade it is because I am missing part of that assignment. For example, some students did the GIZMO "Solar System" but did not submit the Student Exploration Guide. If that is your case, please send me an email so I can tell you what you are missing and give you the chance to submit it during this week as well. By this Friday if I have not received the missing part, I will have to calculate the grade based on what you have so far and enter it in the Grade Book.

   3. Log in the Student Portal daily to take attendance and go to Microsoft Teams. Remember you can communicate with me that way too. You may post questions and check the Class Materials posted under the tab "Files"

 

   Keep your communication with your teachers! We are here to help you with your questions and concerns. Send emails or at least say Hi! on Teams.

 

Week of April 6th to April 10th 

Objective: This week you will learn about the Earth's motion around the Sun and around itself. You will be able to understand how the arrangement of the Earth, Sun and Moon in the space causes different phases of the moon and sometimes eclipses.

To achieve this objective you will do the following:

1. Read Lesson 2.2 “Earth’s Moon” Page 76-87

2. Edgenuity: SC8 E 5.9 “Impact of the Sun and Moon on the Earth

3. GIZMO: "Phases of the Moon" The grade for the GIZMO is a combination of both; the Student exploration Guide and the online quiz. Make sure you follow the directions below to access, follow, complete and submit the Student Exploration Guide.

 

Click on the Lesson Info above the main screen to access the Student Exploration Guide

·Click on the link for Word Doc so you download it to your device. Once it opens, click at the top to "Enable Editing". By doing that you may type your answers and save them. Send the document electronically as an attachment via email.

·      Follow the directions and answer all questions.

 

Week of March 30th to April 3th

I have activated everyone on Microsoft Teams so you will be able to see the assignments and also post questions. It is accesible from your portal. I will post assignments on both here and there so everyone can have easy access to the work that is due weekly.

 

1.Edgenuity: SC.8 E 5.7 “Properties of Objects in the Solar System” 

2.    Textbook online:

a) Access your textbook via student portal. Read  Chapter 3 “The Solar System” .

b) When you go to your textbook online, you will see at the top left corner a "Menu". Click on that icon and  you will see:

1. Homework: This is where you will access the activities and quizzes that you need to answer and submit to review and practice the content.

2. Assessments: These are the tests that you have to take and submit. There are two (2) tests that were assigned the week before the break and a new one (1) for this week.

3. My Messages: This is a great way for me to communicate with you all regarding the activities and/or assessments from the textbook. I already sent a message regarding the Assessments that are due at this time. Make sure you check your messages!!

 

c)    GIZMO: “Solar System”. (This is from the week before the break. Those students that could not submit it due to all the adjustments to the Distance Learning, have the opportunity to do it and submit it this week)

Click on the Lesson Info above the main screen to access the Student Exploration Guide

·To download the Word Document format for the exploration guide launch the Gizmo, click at the top where it says "Lesson Info", click on the link for Word Doc so you download it to your device. Once it opens, click at the top to "Enable Editing". By doing that you may type your answers and save them. Send the document electronically as an attachment via email.

·      Follow the directions and answer all questions.

·      Submit the answers of the five questions below the main screen. Send me an email with your Exploration Guide answered as an attachment.

 

Edgenuity

You may access Edgenuity through the link in the portal or going directly to http://www.edgenuity.com

If the portal is down you may log in at www.edgenuity.com using:

 

Username: sc followed by the 7 digits student's ID number (Ex: sc0123456)

Password: 7 digits student's ID number

  • Remember the score that will be used is the OG (Overall Grade) that includes the quiz, which worths 70%, and the assignments and/or practice that worth the other 30%.

  • The score will only be accepted if the student had completed 100% of the time allocated for the course. The report must show "100% of the time" status "Completed". Otherwise the grade will be F.

 


 

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