Ms. Topper

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Natalie Topper

6th Grade Earth Science-OCTOBER

October 5^{th Thin Blue Veil Reading (in class)}	October 6^{th Finish/Go over Thin Blue Veil Atmosphere Notes Atmosphere Homework}	October 7th Graphing Temperature of the Atmosphere	October 8th Review: Jeapordy	October 9th Test 1: Phases of Matter, Scientific Method, Weather Tools, Heat Transfer and Atmosphere Layers
October 12th Go over/hand back test Water Cycle Song Water Cycle Notes HW: Water Cycle Sheet due tomorrow	October 13th Water Cycle Song (sing) Water Cycle Comic Strip.pdf HW: None	October 14th Bill Nye: Water Cycle Weather Reporting	October 15th	October 16th
Oct 19th Cloud Activity Sheet (Using Clouds to Predict the Weather)	October 20th Go over front of Cloud Activity Sheet (Cloud notes) HW: Cloud Questions on back of sheet Start Lab: Using Maps to Predict the Weather	October 21st Finish Lab Notes: Weather Reporting	October 22nd Lab: Part two of Using Maps to Predict Weather (Fronts and Pressure)	NO SCHOOL
October 26th Finish Using Maps to Predict the Weather (Fronts and Pressure) (see friday) Notes: Wind and Ocean Currents	October 27th Finish Notes: Wind and Ocean Currents Ocean Current Video Complete Ocean Current Sheet (in class)	October 28th Lab: Ocean Currents and the Corriolis Effect	October 29th Finish Lab from Yesterday	October 30th Reading Day: Bring a Book
Nov 2nd Go over Lab from Oct 28th Introduce Global Warming Computer Simulation	Nov 3rd Global Warming Computer Simulation	Nov 4th Global Warming Computer Simulation and Bus Drills	Nov 5th Print Global Warming Simulation Review for Test	Nov 6th Unit 2 Test: Weather, Wind and Ocean Currents, Water Cycle
Nov 9th Wiritng Prompt: What do you think caues the Seasons The Sun: Notes Secrets of the Sun Video (can access this by searching "Secrets of the Sun" on Youtube)	Nov 10th Go over Test Finish Notes Secrets of the Sun Video (hour 4)	Nov 11th Day/Night Lab	Nov 12th Seasons Notes Bill Nye Seasons	Nov 13th Seasons Lab
Nov 16th Finish Lab from Friday Go Over Lab Moon Calendar Activity andMoon Calendar Questions (in class) Link to Moon Calendar for activity	Nov 17th Moon Notes Simulating the Moon Phases Activity	Nov 18th Bill Nye: Moon Moon Phases Worksheet	Nov 19th Quiz (in class, can use notes)	Nov 20th Start investigating the Solar System (mini-video activity in computer lab) Access videos here

8th Grade Physical Science- OCTOBER

5^th Introductions Amazing Water Machine (in class) Homework: The Strange Case of BeriBeri (due tomorrow)	6^th Notes on States of Matter States of Matter Cut-out Activity (in class)!	7^th Bill Nye: Phases of Matter HW: Matter and Phases of Matter Basics (due tomorrow)	8^th Dry Ice Demos	9^th Bunsen Burner Lab Pop Can Lab
12th Chemical / Physical Property Notes	13th Chemical/Physical Change Lab (in class)	14th Bill Nye: Chemical/Physical Properties Hw: Review Sheet
Oct 19th It's in the Bag Lab (Chemical Reactions	Oct 20 Density Notes (through Density) HW: Density Problems (triangle sheet) due tomorrow	Oct 21 Density Lab - Solids	Oct 22 Density Problems (in class) Density Lab- Liquids	NO SCHOOL
Oct 26 Density of Liquid Labs (finish and go over..see Thursday) Density WS #2	Oct 27 Review Sheet	Oct 28th Test: Properties of Matter and Physical/Chemical Changes	Oct 29th Finish Test Bill Nye: Fluids	Oct 30st READING DAY: bring a Book
Nov 2nd Notes: Periodic Table	Nov 3rd	Nov 4th	Nov 5th Periodic Table Project (Computer Lab)	Nov 6th Periodic Table Project (Computer Lab) DUE MONDAY for Presentations
Nov 9th Presentations	Nov 10th Presentations	Nov 11th Periodic Table Bingo	Nov 12th Flame Lab	Nov 13th Atoms Family Presentation and Song Bill Nye:Atoms
Nov 16th Notes on Atomic Structure: Protons, Neutrons, Electrons Worksheets: In Class	Nov 17th Creating Bohr Models Atoms Packet	Nov 18th Bohr Model Worksheet	Nov 19th Formulas Worksheet Model Kits Lab	Nov 20th Finish Model Kit Lab (from yesterday) Go over lab and Formula sheet