Stephanie L. Thliveris Sandy Spring Friends School |
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SSFS MS 7th Science for Academic Year
2007-2008
May Skill: Summary of Technical skills: Observation, Interpretation, Critial Thinking
News: The SSFS Middle School 7th grade students spent Thursday, May 29 at Freedom Plaza in Washington D.C. as participants in the annual Junior Solar Car Competitions! Aired on NBC Channel 4 News - have a look!!! http://www.nbc4.com/slideshow/news/16426977/detail.html
Astronomy News: "A small telescope will always show Titan, Saturn's largest and wildest moon. Tonight (6/1) Titan is four ring-lengths to Saturn's west. A guide to identifying all of Saturn's satellites that are sometimes visible in amateur scopes". http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/ataglance
Syllabus Overview
1st Trimester Syllabus
2nd Trimester Syllabus
3rd Trimester Syllabus
Home Assignment Calendar 7D
Home Assignment Calendar 7E
Skills
Master Vocabulary
Solar Project Information
Report materials:
Disease Research Report Questions and Requirements
Assessment study guides:
Infectious Disease Quiz #1 Study Guide
Infectious Disease Quiz #2 Study Guide
*Science Notebook Self-Assessment Materials
Instructions:
First. Print a copy of the Notebook element table and check -off all elements that you have in your notebook (BRING INTO CLASS).
Second: Using the "Notebook Element Table" and your sense of your own work, assess your science notebook using the Rubric (BRING INTO CLASS)
Warm-Ups
Note Topics
Vocabulary
Notebook Element Table
Rubric
| Date | Day | Class "Day" | Class Work | Home Assignments | * Due Date |
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| 06.02.08 | Mon. | Day 5 | Class business; Cell observation review | ||
| 06.03.08 | Tues. | Day 1 | Celebration of Our Science Party! | watch the "youtube"! :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIribzw9KQA |
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| 06.04.08 | Wed. | Wed. | Cunningham Falls: | ||
| 06.05.08 | Thurs. | Special!!! | Last Day of School!!! | ||
| Date | Day | Class "Day" | Class Work | Home Assignments | * Due Date |
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| 06.02.08 | Mon. | Day 5 | "Celebration of Our Science" Party! | watch the "youtube"! :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIribzw9KQA | |
| 06.03.08 | Tues. | Day 1 | No Class: E-Drop |
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| 06.04.08 | Wed. | Wed. | Cunningham Falls: | ||
| 06.05.08 | Thurs. | Special!!! | Last Day of School!!! | ||
*1 Form found under Skills link.
*Please note that words selected for all vocabulary assignments come from the lab "Vocabulary Chart" and from the students own readings and class discussions. Except for the select few, students have the choice in which words they wish to define at any one point. There are however deadlines for specific terms and others.
Curricular Resources:
*Science Education for Public Understanding (SEPUP); Science and Life Issues; University of California at Berkley; Lawence Hall of Science.
(www.sepuplhs.org)
*Koshland Science Museum - Climate and Infectious Disease. (http://www.koshland-science-museum.org/exhib_infectious/index.jsp)
*New York Times (17 April, 2007) http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/17/health/17flu.html?scp=1&sq=how+and+how+not+to+battle+the+flu&st=nyt
*Jane Goodall Institute: http://www.janegoodall.org/
*Solar Car Races: http://www.nrel.gov/education/jss_hfc.html
*Biodiesel Adventure Team: http://biodieseladventure.com/english/index.php
*Typhoid Mary Documentary (NOVA): http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/typhoid/
*Hansen's Disease (Leprosy): http://www.hrsa.gov/hansens/default.htm
*Global Disease Alert Map: http://www.healthmap.org/en
* Cunningham Falls: http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/western/cunninghamfalls.html
***Last Updated: May 30, 2008***