3.26.15

Students finished quarter 3 with a schoology quiz on Minerals.  Then they began researching a mineral for a mini-project after break. 

ENJOY THE TIME OFF!

Mrs. Setten

3.24.15

Today: Students finished up their mineral I.d. labs.  Then they began prepping for the Unknown Mineral I.D. test tomorrow. 

Homework: NTI's and ABS!

END OF Q3 is THURSDAY!

Mrs. Setten

3.17.15

Today: Students continued to acquire knowledge about the ways a mineral is identified.  Students completed their graphic organizers, then they watched a brain pop on Mineral Identification.  Mineral Identification Brain Pop   

Homework: NTI's and ABS!

Last SOTW of Quarter 3: Charles Darwin - due Friday 3.20

Mrs. Setten

3.16.15

Today: Students inquired about the ways a mineral is identified by filling in a graphic organizer.   

Homework: none - check P-school for any missing assignments!

Last SOTW of Quarter 3: Charles Darwin - due Friday 3.20

Mrs. Setten

3.13.15

Today: Students celebrated a successful matter unit by making ice cream.  Students also witnessed a liquid nitrogen demo and were able to taste "gastro-cheetos".  

Homework: Check Power school!

Last SOTW of Quarter 3: Charles Darwin - due Friday 3.20

Mrs. Setten

3.12.15

Today: Students began to think about the science of Geology and the prior knowledge that they already have on the topic.  To do so, students completed a Geology Taxonomy. 

Homework:  SOTW! - Jacques Charles

*This is the 2nd to last SOTW for Quarter 3!

Mrs. Setten

3.9.15

Today: Students began the Matter Unit Assessment.  They will have tomorrow to complete it.

Homework: Check P-School

SOTW: Jacque Charles - 3.13

*** Second to last of the quarter!

Mrs. Setten

P.S. If you can donate freezer bags (quart sized or gallon sized), we are in need for our ice cream lab!

3.5.15

Today: Students finished typing P22.  Then students began to study for the test.

THE MATTER UNIT TEST IS MONDAY!

SOTW: Robert Boyle - 3.6

Mrs. Setten

3.4.15

Today: Students typed their P22 formal lab reports on google docs and shared them with Mrs. Setten.  Then they looked over the grading rubric and reviewed their graphs and the report before submitting all graph materials.

Homework: Finish up P22

SOTW: Robert Boyle - due Friday 3.6

Mrs. Setten

3.3.15

Today:  I am at a conference today and there is a guest teacher!  Students will work on their two graphs using data collected in P22.  They will create a density graph to show the mass:volume ratio of their unknown liquid.  They will also create a boiling phase change graph showing the substances temperature over time until it reaches boiling point.

Homework: Finish the graphs

Tomorrow we will be in the lab - typing our formal lab reports for P22.

SOTW: Robert Boyle - due Friday 3.6 (3rd to last one!)

Mrs. Setten

3.2.15

Today: Students collected data for their summative Lab P22: Identifying an Unknown Substance.

Homework: none

SOTW: Robert Boyle - due Friday 3/6

Mrs. Setten

*I will be gone tomorrow!

2.27.15

Today: Students wrote a pre-lab for the summative lab P22.

SOTW: Robert Boyle - due 3/6

Hope you are having a great weekend!

Mrs. Setten