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Georgia Performance Standards StandardsEssential Questions S7CS1. Students will explore of the importance of curiosity, honesty, openness, and skepticism in science and will exhibit these traits in their own efforts to understand how the world works. How do scientists find answers to questions and solve problems? Why is it important for students to follow safety procedures in the science classroom?

Wednesday, August 5 “When you know better you do better.” Maya Angelou Classwork Rules and Procedures Help me Understand! NB: Science Skills NB: Scientific Attitudes NB: Candle Observation Homework Be sure to have all of your papers signed and returned to your homeroom teachers ASAP!

Discipline Steps 1 Verbal Warning 2 Parent Contact 3 Teacher Consequence 4 Parent Conference 5 Guidance Referral 6+. Office Referral 9 weeks incentive NO Level 4, 5, or 6 consequences during the time period. Passing ALL classes for the quarter.

Thursday, August 6 “When you know better you do better.” Maya Angelou Classwork NB: A Splash of Color Explanation Universal Themes – pick one word that best describes the demonstration and explain why. Universal Themes Homework Be sure to have all of your papers signed and returned to your homeroom teachers ASAP!

Friday, August 7 “When you know better you do better.” Maya Angelou Classwork NB: The Language of Science (Root Words) NB: The Language of Science (Root Words) Begin Foldables Homework Root Word Quiz #1 and foldable next Wednesday

Monday, August 10 “When you know better you do better.” Maya Angelou Classwork Example quiz Work on Foldables Homework READ Study Skills worksheet Safety WS – Front and Back Root Word Quiz #1 and foldable Wednesday

Tuesday, August 11 “A goal without a plan is just a wish” – Antoine de Saint Exupery Classwork HW  pass forward NB: Thinking Like a Scientist: Epidemiologist “Deadly” Julie ChibbaroDeadly” Julie Chibbaro NB: The Scientific Method Homework WS: The Case of the Bulge Root Word Quiz #1 and foldable Thursday

Wednesday, August 12 Classwork ON YOUR DESK WS – The Case of the Bulge NB: The Scientific Method The Nature of Inquiry Homework WS – The Scientific Method in Action- RAEE! Root Word Quiz #1 and foldable Thursday - tomorrow

Thursday, August 13 Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. Dalai Lama Dalai Lama Classwork Foldable #1  YOUR DESK RWQ #1 HW on YOUR desk: The Scientific Method in Action The Natural Inquirer: “Swimming Upstream Without a Ladder: Dams and Pipes and River Shrimp Movement” Homework RWQ #2 and foldable Thursday

Friday, August 14 Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement. C. S. Lewis C. S. Lewis Classwork The Scientific Method Song Finish: The Natural Inquirer: “Swimming Upstream Without a Ladder: Dams and Pipes and River Shrimp Movement” Work on foldable #2 Summarizing Strategy Homework RWQ #2 and foldable Thursday

Monday, August 17 The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt Classwork Natural Inquirer FACTivity- turn into the INBOX!!!!! Model Worksheet Summarizing Strategy Homework RWQ #2 Thursday and foldable

Tuesday, August 18 Classwork PBL – NB: Paper Towels How to read a triple beam balance Homework RWQ #2 Thursday and foldable

Wednesday, August 19 The mind is everything. What you think you become. Buddha Buddha Classwork NB: Introduction to Variables Wrap up ShrimpFACTivity Wrap up PBL. Homework WS: Simpson’s Variables RWQ #2 Thursday and foldable

Thursday, August 20 While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done. Helen Keller Helen Keller Classwork Foldable #2  on YOUR desk Quiz #2 HW on YOUR desk Pendulum Swing and Variables Homework WS: SpongeBob Variables Test: The Scientific Method – Tuesday 8/25

Friday, August 21 I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear. Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Classwork Go over HW on YOUR desk The Variables Song NB: Plants and the Scientific Method – P/W/S NB: Plants and the Scientific Method Homework Test Tuesday: The Scientific Method

Monday, August 24 A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. Albert Einstein Albert Einstein Classwork Test Review NB: Human Benchmark: Gamer vs. Nongamers – A Controlled Experiment NB: Human Benchmark Lab report Data table Homework Quiz #3 and foldable Friday

Tuesday, August 25 Classwork HOMEWORK  INBOX Test: Scientific Method Write conclusion  INBOX Work on Foldables Homework Quiz #3 and foldable Friday

Georgia Performance Standards StandardsEssential Questions S7L2. Students will describe the structure and function of cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems. S7L2a. Explain that cells take in nutrients in order to grow and divide and to make needed materials. S7L2b. Relate cell structures (cell membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm, chloroplasts, mitochondria) to basic cell functions. S7L2c. Explain that cells are organized into tissues, tissues into organs, organs into systems, and systems into organisms. How do you explain the relationship between the structures and functions of cell organelles? Why is each part of the cell essential to survival? How is a living organism the sum of all of its parts? How do cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems relate to the complexity of living organisms? How does scientific development rely on our knowledge of cells? How do cells obtain the energy they need to carry out all of their functions? How are cells like building blocks? What is life?

Monday, August 24 The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Mahatma Gandhi Mahatma Gandhi Classwork Cells Pre-Test Finish Conclusion  INBOX Foldable #2 Homework RWQ&F #2 Thursday

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Tuesday, August 25 Classwork HOMEWORK  INBOX NB: What is Life? Read p Active Art: Redi’s and Pasteur’s Experiments Active Art: Redi’s and Pasteur’s Experiments Homework RWQ and Foldable #2 Thursday

Wednesday, August 26 If you can dream it, you can do it. Walt DisneyWalt Disney Classwork Read page 40 NB: Homeostasis Secret Worlds: The Universe Within Secret Worlds: The Universe Within NB: Levels of Organization P40 RAEE Homework RWQ&f #2 due TOMORROW!!!!!

Thursday, August 27 By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin Classwork RWQ#2 and foldable NB: Thinking Map: Sequencing “Discovering Cells” p NB: Cell Theory Video: Brief History of Cells P 59 #1-3 - RAEE Homework

Friday, August 28 Either you run the day or the day runs you. Jim RohnJim Rohn Classwork Oh Deer: The Necessities of Life Homework

Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living? Bob MarleyBob Marley Classwork Notebook Check Sheet Microscope Lab: Observing Plant and Animal Cells Homework Microscope Test next Wednesday Notebook Check next Wednesday