January 2 - 5
  • Monday: NO SCHOOL - HOLIDAY
  • Tuesday: Intro to Matter - Matter Sort, Superman picture, Matter PPT - notes
  • Wednesday: Mixtures and Compounds Notes; Mixtures Lab
  • Thursday: No School - snow
  • Friday: No School - snow
Helpful links for review:
Intro to matter review
BBC Compounds/Mixtures
BBC Atoms and Elements
Change in Materials Game
http://www.brainpop.com/games/mattersorter/


January 8 - 12
  • Monday:  Matter webquest (use links above)
  • Tuesday: Bill Nye - Atoms and Molecules video with questions; quiz after
  • Wednesday: Phases of Matter Notes; graphic organizer/ phases review 
  • Thursday: Moving Colors Lab
  • Friday: Phases of Matter Webquest (use links below)
HW this week: finish any assignments not completed in class; study notes

Helpful links for review:
BBC Behaviors of Matter
BBC Particle Models
Discovery Education States of Matter Exploration 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/9_10/changing_state.shtml
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/states_of_matter/ 
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/hotplate/index.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/materials/changing_states/play/ 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/materials/solids_liquids_gases/play/
http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/changes-in-matter-games.html
http://www.gamequarium.com/matter.html 

January 15 - 19
  • Monday: No School - Holiday
  • Tuesday: Bill Nye - Phases of Matter; Max Axiom States of Matter Reading
  • Wednesday: No school - snow
  • Thursday: No school - snow
  • Friday: No school - snow - Track out day!
HW this week: finish any assignments not completed in class; study notes

Helpful links for review:
http://vital.cs.ohiou.edu/steamwebsite/downloads/ChangeLab.swf  (only works in firefox)
Sink or Float Activity in Discovery Education
Fizz, Flames, and Foam in Discovery Education
Quiz 1 
Quiz 2
​ http://www.quia.com/custom/2202gate.html 
http://www.quia.com/quiz/303980.html 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/rev_irrev_changes.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/materials/changes_materials/play/

February 12 - 16
  • Monday: States of Matter Review  - BYOD FOR KAHOOT
  • Tuesday: States of Matter Quiz ​- Review/Grade After
  • Wednesday: Chemical and Physical Properties Notes with sorting activity
  • Thursday: Physical Properties Lab including Density  - identifying substances
  • Friday: Popcorn debate and reading article - Physical or Chemical Change?
HW this week: finish any assignments not completed in class; study notes

Helpful links for review: CK 12 - States of Matter
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February 19 - 23
  • Monday: Properties and Changes of Matter Video with Questions
  • Tuesday: Properties of Matter/Changes Lab
  • Wednesday: Review of Matter Unit - study guide
  • Thursday: Review of Matter Unit - GRUDGEBALL review game
  • Friday: Matter Unit Test
​HW this week: finish any assignments not completed in class; study notes

February 26 - March 2
  • Monday: Heat transfer notes; create a heat transfer dance!
  • Tuesday: Bill Nye - Heat; create scene using all three types (convection, conduction, radiation)
  • Wednesday: "Goldilocks - The Real Story" Lab
  • Thursday: graphing review; graphing for "Goldilocks - The Real Story" Lab​
  • Friday: Ice cube race lab (EARLY RELEASE)
HW this week: finish any assignments not completed in class; study notes

Helpful links for review:
https://www.wisc-online.com/learn/natural-science/earth-science/sce304/heat-transfer--conduction--convection--radiation 
CK12 textbook: Thermal Energy
Discovery Education: Heat Transfer Video
Study Jams Heat

​March 5 - 9 
  • Monday: Discovery Education - Too Hot To Handle; Melt Off; Heat Transfer; Heat on the Move; Heat Go Round with questions to answer 
  • Tuesday: Review for heat test - quiz quiz trade, review game, create personalized study guide
  • Wednesday: Heat Test
  • Thursday: Begin Waves Unit -  Make a human wave; Waves Notes; Waves Activity​
  • Friday: ​"Catch the Wave" Lab
HW this week: finish any assignments not completed in class; study notes
Helpful links for review:
Waves Review
CK12 textbook: Waves
Discovery Education: Interactive Wave Video
Discovery Education: Making Waves
Brain Pop: Waves

March 12 - 16
  • Monday: Bill Nye Waves Video and Crossword Puzzle​
  • Tuesday:  Discovery Ed Explorations (Makin' Waves and Catch a Wave); Quiz
  • Wednesday: Introduction to Electromagnetic Spectrum; Introduce Project;
  • Thursday: work on electromagnetic spectrum project
  • Friday: work on electromagnetic spectrum project
​​​​HW this week: finish any assignments not completed in class; study notes
Helpful links for review/ Resources for Project:
Electromagnetic Spectrum Review Video
Electrogamnetic Spectrum Information
Electromagnetic Spectrum Intro Video
BBC Electromagnetic Spectrum Activity 
Discovery Education diagram 
cK12 online text: Electromagnetic Radiation
Brainpop: Electromagnetic Spectrum

March 19 - 23
  • Monday: electromagnetic spectrum gallery walk presentations with notes/ real world applications
  • Tuesday: Activity; Discovery Education - Electromagnetic Spectrum Review; finish real world application picture
  • Wednesday: Light Notes; Human Eye Notes and Diagram
  • Thursday: Optical Illusions BYOD
  • Friday: Bill Nye Light/Light Optics Video with Questions​
  • Saturday (make up snow day): Brain Games - "Seeing is Believing" Optical Illusions episode
​​​HW this week: finish any assignments not completed in class; study notes
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