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As a reminder: H**omework should be done everyday** in Science. If the students have worked on a lab activity during a class, then that night's ho**mework is to complete the lab report.** If we have had class notes, then the homework is to **review** **those notes and make the necessary vocabulary cards** from those notes. The students should also read the pages in the textbook that we covered in those class notes. If a student wishes to do well on any science test, it is highly recommended that **studying the class notes begin at least 3 days before the test** is given. =====


 * Week of June 7 - June 10, 2018 **
 * Monday** after we go through the exam, there will be a lab assessment for the 7th graders to see how well they can handle themselves in the lab activities.


 * Tuesday** we will finish up the lab assessment.


 * Wednesday**, if we have class, there will be a video.

= I wish everyone a very good and safe summer! I will miss all of you immensely next year! = = = = Mrs. O. =

=== Remember that the final exam in Science will be on the vocabulary that we have studied so far this year. The students received the study guide for this exam the week we returned from our Easter vacation. All students should have begun studying for this exam already. The exam will take place in two parts on Thursday, May 31, and Friday, June 1. I hope to review 4 days in class time for the exam, but the bulk of the studying will have to be done at home. ===
 * Week of May 28 - June 1, 2018 **
 * Monday** there is no school because of Memorial Day.


 * Tuesday** **and Wednesday** we will continue our review for the exam.


 * Thursday** is the first part of the Science exam.


 * Friday** the students will take the second half of their Science exam.
 * Week of May 21 - 25, 2018 **
 * Monday** we will have the last lab activity of the year.


 * Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday** we will review for the end-of-the-year final exam. I will be collecting the 7th grade Science notebooks on Wednesday to grade Activity Reports #68 and #69.


 * Friday** there will not be any Science classes for the 7th graders since it is a half day of school to begin our Memorial Day weekend.


 * Week of May 14 - 18, 2018 **
 * Monday** we will have a lab activity to understand better the process of water erosion. I will be collecting the 7th grade Science notebooks to grade Activity Reports #63, #64, and #65.


 * Tuesday** is the review day before the test. The students will be reminded that their Science Journal for these chapters is due tomorrow.


 * Wednesday** is the **test** on __Earth's Changing Surface__, Chapters 2 & 3. I again will be collecting the 7th grade Science notebooks to grade Activity Reports. This time it will be #66 and #67, as well as the Science Journal entry.


 * Thursday** will be a lab activity that we had to skip during the year. It is on the human body's immune system and how diseases spread.


 * Friday** Officer Joel Kutz from the Wauwatosa Police Department will come to discuss safety in Wauwatosa with the 7th graders. He comes every year at this time.


 * Week of May 7 - 11, 2018 **
 * Monday** we will finish our lab activity of growing our plants, then finish the lab activity on chemical weathering of iron.


 * Tuesday** we will set up a lab activity on the chemical weathering of rocks & minerals. Then there will be class notes on erosion (pages 72 - 73, pages 91 - 94, and pages 101 - 103). This finishes all the class notes for these chapters. The students can now begin to study for their test on these chapters. I will be collecting the 7th grade Science notebooks to grade Activity Reports #62 and #63, as well as the Data Interpretation work from our previous textbook).


 * Wednesday** will be a lab activity on sediments caused from erosion, then more class notes on erosion.


 * Thursday** will be a lab activity on sand dunes.


 * Friday** we will finish the lab on sand dunes, then watch videos on the various kinds of erosion from dust storms, floods, icebergs, and sinkholes.

The **test** on these chapters will be on Wednesday, May 16.


 * Week of April 23 - 27, 2018 **
 * Monday** we will check on the plant lab, then correct the Data Interpretation work that was done last week. We then begin our next and last textbook of the year, __Earth's Changing Surface.__ We begin Chapters 2 & 3 to finish the year. We start with a Quick Write today.


 * Tuesday** will be class notes on weathering (pages 38 - 41), followed by a demonstration of ice wedging.


 * Wednesday** will be a lab activity on various soils and sands of the world.


 * Thursday** will be class notes on chemical weathering (pages 42 - 43), followed by a lab activity.


 * Friday** there will not be any Science classes because of Discovery Day.

The **test** on these new chapters will be on Wednesday, May 16. === Remember that the final exam in Science will be on the vocabulary that we have studied so far this year. The students received the study guide for this exam the week we returned from our Easter vacation. All students should have begun studying for this exam already. The exam will take place in two parts on Thursday, May 31, and Friday, June 1. I hope to review 4 days in class time for the exam. ===


 * Week of April 23 - 27, 2018 **
 * Monday** we will check the growth of our plants, then do another lab activity on seeds. If there is time, the students will do Data Interpretation work from our textbook.


 * Tuesday** is a lab activity on the different kinds of seeds.


 * Wednesday** is a lab activity to see plant cells using a microscope.


 * Thursday** is the review day for the test tomorrow. The students will be reminded that their Science Journal entry is due tomorrow.


 * Friday** is the **test** on __From Bacteria to Plants__, Chapters 4 & 5. I will be collecting the 7th grade Science notebooks to grade Activity Reports #58, #59, #60, #61, as well as the Science Journal entry for this chapter.


 * Week of April 16 - 20, 2018 **
 * Monday** we will check our bread mold lab, as well as our growing plants. After that the students will do a lab activity about herbaceous and woody stems.


 * Tuesday** the students will finish yesterday's lab, then have class notes on leaves and flowers (pages 144 - 145 and pages 152 - 157). I will be collecting the 7th grade Science notebooks to grade Activity Reports #53, #54, and #49.


 * Wednesday** the students will dissect flowers to see their parts.


 * Thursday** we will finish all the class notes for these chapters. There will be notes on the parts of a seed, seed dispersal methods, as well as on plant tropisms (pages 136 - 140 and pages 160 - 161). The students will then do a lab activity on the parts of a seed.


 * Friday** I will have a substitute teacher in my classes.

The **test** on plants will be on Friday, April 27.


 * Week of April 9 - 13, 2018 **
 * Monday** we will begin the next chapters in our textbook, __From Bacteria to Plants__. These last 2 chapters will be on plants. We will begin with some class notes (page 104), then check on our bread mold lab results.


 * Tuesday** will be class notes on non-vascular and vascular plants (pages 108 - 109). We will also set up our lab activity for growing plants in the classroom.


 * Wednesday** there will be a video on plants.


 * Thursday** there will be some class notes on vascular plants (pages 122 - 129 and pages 146 - 151). This will be followed by a lab activity about conifer trees.


 * Friday** there will be class notes on the roots and stems of plants (pages 140 - 141), then lab activities about each of them.

The **test** on plants will be on Friday, April 27.


 * Week of March 26 - 28, 2018 **


 * Tuesday** is the **test** on __From Bacteria to Plants__, Chapters 1, 2 and 3. I will be collecting the 7th grade Science notebooks to grade Activity Report #51, as well as the Science Journal entry.


 * Wednesday** is a video on how viruses are spread.


 * Thursday and Friday** there are no Science classes because of Easter vacation.

Happy Easter everyone! I wish you a very blessed Easter!

 * Week of March 19 - 23, 2018 **

**Monday** we will have class notes on bacteria (pages 26 - 29) and then a video about them. The students also will finish up their lab activity on mushroom spores.

 * Tuesday** will be class notes on protists and fungi (pages 74 - 83 and pages 88 - 95). The students will watch videos on each of these life forms.


 * Wednesday** we will have some class notes on plants and animals, as well as viruses (pages 40 - 46 and pages 28 - 29). There will be a video on viruses.


 * Thursday** there was a substitute teacher for Science class.


 * Friday** is a lab activity comparing and contrasting all the kinds of life in the 3 Domains. The students will also check the lab activity on bread mold. I will be collecting the 7th grade Science notebooks to grade the Data Interpretation work from last week, as well as the Activity Reports #48 and #50.

The **test** on these chapters will be on Tuesday, March 27.


 * Week of March 12 - 16, 2018 **

**Monday** the students will be doing Data Interpretation work from their textbooks, __Animals__.

 * Tuesday** we will correct the DI work that was done yesterday.


 * Wednesday** there will be a Quick Write and class notes (pages 6 - 9 and 12 - 22) from our new textbook, __From Bacteria to Plants__ (Chapters 1, 2, 3). The notes will be on the traits of all living things, as well as classification systems of these living things.


 * Thursday** is an activity using dichotomous keys, followed by class notes on the Archaea (page 27).


 * Friday** we will set up 2 lab activities for next week.

The **test** on this new material will be on Tuesday, March 27.


 * Week of March 5 - 9, 2018 **

**Monday** and Tuesday we will dissect a frog in lab.

 * Wednesday** we will review for the test. The students will be reminded that their Science Journal entry is due tomorrow. I will be collecting the 7th graders Science notebooks to grade Activity Reports #46 and #47.


 * Thursday** is the test on __Animals__, Chapters 3 & 4. I again will be collecting the 7th grade Science notebooks. This time I will grade the Science Journal entry.


 * Friday** since it is only 1/2 day of school, there will not be a Science class for the 7th graders.


 * Week of February 26 - March 2, 2018 **

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 * Monday** we will begin the next chapters, Chapters 3 & 4, in our textbook, __Animals__. There will be class notes on the characteristics of vertebrate animals (pages 80 - 83). This will be a shortened class because of the Locks of Love assembly in the afternoon.=====


 * Tuesday** will be some class notes on the different kinds of fish (pages 86 - 92), then the students will begin a lab activity to compare the various kinds of vertebrate animals.


 * Wednesday** will be class notes on amphibians and reptiles (pages 94 - 105). The students will continue their lab activity that was begun yesterday.


 * Thursday** we will finish all the class notes on vertebrates by talking about the birds and mammals (pages 118 - 125 and pages 132 l- 140). The students will then finish up the lab activity that was begun this week. Again this will be a shortened class. The Padre Serra Pep Rally will be in the afternoon.


 * Friday** the students will be doing their Data Interpretation work for the __Animals__ textbook. This will also be a shortened class period. This is because of the Stations of the Cross that will be held in the afternoon.

The **test** on these short chapters will be next week on Thursday, March 8.


 * Week of February 19 - 23, 2018 **

**Monday** we will check the Activity that the students did on mollusk shells, then begin the activity to dissect an earthworm.

 * Tuesday** the students will finish up the lab activity for the dissection of the earthworm. If there is time, I will also show a video on the bleaching of the coral reefs. I will be collecting the 7th grade Science notebooks to grade Activity Reports #43 and #44.


 * Wednesday** is the review day before the test. The students will be reminded that their Science Journal entry is due tomorrow.


 * Thursday** is the test on Animals, Chapters 1 & 2. I will be collecting the Science notebooks to grade Activity Report #45, as well as the Science Journal entry.

There is no school on **Friday** because of the teacher in-service day.

The **test** on this new chapter will be on Thursday, March 8.


 * Week of February 12 - 16, 2018 **

**Monday** there will be class notes on the mollusks and the worms (pages 40 - 58 in our textbook, __Animals__). The students will then do a lab activity on mollusks.

 * Tuesday** we will finish all the class notes for this chapter. These notes will be on the echinoderms and the arthropods (pages 26 - 32 and pages 70 - 73). The students will then finish the lab activity that was begun yesterday.


 * Wednesday, Thursday and Friday** there will not be any 7th grade Science classes. Wednesday is only 1/2 day in school, Thursday is conference day, and Friday is an Archdiocesan in-service day for the teachers.

The **test** on these chapters will be Thursday, February 22.

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 * Monday** will be the review for the test. The students will be reminded that their Science Journal is due tomorrow. I will be collecting the 7th grade Science notebooks to grade Activity Reports #41 and #42. =====


 * Tuesday** is the **test** on __Human Biology and Health__, Chapters 6 & 7. I will be collecting the 7th grade Science notebooks again. This time I will be checking the D.I. work, as well as the Science Journal entry.


 * Wednesday** we will begin the next textbook, __Animals__. There will a Quick Write, followed by class notes on animal characteristics (pages 15 - 17).


 * Thursday** will be class notes on the simplest kind of invertebrate animal, the sponge. The students will then do a lab activity about them.


 * Friday** will be class notes on the cnidarians and mollusks (pages 19 - 23 and pages 40 - 45). The students will also do a lab activity.


 * Week of January 29 - February 2, 2018 **
 * Monday** we will finish the lab activity that was begun on Friday. I will be collecting the 7th grade Science notebooks today to grade Activity Reports #38, #39, and #40. Since we have finished all of the class notes last week, the students know that they should be working on the Science Journal entry for these chapters, as well as studying for the test that will be next week.


 * Tuesday** the students will be doing the textbook's Data Interpretation work from Chapters 4, 6, and 7.


 * Wednesday** we will correct the DI work that was done yesterday.


 * Thursday** there will be a lab activity.


 * Friday** there is no school.

The **test** on these new chapters will be on Tuesday, February 6.


 * Week of January 22 - 26, 2018 **
 * Monday** there will be a substitute teacher for me since I will be busy with the Science Fair judging.


 * Tuesday** there will be class notes (pages 199 - 200 and pages 201 - 207). The students will have a lab activity to begin at home tonight. If any parent feels that this lab activity infringes on his/her privacy, then by all means that student does not have to do this lab. It can then be copied from another student tomorrow.


 * Wednesday** the students will complete the lab activity that was begun for homework last night.


 * Thursday** will be class notes on the endocrine system (pages 216 - 221), as well as a lab activity.


 * Friday** will be a lab activity.

The **test** on these new chapters will be on Tuesday, February 6.


 * Week of January 15 - 19, 2018 **
 * Monday** we will finish up the lab activity from Friday, then have another lab activity.


 * Tuesday** the students will graph their data from yesterday's lab activity. There will also be class notes on the spinal cord and the human senses (pages 192 - 195 in __Human Biology and Health__).


 * Wednesday** will be class notes on the human eyes (pages 192 - 195). The students will also begin a lab activity on vision.


 * Thursday** the students will finish the lab activity that was begun yesterday, then have class notes on the ears, nose, and taste buds (pages 196 - 200).


 * Friday** there will be a lab activity. I will be collecting the 7th grade Science notebooks to grade Activity Reports #35, #36, and #37.

The **test** on these new chapters will be on Tuesday, February 6.


 * Week of January 8 - 12, 2018 **
 * Monday** we will do a lab activity, then have a video, if there is time.


 * Tuesday** will be the review day before the test. The students will be reminded that their Science Journal entry is due tomorrow.


 * Wednesday** is the **test** on __Human Biology and Health__, Chapter 4. I will be collecting the 7th grade Science notebooks to grade Activity Reports #33, #34 and the Science Journal entry.


 * Thursday** we will begin new chapters in our textbook. There will be a Quick Write, followed by class notes on the human nervous system (pages 176 - 177).


 * Friday** will be more class notes on the nerves (pages 178 - 185). The students will also do a lab activity on the brain.


 * Week of January 4 - 5, 2018 **
 * Thursday** we will do a lab activity on the lungs.


 * Friday** will be class notes on the human excretory system (pages 127 -131).

The **test** on this material will be on Wednesday, January10.


 * Week of December 18 - 22, 2017 **
 * Monday** we will begin the next chapter in our textbook, __Human Biology and Health__. This chapter is on the human respiratory system. There will be a Quick Write, followed by some class notes on the lungs (pages 112 - 113). There will be a lab activity also.


 * Tuesday** will be class notes on breathing and exactly how the lungs work. There also will be a lab activity.


 * Wednesday** we will finish the lab activity that was begun yesterday. This will be a short class due to the Prayer Service this afternoon. I will be collecting the 7th grade Science notebooks to grade the Data Interpretation work that we just completed, as well as Activity Report #31.


 * Thursday and Friday** there is no school due to Christmas vacation.

The **test** on these new chapters will be on Wednesday, January 10.


 * Week of December 11 - 15, 2017 **
 * Monday** I will dissect a veal's heart for the students in a lab activity.


 * Tuesday** we will finish the lab activity to see what human and frog blood looks like under the microscope. If there is time, there will be a video on heart disease.


 * Wednesday** is the review day before the test. The students will be reminded that their Science Journal is due tomorrow. I will be collecting the 7th grade Science notebooks to grade Activity Reports #28, #29, and #30.


 * Thursday** is the **test** on __Human Biology and Health__, Chapter 3.


 * Friday** we will check the Data Interpretation work that was done last week. If there is time, then we will finish the video that was begun on Tuesday.


 * Week of December 4 - 8, 2017 **
 * Monday** we will begin the next chapter on the human circulatory systems in our textbook, __Human Biology and Health__. There will be a Quick Write today.


 * Tuesday** will be class notes on the heart and blood vessels (pages 78 - 89). If there is time, the students will begin a lab activity comparing and contrasting the three different kinds of blood vessels.


 * Wednesday** we will finish the lab activity that was begun yesterday, then have some class notes on the blood's various parts and kinds (pages 91 - 101).


 * Thursday** will be class notes on cardiovascular diseases, as well as the lymphatic system (pages 96 - 97). These notes finish up this chapter so the students can begin work on their Science Journal entries, as well as start studying for their test.


 * Friday** I will be in the computer lab with the 8th graders during the 7th grade Science class, so the students will have Mr. Brown/Mrs. Dahm proctoring some Data Interpretation work for Chapters 1,2, and 3 in our textbook __Human Biology and Health__.

The **test** on this chapter will be on Thursday, December 14.


 * Week of November 27 - December 1, 2017 **
 * Monday** we will correct the food label lab, and discuss the food diaries that should be completed by tomorrow.


 * Tuesday** we finish the food diary lab activity. The students will also be asked to bring in a cereal box with its nutrition label for tomorrow if possible. This is not required from everyone, but I am hoping for at least 10 different kinds of cereals to be sent in. Thanks.


 * Wednesday** will be a lab activity on comparing the different nutritional values in breakfast cereals. I will be collecting the 7th grade Science notebooks to grade Activity Reports #23, #24, and #25.


 * Thursday** is the review day before the test. I will remind the students that their Science Journal entry for this chapter is due tomorrow.


 * Friday** is the **test** on __Human Biology and Health__, Chapter 2. I again will be collecting the 7th grade Science notebooks, grading Activity Report #22 and #26 this time.

The students will be reminded to make sure each of them have 5 food labels in school for tomorrow's lab activity. The students should also continue to fill in their Food Diaries. 5 days on the Food Diary should be completed by Tuesday, November 28.
 * Week of November 20 - 24, 2017 **
 * Monday** we will finish the lab activity that was begun last week to determine the amount of water in celery. Then there will be more class notes on the human digestive system (pages 64 - 71 in our textbook __Human Biology and Health__). This will finish all the class notes for this chapter. After today all students can begin studying for their test on this chapter which will be on Friday, December 1. The Science Journal entry can be done, as well as all the vocabulary cards.


 * Tuesday** will be a lab activity on the five food labels that the students have brought in.


 * Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday** there is no school because of the Thanksgiving break.

I wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving!
The **test** on this chapter will be on Friday, December 1.


 * Week of November 13 - 17, 2017 **
 * Monday** we will begin the next chapter in our textbook __Human Biology and Health__, Chapter 2. There will be a Quick Write, followed by some class notes on nutrition (pages 44 - 45). The students will be assigned a food diary to do during the next 2 weeks.


 * Tuesday** there will be class notes on the Food Pyramid, and we will begin discussing the six basic nutrients (pages 46 - 48 and 55 - 57). The students will be assigned the collection of 5 food labels from various sources by next week Tuesday.


 * Wednesday** will be a lab activity on fast foods.


 * Thursday** will be a lab activity on the water content in food, followed by class notes on proteins, minerals, vitamins and water (pages 49 - 53).


 * Friday** the students will be having class notes (pages 60 - 63) on the human digestive system. The 7th graders will also be doing Science work during their Flex time in the computer lab today.

The **test** on this material will be on Friday, December 1.


 * Week of November 6 - 10, 2017 **
 * Monday** we will finish the lab activity on removing the calcium from a bone. This will be followed by our review day for the test tomorrow. The students will be reminded that their Science Journal entry is due tomorrow also.


 * Tuesday** is the **test** on __Human Biology and Health__, Chapter 1. I will also be collecting the 7th grade Science notebooks to grade Activity Reports #20, 21 and the Science Journal entry.


 * Wednesday** there is no Science class for the 7th graders since it is just a half-day of school.

**Wednesday** from 4:00 - 8:00 pm and **Thursday** from 8:00 am - 12:00 pm will be parent-teacher-student conferences. Students are expected to attend these conferences!

 * Friday** there is no school.


 * Week of October 30 - November 3, 2017 **
 * Monday** 7A will not have class with me since they will be on the Rake and Run Service Project. 7B will have an extra credit lab activity to do today.


 * Tuesday** we will finish the lab activity on the human skeletal system that was begun on Friday. This will be followed by class notes on the joints (pages 30 - 35). It will be a shortened class because of the Halloween Parade in the afternoon beginning at 2:30.


 * Wednesday** will be class notes on the human muscular system (pages 24 - 28). I will be collecting the 7th grade Science notebooks to grade Activity Reports #18 and #19.


 * Thursday** we will have class notes on the human skin system (pages 30 - 35), as well as a lab activity on muscles. This finishes all the class notes for this chapter. The students will be reminded that they should write their Science Journal entry for this chapter, as well as start to study for their test.


 * Friday** will be a lab activity in which the students will watch me dissect a chicken leg to see its muscles, tendons, ligaments, joint, and skin.

The **test** on this chapter will be on Tuesday, November 7.


 * Week of October 23 - 27, 2017 **
 * Monday** the students will do a lab activity using chemical reactions. I will be collecting the 7th grade Science notebooks to grade Activity Report #17, as well as the Science Journal.


 * Tuesday** we will begin the next textbook, __Human Biology and Health__ (Chapter 1). We will be correcting the Data Interpretation work that the students did Friday. Then there will be a Quick Write.


 * Wednesday** will have class notes on the human body's organization, plus the human skeletal system (pages 6 -13 and pages 16 - 23).


 * Thursday** the students will do a lab activity on the human skeletal system. We will set up another lab activity on bones also.


 * Friday** there will be a substitute teacher for me. I will not be in school.

The **test** on this chapter will be on Tuesday, November 7.


 * Week of October 16 - 20, 2017 **
 * Monday** there will be a few class notes on mixtures (pages 13 - 15), then we will finish the graphing of the data from the previous lab. I will be collecting the 7th grade Science notebooks to grade the Data Interpretation work from the previous textbook, as well as grading Activity Reports #12 and # 13.


 * Tuesday** will be a lab activity on mixtures. I again will be collecting the 7th grade Science notebooks. This time I will grade Activity Reports #14, #15, and #16.


 * Wednesday** will be the Review Day before the test. The students will be reminded that their Science Journal entry for these chapters is due tomorrow.


 * Thursday** is the **test** on __Chemical Building Blocks__.


 * Friday** the students will be doing Data Interpretation work from the __Chemical Building Blocks__ textbook.


 * Week of October 9 - 13, 2017 **
 * Monday** we will be having a lab activity.


 * Tuesday** I will be gone at the 6th grade Retreat so the students will be working on an assignment.


 * Wednesday** there is a **quiz** on the 20 chemical symbols that were assigned last week. There will be class notes on physical properties (pages 6 - 9).

There is no school on **Thursday or Friday** due to the Teacher Convention.

The **test** on these chapters in __Chemical Building Blocks__ will be on Friday, October 20.


 * Week of October 2 - 6, 2017 **
 * Monday** we will begin the next book, __Chemical Building Blocks__. There will be a Quick Write, followed by class notes on atoms and molecules (pages 10 -11).


 * Tuesday** will be class notes on the structure of the atom, atomic numbers and the Periodic Table (pages 74 - 76 and pages 80 - 85). If there is time, the students will begin a lab activity on the physical properties of some elements.


 * Wednesday** will be class notes on chemical symbols. The students will be given 20 chemical symbols which they must learn for a quiz next week on Wednesday, October 11.

If there is time, the students will begin a lab activity on the structure of atoms.
 * Thursday** will be class notes on ions and the physical and chemical properties of matter (pages 6 - 9).


 * Friday** we will have a lab activity.

The **test** on these chapters will be on Thursday, October 19.
 * Week of Sept. 25 - 29, 2017 **
 * Monday** will be the review day for the test tomorrow. The students will be reminded that their Science Journal entry is due tomorrow.


 * Tuesday** there will not be any Science class because the 7th graders will be on their Retreat.


 * Wednesday** will be the **test** on __Environmental Science__, Chapters 3 & 4. I will be collecting the 7th grade Science notebooks to grade Activity Reports #10, #11, and #12.


 * Thursday** the students will be doing Data Interpretation work in the textbook.


 * Friday** we will check the Data Interpretation work that the students did yesterday.


 * Week of Sept. 18 - 22, 2017 **
 * Monday** will be the start of the new chapters in our textbook, __Environmental Science__. There will be a Quick Write, followed by class notes on Earth's natural resources (pages 82 - 83 and 95 - 99).


 * Tuesday** will be a lab activity on what pollution can do to a food web.


 * Wednesday** will be class notes on land pollution (pages 116 - 129). For homework the student will be collecting information at home about their water usage. I will be collecting the 7th grade notebooks to grade Activity Reports 7, 8 and 9 today.


 * Thursday** will be class notes on water pollution (pages 132 - 137). The students will then work on their lab activity to analyze their water usage at home.


 * Friday** there will be class notes to finish discussing water pollution (pages 132 - 151), then we will begin talking about air pollution (pages 132 - 151). The students will begin a lab activity on what they believe is the "worst" environmental problem facing the world today. If this is not finished in class, it will be assigned as homework.

The **test** on these short chapters will be next week Wednesday, September 27.

** Week of Sept. 11 - 15, 2017 **

 * Monday** will be the review day for the test. The students will be reminded that their Science Journal entry is due tomorrow. I will be collecting the 7th grade Science notebooks to grade Activity Reports #3, #4 and #5.

I will be collecting the 7th grade Science notebooks to grade Activity Report #6, as well as the Science Journal entry.
 * Tuesday** is the first **test** of the year. It is on the first chapters in our textbook, __Environmental Science__.


 * Wednesday** the students will do a lab activity to see the food chain in an owl pellet. If I did not get all the 7th grade Science notebooks done yesterday, I will collect them again today.


 * Thursday** we will finish the owl pellet dissection, then begin another lab activity.


 * Friday** we will finish the lab activity from Thursday.


 * Week of Sept. 4 - 8, 2017 **
 * Monday** there is no school because of Labor Day.


 * Tuesday** will be class notes on food chains and food webs (pages 24 - 31 and pages 42 - 47 in our textbook __Environmental Science__). I will be collecting the 7th grade Science notebooks to grade Activity Reports #1 & #2.


 * Wednesday** will be class notes on cycles in nature and on biomes (pages 48 - 53 and pages 58 - 73). This finishes all the class notes for the chapter. The students will begin another lab activity also.


 * Thursday** we will finish the lab activity that was begun yesterday.


 * Friday** will be another lab activity. The students will be reminded that their Science Journal entry is due on Tuesday.

The **test** on this chapter will be on Tuesday, Sept. 12.
 * Week of Aug. 28 - Sept. 1, 2017 **
 * Monday** we will review the names of the equipment that the students will be using throughout the course of the year. This will be followed by the first class notes of the year (pages 6 - 8 in our current textbook, __Environmental Science__). The students will then begin their first lab activity.


 * Tuesday** we again will review the equipment names for Thursday's quiz. Remember that spelling counts on that quiz. The students will then finish the first lab activity. If there is time, we will begin some class notes on ecological organization (pages 9 - 11 and pages 16 -20). It is expected that the students finish the lab report for this first lab for homework.


 * Wednesday** there will be class notes on the interactions between organisms (pages 9 - 11 and 16 - 20). The students will then do another lab activity.

This will be followed by class notes on ecological succession (pages 32 - 35). If there is time, we will begin a lab activity on it.
 * Thursday** is the **quiz** on the names of the lab equipment. **Spelling is important on this quiz.**

Have a great Labor Day weekend!
 * Friday** there will not be a 7th grade Science class because of the early dismissal.

The **test** on these chapters will be on Friday, September 8.


 * Week of August 23 - 25, 2017 **
 * Wednesday** will be the beginning of the year. Parents and students can come to each homeroom to meet the teachers and bring their school supplies to their homerooms.


 * Thursday** will be an introduction to the year. I will hand out the textbooks that we will be using for the start of the year, then set up the Science 5-subject notebooks. I will go through the safety rules that we will be following in all lab activities. The students are to have these safety rules signed by a parent for homework tonight.


 * Friday** will be finishing our discussion of the lab safety rules, then going through the science equipment names. The quiz on the equipment names (name and correct spelling) will be next week Thursday.