Mon

9/4

Tues

9/5

Wed.

9/6

• Class Guide distributed and discussed Must be signed and returned by Tuesday  of next week.

Thrus

9/7

• Review NB organization and expectations .

Fri.

9/8

• Text books distributed

Mon

9/11

• Finish Class Notes - 1-1 "Living Things and the Environment"
• Class Activity -- Review and Reinforce 1-1 and Enrich 1-1

Tues

9/12

• Review Monday's Class Activity
• Audio on 1-2 "Studying Populations" 
• Being h.w. (Studying Populations Outline)

• Class Guide must be signed and returned (10pts).
• Books must be covered (10pts.).

Wed

9/13

• Discuss homework
• Real World Lab - "Counting Turtles "(see page 29 of your text  book) The purpose of this activity is to allow students to better understand how a population is determined using the mark and re-capture method.

• Studying Populations Outline

Thurs

9/14

• Continue and finish Lab -- Counting Turtles
• Review lesson # 2 (R and R / Enrich)
• Review Lab from yesterday

Fri

9/15

• Discuss Symbiosis, Natural Selection and adaptations -- Find butterflies in the room
• Review lesson #2 --> RandR and Enrich
• Begin homework that is due Monday (vocab)

Extra Credit !!

At the end of each quarter students almost always ask me... "Do you give extra credit?"  my answer........"sometimes"  This may be the only extra credit opportunity for this quarter so you may want to take advantage of it. 

Research opportunity -- Find out whether any wildlife populations in your area are being monitored by national, state, or local agencies.

To get 10 extra credit points you must:

1.  Present you findings to the class in a quick but informative 3-5 minute presentation that summarizes what you have found.

2.  Submit a publication (some document that shows where you found your information) to me from a newspaper, the internet, journal, etc.  that includes the research information you were looking for.     

3.  Have completed by Friday, September 22nd

• Read chapter 1, section 3

Mon

9/ 18

• Review Chapter #1 Vocab lesson (#5)
• Bill Nye video on populations

• Chapter #1 vocabulary lesson

Tues

9/19

• Class Notes on "Interactions Among Living Things"

• Study for test

Wed

9/20

• Computer room to register for on-line text book (room 177)

• Study for test

Thurs

9/21

• Chapter #1 Test

• Study for test

Fri

9/22

• Extra credit presentations !!! Way to go for those of you that did this !!

• Read Chapter 2, Section #1 and complete the guided reading 2-1

Mon

9/25

Tues

9/26

• Notes on the nitrogen cycle

Wed

9/27

• Nitrogen cycle video quiz

Thurs

9/28

• Discussion / Review of Creative writing assignment

Fri

9/29

• Notes on the carbon and oxygen cycles

Grade reports issued

• "Creative writing in Science"

Mon

10/2

• Introduction to Trout in the Classroom Program.   During the year students will have the opportunity to raise Brook Trout.  In June these trout will be released into the Halfway Brook

• Grade reports must be signed and returned for a 10 point h.w. grade.
• Creative Writing Assignment is due (this is an extension)

Tues

10/3

Wed

10/4

Thurs

10/5

• Read Chapter #2, Section #5

Fri

10/6

• Biome vocabulary

Mon

10/9

Tues

10/10

Wed

10/11

Thurs

10/12

• Chapter 2 Review in class

Fri

10/13

• Study for the chapter #2 test

Mon

10/16

The following Investigation was performed through the

Leaf Pack Network

• Stream analysis of English Brook and Coolidge Hill Road Brook.  Students will study and classify macroinvertibrates using pictures and keys. 

• Chapter #3 Vocabulary (Crossword Puzzle)

Tues

10/17

• Day two of investigation -- Students will analyze data from day 1.  Using data tables and pollution tolerance values from the Leaf Pack Network. 

INVESTIGATION RESULTS ARE IN

Students from period 1 and 3 found the water quality of English Brook to be in excellent condition (3.2 from the Biotic Index Calculation Worksheet) English Brook runs into the south-west end of Lake George near Mario's Restaurant in the northern portion of the village of Lake George.

Students from periods 6,7, and 8 found the water quality of Coolidge Hill Brook to be excellent (3.2 from the Biotic Index Calculation Worksheet).  This stream is located in Diamond Point and runs parallel to Coolidge Hill Road.  The headwaters of this brook is a small pond in the wilderness directly west of Lake George and south of Wall Street. 

Wed

10/18

• Discussion Groups (think,pair,share)  On a separate sheet of paper list what your think are the three most important environmental issues today.  Share your ideas with a group of four and then your group will share with the class.

• Read Chapter #3 Section #1

Thurs

10/19

• Review homework -- 3.1 (Environmental Issues)
• Answers to homework

• Review and Reinforce 3.1 / 3.2

Fri

10/20

• Two forestry videos shown
• As video is observed record the following in your notebook

1. What are three facts you discovered?

2.  What are two things you found interesting?

3.  What is one thing you want to learn more about?

Mon

10/23

• Review/ discuss Friday's videos
• Day 1 -- Forest Resources Activity -- Class Work ("Facts Sheet" and presentations will be graded)

Tues

10/24

• Day 2 -- Forest Resources Activity -- Class Work ("Facts Sheet" and presentations will be graded)

Wed

10/25

• Day 3 -- Forest Resources Activity -- Class Work ("Facts Sheet" and presentations will be graded)

Thurs

10/26

• Notes on Biodiversity

• Read Chapter 3, Sec. 3 on Biodiversity

Fri

10/27

• Test (Chapter #3)
• Updated grade reports were distributed to students today -- All missing work other than h.w. needs to be completed by Friday, November 3rd.  If you did not turn in your grade report with a signature last time, you can have this one signed and returned for 5/10 points. 

• Study for test

Mon

10/30

• Class Work: Observing the Effects of Acid Rain

Tues

10/31

• Review of Monday's Class Work
• Begin "Topics in Air Pollution and Energy Resources"

Note: Because the exam is quickly appraoching, I have "boiled down" chapters 5 and 6 into what I/we (sci. dept.) consider the most imprtant topics.  These topics all show up in the lesson above "Topics in Air Pollution and Energy Resources."  Obviously, It will  be very important to do your best work on this lesson.

Wed

11/1

• Rivew of    Topics in Air Pollution and Energy Resources"

• Study for quiz.

Thrus

11/2

• Tie up loose ends -- What is a keystone species ?
• EXAM REVIEW GUIDE distributed to classes.

• Study for quiz.
• Finish Topics in Air Pollution and Energy Resources if not completed in class

Fri

11/3

• Chapter 5 and 6 quiz -- Focus on vocab and concepts what we have discussed and covered from these two chapters.

ANY AND ALL MAKE-UP WORK IS DUE TODAY !!!!

Mon

11/6

• Personal Response Review Game

• Study for exam. and be sure your notebook is set according to the rubric. 

Tues

11/7

• Study for exam. and be sure your notebook is set according to the rubric. 

Wed

11/8

• Notebook Check -- Your notebook check will be worth one test grade.  If you notebook is not organized according to the rubric, your grade will go down considerably (considerably means 5-6 percentage point or possibly more)
• Return and review 1st quarter exam
• Turn in your Environmental Science Text Books
• Isse new Text books -- Chemical Interactions

Thurs

11/9

Fri.

11/10

Mon

11/13

Tues

11/14

• Notes: Describing Matter
• Notes:Determining the density of matter

Wed

11/15

• Review Homework
• Discuss and demonstration --> 1g = 1ml = 1 cubic cm of fresh water

Thurs

11/16

• Review homework
• Density Lab -- Question to be explored.  If you cut a piece of matter in half, will its density change ?

Fri.

11/17

• Review / Discuss Lab
• Quiz on Calculating Density

Mon

11/20

• Density Lab (Rectangles)

Tues

11/21

• Density Lab (Rectangles)

Wed

11/22

• EAT LOSTS OF TURKEY !!!!

Thurs

11/23

Fri.

11/24

Mon

11/27

• Class Work --> Read chapter 1 Section 1 and work on the R&R (Review and Reinforce)

Tues

11/28

• Review Mondays Class Work

Wed

11/29

• Finish review Monday's class work
• Class demonstrations on indicators of chemical changes -- color change, gas production, precipitate

Thurs

11/30

• Class Demonstration   Zn + HCL  --> H + ZnCl    (Single Replacement Reaction)  while students and teacher fills in Describing Chemical Reactions  W.S.

• Read Chapter 1, Section 2

Fri

12/1

• Open Book Quiz -->  Guided Reading (Sections 1 and 2) 

Mon

12/4

• Notes on the 3 types of chemcial equations

Tues

12/5

• Notes on the process of balancing a chemical equation with many examples done in class.

Wed

12/6

• Review homework in detail

• Homework Due: A Balancing Act (practice balancing chemical equations)

Thurs

12/7

• WMHT Video on Chemical Reactions
• Review homework -- Practice Balancing Chemicla Equations

• Vocabulary Crossword
• Practice Balancing Chemicla Equations

Fri.

12/8

• Notes: Factors that influecne the rate of a chemical reaction

• Read Chapter 1 Section #3 -- Factors that Influence Reaction Rates

Mon

12/11

• Continue Friday's notes

Tues

12/12

• Chapter #1 Test

Wed

12/13

• Bill Nye Video
• Notes "subatomic Particles in a Nutshell and "Subatomic Particles"

Thurs

12/14

• Discuss and review notes
• Distribute h.w. that is due on Fri.

Fri

12/15

• Review H.W.
• Review Chapter #1 Test
• Distribute progress reports

• Atomic Structure and Atomic Dimensions W.S.

Mon

12/18

• Class Work : Drawing Bohr models

Tues

12/19

• Class Work : Trends of the Periodic Table

Wed

12/20

• Review in class "Trends of the Periodic Table"

Thurs

12/21

• Notes on Ionic and Covalent Bonding

• H.W. Due: Read Chapter #2, Section #3

Fri

12/22

• Drawing electron dot diagrams.

• H.W. Due: Read Chapter #2, Section #4

Mon Dec 25th through Jan 1st

Tues

1/2

• Kathy Fish (High School Guidance Director) will give you a brief overview of H.S. requirements.

Wed

1/3

• Chapter #2 test review in Class

1.  Multiple Choice -    1-5                       (p.76)  

2.  T/F                     -    6,7, and 10          (p.76)

3.  Test Prep           -    26,28                   (p.77)

Thurs

1/4

• Test -- Chapter #2

Fri

1/5

• WMHT Video on Solubility
• Distribute additional reading on solubility and solubility vocabulary

Mon

1/8

• Review Chapter #2 Test
• Class Work: Guided Reading 3-1

Tues

1/9

• Class Demo: The making of rock candy (Focus; What factors influence the rate in which a solid solute dissolves in a solvent)

Wed

1/10

• Class Demo: Soda Explosion (Focus: What factors influence the rate in which a gaseous solute dissolves in a liquid solvent).
• Class work: Solubility Curve Questions

Thurs

1/11

• Review Solubility Curve Questions
• Review all of 3-1 Guided reading questions

Fri

1/12

• Given a data table, students will create a solubility curve for a given substance. 

Mon

1/15

Tues

1/16

• Test -- Solubility

Wed

1/17

Read Chapter #3 Section #2

Thurs

1/18

• Review guide distributed in class

Fri

1/19

Mon

1/22

• "Loose Ends Day"  Review / discuss any misconceptions and entertain any questions students may have

Tues

1/23

• Second Quarter Science Exam

Wed

1/24

• Second Quarter NB Check

Thurs

1/25

• Any and all missing work must be turned in by today

Fri

1/26

Mon

1/29

• Review of second quarter exam
• Turn in Text book, issue thrid quarter text book (physics)

Tues

1/30

• Read Star Facts as a class
• Intorduce motion and discuss fram of reference. 

Wed

1/31

• Bill Nye video on Motion