7th Grade QT3 Lesson Plans
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Thank you for checking out this page. Please note, that this will be updated DAILY.Friday, March 6, 2015Today's Question: How can a marble run be made with 5 turns out of random materials?Classwork:
- Today's Mindset - Read AR book
- Design Challenge - Marble Run
Homework: NoneThursday, March 5, 2015Today's Question: How well do I know my rocks?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - Study your rock notes
- Quiz on rocks
Homework: Make sure that all of your Study Jams are completed.Wednesday, March 4, 2015Today's Question: How well do I know my rocks?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - None
- Work on Study Jams assignment - see yesterday
- Rocks Study Guide - vocabulary worksheet
Homework: Study for quiz tomorrow.Tuesday, March 3, 2015Today's Question: How well have I kept my notebook organized?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - Please complete the worksheet reviewing the 3 different rock types
- Grade Notebooks
- Study Jams - for each please include 5 Key Ideas & record your answers to the quizzes.
- Igneous Study Jams - notebook page 89
- Sedimentary Study Jams - notebook page 90
- Metamorphic Study Jams - notebook page 91
Homework: Study your notes for upcoming quiz about rocks.Monday, March 2, 2015Today's Question: How are metamorphic rocks formed?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - Grade Check Monday!
- Finish Metamorphic Rock foldable
- Examine Metamorphic Rocks
Friday, February 27, 2015Today's Question: How are metamorphic rocks formed?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - Make a new foldable with the green paper you were provided.
- Define 3 terms: metamorphism, recrystalization, foliation
- Begin metamorphic rock foldable
Homework: NoneThursday, February 26, 2015Today's Question: How are sedimentary rocks formed?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - Entrance Ticket --> How are sedimentary rocks different than igneous rocks?
- Review sedimentary rock foldable
- Sedimentary Rock Comprehension Check
- Examine rocks???
Homework: Minerals Quiz CorrectionsWednesday, February 25, 2015 - Early Release ScheduleToday's Question: How are sedimentary rocks formed?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - None
- Sedimentary Rock foldable - This needs to be done by the end of the class period. If it is not, you will be responsible for finishing it on your own time.
Homework: Properties of Minerals Quiz CorrectionsTuesday, February 24, 2015Today's Question: How are sedimentary rocks formed?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - In class activity
- Sedimentary Rock notes
- Sedimentary Rock foldable
Homework: NoneMonday, February 23, 2015Today's Question: Can I tell the difference between the different types of igneous rocks?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - Grade Check Monday!
- Igneous Rock Comprehension Check
- Exploring Igneous Rocks
Homework: NoneFriday, February 20, 2015Today's Question: What's the difference between extrusive and intrusive igneous rocks?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - Please Google the definitions for the following terms: extrusive and intrusive
- Igneous Rock foldable notes
Homework: NoneThursday, February 19, 2015Today's Question: How are rocks different than minerals?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - Please make sure that Homework #7 is done and the Mineral Lab Qs are done too.
- Rocks ROCK! notes
- Igneous Rock foldable
Homework: See Today's Mindset!Wednesday, February 18, 2015Today's Question: What have I learned about the properties of minerals?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - Please study your notebook pages 72-81.
- Quiz on Properties of Minerals
- Homework #7
Homework: Homework #7 AND Mineral Identification Lab Qs.Tuesday, February 17, 2015Today's Question: What have I learned about the properties of minerals?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - Grade Check Tuesday!
- Begin working on Homework #7: Properties of Minerals (notebook page 82) - due FRIDAY!
- Four More! review exercise
- Turn n' Talk discussion activity
Homework:A) Study for quiz on Properties of Minerals - tomorrow!B) Finish Mineral Identification Lab QsC) Homework #7Monday, February 16, 2015No School - President's DayFriday, February 13, 2015Today's Question: How do the properties of a mineral help us identify which minerals we're looking at?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - Please review notes on page 78 and 81.
- Continuation of Mineral Identification Lab - Special Properties
- Research the following minerals to identify the minerals you have been testing: calcite; fluorite; galena; halite; hornblende; pyrite; magnetite; quartz; sulfur
- Mineral Identification Questions
Homework: Make sure that the questions (#4) get answered!Thursday, February 12, 2015Today's Question: How do the properties of a mineral help us identify which minerals we're looking at?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - None
- Continuation of Mineral Identification Lab
- Luster
- Breakage
- Hardness
- Special Properties
Homework: NoneWednesday, February 11, 2015 - Early Release ScheduleToday's Question: What are some special properties that help identify minerals?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - Please cut out and put the Special Properties of Minerals on page 81 of your notebook.
- Notes on Special Properties of Minerals
Homework: NoneTuesday, February 10, 2015Today's Question: How do the properties of a mineral help us determine which mineral we're looking at?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - 2.2 Section (not really a quiz) Quiz
- Begin Mineral Investigation Lab
- Color
- Streak
Homework: NoneMonday, February 9, 2015Today's Question: How do the properties of a mineral help us determine which mineral we're looking at?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - Grade Check Monday!
- 2.1 Section Quiz (not really a quiz)
- Making mineral observations
Homework: NoneFriday, February 6, 2015No SchoolThursday, February 5, 2015Today's Question: How are minerals described and identified?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - Continue Research on Mineral Properties - complete foldable on notebook page 78
- Uses of Minerals in your home - page 79 in your notebook
Homework: NoneWednesday, February 4, 2015Today's Question: What are the different groups of minerals?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - List of Minerals - Check out a few minerals and see what you learn.
- Notes on Groups of Minerals - page 77
- Research on Mineral Properties - complete foldable on notebook page 78.
Homework: Test Corrections are due tomorrow.Tuesday, February 3, 2015Today's Question: What is the difference between a rock and a mineral?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - Copy the statements below (onto a piece of scrap paper or email me) and determine if they are true. If not, correct them.
- What is a Mineral? notes
- Read textbook pages A47-48
Mindset Statements:- Water and ice are minerals
- Minerals can be found in rocks
- Minerals exist as gas, liquid, and solid
Homework: Test Corrections are due no later than Thursday.Monday, February 2, 2015Today's Question: What is the difference between a rock and a mineral?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - Grade Check Monday!
- Rock versus Mineral Mindset
- Hand back Landforms test - corrections due by Thursday
- Grade notebooks
- What is a Mineral notes - color flippy flap
Homework: Test corrections are due by ThursdayFriday, January 30, 2015Today's Question: How can a tower be designed and constructed to be as tall as possible?Classwork:- No mindset
- Engineering Design Challenge --> Foil Towers
Homework: NoneThursday, January 29, 2015Today's Question: What have you learned about plate boundaries and landforms?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - Study your notes
- Quiz on Tectonic Plates, Boundaries, and Landforms
Homework: Make sure all work is accomplished!Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - Early Release ScheduleToday's Question: What have you learned about plate boundaries and landforms?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - None
- ALL WORK FROM MONDAY AND TUESDAY SHOULD BE FINISHED BY THE END OF THE CLASS PERIOD!
- Landforms Vocabulary Game
Homework: Study for you quiz on Thursday!Tuesday, January 27, 2015Today's Question: What have you learned about plate boundaries and landforms?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - Please log into your email and find the document that I shared with you.
- Work on Create A Quiz Assignment - we will complete this tomorrow.
- Work on any work left over from yesterday
Homework: Make sure that your work is finished.Monday, January 26, 2015Today's Question: How are earthquakes measured?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - Grade Check Monday!
- Finish Galileo Dialog Assignment: Measuring Earthquakes --> complete corresponding worksheet (notebook page 75).
- Determining the Epicenter online activity
- Work on Homework Option #6 --> Boundaries and Landforms (notebook page 74) DUE WEDNESDAY!
Homework: Make sure all work is completed - Quiz on Thursday!Friday, January 23, 2015Today's Question: How are earthquakes measured?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - Begin Homework Option #6 --> Boundaries and Landforms (notebook page 74) DUE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28!
- Galileo Dialog Assignment: Measuring Earthquakes --> complete corresponding worksheet (notebook page 75)
- Determining the Epicenter online activity
Homework: Homework Option #6!Thursday, January 22, 2015Today's Question: What landforms are created when tectonic plates move?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - Entrance Ticket --> What type of landform is created when 2 tectonic plates are pushed together? Pulled apart? Slide past each other?
- Finish Fancy Landform Foldable
- Review Game Zone - Plate Tectonics/Landforms
Homework: Make sure that all work is completed.Wednesday, January 21, 2015Today's Question: What landforms are created when tectonic plates move?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - Entrance Ticket --> What type of landform is created when 2 tectonic plate are pushed together? Pulled apart? Slide past each other?
- Fancy Landform Foldable
Homework: Make sure that all work is completed.Tuesday, January 20, 2015Today's Question: Do I have all my work in my science notebook completed?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - Grade Check Tuesday
- Student Survey
- Self-check notebook for the following items:
- Pangaea Puzzle (colored) -- page 65
- Pangaea/Continental Drift worksheet -- page 66
- Continental Drift mindset from Jan 13 -- page 67
- Sea-Floor Spreading notes (colored ) -- page 68
- Tectonic Plates flippies (colored) -- page 69
- Types of Boundaries notes -- page 70
- Candy Bar activity questions -- page 71
- Cantilever Design Challenge -- back of the notebook
Homework: If you are missing any of the above, please get them finished ASAP!Monday, January 19, 2015No School - Civil Rights DayFriday, January 16, 2015Today's Question: How can a cantilever be designed and constructed out of newspaper to support the weight of a cup with 100 pennies in it?Classwork:- No Mindset
- Design Challenge --> Newspaper Cantilevers
Homework: Make sure that the design challenge paper is completed and included into the back of your science notebook.Thursday, January 15, 2015Today's Question: How do plate tectonics move?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - Please answer the questions to the candy bar activity from yesterday (worksheet)
- Read textbook page B17-19
- Complete Plate Tectonic notes in notebook
Homework: NoneWednesday, January 14, 2015Today's Question: What types of boundaries are there along the tectonic plates?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - Entrance Ticket --> Sea-Floor Spreading is like ______ because ________.
- Quick Plate Boundary Notes on notebook page 70
- Candy Bar Boundaries Activity. Respond to questions on page 71.
Homework: Make sure all foldable from this week are colored and completed.Tuesday, January 13, 2015Today's Question: What evidence is there that the plates are really on the move?Classwork:- Today's Mindset --> Entrance Ticket: Copy the following definitions (see below) onto page 67 of your notebook and match the correct term.
- Sea Floor Spreading Foldable Notes in notebook. Image #1Image #2
- Sea Floor Spreading video
- Sea Floor Spreading song
- huge landmass in which all continents were once joined
- hypothesis that Earth’s continents were once joined in a single landmass and gradually moved apart
- theory that Earth’s lithosphere is made up of huge, moving plates that are carried around the planet by motions in the mantle
Mindset Terms:- Pangaea
- Plate Tectonics
- Sea Floor Spreading
- Continental Drift
Homework: Make sure Sea Floor Spreading foldable is colored COMPLETELY and taped into your notebook.Monday, January 12, 2015Today's Question: How were the continents joined at one time and then what made them move to different positions?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - Grade Check Monday
- Continental Drift video
- Pangaea Puzzle & Continental Drift questions
Homework: Make sure that all of the questions from #3 above get answered and stamped in your notebook.Friday, January 9, 2015Today's Question: Do the continents change position over time?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - Entrance Ticket --> Which evidence (fossils, climate, or geology) for continental drift is the most convincing? Explain your thinking. (If you were absent, please email me your response. Thanks.)
- Continental Puzzle activity (notebook page 65)
Homework: NoneThursday, January 8, 2015Today's Question: Do the continents change position over time?
Classwork:- Today's Mindset - Please read through Science World magazine
- Continents Change Position Over Time notes
Homework: NoneWednesday, January 7, 2015Today's Question: Do the continents change position over time?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - Please read textbook pages B12-13. Then answer the questions below on a sheet of paper. Turn it in!
- Jigsaw Puzzle activity
- Continents Change Position Over Time foldable/notes - make sure that you get these copied down onto page 64 of your notebook.
What is the lithosphere made up of?
Why do you see only the dry land areas of tectonic plates on a typical world map?
According to the diagram on page B13, does the African Plate include all of Africa?
- According to the diagram, does the African Plate include only Africa? If no, what else is there?
Homework: NoneTuesday, January 6, 2015Today's Question: What have you learned about Earth's layers?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - Please review your notes for the Earth's Layers Quiz
- Take Earth's Layers Quiz
- Work on New Year's Foldable
Homework: Make sure that your New Years Foldable is complete for tomorrow.Monday, January 5, 2015Today's Question: What do you remember from 2014?Classwork:- Today's Mindset - Please begin coloring New Years foldable - must be completed by Wednesday.
- Insert new Table of Contents and Learning Exercises (aka Homework Options) pages into notebook.
- Get Benchmark scores
- Complete "Noting What I've Learned" worksheet over notebook pages 57, 58, 59, 60.
Homework: Study for Earth's Layers Quiz tomorrow!