Daily Agenda

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January 3-->  No School (SNOW)

January 4 -->  Voc. Ch. 2 and Voc. Activity

                -->  Something is ODD WS

January 5 -->  Ch. 2 Classification Powerpoint

                -->  Notes History of Classification

                -->  Notes Carolus Linnaeus

                -->  Notes Branching Diagrams

                -->  Branching Diagrams WS

January 6 -->  Notes Dichotomous Key

                -->  Dichotomous Key WS (Insects)

January 9 -->Quiz on Dichotomous Key (Shark)

                -->  Guided Reading Ch. 2

January 10 -->  Notes Levels of Classification

                -->  Notes Scientific Name / Common Name

                -->  Notes Domains and Kingdoms

January 11 -->  Notes Our Levels of Classification

                  -->  Evolutionary Trends of Classification

January 12  -->  Quiz

January 13 -->  No School (Snow)

January 16 -->  No School (MLK Day)

January 17 -->  Classification Test

January 18 -->  Ch. 3 and 4 Voc.

                    -->  Ch. 3 and 4 Voc. Activity

                    -->  Adaptation Powerpoint

January 19 --> Notes:  Sexual / Asexual Reproduction

                    -->  Animal / Plant Reproduction

January 20 -->  Notes:  Animal Behavior

                            (Innate, Learned, Survival, Seasonal)

                    -->  4 Types of Evolution

January 23 -->  Notes:  Charles Darwin

                    -->  Natural Selection

                    -->  Variation and Adaptation

January 24 -->  Notes:  Speed of Evolution

                            (Gradualism and Punctuated Equilibrium)

                     -->  Fossils

January 25 -->   Notes:  Methods to determine Age of Fossils

                         (Relative Dating, Radiometric Dating)

                    -->  Homologous and Vestigial Structures

January 26 -->  Quiz

January 27 -->  Adaptation Test

January 30 --> Ch. 5 Fossils Powerpoint

                  -->  Ch. 5 Voc. (12 Words) and Voc. Activity

January 31  -->  Notes:  Geology,  Fossils, Types of Fossils

February 1   -->  Writing Assessment in the Morning

                      -->  Planet Earth Video  (Caves)

February 2  -->  Frozen Fossils,  Asphalt (Tar Pit) Fossils 

                     -->  Trace Fossils

February 3  -->  Geologic Time Scale

February 6  -->  Ch. 5 Quiz

February 7 -->  Ch. 5 Test

February 8  -->  Ch. 6 Environment

                   -->  Ch. 6 Voc. and Voc. Activity

February 9  -->  cont. Voc. Activity

                   -->  Industrial Revolution

                   -->  Pollution (Air, Water, and Noise)

February 10  -->  Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

                     -->  BP Oil Spill

                     -->  Smog and Acid Rain

February 13 -->  Ch. 6 Guided Reading

February 14  -->  Ozone Depletion and Global Warming

                     -->  Natural Resources (Renewable, Nonrenewable)

February 15  -->  Alternative Energy

February 16  -->  cont. Alternative Energy

                       -->  Exotic Species and Habitat Destruction

February 17  --> Solutions:  Recycle, Reuse, and Reduce

February 20  -->  No School (President's Day)

February 21  -->  Projects are Due for Extra Credit

                     -->  Quiz

February 22  -->  Environment Test

February 23  -->  Eastman Engineers Come and Visit

February 24  -->  Magnetism Voc. and Voc. Activity

                       -->  Magnetism Powerpoint

February 27  -->  Properties of Magnets

                      -- Magnetic Poles, Magnetic Fields, Magnetic Forces

February 28 -->  Section 1 Guided Reading

                        -- Magnets and Magnetism

February 29  -->  Section 2 Guided Reading

                        -- Magnetism from Electricity

March 1  -->  Section 3 Guided Reading

                      -- Electricity from Magnetism

March 2  -->  Cause of Magnetism  (Domains)

                --  Demagnetized

                --  Kinds of Magnets

                --  Auroras

March 5  -->  Notes Electromagnetism

March 6  -->  No School for Students

March 7 -->  Eastman Career Fair

March 8 -->  Notes Electromagnetism

March 9  -->  Notes Electromagnetism

March 12 -- March 16  -->  Spring Break

March 19 -->  Science Think Link Test 3

March 20 -->  Notes: Transformers

March 21 -->  Go Over Sections 2 and 3 Guided Reading

March 22 -->  Quiz

 March 23 -->  Electromagnetism Test