Ms. Gurney's 7th Grade

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Mrs. Carel — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:37:34 +0000

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Week of Feb. 22-26

Mrs. Carel — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:20:13 +0000

Mon. 2/22: Finish Heat assessment

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Tues. 2/23: Intro. Weather – prior knowledge activity and video

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Wed. 2/24: Go over assessment; Solar radiation activity

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Thurs. 2/25:

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Fri. 2/26:

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Week of Feb. 15-19

Mrs. Carel — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:32:21 +0000

Mon, 2/15: Heat Transfer – read pgs. 183-187 & answer questions; demo with butter

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Tues. 2/16: Conduction, Convection, & Radiation graphic organizer; Draw example of heat transfer together; students begin “fireplace” drawing to demonstrate heat transfer

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Wed. 2/17: Review Conduction, Convection, & Radiation; students finish fireplace drawing to demonstrate heat transfer

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Thurs. 2/18 and Fri. 2/19: Assessment on Heat Transfer – students will be given a several tasks to demonstrate their knowledge of heat transfer and scientific inquiry - a multiple choice quiz, a lab, and use of lab tools assessment.

Week of Feb. 1-5

Mrs. Carel — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:40:28 +0000

Mon. 2/1: Go over Renewable and Nonrenewable research; Reflection questions about using fossil fuels and alternative energy sources

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Tues. 2/2: Review for Energy test

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Wed. 2/3: Energy Test

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Thurs. 2/4: Lab – The Great Ketchup Race

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Fri. 2/5: What is the difference between Temperature, Heat, & Thermal Energy?

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Week of Jan. 25-29

Mrs. Carel — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:40:19 +0000

Mon. 1/25: Energy Transfer in a system – finish Fri. activity

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Tues. 1/26: Energy Transfer cards – tracing the energy of fossil fuels

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Wed. 1/27: Renewable/Non-renewable resources

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Thurs. 1/28: Renewable/Non-renewable resources

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Fri. 1/29: Renewable/Non-renewable resources (test was originally scheduled for today, but we are not quite ready yet)

Test will be sometime next week:

TEST – covers Potential/Kinetic energy; forms of energy (chemical, mechanical, sound, etc.); Energy Transfer; Renewable/Non-renewable resources

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Week of Jan. 18-22

Mrs. Carel — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:22:41 +0000

Mon. , 1/18: Forms of Energy – create T-chart and look at examples

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Tues. 1/19: Asses Forms of Energy – Quiz & classifying activity using the graphic organizer we created

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Wed. 1/20: Energy Transformations – work with how energy flows using flash card activity

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Thurs. 1/21: Bill Nye’s Greatest Inventions: Energy

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Fri. 1/22: Energy Tranferring through Systems – Trace energy through systems and label pictures with forms of energy

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Week of Jan. 11-15

Mrs. Carel — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:00:56 +0000

Mon. 1/11: Finish discussion “What is Energy” and view video clips

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Tues. 1/12: Ping Pong Ball lab

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Wed. 1/13: Review work on Energy while Ms. G is at a science meeting

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Thurs. 1/14: Graph Ping Pong Ball Lab; lab questions; review potential and kinetic energy

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Fri. 1/15: Forms of Energy graphic organizer

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Week of Jan. 4-8

Mrs. Carel — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:34:39 +0000

Mon., 1/4: SNOW DAY!

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Tues. 1/5: Introduction to Energy – “Give one, Get one” activity

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Wed. 1/6: Potential and Kinetic Energy

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Thurs. 1/7: Forms of Energy

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Fri. 1/8: Forms of Energy

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Week of Dec. 7-11

Mrs. Carel — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:14:54 +0000

Mon., Dec. 7: Review static electricity; electroscope demo; give out study guides

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Tues., Dec. 8: Electrical Safety

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Wed., Dec. 9: Review for test

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Thurs., Dec. 10: Review for test

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Fri., Dec. 11: TEST over Magnetism and Electricity

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Week of Nov. 30-Dec. 4

Mrs. Carel — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:44:28 +0000

Mon. 11/30: Discuss Electromagnets Lab and creating a graph; Begin reading guide on Electric Currents and Magnetic Fields

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Tues. 12/1: Finish reading guide from yesterday

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Wed. 12/2: Begin notes on Charged Particles and Static Electricity

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Thurs. 12/3: Discuss Static Electricity; demos of electroscope and Van de Graaf machine

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Fri. 12/4: Electrical Safety

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*Our semester exam will be on Fri., Dec. 11th. This exam is not comprehensive – it covers our current unit on Magnetism and Electricity. More info. and study materials will be announced toward the end of this week.

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