Overview 12/7-12/11

Day of week	7th grade	8th grade
Monday 12/7	Adaptations and coevolution	Finish research and planning for building.
Tuesday 12/8	Adaptations and coevolution activity HW: Activity questions	Review for Rocks test
Wednesday 12/9	Finish Competition: pea and bean lab.	Rock Test. NOTECARDS ARE DUE FOR CHECK-IN.
Thursday 12/10	Review for Monday’s test on chapter 1 section 3 and two way causality.	Prepare for field trip.
Friday 12/11	DOWNTOWN FIELD TRIP- 8TH GRADE

Overview 11/30-12/4

Day of week	7th	8th
Monday 11/30	Present Mix & Match symbiosis	Biggest Crystal Lab- collect data, analysis and conclusion
Tuesday 12/1	Predator & Prey	Sedimentary notes HW: crossword puzzle
Wednesday 12/2	Predator & Prey activity HW: Questions on activity	Review for placement test Geology of Downtown
Thursday 12/3	Predator & Prey activity HW: questions on activity	Geology of Downtown- Research
Friday 12/4	Adaptations	Review for placement test Geology of Downtown Research

Overview 11/16-11/20

Day of week	7th	8th
Monday 11/16	Finish test. Ch1.3 read and notes. HW: Calorie lab due tomorrow. Finish notes	Classify igneous rocks. HW: Read and take notes on Metamorphic rocks.
Tuesday 11/17	Interactions among organisms: Competition. Do class lab of pea plants and bean plants.	Metamorphic rocks. Classify metamorphic rocks.
Wednesday 11/18	Symbiotic relationships- mutualism HW: mutualism in your life.	Metamorphic mash activity. HW: finish questions
Thursday 11/19	Symbiotic: parasitism. HW: Parasitism in your life.	Sedimentary rocks. Classify sedimentary rocks. HW: read and take notes on sedimentary rocks. Bring in materials.
Friday 11/12	Commensalism. Mix & match symbiosis. Collecting notebooks next Tuesday!	Make Sediment tubes. Look at crystal lab. Collect notebooks.

Overview 11/9-11/13

Day of week	7th	8th
Monday 11/9	Calorie Lab HW: Analysis and conclusion of lab	Rock Cycle due. Start igneous rock HW: read Ch 2.2 and take notes
Tuesday 11/10	Discuss lab HW: Calorie Inquiry report- due Tuesday 11/17	Igneous rocks activity HW: Research on how to grow a crystal and crystal growth. Write in notebook
Wednesday 11/11	Habitat and niche HW: Study	Biggest Crystal Lab protocol HW: bring in materials ?
Thursday 11/12	Review Ch1.1 &1.2 HW: Study	Biggest Crystal Lab Protocol HW: bring in materials ?
Friday 11/13	Chapter 1.1 &1.2 Test	Perform lab.

Overview 10/26-10/30

Day of week	7th	8th
Monday 10/26	Domino Causality vs. Linear causality. Start everything moves because of the sun.	Mineral detective HW: ID Test questions
Tuesday 10/27	Finish grass lab. Graph, analysis, conclusion. Report out	Mineral detective HW: Identify mineral
Wednesday 10/28	Everything moves because of the sun HW: What is food?essay	Mining HW: Chapter 1 sect.3 notes
Thursday 10/29	What is food? Discussion and start pre lab for calorie lab	Mineral review
Friday 10/30	Calorie lab. Notebook check	Mineral Test

Overview 10/19-10/23

Day of week	7th	8th
Monday 10/19	Food Chain-	Mineral detective HW: ID Test questions
Tuesday 10/20	Food Web HW: Ch. 1 Section 2 worksheet	Mineral detective HW: ID test questions
Wednesday 10/21	Domino Causality	Mineral Detective HW: ID test questions
Thursday 10/22	Niches	Constitution test
Friday 10/23	Read-A-Thon, Earth?	Constitution test

Overview 10/12-10-/16

Day of week	7th	8th
Monday 10/12	NO SCHOOL	NO SCHOOL
Tuesday 10/13	Perform Growing Grass Lab	Mineral Detective HW: test questions
Wednesday 10/14	Lab write up for growing grass lab. HW: How do Humans view the world reading and answer questions.	Mineral Detective HW: test questions
Thursday 10/15	Go over reading. Start interactions between living things (Chapter 1 section 2). HW: Read section 2 and take notes	Mineral Detective HW: test questions
Friday 10/16	Energy and interactions. Producers, consumers, decomposers.	Mineral Detective HW: test questions