Overview 9/28-10/2

Day of week	7th	8th
Monday 9/28	Group report-out on experiment. Receive books. HW: take note on Ch.1 sec.1	Group report-out on experiment. Receive books. HW: read and take notes on Ch1.sec.1
Tuesday 9/29	Video on ecology HW: Study Guide	Video on Minerals HW: Study Guide
Wednesday 9/30	Living and nonliving things HW: Study Guide	Minerals HW: Study Guide
Thursday 10/1	Review for NOS, obs. Vs. inference, experimental design test HW: Study	Review for NOS, obs. Vs. inference, experimental design test HW: Study
Friday 10/2	TEST Turn in Notebooks	TEST. Weeks’ reflection

Overview 9/21-9/25

Day of week	7th	8th
Monday 9/21	Start of Science Inquiry. Question, independent, dependent, constant variables.	Inquiry. Go over variables ppt.. Film canister rocket demo.
Tuesday 9/22	Hypothesis, Design own gummy bear investigation with lab. HW: Variable worksheet	List variables in rocket demo. Pick an investigation to test. Hypothesis. Write up own film canister experiment. HW: Simpson variable worksheet
Wednesday 9/23	Procedures and Materials. Perform lab.	Procedures and materials: Perform lab. Collect data
Thursday 9/24	Data tables and analysis of data. Collect data.	Finish collecting data. Data tables, analysis of data
Friday 9/25	Conclusions and presenting of results to class.	Conclusion and presenting of results to class.

Overview 9/14-9/18

Day of week	7th	8th
Monday 9/14	Observations vs. Inference HW: Inference Cartoon	Observations. Making observations
Tuesday 9/15	Evidence and Claims. More observations vs. Inference Types of science	Observation vs. Inference HW: making inferences based on observations in class.
Wednesday 9/16	Activity on gaining evidence and making claims. HW: Activity questions	Observation Poem HW: questions about poem
Thursday 9/17	Finish activity and discuss questions.	Evidence and claims activity.
Friday 9/18	Inquiry video HW: reflection of weeks	Evidence and claims activity Turn in science notebook

Overview 9/7-9/11/09

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Day of week	7th	8th
Monday 9/7	No School	No School
Tuesday 9/8	Discuss Nature of science. Sunset, Souls, and Senses. HW: Take notes on website. http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/nature/index.shtml	Discuss Survey. HW: Science is/is not reading- take annotated notes
Wednesday 9/9	Go over reading. Start Observations.	Discuss reading. HW: revise survey
Thursday 9/10	Observation vs. Inference HW: Inference Cartoon	CONPTT ppt.
Friday 9/11	Observation vs. Inference Turn in Science Notebook	Finish CONPTT ppt. Start Observaion HW: Reality Check