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Mr.
Bird's 8th Grade Science
2009-2010
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First day of School
-First Day Letter
-Time to Teach
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Enter room
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On task
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Computers at desk
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Mac Computer Introduction
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Table areas at the end of period
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Pencil Sharpen
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Bathroom Pass
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Group Discussions
-Website: What is there?
-Start Birthday Lab Data table #1
Homework:
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Birthday Lab
-Data Table 1
-Graphing Rules
Notes PP
-Graphing Rules
Handout
-Graph #1: # of
births vs. months for period ( __ )
Homework:
- Get supplies due Monday:
you only need a 1.5" Binder not a 2" inch
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First Day Letter signed by parent Due Monday
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-Turn in 1st Day
Letter
-Supply check
-Get your Birthday Lab
out and your graph from yesterday
-Finish
Graph of class data
-Data table 3
-Work on Graph of school data
-Work on Questions
on back of lab sheet
Homework:
- Finish both graphs
and questions and back
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Please get
out your:
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Birthday Lab
Sheet with questions answered
- Graph 1:
Months vs. # of Births for Class period and Graph 2: Months vs. # of Births for
all MVMS
- Pencil
-Conclusion Notes
Presentation
-Using Conclusion
Notes write Conclusion with group at computers
-Virtual Presentation
of the Lecture
-Work on Title Page
Homework:
Finish Birthday Lab:
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Title Page
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Title
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Name
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Period
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Graphic
- Lab sheet
complete front and back
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Data Table 1
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Graph 1 and Graph
2
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Conclusion
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Get ready
to Turn in your
Birthday Lab:
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Title Page
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Lab sheet
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Data Table 1
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Graph 1 and 2
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Conclusion
Get out a pen
Clear everything else off your desk
Be sure everyone at your table is ready
Bill Nye:
Outer Space: Part 1
, Part 2,
Part 3
Homework:
Interactive Reader 213-227 for Monday
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-Life of a Star Tour
Homework:
Interactive Reader 213-227 for Monday
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28:
Magazine Drive
-Life of a Star Tour
Homework:
Interactive Reader 213-227 for Monday
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Due
Interactive Reader 213-227
The Future of the Milky Way
Homework:
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Interactive Reader 228-231 Due Wednesday
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September 1
-Chapter
15 directed
Reading A
-Chapter 15
Section Quiz
Homework:
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2Due
Interactive Reader 228-231
"A Star's Life": Write a
paragraph in 1st person of your life as a star - "I was born in a nebula far,
far away........"
-Work on
completing Chapter
15 Log Due Tomorrow
1 page
of notes for test tomorrow
Homework:
- Finish
Chapter
15 Log
- Finish
1 Page of notes (1 side only) to use during the test. Not typed
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Chapter
15 Test and
Chapter
15 Log Due
Homework:
- Work
on IR pages 232-239 Wednesday
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Chapter 16 Videos:
Video Notes
Homework:
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7
Labor Day-No School
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8
Solar
System Distance Activity
Homework:
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Due IR pages 232-239 Wednesday
Celestia Tour of the
Solar System: This is an open source Astronomy
simulation program that any one can download for free
-Celestia Website
-Celestia Educational Activities
Website
Homework:
- Interactive
Reader 240-251 Due Wednesday
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Celestia Tour of the
Solar System: This is an open source Astronomy
simulation program that any one can download for free
-Celestia Website
-Celestia Educational Activities
Website
Homework:
- Interactive
Reader 240-251 Due Wednesday
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-Phases of
the Moon:
Homework:
- Interactive
Reader 240-251 Due Wednesday
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Celestia Tour of the
Solar System: This is an open source Astronomy
simulation program that any one can download for free
-Celestia Website
-Celestia Educational Activities
Website
Homework:
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-Bill Nye: The Moon
-Origin
of the Moon
Play with Celestia or
Google Earth
Homework:
- Interactive
Reader 240-251 Due Wednesday
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16Interactive
Reader 240-251 Due
-Chapter
16 Review
-Reinforcement
Homework:
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-Finish
Chapter
16 Log
-1 Page of Notes for
Test
-IR 252- 265 Due Friday
Homework:
- Finish
Chapter 16 Log
- Finish 1 page of
notes for test tomorrow
- IR 252- 265 Due
Friday
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18IR 252- 265 Due
Friday
-5 week Progress Notice Sent home
-Chapter 16 Test
-Chapter 16 Log
Due
-1
Page (1 side only) of notes for the test
Homework:
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-Start
the Popcorn Lab
Homework:
Homework:
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-Make
a computer graph of data in excel (See
podcast demonstration) Don't have excel at home go to openoffice
Homework:
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-5 week Progress Notice Sent home
-Grade
Chapter 16 Tests
-Paragraph
Summary of- "Faster than the
Wind"
Homework:
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-Classroom
instructions
-Popcorn Lab
-Virtual
Tutorial 1-6
-Virtual
Presentation Model Notes
-Model Notes
PowerPoint Presentation
Finish Popcorn Lab
Questions 7-11
Homework:
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Get
progress notice
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Finish
Popcorn Lab
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Lab
sheet: front and back
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Graph
by hand
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Computer graph
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Conclusion
on Friday in class
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5 week Progress Notice signed
-Conclusion Notes
Presentation
-Using Conclusion
Notes write Conclusion with group at computers
-Title Page
Turn in Popcorn
Lab
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Title Page
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Lab sheet front and back all questions answered
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Graph # of Mass vs. # of Kernels
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Computer Graph
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Conclusion
-Homework:
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Popcorn
Lab Due
Review
Model Notes
Presentation
- Weight
on Moon Activity
Homework:
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-Use
your Graphing rules notes, model notes and your group members to work
on and finish the -Model
Predictions Worksheet with the 2 graphs
Homework:
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-Rounding Rules
Significant
Figure Worksheet on back
Homework:
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October 1
-Problem Solving Notes
-Problem Solving Presentation
-Science
Skills Review Sheet
-Science
Skills Log
Homework:
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Finish Science Skills Log
Due Monday in
the log
Check your answers on the board
Homework:
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Science
Skills Log Due
Unit 1 Test: Graphing and Lab Skills
Homework:
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Unit 1 Test: Graphing and Lab Skills Day 2
Homework:
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Grade Tests
Homework:
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-Bill
Nye: Motion
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IR 163-168 Due
Golf Ball
Roll Lab
Homework:
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-Golf Ball
Roll Lab
Finish Check of the model and Questions 1-2
Homework:
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-Golf Ball
Roll Lab:
Homework:
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Golf Ball
Roll Lab
- Lab
sheet: all questions
- Graph1
Time vs Distance
- Graph
2 - Distance vs. Velocity
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-Golf Ball
Roll Lab:
Work on Group
Conclusions
Homework:
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15Golf Ball
Roll Lab Due at beginning of periode
Changing Between
Units:
Homework
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-Problem Solving
Notes
-Problem Solving
PowerPoint
-Changing Between Units
Worksheet b
Homework
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My Speed in PE Activity
Race Walking
Instruction:
Homework:
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Line-rider
Relative motion: Describe the
motion of:
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The sledder in
relationship to the track and the computer
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The track in
relationship to the sledder and the computer
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The computer
in relationship to the sledder and the track
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Be sure to
talk about your reference point
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Check these
out:
Directed
Reading AHomework:
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-Acceleration
Presentation
-Virtual Presentation
-Page 342 in the textbook Quick lab
Homework
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Use Motion Sensors to create graphs
Homework:
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End of 1st Quarter
Motion,
Speed. Acceleration Log
Motion, speed
acceleration
Review Sheet
Homework:
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Motion,
Speed. Acceleration Log
Study for Motion Test
by finishing and checking the
Motion
Review Sheet
Homework
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27- Minimum Day
-Motion
Test
Homework
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-Motion,
Speed. Acceleration Log
Due
-Finish the Motion Test
Homework
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29 - Minimum Day
-Finish the Motion Test
-Balloon
Lift Myth Busters
Homework
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30-
Grade Tests
Homework
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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November 2
-Drop Lab
Homework:
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Minimum Day - sub
-Complete Drop Lab Computer Graph of Acceleration vs. Mass of
the Washers
Homework:
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4:
Watch Objects falling
in a vacume
-Work on Questions
Homework:
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Finish Drop Lab by end of
the period
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Title Page
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Lab sheet
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Graph
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5-
Minimum Day -sub
-Test Make-ups before school
-Collect Drop Labs
-Watch the Pisa Force Video
Homework:
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Test Make-ups: Before, lunch, after
-Bill Nye Gravity Video
Homework:
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-Test Make-ups: Before, lunch, after
-Force
- Friction - Gravity Lecture
Homework:
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10:IR 169-177
Due
-Test Make-ups: lunch, after
Finish
Force
- Friction - Gravity Lecture - Videos included in lecture
-Roller Coaster
Physics Video
- 10 facts - drawing- 2 questions
Homework:
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Veteran's Day No
School
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Test Make-ups: Before, lunch, after
-Force Simulation: Phet Interactive Simulations
Homework:
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Test Make-ups: Before, lunch, after
-Force Simulation: Phet Interactive Simulations
Homework:
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November 16
Newton's Law Lecture
Homework:
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178-190 Due Today
Balloon Launch Force Activity
Homework
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Cartoon Video
Homework
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Forces and Motion Review
Forces and Motion - Chapter 13 Log
Homework
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20IR
191-198 Due Today
Chapter 13 Log due
Forces and Motion Test
Homework
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Thanksgiving Break 11/23 - 11/27
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Science Essay
Homework:
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December 1
-Topic for Paper due at
beginning of period
-Science
Essay: Work on Graphic
Organizer for Body - pick 3 science concepts
-First sentence is definition of science concept with source listed on
bottom.
-Blank Graphic
Organizer for you to save and then open in PowerPoint and fill in with
information
-Start working on Diagram (graphic organizer)
Homework:
Work on commentary portion of Graphic organizer.
Not due yet, but the more you do now the easier it will be later.
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Finish
Chapter 13 Log due for
Wednesday
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Write and share
Thesis Statements with group-writing
help
-Work on Graphic
Organizer for Body
-Blank Graphic
Organizer for you to save and then open in PowerPoint and fill in with
information
Homework:
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-MLA Format explanation
-MLA
Format Sample Paper
-Use Citation Machine or noodlebib to make your citations.
Research and Write
erif;">Research and Write
Introductory paragraph
Homework:
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4Mobile
Cart
-Signed Thesis Statement due at
beginning of period
Research and Write
Introductory paragraph
-Work on
Works Cited page
-Header and Footer in word
-Body
Paragraphs
- commentary more explanation of how the
science is connected to the concrete detail
Homework:
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-Recap and Transition Sentence
Conclusion:
Follow link for explanation. Also, don't forget the "so what" part of
the paper.
-Finish writing body from
Graphic Organizer
Homework - Class work
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Introductory Paragraph
Check
Science Essay
-Finish paper with:
- Introduction
- 3 body paragraphs
- conclusion
- works cited
Homework - Class work
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9: Mobile Cart
Conclusion Check
Grading
Rubric
Work on paper and Graphic organizer
Homework - Class work
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10Mobile Cart
Work on paper and Graphic
organize
Homework - Class work
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-Science
Essay and Graphic
Organizer due at the beginning of the period
Video Project
-Pick your Group
-Decide on Topic
Homework:
- Research your video Topic
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Video Project
Homework:
- Work
on Video Project, this includes:
- Finishing the
Pitch
- working on
Storyboard
- finding video clips
- Looking at the class web site for student videos
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Video Project
Homework:
- Work
on Video Project, this includes:
- Finishing the
Pitch
- working on
Storyboard
- finding video clips
- Looking at the class web site for student videos
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Video Project Pitch Due
Video Project
Homework:
- Work
on Video Project, this includes:
- Finishing the
Pitch
- working on
Storyboard
- finding video clips
- Looking at the class web site for student videos
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Video Project
Homework:
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Video Project
Storyboards due
Homework:
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December 21 - January 1 Winter Break
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Monday
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Tuesday
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January 4
Video
Project
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Project
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Video
Project
Homework:
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Video
Project Due |
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-Class Film
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End of 2nd Quarter
-Apollo 13
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Martin Luther King - No School
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