Category Archives: Daily Blog 2012

April 19, 2012

Assignment/Activities Today

7th Grade

  • The Heart
  • Review Chambers and Pathway of Blood Through the Heart
  • Brainpop Activity and Q&A- Heart

8th Grade

  • State Test Review
  • Review Several CST Released Test Questions
  • The Solar System
  • The Solar Nebula, The Structure of the Sun and Planetary Distances
  • The Inner Planets – Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars
  • Brainpop – Milky Way (watch the video, take the quiz and email Mr. Hodder the results)
  • Brainpop – Galaxies (watch the video, take the quiz and email Mr. Hodder the results)
  • Brainpop – Life Cycle of Starts (watch the video, take the quiz and email Mr. Hodder the results)

Standards Covered Today

7th Grade – #5: Structure & Function in Living Things
8th Grade – #3: Structure of Matter

Items of Note

Tuesdays at 2:00 – Opportunity to retake any quiz from the third trimester

April 18, 2012

Assignment/Activities Today – Minimum Day

7th Grade

  • Circulatory System
  • Discuss The 5 Parts of the System (Heart, Blood, Arteries, Veins & Capillaries)
  • Brainpop Activity – Heart (complete on a separate sheet of paper.  To be collected at end of period)

8th Grade

  • State Test Review
  • Development of the Atomic Theory
  • The Early Ideas, Discovery of the Atom, Nucleus & Electrons
  • Parts of an Atom, Isotopes & Forces in an Atom
  • Review Several CST Released Test Questions

Standards Covered Today

7th Grade – #5: Structure & Function in Living Things
8th Grade – #3: Structure of Matter

Items of Note

Tuesdays at 2:00 – Opportunity to retake any quiz from the third trimester

April 17, 2012 – Taxes are Due

Assignment/Activities Today

7th Grade

  • Mr. Hodder Will not be in Class Today (students will follow plans left for substitute teacher)
  • Reading From The Holt Anthology of Science Fiction
  • “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury Pg. 72
  • Upon Completion of the Story Answer “Think About It” Pg. 78

8th Grade

  • State Test Review
  • Brainpop Review – States of Matter (take the end quiz as a group)
  • Properties of Matter – What is Matter?
  • Physical Properties of Matter
  • Chemical Properties of Matter
  • Four States of Matter – Solid, Liquid, Gas & Plasma

Standards Covered Today

7th Grade – #5: Structure & Function in Living Things
8th Grade – #3: Structure of Matter

Items of Note

Tuesdays at 2:00 – Opportunity to retake any quiz from the third trimester

April 16, 2012

Assignment/Activities Today

7th Grade

  • Chapter 16 – Circulation & Respiration
  • Review Pathway of Blood Through the Heart
  • Review Atria vs. Ventricles
  • Summarize Pgs. 496-501
  • Section Review Pg. 501
  • Brainpop – Blood (watch the video, take the quiz and email Mr. Hodder the results)
  • If Incomplete Brainpop – Circulatory System (watch the video, take the quiz and email Mr. Hodder the results)
  • If Incomplete Brainpop – Heart (watch the video, take the quiz and email Mr. Hodder the results)

8th Grade

  • State Test Review
  • Brainpop Review – Compounds and Mixtures (take the end quiz as a group)
  • Properties of Elements, Compounds & Mixtures
  • Review the Concentration of Solutions
  • Review the Four States of Matter – Solid, Liquid, Gas & Plasma

Standards Covered Today

7th Grade – #5: Structure & Function in Living Things
8th Grade – #3: Structure of Matter

Items of Note

Tuesdays at 2:00 – Opportunity to retake any quiz from the third trimester

Friday the 13th, April 2012

Assignment/Activities Today

7th Grade

  • Out of Class Today
  • Students Will Follow the Assignment Left for the Substitute Teacher

8th Grade

  • Out of Class Today
  • Students Will Follow the Assignment Left for the Substitute Teacher

Standards Covered Today

7th Grade – #5: Structure & Function in Living Things
8th Grade – #8: Density & Buoyancy

Items of Note

Tuesdays at 2:00 – Opportunity to retake any quiz from the third trimester

April 12, 2012

Assignment/Activities Today

7th Grade

  • Chapter 16 – Circulation & Respiration
  • Review Pathway of Blood Through the Heart
  • Review Atria vs. Ventricles
  • Read and Discuss Pgs. 498-501
  • Discuss Major Blood Vessels
  • Pulmonary vs. Systemic Circulation
  • Finding Our Resting Heart Rates and Active Heart Rates
  • Finding Our Maximum Heart Rates
  • Cardiovascular Problems
  • Brainpop – Blood (watch the video, take the quiz and email Mr. Hodder the results)
  • If Incomplete Brainpop – Circulatory System (watch the video, take the quiz and email Mr. Hodder the results)
  • If Incomplete Brainpop – Heart (watch the video, take the quiz and email Mr. Hodder the results)

8th Grade

  • Chapter 14 – Forces in Fluids
  • Lab – Density Diver (see lab for details)
  • Density = Mass/Volume
  • Discussion on How Our Lungs Work
  • Due to the Decrease in Chest Pressure from our Expanding Diaphragm Air is Pulled into Our Lungs

Standards Covered Today

7th Grade – #5: Structure & Function in Living Things
8th Grade – #8: Density & Buoyancy

Items of Note

Tuesdays at 2:00 – Opportunity to retake any quiz from the third trimester

April 11, 2012

Assignment/Activities Today – Minimum Day

7th Grade

  • Begin Chapter 16
  • Use a Model of the Heart to Discuss Anatomy and Physiology
  • Pathway of Blood Through the Heart
  • Atria vs. Ventricles
  • Brainpop – Circulatory System (watch the video, take the quiz and email Mr. Hodder the results)
  • Brainpop – Heart (watch the video, take the quiz and email Mr. Hodder the results)

8th Grade

  • Chapter 14 – Forces in Fluids
  • Discuss Buoyancy – Why Do Rocks Sink Yet Aircraft Carriers Float?
  • Why Did the Titanic Sink?
  • Read and Discuss Pgs 412-416
  • How Does a Submarine Similar to a Fish?  (Ballast Tubes vs. Swim Bladder)
  • As a Group Complete “Math Focus” on Pg. 413
  • Density = Mass/Volume

Standards Covered Today

7th Grade – #5: Structure & Function in Living Things
8th Grade – #8: Buoyancy

Items of Note

Tuesdays at 2:00 – Opportunity to retake any quiz from the third trimester

April 10, 2012

Assignment/Activities Today

7th Grade

  • Discuss Systems of the Body
  • With the use of the Body Model Pull Out the Various Organs and Associate Them With a Body System
  • Use the Body Model to Point Out Several Muscles
  • Chapter 16 Vocabulary (see vocabulary page for terms)
  • Brainpop Q&A – Circulatory System
  • If Incomplete Students Will Have a Few Minutes to Put any Finishing Touches on Student Presentation – Muscles of the Body.  It Will Be Collected as is at the End of the Period.
  • Muscles for Exploration
    • Rectus Femoris, Gastrocnemius, Quadratus Plantae, Biceps Femoris, Palmaris Longus, Deltoid, Latissimus Dorsi, Trapezius, Biceps Brachii and Triceps Brachii
  • Each Slide Will Have The Following
    • Title
    • Bullet Telling the Muscles Location on the Body
    • Bullet Describing the Muscles Function
    • Bullet Labeling the Muscle as a Flexor or Extensor
    • Picture of the Muscle

8th Grade

  • Introduction to Chapter 14 – Forces in Fluids
  • Imagine You Are in Control of Deep Flight a Revolutionary New Undersea Vessel
  • Read Through Chapter Opener as a Class
  • Read and Discuss Pgs 406-407
  • As a Group Complete “Math Focus” on Pg. 407
  • Pressure = Force/Area
  • Chapter 14 Vocabulary (see vocabulary page for terms)
  • Brainpop Q&A – Weather
  • If Incomplete Students Will Have a Few Minutes to Put any Finishing Touches on Student Presentation – Newton’s Laws. It Will Be Collected as is at the End of the Period.
  • Each preso will contain 10 slides. 1 -Intro slide, 3- 1st Law slides, 3- 2nd Law slides & 3- 3rd Law slides
  • The Three 1st Law slides (title, bullet & photo) will include – the law itself (title & definition), a picture depicting the law and an explanation of why that picture is an example of said law
  • The Three 2nd Law slides (title, bullet & photo) will include – the law itself (title & definition), a picture depicting the law and an explanation of why that picture is an example of said law
  • The Three 3rd Law slides (title, bullet & photo) will include – the law itself (title & definition), a picture depicting the law and an explanation of why that picture is an example of said law

Standards Covered Today

7th Grade – #1: Cell Biology, #5: Structure & Function in Living Things
8th Grade – #2: Forces

Items of Note

Tuesdays at 2:00 – Opportunity to retake any quiz from the third trimester

April 9, 2012

Assignment/Activities Today

7th Grade

  • Discuss Results to Chapter 15 Quiz Answers
  • Complete Student Presentation – Muscles of the Body
  • Muscles for Exploration
    • Rectus Femoris, Gastrocnemius, Quadratus Plantae, Biceps Femoris, Palmaris Longus, Deltoid, Latissimus Dorsi, Trapezius, Biceps Brachii and Triceps Brachii
  • Each Slide Will Have The Following
    • Title
    • Bullet Telling the Muscles Location on the Body
    • Bullet Describing the Muscles Function
    • Bullet Labeling the Muscle as a Flexor or Extensor
    • Picture of the Muscle

8th Grade

  • Discuss Results to Chapter 13 Quiz Answers
  • Complete Student Presentation of Newton’s Laws
  • Each preso will contain 10 slides. 1 -Intro slide, 3- 1st Law slides, 3- 2nd Law slides & 3- 3rd Law slides
  • The Three 1st Law slides (title, bullet & photo) will include – the law itself (title & definition), a picture depicting the law and an explanation of why that picture is an example of said law
  • The Three 2nd Law slides (title, bullet & photo) will include – the law itself (title & definition), a picture depicting the law and an explanation of why that picture is an example of said law
  • The Three 3rd Law slides (title, bullet & photo) will include – the law itself (title & definition), a picture depicting the law and an explanation of why that picture is an example of said law

Standards Covered Today

7th Grade – #1: Cell Biology, #5: Structure & Function in Living Things
8th Grade – #2: Forces

Items of Note

Tuesdays at 2:00 – Opportunity to retake any quiz from the third trimester

 

March 30, 2012 – TGIF

Assignment/Activities Today – Minimum Day

7th Grade

  • Chapter 15 Quiz – Body Organization & Structure
  • Have a Great Spring Break

8th Grade

  • Chapter 13 Quiz – Forces & Motion
  • Have a Great Spring Break

Standards Covered Today

7th Grade – #1: Cell Biology, #5: Structure & Function in Living Things
8th Grade – #2: Forces

Items of Note

Tuesdays at 2:00 – Opportunity to retake any quiz from the third trimester