Mr. Kerr's 8th & 7th Grade Science

I hope everyone is having a wonderful and restful spring break.  I know I have so far and will even being doing better if Michigan wins tonight against Villanova.  Go Blue!

The quarter ended last Thursday and I will be working making sure everything is graded and recorded by the end of the week, grades are due the day we get back for teachers.  However, I have a few students that didn’t send me their typed one page, three paragraph paper on Globalization yet.  Its a sumative so if I don’t have it by the Sunday April 8th; its a zero.  Students had most of Wednesday and all of Thursday to do it.

We will be starting the Respiration and Circulatory System when we get back in science.

The Respiration & Circulatory Systems Power Point

The next Chapter is 24 in the Geography text book.

Chapter 24 Oil in Southwest Asia Power Point 6th

Its a short week with no school on Friday.  The quarter ends this week as well; it hard to believe that when we get back from spring break there is only ten weeks left.

As for this week students have a lot of assessments two particularly for me… there is a science quiz tomorrow on the muscular and skeletal systems.  Here is not only the Kahoot!, but the Power Point as well.

https://play.kahoot.it/#/?quizId=53f49909-0484-4ff0-a313-c8d66b7560f4

The Skeletal & Muscular Organ Systems

Then on Wednesday we have a test in geography on Chapter 32… here is the Kahoot! and the Power Point for that one as well.

https://play.kahoot.it/#/?quizId=01e7f5da-02a5-4a1b-a1a0-28240fef25b8

Chapter 32 The Global Sneaker From Asia to Everywhere Power Point

Just cut and paste the Kahoot! links.

Please bring in pennies for cancer!

Retake for last weeks Science test is tomorrow, before and after school.

We are now starting to study the Human Body organ systems in science… we are going to do the Skeletal and Muscular System firs and then move on to the others after the break.  Be prepared for a short quiz sometime next week.

Here is not only the Power Point, but the text book section on those two organs.

The Skeletal & Muscular Organ Systems

The Skeletal System & Muscular System Part 1

The Skeletal System & Muscular System Part 2

The Skeletal System & Muscular System Part 3

Geography Test next Wednesday on Chapter 32 The Global Sneaker: From Asia to Everywhere.  Here is the PP & Study Guide… how can you go wrong?

Chapter 32 The Global Sneaker From Asia to Everywhere Power Point

Study Guide for Chapter 32

No school next Friday because of the holiday break.

The Cells Study Guide is due tomorrow and the iLearn test is Wednesday.  Retake is next Tuesday.

There is also a late start this Wednesday.

We started new content in Geography today… Chapter 32.  FYI I am shooting for an assessment before the spring break.  Here is the PP its not entirely done, but its a good start.

Chapter 32 The Global Sneaker From Asia to Everywhere Power Point(2)

Here are a the pages scanned from the Geography text book.

Chapter 32 page 455

Chapter 32 page 456

Chapter 32 page 457

Chapter 32 page 458

Chapter 32 page 459

Chapter 32 page 460

Chapter 32 page 461

Chapter 32 page 462

Chapter 32 page 463

Lastly, here is a picture of our Osmosis Perfect Tater Mystery Lab that we did on Friday.

Parent/Teacher Conferences are tonight 3:30-6:30 PM.

We have a science test next Wednesday on Chapters 1 & 2 on Cells.

Cells Study Guide

Chapter 1 Cells The Basic Units of Life & Chapter 2 The Cell in Action Power Point 6th

Here is the Study Guide (due Tuesday) and the PP to assist you.

https://create.kahoot.it/details/cells-the-basic-units-of-life/6cb79af0-af9b-45cb-9dd3-b9f4084e4601

Cut & Paste the link above for the Kahoot! So you can review.

The Cells Crossword Puzzle and Word Search is due tomorrow.

There is no school today because of the weather.  Enjoy!

The Chapter 4 Great Lakes Study Guide that was due today is now due Monday and the test will still be Tuesday.  I am including a link for my Kahoot! (just cut & paste) so you can practice this weekend.  Lastly, the entry a few days ago that is password protected has all the chapters scanned, my power point and the study guide.  There is a drag & drop on the test with the 8 states that border the Great Lakes Region, along with the Great Lakes themselves and Canada.  It is worth 15 points you need to study that.  There is NO reason why you can’t do well on this test.

https://play.kahoot.it/#/?quizId=61aa7b39-5953-405f-a0ab-a90a52a199b

 

 

 

Here are some pics from our Oreo Cookie Mitosis experiment today.

Welcome back… I hope everyone enjoyed their week long Winter Break… Yeah!

Just before break we started working on our C.E.R’s, students were given pretty much the entire time to work on them today.  They are due tomorrow. I attached a few things to hopefully make that C.E.R. easier.  Also, I did text students to encourage them to work on them during the break where some did take advantage of that.

C.E.R. Checklist

C.E.R. Rubric 2017

Geography Test is scheduled for next Tuesday.  Here is the Study Guide due Friday.

Chapter 4 The Great Lakes Study Guide

Here is the scanned chapters as well…

Chapter 4 The Great Lakes page 65

Chapter 4 The Great Lakes page 66

Chapter 4 The Great Lakes page 67

Chapter 4 The Great Lakes page 70

Chapter 4 The Great Lakes page 71

Chapter 4 The Great Lakes page 72

Chapter 4 The Great Lakes page 73

Chapter 4 The Great Lakes page 74

Chapter 4 The Great Lakes page 75

Chapter 4 The Great Lakes page 76

Happy Snow Day!! Stay warm… do some binge watching, play some video games, drink some hot coco, build a snow man and have a little fun.  Just a few things… next week is SPIRIT WEEK!  We got a wagon for the parade on Friday however, we need supplies to construct our float.  I will go out and buy some materials, but as I am told this is student led and needs to be constructed by students.  We will only have four days to build our Mickey Mouse, so advisory students bring in your materials and have a plan for that short time.

Here is the themes for next week… Monday = Pajama Day, Tuesday = Meme/Day/TV Character, Wednesday = Twin Day, Thursday = Slippers & Hat Day, Friday = Color Day (8th grade = black, 7th grade = white, 6th grade = blue).

We started our Human Impact Project which is due next Thursday. If you look in the previous entry the Power Point is there, we assigned groups, gave out the Rubric, saw videos, examples, timetable/checklist and we practiced with a few sentence stems.  I believe I have given enough guidance for students to be successful and meet the highest expectations.  One of my recommendations was to do it on Google Slides so you can share it within your group.  I advise that strongly.  Lastly, students will have a majority of the time in classes next week, but not the full 100 minute blocks.  I have other things we need to accomplish.

I will not be at school Monday February 5th.

Here is picture of the Gummy Bear Osmosis Project we were doing the last couple days.  You will notice that Gummy Bear because of Osmosis doubled in size when you leave it in water over night.

We will be starting our Human Impact Project (cross over assignment science/social studies) Tuesday which will take 7-10 class periods.  Here is the Power Point and a list of Internet sites that students can use for research.

PBL Project Power Point 6th (2018)

Human Impact Project Reliable Links

Here is the next Geography Point as well on Chapter 4.

Chapter 4 The Great Lakes Power Point 6th

FYI There is a late start Wednesday the 7th.

Finally, we need a wagon so we can participate in the parade for spirit week… does anyone in my advisory have one to bring in?  Spirit Week is in two weeks.  We have to decorate it too.