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

Science:

Many of you did NOT do the Procedure (Steps) for your experiment on a Google document and give that to me… It was due already. I need that.

Do IXL H Sections 1-4 & NEWSLEA Article “Transfer of Energy in a Car Crash”. Same rules apply.

Here is a nice video on the difference between Potential & Kinetic Energy.

Social Studies:

You have a iLearn quiz this Tuesday (April 21st) on Chapter 21 “The Three Philosophies” RETAKES ARE FRIDAY! I gave you a Kahoot! to study from and you should be done with your TCI Guided Notes & Lesson Game.

There is a NEWSLEA Article that many you have not done called “China’s Ancient Philosophies”.

Then Work on TCI Chapter 24 “The Silk Road” Guided Notes & Lesson Game and that iLearn quiz will be on April 28th. I have a Kahoot! added below and there is a NEWSLEA Article about The Silk Road.

https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEB&search_query=the+silk+road+for+kids

https://create.kahoot.it/share/the-silk-road/e73bb98d-2fa6-4a0f-8297-7b8e66e06eec

Google Hangout Schedule for this Week: (April 20th-24th)

ALL GOOGLE HANGOUTS ARE SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

Social Studies 12:00-1:00 Monday April 20th (both periods 5 & 6)

Science 12:00-1:00 Thursday April 23rd (both periods 2 & 3)

Advisory 10:30 AM Friday April 24th (cancelled)

Look for the links the day of… ty 🙂

Social Studies:

Continue to do the Lesson Game and Guided Notes on TCI for Chapter 21 “Three Philosophies”. I am including a Kahoot! link for you the Quiz on this Chapter will be next Tuesday on April 21st.

If you want to move ahead do the same thing for Chapter 24 “The Silk Road”.

https://create.kahoot.it/share/chapter-21-three-chinese-philosophies/0c4a118b-2a23-4e64-8460-ac1692ad0651

Science:

I am still taking the Procedure (steps to your experiment) up till the end of this week where it will be due on Friday April 17th. You will not to purchase a Science Board and the Science Fair has been cancelled; not sure entirely on how your experiment will look like going forward, but I will let you know.

Then do IXL Section C “Engineering Practicing” Parts 1-4. And then NEWSLEA Article #15 “An Engineer’s Problem-Solving Guide”.

Here is a nice video on the Engineering Process…

FYI Dearborn High is providing free lunches from 10-12 M-F.

Also, there was a student survey that went out this week, please take the time to do that if you haven’t. (See below). I e-mailed it to EVERY student.

https://forms.gle/eCEmotLykibwGn77A

Welcome to the 4th Quarter… I submitted grades Tuesday morning for 3rd quarter. I have assigned a few things this week for Social Studies & Science (see previous entry). As of today the District has not given us a clear plan on what the 4th quarter will look like in regards to grades. This will come before the 13th I am sure and is always a fluid situation. For now, everything is enrichment, but I would expect that to change. Therefore, I am not going to post anything until then.

Please enjoy your Spring Break, there will be no assignments, assessments or enrichment until after that; so enjoy the break. As always stay safe and healthy. Thank you for your patience. 🙂

Happy Sunday!, so the word from the District & Administration is that anything assigned after March 13th and shutdown, only counts as enrichment. However, if it was assigned, discussed and/or directions were given beforehand it can count. A few examples for me were the Research Portion of the Science Experiment, the foldable, the Ancient China Test, and NEWSLEA’s. Therefore, I can not count IXL’s, the more recent TCI’s and NEWSLEA articles for 3rd quarter because they are considered enrichment. This is subject to change for 4th quarter, but we are not sure on what that will look like yet.

Please stay safe & healthy. 🙂 Any questions feel free to e-mail and I am still working on grades. Teachers have been told to finish and submit those by March 31st.

Social Studies:

We are doing Chapter 21 “Three Philosophies” so using your TCI https://www.teachtci.com/ I would like you to do the Notebook & the Lesson Game. 

Then watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvfOMhx3cj8.  

Finally, do NEWSLEA Article #13 “Chinese Ancient Philosophies”.

Science:

Do IXL Part A #1 & #2.

Next, I want your Procedure (Steps to your Experiment) typed up and sent to me.  Now, you can do this in paragraph form (use transitions), or do it in a List format (step #1, #2, etc.)  This is up to you.  So at this point your Lab Report should have the following completed.

• Proper Heading: Name(s), Date, Class
• Title
• Purpose
• Research
• Hypothesis
• List of Materials
• Procedure

*Note: Directions and samples are on My Blog on the Entry right before “Week 21 of School”

Social Studies:

Take a picture of your Chapter 22 foldable and send it to me. Do the TCI lesson game and notebook sections for Chapter 21. “The Three Chinese Philosophies”

Science:

Try this experiment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KirHm_sYfI and then do IXL Letter I “Thermal Energy” sections #1 &2. Along with NEWSLEA Article #13 “Thermal Energy”. Lastly, type of your “List of Materials” for your experiment (make sure you include units of measurement; what I mean by that if you use water; how much did you use? (ounces, cups, etc.)) Then send it to me via e-mail for credit.

Thank you and if you have any questions please e-mail me. I still have about 8 or so of you that are NOT doing anything, haven’t responded to my e-mails or text messages.

Mr. Denison has an online Bryant STAFF Meeting scheduled for this Friday in the AM. I will have more answers to your questions about grades after that. However, the quarter does end Friday (27th) and we have been told that ALL teachers need their Report Cards done by March 30th. So continue to do everything that your teachers have assigned you and e-mail us for questions. Thank you… stay safe and healthy.

Good Morning… I hope everyone is being productive, staying active, have a schedule, listening to your parents and are checking every teachers blog every day. Use this time to do somethings you may have never had time for or wanted too like start a journal, read a lengthy chapter book or two, write a book, create a comic book, construct the biggest Lego building ever, watch Frozen II, do a complicated puzzle, play board games, learn to cook, learn to do laundry, workout, draw, do a science experiment, etc. Here’s the thing… staying busy and keeping to a schedule similar to school is very very important. This is NOT a vacation from your education and by keeping up on that will help. I promise.

Social Studies:

We had our pre-scheduled test yesterday on Chapter 22… almost everyone took it, not sure why 10 students did not. Also, I corrected the one question; my fault I spelled it wrong on the answer key. So just like any test there is a re-take this Friday the 20th then it will be closed. Question? Did you do your foldable? That is due when we get back, however if you like to take a picture of it and send it to me then I can grade them promptly. We are now however moving forward with Chapter 21 “Three Chinese Philosophies” so for the next two weeks we are working on that. I have two assignments for you to work on. Read below…

Do the Lesson Game for Chapter 21 & then and do the Notebook section on TCI. We did these with the first two chapters back in the beginning of the year. I know they are not your favorite, but we need to cover Chapter 21 and 23. I will ultimately design a Kahoot! for you and then if we do go back in mid-April we will do a test on those two chapters together. Remember this situation is ever changing and very fluid.

Science:

I got a lot of students do their IXL assignments but not as much as I like, but that’s ok you have till Friday. I will start entering those grades tomorrow. Also, do those two NEWSLEA Articles that you may have not done. And continue to type of every component (part) that I assigned of the your Lab Report.

Lastly, I am checking my e-mails frequently. I have answered ever e-mail students and parents have sent me that need clarification on my classes. Please continue to do that. I want to assist you. 🙂 Be safe and healthy.

Social Studies:

I completed your iLearn Chapter 22 “The First Emperor” Test (22 points) today and it will be made available to students for the whole day on Tuesday (March 17th) and close at midnight. There are true/false, multiple choice and short answer. It is also timed at 40 minutes. The Kahoot! is an easy study guide (it will NOT be available to the public after Monday). You need to do the TCI Chapter 22 “Lesson Game” (that will help you as well).

Don’t forget to do your Foldable as well (Look at the Agenda from Thursday/March 12th for directions).

The next Chapter we will be working is Chapter 21“Three Chinese Philosophies” (look for assignments after your test this Tuesday). Log in and use your https://www.teachtci.com/

Science:

You need to finish your NEWSLEA Article #11 “What is a Testable Hypothesis?” from last week ASAP

Then do NEWSLEA Article #12 “Using Celsius & Fahrenheit” (this is due by Friday, March 20^th) Don’t forget to do annotations, highlight vocabulary & not only the quiz, but the written portion (these will be worth 10 points going forward now).

Log on to IXL https://www.ixl.com/ (every student uses this with LA, however if you need your password or log in information e-mail me at kerrd@dearbornschools.org)

Do Science IXL B. #1-5 (this is due by Friday, March 20^th)

FYI Your retakes for your last iLearn test on Thermal Energy will only be open till Tuesday.

As for your Science Experiment Lab Report… I want a typed Lab Report which must include… (this is due whatever Wednesday we get back, but is subject to change)

• A proper heading (Name, Date & Class)
• Title
• State Your Question or Purpose
• Research
• Hypothesis
• List of Materials
• Variables (independent, dependent & control)

Do NOT do your data (results), your conclusion or your references yet.

There is a Blog Entry on wrote up on January 22 that gives you a sample Lab Report

Dear Bryant Family:                                                               March 13^th, 2020

As you already know Dearborn Public Schools will be closed until April 16^th.  This situation is very fluid and is uncharted waters for not only the district, but the country.  Please be patient and allow somewhat of a learning curve.  I understand you may have anxiety.  I am also very aware your family and loved ones come first.  Therefore, I will do my very best to accommodate you and be flexible.   I believe in our leadership in DPS so please trust that we as District will do our very best to put students first and meet their needs.  Mr. Denison headed a staff meeting today with all Bryant teachers and then directed us to come up with a plan with our individual core subject teams.  We are currently working on that and may look different in each class and this is a process so it will take time.  What I do know you will need to check My Blog often for more information on how I will be doing online learning and assessments for this time off.  I believe that during this time off students and parents should be productive and have a schedule.  Here is so far what I need you to be aware of.

Science:

01. The Science retake for “7.3 Pretest & Post Test A” was scheduled today before and after school, since that didn’t happen, log on to iLearn and take that by Monday March 16^th if you are not happy with your grade or didn’t finish it.

02. Also, I am reopening up the last quiz “7.3 Lessons 2-3 Quiz” as well and that will be opened till March 16^th as well.

03. You will have to produce these components typed for your Lab Report for the Science Fair (more information to follow and this will be summative)

• Question
• Research
• Hypothesis
• List of Materials
• Variables
• Procedure

Social Studies:

01. I will collect the Foldable on Chapter 22 in Social Studies when we get back.

02. As mentioned last week we will still be having an iLearn Quiz on Tuesday on Chapter 22 and be opened for only a short time frame.

03. We will be finishing Chapter 22, do Chapters 21 & 24.

Misc.

• I will post assignments and criteria every Monday.

• I will be using iLearn, NEWSLEA, TCI, BrainPOP and IXL for assignments.

• I will NOT assign anything over Spring Break.

• I will use My Blog, e-mail and the Remind App to communicate with you.

• Any questions please e-mail me at kerrd@dearbornschools.org

• Please be safe and abide by the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services recommended strategies.

-Mr. Kerr

Science Test tomorrow (Tuesday 10th). We have a Social Studies Quiz next Tuesday (17th) on Chapter 22. Retakes are Friday before or after school. Here are the Kahoot!s for both subjects below…

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https://create.kahoot.it/share/the-first-emperor-of-china/7f45753d-fe07-4505-8751-fa6b7d13d5ae

https://create.kahoot.it/share/7-3-thermal-energy-m-star/9a8bc6c2-eed6-4260-b3ca-0f0a678891e1

Happy March!!

PBIS Celebration is rescheduled for Tuesday at 7:30 AM.

Our 7th grade Detroit Zoo field trip is Wednesday leaving the school by bus around 9:15 AM and returning at 2:30 PM.

Science Test next Tuesday (March 10th) (See Study Guide below; due Friday)

Here are the Agendas for this week…

https://www.quia.com/quiz/2047034.html