Mr. Miller's Science BlogDearborn Public Schools

Oct 1st Weekly Wrap up -9/30

6th grade Finished water world lab. Projects are due/ Homework assigned. T/ W Student presentations. Th/ Cluster map on the water cycle F/ research on the water cycle. Homework is due in.

7th M/ Mousetrap wrap up/ Homework assigned T/ Presentations of Traps W/ Th Earth Systems F/ field trip -Spiders Homework is due in.

8th M/ Finish Bacterial Simulation Project on Systems assigned T/ System Card activity W/ Share outs Th/ Earth systems research activity F / Information activity . Projects are due Monday October 7th.

Sep 23rd Weekly Wrap -Up 09-23-2019

• We are still a few days behind because of NWEA testing last week.

6th M/ Finish Cluster maps/Share outs/ Assign Water Project (Due Monday 9-30-2019) Tu/ Water experiment/Write up W/ Water cycle Activity Th/F Interactions of a system.

7th M/- F No homework Mouse trap performance task. design, build, test, and demonstrate their homemade games.

8th. M/ Finish cluster share outs/ Homework assigned. Tu/ Antibiotic Resistance simulation W/ Data write up resistance activity Th/ F Interactions within a system. Homework is due.

Sep 16th Weekly Wrap-up / Testing /Lesson Plans

NOTE: NWEA testing has put my 6th and 7th grade classes several days behind. So if you see an activity from last week again that’s way. Mr. Miller

6th M/ Finish Helicopter Experiment/ Write up Homework assigned T/ Water Demo/ Brainstorm Activity: Water W/ Brainstorm group share outs. Th/ Water Experiment I F/ Write up of water experiment. Homework is due in.

7th M/ Marshmallow Pendulums Part I. Homework is assigned T/ NO class NWEA testing W/Marshmallow pendulums part II Th/ Cup challenge activity F/ Group share outs. Homework is due in.

8th M/ Finish Moth Activity Part III . Homework assigned. Tu/ Group challenge activity W/ Share outs group activity Th/ Simulation: Bacterial Resistance. F/ Write up of Simulation. Homework is due in.

Sep 9th Weekly Update 9-9-2019

Note my plans are 2-3 days behind schedule.

6th M/ Finish Phenomenon #2 questions Homework assigned Tu/ Helicopters experiment W/ Helicopter write up. Brainstorm water Th/ Share outs and water experiment #1. F/ Water experiment #2 and Homework is due in.

7th M/ Ball bounce experiment/ Homework assigned T/ NWEA testing no class W/ NWEA testing no class. Th/ Marshmallow pendulums Part I F/ marshmallow pendulums part II. Homework is due in.

8th M/ Finish Pseudo/real science research activity/homework assigned. T/ Simulation: Adaptation nation. W/ Moth Activity packet. Th/ Finish moth activity packet. F/ Bacterial resistance activity. Homework is due in.

Sep 3rd Weekly Wrap-up 09-03-2019

6th T/ Finish Phenomenon #1 and Questions W/ Do Phenomenon #2 Simulation/questions. TH/ Helicopter Experiment on Variables F/ Experiment write up/ Cluster Map on Water. Homework is due.

7th T/ Finish Phenomenon #1/ Questions / Assign Homework W/ Do phenomenon #2 and questions. Th/ Experiment on Bouncing balls F/ Experiment write up and discussion. Homework is due.

8th T/ Finish Phenomenon #1 Questions W/ Do Phenomenon #2 and questions. Th Research on Pseudoscience Activity. F/ Moth Activity/Reading. Homework is due.

Aug 27th Weekly Update 8-26-2019

M/ All grades, attendance, M-Star topics

T/ All grades: Attendance, Name tents, Journal rules/policies, and Brain Teasers#1

W/ All grades M-Star prep Activities

Th/ All grades M-Star prep.

No homework this week.

Jun 6th Weekly -Update 6-6-2019

6th  Th/F  World Problem Performance task

7th Th/F  Performance Task: Building a Seismometer

8th Performance Task  Type of Pollution Project.

All three are in google classroom and are all parts are done IN CLASS.

May 29th Weekly Wrap -up 5-28-2019

6th grade Tu/ Go through tests/ Human impact research W/ assembly Th/ Finish research start group project F/Group project-worlds problems

7th grade Tu/ Flipchart Earthquake  W/ Cluster Maps- Earthquakes  Th/ Blueprints/research   F/ Start building the Seismometers

8th grade/ Tu/ Group project- world problems Tu/ Share outs in class W/ Flipchart Human Impacts Th/ Start Multi-Media projects

May 21st Weekly Update 5-20-2019

6th  M/ Finish Foldables  Tu/ No class NWEA W/ Yeast Experiment (2nd try) TH/ Unit Test – Reproduction- Study Guides due.

7th M/ Unit Test – Geoscience  Tu/ NWEA testing W/ Go through Tests start Earthquakes Th/ Earthquake research activity.

8th M/ Finish Unit Tests Tu/ Research On World Problems W/ Th World Problem Group Project

May 14th Weekly Wrap Up 5-06-2019

6th M/ Science fair prep Tu/ Science Fair reflection W/Th No class NWEA  F/ Foldable on Asexual Reproduction

7th M/ Pamphlet Michigan Glaciation Tu/ Science Fair reflection W/Th NWEA   F/ Field Trip  Unit test is MONDAY.

8th M/ Finish Flipchart Tu/ Foldable W/ Activity Linking Organisms Th/ Test Review F/ Unit Test Geologic Time Part II