Mr. Bailey's Science ClassroomDearborn Public Schools

Mar 15th Update: Sunday, March 15th

Hello everyone,

Just a couple of things that I wanted to update you on. I have enrolled you all into my IXL classroom to allow you to do your at home learning.

Your log in SHOULD be the same as any other classes that you use IXL for. If you do not know your login/have never used IXL, please EMAIL me ASAP.

Your first assignments will be going up tomorrow (March 16th) by noon. Again, these are due by Saturday (March 21) by noon. We have been instructed to call the parents of students not completing their assignments.

REMIND APP

I would like to once again encourage everyone to sign up for the classroom remind. To do so Text @baisci to the number 81010. I am going to try to reach out in every way possible in our time away.

-Mr. Bailey

Mar 13th IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARD SCHOOL CLOSURE DUE TO COVID-19

Hello Students and Families, 

On March 12th, schools were ordered to close down for three weeks, until April 6th. However, this does not mean that your education stops. You can expect to be given assignments to do online, from the comfort of your home! 

All seventh grade science teachers will be using the following format for the next three weeks:

• Every Monday, by noon, we will post your weekly assignments on the blog. These will consist of NewsELA and IXL assignments. 
• These assignments are due on Saturday, by noon. 
• Each assignment will be graded based on completion and effort. 

We have not yet used IXL in Science this year, so there may be some issues. I am going to take the time to enroll each of you individually, but please email me if there is a problem when you need to access your work.

In addition to your weekly assignments, we are asking that you continue to work on your science fair project on your own.  When you return to school, we need a document which has the following:

• The science QUESTION you are investigating
• The HYPOTHESIS stated as an if/then statement
• The PROCEDURE to complete the experiment
• A list of MATERIALS needed
• RESEARCH about your topic
• The Independent variable, dependent variable and control variable. 

The actual experiment does not need to be done at this time.  We know many of you are working with a partner, and we do not expect you to meet with your partner in person. Everything we are asking you to work on can be done over the phone/computer. 

All of these assignments will be put into the grade book, so they must be completed. This is your school for the next 3 weeks!

Please, do everything you can to remain safe and healthy.

If you want to chat with the best 7th grade science teacher you’ve ever had, I’m only an email away.

I will see everyone in a month!

Best wishes,

Mr. Bailey

Mar 12th Quiz Friday, March 13th

Hello everyone,

Tomorrow is Friday the 13th and the spookiest thing I could think to do is give you a quiz!

It will be a small summative quiz about Lesson 5 and the different types of variables in a Scientific Investigation. You have all of this information in your Interactive Notebooks.

Feb 25th Making Song Requests

There are times when you are working in class where I like to play music for you. While I use a pre-made playlist usually, I would like to give you the chance to make a request.

Requests can be made using the Google Survey HERE and will require you to be logged in to your school email account before making a request. Please be sure your request is appropriate for school!

Feb 13th Videos For Today’s Assignment

Video of a “Super-cooled” Nickel Ball in Water

Video of the Heating Curve of Boiling Water SKIP to 1:00!

If you were absent today, you can find a copy of the sheet we worked on by clicking THIS LINK

Feb 7th QUIZ MONDAY

Reminder!

You have a Quiz on Lessons 2 and 3 from this Unit. If you look through your ISN (vocabulary included) you should be perfectly fine with the quiz!

Jan 31st NewsELA Homework

Ladies and gentlemen,

Please do not forget to finish your NewsELA Article Assignment by Monday!

https://newsela.com/read/lib-phases-of-matter/id/2000001090/?collection_id=2000000156

The article can be found using the link above. Be sure to sign in to your school google account before working on it!.

Jan 30th There’s No Such Thing As Cold

Students, here is the link to the video that we viewed in class today.

Jan 27th 1/27/2020

Today in class we completed the graphing of our Hot Cocoa data (The sheet we worked on Friday).

We also created our individual models of what was happening during the Hot Cocoa Simulation. This needs to be finished by class tomorrow. You can find the sheet below.

Be sure to include BOTH Air and Cocoa molecules and their movement.

Jan 22nd Science Fair Project

Here is an excellent resource to help you come up with potential Science Fair Projects.

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/topic-selection-wizard/background-info?from=Blog