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Assessment Schedule
3/29 Monday - 6th Grade Assessment [Elements and Compounds]
3/30 Tuesday - 5th Grade Assessment [Periodic Table]
3/31 Wednesday - 7th Grade Assessment [Chem Basics]
                         - 8th Grade Assessment [Force and Laws of Motion]

Alternative to the Science News Article HW for 3/29
Watch the LIFE episode for Mar 28 as an alternative to the sci news article. After watching LIFE, blog about it using the guide questions below:
* What are some of the most amazing adaptation or survival characteristics of mammals?
* What was the most stirring or inspiring part or message of this episode?

adaptation -  the process whereby an organism becomes better suited to its habitat

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Participate in the Earth Hour movement. Show you care for the Earth, turn off your lights tonight for an hour, starting at 8:30 pm.

due Mar 23

Sci News Article or Life Blog

due Mar 24 [E12- E13]

Vocabulary List

density

mixtures

solutions

suspensions

colloids

emulsions

alloys

metals

nonmetals

metalloids

due Mar 25 [E31 - E36]

What is a chemical bond?

Differentiate ionic bond from covalent bond

Assessment Friday Mar 26

Chemical Bonds

due Mar 22

Sci News Article or Life Blog

due Mar 23 [E12  - E15]

Vocabulary List

density

metals

non metals

metalloids

conductors

insulators

magnetism

due Mar 25 [E21 - E225]

Differentiate elements from compounds

Assessment Friday Mar 26

Periodic Table of Elements

due Mar 22

Science News Article or Life Blog

due Mar 24 [S11 - S13]

Vocabulary List:

carrying capacity

limiting factors

ecological succession

primary succession

secondary succession

climax community

natural resources

renewable and non-renewable resources

pollution

conservation

due Mar 25

list down and explain some of the ways we misuse our natural resources

Assessment Friday Mar 26

Ecological succession and Resources

due Mar 22

Science News Article or Life Blog

due Mar 23 [S35-S38]

What is force?

Differentiate the four fundamental forces: gravitational force, electromagnetic force, strong force, weak force

due Mar 25

Explain the Quantum Theories.

Explain the law of conservation of mass and the law and the law of conservation of energy.

Assessment Friday Mar 26

Force

[This is optional]
Alternative assessment in science for the week of April 19:
Watch Discovery Channel's new documentary series LIFE, on Sunday, Mar 21, at 8:00 p.m.
Blog about the following items below, based on the documentary LIFE
1. What was the most amazing thing that you've learned from watching LIFE?
2. What positive or hopeful message about life and our planet Earth did you get from the documentary
Your blog should not exceed 100 words.

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For the last Trimester, we will be using zoho writer or zoho mail for submitting homework and individual requirements. Zoho notebook will only be used for collaborative writing, when working on a group or class project. HW assignments and other individual requirements submitted using zoho notebook will NOT be credited.

NOTE:
For those who already submitted their sci news article for 3/15 using zoho notebook, this will still be credited.There is no need to resubmit the document.

due Mar 15
Weekly Science News - please follow the format to get full credit.

due Mar 16
Complete the Evolution Unit Questions #1-4 [given last week]

Mar 17 - Assessment on Evolution - Natural Selection and Mechanisms

due - Mar 18
Hypothesis Statement for Planting Science
Experiment Design
Variables - dependent, independent, control