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Physical Science & GA Studies May 4-8

Physical Science

Monday: Ch 21 Sound test (review and answer any questions you have before we start, staple contract to your test, Bonus Puzzle sheet due Tuesday).

Tuesday: Bonus Puzzle sheet due today!!  Directed Reading Notes for Ch 22-1 "What is Light?" and Ch 22-2 "Electromagnetic Spectrum" p. 632-642.

Wednesday: Electromagnetic Spectrum foldable.  Brainpop: Light & the EM Spectrum (turn in quiz for daily grade).

Thursday:  Finish EM Spectrum foldable.  Read 22-3 "Light Interactions" p. 644-650 and complete the Light Interactions graphic organizer (keep for notes).  Complete Ch 22 Vocabulary sheet.

Download Reinforcement_Section 3

Download Vocabulary_activity

Friday: Watch "Light" Video and complete video guide (turn in for a grade).

 

 

Georgia Studies

Monday: Current Event is due by today for all students!!!!  Finish New Deal Governor Spotlight and turn in for a grade (write 5 facts about each of the four governors, see p. 398-401 for information, and turn in for a daily grade).  Begin WWII Intro Questions.

Download New Deal Governor Spotlight

Download WwiiIntroNotes    

Tuesday: Contracts for Ch 11 Test next Tuesday!!  Watch Power Point on WWII (see link below) and fill in WWII Intro Notes (attachment is above).  Holocaust Speaker at 2:30.

http://www.cobb.k12.ga.us/~dickerson/Stanley/files/20thCentury/wwiiintro_files/frame.htm

Download SS Test Contract

Wednesday: Finish WWII Notes (7th period).  Film and oral review questions for WWII (Holocaust Activity).  Bonus: Writing Response (what do you think?  what have you learned?  can you relate?  what is most interesting to you?) or A Thank You to Saba Silverman (Make a card or write a letter to our Holocaust speaker.  Turn in by Monday for 5 bonus points on your Ch 11 Test Tuesday!!!)

Download In_Memoriam__The_Holocaust

Download WwiiResearchCompleted

Thursday: Film: FDR "Decisions that Shook the World".  Take 10 notes about what you learn from the video (turn in for daily grade).  WWII Worksheet (if time see key below to help you study).  Bonus: Thank You to Saba due Monday!!  Ch 11 Test Tuesday!!

Download Another World War Arrives

Friday: Letters to Saba due Monday!!  Study Guide for Ch 11 (Test is Tuesday!!).  Must be complete on Monday!!

Download Ch 11 Study Guidekey

Physical Science & GA Studies April 27 - May 1

YAY!!  CRCT is done!!  Congratulations and thank you for all of your hard work!!

Physical Science

Monday: Study Contracts for Ch 21 Test next Monday, May 4th attached below.  Ch 21 Sound Study Guide due on Wed.  Sound vs. Music (Ch 21 Section 4)  If you are NOT going to Disney, please remember to bring in a cardboard wrapping paper tube or 2 paper towel tubes on Thursday for our activity!!

Download Science Test Contract

Download Sound Study Guide

Tuesday: Telephone Lab.  Don't forget your study contracts!!  Test on Monday!!

Wednesday: Check Study Guide for Ch 21 Test.  Sound Effects Activity.  Ch 21 Sound Test Monday!!

Thursday:  Rainsticks.  Ch 21 Sound Test Monday!!

Friday: 8th Grade Field Trip to Six Flags.  Don't forget Sound Test on Monday!!

 

 

Georgia Studies

Monday: The New Deal Ch 11 Section 3 (read p. 391-401)  Begin Graphic Organizer with Activity Sheet.  Heads Up!!  You will be getting a contract this week for your next test on Ch 11.  I'm not sure of the exact date, but wanted to let you know now so there weren't any surprises!    

Tuesday: Finish New Deal Organizer.  Current Event due Thursday!!

Wednesday: "Who Am I?" Activity: Spotlight on Ga's New Deal Governors.  Current Event due tomorrow!!

Thursday: Read WWII Ch 11 Section 4.  Complete Intro to WWII notes.  Current Event due!!

Friday: 8th Grade Field Trip to Six Flags!!

Physical Science & GA Studies April 20-24

CRCT WEEK!!!!!  Get plenty of rest, eat a good breakfast, and come ready to show what you know!

Tues = Reading, Wed = Eng/LA, Thurs = Math, Fri = Science, Mon 4/27 = Social Studies

Physical Science

Monday: Beyond Question Review

Tuesday: Noise Maker and Sound wave demo.

Wednesday: Noisy Cup Lab and Fog machine waves.

Thursday: Essential Understandings Memory Map (students create 3 of their own on each topic we have studied)-turn in by end of the period.  Essential Understandings Organizer (review before tomorrow's CRCT)! 

Download Enduring Understandings  

Friday:  Palm Pipes and Charlie & Lola's "I Want to Make Music Too!"

 

 

Georgia Studies

Monday: Beyond Question    

Tuesday: Finish Roaring Twenties Video & Begin Roaring 20's Worksheet

Wednesday: Turn in Roaring 20's Worksheet.  Read Ch 11 Section 2 "The Great Depression"

Thursday: Complete "Cause & Effect" Organizer on The Great Depression

Friday: Finish "Cause & Effect Organizer (key is below).

Download Causes of the Great Depression

 

Physical Science & GA Studies April 13-17

Physical Science

Monday: Read Ch 21-1 "Nature of Sound" p. 600-605 and discuss/review.  Watch Bill Nye "Sound" and write 10 facts you discover while viewing (turn in notes for daily grade).  Complete Vocab WS for Sound.

Download Soundvocabulary_activity

Tuesday: Finish and turn in Vocab WS.  Read 21-2 "Properties of Sound" p. 606-611 and complete guided reading notes.

Download Directed_reading_a

Wednesday: Check Guided Reading Notes 21-2.  Complete Doppler Dan WS and discuss doppler effect.

Download Doppler dan

Thursday: Read Ch 21-3 "Wave Interactions w/ Sound" and take notes.  Watch "Sound" Discovery film.

Download Sound Wave Interactions  

Friday:  Enduring Understandings for CRCT (put in topic categories and discuss).  Test Taking Strategies for Science CRCT.

 

 

Georgia Studies

Monday: EXTENSION for Ch 10 Progressive Era Magazine (must be turned in by this Friday)!!          Ch 11 Guided Reading.

Download GuidedR11    

Tuesday: Finish Guided Reading Ch 11 (turn in) and complete CRCT Practice Test.   

Wednesday: Finish and turn in CRCT Practice and complete Ch 11 Section questions p. 386, 390, 401, 415.

Thursday: Check CRCT Practice (candy for top 5 scores).  Roaring 20's Video. 

Friday: Finish Ch 10 Progressive Era Magazine Project.  Complete typing, glue cover to front piece of construction paper and glue rubric to back piece of construction paper.  Turn in (with your name on it) to Ms. Crumpton to bind.  Last day in class!!  Due today!!

Download Georgia Magazine Requirements

Download Georgia Magazine Rubric

Physical Science & Ga Studies March 30-April 3

Physical Science

Monday: Read Ch 20 Section 1 p. 574-579.  Complete the "Types of Waves" graphic organizer notes.  Complete Brainpop "Waves" (go to www.brainpop.com  user name is simpsonms and password is eagles2008).  Intro to Waves Slinky Lab.

Download Types of Waves

Download Slinky Lab

Tuesday: 2nd Period Ch 20 Section 1 Notes "Types of Waves".  Exploring waves "Slink Lab" (3rd & 6th period).  Human waves and review of terms.  Ch 20 Vocab WS HW.

Download Wavesvocabulary_activity

Wednesday: Vocab Sheet due. Ch 20 Sec 2 (Reading and notes p. 580-583).  Reinforcement WS (do together, keep as notes).

  Download Directed_reading_2

Download Reinforcement_worksheet

Download Wave Calculations

Thursday: Read Ch 20 Section 3.  Complete Wave Interaction Sheet with demos (keep for notes).  Sing "YMCA" WAVE song.  HW - Wave study guide.

Download Wave Interactions

Download Wave song

Download Waves Study Guide key  

Friday:  Waves Ch 20 Quiz

 

 

Georgia Studies

Monday: Begin Ch 10 Progressive Era Magazine Project.  See  below for requirements and rubric.  Due date is  Friday!!  Today's goal is to complete your cover and your advertisement.

Download Georgia Magazine Requirements

Download Georgia Magazine Rubric    

Tuesday: Ch 10 Progressive Era Magazine Project.  Today's goal is to complete a draft of your News Article.  This must be about an EVENT (think verb, an action that took place at a certain moment)!!!   

Wednesday: Ch 10 Progressive Era Magazine Project.  Today's goal is to complete a draft of your Feature Article.  This must be about a PERSON, PLACE, THING, or IDEA that came about during this time period.

Thursday: Ch 10 Progressive Era Magazine Project.  Today's goal is to complete a draft Letter From the Editor.  Use the magazines in the classroom for examples.  Basically tell your readers how much you appreciate them buying the magazine and explain what exciting things are in your issue.  HOOK them into reading your articles (make it interesting)!! 

Once you show me your completed drafts you may have a laptop to type your articles and table of contents.

Friday: Ch 10 Progressive Era Magazine Project.  Complete typing, glue cover to front piece of construction paper and glue rubric to back piece of construction paper.  Turn in (with your name on it) to Ms. Crumpton to bind.

Physical Science & GA Studies March 23-27

Note to Parents:

The Simpson Shuffle Run/Walk and Health Fair  will be held on Friday, March 27, 4:30-6:30 PM.  Registration forms for the run/walk can be found at the front office and on the Simpson web site www.cobbk12.org/~simpson.   Proceeds will support the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life which raises funds to fight cancer.  Please join us!  Together we can make a difference.

Physical Science

Monday: Finish Bill Nye "Heat."  CRCT  Review.  Portfolio update. Ch 9 & 10 Test Energy & Heat on Thursday!!!

Download Science Test Contract

Tuesday: Review components of Energy (types, transfer, Law of Conservation, Energy Resources) for Thursday's test.  Brainpop Heat & Temperature (You can try it too!  Go to www.brainpop.com and loggin with Username: simpsonms and Password: eagles2008).  Conduction, Convection, and Radiation organizer and match game.  Study Guide for Ch 9 & 10.  Don't forget to use your contracts!

Download Heat Transfer

Download Ch 9 & 10 study guide B

Wednesday: Conduction, Convection, and Radiation Edible Demo.  Jeopardy Review.  Questions about the Study Guide? See below for the key!

Download Study Guide Ch 9&10 key B  

Thursday: Ch 9 & 10 Test (Energy & Heat).  Turn in contracts for bonus points.  Complete Bonus Puzzle and turn in by tomorrow!!  

Friday:  Beginning Waves.

 

 

Georgia Studies

Monday: Finish Ch 10 Section 3 "Racial Unrest" Graphic Organizer.  Update Portfolios.

Download Section 3 Organizer Racial Unrest    

Tuesday: Read Ch 10 Section 2 "Tom Watson & Populists"  Complete mini "American Spotlight" on each of the following five people (see sample p. 341): Tom Watson (p. 346-348), Leo Frank (p. 359), John & Lugenia Hope (p. 356-357), and Alonzo Herndon (p. 367).  Use the pictures provided in the document below to create your spotlight.

Download Georgia Spotlight  

Wednesday: Bring in Current Event by Friday!  Finish American Spotlights and turn in for daily grade.  Complete WWI Organizer.

Thursday: Bring in Current Event by Friday!  Check WWI Organizer.

Download WWI Organizer Key

Friday: Current Event due today!! Open Note Ch 10 Quiz.  Begin big Ch 10 Magazine Project on Monday!!

Physical Science & GA Studies March 16-20

Note to Parents:

The Simpson Shuffle Run/Walk and Health Fair  will be held on Friday, March 27, 4:30-6:30 PM.  Registration forms for the run/walk can be found at the front office and on the Simpson web site www.cobbk12.org/~simpson.   Proceeds will support the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life which raises funds to fight cancer.  Please join us!  Together we can make a difference.

Physical Science

Monday: Watch Bill Nye "Energy" and make 2-column notes (list types of energy discussed on the left and describe them on the right).  Use your notes and information from your textbook to create a graphic organizer of the 8 types of energy: Kinetic, Potential, Sound, LIght, Electrical, Nuclear, Thermal, Chemical (include the type of energy, a definition, and either a written or illustrated example).

Download Energy Wheel

Tuesday: Watch "Brainpop: Forms of Energy and Sources of Energy" (see link below, loggin is simpsonms and password is eagles2008).  Take the quiz for each clip and turn in.

http://www.brainpop.com/

Wednesday: Turn in Energy Graphic Organizer.  Check questions p. 247.  Practice Calculating Energy (Power Point).  Energy Charades.

Download Calculating Energy

Thursday: Read p. 248-253 (section 9-2).  Complete questions p. 253 #1-9.  Create your own Conversion Cartoon comic strip (turn in for daily grade).  

Friday:  Waking up with Energy Conversions (demonstration).  Portfolios.

 

 

Georgia Studies

Monday: Preview "Signs of the Times" in the Progressive Era p. 334-335.  Introductory vocab activity for Reform, Populism, and Civil Rights (we predicted meaning and then compared to the real thing).  Begin on Ch 10 Vocabulary Activity (choose one from the menu below, see me for materials if you need them).  Vocabulary Activity will be due Friday.

Download Intro vocab 1st 

Download Progressive Era Vocabulary Choice Menu   

Tuesday: 3rd Nine Week Benchmark.  Work on Vocabulary Activity (due Friday).

Download Ch 10 Vocabulary List

Wednesday: Ch 10 Section 1 Notes p. 336-343 (see attached power point).  Work on Vocabulary Activity (due Friday).

Download Ch 10 Notes

Thursday: Read from Ch 10 Section 3 p. 353-355.  Complete Venn Diagram on Civil Rights Leaders Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois.  Work on Vocabulary Activity (due Friday).

Download Washington Dubois Venn Diagram chart

Friday: Vocabulary Activity due today!  Ch 10 Section 3 continued: Racial Unrest (graphic organizer for notes).  Portfolios.

Physical Science & GA Studies March 9-13

Note to Parents: Check out the new Homeroom and HS Update pages (bottom right)!  Don't forget 9th Grade Registration forms are due Tues March 10th!!

Physical Science

Monday: Ch 8 Test Work and Simple Machines (bring contract)!!!  Bonus Puzzle (turn in tomorrow if you don't finish).

Download Ch 8 Work and Simple Machines Study Guide key

Tuesday: Goldburger/Odd Machine Activities & Science Trivia Challenge

Wednesday: Study Guide for Benchmark

Thursday: Check Science Trivia Challenge.  Benchmark game   

Friday:  End of Quarter Benchmark

 

 

Georgia Studies

Monday: Review day/Check Study Guide for Ch 9

Download Ch 9 Study Guide Key  

Tuesday: Ch 9 Test Reconstruction (bring contract for bonus points).

Wednesday: Benchmark Review Puzzle

Thursday: Benchmark Review Puzzle

Friday: Benchmark Puzzle due today.  CRCT Review on Beyond Question.

Physical Science & GA Studies March 2-6

Note to Parents: Check out the new Homeroom and HS Update pages (bottom right)!  Don't forget 9th Grade Parent Night at Lassiter and Sprayberry is TOMORROW March 3rd!!

Physical Science

Monday: Honda Cog Commercial (view below) and discuss Rube Goldberg (turn in drawings).  Check Bill Nye Video Guide.  Inventions Puzzle.  Test Ch 8 Work and Machines will be next Monday March 9th.  Due to budget cuts I did not print a test contract.  Feel free to print the one I've attached below or make your own on a piece of notebook paper.

Download Science Test Contract

http://www.videoclipstream.com/akamai/h-l/honda/

Download Bill Nye Simple Machines

Tuesday: Lever lab.

Wednesday: Simple Machines Lab

Thursday: Study Guide for Ch 8

Download Ch 8 Work and Simple Machines Study Guide   

Friday:  Review Game for Test on MONDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

Georgia Studies

Monday: Check Sharecropping/Tenant Farming Venn Diagram and Mini Quiz (keep as notes).  Create a flipbook of Who's Who in Reconstruction.  Use your textbook to write down some of the accomplishments of each person during this time period (your index will help you find them).  Lincoln vs. Johnson (briefly describe each President's plan for Reconstruction), Henry Grady, Henry McNeal Turner, Tunis G. Campbell, Aaron A. Bradley, Sidney Lanier, Joel Chandler Harris, Rebecca Felton.  Complete first four for homework.

*Due to budget cuts across the state I am trying to conserve paper.  Next Tues, March 10th we will have a test over Ch 9 Reconstruction.  You may print the contract below or make your own on a sheet of notebook paper.

Download SS Test Contract

Tuesday: Finish up flipbook of "Who's Who in Reconstruction" and discuss (keep for notes).

Download Who's Who Flipbook

Wednesday: Complete chart on Bourbon Triumverate (312-315).

Download The Redemption Years Bourbon Triumverate Chart

Thursday: Illustrating Black Codes.  Carpetbagger vs. Scalawag (wordsplash).  Amendment Report Card.  Ku Klux Klan (5-W Organizer).

Download 16 Activating Strategy Black Codes (Look at slide #2)

Download 16 Hook Scaslaway or Carpetbagger

Download 16 Reconstruction Amendments Report Card

Download 17 Hook Ku Klux Klan (Look at slide #2)

Friday: Study Guide for Ch 9.

Physical Science & GA Studies February 23-27

Note to Parents: Check out the new Homeroom and HS Update pages (bottom right)!

Physical Science

Monday: Finish Ch 6 Quiz.  Begin CRCT Practice.  Brainstorm things that make life easier (machines Jotlist).  Read 8-1 "Work and Power" p. 210-215 and complete guided reading (keep for notes).

Download CRCT Practice 1

Download What things make your life easier - jotlist

Download Directed_reading_1

Tuesday: Complete the Vocabulary Activity for Ch 8 and turn in for a grade.  Read Section 8-2 p. 216-221 "What is a Machine?"  Complete the Mechanical Advantage WS and answer the section questions  #1-8 p. 221 on the back of your worksheet (keep these in your notebook for tomorrow).  There is an additional practice worksheet on Work and Power below if you want to keep it in your notes.

Download Vocabulary_activity

Download Mechanical Advantage WS

Download Answers to Section 2

Download Work and Power WS

Wednesday: Review of 8-2 (check worksheet and questions).  Create "Simple Machines" Flipbook and take notes while watching Brainpop (keep in notebook).

Thursday: Complete Simple Machines Flipbook. Exploring Simple Machines: Internet Scavenger Hunt.  

Friday:  Simple Machines: Bill Nye (with video guide).  Read Rube Goldberg Article.  Create your very own Rube Goldberg Cartoon.

 

 

Georgia Studies

Monday: Finish Ch 8 Quiz.  Complete the Civil War Wordsearch for 5 pts Bonus.  Begin Ch 9 Reconstruction (Key Term Matching).  Current Event Due Wed!!

Tuesday: Finish Reconstruction Matchup.  Complete Ch 9 Guided Reading.  Current Event Due Wed!!

Wednesday: Current Events due today! Check Matching WS and Ch 9 Guided Reading.  Watch GA Stories: Reconstruction

Download Matching Up Georgia

Download GuidedR9

Thursday: Complete a brief letter or diary entry as a Civil War veteran walking home through Georgia describing what you see and feel (share and turn in).  Complete the Freedmen's Bureau Organizer using your book and the document we read in class.

Friday: Finish Freedmen's Bureau Organizer (keep for notes).  Complete Venn Diagram and Mini Quiz on Sharecropping and Tenant Farming (keep for Monday).