Note: Calendar is subject to change due to new Pearson science curriculum adoption.
Quarter 1
Week 1 Intro to 6th Science (Sc. 7.1.1.2 & 4)
8/17 Great Beginnings!
8/18 Syllabus (sign & return)
8/19-20 Lab Safety & Procedures
Week 2
8/22 Lab Safety Study Guide
8/23 Lab Safety Quiz
8/24 Red Cabbage Juice Demo
8/25-26 Intro to Scientific Inquiry (Sc. 7.1.1.2-4)
Week 3
8/29 Scientific Method
8/30 Lab Skills 2
8/31 Lab Skills 3
9/1 Observation Demo
9/2 Lab Skills 4 & 5
Week 4
9/6 Scientific Method (Mythbusters video clip)
9/7 Scientific Method (Vocab on the Move DI Act.)
9/8 Scientific Method Quiz
9/9 Science World Periodicals
Week 5
9/12-13 Qualitative & Quantitative Observations
9/14-15 Classification Lab
9/16 Graduated Cylinder Lab
Week 6
9/19 Tools of Science/ Mertic Stations Lab
9/20-21 Science Section Organization
9/22-23 Meet Albert Einstein (7.7.2.1)
Week 7 Cells Unit (Sc. 7.3.1.2)
9/26 Theory vs. Law (Venn Diagram)
9/27 Cell Structure & Function
9/28 Cell Theory
9/29 Microscope Parts, Care, and Usage
9/30 Microscope Parts, Care, and Usage Quiz
Week 8
10/3-4 Prepared slides (low & high power)
10/5-6 Onion Cell Lab
10/7 Cell Theory Quiz
Week 9
10/10-11 Cell organelles & functions diagram
10/12 Cells Unit Review
10/13 Cells Unit Quiz
Quarter 2
Week 1
10/17-18 Annelid (Earthworm) Dissection
10/19 Science Section Organization
Week 2 Human Body Systems
10/24 Ch. 1.1 Body Organization & Systems
10/25 Ch. 6.1 Louis Pasteur & Pathogens
10/26 Ch. 6.2 The Body's Defenses
10/27 Human Body Systems Quiz
10/28 Science Section Organization
Week 3 Ecology Unit
11/1Scientific Method Review (Mythbusters)
11/2-3 Biotic and Abiotic Factors (Sc.7.3.4.1)
11/4 Terrarium Lab & Populations Changes (Sc.7.3.4.2)
Week 4
11/7-8 Ecosystem Energy Flow (Sc.7.3.4.3)
11/9-10 Population Game
11/11 Food Webs (Sc. 7.3.4.3)
Week 5 Interactions of Populations
11/14-15 Complete Food Webs
11/16 Energy Flow in an Ecosystem Ch. 2.1
11/17-18 Peppered Moth Lab
Week 6 Animal Adaptations Unit (Sc. 7.3.5.2-3)
11/21 Interactions of Living Things Ch. 1.3
11/22 Bird Beak Lab
Week 7
11/28 Planet Earth Video
11/29 Charles Darwin and the Theory of Evolution Ch. 6.1
11/30-12-2 Animal Adaptations Webquest using Pages
Week 8 Reproduction & Heredity (Sc.7.3.2.1)
12/5-6 Characteristics of Living Things Ch. 1.1
12/8-10 Animal Reproduction & Fertilization Ch. 7.1
Week 9
12/12-14 Plant Reproduction 3.4
12/15 Museum of Natural Treasures Field Trip
12/16 Organism Reproduction Quiz
Week 10
12/19-20 GloGerm Lab
12/21 Mythbusters Holiday Special
Quarter 3
Week 1 Bridge Building Unit (Sc. 7.5.1.1)
Jan. 5- Understanding Bridges video and questions
Jan. 6 - Identify diff types of bridges using a graphic organizer
Week 2
Jan. 9-10 - Form groups, begin balance sheet, prepare foundation for bridge
Jan. 11-13 - Design bridge blueprints on graph paper (side, end, and top views)
Week 3
Jan. 17-20 - Construct piers and trusses
Week 4
Jan. 23-26 - Finish assembling trusses. Attach trusses to piers.
Jan. 27 Exploration Place Field Trip
Week 5
Jan. 30-31 Construct bottom & top of bridge
Feb. 1 Extension day / Building Big activity
Feb. 2 Bridge Inspection
Feb. 3 Bridge Unit Quiz / Science World periodical
Week 6
Feb. 6 Balance Sheet Final Audit
Feb. 7 Group Evaluations
Heat Transfer Unit (Sc. 7.2.4.4)
Feb. 8-10 Radiation, Convection, & Conduction
Week 7
Feb. 13-14 Heat Tranfer Labs
Feb. 15 Heat Transfer Study Guide
Feb. 16 Heat Transfer Quiz
Week 8 Solar System Unit (Sc. 7.4.3.1)
Feb. 21-24 Solar System Planets Comparison/ Contrast Table using Solar Walk app (Study Guide)
Week 9
Feb. 27-March 2 Solar System Think-Tac-Toe Solar Differentiated Instruction Project
Week 10
March 5 Solar System Review
March 6-8 Solar System Quiz & State Testing (Math)
Quarter 4
Reminder: All students will be participating in the Science Fair. All work will be done in class.
Week 1 Science Fair Preparation
March 26-30
Week 2 Science Fair Prep
April 2-4
Week 3 Science Fair Prep
Science Fair Entry Form due 4/10
April 10-13
Week 4 Science Fair Prep
April 16-19
Science Fair completed project due 4/19
April 20 Science Fair Exhibit Set-Up
Week 5 Weather/Earth's Destructive Forces Unit (Sc. 7.4.1.2)
April 23 Weather Cloze Activity
April 24-27 Weather Ch. 4 Think-Tac-Toe Differentiated Instruction Project
Week 6
April 30-May 4 Weather Ch. 4 Think-Tac-Toe Differentiated Instruction Project
Week 7
May 7 Weather Ch. 4 Lesson 4
May 8 Weather Game
May 9 Weather Review
May 10 Science World Periodical
May 11 Guest Speaker: National Weather Service Meteorologist Robb Lawson
Week 8 Motion & Forces Unit (Sc. 7.2.3.2-4)
May 14 Cumulative Science Review Games
May 15 -16
May 17-18
Week 9
TBA
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