Week of May 31st – Jun 3rd

Highlights for the week: 

  • Last week of school!
  • Over the summer all student home folders will be deleted!   If there is anything in your home folder which you would like to keep, you will need to save it to disk, flashdrive or burn it to a CD.
Monday 31st: Links and Tasks (save files to your desktop before opening!)     
  1. Holiday

Tuesday 1st: Links and Tasks (save files to your desktop before opening!)     

  1. Continue Final Exam Review Rotation Activities
  2. Our Final Benchmark will be this Wednesday, with makeup exams on Thursday 

Wednesday 2nd: Links and Tasks (save files to your desktop before opening!)      

  1. Final benchmark exam

Thursday 3rd: Links and Tasks (save files to your desktop before opening!)      

  1. Makeup benchmark exam
  2. Last day of school

Friday 4th: Links and Tasks (save files to your desktop before opening!)     

  1. Have a great summer! 

Additional Information:

Week of May 24th – May 28th

Highlights for the week: 

  • This week we will complete our previous rotation, go on a field trip, and begin final benchmark review
Monday 24th: Links and Tasks (save files to your desktop before opening!)     
  1. Field trip money due ($3.00)
  2. Complete Rotation activities from last week

Tuesday 25th: Links and Tasks (save files to your desktop before opening!)     

  1. Watch the following clips
  2. Check current grades and complete makeup work
  3. Field trip tomorrow!

Wednesday 26th: Links and Tasks (save files to your desktop before opening!)      

  1. 7th Grade Field Trip to Lake Bastrop 

Thursday 27th: Links and Tasks (save files to your desktop before opening!)      

  1. Begin Final Benchmark Review Rotation Activities
  2. My students report to Ms. Tamez room 306

Friday 28th: Links and Tasks (save files to your desktop before opening!)     

  1. Continue Final Exam Review Rotation Activities
  2. My students report to Mr. Champagne room 305
  3. Our Final Benchmark is scheduled for next Wednesday
  4. Enjoy your long weekend! (No school Monday!)

Week of May 17th – May 21st

Highlights for the week: 

  • Continue our exploration of Simple Machines   
Monday 17th: Links and Tasks (save files to your desktop before opening!)     
  1. Study Forces and Motion Review Key
  2. Forces and Motion Test
  3. Try Trebuchet simulations:
  4. 7th period PBIS survey and Laptop Collection

Tuesday 18th: Links and Tasks (save files to your desktop before opening!)     

  1. Warmup video clips
    • ‘collaborative music’
    • MIT energy research
  2. Energy Video Clip Questions
  3. Energy Section Summary
  4. Complete Under the Sea

Wednesday 19th: Links and Tasks (save files to your desktop before opening!)      

  1. Rotation Day
  2. BMS Awards Ceremony, 7PM in the Main Gym 

Thursday 20th: Links and Tasks (save files to your desktop before opening!)      

  1. Rotation Day 

Friday 21st: Links and Tasks (save files to your desktop before opening!)     

  1. Field Trip money ($3.00) due 4th Period on Monday
    • 7th Grade Field Trip next Wed, May 26th
  2. Makeup Force and Motion Tests

Additional Information:

Week of May 10th - May14th

Highlights for the week: 

  • Continue our exploration of Simple Machines   
Monday 10th: Links and Tasks (save files to your desktop before opening!)     
  1. Oil spill update 
  2. Discuss rotation schedule for next 3 days
  3. Complete Robots and Newton’s Laws/Simple machines examples
  4. Last day to complete missing assignments for Progress Reports

Tuesday 11th: Links and Tasks (save files to your desktop before opening!)     

  1. Oil spill update 
    • Text your opinion to room 308 Google Voice number (posted in class)
    • Text format: First name, science teacher’s name, “I think we should/should not continue drilling for oil in the gulf because/but only if/etc…”
  2. View Trebuchet Information and simulations:
  3. Outdoor Trebuchet activity
  4. Force and Motion Word Search

Wednesday 12th: Links and Tasks (save files to your desktop before opening!)      

  1. Rotation Day (Same as Tuesday 11th)

Thursday 13th: Links and Tasks (save files to your desktop before opening!)      

  1. Rotation Day (Same as Tuesday 11th) 

Friday 14th: Links and Tasks (save files to your desktop before opening!)     

  1. Warmup Terminal Velocity: Man vs Falcon 
  2. Forces and Motion Review Key (Test Monday!)
  3. Forces and Motion Jeopardy
  4. View Trebuchet simulations:

Additional Information:

Week of May 3rd – May 7th

Highlights for the week: 

  • Begin our exploration of Simple Machines   
Monday 3rd: Links and Tasks (save files to your desktop before opening!)     
  1. Student Holiday

Tuesday 4th: Links and Tasks (save files to your desktop before opening!)     

  1. Changes to agenda use
  2. Warmup - View Rabbit and Snake
    • What do you think is going on in this clip?
  3. Introduce Simple Machines
    • PDF Version Notes Part A
    • Campus location scavenger hunt
      • Mark what it is, where it is, and what it does on your map
      • Take a picture
      • Text what it is and where it is to this location: send @wif25334 + your message to 87884

Wednesday 5th: Links and Tasks (save files to your desktop before opening!)      

  1. The 6th Progress Reporting Period ends Monday May 10th.  Please check the Assignments List for missing work!
  2. Warmup – Newton’s 3rd Law in Slow Motion
  3. Download and view or complete the following materials for today from the J-Drive - Today folder
  4. Make sure you have completed Simple Machines Part A and your Scavenger Hunt Maps from last class and your (these will be returned for you to look over and complete if necessary)
  5. If you have extra time at the end of the period, try these Trebuchet Simulations

Thursday 6th: Links and Tasks (save files to your desktop before opening!)      

  1. Warmup Speed Test Clips (J-drive Today)
  2. Oil spill update 
  3. Newton’s Laws practice text (describe the Law and give an example)
  4. Download and view or complete the following materials for today from the J-Drive - Today folder
  5. The 6th Progress Reporting Period ends Monday May 10th.  Please check the Assignments List for missing work!

Friday 7th: Links and Tasks (save files to your desktop before opening!)     

  1. Warmup: 7 Phenomenal Wonders of the Natural World
  2. Simple Machines section review
  3. Robots and Newton’s Laws/Simple machines examples
  4. The 6th Progress Reporting Period ends Monday May 10th.  Please check the Assignments List for missing work!

Additional Information: