Quarter 4, Week 10, June 19 – June 23, 2017

Our LAST WEEK of School! HELLO Summer!!!!!!!

MondayConclude Ecology and Reid State Park.
Tuesday
The Math Trail. (Rain date tomorrow)
Wednesday- Chemistry
Thursday- End of the year Birch Team activities.
Friday- End of the year Birch Team and school-wide activities.

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Quarter 4, Week 9, June 12 – June 16, 2017

Can you believe it, two more weeks of school?!

Monday- We continue with our prep work for Reid State Park: Crab ID and using a line transect.
Tuesday- using a line transect.
Wednesday- Last minute prep day for Reid State Park.
Thursday- REID STATE PARK FIELD TRIP
Friday- Record data from Reid State Park and conclude field study.

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Quarter 4, Week 8, June 5 – June 9, 2017

Our trip to Reid State Park happens next week!  We continue with our Ecology unit now that Science Exhibit is behind us.

Monday- Science Exhibit presentations.
Tuesday- Conclude our Food Web Assessment.
Wednesday- Intro to the Rocky Coast
Thursday- Community Boxes
Friday- Crab Identification and use of line transects

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Quarter 4, Week 7, May 29 – June 2, 2017

Four more weeks of school!! We complete our Science Exhibit presentations this week, and prepare for our June 15, Reid State Park field study.

Monday- No School Memorial Day.
Tuesday- Science Exhibit Presentations.
Wednesday- Science Exhibit Presentations.
Thursday-   Step Up Day and Civil Rights Day.
Friday–  Science Exhibit Presentations. Science Exhibit and Art Scoop TONIGHT at BJHS! Science Exhibit will be in the cafeteria from 6:30 to 7:30.

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Quarter 4, Week 6, May 22 – May 26, 2017

We have started our Ecology Unit, but will take a break from it this week as students present their Science Exhibits to one another. We will continue Ecology next week.

Monday- Science Exhibit presentations.
Tuesday- Science Exhibit presentations.
Wednesday- Food Web Project.
Thursday- Science Exhibit presentations.
Friday- Science Exhibit presentations.

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Quarter 4, Week 5, May 15 – May 19, 2017

How’s your Science Exhibit project going?  Were you able to work on it this past weekend?  We continue with Ecology this week!

Monday- Continue with food webs and food chains
Tuesday- MEA Essay during periods 2 and 3. Begin Maine Coast food chain project- DUE this Friday.
Wednesday- 
Work on Food Chain project
Thursday-  Food Chain project DUE FRIDAY
Friday- Community Boxes and outdoor observations. YOUR SCIENCE EXHIBIT IS DUE MONDAY!

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Quarter 4, Week 4, May 8 – May 12, 2017

How’s your Science Exhibit experiment coming along?  Thursday, we will take a break from Ecology and work in the computer lab on Science Exhibit, which will conclude all that we can do in class- it’s now up to you to finish at home.

Monday-  Kids Discover Ecology.
Tuesday- Parts of My Environment. How Wolves changed Yellowstone.
Wednesday- Half Day- Activity Day!
Thursday- Sciencesaurus Ecology and discussion of transfer of energy in a food web
Friday- Ecology- Food Webs, Food Chains, Populations

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Quarter 4, Week 3, May 1 – May 5, 2017

This week we conclude what we can do here at school on our Science Exhibit experiments.  The experiments themselves will need to be conducted at home.

Monday- Science Exhibit work using the laptops.
Tuesday- Discuss the Eight Practices of Science.  Begin considering your trifold presentation
Wednesday-  Science Exhibit work using the laptops.
Thursday- 
Science Exhibit work using the laptops.
Friday-
 
Start of Ecology

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Quarter 4, Week 2, April 24 – April 28, 2017

I hope you had a nice week off.  We start the week with a Pendulum Lab, and continue with our Science Exhibit project prep.  WE ONLY HAVE NINE MORE WEEKS OF SCHOOL!

Monday-  Pendulum Experiment– to practice the Eight Practices of Science.
Tuesday- Pendulum Lab and Lab Report.
Wednesday- Complete Pendulum Lab and Lab Report and Science Exhibit check-in of Title, Question, Hypothesis, Prediction, List of Materials, and Step-by-Step Procedures. Science Exhibit project.
Thursday- Conclude Science Exhibit prep and what can be done in the classroom.  The experiment and this project are now in your hands…
Friday- Introduce our Ecology Unit.

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Quarter 4, Week 1, April 10 – April 14, 2017

We have one more day of testing and we continue with the Science Exhibit prep.

Monday– Science Exhibit- choose your question/experiment. Parent Signature on SE Letter DUE WEDNESDAY.  Also DUE WEDNESDAY, Seed Germination Lab Report.
Tuesday- EmpowerME testing in the morning and Science Exhibit prep.
Wednesday- Science Exhibit prep. SE Letter and Seed Germination Lab Report DUE.
Thursday-
HALF DAY. Parent Teacher Conferences in the afternoon.
Friday- NO SCHOOL for students– Parent Teacher Conferences in the morning.

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