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Throughout the year we will be studying life science using a variety of activities such as, but not limited to, labs, projects and activities, diagrams, models, Cornell notes, videos, study skills, thinking maps, etc. We will be following the California State Standards for Life Science. Topics include, but are not limited to, The Metric System, Characteristics of Living Things, Plant and Animal Cells, Cell Division, Heredity/Genetics, Darwin's Theory and Evolution/Geologic Time, and Plant Reproduction.

* TO FIND OUT WHAT THE HOMEWORK IS AND THE DUE DATES OF THE ASSIGNMENTS, PLEASE CLICK ON YOUR CLASS BELOW!

With cold/flu and allergy season upon us,I have so appreciated all the Kleenex donations as well as the school supplies from the cards on my door at back to school night! THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH! I am now good for Kleenex but am on my last container of Anti Bacterial Wipes for the students to clean their desks and counters with. I will give 3 gold cards for one container of wipes up to 2 Containers/6 Gold Cards per student. Lysol or Clorox are well known brands but the store brands are good too. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HELP (-: !!

••List of Colleges and Universities Mrs. Armstrong has attended and received Bachelor of Science and Masters of Arts in Education Degrees , Teaching Credential and/or Certificates from:

*Washington State University

*Whittier College

*Cal Poly Pomona

*National University

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7th Gr.: Free School: 3 States of Matter video

7th Gr.: Rock Cycle Diagram:

Here are the colors for coding this Rock Cycle Diagram. I used thin tipped markers in blue, red, black and green and tried to box the "ACTION" words so they'd stand out and look different from the Rock Types and How Rock Changes terms (:!!

please use diagram to answer questions 1-8, and 10 and 11 for homework tonight, due tomorrow.

Mrs. Armstrong

8th gr. Video: Why doesn't the Moon Fall to Earth? Explains Oribital Gravitation!!

This is a nice and slower paced video that explains why and how planets, moons and stars orbit each other (:! Take Notes if you want an Extra Credit HW Stamp!

7th Gr. BrainPop video: Rock Cycle- watch and take notes and Quiz

7th BrainPop "Volcanoes" Watch and take notes and the Quiz write score down

8TH GRADERS! YOU HAVE YOUR UNIT 3 TEST TOMORROW SO PLEASE STUDY !

REMEMBER TO BRING ALL PAPERS FROM UNIT 3 TO CLASS!!! I will be choosing a select few that can be used during the test.

I have also added an additional video on orbits to my website for you to study before tomorrow!

Instructions to pull up a PDF of textbook CPO Focus on Life Science

I HAVE POSTED THE LINK TO THE PDF I USE IN CLASS- IF THAT DOESN'T WORK FOR YOU, THEN USE THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW !!:

1. Open a new tab for your search engine (Google, /safari, etc)

2. Type IN THE SEARCH BOX: CPO Focus on Life Science

3. Check the results list: You can click open any that say PDF on the left side of the results screen.

4. It is a BIG FILE and takes a minute to upload the entire book. Once its done you can scroll through the entire book.

5. Your HW Assignment is on pages 238-242. Please do the 7 words in the order they are found on those pages of Chapter 12, Section 12.1. DO ALL FOUR BOXES FOR ONE WORD at a time- DO NOT do all the words, then all the definitions, then all the extra facts & examples and then all the pictures- that makes it harder to really learn each word and its meaning and explain an example.

WORD LIST:

1.Geology

2.Rock Cycle

3.Superposition

4.Relative Dating

5.Cross-cutting Relationships

6.Inclusions

7. Faunal Succession