Tentative Lesson Plans 7^th Grade Science 2007-2008 7^th Grade = Red Day 8^th Grade = Blue Day
NOVEMBER
MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
			1	2
				No School Teacher In-service
5	6	7	8	9
§		§		§ Solar System Formation – team reading and notes § Planet Density
12	13 – curriculum planning	14	15	16
	§ HW DUE = Planet Density and graph § A Star is Born video – write 5 Q and A § Section 2 – pgs. 43-47 – directed reading wksht		§ HW DUE = Section 2 Directed Reading § Rotation and Revolution § Planet research
19	20	21	22	23
§		No School Thanksgiving Break	No School Thanksgiving Break	No School Thanksgiving Break
26	27	28 – library research	29	30 – library research
§ Planets – Directed Reading – pgs. 64-74 § Intro planet placemat		§ Internet sources research § Get at least 3 interesting facts about 3 different planets		§ Finish research on all of planets § Begin planning placemat
DECEMBER
MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
3	4	5	6	7
	§ State Assessment Prep – Control, Variable, Conclusion § Begin creating placemat § Plan – rough sketch before getting computer		§ State Assessment Prep - Variables § Cont. working on placemat § HW – 1^st Block ONLY Moons Directed Reading – pgs. 75-82
10	11	12	13	14
§ 1^st Block HW DUE § Cont. work on placemat § One side done today § HW – 2^nd Block ONLY Moons Directed Reading – pgs. 75-82		§ 2^nd Block HW DUE § Last day to work on placemat in class – DUE on TUESDAY, December 18 § HW – 3^rd Block ONLY Moons Directed Reading – pgs. 75-82		§ 3^rd Block HW DUE § Moons
17	18	19	20	21
	§ Placemats DUE		§
24	25	26	27	28
No School Christmas Break	No School Christmas Break	No School Christmas Break	No School Christmas Break	No School Christmas Break
DECEMBER	JANUARY
31	1	2	3	4 – End of 2^nd 9 wks/1^st semester
No School Christmas Break	No School Christmas Break	No School Christmas Break	§
7	8	9	10	11
§		§		§
14	15	16	17	18
	§ Checked moon phases – filled in calendars § Star graph (H-R diagram)		§ Hand in moon phases calendar – checked to 1/15 § H-R star chart discussion § Constellations – did Orion together § Quiz on Tuesday – Moon phases
21	22	23	24	25
No School Teacher In-service	§ Moon Phase Quiz § What’s the Story Reading – What is a Star? – What determines habitable zones around stars? § Constellations – choose 3 more to do § Moon phase calendars to 1/24		§ Hand in moon phases calendar – checked to 1/24
JANUARY				FEBRUARY
28	29	30	31	1
§ Writing a haiku § Rough draft of own haiku		§ Type haiku, edit, print		§ Moon calendar to 2/2 § Edit poems – turn in § Personal constellation and myth
4	5	6 teacher gone – curriculum work day	7	8
	§ Cont. writing constellation myth §