May 27-31: The last week of school is finally here!! 

Monday: No school because it's Memorial Day! :)

Tuesday: Field day (Movie theater and Park)

Wednesday: Rising Star Assembly and team activities

Thursday: Academic and Rewards Assembly and Yearbook signing

Friday: First day of summer vacation!!! Enjoy your summer!!!


August 19: First day of school for the 2013-2014 school year!! :)
Weekly Assignments: May 20-24

Monday: work on final project

Tuesday: project presentations

Wednesday: finish project presentations, go over study guide

Thursday: Finals for 2nd, 4th and 6th periods

Friday: Finals for 1st, 3rd and 5th periods


Adopt-A-Highway Road Clean-up
Nice job team 7-2!! You guys rock! :)


Field Day:

Who: Team 7-2
What: Field Day 
Where: Renting out a private movie showing at the Nampa Reel Theater and then going to Lake Lowell Park to eat, swim, play football, soccer, frisbee and relax! 
When: May 28, all day!!
Cost: Free! :)
Extra Stuff: Bring money for movie snacks, and sunscreen, water bottles and sunglasses/hats for the park!

Signed permission slips are due back to your advisory teacher no later than: Friday, May 17!!

Permission Slips will be going out in advisory on Monday, May 13th. In case you lost your permission slip or didn't get one, you can click on the link below and print it off:

Field Day Permission Slip


Weekly Assignments: May 13-17

Monday: Resources Tic-Tac-Toe; Compose DUE!

Tuesday: Resources Tic-Tac-Toe; Create/Construct DUE!; Quiz #4

Wednesday: Endangered Species and Environmental Conservation PPT

Thursday: Introduce Final Project

Friday: Work on project


Don't Forget: This Friday, May 10, is our bi-annual 7-2 Adopt-A-Highway and Campus Clean-up Service Project! Come to school dressed in comfortable clothes and shoes! It's supposed to be almost 90 outside so bring your hats and/or sunglasses and water bottles!!! :)

Weekly Assignments: May 6-10

Monday: Renewable Resources and Energy Conservation Notes

Tuesday: Resources Tic-Tac-Toe

Wednesday: Resources Tic-Tac-Toe

Thursday: Resources Tic-Tac-Toe

Friday: Resources Tic-Tac-Toe & 7-2 Service Project (5th-7th periods only)

Resources Tic-Tac-Toe Due Dates
Required: Due Thursday, May 9
Compose: Due Monday, May 13
Construct/Create: Due Tuesday, May 14
Quiz: Tuesday, May 14
Weekly Assignments: April 29 -  May 3

Monday: SCIENCE ISAT!  

Tuesday: Human Footprint Moive and WS

Wednesday: Human Footprint Moive and WS

Thursday: Resources Notes

Friday: Resources Activity (Math ISAT - Good Luck!!)
The SCIENCE ISAT is MONDAY, APRIL 29th!

The practice ISAT is now available under the "study guides" tab. I also linked to it below as well. Good luck studying and be sure to get enough sleep on Sunday night!!

Practice ISAT:

April 22: Happy Earth Day!
Animal Planet: The Animals Save the Planet


SCIENCE FIRM DEADLINE #1 for 4th Quarter is Tuesday, April 23!!! 
(this means EVERYTHING from Quizzes #1, 2, and 3 MUST be turned in before the Test!!)

Weekly Assignments: April 22-26

Monday: Test Review/Study Guide

Tuesday: Environmental Science Test #1 - 35 pts (on the test: you can use one side of a 3" x 5" note card OR one side of a 1/4 of a sheet of lined paper)

Wednesday: Science ISAT Review - Practice ISAT

Thursday: Science ISAT Review - Physical Science: Stations (Reading ISAT - Good Luck!!)

Friday: Science ISAT Review - Life Science: Quiz-Quiz Trade

Science ISAT is Monday, April 29!!
Weekly Assignments: April 15-19

Monday: Biomes Tic-Tac-Toe

Tuesday: Biomes Tic-Tac-Toe (Language Usage ISAT - Good Luck!)

Wednesday: Biomes Tic-Tac-Toe

Thursday: Biomes Tic-Tac-Toe

Friday: Biomes Tic-Tac-Toe DUE!!! & Quiz #3: Biomes
Weekly Assignments: April 8-12

Monday: Studying Populations - 4-Square Flashcards

Tuesday: Food Webs and Energy Flow in Ecosystems Notes and Food Webs Worksheet

Wednesday: Food Web Class Activity

Thursday: Interactions Among Living Things Crossword

Friday: Environmental ScienceQuiz #2


Welcome back from Spring Break!  
Hopefully you are all refreshed and ready to finish this year strong!! :) 

Weekly Assignments for: April 1 - 5

Monday: Interations Among Living Things PPT Notes

Tuesday: Interactions Illustrations

Wednesday: Interactions Illustrations (due Friday at the BEGINNING of class!)

Thursday: "Oh Deer" Lab Activity (wear clothes/shoes to go outside!!)

Friday: Environmental Science Quiz #1


Weekly Assignments: March 18-21

Monday: Environmental Science - Levels of Organization Foldable

Tuesday: Populations in the Environment, Counting Turtles Lab

Wednesday: Finish Counting Turtles Lab

Student Led-Conferences
Tuesday, March 19 from 5-8pm
Wednesday, March 20 from 2-4pm and 5-8pm

Thursday, March 21-Sunday, March 31 is SPRING BREAK!!! Enjoy your week off, I'll see you April 1st!!! :)

Human Body Magazine

Cover/Title Page
0: Letter from the Editor (reflection)
1: Levels of Organization
2: Organ Systems
3: Interview with Mr. Bones
4: Muscle Beach Treasure Map
5: Digestive Myth Busters
6: Cardio Comic
7: No Smoking Ad
8: The Brain
9: 5 Senses
10: Skin/Immune Postcards
11: Endocrine/Reproductive Postcards

*Each individual page is worth 3 pts in the final submission (33 pts)
*The cover page is worth 5 pts

The entire final magazine submission is out of 35 points! (This means you can be missing 1 magazine page and not miss any points off your final magazine submission grade.)

We will be assembling the final magazine in class TOMORROW (Friday, March 15).
Please remember that I will not be accepting ANY magazine pages after the end of class tomorrow, so make sure everything is handed in. :)

4th quarter has officially started!! :)

Weekly Assignments: March 11-15

Monday: HBM - Postcards: Endocrine/Reproductive Systems

Tuesday: HBM - Postcards: Immune/Skin

Wednesday: Human Body Movie

Thursday: Human Body Movie

Friday: HBM - Cover, Letter to the Editor and assemble magazine
Weekly Assignments: March 4-8

Monday: Frog Dissection

Tuesday: Frog Dissection
Online Virtual Dissection
Frog Dissection PowerPoint
Frog Dissection Packet


Check out this GIANT bullfrog!!! Yowzer!










Wednesday: Summative Assessment Part I: Written (You can use whatever you can HAND WRITE on both sides of a 3"x5" card)

Final Exam Study Guide

Thursday:  Summative Assessment Part II: Lab (You can use your dissection packets!)

Friday: No School! Enjoy your long weekend!!!! :)


FIRM DEADLINE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28!!

Weekly Assignments: February 25 - March 1

Monday: 5 Senses Foldable

Tuesday: Quiz #7: Nervous System

Wednesday: Final Exam Review - work on the review/study guide

Thursday: Final Exam Review - go over review and make a 5"x7" note card to use on the final exam!

Friday: Start Frog Dissection - Go over Frog Dissection Packets



Looking ahead to next week (March 4-8): Frog Dissection (Mon/Tues) and Final Exam (Weds/Thurs)

Weekly Assignments: Feb. 19-22

Monday: No School - Presidents Day! :)

Tuesday: The Brain Notes and The Brain magazine page

Wednesday: Left/Right Brain Quiz and finish The Brain magazine page

Thursday: How the Nervous System Works Notes and WS

Friday: Divisions of the Nervous System Notes and finish WS

*There is no quiz this week... the nervous system quiz will be next Tuesday (Feb. 26).