Fossil Ridge - Mrs. Christiansen

Chapter 1 & 2 outline

noreply@blogger.com (Fossil Ridge - Mrs. Christiansen) — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 20:31:00 +0000

Here is a brief outline of what we will be doing.

8/17 Get to know the text book

8/20 What is health? Activity /begin chapter 1 lesson 1
8/21 chapter 1 lesson 2 &3
8/22 Lesson 1- 4 life skills
8/23 Quiz on ch 1. /9 life skills posters
8/24 Parts of Health activity/ Grade chapter 1 questions/ Begin chapter 2 lesson 1

8/27 .Chapter 2 lesson 2. 6 steps activity
8/28 Chapter 2 lessons 3 & 4. Complete goal pyramid and finish 6 Steps activity
8/29 Lesson 5. I would try... activity
8/30 Lessons 6 & 7. Having a winning attitude.
8/31 Grade ch 2 questions/ chapter 2 quiz

9/3 Labor Day! No school.
Have a great couple of weeks!

Last Unit for Science!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Fossil Ridge - Mrs. Christiansen) — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:42:00 +0000

We are on our last unit- Classification!!! This unit is short, sweet and to the point! The test will be on 4/11.

3/22 Living and non-living things
3/23 Classifying life, read lesson 7-1 Sorting it out (pg 164) in green book

3/26 notes on Sorting it out, grade questions from living and non-living
3/27 Begin "Slug" Activity for Dichotomous keys
3/28 Finish Activity, Six Kingdoms
3/29 Bacteria Kingdom
3/30 Fungi & Protists

4/2 Finish Fungi & Protists
4/3 Plant kingdom
4/4 Animal Classification
4/5 Classification Activity, Mid-Terms!!!
4/6-9 No school

4/10 Finish up misc..., Review for Test
4/11 Classification Test
4/12 Reteach/Enrich
4/13 Reteach/Enrich

Some end of the year notices:
4/16-4/30 Review for Science End-Of-Level; Schedule to be announced!
5/1-5/4 End-Of-Level Testing
5/7-5/22 Human Development Unit
5/23 Last Day of School!!!!

Last term begins!!!! WOW!

noreply@blogger.com (Fossil Ridge - Mrs. Christiansen) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:21:00 +0000

I am amazed at how fast 3rd term has arrived! We will be completing 2 more units and then End-of-level testing is here!!! Can you believe it???

Here is a break-down of our current unit, heredity (please note that lessons and activities may change):

2/16 Mitosis; Cell Cycle; pass out Family Chart Activity due 2/24
2/17 DNA & Genes

2/20No School- Presidents Day!
2/21 Mendel & his Peas (pg 56 in book), notes, Questions
2/22 Meiosis, finish stuff from yesterday
2/23 Traits & Inheritance (pg 62), notes, Questions
2/24 Genes & Heredity, Punnett Squares; Family Chart Due

2/27 Finish Punnett Squares
2/28 Change over time; questions;
2/29begin Gene Shuffle Activity
3/1 Finish Gene Shuffle; Acquired & Inherited Traits (pg108)
3/2 Natural Selection- Moths & giraffes

3/5 Moth Lab
3/6 Genetically Modified Foods
3/7 Finish up misc...
3/8 Review for Test
3/9 Heredity Test!

Week of 3/10-3/17-SPRING BREAK!!! YAY!!!!!
3/19 Go over test
3/20 Reteach/Enrich
3/21 Reteach/Enrich
3/22 Begin Classification Unit!!! Last one before CRT testing!!!

Last Unit for the Term!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Fossil Ridge - Mrs. Christiansen) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:38:00 +0000

We are now starting the Cells unit, here is a brief view of what we will be doing the next unit:
1/23 Finish Earth foldable for science journal; Bill Nye Cells introduction
1/24 Begin lesson 1 in chapter 1 in green book about Diversity of Cells; notes
1/25 finish notes on diversity of cells, begin questions for 1-1
1/26 begin lesson 2 on the interior of cells, take notes, Color cells in journals
1/27 grade 1-1 DR, complete 1-2 questions

1/30 Cell structure and functions; Learn to draw cells under a microscope for lab, get ready for microscope lab
1/31 Microscope lab!!!
2/1 Lesson 1-3 about the levels of organization, take notes, Complete DR
2/2 correct 1-2 DR, levels of organization notes in journal, finish DR, specialized cells
2/3 Circulatory system grade 1-3 DR

2/6 Respiratory system
2/7 Skeletal and Muscular system
2/8 2-1 Exchange with the environment (how cells get stuff in and out of them), Diffusion review
2/9 Review for test, finish up any cell stuff
2/10 Test on Cells

***Test on Cells will be on 2/10. There is a practice test at www.frisci7.utips.washk12.org

Students who do not pass the cells test will be relearning the information and retaking the test on 2/14 & 2/15. Those who pass the first time will get to do some fun science enrichment stuff to celebrate their achievement on those two days!!!

Important upcoming dates for the term
2/10 Late work due
2/17 End of the term!!!

Earth Unit

noreply@blogger.com (Fossil Ridge - Mrs. Christiansen) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:54:00 +0000

Welcome Back! We are ready to start this new year right!!!
We are half way through the school year, can you believe it??? We are now beginning a new unit on Earth's interior layers.

The key concepts for this unit are: Earth's layers are ordered according to their density, how particles are sorted by size AND density and basics of plate tectonics.

Students will be required to do an Earth model project at home worth 50 test points (students will bring home a rubric) and a tennis ball for an activity.

Due dates for these things:
1/13 Tennis Ball
1/17 Earth Model due
1/18 Earth Test

Class Schedule (please note that topics are subject to change)
1/2-3 No School
1/4 Begin Earth's interior- Red book read pages 96-102; Earth's layers notes, begin questions if time
1/5 finish notes and DR; What's inside the Earth? work on questions
1/6 Begin class activity for Earth's interior.

1/9 Finish class activity, grade questions, BN Earth's Crust
1/10 Sort it Out notes, Prep Earth's Density Lab
1/11 Earth's Density Lab; **** Tennis balls due Friday!!!
1/12 Earth as a model, begin tennis ball activity
1/13 Finish tennis balls; There is no place like Earth

1/16 No school!!!
1/17 Earth model due; review for test
1/18 Earth Test
1/19-20 Reteach/ Enrich

Students who do not pass the earth test will be relearning the information and retaking the test on 1/19 & 1/20. Those who pass the first time will get to do some fun science enrichment stuff to celebrate their achievement on those two days!!!

Matter Labwork Unit

noreply@blogger.com (Fossil Ridge - Mrs. Christiansen) — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:18:00 +0000

11/28 Volume notes; metric units
11/29 Finish volume stuff
11/30 Volume lab
12/1 Mass notes
12/2 prep for mass lab

12/5 Mass lab
12/6 Density
12/7 decimals, prep for density lab
12/8 Density lab
12/9 finish up density stuff

12/12 grade questions from volume, mass and density
12/13 review for Lab Final
12/14 Lab final
12/15 review density
12/16 last catch-all for lab test/ Density writing assessment

12/19 Lab reteach/enrich
12/20 Retest lab/enrich
12/21 finish lab retest

12/22-1/3 Christmas Holiday! Have a great break and be safe!!!

YAY! We are now officially in Science!

noreply@blogger.com (Fossil Ridge - Mrs. Christiansen) — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:43:00 +0000

YAY! We made it through Health and now we get to focus on Science! I know that many students have been patiently waiting for this part of the school year. We started last week with a brief science introduction, including scientific method, and this week we will learn about Matter until Christmas break.

11/7 Atom quiz, finish timeline
11/8 Grade questions, periodic table
11/9 finish atom stuff, if time atom snowflakes
11/10 Chapter 1 lesson 1 on Matter, Measuring mass and volume, matter questions
11/11 Notes on matter, finish questions

11/14 States of matter (chapter 2) pg 32-35, notes
11/15 Grade 1-1 questions, states of matter, Diffusion Quiz on states of matter
11/16 Finish states of matter, expansion and contraction, begin chemical changes
11/17 Bill Nye Chemical Reactions, review for test
11/18 Matter test

11/21 Reteaching/enrich *** Students that pass the test will go to science enrichment activities, while those who need more specialized help will be retaught and have the opportunity to retake the test.
11/22 Retesting/enrich
11/23-11/25 No school for Thanksgiving

Last Week of the Term!

noreply@blogger.com (Fossil Ridge - Mrs. Christiansen) — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:00:00 +0000

This week we will be starting into our Science Curriculum. The scores from this week will go on 2nd term's grade.

10/31 Science Pretest- This is participation points only!!!
11/1 Scientific Method recall
11/2 Atoms, read pages 82-87
11/3 Atoms notes, questions
11/4 finish up questions, begin Atomic Timeline (finish on Monday)

noreply@blogger.com (Fossil Ridge - Mrs. Christiansen) — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:54:00 +0000

Just in time for Red Ribbon Week, we will be discussing Alcohol and Drugs for the last bit of the term. Please remind your students to keep up with their work.

10/17 Begin Chapter 12 lessons 1 & 2
10/18 Vision and Scoliosis screenings. Lessons 12-5, 6 & 7
10/19 Chapter 13 lesson 1
10/20 Bullying Assembly during class
10/21 Chapter 13- 2 & 3

Empowerment/Red Ribbon WEEK!!!
Fossil Ridge ROCKS!!!
10/24 Chapter 13-4 & 5- dress 1950's
10/25 Chapter 13-6, 7 & 8 dress 1960's
10/26 Chapter 13-9 dress 1970's
10/27 Correct DR for chapters 12 & 13 dress 1980's
10/28 Combined Test on Chapters 12 & 13 dress 1990's
ALL LATE WORK DUE TODAY!!!

Welcome to Chapter 11

noreply@blogger.com (Fossil Ridge - Mrs. Christiansen) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:51:00 +0000

10/6 Begin Chapter 11 lesson 1 & 2
10/7 (hopefully my projector is working) Activity, Lighting up video
10/10 ch 11-3, 4, & 5
10/11 ch 11-6 & 7
10/12 Correct DR, open book test on tobacco
10/13-16 Fall break

We will be following up chapter 11 with a combined unit of chapters 12 & 13 to finish up the term.

Chapter 6 Stuff

noreply@blogger.com (Fossil Ridge - Mrs. Christiansen) — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:11:00 +0000

Due to CTE covering nutrition very effectively, we will be skipping chapters 4&5 and instead begin chapter 6. The assessment for this unit will be a project with the information learned. Chapter 6 will be as follows:

9/15 Lessons 1 & 2
9/16 Lesson 3- Eating disorders
9/19 lesson 4
9/20 finish ch 6 stuff as needed, grade worksheet if time

9/21-23 Work on projects, turn in on Friday.

Chapter 8 Events!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Fossil Ridge - Mrs. Christiansen) — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:08:00 +0000

Here is what I have planned for the next chapter which is about stress and dealing with stress in our daily lives. This is a very short chapter.

9/6 begin Chapter 8 lesson 1
9/7 8-2
9/8 8-3 & 4
9/9 Work on "Stress Kits", Video on Stress

9/12 Meditation
9/13 Correct Questions, review for the test
9/14 Take Ch 8 test

Remember that Mid-terms are on September 23!!!

Make sure you ask your student about the New Honors Track we are offering for Health & Science!!!

Chapter 1 & 2 outline

noreply@blogger.com (Fossil Ridge - Mrs. Christiansen) — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:17:00 +0000

We will be combining chapters 1 and 2 for the test. Here is a brief outline of what we will be doing.

8/18 Get to know the text book/ What is health? Activity
8/19 begin chapter 1 lesson 1

8/22 chapter 1 lesson 2 &3
8/23 Lesson 4- 9 life skills
8/24 Quiz on ch 1. 9 life skills posters
8/25 Finish posters. Begin chapter 2 lesson 1
8/26 Grade chapter 1 questions.Chapter 2 lesson 2. 6 steps activity

8/29 Chapter 2 lessons 3 & 4. Complete goal pyramid and finish 6 Steps activity
8/30 Lesson 5. I would try... activity
8/31 Lessons 6 & 7. Having a winning attitude.
9/1 Review for test. Grade ch 2 questions.
9/2 Chapters 1 & 2 test

Have a great couple of weeks!

noreply@blogger.com (Fossil Ridge - Mrs. Christiansen) — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:44:00 +0000

We are on our last unit- Classification!!! This unit is short, sweet and to the point! The test will be on 4/13.

3/21 No School
3/22 Go over Heredity test questions
3/23 Heredity Reteach/Enrich
3/24 Heredity Reteach/Enrich
3/25 Classifying Living Things, how things are classified

3/28 Sorting it out (pg 164)
3/29 Notes, Questions, Begin "Slug" Activity for Dichotomous keys
3/30 Finish Activity, Six Kingdoms
3/31 Fungi & Protists
4/1 Finish Fungi & Protists

4/4 Animal Classification
4/5 Invertebrates
4/6 Plant kingdom
4/7 Bacteria Kingdoms
4/8 Finish up misc... Mid-Terms!!!

4/11 Review for Test
4/12 Classification Test
4/13 Go over test
4/14 Reteach/Enrich
4/15 Reteach/Enrich

Some end of the year notices:
4/18-5/3 Review for Science End-Of-Level; Schedule to be announced!
5/4-5/6 End-Of-Level Testing
5/9-5/25 Human Development

New Term!

noreply@blogger.com (Fossil Ridge - Mrs. Christiansen) — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:19:00 +0000

I am amazed at how fast 3rd term has arrived! We will be completing 2 more units and then End-of-level testing is here!!! Can you believe it???

Here is a break-down of our current unit, heredity (please note that objectives may change):

2/21 No School- Presidents Day!
2/22 Mendel & his Peas (pg 56 in book), notes, Questions
2/23 Meiosis, finish stuff from yesterday, Family Chart Due
2/24 Traits & Inheritance (pg 62), notes, Questions
2/25 Genes & Heredity, Punnett Squares

2/28 Finish Punnett Squares, Gene Shuffle Activity
3/1 Finish Gene Shuffle
3/2 Acquired & Inherited Traits (pg108)
3/3 Natural Selection
3/4 Natural Selection- Giraffes

3/7 Natural Selection- Moths
3/8 Moth Lab- Genetically Modified Foods
3/9 Finish up misc...
3/10 Review for Test
3/11 Heredity Test!

Week of 3/14-3/18-SPRING BREAK!!! YAY!!!!!
3/21 No School
3/22 Go over test
3/23 Reteach/Enrich
3/24 Reteach/Enrich
3/25 Begin Classification!!!

Last Week of the TERM!!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Fossil Ridge - Mrs. Christiansen) — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:47:00 +0000

Week of February 14-18

We are wrapping up cells and the term this week! Whew!!! It has gone by soooooo fast!!! Here is this week's plan. We are doing the reteaching as normal for those that need additional studying to pass the test.

2/14 go over the test, answer questions, any class housekeeping for the end of the term.
2/16 Reteaching/enrich
2/17 Reteaching/enrich
2/18 Begin Heredity Unit (Heredity unit will be on 3rd term's grade), Genes and DNA, Read lesson 3-1, begin DR if time. Pass out Family Heredity chart for homework.
2/19 Read lesson 3-1, begin DR

Important upcoming dates for the term
2/19 End of the term!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Fossil Ridge - Mrs. Christiansen) — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:46:00 +0000

We are now starting the Cells unit, here is a brief view of what we will be doing the next unit:

1/24 Begin lesson 1 in chapter 1 in green book about Diversity of Cells
1/25 take notes on diversity of cells, begin DR for 1-1
1/26 begin lesson 2 on the interior of cells, take notes
1/27 Color cells in journals, grade 1-1 DR, begin 1-2 DR if time
1/28 1-2 DR, Cell structure and functions

1/31 Learn to draw cells under a microscope for lab, get ready for microscope lab
2/1 Microscope lab!!!
2/2 Lesson 1-3 about the levels of organization, take notes, Complete DR
2/3 correct 1-2 DR, levels of organization notes in journal, finish DR, specialized cells
2/4 Circulatory system grade 1-3 DR

2/7 Respiratory system
2/8 Skeletal and Muscular system
2/9 2-1 Exchange with the environment (how cells get stuff in and out of them), Diffusion review
2/10 Review for test, finish up any cell stuff
2/11 Test on Cells

***Test on Cells will be on 2/11. There is a practice test at www.frisci7.utips.washk12.org

Students who do not pass the cells test will be relearning the information and retaking the test on 2/15 & 2/16. Those who pass the first time will get to do some fun science enrichment stuff to celebrate their achievement on those two days!!!

Important upcoming dates for the term
2/11 Late work due
2/18 End of the term!!!

Welcome Back!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Fossil Ridge - Mrs. Christiansen) — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:33:00 +0000

We are half way through the school year, can you believe it??? We are now beginning a new unit on Earth's interior layers. The key concepts for this unit are: Earth's layers are ordered according to their density, how particles are sorted by size AND density and basics of plate tectonics.

Students will be required to do an Earth model project at home worth 50 test points (students will bring home a rubric), bring in a "dirt bottle" to show layering (instructions follow) and a tennis ball for an activity.

Due dates for these things:
1/11 Dirt Bottle
1/14 Tennis Ball
1/18 Earth Model due
1/19 Earth Test

Class Schedule (please note that topics are subject to change)
1/3 No School
1/4 Begin Earth's interior- Red book read pages 96-102; Earth's layers notes, begin DR if time
1/5 finish notes and DR; Inside the Restless earth, work on DR
1/6 Restless Crust pg 104-107, Plate Tectonics, DR
1/7 BN Earth's Crust; Begin class activity for Earth's interior.

1/10 Finish Class Activity; Forces that Shape the Earth ***** Dirt Bottle Due tomorrow
1/11 Dirt bottle due; Sort it Out notes; Prep Earth's Density Lab
1/12 Earth's Density Lab; **** Tennis balls due Friday!!!
1/13 Theory of Plate Tectonics pg 108-111; DR; begin tennis ball activity
1/14 Finish tennis balls; There is no place like Earth

1/17 No school!!!
1/18 Earth model due; review for test
1/19 Earth Test
1/20-21 Reteach/ Enrich
Students who do not pass the cells test will be relearning the information and retaking the test on 1/20 & 1/21. Those who pass the first time will get to do some fun science enrichment stuff to celebrate their achievement on those two days!!!

Instructions for dirt bottle: get a empty drink bottle (water bottle or soda bottle) with a screw-on lid. Fill approximately 1/2 the way full with dirt and small rocks. The bigger the variation, the better this activity works. Fill approximately 3/4 full of water and tightly screw cap on. Bring to class to observe what happens.

Now for the lab portion of Matter ! :)

noreply@blogger.com (Fossil Ridge - Mrs. Christiansen) — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:59:00 +0000

12/1 Volume notes; metric units
12/2 Volume lab
12/3 Finish volume stuff, start mass stuff

12/6 prep for mass lab
12/7 Mass lab
12/8 Density
12/9 decimals, prep for density lab
12/10 Density lab

12/13 grade questions from volume, mass and density
12/14 review for Lab Final
12/15 Lab final
12/16 review density
12/17 last catch-all
12/18-1/3 Christmas Holiday! See you next year! :)

And now we can begin SCIENCE!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Fossil Ridge - Mrs. Christiansen) — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:51:00 +0000

YAY! We made it through Health and now we get to focus on Science! I know that many students have been patiently waiting for this part of the school year. We started last week with a brief science introduction, including scientific method, and this week we will learn about Matter until Christmas break.

11/8 Powerpoint on atoms, finish timeline
11/9 Finish Atom questions, Periodic table
11/10 Atoms quiz, grade atoms questions, if time atom snowflakes
11/11 Chapter 1 lesson 1 on Matter, Measuring mass and volume, matter questions
11/12 Notes on matter, finish questions

11/15 States of matter (chapter 2)
11/16 Notes on states of matter, Diffusion
11/17 Finish states of matter, begin chemical changes
11/18 Bill Nye Chemical Reactions, States of matter quiz
11/19 Grade the rest of matter questions, review for Matter test

11/22 Matter Test ***Students who do not pass the test will take a relearn/review class for two days and retake the test on 11/30 to achieve a better score*. Students who pass the first time will be in science enrichment classes for these two days.
* Please note that students who score above but would like to retake the test for a higher score may do so for an average of their two test scores. This will be done through REAL time and must be arranged with me before it can take place.
11/23 go over test

11/29 Enrichment/Reteaching
11/30 Enrichment/ Retake test

Last Week of the Term!

noreply@blogger.com (Fossil Ridge - Mrs. Christiansen) — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:00:00 +0000

This week we will be starting into our Science Curriculum. The scores from this week will go on 2nd term's grade.

11/1 Science Pretest- This is participation points only!!!
11/2 Scientific Method recall
11/3 Scientific Words
11/4 Grade Science words, begin Blue book ch 4 on Atoms (pg 82), begin Atoms questions
11/5 Bill Nye Atoms, Begin Atomic Timeline (finish on Monday)

noreply@blogger.com (Fossil Ridge - Mrs. Christiansen) — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:41:00 +0000

Just in time for Red Ribbon Week, we will be discussing Alcohol and Drugs for the last bit of the term. Please remind your students to keep up with their work.

10/18 No School
10/19 Begin Chapter 12 lessons 1 & 2
10/20 12-5, 6 & 7
10/21 Chapter 13 lesson 1
10/22 13- 2 & 3

Empowerment/Red Ribbon WEEK!!! Luau theme!
10/25 13-4 & 5- Wear your school shirt day
10/26 13-6, 7 & 8 Wear Flip-Flops
10/27 13-9 Wear Sunglasses
10/28 Correct DR for chapters 12 & 13 Wear a tropical hat
10/29 Combined Test on Chapters 12 & 13 ALL LATE WORK DUE TODAY!!!
Dress up luau style for the BBQ and Assembly today!

Chapter 11

noreply@blogger.com (Fossil Ridge - Mrs. Christiansen) — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 14:26:00 +0000

10/6 Begin Chapter 11 lesson 1
10/7 ch 11-2
10/8 ch 11-3, 4, & 5
10/11 ch 11-6 & 7
10/12 Correct DR
10/13 Field trip to Zions!!!
10/14 Open Book Test on Chapter 11
10/15-18 Fall Break

We will be following up chapter 11 with a combined unit of chapters 12 & 13 to finish up the term.

Chapter 8 Events!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Fossil Ridge - Mrs. Christiansen) — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:23:00 +0000

Here is what I have planned for the next chapter which is about stress and dealing with stress in our daily lives. This is a very short chapter.

9/27 begin Chapter 8 lesson 1
9/28 8-2
9/29 8-3 & 4
9/30 Work on "Stress Kits"
10/1 Video on Stress, Meditation
10/4 Correct Directed Reading, review for the test
10/5 Take Ch 8 test

The rest of this term is going to fly by, so make sure to remind your students to keep up with their work!

Change of plans!

noreply@blogger.com (Fossil Ridge - Mrs. Christiansen) — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:18:00 +0000

Due to CTE covering nutrition very effectively, we will be skipping chapter 5 and beginning chapter 6. The assessment for this unit (chapters 4 & 6 combined) will be a brochure of the information learned. Chapter 6 will be as follows:

9/14 Grade ch 4 worksheet, Lessons 1 & 2
9/15 Lesson 3- Eating disorders
9/16 lesson 4
9/17 finish ch 6 stuff as needed, grade worksheet if time

9/20-24 Work on brochure, turn in on Friday.

9/24 Mid Terms!!!