Physical Science Homework & Assignments

Here are the assignments we have had this year.  They are organized by due date, with the most recent assignments listed first.

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Due Tuesday, December 2:

Quarter One Binder Clean-Out (we will have a binder check soon!  Make sure you clean it out exactly as the handout tells you to do!)

Due Monday, December 1:

• WYLAW
• Revise your Roundtables Reflection, based on the detailed instructions Ms. Norris gave you on your graded rough draft.

Due Wednesday, November 26:

Study for the Phases of the Moon mini-quiz.  (If you were absent, make arrangements with Ms. Norris to take it after school!)

Due Tuesday, November 25:

Phases of the Moon HW

Due Monday, November 24:

• Revisions
• WYLAW

Due Wednesday, November 19:

Roundtable Reflection handout -- this is a Microsoft Word document, which you can download and type in if you want to type instead of using a pencil.

Due Tuesday, November 18:

Finish all eight pages of your Seasons Children's Book, and the front and back cover.  Make sure it is all ready to be assembled and turned in.  We will assemble the books in class on Tuesday.

Due Monday, November 17:

• WYLAW 11
• You and your partner together must have 4 pages of your Seasons Children's Book completed, in color, and professional-looking.  Use Handout 8 to guide you.

Due Thursday, November 13 (7.2) or Friday, November 14 (7.1):

Finish one-half of your Seasons Children's Book planning handout.  Your partner will finish the other half.  (If you are stuck, use Handout 8 to remind you of what it should look like.)

Due Wednesday, November 12:

Seasons Homework

Due Monday, November 10:

• WYLAW 10
• RELAX!  It's the end of the quarter!

Due Thursday, November 6 (7.2) or Friday, November 6 (7.1):

Calendar Comic Strips

Due Wednesday, November 5:

Acting Out the Calendar worksheet

Due Tuesday, November 4:

Revolution & Rotation HW

Due Monday, November 3:

• Revise at least two assignments that did not receive a grade of "4" or "5"
• WYLAW 9

Due Thursday, October 30 (7.2) or Friday, October 31 (7.1):

No HW, but you should revise your binder if you did not do well on the binder check!

Due Wednesday, October 29:

Study for Quest Two

Due Tuesday, October 28:

Compete the Quest Two Review packet (started in class)

Due Monday, October 27:

• Revise at least two assignments
• WYLAW 8

Due Thursday, October 23 (7.2) or Friday, October 24 (7.1):

Finish the entire Rock Types Lab handout.

Due Wednesday, October 22:

Finish as many of the Rock Types Lab questions as you can, based on what you completed in class today.

Due Tuesday, October 21:

"What Kind of Rock am I?" handout

Due Monday, October 20:

• Week Seven WYLAW
  
• Revise at least two assignments

Due Thursday, October 16 (7.2) or Friday, October 17 (7.1):

Reading About Rock Types (make sure you follow all instructions, so you don't get a homework detention!)

Due Tuesday, October 14:

• Revise at least two assignments
• WYLAW 6
• Put together your Claymation packet, using Homework 18

Due Wednesday, October 8:

Claymation Project: Day Five Reflection

Due Tuesday, October 7:

Claymation Project: Day Four Reflection

Due Monday, October 6:

• Week Five WYLAW
• Reflection On Your Grade Sheet

Due Thursday, October 2 (7.2) or Friday, October 3 (7.1):

Finish Plate Tectonics Claymation: Planning Your Project

Due Wednesday, October 1:

• Plate Tectonics Claymation: Day One Reflection
• All week, you should be working on revisions. They must be turned in by 8:20 AM on Thursday to count toward your progress report grade.

Due Tuesday, September 30:

• Plate Tectonics Claymation Project: Assigning Roles
• All week, you should be working on revisions.  They must be turned in by 8:20 AM on Thursday to count toward your progress report grade.

Due Monday, September 29:

• Revise at least two assignments (HW or WYLAWs) that received a grade of 0, 1, 2, 3, or ( )
• Week Four WYLAW

Due Thursday, September 25 (7.2) or Friday, September 26 (7.1):

Plate Tectonics handout

Due Wednesday, September 24:

Reading About Plate Tectonics, Part Three

Due Tuesday, September 23:

Reading About Plate Tectonics, Part Two

Due Monday, September 22:

• Week 3 WYLAW
• Revise at least two assignments that did not receive a grade of 4 or 5.  You may revise things from the HOMEWORK or WYLAWs section of your grade sheet.

Due Thursday, September 18 (7.2) or Friday, September 19 (7.1):

Reading About Plate Tectonics, Part 1 handout

Due Wednesday, September 17:

Week 3 Reflection

Due Tuesday, September 16:

Map of the Future Reflection 1

Due Monday, September 15:

• Week Two WYLAW
• You must revise at least TWO pieces of work.  You are only excused if you have already turned in all your revisions (and did not get them back), or if you got a 4 or 5 on every assignment.

Due Thursday, September 11 (7.2) or Friday, September 12 (7.1):

Pangaea Breaks Up! worksheet

Due Wednesday, September 10:

Question Worksheet from the Shaping the Earth video we watched in class

Due Tuesday, September 9:

"Wegener's WYE" worksheet

Due Monday, September 8:

• Revise any work that did not get a grade of 4 or 5
• Week 1 WYLAW

Due Thursday, September 4 (7.2) or Friday, September 5 (7.1):

Layers of the Earth Worksheet

Due Wednesday, September 3:

Due Tuesday, September 2:

• Bring your signed course contract
• Do your Week Zero WYLAW

Due Thursday, August 28:

• Bring your 1-inch binder, paper, and 4 dividers