Welcome to Science with Ms. Williams!

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Welcome to Science with Ms. Williams!

• Agenda
• A day in the life of your students
• Curriculum and Core Knowledge
• Homework Policies

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A Day in the Life of your Students

• Daily Experience
• Write Homework in Planner/Turn in Homework
• Bell Work
• Good Things
• Notes
• Lab/Activity

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Weekly Experience

• Homework
• As Needed, typically to finish a lab or activity
• Quizzes
• Once a week
• Monthly- Unit Tests

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6th Grade Curriculum

• Plate Tectonics
• Oceans
• Astronomy Gravity, Stars, and Galaxies
• Energy, Heat, and Energy Transfer
• The Human Body
• Science Biographies

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7th Grade Curriculum

• Atomic Structure
• Chemical Bonds and Reactions
• Cell Division and Genetics
• History of the Earth and Life Forms
• Evolution
• Science Biographies

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Homework

• 10 minutes a night per grade level
• 6th grade 60 min
• 7th grade 70 min
• Translates to roughly 10 minutes per class
• Does not include 30 min of reading/night
• Updated on websites
• Cassinelli and Mrs. G assign Monday, due Friday