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Ball Daily Science News

April 15th

We are continuing our CRCT preparation.  The students are working hard to get ready for these important tests. 

There is no homework for the evening!

Have a great evening!  Go Wildcats!!

Ball Daily Science News

April 14th

We are continuing our CRCT Preparation this week. 

Homework: CRCT Preparation p. 476-477 #1-9, and p. 512-513 #1-9.  This should not take more than twenty minutes to complete.  Students should average about 1 minute per question.

CRCT Saturday:  This Saturday, we will be hosting CRCT Saturday.  We will have sessions to help students get ready for the CRCT.

Have a great evening!  Go Wildcats!!

Ball Daily Science News

April 13th

Welcome Back!  I hope everyone had a relaxing Spring Break.  We will be working on getting ready for the CRCT this week. 

Homework:  CRCT Preparation pages 410-411 #1-8 and pages 440-441 #1-9

Have a great evening!  Go Wildcats!!

Ball Daily Science News

April 2nd

We continue to work on our Planets projects in class.  The students really seem to like learning about the planets.

There is no homework for the evening!

I am including the graphic organizer that we are completing in Blocks 3, 4, & 7 for your use if you have missed any of the notes.  Blocks 5 and 6 are welcome to look at it also.

Download Solar System Graphic Organizer-Answer Key-Ball

Have a great evening!  Go Wildcats!!

Ball Daily Science News

April 1st

We continued with our Solar System projects in class today.  If anyone needs additional help getting their graphic organizer filled in, please come in on Thursday morning. 

Homework: Section Review p 659 #'s 1-6

Have a great evening!  Go Wildcats!!

Ball Daily Science News

March 31st

We began our study of the planets.  We are working in groups to prepare projects to turn in for a test grade.  They will be working on the planet projects in class.

Homework: Complete Section Review page 653 #'s 1 - 6.

Blocks 5 & 6:

Here is the Smart Notebook that we are using in class for our project

Download AC Solar System Project-Ball

I will be in early all week for those students who would like to come in to work on the projects.

Have a great evening!  Go Wildcats!!

Ball Daily Science News

March 30th

Today we finished up Formation of the Solar System.  Tomorrow we will be starting the planets.  We will be completing projects for our assessment of this unit.

There is no homework for the evening!

Have a great evening!  Go Wildcats!!

Ball Daily Science News

March 27th

Today in class we took the quiz for Chapter 19.  We also began the next part of the unit, the Formation of the Solar System.

There is no homework for the evening!

Have a great weekend!  Go Wildcats!!

Ball Daily Science News

March 26th

We finished up the notes for Chapter 19 today.  I am placing a copy of the notes below for any student who may have missed the notes.  We will be taking a short quiz over Chapter 19 tomorrow.

Download Ch19-All Sections Notesheet

Homework: Study for quiz using notesheet

I am also including a Smart Notebook Review for students to try at home for practice for the quiz.  The questions are similar to those on the test.

Download Review for Stars, Galaxies, and Universe

We will begin the Formation of the Solar System tomorrow.

Have a great weekend!  Go Wildcats!!

 

Ball Daily Science News

March 25th

Today we continued with our study of stars. 

There is no homework for the evening!

Have a great night!  Go Wildcats!!