These documents provide daily agendas and homework assignments for 6th grade science, biology, and 5th grade classes between August 25th and September 12th. The classes covered topics including erosion, weathering, chemistry concepts, and biology chapters. Students completed investigations on sediment basins, weathering, yeast, redworm habitats, and wheat seeds. They also had reading assignments, notes, video responses and were preparing for a chemistry test.

1. Today’s Hike
9/8/14-9/12/14

2. Today’s Hike
6th
9/8/14
• Bell Work:
• What variables affect how much
and how fast earth material is
eroded?
• Agenda:
• Multimedia Stream Tables
• Video Response: Grand Canyon
Flood
• Homework:
• Finish Video Response

3. Today’s Hike
Biology
9/8/14
• Bell Work:
• What was the most interesting
chemistry concept you learned
from CH 2? (nothing is not an
option )
• Agenda:
• 2.1-2.2 Summaries and Review Q’s
• Homework:
• Finish 2.1-2.2

4. Today’s Hike
5th
8/25/14
• Bell Work:
• Agenda:
• Homework:

5. Today’s Hike
6th
8/26/14
• Bell Work:
• When we observed the stream
table where did material that
eroded from the plateau settle
out?
• Agenda:
• Sediment Basin Demonstration
• Weathering Investigation
• Homework:
• Comment on Blog

6. Today’s Hike
Biology
9/9/14
• Bell Work:
• What is the difference between an
acid and a base?
• Agenda:
• Notes and Summaries for 2.3, 2.4
• Homework:
• Finish 2.3, 2.4

7. Today’s Hike
5th
9/9/14
• Bell Work:
• What does yeast need to break its
dormancy?
• Agenda:
• Reading: There’s Yeast in my
Bread!
• Homework:
• Finish Reading Response

8. Today’s Hike
6th
9/10/14
• Bell Work:
• What did you observe yesterday
when making your homemade
sand?
• Agenda:
• Weathering INV Analysis
• Homework:
• Finish Analysis Questions

9. Today’s Hike
Biology
9/10/14
• Bell Work:
• What is the difference between a
chemical change and a physical
change?
• Agenda:
• Summary and Questions 2.4
• Homework:
• Finish 2.4

10. Today’s Hike
5th
9/10/14
• Bell Work:
• How do you predict results will
differ if we give yeast different
amounts of sugar?
• Agenda:
• Yeast INV
• Homework:
• Comment on Blog

11. Today’s Hike
6th
9/11/14
• Bell Work:
• What would happen to a glass bottle
filled with water if it were put in the
freezer?
• Agenda:
• Weathering and Erosion Video
• Weathering and Erosion Reading
• Homework:
• Reading Response

12. Today’s Hike
Biology
9/11/14
• Bell Work:
• What concepts do you still feel are weak
points for you?
• Agenda:
• pH Lab?
• Review Whiteboards
• Homework:
• Study for CH 2 Test…do chapter review?

13. Today’s Hike
5th
9/11/14
• Bell Work:
• Predict what you will see in your
redworm habitats today.
• Agenda:
• Redworm Conclusion
• Yeast Investigation Notes
• Homework:
• No Homework

14. Today’s Hike
6th
9/12/14
• Bell Work:
• Name as many ways erosion can occur
as you can think of?
• Agenda:
• Weathering Notes
• Quick Write
• Conclusion Weathering INV
• Homework:
• Have a great weekend!

15. Today’s Hike
Biology
8/28/14
• Bell Work:
• Any questions before the test?
• Agenda:
• CH 2 Exam
• Homework:
• Read 3.1

16. Today’s Hike
5th
9/12/14
• Bell Work:
• What variable are we testing in
wheat seed investigation? What
are we controlling?
• Agenda:
• Set Up Wheat Seeds
• Homework:
• Comment on Blog