This document contains daily agendas for different grade levels (5th, 6th, 7th/8th) from October 14th to October 18th. Each day includes the bell work topic or question, the agenda items or activities, and any assigned homework. Topics include the periodic table, wheat seed investigations, ocean floor and volcano models, photosynthesis, and tests on chemistry and oceanography concepts.

1. Today’s Hike
(subject to change based on class pacing)
10/14/13-10/18/13

2. Today’s Hike
7th/8th
10/14/13
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Bell Work:
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Agenda:
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What is the significance of atomic
number and atomic mass?
Periodic Table Group Assessment
Homework:
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Research for periodic table assessment

3. Today’s Hike
6th
10/14/13
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Bell Work:
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Agenda:
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How will your group determine the
topography of the mystery ocean floor?
Collect data from mystery model
Homework:
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Analysis Questions

4. Today’s Hike
5th
10/14/13
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Bell Work:
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Agenda:
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What will wheat seeds need to break
their dormancy and become active?
Wheat Seed Investigation
Homework:
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Comment on blog your prediction for
wheat grown in dark and light
environments

5. Today’s Hike
7th/8th
10/15/13
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Bell Work:
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Agenda:
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What trends have you noticed on the
periodic table?
Continue Periodic Table Assessment
Homework:
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Finish Periodic Table Assessment

6. Today’s Hike
6th
10/15/13
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Bell Work:
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Agenda:
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How could your method in the mystery
model be adapted on a larger scale?
Drawing of mystery model
Homework:
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Read pC71 on sonar. Comment on blog
about how sonar would have helped to
determine more accurately the contents
of the mystery ocean floor model.

7. Today’s Hike
5th
10/15/13
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Bell Work:
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Agenda:
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What do you predict will happen to the
seeds grown in the light? In the dark?
Wheat Seed Investigation Discussion
Homework:
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Vocabulary Pictures

8. Today’s Hike
7th/8th
10/16/13
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Bell Work:
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Agenda:
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What is the unabbreviated electron
configuration for Bromine.
Present periodic table for grading
Homework:
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CH 11/12 Chapter reviews
Test Friday

9. Today’s Hike
6th
10/16/13
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Bell Work:
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Agenda:
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How might a newly formed volcanic
island differ from one that has existed
for thousands of years?
Pick a project
Homework:
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Work on the project you chose

10. Today’s Hike
5th
10/16/13
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Bell Work:
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Agenda:
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Knowing what you know about food
webs, predict what would happen if
plants weren’t able to get enough
sunlight to grow.
Producers Reading and Response
Homework:
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Comment on blog: What do you think
you will observe tomorrow?

11. Today’s Hike
7th/8th
10/17/13
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Bell Work:
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Agenda:
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How do isotopes differ?
Review for CH 11/12 Test
Homework:
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Study for Test tomorrow

12. Today’s Hike
6th
10/17/13
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Bell Work:
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Agenda:
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Where might you expect to see a
seamount?
Finish Pick a Project
Homework:
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P C75 review questions 1-5

13. Today’s Hike
5th
10/17/13
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Bell Work:
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Agenda:
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What do you think the seeds grown in the dark
will look like today?
Observe Wheat Seeds
Record Observations
Homework:
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Comment on blog: How did what you observe
today differ from your prediction?

14. Today’s Hike
7th/8th
10/18/13
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Bell Work:
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Agenda:
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What questions do you have before the
test?
CH 11/12 Test
Homework:
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Have a great weekend!

15. Today’s Hike
6th
10/18/13
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Bell Work:
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Agenda:
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How are atolls formed?
Present group project
Homework:
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Have a great weekend!

16. Today’s Hike
5th
10/18/13
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Bell Work:
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Agenda:
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How will you care for your tiny potted
plant?
Tiny potted plants
Homework:
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Have a great weekend!