Mr.Mixon’s

DISCLAIMER: Please make sure you check your child’s planner. Lessons and homework can change depending on how well a class understands the material presented to them. I will update later on this week, but please check your child’s planner. You can access the online textbook, and other sites used in and for class over to the right. look over here —>
NOTE: Tuesday and Thursday Mornings , at 7:30, are days to get help. However, you must let me know in PERSON prior to coming. (I might be xeroxing or in a meeting). E-mailing me at night is not the appropriate way to communicate you need help in the morning. Learn to be proactive.

8th Grade.
Rotation 1 → Plate Tectonics - Continental Drift
HW: Reading 247-252 Continental Drift animation & “Every Pebble Tells a Story” activity due Tuesday
Rotation 2 → Plate Tectonics - Divergent, Convergent & Transform Boundaries
HW: go to chapter 8 and view the animations on Plate Boundaries under the link EXPLORING EARTH (very cool)
Rotation 3 → Plate Tectonics - Activity on discovering Plate boundaries
HW: Reading 254-260 & Tectonic Puzzle
Rotation 4 → Cont.Plate Tectonics - Activity on discovering Plate boundaries possible moving on plate boundaries
HW: reading 261-268
7th Grade:
Rotation 1 → In Class Discussion & Notes on Wind
HW: Lab on heating land and sea due 1) Purpose 2) data table 3) graph of data 4) wrap up questions 2-7. reading on wind in atmosphere ( read pages 46-52)
Rotation 2 → Quiz on Heat in Atmosphere & discussion on Wind
HW: Explore weather bug (use school zip code, {48301} then follow the prompts)
Rotation 3 → Weatherbug activity IMS016 & IMS030 & IMS040
HW: Study notes on Wind
Rotation 4 → Continued Weatherbug activities and discussions IMS016
HW: TBA

DISCLAIMER: Please make sure you check your child’s planner. Lessons and homework can change depending on how well a class understands the material presented to them. I will update later on this week, but please check your child’s planner. You can access the online textbook, and other sites used in and for class over to the right. look over here —>
NOTE: Tuesday and Thursday Mornings , at 7:30, are days to get help. However, you must let me know in PERSON prior to coming. (I might be xeroxing or in a meeting). E-mailing me at night is not the appropriate way to communicate you need help in the morning. Learn to be proactive.

8th Grade.
Rotation 1 → Continue Video on “Living Rock”
HW: Rock Cycle Read pages 70-83 check out sites 14, 15 & 16 under Dynamic Earth websites
Rotation 2 → Discriminate between Igneous, Metamorphic and Sedimentary Rocks
HW: Bring in your favorite Pebble /Rock of your choice from home.
Rotation 3 → “Every Pebble Tells a Story” activity
HW: work on “Every Pebble Tells a Story” activity
Rotation 4 → Notebook assement on rock cycle.
HW: “Every Pebble Tells a Story” activity due Tuesday

7th Grade:
Rotation 1 → Notes on Heating the Atmosphere
HW: Collapsing bottle lab is due Tuesday….(on atmospheric pressure)
Rotation 2 → Weatherbug activity IMS019, MS-6 “Heating and Cooling Degree Days”
HW: Explore weather bug (use school zip code, {48301} then follow the prompts)
Rotation 3 → Lab on “Heating Land and Sea”
HW: Study notes on Heat energy (Conduction, convection, Radiation)
Rotation 4 → Green house Effect questions and activity
HW: work on lab, Listen in class for due date.

DISCLAIMER: Please make sure you check your child’s planner. Lessons and homework can change depending on how well a class understands the material presented to them. I will update later on this week, but please check your child’s planner. You can access the online textbook, and other sites used in and for class over to the right. look over here —>
NOTE: Tuesday and Thursday Mornings , at 7:30, are days to get help. However, you must let me know in PERSON prior to coming. (I might be xeroxing or in a meeting). E-mailing me at night is not the appropriate way to communicate you need help in the morning. Learn to be proactive.

8th Grade.
Rotation 1 → Garden Cleaning Earth Day Project
HW: TBA
Rotation 2 → Self Evaluation & Cont. Mineral Identifiation
HW: Re-read pages 44-54 Dynamic Earth (this link can help with identification)
Rotation 3 → EARTH DAY - Mineral Identification /Rock Cycle
HW: Rock Cycle
Rotation 4 → Video on “Living Rock”
HW: 60 second Earth - “How Will Climate Change Impact Bread?” 4/4/10
7th Grade:
Rotation 1 → .Garden Cleaning Earth Day Project
HW: Explore weather bug (use school zip code, {48301} then follow the prompts)
Rotation 2 → Self Evaluation & Notes on Heating the Atmosphere
HW: Reading on heat in the atmosphere/ study for quiz on air pressure
Rotation 3 → Earth Day - Quiz on Air pressure Weatherbug activity IMS019
HW: Study notes on Heat energy (Conduction, convection, Radiation)
Rotation 4 → MS-6 “Heating and Cooling Degree Days”
HW: 60 second Earth- “How Will Climate Change Impact Bread?” 4/4/10

DISCLAIMER: Please make sure you check your child’s planner. Lessons and homework can change depending on how well a class understands the material presented to them. I will update later on this week, but please check your child’s planner. You can access the online textbook, and other sites used in and for class over to the right. look over here —>
NOTE: Tuesday and Thursday Mornings , at 7:30, are days to get help. However, you must let me know in PERSON prior to coming. (I might be xeroxing or in a meeting). E-mailing me at night is not the appropriate way to communicate you need help in the morning. Learn to be proactive.

8th Grade.
Rotation 1 → Mapping the Seafloor using GeoMap
HW: Each person should have a Color Countour Map turned in by 3rd rotation.
Rotation 2 → Mapping the Seafloor using GeoMap
HW: Color contour map should be complete.
Rotation 3 → Mineral Identifiation.
HW: read pages 44-54 Dynamic Earth (this link can help with identification)
Rotation 4 → No school–professional Developement
HW:
7th Grade:
Rotation 1 → Demonstation on air pressure Learning weather bug.
HW: Explore weather bug (use school zip code, {48301} then follow the prompts)
Rotation 2 → In Class reading on Air pressure.
HW: study your demonstrations from class.
Rotation 3 → Weather activity IMS007 “Air Pressure Highs & Lows” & IMS008 “Applying Barometric Pressure Data”
HW: IMSOO7 & IMSOO8 need to be emailed to me.
Rotation 4 → No school–professional Developement
HW:

DISCLAIMER: Please make sure you check your child’s planner. Lessons and homework can change depending on how well a class understands the material presented to them. I will update later on this week, but please check your child’s planner. You can access the online textbook, and other sites used in and for class over to the right. look over here —>
NOTE: Tuesday and Thursday Mornings , at 7:30, are days to get help. However, you must let me know in PERSON prior to coming. (I might be xeroxing or in a meeting). E-mailing me at night is not the appropriate way to communicate you need help in the morning. Learn to be proactive.

8th Grade.
Rotation 1 → Mapping the Seafloor using GeoMap
HW: None
Rotation 2 → Mapping the Seafloor using GeoMap
HW: None
Rotation 3 → Checking out some minerals!
HW: read pages 44-54 Dynamic Earth
Rotation 4 → No school–Spring Recess begins
HW: Have a wonderful Break
7th Grade:
Rotation 1 → Present Family Pedigree/ finish discussion on cloning
HW: bring text book to class
Rotation 2 → In class reading and discussion/ self assessment.
HW: bring text book to class
Rotation 3 → Notes on the Four factors of Weather
HW: TBA
Rotation 4 → No school–Spring Recess begins
HW: None Have a Wonderful Break

DISCLAIMER: Please make sure you check your child’s planner. Lessons and homework can change depending on how well a class understands the material presented to them. I will update later on this week, but please check your child’s planner. You can access the online textbook, and other sites used in and for class over to the right. look over here —>
NOTE: Tuesday and Thursday Mornings , at 7:30, are days to get help. However, you must let me know in PERSON prior to coming. (I might be xeroxing or in a meeting). E-mailing me at night is not the appropriate way to communicate you need help in the morning. Learn to be proactive.

8th Grade.
Rotation 1 → short video on “Why Earth Science?” Movie “Origins- How the Earth is Born” discussion
HW: Reading 7-17
Rotation 2 → Movie “Origins- How Life Began” discussion
HW: read 33-43
Rotation 3 → Checking out some minerals!
HW: read pages 44-54 Dynamic Earth
Rotation 4 → Checking out some minerals!
HW: 60 second science TBA

7th Grade:
Rotation 1 → Pedigree problems notes and discussion
HW: collect pictures of your family for you pedigree chart.
Rotation 2 → Pedigree problems notes and discussion
HW: collect pictures of your family for you pedigree chart.
Rotation 3 → Movie on “Cloning”
HW:
Rotation 4 → Present Family Pedigree
HW: 60 second science TBA