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Dawn Austin
dmaustin@d47.org
Voicemail (815) 788-3985
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Week of Nov. 18 - Nov. 22, 2019
Posted by Dawn Austin on 11/19/2019Monday, Nov. 18, 2019
- Build a Better Igloo Engineering Project
Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019
- Test Igloos
- Review for Quiz tomorrow
Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019
- Quiz on Temperature, Heat, and States of Matter
- Student Led Conferences 5pm - 8pm
Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019
- Ice Cream Lab
Friday, Nov. 22, 2019
- The Science of Gratitude
Student-led Conferences next week!
- Monday 12:00 - 8:00pm
- Tuesday 8:00 - 11:00am
Happy Thanksgiving!!
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Week of Nov. 11 - Nov. 15, 2019
Posted by Dawn Austin on 11/12/2019Monday, Nov. 11, 2019
- Finish graphs and questions for Lauric acid lab
- Go over quizzes/binders/journals
Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019
- Energy and States of Matter Notes
- Energy Bar graph explanation
- Activity #18 - Bar Charts worksheet
Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019
- Bill Nye "Heat" episode and worksheet
- BrainPop assignment - Temperature and States of Matter
- Ice cream money due Friday
Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019
- Whiteboard Bar charts from Tueday
- Activity #19 - More Energy Bar graphs
- Science packet due tomorrow
Friday, Nov. 15, 2019
- Prep for Student-Led Conferences
- Hand out Study Guide for Quiz on Temperature, Thermal Energy and Phases of Matter
- Quiz next Wed, Nov. 20
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Week of Nov. 4 - Nov. 8, 2019
Posted by Dawn Austin on 11/5/2019Monday, Nov. 4, 2019
- States of Matter and Phase Changes
- PP and notes, complete worksheet (resources on Google Classroom)
Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019
- Two Bolts Lab (Activity #15)
Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019
- Go over lab and phase change w.s.
- Eureka Videos #20-21 - notes in journal
- Start Temperature worksheet (Act #16)
Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019
- Finish up w.s. in groups and whiteboard/discuss
- Temperature probes and practice with graphing app
Friday, Nov. 1, 2019
- Freezing Point of Lauric Acid (Act. #17)
- Collected folders
- Science World packet due next Fri. Nov. 15
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Week of Oct. 28 - Nov. 1, 2019
Posted by Dawn Austin on 10/28/2019Monday, Oct. 28, 2019
- Correct Density Practice Problems
- Review for test tomorrow
Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019
- 1.1 Describing Matter Quiz
- Science News/Science World summary assignment due Friday
Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019
- Mixing Water and Mitten Problem (Activity #10)
- Activity #11 - Ice Melting Blocks
Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019
- Slime Time
- Research questions due Monday
Friday, Nov. 1, 2019
- Class discussion/wrap up mitten problem and Ice Melting Blocks activities
- Read article "Thermal Conductors and Insulators" - answer questions in journal
- New Science World packet due Fri. Nov. 15
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Week of Oct. 21 - Oct. 25, 2019
Posted by Dawn Austin on 10/23/2019Monday, Oct. 21, 2019
- Activity #6 - Exploring the Mass/Volume Realtionship
Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019
- Finish up activity from yesterday
- Any questions not done in class are HOMEWORK
Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019
- Density Notes and practice problems
- Complete Density worksheet (Activity #7) for homework
Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019
- Activity #8 - Predicting the Behavior of Matter
- Science World due tomorrow
Friday, Oct. 25, 2019
- Activity #9 - Density of Water
Quiz next Tuesday on Describing the Properties of Matter
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Week of Oct. 14 - Oct. 18, 2019
Posted by Dawn Austin on 10/15/2019Monday, Oct. 14, 2019
- No School
Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019
- Finish up activity from last Thurs.
- "Particle Model of Matter" - Powerpoint notes
- Eureka Videos on Solids, Liquids and Gases - notes in journal
Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019
- Activity #5 - Making Inferences about Particles in Solids, Liquids and Gases
Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019
- Finish up stations from yesterday
- Whiteboard session on Act #4-5
Friday, Oct. 18, 2019
- Finished White board session
- Worked on Science World and notes from Tuesday
- Science World due next Friday.
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Week of Oct.7 - Oct. 11, 2019
Posted by Dawn Austin on 10/10/2019Monday, Oct. 7, 2019
- Activity #2 - Classifying Matter
Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019
- finish Act #2 from yesterday
- Activity #3 - Properties of Solids, Liquids and Gases
Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019
- Field Trip to Cantigny Park
Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019
- Activity #4 - Evidence of Tiny Particles
Friday, Oct. 11, 2019
- "Big Brain Theory" - Episode 1 - notes in journal
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Week of Sept. 30 - Oct. 4, 2019
Posted by Dawn Austin on 10/1/2019Monday, Sept. 30, 2019
- Correct graphs from last week
- Graphical Analysis worksheet - homework
Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019
- Graphing Quiz
- Collect Lab folders/binders
Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019
- Is it a Model? (in journals)
- Can you explain this?
Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019
- Describing Matter
- Finish questions for homework
Friday, Oct. 4, 2019
- Go over questions from yesterday
- Organize folders for new unit
- Science World articles
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Week of Sept. 23 - Sept. 27, 2019
Posted by Dawn Austin on 9/24/2019Monday, Sept.23, 2019
- Spaghetti Bridge Lab
Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019
- Finish collecting data
- Graph and questions #1-2 due tomorrow
Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019
- Whiteboard/discuss results
- Slope and Intercept BrainPop - homework
- Graphing Quiz next Tues.
Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019
- Notes/practice problems on Slope and y-intercept
- Graphing Applications worksheets
Friday, Sept. 27, 2019
- Graphing Stations Activity
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Week of Sept. 16 - Sept. 20, 2019
Posted by Dawn Austin on 9/16/2019Monday, Sept.16, 2019
- Correct packet from last week
- Metric System notes in journal - see Google Classroom
- Homework - video clip "Precision and Accuracy" - see Google Classroom
Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019
- Discuss video and 3-2-1's
- Measuring the Measuring Tool w.s.
- Reminder - Quiz this Friday!
Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019
- Ladder Method Conversions
- Precision and Accuracy worksheets
Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019
- Review for Summative Quiz tomorrow - see Google Classroom
Friday, Sept. 20, 2019
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Summative Quiz on Metric System, measurment, and science vocabulary