Tuesday, April 29, 2025. Day 3, 33

Grade 7 Lesson

Do Now:

Homework:

Finish as assigned classwork today for Hw if needed.

Lost world should be turned in End of this week - all students.

Today’s Agenda:

  • Go to Google Classroom and complete the “Classwork for april 29th” assignment.”

  • Answer Key for Skyscraper Challenges

  • Work on assembling your “Lost World assignment and/or finishing your April Break structures Slides after number 1 is done.

  • READ a book or do work for another class.

Wednesday, April 16, 2025. Day 5, 37

Grade 7 Lesson

Do Now:

Homework:

Aim to Finish your Lost World Project by the end of vacation!

Today’s Agenda:

Structures: Force Diagrams

  1. Choose three of the following objects.

  2. Make a nice drawing of each.

  3. Add vectors to show the loads on the object.

  4. Assume the loads and forces are balanced.

  5. Color the Indicated parts to show which of these forces affect it.:

  • Tension: blue

  • Compression: Red

  • Flexure: Purple

  • Torsion: Orange

  1. A table in the classroom with a 40 pound load of books in the middle of it.

    • Color the legs and the “lintel” of the table.

  2. The projector hanging fromt he ceiling on a metal pipe. The projector weighs 10 pounds.

    • Color the metal pipe

  3. A 100 pound student standing on a chair.

    • color the legs and the seat of the chair.

  4. Two students playing tug-o-war with their best friends braids. Each student us pulling with 1 Newton of force.

    • color the braids

  5. A child sitting on a swing. The child weighs 45 pounds

    • color the chains that hold up the swing

  6. A student walking across a board that bridges a pit of snakes. The student weighs 85 pounds.

    • color the board across the pit of snakes

Tueday, April 15, 2025. Day 4, 38

Grade 7 Lesson

Do Now:

Homework:

History of Life on Earth Project

  • Challenge 4 Being graded.

  • Challenge 5 is now due.

Today’s Agenda:

Forces and structures

Mr. Wahlstrom is out.

  • All work is posted in Google Classroom today.

  • All work is considered homework if not finished in class.

  • Due NLT Midnight Sunday.

Your assigned work...

1. Watch BrainPOP Building Basics. 2. Complete the four challenge activities. 3. Check you answers

  • the answer keys are published on the class website.

4. Take the 2025 BrainPOP Building Basics Quiz.

5. Complete the research structures Assignment.

6. Complete "A Simple Structure Digram."

check BrainPOP Building Basics in GC

Chal 1 AnsKey

Chal 2 AnsKey

Chal 3 AnsKey

Chal 4 AnsKey

Finish your “Story” and have a peer edit it with you.

Today’s Strategy…

Mondey, April 14 2025. Day 3, 39

Grade 7 Lesson

Do Now:

Homework:

History of Life on Earth Project

  • Challenge 4 Being graded.

  • Challenge 5 is now due.

Today’s Agenda:

Reveiw work completed Friday.

Demonstrations and discussion.

Tiem to work on The Lost World

  • Try to finish by the end of this week.

Mr. Wahlstrom is out.

  • All work is posted in Google Classroom today.

  • All work is considered homework if not finished in class.

  • Due NLT Midnight Sunday.

Your assigned work...

1. Watch BrainPOP Building Basics. 2. Complete the four challenge activities. 3. Check you answers

  • the answer keys are published on the class website.

4. Take the 2025 BrainPOP Building Basics Quiz.

5. Complete the research structures Assignment.

6. Complete "A Simple Structure Digram."

check BrainPOP Building Basics in GC

Chal 1 AnsKey

Chal 2 AnsKey

Chal 3 AnsKey

Chal 4 AnsKey

Finish your “Story” and have a peer edit it with you.

Today’s Strategy…

Friday, April 11, 2025. Day 2, 41

Grade 7 Lesson

Do Now:

Homework:

History of Life on Earth Project

  • Challenge 4 Being graded.

  • Challenge 5 is now due.

Today’s Agenda:

The Lost World - Try to finish by the end of next week.

Mr. Wahlstrom is out.

  • All work is posted in Google Classroom today.

  • All work is considered homework if not finished in class.

  • Due NLT Midnight Sunday.

Your assigned work...

1. Watch BrainPOP Building Basics.
2. Complete the four challenge activities.
3. Check you answers

  • the answer keys are published on the class website.


4. Take the 2025 BrainPOP Building Basics Quiz.

5. Complete the research structures Assignment.

6. Complete "A Simple Structure Digram."

check BrainPOP Building Basics in GC

Chal 1 AnsKey

Chal 2 AnsKey

Chal 3 AnsKey

Chal 4 AnsKey

Finish your “Story” and have a peer edit it with you.

Today’s Strategy…

Thursday, April 10, 2025. Day 1, 42

Grade 7 Lesson

Do Now:

Homework:

History of Life on Earth Project

  • Challenge 4 Being graded.

  • Challenge 5 is now due.

Today’s Agenda:

Fossil Museum Ancient Ecosystem Lab

  • Finish Observations

The Lost World - due in 1 week.

  • Organizational Table (print and paste)

  • Paragraph describing this place.

  • Creative depiction

Write a piece of creative non-fiction.

1st person recommended - tell an imaginative story of an adventure in “The Lost World.”

Today’s challenge - write an introduction that gets you into the lost world.

  • Time travel…

  • A crazy dream…

  • A magic potion…

  • A bonk on the head…

  • what else???

Today’s Strategy…

Wednesday, April 9, 2025. Day 6, 42

Grade 7 Lesson

Do Now:

Homework:

History of Life on Earth Project

  • Challenge 4 Being graded.

  • Challenge 5 is now due.

Today’s Agenda:

Fossil Museum Ancient Ecosystem Lab

  • Finish Observations

The Lost World - due in 1 week.

  • Organizational Table (print and paste)

  • Paragraph describing this place.

  • Creative depiction

Write a piece of creative non-fiction.

1st person recommended - tell an imaginative story of an adventure in “The Lost World.”

Today’s challenge - write an introduction that gets you into the lost world.

  • Time travel…

  • A crazy dream…

  • A magic potion…

  • A bonk on the head…

  • what else???

Friday, March 28, 2025. Day 4, 50

Grade 7 Lesson

Do Now:

Homework:

History of Life on Earth Project

  • Challenge 3 is now overdue.

  • Challenge 4 due Monday.

Today’s Agenda:

Mr. Wahlstrom is Out today.

Challenge 4: Mass Extinction Slide

  1. The slide instructions have been added to google Classroom.

  2. I also added an instructional video to clarify what you are supposed to do.

  3. Watch the video then work on the slide.

Video of Assignment instructions


Challenge 4: - Slide 7 (10 points)

 Mass Extinction Slide

  1. Explain what a mass extinction is and describe why in general they occur.  Use examples.

Read-along Video

Read-along Video

  1. Make a table that lists “The Big Five Mass Extinctions.” In it, include:

    • The name of the extinction.

    • The time (in MYA) when the extinction event occurred.

    • A summary of what (is believed to have caused it).

    • Be sure your table has appropriate labels at the top of its columns.

  2. Add two images that illustrate important ideas or examples related to any of these mass extinctions.

    • Include captions identifying and explaining the connection.