•  Students took an End of Year exam on Monday 5/15.  Points were added to a student's Cell Exam score, if his/her EOY score helped (raised) their average exam score (solar system exam and Cell) for the grading period.
     
     Retakes for students scoring below 70% on Thursday/Friday at lunch (5/18 and 5/19) or during class period. All work must be turned in by 3:20 pm on Friday 5/19.
     
     Exam on The Cell Tuesday 5/16 and Wednesday 5/17. Review in class on Friday 5/12. The study guide is due the day of the exam (homework grade).  Other study materials include graded assignments, graded quiz, illustration of cell, PowerPoint on the cell (Google Classroom), and warm up Q&A.  
     
    Quiz on Cell Structure and Function: Thursday 5/4 and Friday 5/5. 
     
     
     STUDENTS SCORING BELOW 70% on solar system exam can retake the test to bring score to a 70%:
       Tuesday & Wednesday: Lunch, homeroom, after school study center.
     
    Exam on Solar System on Thursday 4/20 and Friday 4/21. Review in class Tuesday 4/18 and Wednesday 4/19.  Also, after school study center Wednesday 4/19. Study materials: Foldables on Inner and Outer Planets, illustration of the Sun, guided reading--Components of the Solar System, graded quizzes, mythology handout, class notes and warm ups. Also, two PowerPoint presentations (the Sun and Outer Planets) are posted on Goggle Classroom.
     
    Exam Topics: inner and outer planets (including Pluto), the Sun, history of rocketry, mythology of the planets, asteoriods and comets. 
     
     
     
     
     QUIZ ON THE OUTER PLANETS: WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY 4/12 AND 4/13.
     
     
     
    QUIZ ON THE SUN: THURSDAY/FRIDAY 4/6 AND 4/7.
     
    QUIZ ON INNER PLANETS ON MONDAY 3/27.  Student foldable is study guide for quiz and is due Monday. 
     
     
     
     
     
    SCIENCE FAIR PROJECTS DUE: Tuesday 2/28 and Wednesday 3/1.  
     
    Make up exam for students scoring below 70%:  Thursday 3/9 and Friday 3/10 at lunch and homeroom. 
     
    Unit exam on Atmosphere Tuesday 3/7 and Wednesday 3/8. Will review in class Tuesday 2/28 and Wednesday 3/1.  Study guide will be due day of exam.
     
     
     
    Quiz on layers of atmosphere: Monday (B day) 2/20 and Tuesday 2/21.
     
    Students scoring below 70% on the Earth Science exam can retake the exam for a high grade of 70%.
       Tuesday (2/14) and Wednesday (2/15): Lunch, homeroom, after school study center. 
     
    Unit Exam on Earth Science on Tuesday 2/7 and Wednesday 2/8. Study guide due day of exam. Study materials: Seafloor spreading: two-sided handout and and graded assignment; Deep Sea Vents: 2 two-side handouts; 2 graded quizzes; 2 guided reading assignments; class notes and warm ups.
     
    Campus science fair Tuesday February 7th for January science entrants.  (The District Science Fair has been canceled by HISD.) A letter is being sent home to participating 6th-graders.
     
     
     
    QUIZ: Seafloor spreading and Deep Sea Vents on Monday 1/30.  
     
     Quiz: Volcanoes and Earth's layers on Thursday 1/19 and Friday 1/20.
     
    January Science Fair participants: Triboards due Thursday 1/5 and Friday 1/6.
     
     
     
    Make up exam: Thursday and Friday at lunch and homeroom.
      
     Unit exam on Force and Motion Tuesday 12/13 and Wednesday 12/14,  Review in class Thursday 12/8  and Friday 12/9 and Wednesday 12/7 in after school study center. Study guide due day of exam.
     
     All 2nd grading cycle work must be turned in by 3:20 pm on Friday 12/16.
     
    January Science Fair participants: Triboards due Thursday 1/5 and Friday 1/6.
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    Quiz: Monday 12/5 on Force and Motion.  Study aides: Relating Force & Motion guided reading exercise, class notes and warm ups.
     
    Students scoring below 70% on Unit Exam on Chemical Bonding can retake the exam and bring their grade up to a high of 70%. Retake times: Wednesday after school study center; Thursday/Friday at lunch or homeroom.
     
     
     Exam on Chemical Bonding and Phase Changes Thursday/Friday 11/17 and 11/18. Study Guide will be due day of exam. Will review Monday &Tuesday (11/14& 11/15) and in Tuesday after school study center.  
     
     Quiz on chemical bonding, mixtures and phase changes Thursday/Friday 11/10 & 11/11.
     
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    Exam on the Atom and Periodic Table Monday 10/24. A study guide was assigned Monday 10/17 (due day of exam).  Will review in class this Thursday and Friday and after school study center Wednesday. Exam grade is for the first grading cycle.
     
    A letter has been sent home with students concerning the science fair project.
     
    Quiz on Atoms:  Monday 10/1. Structure of atoms and using the Periodic Table.
     
     Exam retake for students scoring below 70% on unit exam: Thursday and Friday at lunch or in homeroom.  Can raise their grade to high of 70%.
     
     
     
    Unit Exam on Scientific Method and Metric Measurement will be Thursday, Oct 6 and Friday, Oct 7.  The study guide will be assigned Monday, Sept 26th and is due the day of the exam and counts as a homework grade. Will review for the exam in class Tuesday/Wednesday week of Oct 3rd.  Study materials include: What is Science, Billy Bob's Science Fair, Come Fly With Us handout (terminology), graded quizzes, and other graded assignments. 
     
    Quiz on Scientific Method and science terminology ("What is Science" worksheet) on Tuesday/Wednesday 9/27-9/28. 
     
     
     Quiz on Scientific Method Thursday 9/15 and Friday 9/16.
     
     
    Quiz on Lab safety on Thursday 8/25 and Friday 8/26. Assign 6th-grade science textbooks Thursday and Friday.  They are the students to keep...forever.  To be kept at home.