Week of Nov 18th

Welcome back from another sunny weekend!

This week we will be researching or doing the following:

Science:
We are building and using Anemometers and Wind Vanes
After that we will do Lesson13 "Forecasting Weather"
We will also be learning about Weather Map Symbols

Social Studies:  We will finish up "From Nomads to Farmers"
We will also start learning about one of the first early civilizations: Mesopotamia

Thanks for reading,
Mr Franey

Week of Nov. 11th

Welcome back from a gorgeous 3 day weekend!

This week we will cover the following topics below

Science:  Climate and Weather
We will be studying the causes of climate, world wide wind, and measuring wind speed and direction
We will be doing 2 hands on design thinking projects - wind vane and anemometer

Social Studies: The Great Human Migration
We will make and study an extensive make of the origins of humans and their migration routes across the world.  Then we will begin the first ancient civilization - Mesopotamia

Thanks for reading,
Mr Franey

Week of Nov 4th

Welcome back

This is what we will be covering this week in Science and Social Studies

Note: I will be out Tue and Wed this week for Professional Development and your student will have a substitute teacher for those days

Science:
First: "Hurricane Chasers" and Weather Underground -logging severe weather data and mean, median, mode
Then: Science Worksheet packets for Tue-Wed with substitute teacher
Next: Working to update Science Notebooks
Lastly: Textbook Lesson 9 Oceans and Climate

Social Studies:
Human Migration Lessons
Play "hunter/gatherer" game in small groups

Week of Oct 28th

Welcome Back

It's conference week this week and all days are minimum day schedule with a release time of 11:40

If you don't have a conference time, please email your students 3rd period teacher in order to schedule one

Have a great week!

Mr Franey

Week of October 21st

Hello again - Here's what we will be doing in Science and History this week...

Reminder- Parent/Teacher Student led Conferences begin next week (Oct. 28th)  I will see some of you then!

History: We are Still studying Late Paleolithic People and the students are really into it!
              The lessons for this week are Paleolithic Cave Art, Fire, and Mastodon Extinction Theory

Science: We deep into our Weather and Climate Unit and we get to do a couple experiments
               Experiments= Heating and Cooling rates of Sand vs. Water
                                       Sand Science "Magic Sand"

                Lessons= Earth's Surface, Heating Earth's Surfaces, and Ocean Temperatures 

Thanks for Reading and if you ever need to know more, remember you can always email me

Mr Franey (mfraney@ttusd.org)

Week of Oct 14

Welcome back to another work week at ACMS

This week will do the Following:

Science: Heating and Cooling of Earth's surface- A 2 day hands on experiment
               How do water and land affect climate/weather?
               Ocean Temperatures
               Investigating Water
               Oceans and Climate

History:  Finish up Paleolithic Tools Lessons
                Extension: Otz the Ice Man virtual field trip 1
                                 Cave Paintings of South France with virtual field trip 2
                Art Project: Cave Drawings using oil pastels and brown paper

Thanks for Reading,
Mr Franey

Week of Oct 8

Welcome back to another exciting week! Once again read below to find out what we are doing this week.

Science:  We are starting off Tues. with a make and take lesson called "spherical science" and relating it to raindrops at the end.  We are still in the middle of a "climate and weather" unit and next up is Extreme Weather Events using Climate Data from Weather Underground.

History:  We are still studying PreHistory.  We will compare/contrast Early-Late Paleolithic People.  After that we will explore Paleolithic Tools and Fire

Thanks for reading,
Mr Franey