NATURE BY DESIGN
Outdoor
Education Adventures and Expeditionary Learning Programs
NO CHILD LEFT INDOORS
GOLD RUSH CHARTER SCHOOL
Education Options 2009-2010
WEB
QUESTS
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Science Explorations Lab meets on Wednesdays 1:45 - 2:45 p.m. |
Schedule is subject to change. Please check weekly and be sure to "refresh" your screen. |
SECOND SEMESTER: 1/4/10 through 5/28/10
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Week
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Date |
Topic |
Lab Assignment |
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1
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W Jan 6 |
Forces and Motion |
Lab #12: Weight vs Mass |
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2
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W Jan 13 |
Forces and Motion |
Lab #13: Roto-Copter |
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3
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W Jan 20 |
Changing Energy Forms | Lab #14: Circuit Board |
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4
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W Jan 27 |
Thermal and Light Energy |
Lab #15: How Does Heat Move? |
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5
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W Feb 3 |
Classification | Lab #16: Classify It |
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6
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W Feb 10 |
Cells |
Lab #17: Across the Great Divide |
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7
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W Feb 17 |
N/A |
N/A |
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8
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W Feb 24 |
Reproduction |
Lab #18: Toss of a Coin |
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9
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W Mar 3 |
Body Systems |
Lab #19: Take Apart Heart |
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10
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W Mar 10 |
Body Systems |
Lab #20: Take Apart Eye |
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11
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W Mar 17 |
N/A |
N/A |
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12
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W Mar 24
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Plants |
Lab #21: Stems, Roots and Leaves |
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13 |
W Mar 31 |
Spring Break |
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14
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W Apr 7 |
N/A |
N/A |
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15
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W Apr 14 |
N/A |
N/A |
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16
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W Apr 21
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Biomes |
Lab #22: Baggie Biome |
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17
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W Apr 28 |
Food Web |
Lab #23: You Are What You Eat |
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18
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W May 5
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N/A |
N/A |
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19
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W May 12 |
Outdoor
Education |
Outdoor
Education |
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20
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W May 19
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N/A |
N/A |
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21
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W May 26 |
N/A |
N/A |
FIRST SEMESTER: 8/24/09 through 12/18/09
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Week
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Date |
Topic |
Lab Assignment |
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1
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W Aug 26 |
N/A |
N/A |
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2
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W Sept 2 |
N/A |
N/A |
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3
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W Sept 9 |
Plate Tectonics #1 | Lab #1 - Ups and Downs |
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4
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W Sept 16 |
Plate Tectonics #2 |
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5
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W Sept 23 |
Rocks and Minerals #1 | Lab #3 - What M I? |
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6
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W Sept 30 |
Rocks and Minerals #2 |
Lab #4 - Rock Cycle |
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7
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W Oct 7 |
N/A |
N/A |
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8
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W Oct 14 |
Reshaping Earth's Crust |
Lab #5 - Sands of Time |
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9
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W Oct 21 |
Earth's Resources |
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10
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W Oct 28 |
Climate and Weather |
Lab #7 - Twister in a Bottle |
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11
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W Nov 4 |
Earth, Sun, and Moon |
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12 |
W Nov 11 |
Veteran's Day Holiday |
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12
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W Nov 18
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The Universe |
Lab #9 - Constellations in a Tube |
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13 |
W Nov 25 |
Thanksgiving Vacation |
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14
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W Dec 2 |
Matter |
Lab #10 - Is This Your Property? |
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15
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W Dec 9 |
Building Blocks of Matter |
Lab #11 - pH Lab |
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16
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W Dec 16
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Forces and Motion #1 |
Lab #12 - Weight vs Mass |
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17 |
W Dec 23 |
Winter Recess |
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18 |
W Dec 30 |
Winter Recess |
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