7th Grade Scale Model Project

7th:(Due 12-7-16) 

PROJECT: Create a Scale Model

You should build a model, draw a map, or create a blueprint of something you are interested in. Make a model of a building you think is cool. Create a diorama of a scene from a book or movie you enjoy. Make a map the neighborhood, or your walk to school. Create a blueprint of your bedroom. Use grid paper, legos, or whatever creative idea you choose. EXAMPLES BELOW!

You will need to determine and show the scale factor between the actual thing you model and the model you create and demonstrate an understanding through a written description of how you determined the size of objects or drawings in your model based on the actual thing you are modelling.

Please talk to Mr. A before 12-5-17 if you have any questions or concerns! We will use a LARGE part of class time 0n 12-6-17 to construct the models so start gathering resources.

Rubric: CLICK HERE!

Examples:

Video Help: 

Homework for the week of 11-27-17 to 12-1-17

7th grade homework

8th grade homework

Math Week of 11-27-17 to 12-1-17

7th: We are back to proportional thinking after our detour into data in preparation for science fair. Our objectives for the week are: Students can find distance measures using indirect measuring based on understanding similar figures. Students can use scale factor to create a model.

8th: We will think about solving linear equations using a "balance model". Here's a helpful link for videos and practice activities: Balance Beam Equations

REDUX: Science Fair Data Project (Due 11-21-17)--Math Week 11-13-17 to 11-21-17 (all the way to Thanksgiving break)

Science Fair projects are rapidly coming due! Mr. Albrecht will be reviewing and teaching data displays (graphs!) between now and Thanksgiving break. Students should already have gathered data and completed their science fair project experiments. After practicing with graphs this week, next week on 11-20-17 (7th grade) and 11-21-17 (8th grade), Mr. Albrecht will give students 90 minutes of math class time to create graphs for their science projects. Mr. Albrecht will grade student data and graphs using the linked rubric. I have also added links to tutorials for using Google sheets to display data and create a graph.

Data Project Rubric

Tutorial links for Google sheets

WikiHow

Google Support

Video help

HOMEWORK 11-20-17 TO 11-24-17

NO HOMEWORK THIS WEEK! HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Report Card Pick-up 11-15-17

Report Card Pick-up 11-15-17 SCHEDULE for Mr. Albrecht Hrm 304

Please sign up for three preferred times for this day.  All conferences are 10 minutes in length on the 10’s with the first one beginning at 11:50 pm.  Conferences end promptly at 6:00 pm.  Please send back your choice forms as soon as possible to get your first choice. Mr. Albrecht will post and update meeting times on his at the link above at the end of the day Monday 11-13-17 and Tuesday 11-14-17 so parents can check what time they are scheduled for. Please feel free to email your responses as well: lalbrecht@cps.edu.

Toiletry Item Drive

Jahkil Jackson/Project I Am and Ray Student Council will collect items during National Homelessness week: 11/13 - 11/18.  The school toiletry item drive will be to create toiletry kits to be donated to shelters throughout the city.

Suggested items include:

Toothbrush

Toothpaste

pair of sock

face towel

soap

granola bars

first aid kit OR band-aids

Comb

lotion

Travel size hand sanitizer

Travel size conditioner

Travel size shampoo

Travel size lotion

Wipes

Mints

Gloves / Hats

Pocket tissue

Homework for week 11-13-17 to 11-17-17

7th Homework

8th Homework

Science Fair Data Project (Due 11-21-17)--Math Week 11-13-17 to 11-21-17 (all the way to Thanksgiving break)

Science Fair projects are rapidly coming due! Mr. Albrecht will be reviewing and teaching data displays (graphs!) between now and Thanksgiving break. Students should already have gathered data and completed their science fair project experiments. After practicing with graphs this week, next week on 11-20-17 (7th grade) and 11-21-17 (8th grade), Mr. Albrecht will give students 90 minutes of math class time to create graphs for their science projects. Mr. Albrecht will grade student data and graphs using the linked rubric. I have also added links to tutorials for using Google sheets to display data and create a graph.

Data Project Rubric

Tutorial links for Google sheets

WikiHow

Google Support

Video help

Homework for week 11-6-17 to 11-10-17

7th Grade Homework

8th Grade Homework

Math Week 11-6-17 to 11-10-17

7th: Seventh grade continues to work on percent as a proportional relationship. Students practice with percent-off sales and percent-on tips. They also learn about percent change-- increase and decrease. At the end of the week we will review the vocabulary of similar figures (they're proportional!) so we can begin studying scale and scale factor.

8th: Students practice with the distributive property and prepare to solve linear equations, model relationships with linear equations, and compare linear equations.