Mr. Hoeppner

Email me at

hoeppne@ocps.net

Room number 106

Voice Mail (407) 623-1462 ext.415

K12 Planet

(Planet Hollywood)

Welcome to 2007 - 2008 this page will be up dated soon , , , I hope

    WHETHER YOU REALIZE IT OR

    NOT, WHETHER YOU ACCEPT IT

    OR NOT, YOU ARE COMPLETELY

    RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CHOICES

    YOU MAKE.

   IF YOU MAKE BAD CHOICES, BAD

   THINGS WILL HAPPEN -- MAYBE

   NOT RIGHT AWAY, BUT

   EVENTUALLY.

   IF YOU MAKE GOOD CHOICES, IT  

   IS CONSIDERABLY LESS LIKELY

   THAT BAD THINGS WILL HAPPEN.

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We will be using a program called Interactions in Physical Science        http://cpucips.sdsu.edu/assets/ics_course_overview.pdf

The InterActions program is not a typical textbook program. In parts of this program, students learn as they would in a traditional science course, from reading and from listening to the teacher. However, in InterActions, students do much more than that. They will also conduct experiments, collect evidence, and be guided in figuring out many science ideas just as real scientists do. Students will record their science ideas in a workbook or record book.

Periodically, the teacher will hand out Scientists' Consensus Ideas sheets. Students will be able to see that the ideas they developed in class are the same as the formal science ideas! In addition to learning science, this process will give them valuable life skills such as the ability to think critically, to analyze situations, to explain their ideas, to collaborate with others, and to evaluate explanations.

The best way for your student to get the most from this program is to attend every class and to participate. You can help by asking questions about science class several times a week. In addition to class participation, the best way for your student to prepare for the quizzes and exams is to review the activity and practice record sheets, and to compare the ideas recorded there to the ideas on the Scientists' Consensus Ideas sheets.

I hope you have a wonderful and meaningful learning experience this Year.

CHECK OUT THE STUDENT PAGES FOR INTERACTIONS IN PHYSICAL SCIENCE

http://cpucips.sdsu.edu/

then go to cips student site 

one site needs a password

username: cipskids

password: awesome

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PLANNER SUGGESTIONS

Or comebacks for all the excuses your child

may try if the planner isn't signed.

1. It's the student's responsibility to write down what was done in class and any homework assignment and take the planner to the teacher at the end of the period to be initialed.
2. If there is no homework, the student must write "none" or "no HW" and it still must be signed.
3. If the student says the homework is finished, ask to see it.
4. If a student is afraid of being late to the next class, the teacher can put the time on the planner that it was initialed and that will be the pass to the next class.
5. A substitute can sign the planner.

As a check on how the week went, write in bold, colored lettering, "Please give weekly progress," at the top of each Friday's column.  That way you won't need to wait until progress reports to learn if assignments weren't turned in, about poor test scores, etc.  Email or leave voicemail on Thursday reminding the teachers that you are requesting weekly progress report on Friday.  It is still the student’s responsibility to ask for this report.

This system usually works very well, if a few things occur:

• The parent consistently checks and signs the planner each night.
• A contract is written, signed by both of student and parent(s), put on the refrigerator (or another prominent location), that states exactly what classes you expect to be initialed by the teachers (all six classes, only the academic classes, only math?) and what occurs if the planner is not signed. For that night only, the student loses a privilege or earns back something that was taken away, if the planner is not properly completed and initialed. Choose something that "pushes your child's buttons": 30 minutes of television, telephone, basketball, Nintendo, or whatever you know will motivate the desired actions.
• If the consequences need to be enforced, follow through.  Calmly tell your child that you are sorry that he/she did not choose to follow through as spelled out in the contract, but because of breach of contract, then there's no (television… phone… insert designated consequence here) that night. 

Other Helpful Tips:

Expect at least one hour spent on school work each night.  The following order is suggested:

Complete all homework.

Review what was covered in class that day and the day before and for upcoming tests.  This helps to put it into long-term memory.

Work on any assigned projects.

If there is nothing else that needs to be done, read, read, read.

If your child needs help with homework, especially in math, there is assistance available through our After School Zone program, run at Maitland MS through the YMCA.  Registration forms and weekly schedule available in the front office.  Bus transportation also provided.  To be sure that your child is going to the Homework Help or Math Help class and not to Spectacular Sports (a common situation), in the planner on the heading on the far left side for the last elective block, write in “Homework Help” or “Math Help” and require that the teacher initial it each day your child stays.

Some Hints to Help Your Child Have the Most Successful Year Possible

• Help your child set up a weekly calendar that shows the hours of each day, writing in all activities, chores, church, scouts, etc. and blocking out time for school and homework.

• Set up a schedule for homework, preferably in an area without distractions, but where you can monitor progress.   Whether it should be right after school or after time to relax is up to the parent; different schedules work best for different students.

• Have materials needed for school work at hand, such as extra paper, pens, pencils, erasers, dictionary, pencil sharpener, white out, colored pencils, markers, scissors, etc.

• Check through the backpack and notebooks to help with organization.
• The first time, dump everything out of backpack onto floor or table.
• Help sort papers into separate piles for each subject.
• Put all papers for each subject into proper notebook for that subject, in chronological order.  [Insist that your child dates every paper so you can tell what is current.]
• Check through the notebooks to be sure that only science is in the science notebook, etc. 
• Check that the homework is put in the front of the notebook for that class, so it won't be lost before it's turned in. 
• No papers should be stuffed, loose, into the “black hole”, a.k.a. the backpack. 

• Look over the work being done, offer suggestions to improve it and to orally quiz on the material.

• Find out when progress reports and report cards are scheduled to go out and put those dates on your calendar.  If one doesn’t come home when expected, no matter the excuse given, contact the grade level counselor.  If you have access to email, it is wonderful, because you don't have to play phone tag.  If you do not have access to email, phone the counselor or teacher for assistance or clarification.

• Help your child learn how to break down a large project into small pieces easy to deal with.
• On a month-at-a-glance calendar, divide the project up into smaller parcels and write them on the calendar on chosen “mini” due dates along the way to prevent the night before due date panic.
• Copy those dates into the weekly portion of the calendar on the corresponding dates.
• Copy those same dates on the family calendar, so a parent can see what’s due that week and encourage the child to not get behind.
• Always make projects due to you two days before it's actually due to the teacher.  That allows some time to solve last minute emergencies: printer ran out of ink, need poster board, etc.

• No 10 p.m. runs to WalMart!  Tell you child that if materials must be bought for anything for school, they must notify you at least 24 hours in advance.  .  This teaches them to learn to plan ahead.

• If at any time, you are concerned that you may not be getting all the information you need from you child, please contact the teacher or grade level counselor by phone or email ASAP.

• A list of tutors is available through the Guidance Department.

• To schedule a conference with the teachers, contact Carolyn Ustler at 407.623.1462 x240. 

7th Grade:    Cathi Richardson            richarc@ocps.net              407.623.1462 x246

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 1. check roll

 2. follow script from office

M8/20 Day 1  Daily Questions

1. What is science?

2. Name and describe three fields of 

    science.

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 1. check roll

 2. go over rules

T8/21 Day 2  Daily Questions

1. How can you avoid being marked

    tardy to class?

2. What is the only way you can come

    late to class and not be recorded as

    tardy?

3. How many "free" restroom passes

    can you have per grading period?

4. SCIENTISTS MAKE OBSERVATIONS, INFERENCES, AND HYPOTHESES. 

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES?

5. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF WHEN

              YOU THINK OF SCIENCE?

6. HAVE YOU EVER DONE SCIENCE?

              IF SO, WHAT DID YOU DO?

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 1. check roll

2. power point: inference and  observations

3. Pre Test from County ?

W8/22 Day 3  Daily Questions

1. What is science (class definition)?

2. What are you expected to bring to

    class every day?

3. What must you have before you are

   allowed to leave the room during class

    time?

4. How often will you have a notebook

    test?

5. What is a hypothesis?

6. What is the relationship between 

    science and technology?

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 1. check roll

R8/23 Day 4  Daily Questions

1. What heading is required on your

    papers?    

2. If your assignment is longer than one

    page, what must you do before

    turning  it in?

3.  Where do you put late papers?

4. What two things do you need to have

     for current event day?

 1. check roll

2. BN Measurement

F8/24   Day 5  Daily Questions

1. After I dismiss you at the end of the

    period, what should you do before

    leaving your area?

2. When are you allowed to leave your

    seat during class?

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Bill Nye the science guy

Measurement

Media center

1. What units are used to measure the diameter of an atom?

2. What is a 20 letter phrase for a cool science show?

3. Why did we know the bridge would fit?

4. Why is a human foot not a good measure to use?

5. How did Citronella Jones say she wanted the bad guys on ice?

6. Do both the boards Bill measures have the same area?

7. What is the mass of one liter of water?

8. How long is the device used to draw the measurement wheel?

9. What machine is used to measure temperature?

10. Why does the metric system have units of ten?

11. What measurement helps us record history?                                    

EH10/06

1. Current science

 . vocab words

m8/27 Day 6  Daily Questions

1. Why is it important for scientists to

       measure things?

2. what is the advantage of having

    standard units of measurement in 

    science?

Vocabulary V1-1

HYPOTHESIS,                     CONCLUSION,

QUANTITATIVE,                  QUALITATIVE,

SCIENTIFIC METHOD,    THEORY

EXPERIMENT,                 OBJECTIVE,

OBSERVATION,                    INFERENCE,

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 1. check roll

 2. lab safety power point

t8/28 Day 7 Daily Questions

 1. WHEN DO YOU WEAR

    GOGGLES?

2. WHO DO YOU SMELL A

    CHEMICAL?

3. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO IF THERE IS A

    FIRE IN CLASS?

4. HOW DO YOU MARK PAPERS YOU

    GRADE IN SCIENCE CLASS?

5. WHEN CAN YOU COME TO ROOM

   106 TO MAKE UP WORK?

6. WHERE DO YOU LOOK FOR DAILY

    QUESTIONS WHEN YOU MISS

    CLASS?

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 1. check roll

2. U1C1A1

w8/29 Day 8  Daily Questions

1. What is the scientific method?

2. What is the first step in designing any

    project?

3. When brain storming, what ideas

    should be kept?

4. Why is it a good idea to work in

    groups?

5. rip pages  1 to  36

Table of Class Results:

Measurements in Science, period 1

Time for 10 Swings	1st set of data	2nd set of data
Table 1 A	15 Second	16
Table 2 B	19 Second	19
Table 3 C	19 Second	15
Table 4 D	23 Second	15
Table 5 E	12 Second	16
Table 6 F	19 Second	15
Table 7 G	20 Second	10
Table 8 H	20 Second	9

1. how the weight is dropped 90 degrees

2. string length (held to bottom of weight)  50 cm

3. swing counting one full back and forth

4. holding = with two hands

 1. check roll

2. U1C1A1

r8/30  Day 9 Daily Questions

1. SUPPLY MASTER-monitor equipment 

    use and storage

2. TEAM MANAGER – keeps activity

    running on task,

3. PROCEDURE SPECIALIST - Reads instructions, only person that can ask the teacher a question.

4. What is the first thing you write with a new

    cycle?

5. What takes palace in the section called   

    EXPLORE YOUR IDEAS?

6. What is the section called when we talk about

     the results of your exploration?

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 1. check roll

2. continue on U1 C1 A 1&2

f8/31 Day 10  Daily Questions

STEPS OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD

1. state problem

2. research the problem

3. form a hypothesis

4. test your  hypothesis control and one

    experiment at a time

5. record analyze

6. conclusion compare to hypothesis

1. Define and give an example

    of: quantitative observation.

2. Define and give an example

    of: qualitative observation.

1. U1C1A2 What is the relationship between

 the length of a pendulum and how long

 it takes to swing back and forth

2. How to # 2 how to interpret experiments

t9/4 Day 11  Daily Questions

1. What is the job of the Team Manager?

2. What are the duties of the

    Supply Master? 

3. Read, How To #2

4. Define and give an example

    of: quantitative observation.

5. Define and give an example

    of: qualitative observation.

6. What three variables are we trying to

     control in Activity 1

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1. check roll

2. sub plan (tooth)

w9/5 Day 12  Daily Questions

 SUB PLAN :

Today you will be showing a video tape called: Lab Safety Simplified

Have all (5) the TV's on CH 4 and the VCR on CH 72, with the TV/VCR switch on VCR. (it should be all set ready to go, just hit the on button an all the TV and push play on the VCR)

Remind the students that: Mr. Hoeppner (Hepner) asked that I put the names of any people not following directions, or talking, on a list for him.  He will give a 30 minute detention next week for any one on the list.   Pass out the question sheets, start the movie.  They need to write on their own paper.

Remind them to put their name and period on the top right of their paper. Start the Video. Take up the answer sheets and staple them in a stack. Have them leave the question sheets on the tables. PASS OUT HOW TO  # 1 FOLLOW SAFETY RULES. This is home work. Do this over and over until you run out of students.  Go home.

I check attendance with the seating chart.  DO NOT let any one change seats for ANY reason (no glasses, can't see, can't hear.)

I don't let people out of the class except for rest room and I keep a record of that.

Lab Safety Simplified

Don’t Forget Your

Name and Period

1. What is the substitute teacher's name?

2. Why do we go over laboratory safety rules?

3. Why is there no eating or drinking in the lab?

4. Why no loose clothing?

5. Why is the hair to be secured so it is not loose?

6. When should you wash your hands?

7. When do you report accidents to your teacher? Why?

8. What safety equipment should you know the location of and how to use it?

9. Can you leave your lab station when you have an open flame?  Why?

10. What can you heat in lab class?

11. Why should you not reach across a flame?

12. What can happen when you heat a liquid in a closed container?

13. What chemicals should you have at your lab station?

14. Should you taste or smell chemicals you know nothing about?

15. What should you do when any glass gets broken?

16. Does hot glass look any different then cold glass?

17. How should you leave your glassware when finished?

18. How should you handle any sharp material?

19. Which direction do you cut when using any sharp instrument?

20. How do you leave your lab station when finished?

1. check roll

2. U1C1A2

r9/6  Day 13  Daily Questions

1. Why is the hair to be secured so it is not loose?

2. What should you do when any glass gets broken?

3. Which direction do you cut when using any sharp instrument?

PERIOD 1111111111111111111111111111111

TEAM	Length in cm	Time for 10 Swings
Team 1	30	12
Team 2	54	13
Team 3	41	12
Team 4	53	17
Team 5	23.5	16
Team 6	54	16
Team 7	24	16
Team 8	74	14

PERIOD 4444444444444444444444444444

TEAM	Length in cm	Time for 10 Swings
Team 1	30	11
Team 2	32	13
Team 3	85	15
Team 4	85	15
Team 5	58	15
Team 6	25	15
Team 7	85	20
Team 8	70	16

f/9/7 Day 14  Daily Questions

3. For what measure is a ruler used?

5. About how large is a mm?

6. About how large is a cm?

7. About how large is a m    

8. What is SI

Vocabulary V1-1

HYPOTHESIS                                      

CONCLUSION,

QUANTITATIVE                      

 QUALITATIVE,

SCIENTIFIC METHOD 

 THEORY

EXPERIMENT                        

OBJECTIVE,

OBSERVATION                                             

INFERENCE

Vocabulary V1-1

1. What you learned form the experiment                                                1. CONCLUSION

2. A comparison                                                                                       2. QUALITATIVE 

3. Information gathered using your senses                                              3. OBSERVATION                               

4. Exact amounts using numbers                                                              4. QUANTITATIVE 

5. An educated guess that can be tested                                                 5. HYPOTHESIS 

6. Process used to gather data and test ideas                                          6. SCIENTIFIC METHOD

7. Hypothesis that has been tested many times and supported by data    7. THEORY     

8. What you want to find out/ learn, your goal                                           8. OBJECTIVE  

9. Process used to test a hypothesis                                                         9. EXPERIMENT  

10. What you think happened from previous information                          10. INFERENCE 

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