Makeup Assignment

If you have a D or an E in this class, or in world cultures, please do one or both of the following assignments in order to raise your grade up one letter grade. Please also return this paper, your assignment, and the progress report SIGNED by your parents in order to receive the grade increase. This will be added in AFTER you do your final essay/project.

Science

7^th Grade: Please write a 500-word essay explaining an experiment someone could do to determine whether a substance is a mixture or a compound. Include the independent and dependent variables, the procedure, your hypothesis, and the reason behind the experiment.

6^th Grade: Please write a 500-word essay explaining how an animal’s need to adapt to its environment causes it to evolve. Use specific examples.

World Cultures

Please write a 500- word essay explaining how someone’s culture affects the way they behave and interact with other people. Use specific examples.

Makeup Projects!

In order to help students bring up their grades as we head into the home stretch of the year, I am providing makeup projects in addition to the projects we will be doing in class. I will update this page as I add more projects, but the seventh grade world cultures makeup project can currently be found on the classjump website.

Seventh Grade Makeup Project: Click on World Cultures 7 and then scroll to "World Cultures Optional Makeup Project" and the "World Cultures Optional Makeup Project Rubric."

Quarter 4: Week 3 (4/23/12- 4/27/12)

Hello! This is the site we will be using to keep track of homework, assignments, and assessments. This page will contain an overview of our lessons for the week, general announcements, and my contact information. At the top of this page, you will find links to the homework assignments and classwork assignments. 


Contact Information:
e-mail: sarah.lagman@pgcps.org
Phone Number: (240) 780-2876

Week of 4/23-4/27

Monday (Science, B Day): 
  6: Evolution and Environment
  7: Earth's Changing Surfaces Test
Tuesday (Science, B Day): 
  6: Europeans and Native Americans
  7: Japanese Feudalism
Wednesday(Science, B Day):
  6: Climate and Vegetation in US and Canada
  7: Introduction to atoms and chemistry
Thursday  (WC, A Day):
  6: Animal Mini Project
  7: European Feudalism
Friday (Science, B Day)  :
  6: Animal Mini Project
  7: Molecules and compounds

Quarter 4: Week 2 (4/16- 4/20)

Hello! This is the site we will be using to keep track of homework, assignments, and assessments. This page will contain an overview of our lessons for the week, general announcements, and my contact information. At the top of this page, you will find links to the homework assignments and classwork assignments. 


Contact Information:
e-mail: sarah.lagman@pgcps.org
Phone Number: (240) 780-2876

Week of 4/16-4/20

Monday (WC, A Day): 
  6: Land and Water of US and Canada
  7: Qin Dynasty + China Quiz
Tuesday (Science, B Day): 
  6: Introduction to Animals
  7: Geologic Time Scale
Wednesday(WC, A Day):
  6: Climate and Vegetation in US and Canada
  7: Feudal Japan
Thursday  (Science, B Day):
  6: Animal Classification
  7: Earth's Changing Surfaces Review
Friday (WC, A Day) :
  6: Natural Resources and Land in US and Canada
  7: Feudal Japan Continued

Quarter 4 Week 1: 4/9/12- 4/13/12

Hello! This is the site we will be using to keep track of homework, assignments, and assessments. This page will contain an overview of our lessons for the week, general announcements, and my contact information. At the top of this page, you will find links to the homework assignments and classwork assignments. 


Contact Information:
e-mail: sarah.lagman@pgcps.org
Phone Number: (240) 780-2876

Week of 4/9-4/13

Monday: no school
Tuesday (WC, A Day): 
  6: Chinese Geography
  7: North American Geography Introduction
Wednesday(Science, B Day):
  6: Fossils
  7: Environmental Concerns  and Biodiversity
Thursday  (WC, A Day):
  6: Confucianism
  7: North American Geography Continued
Friday (Science, B Day):
  6: Fossils
  7: Population Ecology