Mr. Colson's homework and other stuff page- for Wenesday/Thursday/Friday 12-21 to 12-23


So that students can enjoy the Holiday season with family and friends I will not be assigning homework over the next three days.

Homework and other "stuff"

7B Math- page 179 and 180  do the crossword and questions 1 through 6


7A Math- finish correcting your mistakes on the check-in summative


All science groups virtua owl pellet dissection and owl pellet dissection on Wednesday and Thursday

Mr. Colson's homework and other information page for Monday 12-19-16


Math 7A pages 147 and 148 problems 1 through 11

Math 7B pages 163 and 164 problems 2 through 10 just the even problems

Science classes If you did not present your owl project today you will present on Tuesday

Mr. Colson's homework page for Thursday 12-15-16


Math Classes

7A- No homework we will finish the check-in summative on Friday

7B- Page 147 problems 1 through 6 and 9 and 10- Then page 148 problem 11


Science classes- OWL presentations are due on Monday

Mr. Colson"s homework and other information page for Wednesday 12-14-16


7A Math - Students should finish the practice summative

7B Math - we will finish the summative on Thursday

Science Classes (7A and 7C) owl projects are due on Monday

Mr. Colson's Homework and other information blog 12-13-16


Math 7A you will take the practice summative on Wednesday

Math 7B Finish the practice summative if you have not already done so


Science (both groups) We finished the Bill Nye video today and started the owl project- remember presentations of owl projects begin on Friday (12-16-16)

Mr. Colson"s Homework and other good stuff page for Thursday 12-8-16


7A Math Page 114 problems 1-5 and Page 115 1-10

7B Math Page 133 and 134 problems 3,5,6,10 and 11

Science classes do not have homework- we will finish the webquest and watch the Bill Nye Video on Friday and next Monday you will begin your owl project

Mr. Colson's homework and other information page for Wednesday 11-30-16


7B Math- do the "real world" exercise on page 103

7A Math- The "Bigfoot" worksheet problems 1-12

All science classes are working on Lab reports for self designed experiments
We will be starting our ecology unit later this week

Mr. Colson's Homework and other information page for Wednesday 11-30-16


7B Math- do the "Real World" exercise on page 103

7A Math Do the "Bigfoot" worksheet problems 1-12

All science classes are working on Lab Reports for self designed experiments. we are beginning a new un it on ecology when Lab Reports are done

Mr. Colson's homework and other information page for Monday 11-28-16


Math for 7A and 7B No homework we will finish the ratios and proportions test and the skills test on Tuesday

Science for 7A and 7C - No homework we will finish experiments on Tuesday and typed lab reports will be due on Wednesday

Mr. Colson's Homework and other information page for Thursday 11-17-16

7A and 7B Math- Remember that you will be taking the ratios and proprtions summative on Friday- You have your Math Journals and your review sheets to study- make sure you do

7A and 7C Science- No Homework unless you are presenting your self-designed experiment on Friday.

Mr. Colson's homework and other Information page for Tuesday 11-15-16


Math 7A and 7B- Use the four step method to find the actual distances on each of the trails on the "scale" worksheet then use that information to answer questions 2 and 3


Science 7A and 7C- no homework we will continue experiments and getting ready for Student Led conferences on Wednesday

Mr. Colson's Homework and other information page for Monday 11-14-16


Math 7A and 7B Problems 6 through 10 on the rates worksheet

Science- 7A and 7C- You should be ready to present your self-designed experiment on the day that you were assigned. We will be working on Lab Reports for the experiments and Concept Maps for Student Led Conferences beginning on Wednesday

There is no homework for any of my classes -with the exception of- Students who are signed up to do their self-designed science experiments on Monday should be ready to go when you come back to school. Have a great long weekend and don't forget to thank a vet. 11-10-16 -Thursday

Mr. Colson's homework and other information for Wednesday 11-9-16


Math 7A and 7B -- on the rates worksheet problems 1-5 . We will be taking the skills test on Thursday.


Science  7A and 7C- No homework- make sure your self-designed experiment is ready to go on the day that you were assigned

Mr. Colson's Homework and other information page for Monday 11-7-16


Math: 7A Page 59 problems 4 through 8

Math: 7B  page 61 problems 17-20 and 25-28


Science- as long as your experiment is ready to go on Wednesday you do not have any homework.... we had some fantastic experiments today -everyone that presented today Great Job!

Mr. Colson's homework and other information page for Friday 11-4-16



Math Classes (7A and 7B) Finish the Mud and Ooze ratio and proportion worksheet and Graph It
This is a formative assignment due on Monday

Science Classes (7C and 7A) Self - designed science experiments begin Monday ...If you are signed up fo Monday -be ready to go

Mr. Colson's homework and other information blog for Thursday 11-3-16



Math- Both Groups 7A and 7B- on the "Mud and Ooze" worksheet do the first 16 problems show all your work on white lined paper- use all 4 steps

Science Both groups 7C and 7A have the vocabulary summative on Friday- you have your review sheets or the website to study for the test.

Mr. Colson's homework and other information page for Tuesday 11-1-16


7A Math- page 51 problems 10,11,12 and page 52 problems 14, 15,16,17 and 18

7B Math- page 56 problems  Band C under "Got It" page 57 problem D under "Got It"
and Page 58 "Guided Practice" Problems 1,2 and 3


7A and 7C Science No Homework- Students who have not finished the Classificatiion Summative will be working on it today and Wednesday. We will be designing our own experiments in order to show our understanding of the scientific method in labs on Wednesday and Thursday.

Mr. Colson's homework and other information page for Halloween 10-31-16


7B Math page 56 problems B and C under "Got It" Page 57 Problem D in "Got it" and page 58 Problems 1,2,3

7A Math - No Homework - we finished the graphing activity

7A Science- we will finish "Jacob's Experiment" on Tuesday- If you have not finished your classification test you will be taking it on Tuesday

7C Science- If you have not finished your classification test you will be taking it on Tuesday

Mr. Colson's homework page (and other information) for Friday 10-28-16


Science Classes finished the classification summative today- This will be graded and in power school by early next week


Math 7B-No Homework

Math 7A Students who did not finish the graphing activity should do so.

Mr. Colson's Homework and other information page for Wednesday 10-26-`16



7A Math- no homework- we took a ratios/rates test

7B Math- Graphiti  worksheet number 2

7C and 7A Science- No Homework- We will be the Classification test on Friday in both groups -students have a study guide and should be reviewing it tonight and Thursday Night

Mr. Colson's homework and other "stuff" page for 10-24-16 (Monday)


7A Math Page 44 Mid Chapter check-up do problems 1-8 PLEASE do not do 9

7B Math- Page 40 Common Core Review- do problems 16-22


All science classes - on Tuesday we will review for the Classification test- The test will be on Wednesday

Mr. Colson's Homework and otgher information page for Thursday 10-20-16


Math 7A and 7B-- Page 21 problems 1-10


Science 7A and 7C- finish the Dichotomous key activity if you have not already done so

Mr. Colson's homework and other information page for Tuesday 10-18-16


Science 7A and 7C No homework unless you still need to finish the animal classification lab

Math 7B- Ratio and Proportion "Warm-up" Number one- (Use your book and your journal)

Math 7A- No Homework- we will finish the fraction Summative on Wednesday

Mr. Colson's homework and other information page for Monday 10-17-16

7A Math - review adding and subtracting portion of practice summative- we will review multiplication and division of fractions on Tuesday and begin the summative.


7B Math- review your practice summative (add/subtract/multiply and divide fractions) we will be taking the summative on Tuesday


7A Science- No Homework we will debrief the invertebrate study guide on Tuesday

7B Science- No Homework we will debrief the invertebrate study guide on Tuesday

Mr. Colson's homework and other stuff page:


No Homework for Math or Science students for the weekend

Mr. Colson's homewor page for Thursday


Math 7A and 7B column A of Ratios and proportions worksheet number 2

Science 7C and 7A your memory techniques for Learning target number 2 Kingdom/Phylum/Class/Order/Family/ Genus/  and Species is due on Friday

Mr. Colson's homework and other information page for 10-11-16 (Tuesday)


Math 7B Lesson # 1 worksheet "writing ratios"

Math 7A  Lesson #1 Page 13 questions 1 through 5

Science 7C and 7A- Students in both classes have the Animal Classification 'Think Tac Toe" Due on Wednesday 10-12.  Also students need to have a  " Memory Technique" FOR  Kingdom/Phylum/ Class/Order/ Family / Genus / and Species written for Friday

Mr. Colson's Homework and other information page for Thursday 10-6-16


I have attempted to give students the long weekend off in my classes (math and science) If students have late work I have asked them to use this time to catch up. Today I collected Math Journal Prompts from 7B and 7A, if students did not finish these last night they may be working on them over the weekend. I will make every effort to grade the journal prompts and enter the grades into Power School later today or on Friday.

In science the Leaf Projects are collected and graded- these grades are in Power School. Students who recieved less than a 3 also were given step-by step instructions on how to "fix" these grades.

Mr. Colson's Homework Page for Tuesday 10-4-16


7B Math - No homework-class did not meet today due to assembly

7A Math- Finish three journal entries for Problem solving unit summative

7C - Science- Animal Think Tac Toe is due on Thursday

7A -Science- Animal Think Tac Toe is due on Thursday

Mr. Colson's Homework page for Monday 10-3-16


7A and  7B math- no homework we started working on our problem solving summative today

7A Science and 7C Science- Students who did not finish the animal fact sheets from the A to Z animals website should finish them tonight- we will be working on our Animal Classification problem for the remainder of this week

Mr. Colson's classes news/homework for 9-30-16


Math Classes (7A/7B) no homework we will be finishing our problem solving unit early next week and beginning our work with Ratios and proportions

Science Classes (7C/7A)  No homework we started our Animal Classification Unit on Friday

Homework and other information for Mr. Colson's classes for Wednesday 9-28-16


7B Math- Hanging Posters Problem - Remember to Show your work
7A Math- Hanging Posters Problem-  Remember to Show your work
7C Science- No Homework
7A Science- Finish the "Science World " Assignment if you have not already done so

Homework and other information for Mr. Colson's classes for Monday 9-26-16

7B Math Finish the " cookie recipe" problem remember you should have doubled the recipe in class and you should be increasing it by 3 1/2 times at home. Please use the white lined paper that I gave you and list each ingredient separately.

7A Math Finish doubling the  "cookie recipe" problem-- on Tuesday you will be increasing the recipe by 3 1/2 times . Please use the white lined paper that I gave you and list each ingredient separately.


7A Science- No Homework-Leaf classification labs were due today we will be starting our "classifying living things" unit on Wednesday

7C Science- No homework Leaf classification labs were due today we will be starting our "classifying living things" unit on Wednesday

Mr. Colson's Homework page for 9-23-16


7A Math- No Homework

7B Math- No Homework

7C Science -  AND 7A Science Tree / Leaf Classification Labs are Due on Monday -We have been working together on these in class this week and students should either be finished or have one or two last minute things to do-all students were given a copy of the Learning Targets and the Grading standards

Mr. Colson's Homework Blog for 9-22-16 (Thursday)


7B Math- Student's need to get a parent signature on their Math Binder Letter if they have not already done so ALSO Practice Worksheet #5 problems 1-22 (equivalent fractions)

7A Math - Student"s need to get a parent signature on their Math Binder Letter if they have not already done so ALSO Practice worksheet #5 problems 1-22


7C Science- Leaf Classification Labs are due on Monday (students have been working on these in class all week- this should only involve finishing up)

7A Science- Leaf Classification Labs are due on Monday (students have been working on these in class all week- this should only involve finishing up)

Mr Colson's Homework Page update


7A Math- Problems 13-17 on the decimals to fractions worksheet

7B Math- The Decimals to Fractions worksheet

7 A science-No Homework - we are working on our tree classification project

7C science- No Homework- we are working on our tree classification project

Homeworketc for Mr. Colson's classes for Friday 4-29-16


Grade 7 Math- Problem of the week number 6 is due on Tuesday 5-3

Grade 8 Science- we will be starting our chemistry unit on Monday- Also for the next 4 weeks I will be staying after school every Tuesday and Thursday to work with grade 8 students who are interested in the Invention Convention

Homework etc. for Mr. Colson's classes for Thursday 4-28-16


Grade 7 Math- Page 303 problems 1-9


Grade 8 Science-  Land Yacht Summatives are all due this week- we begin our chemistry unit on Monday

Homework etc for Mr. Colson's classes for Wednesday 4-27-16


Grade 7 Math- Finish the fractions worksheets


Grade 8 Science- students who are interested in the Invention Convention Finish looking over your packets

Homework etc. for Mr. Colson's classes for Wednesday 4-13-16


Grade 5 Math - Finish the OWL worksheet AND problems 1-10 on page 275- No class on Thursday (career day) practice summative on Friday


Grade 8 Science- remember to bring materials for Land Yachts Bottle Caps!!

We will be working on MEA testing today and Wednesday- No homework for grade 7 Math for those days (please remember that the friendly letter assignment is due Friday)

Grade 8 Science- We still need a few bottle caps for Land Yacht projects

Homework etc. for Mr. Colson's classes for Friday 4-1-16


Grade 7 Math - Friendly letter explaining integer rules is due on Friday 4-8-16. This counts as a problem of the week (a summative grade)


Grade 8 Science- We still need a few more bottle caps for the Land Yachts

Homework etc. For Mr. Colson's classes for Thursday 3-31-16


Grade 7 Math- Finish review for the summative on Friday- Page 253 questions 1-6
and page 254 all 7 problems

Grade 8 Science- All groups need to keep bringing in bottle caps for the Land Yacht project

News for Mr. Colson's classes for Friday 3-25-16



No Homework for Grade 7 Math

Grade 8 Science students need to bring in bottle caps for the "Land Yacht" project- we should be starting this next week

Homework etc for Mr. Colson's classes for Thursday 3-24-16

Grade 7 Math Pages 247 and 248 problems 1-17- Just the odd problems

Grade 8 Science - all classes worked on the Mod 3  Forces summative today-- some still need to finish it. We still need all grade 8 students to bring in bottle caps for the Land Yacht activity.

Homework etc for Mr. Colson's classes for Wednesday 3-23-16


Grade 7 Math pages 237 and 238 problems 1-10

Grade 8 Science The "Forces" Mod 3 test will be on Thursday 3-24-16 for all 3 groups (8A, 8B, 8C)
Also students should be bringing in bottle caps for the Land Yachts

Homework etc. for Mr. Colson's classes for Tuesday 3-22-16

Grade 7 Math "Find and Fix" all mistakes on the Integers test Show all your work on white lined paper- be sure to number each problem


Grade 8 science-- All 8th grade students should be bringing in bottle caps for the "Land Yacht" project (Project starts early next week)

Grade 8 Science- remember to bring in bottle caps for land yachts

Homework etc for Mr. Colson's class 3-16-16


Grade 7 Math - Problem of the week is due Friday

Grade 8 Science- Remember to bring in bottle caps for the Land Yacht project

Homework for Mr. Colson's classes for Tuesday 3-15-16


Grade 7 Math- students should complete the Problem of The Week. It is due on Friday during the final Trimester the Problem of the Week will be a summative grade.


Grade 8 Science- Students should be collecting bottle caps and other recyclable materials for the Final Vehicles in Motion project- we will be building Land Yachts beginning next week.

No homework for any of Mr. Colson's classes fgor today 3-14-16

Homework etc for Mr. Colson's classes for Tuesday 3-8-16


Grade 7 Math- Students should finish the second page of the integer worksheet (problems 15-30)


Grade 8 Science- No Homework

Reminder for Mr. Colson's grade 7 Math class- You have homework from Thursday March 3
Pages 219/220 problems 1-16


Grade 8 Science- No Homework

Homework etc for Mr. Colson's classes for 3-3-16



Grade 7 Math Lesson 3 pages 219/220 problems 1 through 16


Grade 8 Science- 8B should finish the  Nature Of Force packet

Homework Etc. For Mr. Colson's classes for Wednesday 3-2-16


Grade 7 Math- Practice worksheet 272   " Mountains Ups and Downs"

Grade 8 Science 8A and 8C should be finishing up the Nature of Force Packet and have it ready by Thursday.... 8B will be assigned this Packet on Thursday

Homework etc. for Mr. Colson's classes for Tuesday 3-1-16


Grade 7 Math- students should be finishing worksheet 4-3 Adding Integers
(Also today's summative grades are in Power School)


Grade 8 Science- Group 8c should finish the "Nature of Force" Packet

Homework etc for Mr. Colson's classes for Friday 2-26-16


No Homework for any of my classes for the weekend - enjoy this great early spring weather

Mr. Colson's classes- Homework etc. for 2-25-16 (Thursday)


Grade 7 Math- Problem of the week is due on Friday Also remember you were assigned pages 195 and 196 problems 1-14 as homework


Grade 8 Science- we will be continuing with the Phantom Forces: Exploring Friction activities on Friday (8A/8B) and Monday (8C)

Homework etc. for Mr. Colson's classes for Monday 2-22-16


Grade 7 Math- did not meet today No Homework


Grade 8 Science- we started our unit Forces and Force diagrams no homework

No Homework for any of Mr. Colson's classes over February Break- Enjoy Your Vacation

Homework etc for Mr. Colson's classes for Thursday 2-11-16


Grade 7 Math- No Homework we will finish the skills test and work on our percents project on Friday


Grade 8 Science- Newton's 3 laws project was due today- Grades are in power school if I have received the work if you do not see the grades you need to finish this by Friday

Homework etc. for Mr. Colson's classes for Wednesday 2-10-16

Grade 7 Math- Homework is the fractions worksheet including the graphing- we will continue to work on our percents project and a skills test Thursday and Friday


Grade 8 Science - 8B and 8C Newton's three laws project is due on Thursday. 8A will have one more day due to the snow day (due Friday)

Homework and other news for Mr. Colson's classes for Monday 2-8-16


Grade 7 Math- Class does not meet on Monday -students will be working on their travel project on Tuesday


Grade 8 Science- all 3 groups are working on their Newton's laws project these will be presented to the class on Thursday and Friday

Homework for Mr. Colson's classes for Friday 2-5-16


Grade 7 Math- No Homework

8A and 8B science - students are working on the Newton's laws of motion project- these projects are due on Thursday 2-11-15

8C Class did not meet today so students did not get the Newton's laws project assigned- we will adjust the due date accordingly

Homework etc for Mr. Colson's classes for Thursday 2-4-16

Grade 7 Math we finished the Percents summative and we will be starting the Unit project on Friday


Grade 8 Science - due to the number of students who needed to finish the non-uniform motion summative we did not get to assigning the project that covers Newton's 3 laws of motion- 8A and 8B will get this assignment on Friday 8C will get the assignment on Monday (stay tuned for due dates)

Homework etc. for Mr. Colson's classes for Wednesday 2-3-16


Grade 7 Math- Be sure to review your notes- especially those in your composition book tonight we will be finishing our summative on Thursday


Grade 8 Science- 8A and 8C started their non-uniform motion summative today 8B will start on Thursday- Remember the Project for Newton's three laws of motion will be assigned on Thursday 2-4-16 and due on Thursday 2-11-16

Homework for Mr. Colson's classes for Tuesday 2-2-16

Grade 7 Math- Review your materials (especially the vocabulary) for the Percents summative on Wednesday


Grade 8 science- all 3 groups (8A/8B/8C) will be assigned a project on Newton's 3 laws of motion on Thursday- The project involves making a book or a slide show or a movie that demonstrates the students understanding of each of Newton's 3 laws. Projects are due on Thursday 2-11 Students will be working on these in class as time permits- to do a good job on the project students will need to devote some time after school as well

Homework for Mr. Colson's classes for Monday 2-1-16


Grade 7 Math- No Homework - class did not meet- we will be reviewing for the percents summative on Tuesday


Grade 8 Science- All 3 groups should be finishing speeds and graphs for the "speed trials" experiment- we will be reviewing for the non-uniform motion summative during your next class meeting

8C Tuesday
8B Wednesday
8A Tuesday

News from Mr. Colson's Math and Science classes

Grade 8 Science- No Homework for the weekend- we will be finishing the non-uniform motion portion of our curriculum early next week and students will be doing a summative over this material on Tuesday or Wednesday depending on the schedule


Grade 7 Math : we are finishing our percents unit and we will review this material on Tuesday. Students will be doing a summative on this material on Wednesday.

Homework for Mr. Colson's classes for: The weekend of 1-23 and 1-24


Grade 8 Science- no homework

Grade 7 Math- The Problem of the Week is due on Wednesday -This is a summative grade

Homework for Mr. Colson's classes for Wednesday 1-21-16


Grade 7 Math- No Homework- we took Aimsweb tests today

Grade 8 Science-

8A- No Homework

8B- No Homework

8C- Questions 1-5 on Dot Car Activity Sheet # 3

Homework for Mr. Colson's classes for Tuesday 1-19-16


Grade 7 Math  Homework is page 147 problems 3/5/7 and 9

Grade 8 Science- No Homework Many students are still finishing the uniform motion summative- if students have finished grades are in Power School

No homework for any of Mr. Colson's classes for the long weekend

Grade 7 Math- finishing a percents summative

Grade 8 Science- finishing a uniform motion summative

Homework and other information for Mr. Colson's classes  1-14-16


Grade 7 Math - Homework is page 127 problems 20 / 22/ and 26


Grade 8 science- most students will finish the uniform motion summative on Friday

Homework and other information for Mr. Colson's classes 1-13-16


Math grade 7- Page 128 common core review problems 29-34 remember to reduce fractions
The grade 7 summative for the first part of the percents unit will be on Friday


Science grade 8- The Uniform motion Summative for all 3 groups will begin on Thursday with some groups finishing on Friday

Homework for Mr. Colson's classes for Tuesday 1-12-16


Grade 7 Math- Page 114 problems 1,2and 3 and Page 115 problems 1 through 6


Grade 8 Science- study your terms for the Uniform motion summative also review graphing time/distance and line of best fit in your binder

Homework for Mr. Colson's classes for Monday 1-11-16


Grade 7 Math - Problem of the Week (assigned Friday) is Due on Tuesday

Grade 8 science- The Uniform motion summative is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday 1-13-16
Review your formatives -especially the vocabulary- for best results.

Homework for Mr. Colson's classes for Friday 1-8-16


Grade 7 Math- Problem of the week is due on Tuesday

Grade 8 science- Any student who has not finished the "follow that car" formative must do so before they will be allowed to do the uniform motion summative next week

Homework for Mr. Colson's classes for Thursday 1-7-16

Grade 7 Math-page 124 problems 1,2,and 3

Grade 8 Science- Finish the "follow that car " formative- we will be taking a uniform motion summative next week

Homework for Mr. Colson's classes for Wednesday 1-6-15


Grade 7 Math Page 107 problems 2-8

Grade 8 science- All groups should finish the "follow that car" formative. We will be having a Uniform Motion summative next week. Students who have not finished this formative and the "understanding the challenge" formative will not be allowed to take the summative until they complete them.