“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
Mrs. Rand’s classes Upcoming Events & Reminders:
Welcome to Middle School at St. Norbert!
6th grade Religion, 6th grade Science, 7th grade Science and 8th grade Science Information
For more information on each class please see the links to each class’ overview of the year:
https://www.stnorbertschool.org/s/BacktoSchoolNight6thgradeReligion-copy.docx
https://www.stnorbertschool.org/s/BacktoSchoolnight6thScienceUPDATE.docx
https://www.stnorbertschool.org/s/BacktoSchoolnight7thScienceUPDATE-cf3r.docx
https://www.stnorbertschool.org/s/BacktoSchoolnight8thScienceUPDATE-b6m6.docx
Meet Mrs. Annemarie Rand
Hello, I’m Mrs. Rand! I’m the 6th grade Homeroom and Religion teacher and I also teach Middle School Science and the Nature Appreciation electives.
I’ve been a teacher at St. Norbert School for 34 years. I guess you can say I love it here! I have an intense love of nature which I try to instill in my students. Many times, I will give them the advice my grandmother gave to me which was: “Get outside and look up close at things in the natural world. Nature doesn’t disappoint!”
I’m an avid birder and have been since childhood. I love to study birds and their behavior. For the last 25 years and counting, I have been the bird monitor for two parks on the north side of Chicago for Audubon-Great Lakes (formerly known as Audubon, Chicago Region). Ornithologists and amateur birders all over the world have access to this data. I love putting the data I gather to great scientific use!
Besides birding, I also have a passion for horses. I have owned four horses in my lifetime and am now working with and riding a friend’s Quarter Horse mare. Being around horses is both challenging and relaxing, and I spend a lot of my weekends and school holidays riding.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions throughout the school year. My contact information is below.
Here’s to a great year!
Contact Information:
arand@stnorbertschool.org
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Mrs. Rand’s classes Homework:
June 5, 2025
6th Religion: THANK YOU FOR BEING MY HOMEROOM! HAVE A FANTASTIC SUMMER!
6th Science:
7th Science:
8th Science: ————————————
Nature Appreciation-Spring:
June 4, 2025
6th Religion:
6th Science:
7th Science:
8th Science: ————————————
Nature Appreciation-Spring:
June 3, 2025
6th Religion: Religion Post-Test (same as the Religion Pre-Test that we took at the beginning of the school year.) Good news! Everyone improved!
6th Science: PLTW: Activity 2.4 Conclusion questions. Feel free do look in the program to help you and discuss with each other!
7th Science: No class due to Field Day.
8th Science: ————————————
Nature Appreciation-Spring:
June 2, 2025
6th Religion: Today we read the Pentecost Chapter and started our group Religion Post-Test (same as the Religion Pre-Test that we took at the beginning of the school year.)
6th Science: PLTW: Today we took the Project Lead the Way survey. Then we did Activity 2.4 paste in and the Conclusion questions (also a paste in). Feel free do look in the program to help you and discuss with each other!
7th Science: Today we went back to Village Green and did more of the Studying a Land Ecosystem Lab sheet. We didn’t complete them, but turned them in.
8th Science: ————————————
Nature Appreciation-Spring: Today we did some clean up and planting of extra plants in the school garden.
May 30, 2025
6th Religion: Complete Chapter 21 pp. 340 & 343. Then do the Unit 7 Review pp. 345-347. (We did much of this together in class.) *Turn in your Religion book for grading!
6th Science: PLTW: Activity 2.4 Complete the Sheep Brain dissection!
7th Science: Finish the Chapter Review worksheet Questions 3-11.
8th Science: ————————————
Nature Appreciation-Spring: Today we went to Village Green.
May 29, 2025
6th Religion: Complete Religion book Chapters 19, Ascension mini chapter, 20, & 21 up to the right column on p. 340.
6th Science: PLTW: Activity 2.4 Sheep Brain dissection!
7th Science: Today we did an outdoor lab in the morning session. In the afternoon, we worked on our worksheet and went to the Kona Ice Truck.
8th Science: We spent time outside today for our last day of class. Thank you for your hard work this last trimester!
Nature Appreciation-Spring: We went outside for a bit today.
May 28, 2025
6th Religion: Today was mass.
6th Science: PLTW: Today we continued Activity 2.4 The Control Center and continued to color and label brain diagrams in preparation for the sheep brain dissection. We did up through and including step 36. Then we made tape flags (Step 3) in preparation for tomorrow’s Sheep Brain dissection!
7th Science: Today we worked on some more worksheets about the non living environment.
8th Science: Today we completed the Frog dissection Lab sheets.
Nature Appreciation-Spring:
May 27, 2025
6th Religion: Complete the Unit 6 Review pp. 306 & 307. Then in Chapter 19, complete pp. 310,311,316,top of 319.
6th Science: PLTW: Today we completed the Conclusion questions for Activity 2.2 and looked over Activity 2.3 briefly. We did a Career Connection for Act. 2.3 on a Radiologic Technologist. For our afternoon session, we started Activity 2.4 The Control Center. We started to color and label brain diagrams.
7th Science: Read Energy Flow pp. 726-729 in the Life Science text. Do the worksheet on Sections 2 and 3. Then do the wordsearch about The Nonliving Environment.
8th Science: Today we dissected the frog! We will complete the Lab sheets tomorrow.
*Remember that you need to be caught up with all work, your work needs to be done well and be of 8th grade quality, and your behavior in class must be good if you want to dissect.
Nature Appreciation-Spring:
May 22, 2025
6th Religion: Complete Chapters 17 & 18. Do the first page of the Unit 6 Review. (We did this together in class.)
6th Science: PLTW: Today we read Activity 2.2 and answered the paste in question. Then we drew, labeled, and colored a sketch of a neuron.
7th Science: In the morning session, we read the section called Abiotic Factors in the Life Science text pp. 712-718, and did the Abiotic Factors crossword puzzle. We also read Cycles in Nature pp. 720-725.
8th Science: In the Life Science text, read pp. 394-397 and pp. 402-409 in preparation for the Frog dissection on Tuesday!
*Remember that you need to be caught up with all work, your work needs to be done well and be of 8th grade quality, and your behavior in class must be good if you want to dissect.
Nature Appreciation-Spring: Today we made the Rainforest terrariums.
May 21, 2025
6th Religion: Today was mass.
6th Science: PLTW: Complete Activity 2.1 : Map a Trip Through the Nervous System [steps 5,6,&7] Body Diagrams for the 3 scenarios AND the Conclusion Questions.
7th Science: Complete the Lab: The Great Australian Rabbit Disaster.
8th Science: Today we did the Crayfish dissection and graded the Arthropods worksheet. In the afternoon session, we completed the crayfish dissection and did the Crayfish questions.
*Remember that you need to be caught up with all work, your work needs to be done well and be of 8th grade quality, and your behavior in class must be good if you want to dissect.
Nature Appreciation-Spring: We will construct the Rainforest terrarium tomorrow!
More Resources:
Below is a website for students to explore for more practice.
