“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 one of the 6th grade Homeroom teachers. I’m the 6th grade Religion teacher and I also teach Middle School Science and the Nature Appreciation electives.
I’ve been a teacher at St. Norbert School for 35 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 28 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:
December 12, 2025
6th Religion: Today we completed the Advent Acrostic sheets and got the final answers.. We also got the Venture magazine for the weekend. *Also, please remember to get your buddy a small gift. We will see them next week on Thursday, the 18th!
6th Science: Read & annotate your article of the condition you were assigned: Anemia: B1-B2; Asthma C1-C2; Diabetes D1-D3; Injury to Pancreas E1-E2. [*If you were absent the day we chose conditions, you are to read Anemia (B1-B2)]. Do IN pp. 27,28.
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 99,100,101,102.
8th Science: Complete and turn in the Acceleration worksheet if you can. If not, we’ll catch up next week!
Nature Appreciation - Winter: Today we started to decorate our salt dough ornaments.
December 11, 2025
6th Religion: Today we completed the Advent Acrostic sheets some more. *Idea for our 6th grade Talent Show is due to Mrs. Rand by tomorrow! *Also, please remember to get your buddy a small gift. We will see them next week on Thursday, the 18th!
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 23,24,26 *If you are doing this at home because you were on the ASL field trip, you should be able to log into Amplify by going to learning.amplify.com and then logging in with Google.
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 94,96(answer the discussion questions at the bottom of the page as well),97,98. *If you are doing this at home because you were on the ASL field trip, you should be able to log into Amplify by going to learning.amplify.com and then logging in with Google.
8th Science: Physical Science textbook , we read Acceleration pp. 47-51. Complete the Describing Motion worksheet and start on the Acceleration worksheet. We’ll finish the Acceleration worksheet tomorrow.
Nature Appreciation - Winter: Tomorrow, we will decorate the salt dough ornaments.
December 10, 2025
6th Religion: Today we worked on the Advent Acrostic sheets some more. Idea for our 6th grade Talent Show is due to Mrs. Rand by THIS Friday! Also, please remember to get your buddy a small gift. We will see them next week on Thursday, the 18th!
6th Science: Today we did the Whole Body Systems Model activity!
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 90, reread F1-F3,93 (answer the discussion questions at the bottom of the page).
8th Science: Today we started into more physics work from the Physical Science textbook. We read the section called Describing Motion and started the worksheet of the same name.
Nature Appreciation - Winter: On Friday, we will decorate the salt dough ornaments.
December 9, 2025
6th Religion: Idea for our 6th grade Talent Show is due to Mrs. Rand by THIS Friday! Also, please remember to get your buddy a small gift. We will see them next week, probably Thursday, the 18th!
6th Science: No homework. Tomorrow is our whole grade human body lab!
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 87, read & annotate G1-G4,89
8th Science: Today we took the End of Unit assessment for Force and Motion.
Nature Appreciation - Winter: Today we learned a bit about gray squirrels and went outside. On Friday, we will decorate the salt dough ornaments.
December 8, 2025
6th Religion: Today was mass. Idea for our 6th grade Talent Show is due to Mrs. Rand by THIS Friday! Also, please remember to get your buddy a small gift.
6th Science: Complete IN p. 21
7th Science: Complete IN pp. read & annotate F1-F4, 86
8th Science: IN pp. 103-104 & 105 should be completed. The two worksheets about Kinetic Energy should have been turned in today. *The End of Unit Assessment for the Force and Motion unit is tomorrow, December 9. Your IN will be collected, as will the envelope and its contents.
Nature Appreciation - Winter: Today we started making the salt dough ornaments. Tomorrow we’ll go outside. On Friday, we will decorate the salt dough ornaments.
December 5, 2025
6th Religion: We learned a bit about St. Nicholas, did some more of our Jesse tree, got the new Venture magazine and read the Gospel from it, and then continued with our Veggie Tale, The Ballad of Lil Joe.
6th Science: Complete IN pp. (look over 15),16,17,18
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 81,82,84,85. If you were away over Thanksgiving Break, all of your Science work should be ready to turn in on Monday!
8th Science: Complete the two worksheets while using the SIM (Investigating Kinetic Energy and Mass,Investigating Kinetic Energy and Velocity) IN pp. 103-104 revise your argument(if you don’t think you need to use these pages, you MUST write a note on BOTH of them expressing that),105. ***Special note: since the Catholic High School Placement Test is this weekend, if you would like to wait to do the IN pages listed for today, I’ll give you Monday’s class period to do them. You SHOULD do the two worksheets though and be ready to turn those in on Monday. *******The End of Unit Assessment for the Force and Motion unit will be on Tuesday, December 9.
Nature Appreciation - Winter: We completed our Tree Cross-section ornaments, discussed the Salt dough ornaments that we will make starting on Monday.
December 4, 2025
6th Religion: No homework!
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 11,12,13,14
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 79,80
8th Science: Complete the Velocity worksheet for extra practice. Complete IN pp. 98,99,101-102. The End of Unit Assessment for Force and Motion unit will be on Tuesday, December 9.
Nature Appreciation - Winter:
December 3, 2025
6th Religion: Today was mass.
6th Science: Today everyone was in Social Studies.
7th Science: Complete the Purple group activities (IN pp. E1-E2,70,71,72,73,74), 75,76. We will be moving along tomorrow, so if you aren’t caught up, you will be at a HUGE disadvantage!
8th Science: Today we did IN pp. 95,96. Then we did a Velocity worksheet for extra practice. The End of Unit Assessment for Force and Motion unit will be on Tuesday, December 9.
Nature Appreciation - Winter:
December 2, 2025
6th Religion: Finish coloring and cutting our your Jesse Tree ornament and give it to Mrs. Rand. Color the cover of the Venture magazine (the Liturgical Year) and turn it in for grading. In the Religion book, read pp. 124-129. Do pp. 125,127,128,129,131.
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 8,10
7th Science: Complete the Pangaea/Gondwanaland project. It should be neat, labeled, colored, have a title, and your first and last name on the front. Then, continue to work on the “color group” review activities in Amplify Lesson 2.7: Blue group (IN pp. 60,61,62,63,C1-C2), Green group (IN pp. D1-D2,64,65,66,67,68,69), and Purple group (IN pp. E1-E2,70,71,72,73,74). Get as far as you can in class on those activities! To be on target, you should finish all of the Blue and Green group pages that are listed above.
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 91,93,94. Do the Regions of the Brain sheet (Science World) and turn in. The End of Unit Assessment for Force and Motion unit will most likely be a week from today on Tuesday, December 9.
Nature Appreciation - Winter: Today we completed the Rustic Tree twig ornament and started the Tree Cross-section ornaments. We will finish those ornaments on Friday and learn about squirrels!
December 1, 2025
6th Religion: Today we completed coloring and cutting out our Jesse Tree ornaments. We listened to the day 1 Bible passage and hung the first ornament. Then we started to color the Liturgical Year cover of the Venture magazine. If either of these aren’t complete, we will continue them tomorrow. In Advisory, we completed the Christmas cards we started last week.
6th Science: New Metabolism unit: Complete IN pp. 6,7
7th Science: We worked on the Pangaea/Gondwanaland activity that we started on Grandparents/VIP day.
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 88 (also answer the 2 video questions at the bottom of this page),get the evidence cards, story boards, and question and claims half sheet. Annotate the evidence cards and then answer the questions on p. 90 at the bottom of p. 90. Some started p. 91
Nature Appreciation - Winter: We made the rustic twig tree ornaments. We will complete them tomorrow.
November 25, 2025
6th Religion: This morning was mass. Have a great Thanksgiving!
6th Science: 6B opted to use the stereomicroscopes today. 6A opted to watch an episode of The Magic School Bus. Have a great Thanksgiving!
7th Science: Today we did a special Pangaea/Gondwanaland activity with our grandparents/VIPs. We will continue this next week! Have a great Thanksgiving!
8th Science: Complete IN p. 85. Have a great Thanksgiving!
Nature Appreciation - Winter: We prepared twigs to make the rustic twig tree ornaments next week. Have a great Thanksgiving!
November 24, 2025
6th Religion: Today we chose our Jesse Tree symbol for our Jesse Tree project. Then we had Advisory.
6th Science: Today we learned about the stereomicroscopes and tried looking at some things.
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 59,60, read & annotate D1-D2,61
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 80,81,82,83,84
Nature Appreciation - Winter: Today we learned about Nature Etiquette and Common Winter birds of our area. Then we went out for a short Nature walk around the church and school.
November 21, 2025
6th Religion: Today we read the Venture magazine.
6th Science: Today we looked at bacterial cells under the microscope. Next week, we will work with stereomicroscopes! We also worked on the Regions of the Brain Science World worksheet.
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 58, read & annotate C1-C2.
8th Science: Complete the Preschool activity data sheet and turn it in. In the IN, complete pp. 77, read & annotate D1-D2, 78.
Nature Appreciation - Winter: We went out for a short Nature walk today at Village Green. Please join the Google Classroom!
November 20, 2025
6th Religion: Read pp. 9-14 The Presentation of the Virgin Mary and pp. 17-21 Anticipation (the Advent chapter). Do p. 20 only.
6th Science: The Onion Cell drawing should have been completed today.
7th Science: Today was our Critical Juncture Assessment.
8th Science: Today we did the activity with our Preschool buddies and gathered data.
Nature Appreciation - Winter:
November 19, 2025
6th Religion: Today was mass.
6th Science: The Cheek Cell drawing should have been completed today. We also made slides of Onion Cells and drew them.
7th Science: Study for tomorrow’s test! **The Critical Juncture Assessment will be this tomorrow!
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 74,75,76
Nature Appreciation - Winter:
November 18, 2025
6th Religion: Complete pp. 122,123
6th Science: Today, we learned how to make a slide taken from our own cheek. The Paramecium drawing should have been completed today. Many turned in the Cheek cell drawing today, but we will also have tomorrow to work on that.
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 53,54,55,56. **The Critical Juncture Assessment will be this Thursday, November 20!
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 69,70,71,72
Nature Appreciation - Winter: We set binoculars to our eyesight. Please get the off-site permission slip signed.
November 17, 2025
6th Religion: Today before Advisory, we switched seats.
6th Science: Today we completed the Volvox drawing and worked on the Paramecium drawing. If you have not completed the Volvox drawing, then you are BEHIND!
7th Science: Today we completed the Science World “Are You Suffering from Brain Rot?” article and did the Check for Understanding worksheet. We also checked our Martian soil plant experiments and did any extra things to our setups that were needed. Then we looked at the final slides for Lesson 2.4. **The Critical Juncture Assessment will be this Thursday, November 20!
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 64,66,67,68
Nature Appreciation - Winter: Today we talked about the kinds of activities and projects we will do in class this trimester.
More Resources:
Below is a website for students to explore for more practice.
