“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.”
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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 teacher, and I teach 6th grade Religion, Middle School Science, and the Nature Appreciation seasonal electives.
I’ve been a teacher at St. Norbert School for 36 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 30 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.
Information for my classes, such as homework assignments and any announcements for students will be listed here on this platform.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions throughout the school year. My contact information is below.
Here’s to a great year!
Mrs. Annemarie A. Rand
Contact Information:
arand@stnorbertschool.org
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More Resources:
Below is a website for students to explore for more practice.
Classwork/Homework
October 6, 2026
6th Religion:
6th Science: Today we read “The Rise of Eyes” in the Science World issue and started the comprehension worksheet that goes along with it.
7th Science: End of Unit Assessment for Geology on Mars unit will be tomorrow, Wednesday, October 7.
8th Science: Complete the final argument in the IN on p. 62. (Use pp. 58 & 61 to help you hit all of the bullet points that the argument needs). Then we did the End of Unit Assessment.
Nature Appreciation - Fall:
October 5, 2026
6th Religion: *Remember to bring in your field trip form and fee for the play at Loyola Academy! Today we completed Chapter 1 in the Religion book. I will be collecting those to make sure that you have been keeping up!
6th Science: No class today. It was a Social Studies day.
7th Science: End of Unit Assessment for Geology on Mars unit will be on Wednesday, October 7. Today was a Science World day. We read the article called “The Rise of Eyes” and did the Comprehension worksheet. Some of us didn’t finish, so we’ll finish another day this week. If you missed class, you will need to read the article in class. I will not be posting it in Google Classroom this time.
8th Science: End of Unit Assessment for Harnessing Human Energy unit will be tomorrow,Tuesday, October 6. We will write the argument on p. 62 on Tuesday BEFORE the End of Unit Assessment. **Today was a Science World day, but due to the length of the High School talks, we only had about 15 minutes of class. We read the article called “The Rise of Eyes” and started the Comprehension worksheet. We didn’t finish, so will finish another day this week. If you missed class, you will need to read the article in class. I will not be posting it in Google Classroom this time.
Nature Appreciation - Fall: No class due to the High School talks.
October 2, 2026
6th Religion: *Remember to bring in your field trip form and fee for the play at Loyola Academy! No class today due to CTC activities.
6th Science: No class today due to CTC activities.
7th Science: End of Unit Assessment for Geology on Mars unit will be on Wednesday, October 7. No class today due to CTC activities.
8th Science: End of Unit Assessment for Harnessing Human Energy unit will be on Tuesday, October 6. Complete IN pp. 60,61. *We will write the argument on p. 62 on Tuesday BEFORE the End of Unit Assessment. (Monday is a Science World day. If you will be out of school, you MUST do the Science World assignment in school in front of Mrs. Rand. It may NOT be done at home.)
Nature Appreciation - Fall:
October 1, 2026
6th Religion: *Remember to bring in your field trip form and fee for the play at Loyola Academy! In the Religion book, complete pp. 70, 71,73. Then we finished up the Jewish high holy day/holiday posters. If any of this is not complete, it is homework!
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 16, 18,19,20,21
7th Science: End of Unit Assessment for Geology on Mars unit will be on Wednesday, October 7. Complete IN pp. 53,54
8th Science: End of Unit Assessment for Harnessing Human Energy unit will be on Tuesday, October 6. Complete IN pp. 58,59.
Nature Appreciation - Fall: Today we started making the Mason Jar Leaf Lanterns.
September 30, 2026
6th Religion: *Remember to bring in your field trip form and fee for the play at Loyola Academy!
6th Science: Today we read IN pp. A1-A4 together and annotated it.
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 46,47,49,50,51
8th Science: Complete your Energy Design. Then complete IN pp. 55,56. For p. 56, you will need the SIM.
Nature Appreciation - Fall:
September 29, 2026
6th Religion: *Remember to bring in your field trip form and fee for the play at Loyola Academy! Today we completed the Advisory penpal letters (CTC service project) and then worked on our Jewish high holy day/holiday poster.
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 13,14,15.
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 42,43,44,45
8th Science: Continue to work on your Energy Design for the Rescue Team. Complete the Energy Transfer Diagram on IN p. 54.
Nature Appreciation - Fall:
September 28, 2026
6th Religion: *Remember to bring in your field trip form and fee for the play at Loyola Academy! Today we worked a little more on our Jewish high holy day/holiday poster before going to Advisory.
6th Science: IN pp. 12 and choose your 2 microorganisms for IN p. 13.
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 38,39,40
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 49,51,52,53. [Make sure that you have written down your brainstorming ideas on IN p. 49. Then using the criteria listed on p. 49, begin designing your model of the Energy System.]
Nature Appreciation - Fall: Today we watched a quick video about the Autumnal Equinox and then set up a food experiemnt for squirrels with 3 trays of 50 sunflower seeds each. We put those trays in their locations at 10:45 am.
September 24, 2026
6th Religion: Today was Venture magazine day! *Remember to bring in your field trip form and fee for the play at Loyola Academy!
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 8,9,11
7th Science: Complete IN p. 33 #6.
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 48,49
Nature Appreciation - Fall: Today we went outside and filled out the Squirrel Observation form.
September 23, 2026
6th Religion: Today was our mass.
6th Science: Complete IN p. 7 (there is nothing to write on this page).
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 32,33[skip #6 for now],34,35
8th Science: No class today. It’s a Social Studies day.
Nature Appreciation - Fall:
September 22, 2026
6th Religion: No class due to Student Council speeches and voting.
6th Science: No class due to Student Council speeches and voting.
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 28,29,31,32 finish 1 & 2.
8th Science: Complete IN pp. read & annotate C1-C2, answer the question on p. 43,46, read & annotate your article on C3,C4,C5, or C6,47
Nature Appreciation - Fall: Today we had a First Day of Fall party!
September 21, 2026
6th Religion: Today we wrote petitions for Wednesday’s mass and then went to Advisory.
6th Science: No class today as it was a Social Studies day.
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 25, reread & annotate the last 3 paragraphs of the article on B1-B2,26,27,top of 28.
8th Science: Complete IN pp. read & annotate B1-B2,37,39,40 (write 3 sentences at the minimum),41,42.
Nature Appreciation - Fall: Today we finished up the Student Case Study: The blanket and the Umbrella.
September 18, 2026
6th Religion: Today we started our first Venture magazine!
6th Science: Complete the Science World Wind Power paper.
7th Science: Complete the Science World Wind Power paper. Then work on the recommendations for Science in IXL.
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 34 (must look at card set from Mrs. Rand),35,36.
Nature Appreciation - Fall:
September 17, 2026
6th Religion: Research the Jewish High holy day or other holiday you picked in preparation for making a small poster about it.
6th Science: Today we read the Science World article “Would You Rather” and started on a Wind Power paper. That is NOT homework. We’ll continue it tomorrow. *Some of you need to complete the Science World paper called Are Cats Liquids? (This must be done at school and we will use end of day homeroom time to do it.)
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 16, 20, read & annotate B1-B2,,22,23.
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 30,32,reread last 2 paragraphs on A3,33
Nature Appreciation - Fall: Today we worked more on our Fall Monarch project.
September 16, 2026
6th Religion: Today was mass.
6th Science: Complete the Science World paper called Are Cats Liquids? (This must be done at school.)
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 14,15
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 27,28,29
Nature Appreciation - Fall:
September 15, 2026
6th Religion: Complete p. 6. We also got our Bibles today and wrote our names in them.
6th Science: Today we got the Investigation Notebook (IN) for the Microbiome unit. Complete IN p. 6.
7th Science: Explore the Mars Trek Digital Tool in Lesson 1.2. Watch the tutorial. Look for landforms that could have formed from flowing water or lava. Do IN p. 12. (You will need to look at some cards that Mrs. Rand has.)
8th Science: Complete the Science World Wind Power sheet and then do the IXL recommendations.
Nature Appreciation - Fall: Today we did some more study of the Monarch Super Generation.
September 14, 2026
6th Religion: Complete pp. K9 and 3 in the Religion book.
6th Science: No class today. All in Social Studies.
7th Science: Complete IN pp. read & annotate A1-A2,9,11
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 22, read & annotate A1-A3,24
Nature Appreciation - Fall: Nature walk at the Village Green. Great work today spotting all kinds of animals!
September 11, 2026
6th Religion: In the Religion book, complete pp. K3,K5,K6,K7
6th Science: Today, we completed the Scientific Method packet by doing the Analysis and Conclusion pages. We turned the packet in.
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 6,7,8
8th Science: No class today due to Mr. Colpi’s 9/11 talk.
Nature Appreciation - Fall:
September 10, 2026
6th Religion: Continue and complete your Family Crest. Remember, your last name must be on it prominently, it must be colored beautifully, and you need to cut it out!
6th Science: Continue the Scientific Method packet. Do the Procedure and Data pages. *Make sure you are keeping up with all pages as we discuss them!
7th Science: Geology on Mars unit, Start IN p. 6. We will continue this another day.
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 18,19,20.
Nature Appreciation - Fall: Today we worked on plotting the points on the map for the Student Handout: Monarch Butterfly migration Map Analysis. *Use your ChromeBook to help you find the cities, but also use the latitude and longitude coordinates. Then shade in the path with a colored pencil. and make arrows showing that they move south. If you finish that, work on the math problems in the same packet.
September 9, 2026
6th Religion: Today was mass.
6th Science: Continue the Scientific Method packet. Complete the Hypothesis page.
7th Science: Complete the Lab Safety poster. Then complete the Science World work for the Are Cats Liquids? article we read last week. We read the Would You Rather article and then did the Wind Power paper. The Wind Power paper is not homework.
8th Science: Complete the Science World work from last week Are Cats Liquids? We read the Would You Rather article and then did the Wind Power paper. The Wind Power paper is not homework.
Nature Appreciation - Fall:
September 8, 2026
6th Religion: Today we corrected the Religion Pre-Test. Then we started working on a Family Crest project.
6th Science: Continue the Scientific Method packet. Complete the Purpose and the Research pages.
7th Science: Work on completing the Lab Safety poster. You will have about 15 minutes to complete this tomorrow if your group is still not done.
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 12,13,14,16,17. *Remember: Everyone comes to Science tomorrow as you will all be in Social Studies on Friday!
Nature Appreciation - Fall: Today we learned about the “Super Generation” of Monarch butterflies. We will do an activity about them on Thursday.
September 4, 2026
6th Religion: Today we did a Religion Pre-Test in small groups. This is just to see what you know already and will NOT be put in PowerSchool.
6th Science: Science World work. Read the Are Cats Liquids? article and begin the questions. We can finish them next week.
7th Science: Science World work. Read the Are Cats Liquids? article and do the questions. We can finish them next week.
8th Science: Science World work. Read the Are Cats Liquids? article and do the questions. We can finish them next week.
Nature Appreciation - Fall:
September 3, 2026
6th Religion: Today we completed the My High Cross worksheet. It was to be colored neatly and cut out carefully.
6th Science: We finished the Safety mini course and moved on to The Scientific Method.
7th Science: Today we worked on our Lab Safety posters. Next Tuesday, we will complete them.
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 10,12 (except for the Solar Cell System).
Nature Appreciation - Fall: Today we discussed Rules of the Trail and Hiking Etiquette as well as Fall/Winter birds of our area. Then we set the larger binoculars to our sight and practiced with them a bit in the building.
September 2, 2026
6th Religion: Today was mass.
6th Science: Today we discussed the Science Lab Safety picture packet.
7th Science: We finished discussing the Scientific Method packet and then chose symbols to make the Lab Safety posters.
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 7 & 8.
Nature Appreciation - Fall: Permission slips are due by Friday.
September 1, 2026
6th Religion: We discussed mass tomorrow. You are no longer required to wear mass shoes. We also did an Interest Inventory paper. That is due tomorrow.
6th Science: We continued our Lab Safety work today by correcting the Safety Worksheet A & B and doing the SpongeBob Safety worksheet. The SpongeBob sheet is homework if you didn’t complete it in class.
7th Science: We went through the Scientific Method packet today. We have one more page to go over.
8th Science: Harnessing Human Energy IN p. 6
Nature Appreciation - Fall: Today we went out to practice with our small binoculars. You also got a permission slip for times when we will be off campus on nature walks. Those permission slips are due by Friday.
August 31, 2026
6th Religion: This morning was our first Advisory!
6th Science: We finished going over and discussing the beginning of the Safety packet and then did Worksheet A & B. Complete that worksheet tonight if you didn’t finish it.
7th Science: We corrected the SpongeBob Safety paper and then did a Lab Scenarios paper and self-corrected that.
8th Science: Today we discussed some Lab scenarios and then got into a discussion about the Scientific Method and what good Scientific Methodology looks like. We have one more page on that to go over which we will do tomorrow.
Nature Appreciation - Fall: Today we finished going over the Science of Fall/Autumn packet and then learned how to set a pair of binoculars to our own vision. You also got a permission slip for times when we will be off campus on nature walks. Those permission slips are due by Friday.
August 28, 2026
6th Religion: Today we met our Kindergarten buddies and then discussed more Middle School business (i.e. the Discipline Plan).
6th Science: Today we continued to discuss the Lab Safety packet. We did the checklist on the first page and Worksheet 1 on the backside of the first page.
7th Science: We completed the Lab Safety worksheets A & B as well as the SpongeBob one. If you didn’t complete either of those, please complete it for Monday!
8th Science: We completed the Safety worksheets A & B as well as the SpongeBob one and self corrected them.
Nature Appreciation - Fall:
August 27, 2026
6th Religion: Today we discussed more Middle School business.
6th Science: Today we talked about the features of the Middle School Science Lab and started our mini Lab Safety unit.
7th Science: Today we started our review of Lab Safety.
8th Science: Start the Safety worksheet sides A & B.
Nature Appreciation - Fall: We went through an overview of the Fall Nature class and the activities/projects we can do.
August 26, 2026
6th Religion: You did a GREAT job today, 6th graders!
6th Science:
7th Science:
8th Science:
