“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:
February 10, 2025
6th Religion: Read pp. 176-178
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 76,77,78,79, start 80
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 107,109,111.
8th Science: Today we read from the Life Science text about incomplete dominance, multiple alleles, polygenic inheritance, mutations. The Genetic Traits Lab was due today and 5 haven’t been turned in. There are several of you who need to catch up with various assignments!
Nature Appreciation-Winter: Today we worked on completing our Animal Hibernation/Torpor posters.
February 6, 2025
6th Religion: Old Testament timelines should be turned in. Read p. 173 and do pp. 174 & 175 in Chapter 9. Read the Venture magazine.
6th Science: Complete IN pp. read & annotate F1, 74. Then complete the Science World Check For Understanding page. Then we started the Science World worksheet that is in Google Classroom called Ice Core Sites.
7th Science: In Lab class, we worked on the start of a Lab Report for our Martian Soil experiment. In our regular class, we completed the Science World worksheet that is in Google Classroom called Ice Core Sites.
8th Science: *Remember that the Genetic Traits Lab is due on Monday, February 10. Today, we completed the Science World worksheet that is in Google Classroom called Ice Core Sites.
Nature Appreciation-Winter: Today we made ice cream!
February 5, 2025
6th Religion: Old Testament timelines must be completed and turned in by tomorrow!
6th Science: Today we read the Science World article called “Frozen Time Capsules” and did the Check For Understanding worksheet. *If you were absent, the article and a video that goes along with it are posted in Google Classroom. A DIFFERENT worksheet which we didn’t get to yet is posted in there as well. The Check For Understanding worksheet MUST be done in school in front of Mrs. Rand.
7th Science: Today we read the Science World article called “Frozen Time Capsules” and did the Check For Understanding worksheet. *If you were absent, the article and a video that goes along with it are posted in Google Classroom. A DIFFERENT worksheet which we didn’t get to yet is in there as well. The Check For Understanding worksheet MUST be done in school in front of Mrs. Rand.
8th Science: *Remember that the Genetic Traits Lab is due on Monday, February 10.
Today we read the Science World article called “Frozen Time Capsules” and did the Check For Understanding worksheet. *If you were absent, the article and a video that goes along with it are posted in Google Classroom. A DIFFERENT worksheet which we started, but didn’t complete is in there as well. The Check For Understanding worksheet MUST be done in school in front of Mrs. Rand.
In Lab class this afternoon, we completed any missing work and then continued to work on the Basketball Blaster Lab activity.
Nature Appreciation-Winter:
February 4, 2025
6th Religion: Old Testament timelines must be completed this week!
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 70, reread & annotate paragraphs on pp. D2 &D3 according to the instructions on p. 71. Annotate the diagram on p. 71. Do pp. 72,73. In our afternoon Lab class, we worked on our drawings of things we see under the stereomicroscope.
7th Science: Today we read about and discussed Nonmetals in the Physical Science text and also did some IXL work.
8th Science: Today we took the Natural Selection End of Unit Assessment. *Remember that the Genetic Traits Lab is due on Monday, February 10.
Nature Appreciation-Winter:
February 3, 2025
6th Religion: This morning before Advisory, we worked on our Old Testament timelines. These need to be complete this week!
6th Science: Complete IN pp. read & annotate D1-D5,66,67, read & annotate E1-E2,68
7th Science: Today we reviewed some more concepts and then read about Metals and Transition Elements. We also learned a bit about ionic bonding.
8th Science: Today we did some sample test questions. We read pp. 129-131 in the Life Science text. We also got the Genetic traits lab sheet to do. You have 1 week to complete this. It is due on Monday, February 9.
*End of Unit Assessment for the Natural Selection unit will be tomorrow, February 4!
Nature Appreciation-Winter: Today we replenished the Wreaths for birds and squirrels.
January 31, 2025
6th Religion: Bring your special item home to give to your parent(s)!
6th Science: Complete IN pp. read & annotate C1-C2,59,60,61,64. Begin reading and annotating the article on pp. D1-D5 “Why are Identical Twins so Rare?”
7th Science: No class today due to the Fun Friday special classes.
8th Science: Today we started the Heredity Chapter in the Life Science textbook.
*End of Unit Assessment for the Natural Selection unit will be on Tuesday, February 4!
Nature Appreciation-Winter: Today, you worked on your Animal hibernation/torpor posters in Ms. Vrablik’s room. Next week: ice cream?
January 30, 2025
6th Religion: Today we worked on a special project.
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 53,54,{55,56,57 for the Write and Share Routine}. [*If you were absent today, please read and do all parts Student 1, Student 2, and Student 3 pages on your own.], 58.
7th Science: Today we corrected the Chapter 17 Review and also some of us talked about how to write a Lab Report for our Martian Soil experiment. For our other session, we reviewed Chapter 17 concepts as many of us are still struggling.
8th Science: No class today. We had our talk with Mr. Ward in the church.
*End of Unit Assessment for the Natural Selection unit will be on Tuesday, February 4!
Nature Appreciation-Winter: Today we took a walk in Village Green and used the larger binoculars.
Tomorrow, you will work on your animal poster in Ms. Vrablik’s room. Please bring your coloring supplies!
January 29, 2025
6th Religion: Today was mass.
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 48,49,50,52
7th Science: Today, we continued to work on the Chapter 17 Review pp. 530-531 of the Physical Science textbook.
8th Science: Complete The Momentum of Colliding Objects Lab and the Acceleration worksheet packet. Some of us started a new Lab called Basketball Blaster.
*End of Unit Assessment for the Natural Selection unit will be on Tuesday, February 4!
Nature Appreciation-Winter: Tomorrow, Thursday, we will go outside if the weather is still forecast to be nice.
On Friday you will work on your animal poster in Ms. Vrablik’s room. Please bring your coloring supplies!
More Resources:
Below is a website for students to explore for more practice.
