“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:
March 14, 2025
6th Religion: Great job with your buddies this morning for our St. Patrick’s Day get-together! Remember that Monday iis a special St. Patrick’s Day Variaday!! Please wear something green! Today, we wrote down our choices for Liviing Stations. Next Wednesday is OUR class mass and there will be a second reading added for the Feast of St. Joseph! Reconciliation will also be on Wednesday, March 19 after mass.
6th Science: Complete the IN pp. 133-137. It will be collected on Tuesday, March 18 (test day). The Traits and Reproduction End of Unit Assessment will be on Tuesday, March 18.
7th Science: Today we wrote out our choices for Living Stations parts. Then we talked about the Becoming a Bond Breaker lab and started to type a writeup for it.
8th Science: Complete the lab Can Starch Pass Through a Cell Membrane?. It is due on Monday.
Nature Appreciation-Spring: Next week we will do at least one more nature walk and then do some planting of Spring vegetables!
Please get a clear container with a lid for the rainforest terrarium. I have samples in the Lab to show you if you missed class the day we talked about it. As soon as everyone brings one, I will purchase the materials to do this project!
March 13, 2025
6th Religion: Next Wednesday is OUR class mass and there will be a second reading added for the Feast of St. Joseph! Reconciliation will also be on Wednesday, March 19 after mass. Living Stations will be on Friday, April 11!
6th Science: Complete the IN pp. 133-137. It will be collected on Tuesday, March 18 (test day). The Traits and Reproduction End of Unit Assessment will be on Tuesday, March 18.
7th Science: Today in our regular class, we finished reading pp. 619-621. Then we did the first 4 questions on the worksheet. In Lab class, we did the work of the Lab called Becoming a Bond Breaker. We will continue that tomorrow.
Living Stations will be on Friday, April 11! 7th graders, you will be a part of this again this year!
8th Science: Today we continued the Can Starch Pass Through a Cell Membrane? lab
Nature Appreciation-Spring: Today we cleaned up the garden beds in the school garden for the season.
Please get the off-site permission slip signed by your parent. It is due by tomorrow!
Please get a clear container with a lid for the rainforest terrarium. I have samples in the Lab to show you if you missed class the day we talked about it. As soon as everyone brings one, I will purchase the materials to do this project!
March 12, 2025
6th Religion: Today we had mass. Next Wednesday is OUR class mass and there will be a second reading added for the Feast of St. Joseph! Reconciliation will also be on Wednesday, March 19 after mass. Living Stations will be on Friday, April 11!
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 127,130,131,132. The Traits and Reproduction End of Unit Assessment will be on Tuesday, March 18.
7th Science: Today we did some preparation for the Lab we will do tomorrow. Then we read some more of the textbook section on writing names from chemical formulas and writing formulas from chemical names.
Living Stations will be on Friday, April 11! 7th graders, you will be a part of this again this year!
8th Science: Today we completed the Ghost in Your Genes DVD. In Lab class, we started a Lab Can Starch Pass Through a Cell Membrane?
Nature Appreciation-Spring: Please get the off-site permission slip signed by your parent. It is due by Friday!
Please get a clear container with a lid for the rainforest terrarium. I have samples in the Lab to show you if you missed class the day we talked about it. As soon as everyone brings one, I will purchase the materials to do this project!
March 11, 2025
6th Religion: Today we decorated our room for our St. Patrick’s Day buddy get-together.
Reconciliation will be on Wednesday, March 19 after mass. Living Stations will be on Friday, April 11!
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 125,126. The Traits and Reproduction End of Unit Assessment will be on Tuesday, March 18. In Lab class, we worked on our Blood Doping lab some more.
7th Science: Today we talked about Bunsen burner use in preparation for a lab on Thursday.
Living Stations will be on Friday, April 11! 7th graders, you will be a part of this again this year!
8th Science: Today we watched a DVD called “Ghost in Your Genes” which is a NOVA program. We still have about 20 minutes to watch and will do that tomorrow.
Nature Appreciation-Spring: Please get the off-site permission slip signed by your parent. It is due by Friday!
Please get a clear container with a lid for the rainforest terrarium. I have samples in the Lab to show you if you missed class the day we talked about it. As soon as everyone brings one, I will purchase the materials to do this project!
March 10, 2025
6th Religion: Start the Unit 4 Review pp. 225-227. You don’t need to complete it. We will complete it another day.
Reconciliation will be on Wednesday, March 19 after mass. Living Stations will be on Friday, April 11!
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 119,120,121, read & annotate J1-J2, 122.
7th Science: Today we worked on writing formulas for binary ionic compounds and started learning how to write names from the formulas. We used the Physical Science textbook pp. 616-618.
Living Stations will be on Friday, April 11! 7th graders, you will be a part of this again this year!
8th Science: Complete Chapter 5 Review in the Life Science text pp. 148-149 Using Vocabulary #1-10, Checking Concepts #11-16, Thinking Critically 17,19,20,21,22,23, Performance Activities 25, Applying Math 28.
Nature Appreciation-Spring: Please get the off-site permission slip signed by a parent! It is due by Friday!
Please get a clear container with a lid for the rainforest terrarium. As soon as everyone brings one, I will purchase the materials to do this project!
Today we took a nature walk on the school and church grounds and practiced with our binoculars.
More Resources:
Below is a website for students to explore for more practice.
