***DEAR PARENTS: THIS YEAR I AM ALSO TEACHING TWO OTHER CLASSES AND DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO MY ROOM FOR THE ENTIRE DAY. EMAIL IS THE BEST WAY TO REACH ME AS I CAN ACCESS THAT FROM ANYWHERE I HAPPEN TO BE. IF YOU LEAVE A PHONE MESSAGE AND I DO NOT RESPOND, PLEASE TRY AGAIN OR EMAIL ME AS MY PHONE VOICEMAIL HAS NOT BEEN WORKING.
YOUR CHILD IS MY FIRST PRIORITY!
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LINKS TO 7TH SOCIAL STUDIES AND 8TH HISTORY ARE BELOW THE COLORED AREA.
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Many Review Games Now Available Below!
MAY 18-22
MONDAY-BW: What happens if you put two electrical circuits traveling opposite directions near each other? What if they travel the same direction?
Begin 9 weeks review pages.
Check Questions from pg. 67
Honors-9 weeks review, finish presentations.
TUESDAY-BW: What is voltage?
Work on 9 weeks review.
Honors-Review and presentations.
I will post all student worksheets and information sheets that I have available in a format suitable for the computer below. They will be in order ending with the most recent one. Scroll down until you find the ones needed. If you do not see what you need, please contact me.
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6th Grade Science Syllabus
Mrs. Rowe
General Course Overview
The concepts addressed are designed to motivate students by stimulating their curiosities with first-hand experiences in scientific phenomena. Lessons are designed to integrate science literacy and mathematics. The content and pedagogy involved are intended to address the unique characteristics of middle school students, and are therefore age appropriate. Lesson goals are designed to equip learners with the abilities to make predictions, discover patterns, and generate higher-level inquiry thinking. With this in mind, students will be assessed on acquired knowledge made through observations, class interactions, as well as scientific readings and student recordings.
In addition, student misconceptions (addressed by instructors) and written reflections (notebooks) are also a requirement of the science department and MNMS. Students will be given a pre and post assessment as an opportunity to perform what they have learned throughout the year. The assessments will be used as a tool for the instructors-providing feedback of how we can improve our teaching techniques. Our materials and instructional timelines have been aligned to meet the Mustang Public School Curriculum Guidelines, as well as the Oklahoma PASS objectives and National Standards.
Unit Goals: (Life Science – Macro to Micro) September – January
*Daily recording of science observations/terms/objectives
*Mastery of magnification skills using a compound microscope/knowledge of parts
*Hands-on exploration of live organisms practicing lab safety guidelines
*Recognize and develop understandings of the five kingdoms and seven-layer
classification system (dichotomous key)
*Compare and contrast life-cycle processes of living organisms, including cell division,
reproduction, and heredity
*Scientific communication through literacy (note-booking) and the use of proper
terminology (written and verbal)
*Studies of form and function in organisms
*Develop abilities to think independently, analyze, and realize that different perspectives
have led to the advancement of our society
Unit Goals: (Electrical Energy and Circuits Design) End of February-April
*Daily recordings of science observations/terms/objectives
*Review of energies and how electrical energy is a vital part of everyday life
*Exploration of electrical components and function in systems
*Observations and recordings
*Recordings of electrical current and voltage readings
*Models of atoms and a general study of the periodic table
*Design and record series and parallel circuits
In May we do several culminating investigations/reviews.
Classroom Expectations
-Be on time and in your seat! Get out your notebook and start bellwork immediately.
This is quiet time for Mrs. Rowe to take roll and talk to students.
-Bring your own supplies (pencil, eraser, notebook-if taken home-and pen). We write daily!
-Communicate with your teacher, not your neighbor. Talk to your lab partner only during
lab time and using your quiet lab voice. Remember: When Mrs. Rowe is talking, you aren’t!
-Organization is the key to science-work on this daily in class and in your notebook.
-You MUST follow the guidelines in your safety contract, or you will be disciplined and/or
lose your lab priveleges..
-No horseplay or disruption! This is a danger to yourself as well as others.
-Don’t get discouraged if you are behind, ask and I will help you get caught up!
-Follow the rules in the handbook and the procedures you are taught in class and you will be
successful at MNMS!
Consequences:
1. Verbal Warning
2. Pink Slip (Discipline Report)
3. 2nd Pink Slip-Contact Parent
4. 3rd Pink Slip-Detention Assigned
SOME BEHAVIORS MAY WARRANT IMMEDIATE OFFICE/PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND WILL BE DEALT WITH INDIVIDUALLY.
Grading Policy: Grading Scale: 100-90 A
Tests count 2 times 89-80 B
Daily work counts 1 time 79-70 C
No re-dos on tests 69-60 D
Each nine weeks I will drop the lowest daily work score. 59 & below F
Notebooks/Texts
Notebooks will remain in the classroom, but we encourage students to take them home to show parents. The textbooks are more like manuals, with guidelines and resources for the program and are not hardbound. These need to remain in the classroom, but may be checked out if a student is absent or needs to catch up. The notebook will be a student-created textbook and will be used to prepare for tests.
Homework:
When homework is assigned, it is due the following day unless a special due date is given on the assignment. If brought in one day late, student may receive 70% of whatever grade they would have made. After that, the most credit given will be 50%. There will be opportunities to earn bonus points throughout the year. Makeup work from absences will be handled according to the guidelines in the handbook. Excused absences have one day for each day of absence to turn in work.
Contact Info: email me at rowec@mustangps.org or call 324-2236. I will try to call you during plan periods or after school. Check the school web page, http://mnms.mustangps.org/ under 6th grade teachers, the team page, www.quia.com/pages/cruisingeagles.html , or go to www.quia.com/pages/rowescience.html for assignments.
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SAFETY CONTRACT
Life Science-Macro to Micro / Electrical Energy and Circuits Design
1. I will not misbehave in the laboratory or play with laboratory equipment or
materials. I will not engage in behavior that is disruptive or dangerous or
that interferes with another student’s right to learn
2. I will protect my eyes, face, and hands while engaging in lab activities by
wearing safety goggles and, when needed, latex gloves or other protective
gear. I will be willing to tie back my hair and/or secure loose clothing
when needed.
3. I will work only at my assigned station.
4. I will not chew gum, eat, drink, or taste anything in the laboratory. This
includes food and drink as well as chemicals.
5. I will not carry out unassigned lab experiments without my teacher’s
permission.
6. I will follow all written and oral instructions. I will wait until I receive my
teacher’s permission to begin a lab activity.
7. I will wash my hands thoroughly after using chemicals and lab equipment.
When using chemicals, I will not touch my mouth, lips, or eyes until after I
have washed my hands.
8. I will properly clean and store any used lab equipment and materials.
9. I will report any injury or accident to my teacher immediately.
I understand that failure to comply with these safety guidelines may result in my being removed from class and that I will lose credit for the work that is done during my absence.
Student Signature:____________________________ Date_________________
I have read this Safety Contract and understand what is expected of my child
during science laboratory activities.
Parent Signature: _____________________________ Date________________
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Lesson 5 Reading
Nutritional Needs of Plants
1. You might have the impression that plants depend on _______________ to supply their _______________.
2. Plants don’t need us to feed them because they manufacture their own food called __________________________.
3. This “real” plant food is a simple form of _______________ from which plants obtain ________________________.
4. To be considered food, a substance must provide ______________________.
5. In addition to glucose, light, water, air, and a suitable temperature, plants need __________________ to grow and develop.
6. Minerals _______ ___________ supply plants with energy.
7. Without the proper minerals, plants will not _______________ _________________.
8.The plant food sold in stores isn’t really food at all because it doesn’t contain an _____________________ _____________________.
9. _________________________ is a mixture of substances that plants need for proper growth and development.
10. When plants cannot get all of the minerals they need naturally, __________________ often step in to lend a hand.
11. Plants absorb them from the soil through their ________________________ __________________________.
12. It can supply all the ____________________ that most plants __________________.
13. Using soil over and over again can _________________ the soil’s natural mineral supply.
14. There are many ___________________ types of fertilizer.
15. Some mixtures help plants grow ______________ ______________.
16. Other promote beautiful ________________ or huge __________________.
17. You can find much of the information you need about the minerals that a fertilizer supplies by reading its ___________________.
18. Plants need a total of ______ different minerls.
19. These “macronutrients” are ________________, _______________________, and __________________________.
20. This lawn fertilizer, for example, contains 29 percent _____________________.
21. Nitrogen promotes the growth of healthy ________________.
22. The second macronutrient is ____________________.
23. Phosphorous promotes strong, healthy ____________________.
24. Potassium helps plants withstand dramatic __________________ changes and protects them from ________________________.
25. List the 10 micronutrients
1__________________ 2__________________ 3____________________
4__________________ 5___________________6_____________________
7__________________ 8___________________ 9_____________________
10____________________
26. Too much fertilizer may cause ________________ minerals salts to build up in the soil and damage the roots.
27. The actual strength of the fertilizer is determined by how much __________________
is mixed with a given amount of fertilizer.
28. In this module, you will use a __________ percent concentration of ______________ fertilizer.
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Lesson 5 2nd Reading
Wisconsin Fast Plants: Sprouting Up All Over
1. Science House is where _______________ __________ ____________ were born.
2. Who developed the Wisconsin Fast Plant?___________ _____________.
3. These small, yellow-flowered plants to through their life cycle in just over _____________ ___________.
4. He began with ___________ varieties of Brassica seeds from all over the world.
5. Dr. Williams selected seeds from the plants that had grown the ________.
6. He continued this process, known as ______________ ______________, for generation after generation.
7. The life cycle of the selectively bred Fast Plant was _____ __________ shorter than it had been before Dr. Williams started his work.
8. The average height of a flowering plant was _______ ______________.
9. Dr. Williams and the team decided to try to develop ____________ plants with thicker stems.
10. Several generations later, the average plant was only ____ centimeters high.
11. “Crucifers” are a family of plants that include ___________________,
________________, _______________, ________________________.
12. In May 1997, the space shuttle _______________ delivered a supply of Fast Plants seeds to the _______________ space station Mir.
13. Their job was to plant the seeds and see whether they would _______________, ______________, ________________, and _________________________.
14. How did they pollinate the plants in space?
15. Why was the Mir experiment important?
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L5 From Seed to Adult Plant - & Back Pg. 59 - 62 NAME: ___________________________ HR: ___
The process by which a seed becomes a plant is called ________________.
When a seed is in it's inactive stage it is considered _________________.
The ________ _________ protects the seed from extreme hot and cold temperatures.
Inside of every seed is an ___________, which contains a root, stem and leaves.
Eventually, these mini-plants will become ____________ or full grown.
The food storing tissue called _____________ surrounds the embryo.
The seed leaves are called ___________________.
Plants with two seed leaves are _______________________.
Plants with only one seed leaf are called a __________________.
Monocot seeds include _____________ ____________, ______________ ___________, and _____________.
Monocot seeds get their energy from the _________________ to _______________________________ .
Their ________________ never emerges from the soil.
Dicot seeds, such as Fast Plants transfer ______________ from the _________________to the ___________.
They emerge from the soil with the ____________.
After the bean seed has been underground for a while it ____________________________________________.
Tell about what happens (step by step) in germination. (In your own words.)
Roots always grow ________________________.
In bean plants, cotyledons provide the ________________ for germination and the emergence from the soil.
As soon as the real leaves begin to function, what happens to the cotyledons in bean plants?
What happens to the cotyledons in the Fast Plants?
When the plant grows and matures, it can now get it nutrients from the soil water and air. With the sun's energy, the plant can manufacture it's own food in the leaves by the process of ___________________.
Once the plant is mature and makes flowers, __________________ occurs and the seeds develop.
______________ provides a protective covering for the seeds to develop.
When the fruit decays, what happens to the seeds that are left behind?
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Lesson 7 Cells wkst. Name: ________________________ hr: ___
1. All ______________ things are made up of _____________. They are the basic ___________ of
_______________ and the ________________ blocks of living matter.
2. Single-celled, or ________________ organisms like _____________, are composed of only one cell.
3. Complex organisms are composed of _______________ of cells and have _______ different types and each type have a different function.
4. Most animal cells have 3 basic parts, the ________ _______________(also known as the plasma
membrane), the ____________(usually in the center), and a jelly-like substance called _____________.
5. Describe the function of the plasma or cell membrane: ____________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
6. Describe the function of the nucleus: _________________________________________________
7. The DNA is found on the paired ____________________, found in the nucleus.
8. The nucleus is nicknamed "_________________ _________________."
9. The function of the mitochondria is ________________________________________________
10. The _____________________ is called the powerhouse of the cell.
11. DNA, ___________________________ acid, carries the ____________________ traits. They are
called the _____________________ life.
12. The nucleus is surrounded by the ______________ ___________________ and controls the passage of materials into and out of the nucleus.
13. Organelles (means ______ ________) are found in the jelly-like substance _________________
between the cell-membrane and the nucleus.
14. What is cytoplasm? _______________________________________________________
15. Each organelle carries out a ________________ _________________.
16. What is the function of the ribosome? ___________________________________________
17. The ___________________ ________________ is a series of cavities connecting the _______ and
the __________________ . Some substances travel between the nucleus and cytoplasm along the ER.
18. What is purpose of the golgi bodies? ________________________________________________
19. ____________________ help the cell digest proteins and breakdown cellular wastes.
20. The vacuoles are the ___________ ____________ of the cell and stores _______, food & ______.
21. Describe the cell wall: ____________________________________________________________
22. The ____________________contains a ___________________ that traps _____________
from the sun.
23. Plant cells use solar energy to produce ______________ (a sugar) during ___________________.
24. Plants have a large, _______________ vacuole that helps support the plant cell and serves as a
___________________ place for water, ____________, ______________ & protein.
25. List the differences between plant and animal cells. __________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
26. What is the function of the endoplasmic reticulum? ________________________________
Lesson 7 Notes
Robert Hooke, while looking at a slice of cork and seeing its cell walls, coined the term "cell". Almost all living things on Earth are made up of cells. Cells are the basic unit of life and the basic building blocks of living matter. Some organisms are composed of only one cell and are called unicellular. Complex organisms, such as humans, have trillions of cells and have 200 different types with each type having a different function. Plant and animal cells have many things in common, but they differ in many ways.
Most animal cells have 3 basic parts called cellular organelles (organelle means tiny organs): cell membrane (aka: plasma membrane) which separates the cell from the rest of its environment and helps control the passage of substances into and out of the cell. The nucleus, often in the center of the cell, regulates all activities in the cell and is often called the "command central". The chromosomes, which occur in pairs, are in the nucleus and they contain the DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). The DNA carries the hereditary traits that are passed from parent to offspring. DNA is nicknamed the "blueprint for life." The nucleus is surrounded by the "nuclear envelope". The nuclear envelope controls what goes in and what leaves the nucleus.
Cytoplasm is a jelly-like substance which lies between the cell membrane and the nuclear envelope. There are additional organelles in the cytoplasm. Each organelle carries out a specific function. The mitochondria (often called the powerhouse) is the organelle responsible for breaking down nutrients to release energy or to store it in the cell for future use.
Ribosomes are organelles that help make the proteins that the cell needs to perform its life activities. Many ribosomes are located along the endoplasmic reticulum, or ER for short. The ER is a series of cavities that connect the cytoplasm and the nuclear envelope. Some substances travel between the nucleus and the cytoplasm along these cavities. Golgi bodies package the the proteins made by the ribosomes so they can be sent out of the cell. Lysosomes help the cell digest proteins. Vacuoles are the cell's "storage tanks" and are filled w/ water, food, or waste.
Plants and animal cells have the same basic parts, but there are some differences. The plant cell is surrounded by a rigid, outer layer called the "cell wall." The cell wall contains cellulose, a tough substance that supports and protects the cell. The cell wall allows materials to pass into and out of the cell. The cell wall is nonliving, unlike the cell membrane that lies just inside it. The nucleus is much the same in plant and animal cells. Some of the organelles in the plant cell's cytoplasm are different. Some plant cells have "plastids", which contain pigments which give plants their characteristic colors. A chloroplast is a special plastid in a plant's leaf and stem cells. Chloroplasts contain a green pigment called chlorophyll. Chlorophyll traps energy from the sun. Plant cells used this energy to produce glucose (sugar) during photosynthesis. The vacuoles in plant cells are much bigger than in animal cells. Most plants have a large central vacuole that helps support the plant cell and serves as a storage place for water, sugar, starch, and protein.
Differences: Animal cells have lysosomes, plant cells have a cell wall and plastids (chloroplasts), and larger vacuoles.
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L7 Computer Lab Cell Questions
Look at the Timeline for Cell Biology link.
1. Who first discovered cells?
2. Were the first cells discovered plant or animal cells?
3. List the 3 parts of the Cell Theory.
4. What year were disease-causing bacteria discovered?
5. What year was the very first type of electron microscope built?
Look at Cell Vocabulary.
6. What is a tissue?
7. What is an organ?
Look at The Cloning Process.
8. What technique of cloning was used to create Dolly?
9. Who was Tetra and how was she cloned?
10. What animal has been cloned in Japan?
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Cell Video Notes
Human body contains about 100 trillion cells.
Humans are made up of about 200 different types of cells.
Chicken eggs are a single cell.
Osmosis is the movement of water across a semi-permeable membrane.
Hemoglobin is the iron compound in red blood cells that carries oxygen and carbon dioxide to and from
the cells and lungs.
Humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes (46 total).
Plants and animals are made of cells
Plant cells have non-living cell walls and cell membranes.
Animal cells have no cell wall, but do have a cell membrane.
There are lots of different types of cells.
Different types of cells perform different jobs.
Cells are living.
Millions of cells die every day and are replaced by new cells that are made daily.
Cell membrane means thin skin
Genes are like roadmaps for cells.
Skin is our fastest growing organ.
Cell types: muscle, bone, brain, nerve, fat, liver, lung, ...etc
Nerve cells: the only type we have that that aren't replaced, we have the same number we were born
with our whole life.
Cells reproduce.
Nucleus is the control center of the cell.
Nucleus is surrounded by cytoplasm, cell membrane surrounds cytoplasm.
Mitochondria powers the cell, providing energy for cellular activity.
Many foods we eat are made w/ the help of yeast, mold, or bacteria cells playing a role.
Cell Video Questions
Explain what happens during osmosis.
What makes red blood cells red and carries oxygen and carbon dioxide to and from the cells and lungs?
Describe what the job of genes is in cell formation.
What is the one type of cell we have that is not replaced (we have only the number we were born with our whole life)?
What is the difference in an animal and a plant cell? Why do they need to be different?
How many chromosomes does a human have?
About how many types of cells does a human have? __________ List 5 different types.
What is our fastest growing organ?
A chicken egg is how many cells?
About how many cells altogether does a human body contain?
What is a cell wall? Why is it necessary?
Do both plants and animals have cell membranes? Explain.
What is the control center of the cell?
Describe the purpose of the mitochondria.
What is cytoplasm?
MAY 11-15
MONDAY-BW: Look at the cartoon on your table and explain how it relates to electricity.
Inquiries and Getting Started for L6
"Frankenstein Stories" are due today!
TUESDAY- BW: What do you use to measure electrical current?
Finish 6. 1 and 6.2
TURN IN STORY IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO!
WEDNESDAY- BW: What is polarity?
Finish 6.3,
Reflection Questions for L6, Do #1 A-D
THURSDAY-BW: How can you reverse polarity?
Make-up day-All work on your list is due tomorrow!
Honors: Frankenstein Story and Disease Report presentations
FRIDAY-BW: Who was Andre Marie Ampere?
Read pg 65-69, answer questions on pg. 67
Grade Inq. 6.1,6.2,6.3 and Reflections #1 A-D
and Bellwork
Honors: Grade and continue presentations.
MAY 18-22
MONDAY-BW: What happens if you put two electrical circuits traveling opposite directions near each other? What if they travel the same direction?
Begin 9 weeks review pages.
Check Questions from pg. 67
Honors-9 weeks review, finish presentations.
May 4-8
MONDAY-BW: Explain how a Leyden jar worked.
Finish Franklin Worksheet.
Correct Tests
Franklin movie/FQR 5/3/2
TUESDAY-BW: True or False-Lightning struck Franklin's kite and traveled down to the key and to Franklin. Explain your answer.
Read "The Shocking Truth"
Write your own Frankestein Story
WEDNESDAY-BW: Why did scientists once think electricity was a liquid?
Check work
Read "The Shocking Link"
Write your own illustrated "Frankenstein" type story.
Honors-work on story in lab
THURSDAY-BW: What did Luigi Galvani discover about electricity?
Work on "Frankenstein" tales.
Honors-work on story in lab
FRIDAY-BW: What type of system runs that muscles and functions in your body?
Finish and present "Frankenstein" Tales.
Honors-work on story in lab
APRIL 27-MAY 1
MONDAY-BW: What is the difference in series and parallel circuits?
Review Pages
TUESDAY-BW: Draw a parallel circuit on your paper using schematics.
Finish and go over Review pages.
WEDNESDAY-BW: Draw a parallel circuit with 2 bulbs and a switch where one light can stay on when the other is off.
Check Study Guide-Test tomorrow
THURSDAY-BW: Draw a circuit with 2 switches, and 2 lights that can be turned on at the same time, off at the same time, or one off and one on.
Turn in Study Guide, Ch. 1-4 Test, Ben Franklin Worksheet.
FRIDAY-BW: Draw a circuit with a fan and two lights that can all be turned on together or independently.
Finish Franklin Worksheet
Ben Franklin Movie
and FQR 5/3/2
APRIL 13-17
MONDAY-BW: How is electricity like magnets?
Finish Inq. 2.1 and 2.2
TUESDAY-CRT TESTING 4th and 6th hour classes: BW: What has impressed you the most so far about electricity?
Finish and Check Inq. 2.1-2.3, Do Reflection questions following 2.3
WEDNESDAY-CRT TESTING
Continue yesterday's lesson-2nd hour, do yesterday's bellwork.
THURSDAY-BW: Why could the static charge light the neon bulb, but not the incandescent?
Bill Nye Electricity FQR 10 facts, 5 Q& A, 5 Responses
Look in book or on internet, etc. for facts if absent during movie.
FRIDAY-BW: Explain how an incandescent bulb produces light and heat.
Check bellwork and L2 Getting Started, Inq. 2.1-2.2-2.3, Reflections
Finish vocab.
APRIL 6-10
MONDAY-BW: Why did the steel wool burn up when you cranked the hand generator?
Finish Inquiries 1.1-1.5, Check them and bellwork for last week.
Read Lesson 1,10-11 "ABiological Engery System"
TUESDAY-BW: What is the difference in induction and conduction?
Check Inquiries 1.1-1-5, work on vocab
WEDNESDAY-BW: Explain what fossil fuels are and why they are called that.
L1 Reading Wksht/Notebook Check
(Do Static Worksheet if time allows)
THURSDAY-BW: Name a renewable energy resource and explain how you could use it to replace fossil fuels.
Grade wksht and notebook check, static worksheet, finish vocabulary words
FRIDAY-BW: List 4 kinds of renewable energy.
L2 getting started-write objectives, work through inquiry 2.1
L2 getting started-write objectives, work through inquiry 2.1
MARCH 30-APRIL 3
MONDAY-BW: Describe how thunder is made.
Read about Lightning myths, do 2 questions, check lightning questions.
Work on your Lightning god myth.
TUESDAY-BW: You see lightning. 30 seconds later you hear thunder. How far away is it?
Finish lightning god myth and picture. Make a nice final copy for the hall.
Work on vocabulary words when done. Due when you walk in the door tomorrow!
WEDNESDAY-BW: Why did ancient people make up lightning myths?
Inquiries 1.1 to 1.5-Answer questions and write up each station in your notebook.
TURN IN LIGHTNING GOD MYTH-CHECK LIGHTNING QUESTIONS
THURSDAY-BW: What is the difference in kinetic and potential energy?
Finish Inquiries 1.1 to 1.5. Do Reflection questions on pg.9 when finished.
FRIDAY-BW: Why does the Van de Graff generator not work as well when it is rainy and humid?
Aids Education
MARCH 23-27
MONDAY- BW:What did you enjoy the most about cell division and genetics?
Movie: Invisible World-15 Fabulous Facts, Set up notebooks!
TUESDAY-BW: What do you think makes lightning?
Check facts, Electricity Vocab. (copy from board), Turn in family trait tree for bonus!
WEDNESDAY- BW: What is electricity made of?
Video-Lightning-10 facts
Circuit ball activity
THURSDAY-BW: How wide and how long is a lightning bolt?
Finish lightning video-facts and questions
Work on vocab.
FRIDAY-BW: Why does lightning look more than 1 inch wide?
Read pgs. 18-22 in book, do questions over lightning.
MARCH 9-13
See the new links to strange genetic oddities.
MONDAY-BW: Tor the trait of tallness (t,T) Write the genotype for a homozygous recessive femal and a heterozygous male.
Check and Correct Genetics Review Quiz, Have ready to Check: Punnett Squares, L19 Vocab.
Microorganisms worksheet-Ch. 11 (2nd doesn't have yet)
Honors: Genetics quiz/microorganisms wksht (L11
TUESDAY-BW: Make a Punnett Square for eye colors B-brown and b-blue with a mother that has a homozygous recessive genotype and a father who has a heterozygous genotype. What is the percent of likelihood the offsprings eyes will be blue? What color eyes does the mom have? The dad?
Check work from last week-review genetics study guide-
Microgorganisms page, L11
Honors-Cell Review and check work above
9 Weeks Review
WEDNESDAY-BW: What is the difference in purebred and hybrid?
Study Guide/Review games
6th hour-test tomorrow!
2nd and 4th hour-test Friday!
THURSDAY-BW:What will recessive genotypes always be: heterozygous or homozygous?
6th hour-test
2nd and 4th-review
MARCH 2-6
See the new links to strange genetic oddities.
MONDAY-BW: What are traits?
Introduce L-19 Genetics and Heredity
Read Hello Dolly, pg. 233-235
Define these words: zygote, clone, identical twins, fraternal twins, genetics , traits
TUESDAY-BW: What is the difference in fraternal and identical twins?
Worksheet-Mendel's Discoveries/Heredity-Passing it On
Add terms to L19 Vocab.
Make-up tests
WEDNESDAY-BW: Explain the difference in genotype and phenotype.
Finish and check heredity worksheet
Discuss inherited traits.
Honors: Finish disease presentations.
THURSDAY-BW: Give an example of a genotype and a phenotype.
Check worksheet-
Inquiry 19.2, Read pg. 232, "What are the Chances" Do the activities on Inq. 19.2 to determine your genotypes. Make 4 Punnett Squares.
FRIDAY-BW: Write a heterozygous genotype and a homozygous genotype. How can you remember which is which?
Make a Punnett Square using your information you gathered yesterday for each trait. Cross it with the opposite of what your trait is. (See me for help if absent)
Do Genetic Review Page. (homework if not done!)
FEBRUARY 23-27
MONDAY- BW: Describe the difference in cytokinesis for plant and animal cells.
L8 Review-See me to get it if you are gone!
TUESDAY- BW: What is the difference in chromosomes and chromatids?
L8 Review-Finish-check if time
Mitosis Game-pg. 98-Inq. 8.2, Reflections 1-a,b,c pg.101
Honors-Research Project
WEDNESDAY-BW: Describe what happens in prophase.
Finish and Check Review
Play mitosis game for Review
Honors-L8 Review, Mitosis Game
THURSDAY-BW: Tell what happens in metaphase, anaphase, and telophase.
Review for Cell Test-computer games
Check Review if not done, check pg. 101 a,b,c.
Honors-research in lab
FRIDAY-BW: Tell what happens in interphase and cytokinesis.
L8 Test
Read Hello Dolly, pg. 233-235 Define zygote, clone, identical twin, fraternal twin.
FEBRUARY 16-20
MONDAY-BW: List the stages of the cell cycle in order.
Finish wksht. from lab, draw and label the cycle (p. 58 in green book)
tell what each step does.
TUESDAY- BW:What is interphase?
mitosis movie, FQR (Make up with book if absent)
Finish and check cell cycle. Be sure you have told what happens in each part!
WEDNESDAY-BW: Are mitosis and the cell cycle the same? Explain.
Check FQR/Notebook (if done)
L8 Vocab., cell plate-, chromatin, chromosomes, centriole, centromere, spindle fibers, daughter cell
L8 Wksht.
THURSDAY-BW: Is the cell cycle the same as mitosis? Explain.
Check L8 Voc., Mitosis FQR, and notebook cell cycle.
Work on worksheet for L8
FRIDAY-BW: Name the stages of mitosis in order.
Finish and grade L8 Worksheet
Mitosis Quiz Video
PLAY THE REVIEW GAMES BELOW TO GET READY FOR THE L7 CELL TEST!!!
FEBRUARY 9-13
BONUS: MAKE AND LABEL AN EDIBLE CELL. BRING TO CLASS TO SHARE!
MONDAY-BW: What is a tissue? What is an organ? Explain the difference.
Check L7 Study Guide, Make Playdough Cell Models, Photosynthesis Notes
TUESDAY-BW: Which is bigger, mouse or whale cells? Explain.
Playdough Cell Models
Review and Study for Test tomorrow!!
Games below will help, but you need to study your study guide too!
WEDNESDAY- BW: Write the equation for photosynthesis.
computer lab-L7 Test (see me to make up)
look at mitosis sites.
THURSDAY-How do cells reproduce?
Computer Lab-see me to make up
Mitosis Worksheet
Use links to fill out worksheet.
Honors: Research Disease Project
2-6 Parent Teacher Conferences Tues. & Thurs. Nights
MONDAY-BW: What is cellulose and what does it do for the plant cell?
Bill Nye Cells (Review) and Worksheet. If you are absent, use the notes on the worksheet to do it.
TUESDAY-BW: List 3 things only found in plant cells.
Take Cell Test,Check FQR over Cells, Turn in corrected Cell Practice Test,
Check Bill Nye Worksheet. (2nd hour-test is Wed.) See me if absent!
WEDNESDAY-BW: What is the blueprint for all cell activity and growth?
Check L7 Cells Worksheet
L7 Study Guide(due tomorrow!)
2nd hr.-Cell Test
THURSDAY-BW: What is wood made out of?
Finish and Check Study Guide
Photosynthesis Notes
Playdough models (if time)
FRIDAY-Study for L7 test next week!
Make an edible cell for bonus!
JANUARY 26-30
MONDAY-BW: Tell which parts of the cell carry out a similar job to these:
engine, packer, production worker, delivery system, janitor, manager, instruction manual.
Cells video, do an FQR (5/3/2) over cells-use the book or internet if absent.
2nd hour-finish Onion Cell, Grade Bellwork; Check Grades
TUE.-THURS-SNOW DAYS
FRIDAY-BW: Practice Test, no BW Cell Parts Test is next Tuesday!
Check FQR/ Start on Study Guide for Lesson 7.
2nd hour-FQR/Cells Video 5/3/2 Start on Study Guide for Lesson 7
HONORS: Honors will be working on projects over researching diseases 3rd nine weeks.
JANUARY 19-23
MONDAY-BW:
No School
TUESDAY-BW: What science issues do you think the new president should focus on?
Finish and Check 7.1, 7.4, and cell drawings.
Check out Inauguration Links Below!
WEDNESDAY-BW: What always goes on the top line af a scientific drawing label?
Second Step
Honors-turn in Notebook for Cell Drawings and L.1 and L.4 Check
THURSDAY-BW: Name all the cell parts you can and tell what each does.
Activity 7.2-Onion Cell
FRIDAY-BW: Practice drawing and labeling a cell.
Finish all makeup work
Student who are finished may watch "Cells" and do an FQR 5/3/2
Cell Test on Monday!
JANUARY 12-16
ATTENTION: STUDENTS MAY BRING PLAY DOUGH FOR AN ACTIVITY WE WILL BE DOING AT SCHOOL. STUDENT WILL RECEIVE COUPONS FOR DONATING PLAY DOUGH TO THIS ACTIVITY! PLAYDOUGH MAY BE PURCHASED OR HOME-MADE.
NEW: Inauguration Links below. What will the new president do for science?
MONDAY-BW: Explain what lysosomes do. What type of cells are they found in?
Correct Problems with notebook and notes.
Bill Nye Cells movie and worksheet/KWL 5/5/5/
TUESDAY-BW: What does the mitochondria do?
2nd Step
WEDNESDAY-BW: What is the job of the ribosomes and the golgi bodies?
Check Cell KWL
Test mastery of cell structure and function with a practice test.
Correct practice test for a study guide.
HONORS: Plan a presentation for each part of the cell to show how it works.
THURSDAY-BW: What are plastids, cell walls, and chloroplasts and what kind of cells are they found in?
Inquiry 7.4
HONORS: Plan a presentation for each part of the cell to show how it works.
FRIDAY-BW: Write as many of the cell parts as you can think of and tell what each does.
With your group, plan a presentation of how to show how a cell works
(alternate activity-candy factory)
See me if you are gone!
HONORS: Honors will be working on projects over researching diseases 3rd nine weeks.
NINE WEEKS TEST REVIEW GAMES ARE BELOW-PLAY THEM FOR BONUS!
JANUARY 5-9
Welcome Back!
MONDAY-BW: Tell about the best part of your break!
Set up notebooks for 3rd nine weeks.
Write objectives for Lesson 7.
Make sure all 2nd nine weeks work is turned in.
TUESDAY-BW: What is every single part of you body made of?
2nd Step
WEDNESDAY-BW: What are some major differences between plant and animal cells?
Read, discuss and take notes over pg. 82-85. Tell what each organelle's job is.
THURSDAY-BW: What is an organelle and what does it mean?
Finish and review notes on 82-85. Draw and label a cell. Memorize and practice identifying the parts of a cell and the function of each. Play "candy factory" if time allows. Students will have a quiz over labeling and identifying cell parts.
Check notebooks.
FRIDAY-BW: List the 3 cellular organelles and tell what each does.
Bill Nye Cells Video. Do a KWL over Cells: 5/5/10
Check notebooks and Bellwork.
DECEMBER 15-19
PLAY REVIEW GAMES BELOW!!
MONDAY-BW: What is pootering?
Inquiry 6.3 Color Preference in CWB
Use Scientific Sampling to gather data on color pref. of CWB
Graph your results
TUESDAY-BW: What are the scientific names for the Fast Plant and the Cabbage White Butterfly? What is the order of butterflies?
Check problem solving page and check and correct reviews if not already done.
L6 Reflections pg. 77 A-D
WEDNESDAY-BW: What are the steps in an experiment?
Computer Lab-Review Games for 9 wks test
THURSDAY-BW: What is the cotyledon?
2nd and 4th hrs. Play review games in class/ Notebook Check
6th hour-test
FRIDAY-BW: What do you plan to do over the break?
2nd and 4th hours-test
6th hour-Notebook Check
Have a wonderful holiday! See you next year!
12-18 THURSDAY- Nine Weeks Test Hour 6
Review Games Hours 2 and 4
Check Notebooks
12-19 FRIDAY- Nine Weeks Test Hours 2 and 4
Check Notebooks, 6th hour
HONORS: Honors will be working on projects over researching diseases next nine weeks. They may begin research over Christmas Break.
DECEMBER 8-12
PLAY REVIEW GAMES BELOW!!
MONDAY-BW: What are feeding cues?
4th and 6th hour-Butterfly KWL
2nd hour-finish and grade KWL
Measure Plants, set up controlled experiment with variables
Graph plant growth. Sketch seed pods.
TUESDAY-BW: Which have branching roots: monocots or dicots?
Check KWL
Review wkshts. over flowers and butterflies.
WEDNESDAY-BW: What is the difference in mitosis and meiosis?
Practice Test Pages-finish and check
9 Weeks Review Pages
THURSDAY-BW: Put these in order from smallest to largest: centimeter, kilometer, millimeter, meter
9 Weeks Review
Science Problems Practice Pages
FRIDAY-BW: In an experiment, explain what the control is and what the independent variable is.
Check 9 Weeks Review
Finish Science Problems Pages
12-18 THURSDAY- Nine Weeks Test Hour 6
Review Games Hours 2 and 4
Check Notebooks
12-19 FRIDAY- Nine Weeks Test Hours 2 and 4
Check Notebooks, 6th hour
DECEMBER 1-5
MONDAY-BW: What is the process during which an egg goes from larva to pupa to butterfly called?
Computer Lab-Work on Science Songs
TUESDAY-BW: What is the butterfly called while it is in the chrysalis?
Finish lyrics for science songs. Due tomorrow!
Flower Parts Quiz-tomorrow!
WEDNESDAY-BW: List the steps of metamorphosis.
Turn in Science Songs/Flower Test Retakes
Read "Picky Eaters" pg. 73 Inquiry 6.3, Lesson 18 Butterfly Cycle pg. 212
THURSDAY-BW: Explain what a proboscis is.
Lesson 18 Butterfly Cycle, pg. 212.
Write procedure for 6.3, note results
Butterflies and Moths KWL 5/5/10
FRIDAY-BW: What is diapause?
Music Videos for Science Songs
Make sure pg. 112 A,B, C is ready to grade.
Butterfly Observation
Check Bellwork
NOVEMBER 24-28
MONDAY-BW: Describe what happens in fertilization.
Learn parts of the flower-quiz tomorrow!
9.2 pg 111 pollinate flowers, L9 Reflections A-C, pg 112
Comp. lab-watch pollination movie, take quiz
work on lyrics for a science song.
TUESDAY-BW: What is a pollen tube?
Flower Parts Quiz
Check Bellwork
Computer Lab-Watch Pollination movie and take quiz if you haven't.
Work on science songs.
Have a great break!
NOVEMBER 17-21
MONDAY-BW: Why do you think bees are important to flowers?
Flowers KWL: 5 things you know, 5 you want to know, 10 things you learned.
If absent, use L9 in the book or the internet.
Grade BW, Turn in L5 Voc., Wanted Poster
TUESDAY-BW: What is the male part of the flower called?
Read and discuss Methods of Reproduction and The Wonder of Flowering Plants-1 pg. 113-119. Do L9 Reading Wksht. Students need to bring fruit or flowers to dissect tomorrow.
WEDNESDAY-BW: What is the reproductive organ of a plant?
Check Wksht., Review and Draw the parts of a plant. Draw and measure beans, corn, fast plants, and larvae. Finish L9 Wksht!
THURSDAY-BW: What has to happen before fertilization can take place?
Sketch the fruit or flower you are dissecting. Label the reproductive structures.
See me if you are absent! You will have to cut up, sketch, and label a fruit or flower at home.
Grade L9 Wksht. (2nd and 6th)
FRIDAY-BW: What is the difference in self-pollination and cross-pollination?
Check BW/Finish Inquiry for L9
Computer Lab-Watch the The Birds and the Bees Pollination movie, take the quiz, and show me your score!
NOVEMBER 10-14
MONDAY-BW: Explain the difference in monocots and dicots.
Page 55, Reflections A-G
Have wksht. over "From Seed to Adult" ready to grade
Sketch the corn and bean plant. Which is the dicot and which is the monocot?
How do you know? Sketch the Fast Plant.
Start your Butterfly Observation journal. Reserve a whole page, front and back.
Each day, date the margin and describe the changes you see on "larva-cam".
TUESDAY-BW: Describe the steps in germination.
Check Reflections and From Seed to Adult worksheet. Add to your Butterfly Observation. Read Ch. 6, the Cabbage White-from Egg to Butterfly, pg. 64-65, and page 69. Do the L6 Getting Started Activity 1-3 on page 66.
WEDNESDAY-BW: What do you call the stages between each molting of the butterfly larva?
Observe the larva and make a scientific drawing of it. How has it changed from the first day you observed it?
L5 Vocabulary Wksht.
THURSDAY-BW: What is the part of the plant that the larva does not digest and use callled?
FQR over "Plants". List 5 facts, 3 Questions and Answers, and Responses. If you are absent, use the internet or the book to do it.
FRIDAY-BW: BW: Read pages 80-81 and answer this question: Why are some insects called pests?
Computer Lab-Research an insect pest and make a wanted poster over it. If you are absent, you can Google insect pests. I will try to post the worksheets below later today. If they are not available, Describe your pest's characrteristics, why it's a pest, what it eacts where it lives, what to look and listen for, and any special features that help it do its dirty job. I will also post a link for wanted posters so you can get ideas.
IF YOU ARE ABSENT, THE LINKS TO THE WORKSHEET WEB SITE AND INSECT SITES AS WELL AS WANTED POSTER GENERATORS ARE BELOW.
NOVEMBER 3-7 Check for copies of worksheets on the worksheet link below!
I will post those I am able to.
MONDAY-BW: Why might plants need fertilizer?
Inquiry 5.2, 5.3,5.4
Be sure you drew and labeled the planter for 5.1
TUESDAY-BW" What do you think our next president should do to help the environment?
L4 Quiz
L5 Reading wksht. "Nutritional Needs of Plants" pg. 47
WEDNESDAY-BW: What are the 3 macronutrients?
Read 56-63
Wisconsin Fast Plants
Reading Comp. worksheet.
Check Nutritional Needs of Plants
THURSDAY-BW: What does Nitrogen do for a plant?
Check Wisconsin Fast Plants Wksht.
Read "From Seed to Adult Plant and Back", pg. 59
Do worksheet. Check sprouting beans and corn.
Sketch seeds.
FRIDAY-BW: What does Phosphorus do for a plant?
Reflections, pg. 55. Write the questions and the answers in your notebook.
Examine cotyledons. Sketch seeds and fast plants.
Check BW, Turn in signed Grade Check. Bring Monday if not signed!
OCTOBER 27-31
MONDAY-BW: What is the difference in an ecosystem and an environment?
Label page in NB "Pond Ecosystem". On our pond visit, list what is in its environment, community, and pick an organism from that ecosystem. For that organism, describe its habitat and give the population you are able to find. If you know it, tell its niche.
TUESDAY-BW: What is the difference in community and population?
Catch-up day: Finish and check all outstanding assignments and the notebook.
Discuss Pond Ecosystem. Make a predictions page for your pond. (See me if absent) Fill out Chapter Review Worksheet. Write 20 questions over the chapter 4 material to review.
WEDNESDAY-BW: How is an organism's habitat and its niche in an ecosystem different?
Bill Nye Wetlands Video/Open Book Test over ch. 4 and Wetlands.
THURSDAY-BW: What do all plants need to survive?
Finish Open book test, get grade averages.
FRIDAY-BW:
Inquiry 5.2-5.4 Plant seeds.Students may bring treats made from seeds! Popcorn, popcorn balls, (corn); cookies, cupcakes, (wheat); rice krispy treats (rice); etc.
OCTOBER 20-24
MONDAY- BW: Name 5 organisms you might find in a pond.
Ponds and Rivers Video FQR
5 facts, 3 Questions and Answers, 2 Responses (comments)
If absent, do it over Ch. 4 in the book.
TUESDAY-BW: What is the difference in a pond and a river?
Check FQR
Getting Started pg 39 Write the objectives from pg. 38.
Inquiry 4.1, pg.40 Make a Pond See me if absent.
WEDNESDAY-BW: What is an environment?
Finish writing up Inquiry 4.1. Do Inquiry 4.2 on pg. 41, Observing your pond, and L4 Reflection questions on pg.42.
THURSDAY-BW: Why did we add rice to the ponds?
Read "Excuse Me, But Your Habitat Is In My Ecosystem". pg 43-45
Complete Reading Worksheet
FRIDAY-NO SCHOOL
OCTOBER 12-17
MONDAY-Grade Bellwork
6th hour-9 weeks test
2nd and 4th hour-review/set up new notebooks
Turn in 1st 9 weeks notebooks
TUESDAY-2nd and 4th hour 9 weeks tests
6th hour-set up new notebooks
ENJOY YOUR FALL BREAK!!!!!!
SEPTEMBER 29-OCTOBER 3
TEST ALERT! MICROSCOPE TEST FRIDAY-label microscope and tell what each part does.
MONDAY-BW: What is the part of the microscope you look through called?
Check Scientific Drawings (must have 2)
Microscope Pages
TUESDAY-BW: What is the part of the microscope that controls how much light goes through the stage?
Check scientific drawings, finish microscope pages, study for microscope test!
Honors: check microscope pages, read "More Than Just Bait" pg 34-37
WEDNESDAY-BW: What is the part of the microsope that holds the objective lenses?
Read "More than Just Bait" pg. 34-37-Earthworm Observation-Worm Study Guide
Honors-Earthworm Lab Activity Worm Study Guide-Blackworm observation
THURSDAY- BW: What is the part of the microscope that supports the eyepiece and body tube?
Computer Lab-Worksheet
FRIDAY-BW: What is the part of the microscope that moves the stage up and down?
Microscope test/Computer Lab
SEPT 22-26
TEST ALERT~L1 TEST IS FRIDAY!!! MICROSCOPE PRACTICE TEST IS FRIDAY-if you make a 100, you don't have to take it next week!
MONDAY-BW: Without peeking, list the 5 kingdoms.
Finish L2 Getting Started pg 15-16
Draw and label the microscope on pg 14-tell what each part does.
Examine microscopes-match parts to drawing and see how each works.
Work on L1 Review
Honors: Collect organism specimens from outdoor classroom
TUESDAY-BW: Name the 7 layers of the classification system in order without peeking.
Use microscopes to examine specimens, go over the scientific method, work on reviews
Make a scientific drawing of in interesting specimen.
Honors: Examine and draw specimens-try to identify protists from pond water
WEDNESDAY:-BW: What is a compound lens?
Scientific Drawings-Select a specimen and use the microscope to examine it closely. Make a scientific drawing of it in your notebook following the guidelines on the handout.
Finish Reviews, check if time.
THURSDAY-BW: Why is it better to use a compound lens than a single lens on a microscope?
Finish Drawing Specimens/Check and Review L1 Study Guide-Test tomorrow!
Microscope practice test tomorrow-must be able to label and tell what each part does.
Microscope test is next week. If you make a 100 on the practice test, you are excused from the test next week.
FRIDAY-BW: How do you figure the total magnification of a microscope?
Notebook and bellwork check
Finish scientific drawings (2 minimum)
SEPT 15-19
MONDAY-BW: How can you tell if something is nonliving?
Read "What's In an Organism's Name" and finish wksht. (on back of "That's Life" wksht.)
Honors: Check worksheets-start on microscope ID-draw and label in notebook.
TUESDAY-BW: Name the 7 layers of the classification system.
Discuss the 7 layers and 5 kingdoms. Make up a memory aid to help students remember for quiz. Work on Reflections Questions, pg. 5
Honors:
Finish your microscope drawing-label and tell what each part does.
Do Getting Started Pg. 15-16 1-4
Homework: Reflections Questions, pg. 5
WEDNESDAY: BW-Name the 5 kingdoms.
Finish and check L1 Reflection questions 1-4, pg. 5
Grade Average Day! Begin Getting Started pg. 15-16, 1-5
Honors: Do L2 Getting Started pg. 15-16, 1-5
We will check Reflections and your microscope drawings first thing tomorrow!
THURSDAY-BW: Write your memory sentence for the 7 layers in order and for the 5 kingdoms.
Check L1 Reflection Questions, Do L2 Getting Started, pg. 15-16, begin drawing and labeling the microscope in your notebooks.
Honors: Check L1 Refl. Quest., L2 Getting Started and microscope drawing. Use microscopes to look at slides-possibly gather pond water for specimens of microorganisms.
SEPTEMBER 8-12
MONDAY- BW: Write 5 things all organisms have in common.
Use the organism cards to fill out the description column of the worksheets. Be specific and observant! You need at least 3 characteristics on each organism-more is better.
TUESDAY-BW: What is taxonomy?
Work on worksheets to find names for organisms using characteristics listed and a list of scientific terms.
WEDNESDAY-BW: Why do scientists use Greek and Latin names for organisms?
Finish Taxonomy Worksheet (naming organisms) Biodiversity Scramble Wksht.
We will grade notebook setup tomorrow-be sure yours is ready!!!
Honors-Biodiversity Scramble, Read "That's Life" pgs. 6-7, L-1 Reading That's Life Wksht.
THURSDAY-BW: What are scientific names usually based on?
Check Notebook Setup
Finish Biodiversity Scramble, Read "That's Life" pgs. 6-7, L-1 Reading That's Life Wksht.
Honors-Read "What's in an Organism's Name?"-Worksheet(on back of yesterday's paper)
Check Biodiversity Scramble
FRIDAY-BW: What 2 things must you do when you write scientific names?
Check Bellwork for 9-5/9-10 adn Biodiversity Scramble
Read "That's Life" pgs. 6-7, L-1 Reading That's Life Wksht.
HONORS:Read "What's in an Organism's Name?"-Worksheet(on back of yesterday's paper)
Identify and mount specimens when done.
SEPTEMBER 1-5
MONDAY-NO SCHOOL
TUESDAY-BW: What is a stereotype?
Complete Surveying the Stereotype activity using data from Picturing the Scientist
WEDNESDAY-BW: What is diversity?
Diversity Video/FQR-5/3/2
5 Facts, 3 Questions and answers, 2 Responses (what you thought about it)
THURSDAY-BW: Why is diversity important?
Check Biodiversity FQR/Check Bellwork/Check Venn Diagram
Read What Are Organisms? lesson 1. Write the objectives for the lesson in your notebook. Label the page Getting Started-Lesson 1. We will continue this tomorrow.
FRIDAY-BW: Why should you never use pronouns without saying the noun first in scientific writing?
Getting Started 1.1, Begin Worksheets by filling in at least 3 descriptive words for each organism card if time-we will finish on Monday.
HONORS: Students will be working on plant and insect specimen collections during the 1st Semester. All students may contribute specimens, and honors class students will be in charge of identifying and mounting the specimens. Honors students will also be working on an individual research project this nine weeks over a biome. More information will follow when we study that topic.
AUGUST 25-29
Please return signed safety contract!!!
MONDAY-Bellwork: Decorate and finish labeling lab book.
Venn Diagram activity-part 1. Make a T-chart to show similarity and difference of two rock specimens.
TUESDAY-Bellwork: Finish Venn Diagram. Write a paragraph to describe the procedure you followed and what you discovered.
Jelly Bean Bar Graph activity page.
WEDNESDAY-Bellwork: Name 3 kinds of graphs.
Science Pre-test
Finish Jellybean Worksheet
THURSDAY-Bellwork: What are variables?
Turn in Jellybean Wksht./ Begin Picturing the Scientist Activity
FRIDAY-Bellwork: Name 5 things scientists do or study.
Finish Picturing the Scientist Activity-due Tuesday!
Be sure to write a paragraph describing a typical day in the life of your scientist.
No school Monday! Labor Day Holiday!
HONORS SCIENCE:
Same for this week. Next week we will start enrichment programs!
Useful links
Link to the media center for online research!
Mustang North's website-links to all your teachers and more!
*Great site full of challenging games of all kinds!
More fun games and mind stretchers!
Search for cool internet lessons.
Mugglenet.com has Harry Potter versions of your favorite songs. Submit your own song parody!
You asked for it-here's Weird Al's official website.
Another great Weird Al fan site-"Al-oholics Anonymous" has video clips, lyrics with guitar chords and many other crazy things!
http://www-th.phys.rug.nl/~ma/annefrank.html
Last updated 2009/07/27 08:18:40 PDT
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