Zoology 2/29 - 3/4

Objective this week:  To reach the level of mastery on amphibians and complete a practical over the frog anatomy and an amphibian unit exam over the groups of amphibians we've discussed in class.

Monday
Salamanders, mudpuppies, and giant salamanders

Tuesday
Review for Thursday's practical and Friday's test

Wednesday
Open review

Thursday
Frog practical

Friday
Amphibian unit exam

Anatomy & Physiology 2/29 - 3/4

Objective this week:  To understand the mechanics of the human ear, and reach the level of mastery with the eye.

Monday
Human anatomy of the ear

Tuesday
Ear specifics/sound ranges & homeostatic imbalances

Wednesday
Eye dissection wrap-up.  Humors and major eye anatomy.  Review all tunics today

Thursday
Human ear - wrap up.  Quiz on Friday

Friday
Ear quiz and begin sense of taste.

Field Biology 2/29 - 3/4

Objective this week:  To understand the importance of water quality to our life, the world, and everything around us, and to be able to successfully complete a water quality field test.

Monday
Water quality basics

Tuesday
Water quality and ecosystems

Wednesday
Class with me - Field trip

Thursday
Field trip reflection & water quality review

Friday
Water quality testing

7th Life Science 2/29 - 3/4

Objective this week:  To understand the importance of carrying capacity and limiting factors within ecosystems, and to successfully complete a quiz at the end of the week with a 100/80 performance objective.

Monday
Carrying capacity & limiting factors

Tuesday
Limiting factors

Wednesday
Video

Thursday
Review for ecosystem quiz

Friday
Take ecosystem quiz/reflections

6th Science 2/29 - 3/4

Objective this week:  To successfully participate in a STEM project and build a mouse trap race car to demonstrate potential vs kinetic energy.

Monday
Design build stage

Tuesday
Design build stage

Wednesday
Video

Thursday & Friday
Construction stage

Biology 2/29 - 3/4

Objective this week:  To reach the level of mastery with classification systems and begin discussing bacteria.

Monday
Classification systems - Venn diagrams and Cladograms

Tuesday
Review classification systems for Thursday's classification quiz

Wednesday
Video

Thursday
Classification quiz

Friday
Bacterial basics

Zoology 2/22 - 2/26

Objective this week:  Discuss toads, salamanders, and review frog information.  There will be a frog practical on Thursday

Monday
Toads vs frogs

Tuesday
Frog dissection

Wednesday
Quiz & Amphibian documentary

Thursday
Frog quiz

Friday
Salamanders & their relatives

Anatomy 2/22 - 2/26

Objective this week:  To understand the anatomy & physiology of the human eye and ear through lecture and an eye dissection lab.

Monday
Anatomy & physiology of the eye - major anatomical features

Tuesday
Cow eye dissection

Wednesday
Anatomy & physiology of the eye continued

Thursday
Wrap up eye dissection if needed, transition into cat dissection

Friday
Wrap up the discussion of the eye

Field Biology 2/22 - 2/26

Objective this week:  To understand the importance of wetlands in the world and in Kansas, and to take a test at the end of the week demonstrating mastery of wetland content.

Monday
Investigating Kansas wetlands

Tuesday
Wetland activity/reflection

Wednesday
Hand out review for Friday's test; wrap up the wetland unit

Thursday
Review - wetlands

Friday
Exam - wetlands

7th Life Science 2/22 - 2/26

Objective this week: To demonstrate the importance of the food chain through an owl pellet dissection, and then explain the importance of carrying capacity within an ecosystem.

Monday
Video - owl documentary

Tuesday
Food Chain lab 1

Wednesday
Food Chain lab 2

Thursday
Wrap up lab

Friday
Carrying capacity specifics

6th Science 2/22 - 2/26

Objective this week:  To learn and understand the basics of forces & energy, and how they work.

Monday
Basic discussion of energy, and forms of energy.  Read 421 - 425

Tuesday
Energy continued - kinetic & potential energy

Wednesday - Friday
STEM - Energy concepts & construction of models to demonstrate energy dynamics

Biology 2/22 - 2/26

Objective this week:  To understand the importance of geologic time and extinction in terms of mutations & natural selection.

Monday
Crayfish activity wrap - up

Tuesday
The importance of extinctions, and what they tell us

Wednesday - Friday
Classification systems and their importance

Field Biology Assignment due Wednesday 2/17 by 4pm

There is an assignment on Google Classroom that's due tomorrow by 4pm.  If you missed class, all USD 107 late work guidelines apply.   See me if you have any questions about it.

6th Grade Science Assignment Due Tomorrow, February 17th

In class, we discussed physical vs chemical changes in matter.  The assignment, if you were absent, is to read pages 397 - 404 in your text, and then complete # 1-7 on page 405.  Due tomorrow by 4pm!  Let me know before school if you have any questions, or send me an E Mail to my school E Mail address whenever you need to and I'll try to help answer any questions you  might have over it.  Thanks!!  :)

Field Biology 2/15 - 2/19

Objective this week:  To introduce wetland environments, their importance, and what we have done to harm and help wetlands throughout history

Monday
Introduction to wetlands, including definition, and type of wetlands, along with wetland importance

Tuesday
Wetland value, Marshes and their importance

Wednesday
Swamps and their importance

Thursday
Bogs, Fens, and importance

Friday
Extension activity - wetlands

6th Science 2/15 - 2/19

Objective this week:  To learn about chemical & physical changes, how they relate to your life, and take a quiz at the end of the week to demonstrate learning of these concepts.

Monday
Reflection - colored activity demonstrating learned concepts

Tuesday
Physical vs chemical changes

Wednesday
Physical vs chemical changes & energy dynamics

Thursday
Review for Friday's quiz

Friday
Quiz - states of matter, and chemical & physical changes

Zoology 2/15 - 2/19

Objective this week:  To understand the events of the frog lifecycle and to be able to identify calls from common frogs and toads in Kansas

Monday
Frog lifecycle and vocalization practice quiz 1

Tuesday
Frog dissection 1

Wednesday
Frog vocalization quiz 1 and toad basics

Thursday
Frog dissection 2

Friday
Review frog lifecycle and watch video

Anatomy & Physiology 2/15 - 2/19

Objective this week:  To reach the level of mastery of the PNS and complete a quiz over the PNS with a 100/80 performance objective

Monday
PNS - sleep wake cycles

Tuesday
Memory mechanics

Wednesday
Review PNS for tomorrow's quiz

Thursday
Quiz - PNS

Friday
Begin special senses

Life Science 2/15 - 2/19

Objective this week: To discuss ecosystem dynamics and relate them to your life.  There will be a quiz at the end of the week to assess understanding & comprehension over ecosystems.

Monday
Begin discussing ecosystems.  Discuss energy flow and trophic levels

Tuesday
Energy flow throughout ecosystems - food chains and food webs

Wednesday 
Ecosystem differentiation

Thursday
Ecosystem differentiation

Friday
Quiz - ecosystems

Biology 2/15 - 2/19

Objective this week:  To understand the importance of mutations within and between species, as well as the vast scale of geologic time 

Monday & Tuesday
Mutation differentiation & activity

Wednesday
Mutation video

Thursday & Friday
Geologic time scale and importance

6th Science Quiz Tomorrow ... Be Ready!!

If you missed class today, I announced there would be a quiz tomorrow over basic elements, atoms, and matter properties.  The quiz is worth twelve points.  Here is what you need to concentrate on for it:

• Be able to tell me how many electrons are in the outermost ring of an element, given the total number of electrons
• Be able to tell me anything and everything we've discussed over protons, neutrons, and electrons:  Their charges if they have any, their size comparison to each other, where they are located in the atom, etc
• Be able to give class definitions for mass, volume, density, elements, and saturated vs unsaturated solutions

If you have any questions, please let me know and I'll try to help you .... :)

Zoology 2/8- 2/10

Objective this week:  To learn about the anatomy, lifecycle, and vocalizations of frogs

Monday
TBA - students absent

Tuesday
Frog lifecycle, facts, anatomy, and calls

Wednesday
Frog call identification

Anatomy & Physiology 2/8 - 2/10

Objective this week:  To understand the major components of the PNS as well as more specific subunits.

Monday
TBA - students absent

Tuesday
PNS subdivisions

Wednesday
PNS quiz

Field Biology 2/8 - 2/10

Objective this week:  To learn about different biomes through a tabletop extension activity

Monday
Tabletop activity - biomes and biome reflections

Tuesday & Wednesday
Table top activity scavenger hunt, and quiz on Wednesday over the tabletop activity

7th Life Science 2/8 - 2/10

Objective this week:  To learn about and understand the importance and mechanics of the nitrogen cycle, and to set up Google Classroom.

Monday
Google classroom basics and note set over the nitrogen cycle

Tuesday & Wednesday
Nitrogen cycle extension

6th Science 2/8 - 2/10

Objective this week:  To wrap up the unit over atoms & elements, and basic properties of matter.  There will be a quiz on Tuesday over these topics.

Monday
Review for tomorrow's quiz

Tuesday
Quiz/properties of matter

Wednesday
Video

Biology 2/8 - 2/10

Objective this week:  To begin discussing natural selection and the factors which play into the theory.  This will be a brief outline of the week's events, as most of the material will be found on students' Google Classroom accounts.

Monday & Tuesday
Natural selection basics and overall intro to the concept.  Discuss mutations & answer student questions.

Wednesday
HHMI Holiday Lecture Series video

Zoology 2/1 - 2/5

Objective this week:  To learn about and understand the history of amphibians, and how life transitioned from an aquatic habitat to a land-based habitat.  Students can find all important videos & assignments for this week on their Google Classroom page.

Monday

Watch the video over amphibian history and the note set over amphibian history and write down the lecture material.

Tuesday
Amphibian basics and introduction to frogs

Wednesday
Frog calls - KS Herp Atlas

Thursday
Frogs and Toads of Kansas

Friday
Frog calls and frog quiz

Anatomy & Physiology 2/1 - 2/5

Objective this week:  To understand the significance and functioning of the peripheral nervous system, and complete a quiz over the sheep brain at the beginning of the week.

Monday
Sheep brain quiz and introduction to PNS

Tuesday
PNS - major divisions and flow chart

Wednesday
Focus on PNS subdivisions

Thursday
PNS subdivisions

Friday
PNS quiz and video

Field Biology 2/1 - 2/5

Objective this week:  To understand trophic levels and nutrient cycling, and understand the importance of biomes.

Monday
Video - animals of desert ecosystems.  This is a preview into the biome unit.

Tuesday
Nutrient cycling basics - trophic levels, biomass, net productivity

Wednesday - Friday
Biomes of the world.  Much of this will center around ecosystem & biome comparisons throughout these three days.

7th Life Science 2/1 - 2/5

Objective this week:  To discuss the nitrogen cycle and all of its components, and relate to your life and Jewell County.

Monday
The nitrogen cycle and its parts

Tuesday
Continue nitrogen cycle

Wednesday
Nitrogen cycle extension

Thursday - Friday
Student board games - and quiz over nitrogen cycle on Friday

6th Science 2/1 - 2/5

Objective this week:  To learn about physical properties of matter and apply them to the real world

Monday
Matter properties - mass, weight, volume, density

Tuesday
Continue matter properties

Wednesday - Thursday
Scientific method/design

Friday
review matter properties today

Biology 2/1 - 2/5

Objective this week:  To apply and understand population genetics to the real world & be able to relate this to your life.

Monday
Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and its components.  Here are two tutorials over H-W equilibrium, in case you miss class.



Tuesday
Practice H-W equilibrium

Wednesday
Review H-W equilibrium

Thursday - Friday
H-W equilibrium extension