Zoology 4/25 - 4/29

Objective this week:   Discussion of bird anatomy and the successful completion of a pigeon dissection.

Monday
Bird anatomy & classification

Tuesday
Bird anatomy

Wednesday 
Pigeon dissection

Thursday
Video

Friday
Pigeon dissection

Anatomy & Physiology 4/25 - 4/29

Objective this week:  To reach the level of mastery over male/female reproductive systems, and discuss specifics about fertilization & contraception.

Monday
Fertilization mechanics and contraception

Tuesday
Sexually transmitted infections - bacterial & viral categories

Wednesday - Friday
fetal development

Field Biology 4/25 - 4/29

Objective this week:  To understand the importance of waste, and to reach the level of mastery over waste properties/landfills.  Complete a field study with water.

Monday
Waste specifics.  Read pages 582 - 595 in your E Text and then complete the worksheet packet (Due Tuesday, 4/26/16 BY CLASS) found here:

http://tinyurl.com/zd2yl9t

Parents:  The assignment is also posted on your son's/daughter's Google Classroom page.

Tuesday
Waste specifics & landfill design

Wednesday
Aquatic insect life cycles (preview for trip)

Thursday
Field trip - absent all day

Friday
Trip reflection

7th Life Science 4/25 - 4/29

Objective this week:  To understand the importance of clean water in our world, and develop a plan to reduce our pollution footprint.

Monday
Water quality

Tuesday
Water video

Wednesday
Water quality lab

Thursday
Pollution & our pollution footprint

Friday
Reduction in our pollution footprint

6th Science 4/25 - 4/29

Objective this week:  To understand the differences between wave categories and wave energy

Monday
Video - waves

Tuesday
Wave categories

Wednesday
Wave categories/satellites/cellphones

Thursday & Friday
Wave differentiation

Biology 4/25 - 4/29

Objective this week:  To reach the level of mastery over virus shapes, importance, and lifecycle, and to introduce the anatomy/importance of bacteria.

Monday - Tuesday
Film virus differentiation projects and introduce bacteria

Wednesday - Friday
Bacteria anatomy, categories, importance

Anatomy 4/18 - 4/22

Objective this week:  To learn the anatomy & physiology of the male & female human reproductive systems

Monday
Male reproductive system anatomy

Tuesday
Male reproductive system anatomy

Wednesday
Cat dissection

Thursday
Female reproductive system anatomy

Friday
Quiz - male reproductive system anatomy

Zoology 4/18 - 4/22

Objective this week:  To reach the level of mastery on Kansas reptiles & reptile anatomy, and to take a test over reptiles on Thursday.

Monday
Lizards in Kansas

Tuesday
Review reptiles

Wednesday
Review reptiles

Thursday
Reptile exam - there is a 100/80 performance objective on this exam

Friday
Introduction to birds

Field Biology 4/18 - 4/22

Objective this week:  To present a model to class demonstrating a solution to an environmental problem, and to learn specifics about landfills and waste

Monday
Present models to the class

Tuesday
Types of waste - hazardous vs nonhazardous

Wednesday
Waste categories continued

Thursday & Friday
Landfill design & construction - and issues with landfill design.

7th Science 4/18 - 4/22

Objective this week:  To demonstrate STEM concepts learned in class and apply them to your life, and begin discussing human impacts on the environment.

Monday
Video today

Tuesday
Prosthetic leg handout & prosthetic presentations

Wednesday
Begin discussing human impacts on the environment

Thursday
Human impacts on ecosystems - water quality

Friday
Human impacts - water quality

6th Science 4/18 - 4/22

Objective this week:  To reach the level of mastery of energy forms & transfer, specifically thermal energy transfer through the completion of a solar cooker project.

Monday
Solar cooker builds

Tuesday
Solar cooker build/wrap up/presentations

Wednesday
Video

Thursday
Review for quiz - energy transfer

Friday
Quiz - energy transfer

Biology 4/18 - 4/22

Objective this week:  To learn and understand the importance of viruses & bacteria and how they affect your life

Monday 
Viruses - anatomy & function

Tuesday
Viruses - life cycles and categories

Wednesday & Thursday
Virus builds

Friday
Video

Zoology 4/11 -4/15

Objective this week:  To reach the level of mastery of the reptiles and take a unit test over the reptiles

Monday
Turtles & lizards of Kansas

Tuesday - Thursday
Turtle project prep

Friday
Reptile project presentation

Anatomy 4/11 -4 /15

Objective this week:  To reach the level of mastery of your understanding of the cardiovascular system and take a unit test at the end of the week over this system.

Monday
ECG waves and review cardiovascular system

Tuesday
Heart dissection 1

Wednesday
Heart dissection 2

Thursday
Review - cardiovascular system

Friday
Cardiovascular system exam

Field Biology 4/11 - 4/15

Objective this week:  To learn about different types of waste in landfills and their effects on the environment.

Monday
Wastes & waste categories

Tuesday
Video - landfills & waste

Wednesday
Waste categories & landfill construction

Thursday & Friday
Landfill construction & environmental implications

7th Life Science 4/11 - 4/15

Objective this week:   To build a prosthetic leg device that will support a person's partial body weight.

Monday
Prosthetic group work - design phase

Tuesday
Video

Wednesday
Prosthetics - design phase

Thursday
Prosthetics - test phase

Friday
Prosthetics - test phase

6th Science 4/11 - 4/15

Objective this week:  To build a solar cooker oven using a pizza box and other custom components and present designs to the class.

Monday
Solar cooker STEM

Tuesday
Video

Wednesday - Thursday
Solar cooker STEM

Friday
Present solar cookers to class

Biology 4/11 - 4/15

Objective this week:  To reach the level of mastery on the bones, cardiovascular, and partial nervous system.  There will be a quiz on Friday over these systems.

Monday
Review for Friday's quiz; differentiated instruction/review activitiesi

Tuesday
iPad assignment - wall post collaboration

Wednesday
Student reviews

Thursday
Student reviews/wall-post assignment due.

Friday
Quiz - human body unit.

6th Science 4/4 - 4/8

Objective this week:  To understand critical components of the engineering design process, to learn about what engineers do for a living, and to work on an engineering/STEM project.

Monday
Engineering for a living - research engineering fields.

Tuesday
Continue research engineering fields.

Wednesday - Friday
Engineering/STEM project

Anatomy 4/4 - 4/8

Objective this week:  To reach the level of mastery with the cardiovascular system, its components, and blood flow.

Monday
Dissection of cat - cardio component

Tuesday
Heart valves, specific internal heart anatomy.  EEG waves and depolarization/contraction mechanisms

Wednesday & Thursday
Sheep heart dissection

Friday
Review cardiovascular system

Field Biology 4/4 - 4/8

Objective this week:  To use STEM to create a product that will help our environment on a local, national, and/or global scale.

Monday
STEM project design in groups

Tuesday - Friday
STEM environmental project

7th Life Science 4/4 - 4/8

Objective this week:  To review STEM and practice engineering design in class

Monday
Reviewing the engineering design process.  There is an assignment on Google Classroom that's due tomorrow by class.....

Tuesday
STEM project introduction

Wednesday - Friday
STEM work

Zoology 4/4 - 4/8

Objective this week:  To understand the anatomy & physiology of turtle species, and be able to identify turtles

Monday
Turtle anatomy & physiology

Tuesday
Turtle anatomy & physiology, and identification

Wednesday
Turtle project introduction and work

Thursday
Turtle project

Friday
Video

Biology 4/4 - 4/8

Objective this week:  To increase your level of understanding about the cardiovascular system and to introduce discussion of the nervous system.

Monday
Google classroom assignment - current event over cardiovascular system.

Tuesday
Review cardiovascular system and begin discussing the nervous system

Wednesday & Thursday
Nervous system specifics

Friday
Hadachek absent - vocab practice sheet today