Field Biology 3/27 - 3/31

Objective this week:  To learn about water treatment facilities, how they work, and how they affect our daily lives.  At the end of the week, we will apply learned content over the fish unit when we attend a field trip to Glen Elder Reservoir to meet the District Fisheries Biologist for a fish sampling experience.

Monday
Water treatment plants - anatomy of these plants and how they work.

Tuesday
Water treatment case study

Wednesday
Water treatment - wastewater and effects of wastewater on treatment

Thursday
Water treatment review and quiz.

Friday
Fish sampling trip to Glen Elder

Life Science 3/27 - 3/31

Objective this week: Students are designing biosuits to exhibit their understanding of homeostasis and body systems.  This week we will be doing different daily tasks in order to complete the project in an organized way.

Monday & Tuesday
Homeostasis testing through a cold water environment using Vernier temperature probes

Wednesday & Thursday
Materials budgeting for the project and basic model design

Friday
Hadachek absent

Zoology 3/27 - 3/31

Objective this week:  To reach the level of mastery over snake identification in Kansas through the completion of a student-taught snake project.

Monday - Wednesday
Snake project construction.  Project must be completed by the end of the day on Wednesday, so we are ready to go for presentations at the end of this week.

Thursday
Snake presentations and review.

Friday
Hadachek absent; video today

6th Science 3/27 - 3/31

Objective this week:  To complete a STEM project over homeostasis through the successful completion of a space suit modular design that maintains a maximum internal temperature of 120 degrees Fahrenheit.

Monday - Friday
Space suit STEM - design phases all week; I would give more details here, but the daily processes and tasks will be different for each group involved.  Keep up to date with this lesson plan for further updates as they come along.  Thanks.

Biology 3/27 - 3/31

Objective this week:  To reach the level of mastery over knowledge of bacteria and to complete a bacteria lab; we will also transition into discussion of viruses, their importance, and how they are different from bacteria.

Monday
Bacteria wrap-up; discussion of major bacterial groups and gram stain procedure

Tuesday
Bacteria lab

Wednesday
Introduction to viruses, including viral anatomy

Thursday
Virus categories, physiology, reproduction, and how they are important

Friday
Video - viruses.  Check culture plates.

Field Biology 3/20 - 3/24

Objective this week:  To learn about water management, quality, and wastewater treatment.  We will be doing field work on "good weather days" so the content covered on this weeks' lesson plans will be updated accordingly depending on the days we go outside.

Monday
Wastewater and wastewater treatment plants; how they work and their importance.

Tuesday
Students absent - Govt. trip.

Wednesday
Wastewater treatment; outside work today

Thursday
Field work - water quality data

Friday
Wastewater treatment review and quiz.

7th Science 3/20 - 3/24

Objective this week:  To review homeostasis and apply to major  body systems (trees and humans); then begin a STEM project over body systems.

Monday
Homeostasis and linking body systems together; Feedback systems.

Tuesday
Hadachek absent; video today.

Wednesday - Friday
STEM project design - working on the biosuit design challenge.

Zoology 3/20 - 3/24

Objective this week:  To understand the anatomy of snakes, differences between venomous and non-venomous snakes and identification of such, and identification of local snake species.

Monday
Snake anatomy & physiology

Tuesday
Hadachek absent - no class today as Juniors and Seniors will be absent.

Wednesday
Kansas snake species & identification

Thursday
Kansas snake species & identification, and snake presentation project

Friday
Snake presentation project - work on this today.

6th Science 3/20 - 3/24

Objective this week: To collaborate as a class on a STEM project involving homeostasis and the human body through the design of a space suit.

Monday
Homeostasis and the human body - introduce space suit design

Tuesday
Hadachek absent; video today.

Wednesday - Friday
STEM project - space suit design stages

Biology 3/20 - 3/24

Objective this week:  To reach the level of mastery over bacteria demonstrated by the completion of a bacteria quiz at the end of this week.  We will also work on a bacteria model build this week.

Monday
Bacteria - the Eubacteria; implications, uses, good & bad forms of bacteria in this group.

Tuesday
Hadachek absent - watch a video today.

Wednesday
Finish Eubacteria.  Bacteria model builds.

Thursday
Bacteria model presentations.  Review for  bacteria quiz.

Friday
Bacteria quiz today.

Field Biology 3/6 - 3/10

Objective this week:  To learn and understand water management and how wastewater is treated in developed countries, .

Monday
Field work

Tuesday
Review for Friday's quiz

Wednesday
Introduce waste water unit

Thursday
Field work

Friday
Quiz - Wetlands (take early if you're planning on being gone today)

7th Life Science 3/6 - 3/10

Objective this week:  To reach level of mastery with trees and know the value of trees in the real world (industry, tourism, etc)

Monday
Tree notes & information

Tuesday
In-class activity over trees, practice quiz

Wednesday
Finish the "Roots Run Deep" kinesthetic activity

Thursday
Tree extension project as time permits; review uses of trees in the real world and especially Jewell County

Friday
Video - Trees

Zoology 3/6 - 3/10

Objective this week:  To reach the level of mastery of amphibian knowledge through the completion of a frog dissection interview quiz on Tuesday and an amphibian unit exam on Wednesday of this week.  Thursday & Friday will transition into the reptiles.

Monday
Open review - amphibian unit

Here is the review for that unit exam:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1My5w0BrZozfurptZ-NZiN6UPuEuekF1eExih3Toyoms/edit?usp=sharing

Tuesday
Frog dissection interview quiz

Wednesday
Amphibian unit exam

Thursday & Friday
Class reptilia - form and function

6th Science 3/6 - 3/10

Objective this week:  To use the STEM process to effectively design/build a biosphere environment that can support life.

Monday
Video - STEM & biosphere development/design

Tuesday
Investigating science/non science careers, expand on astronauts and astronaut job descriptions

Wednesday
Google classroom assignment over space suits ... due tomorrow!


Thursday & Friday
STEM biosphere project - students will be designing and constructing a life-supporting biosphere environment.

Biology 3/6 - 3/10

Objective this week:  To reach level of mastery with classification systems and begin discussing the bacteria kingdom.  There will be a quiz over classification systems on Thursday of this week.

Monday
Classification systems worksheet and classification systems review.

Tuesday
Introduction of bacteria - basic facts and information.  Kingdom Archaea discussion.

Wednesday
Continue discussion of Kingdom Archaea.  Begin discussing the Eubacteria

Thursday 
Bacteria - staph, strep, and antibiotics. Quiz - classification systems.

Friday
Video - bacteria