Zoology 9/25 - 9/29

Objective this week:  To wrap up sponges & jellyfish and prepare for the unit test over both creatures.

Monday
Video - marine ecosystems

Tuesday
Review activity - graded materials, sponges & jellyfish

Wednesday
Review activity - iPads

Thursday
Open review - Sponges & Jellyfish

Friday
Sponge & Jellyfish unit test

Anatomy 9/25 - 9/29

Objective this week:  To reach the level of mastery over the tissue unit and complete a tissue unit exam on Friday.

FYI .... next Tuesday will be the tissue micrograph/lab test

Monday
Complete the tissue unit; then students will review the unit and teach the material back to other students with their lessons they designed in class.

Tuesday
Tissue slides and micrograph reviews

Wednesday
Review worksheet - tissue unit vocab.

Thursday
Open review - lecture test content or lab test (micrograph) content

Friday
Lecture test - tissues

Environmental Science 9/25 - 9/29

Objective this week:  To place in the top three of the Regional Eco Meet and understand how conservation relates to our county & State

Monday
Turtle slideshow presentations

Tuesday & Wednesday
Skit practice in the Little Theater

Thursday
Eco Meet - students with me

Friday
Eco Meet reflection and conservation applications

7th Grade Life Science 9/25 - 9/29

Objective this week:  To understand how body systems work together to promote life and body balance.  There will be a quiz on Wednesday over several body systems.

Monday
Systems review today and graphic organizer worksheet.  Here are the links for the front/back side of the worksheet....

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0pfpNQiybalTGxWTWFXR2V5SGs/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0pfpNQiybalVk5YalVLMHp4RXM/view?usp=sharing

Tuesday
Review activity.  Also, know this for the quiz.....

Be able to put the following vocab words in this order...

atoms, molecules, chemicals, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organisms

Also be able to tell what organs are in the following organ systems and the function of each.....

circulatory system
respiratory system
digestive system
muscular system

Wednesday
Quiz - body systems......



Thursday
Hadachek absent - TBA

Friday
Begin nervous system STEM activity

6th Grade Science 9/25 - 9/29

Objectives this week:  1. To master the vocab words, atoms...elements...molecules....compounds.  2.  To learn the atomic structure of atoms and complete a worksheet over it.  There will be a quiz on Wednesday over the vocab words.

Monday
Finish filming vocab word teachable lessons with the iPad. 

Tuesday
Review for quiz and discuss atomic structure

Wednesday
Atomic structure and quiz over vocab words

Thursday
Video - Hadachek absent

Friday
Atomic structure and worksheet today

Biology 9/25 - 9/29

Objective this week:  To understand the importance of limiting factors and carrying capacity on ecosystem populations.

Monday
Limiting factors - dependent & independent.  Also, density & carrying capacity.

Tuesday
Ecosystem Unit vocab practice; worksheet due Wednesday

Wednesday
Carrying capacity worksheet and examples of biodiversity

Thursday
Hadachek absent - video

Friday
Carrying capacity case study

Zoology 9/17 - 9/22

Objective this week:  To understand the major characteristics of jellyfish and to be able to explain their lifecycle.  There will be a jellyfish quiz on Friday.

Monday
Jellyfish lifecycle review and activity

Tuesday
Jellyfish lifecycles

Wednesday
Vocab practice

Thursday
Review for jellyfish quiz

Friday
Jellyfish quiz

Anatomy & Physiology 9/17 - 9/22

Objective this week:  To understand the differences between epithelial & connective tissue.

Monday
Connective tissue basics and epithelial tissue review

Tuesday
Lab quiz - epithelial tissue

Wednesday
Career fair/Connective tissue lecture

Thursday
Connective tissue lab

Friday
Connective tissue characteristics

Environmental Science 9/17 - 9/22

Objective this week:  To prepare for the Eco Meet skit and learn how to identify common Kansas lizards & turtles (conservation examples).

Monday
Present slide shows over lizards.  Begin the turtle slide show.

Tuesday & Thursday
Skit prep

Wednesday
Career fair

Friday
Turtle slide show presentation

7th Grade Life Science 9/17 - 9/22

Objective this week:  To understand how various body systems work together to achieve homeostasis

Monday
Cell projects

Tuesday
Body systems and how they relate to each other.  Cooperative group teaching.  Here is the video we are watching for today's adventure.....


Wednesday
Body systems - nervous system

Thursday
Body systems - nervous system

Friday
Body system lecture and worksheet due

6th Grade Science 9/17 - 9/22

Objective this week:  To understand and explain the differences between atoms, molecules, compounds, and mixtures.  There will be a quiz at the end of the week over these concepts.

Monday
What is matter?  Read aloud in book and practice vocab.  Discuss atoms vs elements.  Begin discussing mixtures.

Tuesday
Mixtures - homogeneous vs heterogeneous

Wednesday
Career Fair

Thursday
Atomic structure

Friday
Quiz - atoms, molecules, mixtures

Biology 9/17 - 9/22

Objective this week:  To understand how fermentation works.  Then we will begin a new unit involving ecosystems & biodiversity

Monday
Sports drink activity; wrap up the activity and discuss fermentation

Tuesday
Fermentation vocab and practice

Wednesday
Career fair

Thursday
Ecosystems & ecosystem biodiversity

Friday
Ecosystems & ecosystem biodiversity

7th Grade Science .... here's what you missed today....

If you missed 7th grade science today, we started a cell project.  It's an individual project and it's worth 55 points.  We will begin building this on Wednesday, so be sure to bring materials by then.  You don't need to buy anything, just bring materials from home.

The project specifics are on your Google Classroom page....parents, if you don't know what this is then please ask your student and they will tell you; or, E Mail me at jhadachek@usd107.org so I can fill you in on the details.  Thanks!

 Let me know if you have any questions.....

Zoology 9/11 - 9/15

Objective this week:  To demonstrate knowledge learned about sponges through a model-building exercise, and an introduction to jellyfish anatomy & their lifecycle.  There will be a sponge quiz on Thursday.

Monday
Sponge model builds

Tuesday & Wednesday
Jellyfish anatomy & vocab practice.

Thursday
Quiz - sponges

Friday
Homecoming parade

Anatomy & Physiology 9/11 - 9/15

Objective this week:  To be able to identify different types of tissues found in the human body.  There will be a quiz on Thursday over this week's introductory information.

Monday
Tissue types in the human body, specifically epithelial tissues

Tuesday
Tissue lab 1

Wednesday
Tissue types in the human body; review information from Monday

Thursday
Tissue lab 2 and quiz

Friday
Tissue types in the body

Environmental Science 9/11 - 9/15

Objective this week:  To discuss Kansas natural resources, and the history of management (or lack of) natural resources in the United States.  There will be a quiz over this material on Friday of this week.  Tuesday & Thursday will consist of Eco Meet preparation.

Monday
Kansas natural resources & environmental history

Tuesday
Eco Meet prep

Wednesday
Same as Wednesday - Kansas natural resources.  History of those resources and trends of change.

Thursday
Eco Meet prep

Friday
Conservation vs preservation and quiz today.

7th Grade Life Science 9/11 - 9/15

Objective this week:  To construct a cell model demonstrating different parts of a cell and how those parts interact with each other.

Monday
Cell design brainstorming today.

Tuesday - Friday
Cell model design and building.

Tuesday - video and finish cell designs.  We will begin building cells on WEDNESDAY.  The final model will need to be finished by class on Monday, 9/18.

There will be a quiz on Thursday over cells.

6th Science 9/11 - 9/15

Objective this week:  To design/redesign scribble bots to fulfill an engineering goal.  The scribble bot must travel in a straight line over a pre-determined distance.  Quiz on Friday.

Monday
Finish the initial design phases and testing of scribble bots.

Tuesday
Video - engineering design process.  Here is the video we will watch today; it's about the Freedom Tower and the engineering behind it.  Your assignment is to write TEN engineering facts over the video.  These facts will be due when you get back to school.



Wednesday - Friday
Re-design scribble bots and execute trials to accomplish the goal of traveling in a straight line along a track for 1/2 meter distance.  This focuses heavily on the engineering design process.

Friday there will be a quiz over scribble bot design builds and the engineering design process.

Biology 9/11 - 9/15

Objective this week:  To reach the level of mastery over cellular respiration and the processes involved with it.  There will be a quiz on Friday to demonstrate mastery over the concept.

Monday
Review electron transport.  Begin designing a model to explain how cellular respiration works.

Tuesday - Thursday
Electron transport model design

Friday
Cellular respiration quiz

Zoology 9/5 - 9/8

Objective this week:  To learn about sponges, their anatomy, and their importance to aquatic ecosystems.

Tuesday
Sponge basics; body plan, anatomy, and physiology.

Wednesday
Sponge importance to aquatic ecosystems

Thursday
Sponge anatomy & in-class assignment; review for quiz.

Friday
Quiz - sponge anatomy & importance

Anatomy & Physiology 9/5 - 9/8

Objective this week:  To reach the level of mastery of anatomical terms and this will be determined through the completion of a unit test at the end of this week.

Tuesday
Lab - directional terms.  Wrap up Unit One; complete the Unit One exam on Friday.

Wednesday
Review with students for Friday's test

Thursday
Open student review

Friday
Unit One exam

Field Biology 9/5 - 9/8

Objective this week:  This week there will be two major objectives, because the learning is split into an animal portion & a plant portion; students will be able to identify common Kansas plants, as well as common Kansas reptiles/amphibians. 

Tuesday

Reptile/amphibian identification and review

Wednesday

Video - tallgrass prairie ecosystems and assignment over the video

Thursday

ECO Meet Interpretive planning and proposal due

Friday

Eco interpretive practice

7th Science 9/5 - 9/8

Objective this week:  To understand how different parts of a cell work together to promote life, with a quiz at the end of the week to demonstrate the level of mastery of this topic.

Tuesday
Cellular organelles and their functions

Wednesday
Cellular organelle vocab practice and crossword

Thursday
Cellular organelle video and quiz review

Friday
Quiz - cell organelles

6th Science 9/5 - 9/8

Objective this week:  To use knowledge gained from the engineering design process & systems to create a scribble bot that can travel in a straight line.

Tuesday - Friday
Scribble bot construction; this week is a project-based week where the first couple of days will focus on scribble bot designs, whereas the second half of the week will focus on specific builds to meet a goal of traveling in a straight line.

Biology 9/5 - 9/8

Objective this week:  To reach the level of mastery over photosynthesis and its importance through the completion of an interview quiz; our focus will then turn to cellular respiration and the mechanics of how it works.

Tuesday
Finish the photosynthesis interview quiz; begin discussing cellular respiration

Wednesday
Discuss the importance of energy; explain what ATP is and how it works.  Focus on cellular respiration and its components.

Thursday
Cellular respiration mechanics and discussion

Friday
Quiz over basic cellular respiration mechanics