6th Science 10/30 - 11/3

Objective this week:  To introduce forces, motion, velocity, & friction and how they affect our lives and objects around us.

Monday
Description of motion and graphing

Tuesday
Types of forces and friction

Wednesday - Friday
Newton's Laws -lectures and demonstrations

Zoology 10/30 - 11/3

Objective this week:  To learn about the form & function of arthropods and begin discussing arachnids.

Monday
Arthropod basics - body plan, segments, & facts

Tuesday
Vocab practice - arthropods

Wednesday
Arachnida - spiders

Thursday
Video - arthropods

Friday
Bug bingo and vocab review.

Anatomy & Physiology 10/30 - 11/3

Objective this week:  To complete an integumentary system test and to learn different types of bones & how they are made.

Monday

Exam - Integumentary system

Tuesday

Bone types and bone anatomy

Wednesday

Bone growth - how it occurs

Thursday

Video today

Friday

Bone growth continued

Environmental Science 10/30 - 11/3

Objective this week:  To learn and understand differences in Kansas mammal skulls & animal tracks and be able to complete a quiz with 85% accuracy by the end of the week.

Monday
Mammal skulls.  Identification and morphology.

Tuesday - Thursday
Mammal tracks & scat identification

Friday
Quiz - animal skulls & tracks.

7th Grade Science 10/30 - 11/3

Objective:  To reach the level of mastery over punnett squares and basic genetics.  Take a test on Friday over punnett squares and basic genetics.

Monday
Begin discussing other ways to introduce genetic variety into populations; specifically, we'll discuss mutations and what they do to living things.

Tuesday
Build DNA and complete worksheet

Wednesday
Review basic genetics & punnett squares

Thursday
Mutation video

Friday
Take test over punnett squares and basic genetics.

Biology 10/30 - 11/3

Objective this week:  To complete an isopod study to demonstrate group behavior/survival, and to introduce DNA specifics & cell parts.

Monday
Isopod group behavior lab - clumping behavior and food preferences

Tuesday
Wrap up isopod lab

Wednesday
Introduce/review cells & cellular organelles

Thursday
DNA structure specifics; differences between DNA & RNA.

Friday
DNA & RNA and how they work together to make proteins.

Zoology 10/23 - 10/27

Objective this week:  To reach the level of mastery over the three mollusk classes and take a test over the phylum molluska on Friday of this week.

Monday
Class gastropoda - anatomy and physiology

Tuesday
Web assignment and vocab practice - isopoda and gastropoda

Wednesday
Vocab assignment #2 over major classes within the phylum molluska.

Thursday
Review for test

Friday
Mollusk test.

Anatomy & Physiology 10/23 - 10/27

Objective this week:  To wrap up discussion over the integumentary system and all accessory structures, homeostatic imbalances, etc. There will be a test on Monday over the integumentary system.

Monday
Hair and nail discussion

Tuesday
Burns & the rule of nines

Wednesday
Cancer mechanics and types of skin cancer

Thursday
Wrap up integumentary system and review

Friday
Review - integumentary system.  Unit exam on Monday.

Environmental Science 10/23 - 10/27

Objective this week:  To reach the level of mastery over aging by tooth wear through the completion of a video tutorial.  There will be a quiz on Friday over tooth wear.

Monday - Wednesday
Tooth wear tutorial prep and filming

Thursday
Review and video - lifecycles

Friday
Quiz - tooth wear and aging

7th Grade Life Science 10/23 - 10/27

Objective this week:  To be able to construct and use punnett squares to predict the probability of having certain traits.

Monday
Dominant & recessive alleles, and associated vocab; punnett square construction.

Tuesday
Punnett square construction

Wednesday
Punnett square tutorials

Thursday
Review for punnett square quiz and video

Friday
Punnett square quiz

6th Science 10/23 - 10/27

Objective this week:  To collaborate with a partner and build a solar cooker that will test thermal energy transfer & conservation of mass.

Monday
Group collaboration - solar cooker design comparisons and final design phase

Tuesday
Video - thermodynamics

Wednesday - Friday
Solar cooker design (all phases)

Biology 10/23 - 10/27

Objective this week:  Complete an isopod study to determine the effects of group behavior within ecosystems.

Monday
Finish filming paperslide project

Tuesday
Human footprint assignment

Wednesday - Friday
Isopod study; determine the effects of group behavior within ecosystems

Zoology 10/16 - 10/20

Objective this week:  To learn about slugs and snails, and reach the level of mastery over the structures of a squid.

Monday
Clams and their anatomy/uses/importance

Tuesday
Slugs & snails - form & function

Wednesday
Vocab practice - slugs & snails

Thursday
Hadachek absent - review for tomorrow's squid quiz

Friday
Squid quiz (dissected specimen)

Anatomy & Physiology 10/16 - 10/20

Objective this week:  To understand different accessory structures associated with the skin, as well as homeostatic imbalances of the skin.

Monday
Glands - sweat glands vs oil glands; anatomy, function, etc....

Tuesday
Hair and nails - anatomy & function

Wednesday
Homeostatic imbalances of the skin - burns

Thursday
Hadachek absent - video

Friday
Homeostatic imbalances - skin cancers

Environmental Science 10/16 - 10/20

Objective this week:  To be able to age animals by looking at tooth wear on their jaws, and to show mastery of the content through a student-made teachable lesson.

Monday
Aging specifics - whitetail deer jawbones and teeth

Tuesday
Aging practice/video work

Wednesday
Aging practice/video work

Thursday
Fish netting trip

Friday
Wrap up aging practices

7th Grade Life Science 10/16 - 10/20

Objective this week:  To understand the importance of sexual reproduction as compared to asexual reproduction, and introduce genetics.

Monday
Sexual reproduction specifics; also discuss asexual reproduction. 

Tuesday
Last round of testing for egg drop helmet designs

Wednesday
Dominant vs recessive alleles and traits.  Begin punnett squares

Thursday & Friday
Punnett square practice and worksheet

6th Science 10/16 - 10/20

Objective this week:  To discuss conservation of mass and build a project demonstrating this concept.

Monday
Finish lava lamp project and complete worksheet.  Discuss what the Law of Conservation of Mass means.

Tuesday - Friday
Solar cooker oven designs and how they result in conservation of mass.

Biology 10/16 - 10/20

Objective this week:  To investigate human impacts on the ecosystem and to develop a solution to these impacts.

Monday
Watch the two videos over Midway Island.  Discuss plastics and environmental concerns.  Complete a wall collaboration post on Google Classroom.

Tuesday - Thursday
Paperslide video - environmental concerns.

Friday
Film paperslide videos

Zoology 10/9 - 10/13

Objective this week:  To learn about the cephalopods in class (squids and octopus) and understand their anatomy & physiology.

Monday
Class cephalopoda - form and function

Tuesday & Thursday
Squid dissection lab

Wednesday
Review cephalopod vocab; cephalopod video

Friday
Cephalopod video and case study/review

Anatomy & Physiology 10/9 - 10/13

Objective this week:  To understand the functions and importance of the layers of the skin and hair/nails.

Monday
Epidermal layers and functions.

Tuesday & Thursday
Integumentary system lab

Wednesday
Dermis and dermal resistance.

Friday
Research modern skin care/clinical/medical procedures online.  Choose two trending skin care procedures/medical procedures dealing with the skin.

For each: 

• Include a website URL (+1 each)
• Write a 7-10 sentence reflection over what the article was about, why you chose it, health implications with the procedure, etc.

Email this assignment to me at jhadachek@usd107.org

Environmental Science 10/9 - 10/13

Objective this week:  Reach the level of mastery over important conservation legislation through the completion of two quizzes.  Also we will introduce wildlife lifecycles.

Monday
Begin photoperiodism and life cycles of life forms. 

Tuesday
Quiz - wildlife acts 1-5.  Whitetail deer lifecycle

Wednesday
Case Study - deer species and life cycles

Thursday
Deer aging via tooth wear - specifics.  Watch multimedia videos and complete worksheet.

Friday
Quiz - wildlife acts 6-10.

7th Grade Life Science 10/9 - 10/13

Objective this week:  To reach the level of mastery of the nervous system.   Wrap up the NS STEM project and take quiz at the end of the week.  Introduce sexual vs. asexual reproduction.

Monday
Finish testing the nervous system STEM project

Tuesday
Wrap up NS STEM packet if necessary.  Begin basics of reproduction

Wednesday
Sexual vs asexual reproduction and chromosomes

Thursday
Genes, chromosomes, DNA, and how they work together.

Friday
Quiz - nervous system specifics

6th Grade Science 10/9 - 10/13

Objective this week:  To understand how to determine if a chemical reaction has taken place.  There will be a quiz on Friday over states of matter and chemical reactions.

Monday
Differentiated poster scavenger hunt (worksheet)

Tuesday
Chemical reaction specific indicators

Wednesday & Thursday
Chemical reaction STEM

Friday
Review chemical reactions and take a quiz.

Biology 10/9 - 10/13

Objective this week:  To understand how changes in life forms & population numbers can change an ecosystem.  There will be a quiz on Friday to show mastery of the content.

Monday
Student presentations - school CC project

Tuesday 
Mortality, natality, immigration, and emigration effects within an ecosystem

Wednesday & Thursday
Effects of fire on prairie ecosystems

Friday
Quiz - carrying capacity and limiting factors

Zoology 10/2 - 10/4

Objective this week:  To learn the body plans & characteristics of various mollusks.


Monday
Mollusks - introduce the phylum and major classes, along with their anatomy.

Tuesday
Mollusk classes; clam discussion & anatomy

Wednesday
Clams continued - clams and their role in the ecosystem

Anatomy 10/2 - 10/4

Objective this week:  To reach the level of mastery of tissue identification through the completion of a tissue ID exam, and also to introduce the integumentary system.

Monday
Integumentary system basics - epidermal facts & anatomy

Tuesday
Review tissue micrographs

Wednesday
Exam - tissue micrographs

Environmental Science 10/2 10/4

Objective this week:  To learn about important wildlife legislation and wildlife conservation.

Monday
Discuss multiple wildlife legislations and their importance to wildlife conservation

Tuesday
Yellowstone National Park/National Park System

Wednesday
Wildlife conservation in Kansas & Kansas natural resources.

7th Grade Life Science 10/2 10/4

Objective this week:  To design and build a makeshift football helmet that will protect a simulated brain.

Monday - Wednesday
STEM project design - football helmet project.

6th Grade Science 10/2 - 10/4

Objective this week:  To understand physical changes vs. chemical changes and their differences, and how electrons fit into the process.

Monday
Electron dot diagrams and the importance of electrons.  Discuss basics of bonding.

Tuesday
Physical vs. chemical changes - signs and characteristics.

Wednesday
Chemical changes and electron characteristics.

Biology 10/2 - 10/4

Objective this week:  To complete the RHJSH carrying capacity project.

Monday - Wednesday
The RHJSH carrying capacity project - design phases and differentiation