Zoology 1/29 - 2/2

Objective this week:  To complete a shark dissection and prepare to show mastery over content in the fish unit by completion of a unit exam on Friday.

Monday
Wrap up fish unit; dissect if time permits.

Tuesday
Dissection - shark

Wednesday
students absent for Topeka trip

Thursday
Review for tomorrow's fish unit exam

Friday
Fish unit exam

Anatomy & Physiology 1/29 - 2/2

Objective this week: Complete an exam over the central nervous system to demonstrate mastery, and introduce major divisions of the peripheral nervous system.

Monday
Open review - CNS

Tuesday
CNS exam

Wednesday
Introduction of PNS divisions; complete flow chart assigment

Thursday
PNS divisions - specifics; explain parasympathetic vs sympathetic nervous system divisions and give assignment.

Friday
Video - PNS

Environmental Science 1/29 - 2/2

Objective this week:  To discuss case studies over the Colorado Pine Beetle and explain the importance of trees in urban environments.

Monday
Colorado pine beetle case study today; case study assignment today.

Tuesday
Trees in urban environments; case study assignment due.

Wednesday
Mankato tree proposal assignment and study

Thursday
Trees in urban environments (Fort Collins, Colorado case study)

Friday
Case study due; discussion

7th Grade Life Science 1/29 - 2/2

Objective this week:  To wrap up the natural selection unit and complete a quiz over natural selection to demonstrate mastery over the concept.  Introduce photosynthesis and nutrient cycling.

Monday
Video - forests

Tuesday
Review all things natural selection for tomorrow's quiz

Wednesday
Quiz - natural selection.  Begin discussing photosynthesis and nutrient cycling

Thursday
Photosynthesis equation; flow of sunlight and nutrients through natural systems.

Friday
Nutrient cycling activity

6th Grade Science 1/29 - 2/2

Objective this week:  To complete a unit over potential vs. kinetic energy through a NASCAR STEM project.

Monday
Video - potential vs kinetic energy

Tuesday & Wednesday
NASCAR STEM project final phases

Thursday
Review all phases of potential & kinetic energy

Friday
Quiz #2 over potential vs kinetic energy

Biology 1/29 - 2/2

Objective this week:  To learn variations in genetic probability, including codominance, incomplete dominance, and random mutations.

Monday
Video

Tuesday
Blood typing punnett squares and blood typing punnett construction.

Wednesday
Incomplete dominance and punnett square practice

Thursday
Review - genetics unit

Friday
Punnett Square bingo

Zoology 1/22 - 1/26

Objective this week:  To learn and understand features of the bony fish, different species of pacific salmon and their migrations, and to complete the internal dissection lab of a shark.

Monday
School closed (weather)

Tuesday
Begin discussing the bony fish, including pacific salmon species

Wednesday
Pacific salmon information, migration, and worksheet

Thursday
Shark dissection internal dissection

Friday
Salmon information, prepare for salmon quiz

Anatomy & Physiology 1/22 - 1/26

Objective this week:  Wrap up the central nervous system unit and prepare to show level of mastery over content on next Tuesday's CNS exam.

Tuesday
Documentary video - "Stress:  Portrait of a Killer"

Wednesday
Complete the video if necessary; discuss stress and complete an assignment over the subject.

Thursday
Wrap up CNS unit; begin preparing for Tuesday's unit exam.

Friday
CNS review assignment/activity

Environmental Science 1/22 - 1/26

Objective this week:  To complete and present a project over trees in Kansas.  Also to be able to identify trees in Kansas by leaf and bark patterns.

Monday
School closed (weather)

Tuesday
Presentations - trees in Kansas

Wednesday
Tree Cookie activity

Thursday
Cause/effect factors of tree growth, and Colorado beetle case study plus worksheet

Friday
Colorado beetle case study wrap-up

7th Grade Science 1/22 - 1/26

Objective this week:  To learn and understand the components of the theory of evolution, with an emphasis on natural selection.

Monday
School closed (weather)

Tuesday
Begin natural selection discussion - what it is, what it is not; complete a worksheet over natural selection.

Wednesday
Natural selection basics with insects.

Thursday
Natural selection activity - survival of species because of favorable traits

Friday
Reflection over this week's natural selection events; discuss/worksheet

6th Grade Science 1/22 -1/26

Objective this week: To understand kinetic energy, potential energy, and friction by completing a NASCAR activity.

Monday
School closed (weather)

Tuesday
Begin NASCAR activity; complete supplemental worksheet

Wednesday
NASCAR activity day two

Thursday
NASCAR activity day three; complete supplemental worksheet.  Wrap up activity

Friday
Begin thermal energy transfer unit

Biology 1/22 - 1/26

Objective this week:  To understand how to predict genetic phenotypes in real world situations.

Monday
School closed (weather)

Tuesday
Dihybrid corn lab and supplied worksheet

Wednesday
Corn lab worksheet due; begin Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium

Thursday & Friday
Hardy Weinberg practice, activities, & examples.  Assignments will be in class.

Zoology 1/15 - 1/19

Objective this week:  To learn about the three classes of fish, and participate in a shark dissection.

Monday
Salmon information and species


Wednesday
Chondricthyes information & assignment

Thursday 
Shark dissection 1

Friday
Shark dissection 2

Anatomy & Physiology 1/15 - 1/19

Objective this week:  To learn the functions of the major parts of the central nervous system.

Monday
Central nervous system components

Wednesday
CNS components

Thursday
Study for quiz and complete in class.

Friday
Finish brain dissection

Environmental Science 1/15 - 1/19

Objective this week:  To be able to identify native trees in Kansas by their bark and leaf patterns.

Monday
Begin tree presentation assignment


Wednesday
Tree presentation assignment construction

Thursday
Tree presentation assignment construction

Friday
Finish tree presentation assignment

7th Grade Science 1/15 - 1/19

Objective this week:  To understand that there are similarities in embryos among many higher order animal species, which supports the theory of natural selection.

Monday
Finish the Shubin video; begin discussing embryological similarities.

Wednesday
Embryological similarities and differences; hand out a worksheet over embryological similarities & differences

Thursday
Begin discussing natural selection;  Complete the HHMI video over natural selection and complete quiz on Friday. 

Friday
Quiz over HHMI video; continue discussing natural selection

6th Grade Science 1/15 - 1/19

Objective this week:  To understand how some objects store energy more effectively than other objects based off their design, and be able to explain how friction relates to this.

Monday
Activity - potential energy in archery equipment and complete worksheet

Tuesday
Finish archery energy project;

Wednesday
Discuss archery and potential energy

Thursday
Worksheet over archery designs; study for tomorrow's quiz

Friday
Quiz - potential & kinetic energy

Biology 1/15 - 1/19

Objective this week:  To be able to create punnett squares that compare two traits at the same time instead of just one, and show your learning of the concept by completing a quiz on Friday.

Monday
Video - DNA documentary

Tuesday & Wednesday
Dihybrid punnett squares and worksheets each day.

Thursday
Review for tomorrow's quiz/video

Friday
Quiz - punnett squares

Zoology 1/8 - 1/12

Objective this week:  To identify the external & internal features of fish and learn their functions.

Monday
Introduction to fish and their external anatomy.

Tuesday
External anatomy worksheet; discuss internal anatomy and review external anatomy

Wednesday
Video - freshwater fish

Thursday
Assignment - sharks.  The project can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Azj37ipSQPjZt7bAJ0zeiVDhoKJdHHawsWxS-fnGnuE/edit?usp=sharing

Friday
Fish quiz today

Anatomy & Physiology 1/8 - 1/12

Objective this week:  To learn the basic structures of the nervous system and how they interact with one another.

Monday
How drugs affect the nervous system; basic nervous system divisions

Tuesday
Expand on nervous system divisions today.  Google Classroom assignment over the NS.

Wednesday & Thursday
Central nervous system anatomy & physiology; complete a worksheet over the CNS.

Friday
Cat dissection

Environmental Science 1/8 - 1/12

Objective this week:  To be able to identify common Kansas trees by their leaves and bark patterns.

Monday - Wednesday
Outside trips - tree identification

Thursday
In-class assignment:  Outdoor-related careers.  The link to that assignment is posted below.....

https://docs.google.com/document/d/16Ood5DAlbuzRCWJwXkzYtD1M6wL4Tpj-DUr3IQLz_OA/edit?usp=sharing

Friday
Tree assignment - presentation

7th Grade Life Science 1/8 - 1/12

Objective this week:  To understand how similarities and differences in body structures could lead to common ancestry; to understand how rock layers can be related to the worldwide distribution of certain living things.

Monday
Rock layer discussion, pictures, and a worksheet packet over organisms in various rock layers.

Tuesday
Skeletal & embryological features; continue Monday's discussion.

Wednesday
Neil Shubin video "Inner Fish"

Thursday
Classroom activity - table top specimens

Friday
Quiz - rock layer analysis

6th Science 1/8 - 1/12

Objective this week:  To understand differences between potential and kinetic energy through real-world examples and analysis of graphs.

Monday
Potential vs. kinetic energy and examples.

Tuesday
Read 429-433 in text, and complete # 1-8 on page 434. Due tomorrow.

Wednesday & Thursday
Compound bow physics and how potential/kinetic energy is involved. 

Friday
Energy in archery equipment

Biology 1/8 - 1/12

Objective this week:  To understand dominant & recessive traits and how they are determined.

Monday
Dominant & recessive alleles.  Begin discussing punnett squares and give practice problems.

Tuesday
Punnett Square worksheet for points.  Begin pedigree analysis

Wednesday & Thursday
Pedigree activity - design your own.

Friday
Pedigree activity