Zoology 2/26 - 3/2

Objective this week:  To learn the major anatomical and physiological components of frogs, toads, and other amphibians.

Monday
Begin discussing frogs, their form, function, & classification

Tuesday
Frog assignment - work on in class, due tomorrow.

Wednesday
Frog lifecycle; complete frog notes and begin discussing toads

Thursday
Frog dissection 1

Friday
Toads, salamanders, and newts

Anatomy & Physiology 2/26 - 3/2

Objective this week:  To understand the chemistry of blood, and how blood is pushed to different parts of your body.

Monday
Introduce blood - characteristics, functions, and basic chemistry of blood

Tuesday
Introduce cardiovascular system & heart chambers

Wednesday
Cardiovascular system and heart chambers

Thursday
Paperslide video construction today

Friday
Map all blood flow through the heart today, including chambers and valve differences

Environmental Science 2/26 - 3/2

Objective this week:  To wrap up the waste unit by completing note sets over hazardous waste; prepare for Monday's exam over waste.

Monday
Review waste notes and wrap up municipal and industrial waste; review any hazardous waste information that's been given.

Tuesday
Finalize hazardous waste notes; create a graphic organizer over hazardous waste categories for points.

Wednesday - Friday
Review project - waste categories.  Paperslide video.

***Next Monday there will be a test over waste***

7th Grade Life Science 2/26 - 3/2

Objective this week:  To understand how environmental factors can help determine the number of organisms that can live in a given area.

Monday
Begin discussing differences between populations and density; then determine carrying capacity.

Tuesday
Carrying capacity worksheet in class.

Wednesday
Limiting factors - density dependent & density independent.  Carrying capacity worksheet today.

Thursday
Review carrying capacity and limiting factors, and practice.  Then video with what time we have left.

Friday
Quiz - limiting factors and carrying capacities

6th Science 2/26 - 3/2

Objective this week:  To understand how different forms of insulation affects the temperature quality of model homes.

Monday
model homes and insulation proposals; write and review in class.

Tuesday
Begin insulating model homes.  Complete this today and tomorrow.

Wednesday
Model home insulation

Thursday
Test thermodynamics of model home insulation plans.

Friday
Review and wrap up the model home project..

Biology 2/26 - 3/2

Objective this week:  To understand how natural selection affects the genetics & traits within populations and between populations.

Monday
Review natural selection video from last week; open the class up to discussions and questions.

Tuesday
Quiz over HHMI video;  begin watching Schubin's "Inner Fish" video.

Wednesday
Review the Shubin video and complete a worksheet over it.

Thursday & Friday 
Natural selection simulation with M & M's called "Battling Beetles"

Zoology 2/19 - 2/23

Objective this week:  To learn and understand the anatomy & lifecycles of frogs and toads.

Monday
Video - amphibians

Tuesday
Frog lecture note set

Wednesday
Frog dissection external

Thursday
Frog lecture note set - worksheet

Friday
Frog dissection internal

Anatomy & Physiology 2/19 - 2/23

Objective this week:  To demonstrate mastery over the peripheral nervous system by completing a quiz, and also to learn about the blood stream & its components.

Monday
Open review - quiz

Tuesday
Quiz - PNS

Wednesday
Blood/circulatory system basics; components of blood.

Thursday
Blood components - immune response

Friday
Blood typing FAQ and models

Environmental Science 2/19 - 2/23

Objective this week:  To learn and understand about the categories & disposal of hazardous waste, and to complete a case study over hazardous waste.

Monday
Video - waste/trash documentary

Tuesday
Review waste notes; continue discussing hazardous wastes

Wednesday
Read packet over hazardous wastes; complete a worksheet packet.

Thursday
Case study - waste

Friday
Review and take quiz; begin discussing wastewater/water quality

7th Science 2/19 - 2/23

Objective this week:  To understand how population dynamics affect resource availability in an ecosystem.

Monday
Video - birds of prey.

Tuesday
Carrying capacity and limiting factors.  Hand out a worksheet over carrying capacity

Wednesday
Limiting factors; discuss density dependent vs. density-independent limiting factors

Thursday
Population case study

Friday
Review/take quiz

6th Science 2/19 - 2/23

Objective this week:  To understand how thermal energy relates to building a home, and how we can modify the home to increase its thermal efficiency.

Monday
Test model homes

Tuesday
Write & reflect over model home testing; compare thermal images.

Wednesday - Friday
Insulation of model homes in class.  Supplemental worksheet on Thursday (due Friday).

Biology 2/19 - 2/23

Objective this week:  To learn the basics of natural selection and understand what the process is really about.

Monday
Natural selection basics - notes today.

Tuesday
Natural selection video; quiz over video tomorrow.

Wednesday
Natural selection video quiz

Thursday
Continue natural selection discussion & complete an E Mail assignment

Friday
Lab - natural selection/adaptations

Zoology 2/12 - 2/16

Objective this week:  To complete a project over the history of amphibians, which will lead to a deeper understanding over the subject.

Monday & Tuesday
Construction of amphibian history project.

Wednesday
Present amphibian history project.

Thursday
Introduction of modern amphibians; complete a Google Classroom assignment.

Friday
Modern amphibian discussion continued.

Anatomy & Physiology 2/12 - 2/16

Objective this week:  For lecture:  Discuss and learn the different types of sleep categories and EEG patterns.  For Lab:  Be able to identify ten new muscles by the end of the week.

Monday
Sleep patterns, cycles, and EEG patterns and worksheet.

Tuesday & Thursday
Cat dissection - musculature.  Musculature quiz on Thursday.

Wednesday
Sleep patterns and worksheet.

Friday
Quiz - sleep patterns & cycles.

**Next week we will have a lecture test over the PNS (Wednesday or Thursday)

Environmental Science 2/12 - 2/16

Objective this week:  To understand human population growth on Earth, reasons behind it, and how to develop solutions to impacts caused from it.

Monday
Human population trends around the world; discuss different types of growth, and analyze population graphs.

Tuesday
Population trends - case study

Wednesday
Renewable vs non-renewable resources

Thursday
Begin discussing waste categories and waste types

Friday
Continue discussion over wastes and impacts caused from wastes.  Read packet over waste.  Do waste worksheet over packet in class.

7th Grade Life Science 2/12 - 2/16

Objective this week:  To understand the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in ecosystems and how energy flows from one level to another.

Monday
Discussion of biomass, and explanation of trophic levels.

Tuesday
Lecture video - producers, consumers, decomposers plus assignment over lecture video.

Wednesday & Thursday
Lab - Owl pellets

Friday
Quiz - producers, consumers, decomposers; video if we have time

6th Grade Science 2/12 - 2/16

Objective this week:  To participate in a STEM project involving thermal energy; students will build miniature houses and test how much heat loss results from their designs.

Monday - Friday
STEM project; miniature home construction and thermal energy analysis; on TUESDAY and THURSDAY we will have a supplemental worksheet to complete each day.

Biology 2/12 - 2/16

Objective this week:  To complete a frog dissection and demonstrate the level of mastery through a lab test.

Monday
Frog dissection - internal dissection

Tuesday
Conclude frog dissection - begin review for Thursday's practical

Wednesday
Open review - frog anatomy

Thursday
Frog practical exam

Friday
Video today

Zoology 2/5 - 2/8

Objective this week:  To understand the origin of amphibians and how they developed a successful life on land.

Monday
Amphibian history & evolution.  Assignment today.

Tuesday & Wednesday
Amphibian presentation project construction.

Anatomy & Physiology 2/5 - 2/8

Objective this week:  To understand important concepts of memory and how memories are stored in the brain.

Monday
Short term vs long-term memory and how those memories are stored.  Please complete a flow chart/graphic organizer for the different types and categories of memory for ten points.

Tuesday
Dissection - cat musculature

Wednesday
Continue memory storage specifics.

Environmental Science 2/5 - 2/8

Objective this week:  To learn more about the importance of trees through the completion of a horticulture project.

Monday
Horticulture in downtown Mankato; work on horticulture plan.

Tuesday
Video - Go to Netflix if you have it; find the "Planet Earth 2" video series.  Watch the "Deserts" episode and write ten facts over the video.

Wednesday
Finish up horticulture plans.

7th Grade Life Science 2/5 - 2/8

Objective this week:  To develop a model showing how food is rearranged into new molecules within an ecosystem.

Monday 
Begin the model construction process; use newspaper & magazine clippings.

Tuesday
Continue model construction. Hand out worksheet today (homework tonight)

Wednesday
Finish model and turn in. 

6th Grade Science 2/5 - 2/8

Objective this week:  To learn about thermal energy & heat transfer by using heat sensor and beginning a STEM activity with that scanner.

Monday
FLIR One scanner lab - "heat sources of RHJSHS"

Tuesday & Wednesday
STEM project - heat loss in model homes

Biology 2/5 - 2/8

Objective this week:  To learn the external & internal anatomy of a frog through a dissection.

Monday
Frog - external dissection

Tuesday
Frog - internal dissection 1

Wednesday
Frog - internal dissection 2