Zoology 4/30 - 5/4

Objective this week:  To learn specifics about lizards and turtles, and reach the level of mastery over reptiles.  There will be a test on Monday over reptiles.

Monday

Lizard body plan and morphology and snake identification

Tuesday

Turtles in Kansas and their anatomy

Wednesday

Prom decorating

Thursday

Review for unit exam that will be on Monday

Friday

Ok/Track

Anatomy & Physiology 4/30 - 5/4

Objective this week:  To reach the level of mastery with the digestive system through the completion of a practical exam at the end of the week.

Monday
Digestive unit notes - finish the GI tract and discuss accessory organs

Tuesday
Accessory organs and tooth structure/dental formulas

Wednesday
Review dissected parts for Friday's practical

Thursday
Reflection of CCCC trip

Friday
Practical - digestive unit

Field Biology 4/30 - 5/4

Objective this week:  To learn about building a pond from the ground up, as well as various stocking rates and scenarios, along with use options.

Monday
Pond construction & dam construction.  Worksheet today.  The worksheet can be accessed with the link below:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X1R_hps7U7U1VH4qKKZUtixcFzyG52TarkIz7fOHW4w/edit?usp=sharing

Tuesday
All-purpose option and stocking rates

Wednesday
Big Bass option and stocking rates, and panfish option/stocking rates.  Worksheet today.

Thursday
Video - Hadachek absent

Friday
Quiz - pond construction basics

7th Grade Life Science 4/30 - 5/4

Objective this week:  To facilitate a semester review, complete a review quiz, and to play the educational board games we created last week.

Monday
Review activity - important semester concepts.  Activity will be for points.

Tuesday
Play board game projects from last week

Wednesday
Begin discussing homeostasis in living things and body balance.

Thursday
Video today - Hadachek absent.  Worksheet over the video.

Friday
Homeostasis, body balance, and environmental specializations.  Review quiz.

6th Grade Science 4/30 - 5/4

Objective this week:  To show your level of mastery over sound waves by building a sound reduction device that fits over a speaker.  This will show how certain materials are better than others at dampening sound.

Monday - Friday
Sound muffler building project.  Focus on the engineering design method.  There will be a quiz over sound waves on Friday of this week.

Biology 4/30 - 5/4

Objective this week:  To create a portable water filter that can simulate filtering parasites out of water.

Monday
Individual filter brainstorming and engineering design process

Tuesday
Group engineering design - combine individual designs into one project.  Phase One of group activity

Wednesday & Thursday
Build water filters

Friday
Quiz - basic protista.  Build water filters.

Zoology 4/23 - 4/27

Objective this week:  To use critical thinking and public speaking skills to complete a snake presentation, and be able to identify ten different snakes in Kansas on a quiz at the end of the week.

Monday
Complete the snake presentation assignment

Tuesday
Review KS snakes and prepare for tomorrow's presentation

Wednesday
KS snake presentation today for points

Thursday
Review KS snakes

Friday
Snake identification quiz #1

Anatomy 4/23 - 4/27

Objective this week:  To learn about the major structures of the digestive system and understand their functions as well.

Monday
Seniors CPASS

Tuesday
Digestive system basics

Wednesday
Digestive system basics and worksheet

Thursday
Cat dissection - digestive tract

Friday
Digestive system accessory organs

Field Biology 4/23 - 4/27

Objective this week:  To understand the basic objectives and facts over managing farm ponds in Kansas for your own personal use.

Monday
Seniors CPASS exam

Tuesday
Begin farm pond management lecture

Wednesday
Farm pond management and management worksheet

Thursday
Field work (weather permitting)

Friday
In-class assignment over farm pond management

7th Grade Life Science 4/23 - 4/27

Objective this week:  To use critical thinking skills to develop a differentiated board game that will show mastery over snakes and their habits, features, & species.

Monday & Tuesday
Board game basic construction

Wednesday
Board game construction & life cycles/food chain info

Thursday
Board game construction and Kansas snake species

Friday
Finish board game project

6th Grade Science 4/23 - 4/27

Objective this week:  To understand how sound waves work and design a test to determine which materials make better sound insulators.

Monday
Sound wave specifics and worksheet assignment.

Tuesday
Assignment due; Begin looking at sound-resistant structures & rooms, such as music studios.

Wednesday
Begin STEM activity with sound dampening goals

Thursday - Friday
STEM activity - sound dampening

Biology 4/23 - 4/27

Objective this week:  To learn about the protista and how they can affect our lives.

Monday
Introduction to protista; form, function, and types.

Tuesday
Protista lab #1

Wednesday
Protista specifics; good vs bad protista & differences between them.  Vocab activity for points today.

Thursday
Protista lab #2.  Turn in lab assignment for points.

Friday
Continue protista & begin STEM project (water filters)

Zoology 4/16 - 4/20

Objective this week:  To complete a snake identification project and present it at the end of the week.  There will also be a quiz at the end of the week over snake identification.

Monday - Wednesday
Snake identification project prep.  Assignments will b

Thursday
Present the snake project today

Friday
Quiz - snake identification

Anatomy & Physiology 4/16 - 4/20

Objective this week:  To reach the level of mastery of understanding over the human reproductive system.

Monday
Pregnancy stages and wrap up the reproductive system.  Write a review/reflection

Tuesday
Open review - all reproductive system/pregnancy unit notes

Wednesday
Hadachek absent - assignment today in class.

Thursday
Exam - Reproductive system/pregnancy unit

Friday
Begin digestive system unit. 

Environmental Science 4/16 - 4/20

Objective this week:  To learn about Kansas basses, migratory fish species, and trash fish.

Monday
Largemouth and smallmouth bass identification; multimedia videos today.

Tuesday
Paddlefish and sunfish species.

Wednesday
Hadachek absent - video today.

Thursday
Wrap up Kansas fish today; discuss trash fish & invasive fish species.

Friday
Quiz - this week's fish material.

7th Grade Life Science 4/16 - 4/20

Objective this week:  To understand the importance of snakes to the ecosystem, and how to identify common snakes in this area.  There will be a quiz at the end of the week over snakes.

Monday
Introduction to snakes and reptiles.  Form and function.  Worksheet.

Tuesday
Snake identification

Wednesday
Video today

Thursday
Snake identification and word search activity

Friday
Quiz - snakes

6th Grade Science 4/16 - 4/20

Objective this week:  To reach the level of mastery over the electromagnetic spectrum through the completion of a paperslide video project.  Students will take a test over the electromagnetic spectrum on Thursday.

Monday
Finish up paperslide videos.  Prepare to film the videos.

Tuesday
Paperslide filming.

Wednesday
Hadachek absent - 6th grade trip

Thursday
Finish paperslides and review for tomorrow's test

Friday
Test - electromagnetic spectrum

Biology 4/16 - 4/20

Objective this week:  To reach the level of mastery over bacteria through the completion of a unit exam.

Monday
Discuss other bacterial forms and bacterial reproduction; finish up bacteria unit today. 

Tuesday
Review bacteria for Thursday's exam.  Create a graphic organizer in class for points.

Wednesday
Open review - bacteria unit

Thursday
Bacteria exam

Friday
Activity for points.

Zoology 4/9 - 4/13

Objective this week:  To learn to identify various Kansas snakes, and to create a snake project to discuss with other classmates in the school.

Monday
Kansas snake identification

Tuesday
Video - reptiles

Wednesday
Kansas snake identification

Thursday & Friday
Begin constructing the snake project/brochures

Anatomy & Physiology 4/9 - 4/13

Objective this week:  To understand how the embryo develops in the uterus and explain how multiple births occur.

Monday
Pregnancy & acrosomal reaction; discuss development of the embryo.  Look up three STI's and submit information you learned over them as an assignment, with 4-5 sentences per STI written down in your research.

Tuesday
Vocab review.  STI assignment due. 

Wednesday & Thursday
Video - multiple births

Friday
Wrap up the reproductive unit; prepare for Tuesday's exam

Environmental Science 4/9 - 4/13

Objective this week:  To learn/review Kansas fish species and how to identify them.

Monday
Kansas fish species - catfish.

Tuesday
Kansas fish species - basses; wrap up catfish.  Worksheet today.

Wednesday
Lecture - white basses and bullheads

Thursday
KDWPT assignment....see link below:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KKDOGxSalqywMGIsgK20QKidcV8WbdZERxdJQdZPRYo/edit?usp=sharing

Friday
Quiz  - Kansas fish species

7th Grade Life Science 4/9 - 4/13

Objective this week:  To reach the level of mastery over keys & classification and understand how viruses work.

Monday
Keys - Cladogram examples & construction

Tuesday
Cladograms - students will make their own for a grade

Wednesday
MAPS testing

Thursday
Begin discussing levels of organization; include viruses.

Friday
Viruses - complete a mini project

6th Science 4/9 - 4/13

Objective this week:  To complete and present a paperslide video over the electromagnetic spectrum.

Monday - Thursday
Paperslide video prep and filming to  begin on Thursday.

Friday
Wrap up filming of paperslide projects

Biology 4/9 - 4/13

Objective this week:  To reach the level of mastery over bacteria and demonstrate understanding through the completion of a unit test (beginning of next week).

Monday
Finish video; discuss bacteria shapes and look at diagrams over bacteria shapes

Tuesday
Bacteria life cycles and assignment on Google Classroom

Wednesday
MAPS testing

Thursday
MAPS testing

Friday
Group review sessions

Zoology 4/3 - 4/6

Objective this week:  To understand how specialized snake structures help them to survive, and also be able to identify snakes in Kansas.

Tuesday
Specialized snake structures and movement patterns.  Venomous vs. non-venomous snakes.  Worksheet today.

Wednesday
Snakes in Kansas/snake identification

Thursday
Snake structures and special modifications

Friday
Snakes in Kansas/snake identification.  Worksheet today.

Anatomy & Physiology 4/3 - 4/6

Objective this week:  To understand how female reproductive cycles work an facts about sexually transmitted infections.

Tuesday
Female reproductive system - cycles and chemical control over them; worksheet today

Wednesday
Contraceptives and how they work

Thursday
Quiz - male & female reproductive systems; STI information today

Friday
STI information continued

Environmental Science 4/3 - 4/6

Objective this week:  To reach the level of mastery over wetlands through the completion of a written exam on Friday.

Tuesday
Wetlands - non-coastal wetlands and complete a classroom assignment.

Wednesday
Wrap up wetlands; water testing if weather permits

Thursday
Review - wetlands

Friday
Wetland exam

7th Grade Life Science 4/3 - 4/6

Objective this week:  To understand how to classify living things through graphic organizers.

Tuesday
Classification systems and how they work.  Practice examples and an in-class assignment.

Wednesday
Classification system practice.

Thursday
Cladograms today; in - class assignment

Friday
Quiz - classification systems

6th Grade Science 4/3 - 4/6

Objective this week:  To understand facts over the electromagnetic spectrum, and learn what other wavelengths compare to visible light.

Tuesday
Begin discussing the electromagnetic spectrum and all components of it.  Complete a worksheet today.

Wednesday
Worksheet due; begin working on the paperslide video project for the electromagnetic spectrum.

Thursday
Paperslide project

Friday
Quiz - wave properties

Biology 4/3 - 4/6

Objective this week:  Complete a bacteria growth lab and discuss major categories of Archaea & Eubacteria.

Tuesday
Analyze growth plates.  Discuss class results and lab data

Wednesday
Archaea categories and worksheet

Thursday
Eubacteria and examples

Friday
Quiz - bacteria types