7th Grade Life Science 1/28 - 2/1

Objective this week:  To understand various components of natural selection.

Tuesday
Workbook activity - predator/prey

Wednesday
Workbook pages 99 - 105

Thursday
Video

Friday
Workbook pages 99 - 105 finish

6th Grade Science 1/28 - 2/1

Objective this week:  To learn about Newton's forces through the construction of a STEM project as well as workbook practice/extension.

Tuesday
STEM project

Wednesday
Collision of objects; book pages 69 - 76.

Thursday
STEM project

Friday
Finish pages 69 - 76 in class

Environmental Science 1/28 - 2/1

Objective this week:  To learn the various categories of waste and how they affect the planet & civilization.

Monday/Tuesday
Notes - waste categories

Wednesday
Case study - hazardous waste case study for points

Thursday
E waste case study for points.

Friday
Quiz - waste categories

Anatomy 1/28 - 2/1

Objective this week:  To complete the CNS unit and take a test to demonstrate mastery over the content.

Tuesday
Brain dissection and brain parts.

Wednesday
Review all parts of the CNS

Thursday
Review for tomorrow's exam

Friday
Unit exam - CNS

Zoology 1/28 - 2/1

Objective this week:  To reach the level of mastery over the fish unit and complete a unit exam on Friday with 85% accuracy.

Tuesday
Fish conservation and assignment

Wednesday
Wrap up the fish unit.  Complete a graphic organizer for points.

Thursday
Review - Fish

Friday
Fish unit exam

Biology 1/28 - 2/1

Objective this week:  To reach the level of mastery over punnett squares and complete an exam on Friday

Tuesday
Punnett square specialties - incomplete dominance, codominance.  Practice codominance today

Wednesday
Codominance worksheet.  Review punnett squares.

Thursday
Punnett square practice/review

Friday
Punnett square exam

First and Second Period Updated 1/23/19....

With the late start today (Wednesday), that changed the lesson plans for first and second periods for the week.  They are now updated with the latest classroom info......thanks!

Environmental Science 1/21 - 1/23

Objective this week:  By the end of the week, students will demonstrate knowledge learned about waste in the environment through the completion of a paperslide video and score at least a 90% on the project.

Monday - Thursday
Paperslide video construction; Friday we will film the project.

Friday
Film paperslide video project.

Anatomy & Physiology 1/21 - 1/25

Objective this week:  To reach the level of mastery over basic brain divisions and cat muscle groups.

Monday
Review parts of the CNS and make a concept map over these parts.

Tuesday
Cat muscles - dissection review

Wednesday
Video and reflection

Thursday
Cat muscle quiz - outer muscles

Friday
Brain dissection day one

7th Grade Life Science 1/21 - 1/25

Objective this week:  To understand the role of natural selection with inheritance patterns.

Monday
Briefly review for quiz; take quiz today.  Watch HHMI evolution video.

Tuesday
HHMI evolution video and reflection.

Wednesday
Finish HHMI video and take quiz over it

Thursday
Natural selection; begin pages 95 - 104; complete numbers 1- 16 for points.

Friday
Hands-on lab page 100-101 in text.

Zoology 1/21 - 1/25

Objective this week:  To demonstrate mastery of the shark dissection through a dissection exam, and to understand the differences in bony fish species.

Monday
Review countercurrent exchange; discuss blood flow through the heart.  Finish dissection interviews for points.

Tuesday
Shark dissection - nervous system & brain

Wednesday
Video - bony fish

Thursday
Shark dissection practical

Friday
Salmon species and morphology differences for points

6th Grade Science 1/21 - 1/25

Objective this week:  To understand the differences in Newton's Laws and realize their importance in everyday life.

Monday
Review for quiz and take quiz.  Begin discussing friction

Tuesday
Friction activity today

Wednesday
No class (late start)

Thursday
Newton's Laws - Inertia & F = ma.  Worksheet over these.

Friday
STEM project - Newton's Laws

Biology 1/21 - 1/25

Objective this week:  To understand how to construct punnet squares involving two genetic traits, and also understand the importance of them. 


Monday
Dihybrid punnett squares - practice problems for points

Tuesday
Dihybrid cross worksheet for points

Wednesday
Late start - no class

Thursday
Dihybrid cross lab with corn

Friday
Finish dihybrid cross lab with corn

6th Grade Science 1/14 - 1/18

Objective this week:  To understand how forces work & act on us and objects around us.

Monday
Video - forces and motion

Tuesday
Forces - complete workbook pages 5-12

Wednesday
Video - Elon Musk interview

Thursday
Review for tomorrow's quiz.

Friday
Quiz - Forces, waves

7th Grade Life Science 1/14 - 1/18

Objective this week:  To understand the genetic basis for evolution and to take a quiz over similar body parts in organisms to show mastery of last week's content.

Monday & Wednesday
Genetic change and traits - complete pages 77 - 86 in workbook.  Review Wednesday for Thursday's quiz.

Tuesday
Model protein construction.

Thursday
Review for quiz tomorrow

Friday
Quiz - similar body structures/evolution basics

Anatomy & Physiology 1/14 - 1/18

Objective this week:  To continue lecture discussion over the CNS, understand the motor divisions, and also be able to identify outer muscle groups on a partially dissected cat... (meow).

Monday
Major brain divisions - motor areas

Tuesday
Cat dissection - outer muscle groups

Wednesday
Video - World's Most Dangerous Drug ...... complete a reflection over the video

Thursday
Reflection due; cat dissection - review outer muscle groups.  Quiz tomorrow over outer muscle groups.

Friday
Quiz - outer muscle groups.  Reflect over video, and CNS.

Environmental Science 1/14 - 1/18

Objective this week:  To understand different types of waste, the importance of it, and what can be done to reduce the waste issue in the world.

Monday
Categories of waste - lecture notes

Tuesday
Continue waste categories, and complete an E Mail assignment over waste

Wednesday
Case study - landfills/recycling

Thursday
Continue case study

Friday
Quiz - types of waste

Zoology 1/14 - 1/18

Objective this week:  To learn and understand important components of the bony fish, and reach the level of mastery over the cartilage fish through dissection.

Monday
Bony fish basics and countercurrent exchange in the gills.

Tuesday
Wrap up shark dissection

Wednesday
Worksheet over bony fish basics. 

Thursday
Prepare for next Tuesday's practical over the shark.

Friday
Salmon species and their importance.

Biology 1/14 - 1/18

Objective this week:  To understand how genetic crosses can result in a variety of traits, and how to predict the proportions of those traits.

Monday
Punnett square practice

Tuesday
Lab - DNA extraction

Wednesday
Pedigrees

Thursday 
Quiz - Punnett Squares.  Review before quiz

Friday
Begin dihybrid punnett squares