Environmental Science 8/26 - 8/30

Objective this week:  To discuss the road to modern conservation in the world today, and be able to score at least an 80% over the topic on a quiz toward the end of the week.

Monday
Video - Africa and the conservation movement.

Tuesday
Conservation efforts and the history of National Parks.  Assignment over conservation.

Wednesday
Conservation assignment.  (Hadachek absent)

Thursday
Outside - insect collection

Friday
In-class assignment over National Parks - due by end of the period.  Also, there will be a quiz today.

Anatomy & Physiology 8/26 - 8/30

Objectives this week:  To reach the level of mastery with a quiz over the feedback loop system (80% performance objective), and begin looking at body cavities in a dissected rat.

Monday
Finish the stress video; review the feedback loop.  Question set for points.

Tuesday
Body cavity lab.  Complete a lab handout for points.  Due Thursday

Wednesday
students absent - trip

Thursday
Quiz - feedback loops.

Friday
Review for upcoming Unit One exam

6th Grade Science 8/26 - 8/30

Objective this week:  To understand how work, force, and distance all relate to energy within us and around us to accomplish tasks.  A quiz will be given at the end of the week with an 80% performance objective.

Monday
Scribble bots; build and test phases

Tuesday
Finish workbook pages through page 9; review/discuss scribble bots.

Wednesday
Video - Hadachek absent

Thursday
Complete energy calculations for practice, and then a worksheet for points with similar problems.

Friday
Quiz - energy specifics; scribble bots

7th Grade Life Science 8/26 - 8/30

Objective this week:  To understand how microscopes have helped us learn about cells, and to score at least an 80% on a quiz at the end of this week.

Monday
Microscope lab day 1 - understanding and learning about microscopes with a handout over microscopes for points.

Tuesday
Cell lab - microscopes

Wednesday
Video - Africa (Hadachek absent)

Thursday
Surface area and cell size; worksheet in class.

Friday
Quiz - cells and microscopes.  Class discussion following.

Biology 8/26 - 8/30

Objective this week:  To understand how carbon cycles throughout living things in the ecosystem and demonstrate levels of mastery on this by scoring at least an 80% on a quiz at the end of this week.

Monday
Survey - carbon cycle and ecosystems

Tuesday
Cellular respiration basics and discussing the steps.  Exit ticket for points.

Wednesday
Class on trip.

Thursday
Review pieces and parts of the photosynthesis process for tomorrow's quiz.....

Friday
Quiz - photosynthesis and partial cellular respiration.  Complete an ad-lib for points.

Environmental Science 8/19 - 8/23

Objective this week: To understand the importance of insects to the ecosystem and begin creating an insect collection with specific species involved.

Monday
The importance of insects to the ecosystem and begin discussing insect anatomy.  Insect assignment on Google Classroom

Tuesday
Discuss insect collection specifics and begin collecting.

Wednesday
Insect collecting

Thursday
Natural history  assignment in class; write seven things in class that stood out to you or meant some thing to you over the natural resources note set .  We made it through the Sutter's Mill/gold rush portion of the note set.

Friday
Insect collecting today

Anatomy & Physiology 8/19 - 8/23

Objective this week:  To understand how the body keeps itself within strict limitations with a feedback loop, and to begin mastery of directional terms.

Monday
Directional term introduction and practice these terms.  We will work these terms in nearly every day of the semester from this point forward so we must master them .... eventually!  :)

Tuesday
Assignment over directional terms; practice directional terms..

Wednesday - Friday
Feedback loops and pathways.   Friday assignment over feedback loops.

6th Grade Science 8/19 - 8/23

Objective:  To learn about systems and the parts of a functioning system through the build of a scribble bot robot.

Monday
Semester pre-test; discuss systems and their components

Tuesday
Finish pre-test and set up tech in class (online textbook, etc)

Wednesday
Systems - components and importance.  There will be a paper assignment given today over systems.

Thursday
Build & test scribble bots

Friday
Do workbook pages 4-9 in class.

7th Grade Life Science 8/19 - 8/23

Objective: To understand life properties, and to learn more about the role of cells in life.

Monday
Semester pre-test

Tuesday
Semester pre-test continued; collect insects outside

Wednesday
Investigate living creatures and discuss life properties

Thursday
Watch a video over cells.  Begin discussing the workbook pages 4-10.

Friday
Do workbook pages 6-10 in class.

Biology 8/19 - 8/23

Objective this week:  To understand how photosynthesis relates to life properties.


Monday
Semester pre-test; begin introductory unit

Tuesday
Introductory life; microscopes and life properties

Wednesday
Photosynthesis - what is it?  Relation to life.  Graphic organizer for points.

Thursday
Phtotosynthesis interviews for points.

Friday
Photosynthesis interviews for points.