Environmental Science 11/25 - 11/26

Monday & Tuesday
Work on wildlife management plans

Anatomy & Physiology 11/25 - 11/26

Monday
Muscle contraction specifics

Tuesday
Muscle contraction model builds

6th Grade Science 11/25 - 11/26

Monday
Discuss forces and Newton's laws

Tuesday
Mousetrap racer designs

7th Grade Life Science 11/25 - 11/26

Monday
Begin discussion of geologic time and the vastness of it.

Tuesday
Complete a geologic time activity

Biology 11/25 - 11/26

Monday:  Discuss DNA, chromosomes, basic genetic inheritance.

Tuesday:  Cell division basics

Environmental Science 11/18 - 11/22

Objective this week:  Students will learn about specific habitat management plans and determine what factors play a part in wildlife management.

Monday
Management assignment on Google Classroom (quail).

Tuesday
Limiting factors and how they affect the ecosystem.

Wednesday
Carrying capacity lab for points

Thursday
Management - food plot manipulations.  Quiz over capture/recapture equation.

Friday
Hadachek absent - video today.

Anatomy & Physiology 11/18 - 11/22

Objective this week:  Students will reach the level of mastery over the bone unit through the completion of an exam.  Students will be introduced to the muscular system, it's functions, and structures.

Monday
Open review for tomorrow's bone exam

Tuesday
Bone unit exam

Wednesday
Introduction to muscles and the muscle unit; form and function of muscles .  Assignment for points.

Thursday
Bone Lab - bones of the lower body

Friday
Muscle assignment for points on Google Classroom

6th Grade Science 11/18 - 11/22

Objective this week:  To understand how the sum of forces acting on an object and the mass of the object determine how the object's motion changes.

Monday
Video today

Tuesday
Newton's Laws - discussion of his laws of motion.  Workbook pages.  Be able to explain that changes in motion depend on the sum of the forces acting upon an object, as well as the mass of that object.

Wednesday - Friday
Mousetrap racer design.  Wednesday we will finish workbook pages 51 - 54

7th Grade Life Science 11/18 - 11/22

Objective this week:  To understand how our concept of time differs from geologic time, and the importance of this concept as it relates to the history of the Earth.

Monday & Tuesday:
Video - Dionsaur 13

Wednesday
Reflection over video for points and discussion of time

Thursday
Time - our time vs geologic time; discussion of geologic periods

Friday
Word search puzzle for points

Biology 11/18 - 11/22

Objective this week:  To understand how protein synthesis works to re-build your body and process proteins from the foods you eat.

Monday
Protein synthesis - transcription events

Tuesday
Protein synthesis - translation events

Wednesday
Protein synthesis - model building

Thursday
Protein synthesis - model interviews and review for points

Friday
Protein synthesis quiz

6th Grade Science 11/11 - 11/15

Objective this week:  To understand the effects of frictional forces in your daily life, and demonstrate knowledge of the concept through a quiz and classroom demonstrations.

Monday
Workbook - frictional forces

Tuesday
Workbook pages 24 - 31

Wednesday
Friction worksheet/classroom review

Thursday
Quiz - friction and forces

Friday
Class activity/friction demos

Environmental Science 11/11 - 11/15

Objectives this week:  To understand how coyotes affect and are affected by an urban environment;  to learn & understand how habitat is evaluated for management purposes.

Monday
Coyotes - documentary film

Tuesday
Urban coyote assignment for points

Wednesday
Wildlife sampling techniques

Thursday & Friday
Begin wildlife sampling techniques & habitat evaluations

Anatomy & Physiology 11/11 - 11/15

Objective this week:  To understand various bone disorders, and complete a quiz and worksheet/vocab activities to aid in mastery of the bone unit content.

Monday
Bone disorders

Tuesday
Review/crossword vocab for points

Wednesday
Quiz - bones of the upper torso

Thursday
Review all major vocabs for the bone unit exam

Friday
Review bone functions and repair processes; in-class worksheet for points.

7th Grade Science 11/11 - 11/15

Objective this week:  Students will teach classmates about a genetic engineering concept that they find interesting, and how that concept affects human beings and the world.  They will also take a quiz on Thursday with an 85/100 scoring objective.

Monday & Tuesday
Google Slides project work - artificial selection & genetic engineering

Wednesday
work on slide shows

Thursday
Quiz - DNA and engineering; finish slide shows & present

Friday
Vocab work/review - slide show presentations if needed

Biology 11/11 - 11/15

Objective this week:  To understand how different parts of a cell function to promote life and keep living things healthy.

Monday
Review cellular organelles; key in on the nucleus and DNA

Tuesday
DNA form and function - discuss what DNA is made of, and explain how DNA is copied

Wednesday
DNA model builds; complete the KINEX model build of the DNA copying process & answer the worksheet questions for points.

Thursday
Begin discussing protein synthesis.  Explain the process of transcription and translation.

Friday
Quiz - DNA form and function.  Translation specifics.

Environmental Science 11/4 - 11/8

Objective this week:  To understand the importance of the effects of urban wildlife on people and the environment, and to demonstrate a level of mastery over an animal lifecycle by taking a quiz at the end of this week.

Monday
Begin working on a Google Slide presentation over urban wildlife damage & control.


Tuesday
Urban wildlife damage/control Google Slide project

Wednesday & Thursday
Present Google Side show to the class


Friday
Quiz - WT deer lifecycle, photoperiodism

Anatomy & Physiology 11/4 - 11/8

Objective this week: To understand how bone fracture repair works, and to be able to identify bones of the upper torso.

Monday
Endochondral ossification and bone fracture repair

Tuesday
Bone lab - begin bones of the upper torso.  Complete a lab worksheet over these bones

Wednesday
Bone fracture repair models for points

Thursday
Bone lab - upper torso bones

Friday
Review/reflect on this week's learning activities

6th Grade Science 11/4 - 11/8

Objective this week:  To understand how velocity, acceleration, and other forces act on you & the objects around you.

Monday
Discuss velocity & acceleration; complete pages 9-11 in your workbook.

Tuesday
Lab - NASCAR activity STEM

Wednesday
NASCAR aerodynamics & downforce, testing your vehicles.

Thursday
Begin discussing gravity and friction.  Explain with classroom demos.

Friday
Friction/gravity labs

7th Grade Life Science 11/4 - 11/8

Objective this week:  To complete a STEM project over animal and wind driven seed distribution.

Monday - Wednesday
Build and test your wind driven & animal-carried seeds.  Four trials maximum.

Thursday
Be sure your packet is completed for daily work points; we will have class time today to work on this project.  Reflect on the project

Friday
Begin discussing genetic engineering; trends in science with medical technology/cloning/genetic manipulation

Biology 11/4 - 11/8

Objective this week:  Students will do two primary things:  1.) Show and discuss with their peers a human impact to the environment, and a solution they've proposed; 2.) learn about the form and function of the inner parts of a cell.

Monday & Tuesday
Presentations - human impacts on the environment

Wednesday
Begin discussing cells - review cell theory and all parts of a eukaryotic cell. 

Thursday
Cellular organelles; discuss and complete an assignment over these.

Friday
DNA - form and function