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

Objective this week:  To understand development of living things through the investigation of the fossil record, assuming that natural processes function today the same way they did in the past.

Monday
Finish discussion of the fossil record.  Discuss fossil formation.  Give out worksheet over the fossils in rock layers.  Talk about the law of superposition.

Tuesday
Class presentation project - students will work together in groups to create a class presentation over eras, periods, epochs, and law of superposition.

Wednesday
Present projects to class.

Thursday
Review for Monday's test over fossil layers

Friday
Video/review

Field Biology 12/12 - 12/16

Objective this week:  To reach the level of mastery over Kansas fish identification and to review for next week's final exam.

Monday - Wednesday
Kansas fish identification & anatomy.  Instruction will be given through a multimedia presentation with pictures and facts.

Thursday & Friday
Review for final exam; discuss major points of study for the final

Zoology 12/12 - 12/16

Objective this week: To review for the fall final exams through interviews, question/answer sessions, and group work.  There will be a practical final on Friday of this week and then the written final will be next week.

Monday
Review major themes in class for the final next week.

Tuesday
Review for the practical final

Wednesday
Interview/group work

Thursday
Open review - Practical

Friday
Practical final exam

6th Grade Life Science 12/12 - 12/16

Objective this week:  To learn about heat transfer and conductivity by building a functional thermos in class.

Monday - Wednesday
Thermos build phases

Thursday - Friday
Thermos test phases

Biology 12/12 - 12/16

Objective this week:  To discuss cell division and its important events, and to determine differences between 1N and 2N cell division.

Monday
Mitosis events - complete process

Tuesday
Review Mitosis;  begin sex cell division (Meiosis)

Wednesday
Extension activity - cell division

Thursday
Final Exam prep/info

Friday
Review all cell division and complete lab

Field Biology 12/5 - 12/9

Objective this week:  To learn the different types of fish in Kansas and how to identify them.

Monday & Tuesday
Kansas catfish and sport fish identification

Wednesday & Thursday
Kansas sport fish and rough fish identification

Friday
Extension activity - Kansas fish

7th Grade Life Science 12/5 - 12/9

Objective this week:  To understand the history of life on Earth through the investigation of the fossil record.

Monday
Introduction to diversity of life on earth through the fossil record - begin discussing major geologic time frames and introduce the importance of time.

Tuesday
Geologic time frames - discuss major periods and creatures within those periods

Wednesday
Video

Thursday & Friday
Geologic time frame activity