10/28-11/1           Agenda and Assignments

Monday	DAY 3 -Pumpkin Data -Go Over Lichen Reading and questions -Continue Water Bear Lab -2-Column Notes for Ecology HW Water Bear Lab Questions
Tuesday	DAY 4 -Pumpkin Data -Omnivore's Dilemma  -Finish Vocabulary HW "The Demise of the Halloween Pumpkins" Wkst.  Due on Thurs. 10/31
Wednesday	DAY 5 -Pumpkin Data -Push-Ups!!! -Topic: Cycles in Nature -Traveling Nitrogen Stamp activity -Carbon Cycle Pathways HW 1. Complete activity questions         2. "The Demise of the Halloween Pumpkins" Wkst.  Due on Thurs. 10/31
Thursday	DAY 6 -Pumpkin Data -Finish Traveling Nitrogen Activity -Carbon Cycle HW None
Friday	DAY 1 -Pumpkin Data -Carbon Cycle -Cycles in Nature Webquest HW Finish Webquest

10/21-10/25           Agenda and Assignments

Monday	DAY 4 -Go over Levels of Organization in Nature -Search for and soak Lichen for Water Bear Lab -The Demise of the Halloween Pumpkins! (take pictures, discuss, notes) HW None
Tuesday	DAY 5 -Take pictures and record pumpkin data -Pond Water Lab (Using microscopes) HW Complete Pond water Lab questions 1-9, due on Thursday, 10/24
Wednesday	DAY 6 -Push-Ups! -Take pictures and record pumpkin data -Pond Water Lab continued -Omnivore's Dilemma  -Introduction, Read pgs. 7-13  -Vocabulary  -MyPlate and find the calories of a meal HW
Thursday	DAY 1 -Take pictures and record pumpkin data -Water Bear Pre-Lab Activity (pg. 1 of Lab) -Lichen HW Lichen: A Pioneer Species (use active reading strategies) and complete questions 1-11, due on Monday, 10/28
Friday	DAY 2 -Take pictures and record pumpkin data -Water Bear Lab HW 1. Lichen: A Pioneer Species (use active reading strategies) and complete questions 1-11, due on Monday, 10/28         2. Be sure Water Bear Lab is complete

Tardigrades

10/14-10/18           Agenda and Assignments

Monday	Columbus Day - No School
Tuesday	DAY 6 -Project is due today! Museum activity (students visit everyone's project and write one positive comment) -Pass back assignments and check Aspen account -Omnivore's Dilemma  -Read Intro. pgs. 1-13  -Food For Thought Introduction  -Pre-Vocabulary HW Living Things Project Reflection, write 1-2 sentences.
Wednesday	DAY 1 -Quiz on Characteristics of Living Things -Push-Ups! -Omnivore's Dilemma  -Read Intro. pgs. 1-13  -Food For Thought Introduction  -Pre-Vocabulary HW None
Thursday	DAY 2 -Begin Ecology Unit -Biotic and Abiotic Factors in the environment -Top-Down Web -Virtual Lab: Abiotic/Biotic Factors http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/CT08/CT08.html HW Complete Virtual Lab questions 1-6
Friday	DAY 3 -Go Over Virtual Lab -Levels of Organization in Nature class activity HW Levels of organization in Nature Worksheet

10/7-10/11           Agenda and Assignments

Monday	DAY 1 -Finish Homeostasis Activities, balancing and heart rate -Begin Homeostasis of the Eye Lab HW Homeostasis of the Eye Lab questions 1-8, due Wednesday, 10/9
Tuesday	DAY 2 -Finish Homeostasis of the Eye Lab -Begin Features of Life Project -Graphic Organizer Research HW 1. Homeostasis of the Eye Lab questions 1-8, due Wednesday, 10/9         2. Features of Life Project, due next Tuesday, 10/15
Wednesday	DAY 3 Yom Kippur -Homeostasis of the Eye Lab is due -Work on Project -Lesson on Citations, Citing references http://www.citationmachine.net/mla/cite-a-website HW Features of Life Project, due next Tuesday, 10/15
Thursday	DAY 4 -Push Ups! -Notes on Characteristics of Life (2-column) -Work on Project HW 1. Study for Quiz, use notes and web, on Tuesday, 10/15         2. Features of Life Project, due next Tuesday, 10/15
Friday	DAY 5 -Review for Quiz -Characteristics Task Cards -Work on Project in class HW 1. Study for Quiz on Characteristics of Life, Web and Notes, on          Tuesday, 10/15         2. Features of Life Project is due on Tuesday, 10/15