Monday
| -Finish going over Cells note-taking -Discuss Cell Project -Quiz on parts of cells and their functions, Thursday 12/14 HW Begin studying for Quiz |
Tuesday
| -Working on group cell projects! HW Study for Quiz |
Wednesday
| Field Trip to the North Shore Music Theater - "A Christmas Carol" HW study for Quiz |
Thursday
| -Quiz on the parts of Cells and their functions! -Working on group cell projects! |
Friday
| -Working on group cell projects! |
Monday
| -Tasty Mixtures -"Franken Pickle" demo HW Study for Quiz |
Tuesday
| -Review for Quiz -Element Bingo! -Pennies to Gold - Making an alloy |
Wednesday
| -Quiz on 3.1, Chemistry of Life, LSAF pgs 68-75 -Begin Cells!!! -Chicken egg demo introduction HW Cell Structure Note-taking, pgs. 40-47 LSAF |
Thursday
| -Go over HW -Discussion about cells -Cell Project Introduction HW Cell Structure Reinforcement, pgs. 40-47 LSAF |
Friday
| -Go over HW -Analogies -Work on Cell Projects HW Cell Worksheet, pgs. 40-47 LSAF |
Monday
| -Nutrition Label Lab - Organic Compounds HW 1. Work on Lab questions and graph 2. Quiz on Chemistry of Life, 3.1 pgs. 68-75 on Monday, 12/4 |
Tuesday
| -Work on lab HW 1. Work on Lab questions and graph, due tomorrow 2. Quiz on Chemistry of Life, 3.1 pgs. 68-75 on Wednesday, 12/6 |
Wednesday
| -Youtube Clips -Periodic Table of Elements Song -Work on Lab HW Study for Quiz on Chemistry of Life, 3.1 pgs. 68-75 on Wednesday, 12/6 |
Thursday
| No School - Professional Development |
Friday
| -Notes on 3.1 -"Franken Pickle" (The Electric Pickle) demo -Flame tests demo -The importance of salts HW Study for Quiz on Chemistry of Life, 3.1 pgs. 68-75 on Wednesday, 12/6 |
Monday
| -Cladogram classification activity -Go over pre-lab assignment for Evolution of Plants Lab -Evolution of Plants Lab: begin stations HW Read over Lab |
Tuesday
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-Evolution of Plants Lab
-How to draw what you see through a microscope
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Wednesday
| -Evolution of Plants Lab HW 1. Answer all questions and be sure to include color in diagrams 2. Bring in a food label/container with ingredients on it for Mon. 11/20 |
Thursday
| -Evolution of Plants Lab HW Answer all questions and be sure to include color in diagrams |
Friday
| -Evolution of Plants Lab Wrap-up HW Answer all questions and be sure to include color in diagrams |
Monday
| -Ecology Test! -Collect Ecology textbooks -Watch more of the Mount St. Helens Movie HW The Demise of the Halloween Pumpkins |
Tuesday
| -Finish Movie -Hand out LSAF textbooks -Where Does Life Come From? Read pgs 21-23 -Origins of Life HW None  |
Wednesday
| -Hand out LSAF textbooks -Where Does Life Come From? Read pgs 21-23 -Origins of Life -Top-down Web and Notes -Comparison of compounds found in the ocean vs. human body -From Soup to Cells From Soup to Cells Internet Link HW 1. Where Does Life Come From? (Use pgs 21-23 LSAF) 2. From Soup to Cells Internet Lesson, Due on Monday 11/6 3. Quiz on Wednesday, 11/8 |
Thursday
| -Broth in flasks, predict outcome -From Soup to Cells -Comparison of compounds found in the ocean vs. human body -Can Science Explain the Origins of Life? -Creating Coacervates HW 1. From Soup to Cells Internet Lesson, Due on Monday 11/6 2. Quiz on Wednesday, 11/8 STUDY notes!!! |
Friday
| -Origin of Life Video HW From Soup to Cells Internet Lesson, Due on Monday 11/6 |
Monday
| -pH labs are due! -Succession notes -Read Log Hotel and discuss -Island of Surtsey HW Succession: Equilibrium in Ecosystems/Backyard Succession (use color) |
Tuesday
| -Mount St. Helens Case Study Video HW Active Reading: Mount St. Helens, A Story of Succession |
Wednesday
| -Succession Skit! -Benefits of fire in an ecosystem -Finish notes |
Thursday
| -Begin Review for Ecology Test -Study Guide, Test on Monday, 10/30 HW Study for Test!!! |
Friday
| -Wrap-up The Demise of the Halloween Pumpkins -Finish Mount St. Helens video HW Study for Test!! |
Monday
| -Abiotic Factors, Cycles in Nature, and Energy Flow -Note-taking Guide (pgs. 36-53 Ecology text) -Reinforcement HW Finish Note-taking and reinforcement |
Tuesday
| -The Foodweb Game HW The Foodweb Game questions |
Wednesday
| -Correct Note-taking Guide -The Foodweb Game HW The Foodweb Game questions |
Thursday
| -Abiotic Factors -Cycles in Nature -Notes HW none |
Friday
| -pH Lab HW pH Lab questions |
Monday
| Columbus Day - No School |
Tuesday
| -Record Pumpkin Data -Symbiosis Cartoon Drawing -Notes and Vocab HW 1. Portfolio Reflection #1 due on Wednesday, 10/11 2. Symbiosis Cartoon Drawing due on Wednesday, 10/11 |
Wednesday
| -Record Pumpkin Data -Portfolios are due!! -Symbiosis Game -Food Chains and Webs HW Food Web Worksheet (2 sides) |
Thursday
| -Record Pumpkin Data -Using the Theme of Energy (Trophic Levels) -Discuss The Food Web Game HW 1. Read Over The Food Web Game 2. A Community Census |
Friday
| -Record Pumpkin Data -What is a Census?, Census of Burlington, MA -Using the Theme of Energy (Trophic Levels) -Vocabulary -Game: Predator HW None |
Monday
| -Levels of Organization in Nature -Biodiversity activities HW Complete Douglas Fir tree questions #'s 1-11 |
Tuesday
| -Finish Biodiversity in Nature activity -The Demise of the Halloween Pumpkins! -Discussion, data, and Notes -Biotic Potential -Notes and vocab - Populations -The Lesson of the Kaibab HW Finish The Lesson of the Kaibab
How to set up the graph
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Wednesday
| -Oh Deer! Game outdoors -Limiting Factors -Pumpkin data HW Graph data for Oh Deer! and complete the Reflection Data: 1. Original Population 2. Hunting Season, no shelter 3. Summer drought, no food or water 4. Over population, no shelter 5. Forrest Logging, no food or shelter 6. Winter snow melt, lots of water 7. Forest Fire 8. Bumper crop of acorns, lots of food 9. Really long winter, scarce food 10. Disease spreads among deer population, no shelter 11. Road is built close to forest and many deer run out and are killed, no shelter 12. Hurricane, no food or shelter The graph should be a bar graph     |
Thursday
| -Portfolio Reflection #1 discuss -Symbiosis and vocab -Pumpkin data HW Symbiosis wkst./Interactions within Communities (2 sides) use pages 20-24 in Ecology book Portfolio Reflection 15 pts - due Wednesday, 10/11 |
Friday
| -Symbiosis Game -Symbiosis Cartoon drawing project -Pumpkin data HW 1. Symbiosis Cartoon drawing project due next Wednesday, 10/11 2. Portfolio Reflection 15 pts - due Wednesday, 10/11 |
Monday
| -Discuss Homeostasis of the Eye Lab and questions -Hand back papers and distribute Portfolios HW 1. Extra time for lab questions (for improvement) 2. Quiz corrections/project corrections Extra Credit - Pond Water sample and/or Soil sample |
Tuesday
| -Begin Ecology Unit! -Distribute Ecology textbooks -Read chapter 1 -Top-down web overview -Notes -Vocabulary and vocabulary menu HW Choose 3 items from menu to complete in notebook for 3 terms Extra Credit - Pond Water sample and/or Soil sample Ecosystem, Populations, and Habitat (look up definitions) |
Wednesday
| -Looking at ecosystems -Jar of Soil -Pond Water Lab HW Finish lab questions due on Friday, 9/29 |
Thursday
| -Pond Water Lab HW Lab questions are due tomorrow, 9/29 |
Friday
| -Levels of Organization in Nature -Collect Pond Water Lab HW none if classwork if complete |
Monday
| -Work on Features of Living Things Project in class -Introduce Easybib and how to do Citations for research http://www.easybib.com/ -Hand back papers and assign portfolios HW 1. Work on project, due on Wednesday, 9/20 2. Study for Quiz on Features of Life, Wednesday, 9/20 |
Tuesday
| -Work on Project (as needed) -Lab: Is it Alive? HW 1. Work on project, due on Wednesday, 9/20 2. Study for Quiz on Features of Life, Wednesday, 9/20 |
Wednesday
| -Features of Living Things Project due -short presentations of projects -Quiz! HW Project Reflection |
Thursday
| -Lab: Homeostasis of the Eye -Watch video/podcast about Positive and Negative Feedback Loops HW None |
Friday
| -Finish Lab: Homeostasis of the Eye HW Finish lab questions #1-8 |
