WEEK OF NOVEMBER 16TH - 20TH
MONDAY: Guest teacher students worked on climatographs
TUESDAY: Guest teacher students worked on climatographs
WEDNESDAY: EcoTower observations; students worked on climatographs
THURSDAY: Cleaned out ecotowers; students worked on climatographs
FRIDAY; Wrapped up climatograph analysis; notes on biotic factors in ecosystem
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 10 - 14TH
This weeks focus question is: How do the abiotic factors/resources affect the type/quantity of biotic organisms in an ecosytem?
MONDAY: 1st quarter grades passed around; O.A.; ecosystem comparison activity
TUESDAY: Guest Teacher - students take notes on abiotic & biotic factors while watching video "Jungle"
Veterans Assembly 9:00-9:57; all classes shortened to 45 minutes
WEDNESDAY: No School; Veterans Day
THURSDAY: Complete Ecosystem Comparison Activity; Begin Climatogram Investigation
All missing or quiz retakes need to be done by afterschool Thursday for 1st quarter grades
FRIDAY: 1/2 day, end of quarter; continue with Climatogram Investigation
WEEK OF NOV. 2 - 6
MONDAY: Complete notes on MRS C GREN (pdf form) and watch LIFE video
TUESDAY: O.A., complete study guide, review for quiz
WEDNESDAY: Characteristics of Life quiz (students should use their Chp 1 notes, MRS C GREN notes to review for quiz
THURSDAY: Begin ecology unit activity
FRIDAY: Design an Experiment on abiotic and biotic factors
Students will be constructing ecotowers in groups this Wednesday and Thursday. They have had planning time and should be collecting materials and organisms for their towers over the weekend. The towers will be constructed on Wednesday and contents will be added on Thursday. Students have been instructed to NOT purchase any organisms (fish, etc.) for their towers nor include organisms that would not be able to survive in a miniature environment (i.e. no tree frogs, pond fish, etc.) Try to stick to invertebrates (insects, slugs, snails, etc.).
WEEK OF 26th - 30th
MONDAY: Collected class data (PDF form) for last week's investigation, students received handout (PDF form) for writing their conclusion paragraphs, worked on study guide from Chp 1: Characteristics of Living Things
TUESDAY: Notes on MRS C GREN; complete study guide
WEDNESDAY: Construct eco-towers - students need their 2-liter pop bottles today TURN IN THE CONCLUSION PARAGRAPHS FOR LIVING OR NOT INVESTIGATION.
THURSDAY: Fill eco-towers - students need the contents for the towers today
FRIDAY: Quiz on Characteristics of Life - students should study notes, MRS C GREN, and study guide from Chp 1. Postponed until next week...Friday we will finish up the towers, take measurements and complete notes on living things.
WEEK OF Oct 19 - 23
MONDAY: Alive or not? Students began listing criteria they would use to determine if something is living. Here is an interesting game that illustrates one of the characteristics of life. BEWARE - not for the feint hearted!
TUESDAY: Students will observe and decide if samples are living or not. Begin study guide chapter 1.
WEDNESDAY: Students will do part 2 of yesterdays activity. Notes on MRS C GREN Begin study guide chp 1.
THURSDAY: Students will form groups and begin planning their EcoTowers for the Ecology unit. Last day to turn in Microscope Xword puzzle.
FRIDAY: non-student day....sleep in.
Parent teacher conferences are this week. Students are dismissed at 12:02
MONDAY/TUESDAY: Complete and turn in microscope lab; microscope reveiw X word puzzle
WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY: View "The Unknown World"; complete viewing guide
FRIDAY: Complete any microscope work, etc. Begin "Is it alive?" activity if time. Switched gears today and took notes on Scientific Observations & Inferences (Observations & Inference Notes ppt)
MONDAY: Begin notes on parts of microscope (microscope notes pdf)
TUESDAY: Complete notes on parts and care & use, begin microscope lab if time
WEDNESDAY: LATE START....Microscope Lab (If you are absent for the microscope lab, there is a virtual lab make-up under Science Resources
THURSDAY: Complete microscope lab, review for quiz
FRIDAY: Quiz: microscope parts, care & use, questions from the lab PROGRESS REPORTS GO HOME
I am scheduled for jury duty this week. Therefore the schedule may change if I actually have to appear in court. Mr. Parker is on deck to be my guest teacher in case I am absent. At this time I do not have duty on MONDAY.
MONDAY: Complete the measurement lab (docx) (Measurement Lab pdf)
TUESDAY: Microscopes online activity (Microscope Online pdf)
WEDNESDAY: Complete microscopes online activity
THURSDAY: Introduce care and use of microscopes; students practice with the old microscopes
FRIDAY: Quiz: metrics, science tool use, and questions from measurement lab. There are 3 online pracice quizzes under "Science Resources." Try them. & watch this Measuring Matter video
A US cent weighs exactly 2.5 g, while the nickel weighs exactly 5 g. On the moon, a nickel still weighs 5 g — its mass is unchanged — but in the technical sense of the word it weighs about 49 millinewtons on Earth but only 8 mN on the moon.
In everyday use, “weight” is a synonym for “mass.” You weigh something to determine its mass, which you call its “weight,” measured in grams, kilograms, metric tons, or the like.
In scientific and technical use, an object's weight is, roughly speaking, the downward force it “feels” when sitting on the ground, so it's measured in newtons.
When the word “weight” is used, the intended meaning should be clear. In ordinary use, “net weight 500 g” or “one liter of water weighs almost exactly one kilogram” are fine. In a scientific or technical article, the term “mass” would usually be used.
Ironically, there is an exception to the first sentence of this answer. When you hear someone say, “On the moon you weigh 1⁄6 as much as you weigh on Earth,” they're (correctly) using the technical sense of the word.
But note that a 5 kg bag of flour still weighs (in the everyday sense of the word) 5 kg on the moon, and if a recipe calls for 200 g of flour, you'd still use 200 g of flour when baking on the moon. And that 200 g of flour is the same amount (in every sense of the word) of flour on the moon as on Earth, but it weighs (in the technical sense) less, in that it doesn't “feel” as heavy when you lift it on the moon.
Of course, if you use an ordinary Earth scale to “weigh” the flour on the moon, you'll get the wrong amount, because spring scales use the force of gravity in the process of “calculating” the result, so they'd have to be recalibrated to work properly on the moon.
This is a tentative schedule, I will edit as the week goes along...
MONDAY: O.A., grade check in class, complete metric box activity, notes on volume
TUESDAY: O.A., notes on mass and triple beam balance use, begin metric measurement lab
WEDNESDAY: O.A., continue metric measurement lab
THURSDAY: O. A., complete metric measurement lab, notes on conversions
FRIDAY: weekly quiz - metric measurement No quiz, we are completing the metric activity
MONDAY: Today students did an O.A. (classroom scavenger hunt); read sponge bob safety rules story and categorized the safety rules. We also organized the students science binders (students needed a 1 or 1-1/2 inch binder to do this.)
TUESDAY: Today students reviewed science lab safety rules in class; science lab safety homework was assigned it is due Friday. A quiz on safety rules will be Friday.
WEDNESDAY: O.A. #6, played science safety game CHECK OUT
THURSDAY: O.A. #7, we began reviewing use of science tools and metric measurement...today I gave notes on length. Students started a Metric Box Activity in class.
FRIDAY: O.A. #8, Science Safety Quiz, Completed/Worked on Metric Box Activity in class
Week of sept 9-11
Wednesday: Parent Letter; intro to class; "find someone who" icebreaker game
Thursday: O.A..class expectations and bio-poem (doc) bio-poem (pdf)
Friday: O.A.; complete classroom expectations notes; biology pre-assessment; complete bio-poem
