Monday, August 15 Welcome Back HW: Who are you? Tuesday, August 16 HW: Life Scientist, due Monday 8/22 at 8 AM on Google classroom Wednesday, August 17 Skill: Observing. Questions are due tomorrow. Thursday, August 18 Correct Skills paper Continue working on Life Scientist Want Ad Friday, August 19 Video: What is Science?
Monday, August 22 Characteristics of Life Anticipation Guide Table of Contents HW: Draw and color a cover for your composition book. It must be on a Life Science topic. Due tomorrow.
Wednesday, August 24 Skill: Inferring HW: Complete worksheet Binders may be checked out at the end of the day if needed.
Tuesday, August 23 Communication skill: Watchamakallit lab. Design and build an object. Write down the steps. Another group will build your object on Thursday following your directions.
Thursday, August 25 Watchamakallit Lab part 2 Friday, August 26 Quiz on everything from past 2 weeks.
Monday, August 29 Amoeba sisters you tube video Biomolecules What are elements? What are compounds? What are the 4 basic substances in a cell? What does water do for your body?
Tuesday, August 30 Chemical compounds Textbook pages 97-101 Cornell Note Style HW: Summary
Wednesday, August 31 Skill Day: Prediction HW: Complete worksheet by Thursday Thursday, September 1 Video: This Emotional Life (Family) Friday: Quiz on chemical compounds and skills. Read and take notes in your composition book pages 80-85 Brainpop: Cell specialization
Tuesday, September 6 New Seats Cell shape and movement Research your topic, meet with your tables, and summarize Wednesday, September 7 Finish assignment from yesterday. Share with class. Thursday, September 8 Video: This Emotional Life (Friends) HW: Complete Friday's notes (pages 80-85) Friday, September 9 Elodea Lab Looking at a plant cell through a microscope
Monday, September 12 pages 88-95 Textbook Looking Inside Cells outline Group work. HW: Finish outline Tuesday, September 13 Cheek cell lab Wednesday, September 14 Skill: Classifying HW: complete skills paper Thursday, September 15 Open note quiz #3 Scientific Method notes Friday, September 16 TEST #1 Take notes and graded quiz on Brainpop's photosynthesis
Monday, September 19 Photosynthesis and cell respiration notes HW: Finish notes from Friday Tuesday, September 20
Fermentation pages 126-127 Cell differentiation pages 138-141 Multicellular Organisms page 85 Test answers Wednesday, September 21 HW: Skill #5: Scale. Print out directions to school from your house. Use google maps or mapquest. Thursday, September 22 Brainpop notes: Cellular respiration and Stem Cells Friday, September 23 TEST #2
Monday, September 26 Beach clean up summary Seat change and hall pass Brainstorm plants and categories HW: Vocabulary definitions. Sexual reproduction, sperm, egg, fertilization, zygote HW: Paragraph using topic sentence "Reproduction in organisms produces new offspring." Tuesday, September 27 Plant reproduction in angiosperms Anticipation Guide Amoeba Sisters video clip Wednesday, September 28 Steps of the scientific method HW: Scale drawing using last week's homework assignment. Thursday, September 29 Flower Lab periods 3 and 4 Per 6,7,8 Amoeba sister's handout Friday, September 30 Flower Lab periods 6,7,8 Per 3,4 Amoeba sister's handout Monday, Oct 3 Angiosperm vs. Gymnosperm comparison Project: Per 6 due Tuesday, Oct 11 Modeling an Angiosperm Tuesday, Oct 4 Video: Seed plants Prentice Hall Sequence map of a seedling (page 379) Brace map of three major parts of a seed (page 377) Group work: Add to your plant reproduction knowledge you started last week! Wednesday, Oct 5 Skills Test Thursday, Oct 6 Video: Stress, NGC Friday, Oct 7 Notes on animal reproduction Textbook pages 464, 444, 474, 491, 440
Monday, October 10 Animal reproduction HW: Answer 3 questions at the end of the powerpoint that is on your google classroom page. HW: Read the 5 paragraphs from each of the pages (see Fri )Oct 7) and take notes Project: Per 4 due Tuesday, Oct 18 Modeling an Angiosperm Tuesday, October 11 The Mating Game Wednesday, October 12 Notes on asexual and sexual reproduction Thursday, October 13 Skills: Measuring Friday, October 14 Quiz on reproduction Begin notes on Brainpop: DNA, cloning Monday, October 17 Continue with Brainpop notes Per 7 Flower Project Due Tuesday, Oct 25 Tuesday, October 18 TEST: Reproduction Wednesday, October 19 Guest speaker Peace Corps Thursday, October 20 3rd period Great American Shake Out Anticipation Guide Genetics How are traits passed from parents to offspring? Vocabulary: trait, gene, chromosome, mutation and genetic variation Friday, October 21
Skills Day: Calculating
Monday, October 24 Gregor Mendel and his pea plants. Textbook pages 154-159. Complete section 1 assessment questions by Wednesday Tuesday, October 25 Class survey pages 160-161. Questions due at end of class. Per 8 questions are due Thursday. Wednesday, October 26 Skills: Measuring temperature and mass. Finish for HW. Thursday, October 27 Read pages 164-166 Review test answers Review yesterday's HW Friday, October 28 No school. Parent conference day
Monday, October 31 No school. Staff development day Tuesday, Nov 1 Google classroom notes: Heredity and Genetics Wednesday, Nov 2 Skills day: Variables Thursday, Nov 3 quiz on genetics Video: The Flu Read and take notes pages 170, 171, 174 Friday, Nov 4 Video: The Flu
Monday, Nov 7 Furry punnett squares (google classroom) Notes on pages 176, 180, 181 Tuesday, Nov 8 Punnett square quiz Bikini bottom genetics Wednesday, Nov 9 Skills Test Thursday, Nov 10 Identifying Variables due Monday Friday, Nov 11 No school. Veteran's day
Monday, Nov 14 Read pages 199-203 Genetic disorders and pedigree charts. Correct and return test and homework HW: Finish reading and take notes Tuesday, Nov 15 Create a kid activity Wednesday, Nov 16 Skill: Data Tables Thursday, Nov 17 Pedigree charts. Skills Lab page 204. Friday, Nov 18 College Day. Minimum day dismissal at noon.
Monday, November 28 Pedigree Charts. Skills Lab page 204 Tuesday, November 29 Bikini Bottoms Genetics quiz Google classroom assignment: notes on codominance, multiple alleles, and sex-linked traits HW: Read pages 208-210 Genetic engineering. Write a one paragraph summary on a sheet of paper. Due tomorrow. Wednesday, November 30 Skills: Graphing Genetics disorder quiz Thursday, Dec 1 Genetics Test Friday, Dec 2 Responding to Environmental Change Lesson 1 Complete pages 3,4,5,7 in workbook.
Monday, December 5 Lesson 1 Workbook pages 3 and 4 Hw: Canadian Geese Tuesday, December 6 Lesson 1 Workbook pages 5 Correct in class HW: Western Gull page 7 Complete the row for your extinct animal on page 8 Wednesday, December 7 Skill: Line Graphs Thursday: Lesson 2 continued pages 8-10 Friday: P45 research.
Monday, December 12 Lesson 3 EEI Tuesday, December 13 Continue with P45 research for debate on Friday Wednesday, December 14 Circle graphs. Skills Test next Wed on Data and graphs Thursday, December 15 Lesson 4 EEI Resources. Complete pages 13-14 in your workbook. Choose one of the four resources to read and write about. Friday, December 16 Debate P45
Monday and Tuesday, Dec 19/20 Complete Lesson 4 and Lesson 5 Workbook pages 15-18 Thursday, Dec 22 Lesson 6 Friday, Dec 23 Turn in completed workbook (all pages) Minimum Day
Wednesday, Dec 21 Skills Test D
Monday, January 9 Changes over time video take notes textbook page 224 and 6 vocabulary words: adaptation, extinction, evolution, naturalist, natural selection, genetic variation quiz on today's lesson - open notes Tuesday, January 10 textbook pages 224=227 compare/contrast land and island iguanas in composition book you tube videos: speciation/natural selection made easy (giraffes) Wednesday, January 11 Skill: Posing questions Thursday, January 12 Video: Tapped Friday, January 13 EEI Test
Monday, January 16 MLK Holiday No school Tuesday, January 17 Video: March of the Penguins Wednesday, January 18 Skill: Developing a Hypothesis Thursday, January 19 Skills Lab: Nature at work HW: read pages 228-231 complete section 1 assessment page 231 Friday, January 20 Skills Lab: Nature at work Complete analyze and conclude questions page 233
Monday, January 23 Finish the video "Tapped" and write a summary in class. Tuesday, January 24 Quiz on Skills lab: nature at work notes on adaptations, mimicry, camouflage, extinction video clip: condor Wednesday, January 25 Skill: Forming Operational Definitions Thursday, January 26 HW: Read Evolution of Species pgs 241-246. Answer section 3 assessment on page 246 Friday, January 27 No school. Teacher work day.
Monday, January 30 Review for test HW: Test review due Wednesday pages 259-260 #1-10,11,14,15,22-25 page 261 #1-4,8 Tuesday, January 31 Video: March of the penguins Wednesday, February 1 Interpreting Data Thursday, February 2 Process of Evolution test Friday, February 3 Evidence of Evolution pages 234-240 Take notes and be able to answer the following: 1) What conditions provide for fossil formation? 2) How are fossils formed? 3) What do scientists learn from fossils? Video clip: La brea tar pits HW: Vocabulary page 234 (8 words)
Monday, February 6 Evolution of Living Things # 1-6 Tuesday, February 7 Video: Bird (Eyewitness) Wednesday, February 8 Drawing Conclusions Thursday, February 9 Notes on Fossils Hw: Summary of notes for section 2 Friday, February 10 Quiz on fossils.
Monday, February 13 No school Tuesday, February 14 Creature creation Wednesday, February 15 Begin Creature building
Thursday, February 16 Creature building continued Friday, February 17 Creature game
Monday, February 20 No School Tuesday, February 21 pages 272-277 The Relative Age of Rocks write a summary using the 6 vocabulary words we discussed (Key Terms) HW: Crossword puzzle Wednesday, February 22 Skills Lab page 278 Thursday, February 23 Quiz on fossils Complete skills lab paper with your group Friday, February 24 Jog-a-thon minimum day
Monday, February 27 Branching Trees pages 255-257 HW: Create a branching Tree for Mammals Tuesday, February 28 Radioactive dating pages 279-281 HW: Write a paragraph explaining how scientists tell how old a rock is. Include the vocabulary words you learned today: radioactive dating and half-life. Wednesday, March 1 Movement of Earth's plates pages 282-285. Number 1-12 events of the earth. Thursday, March 2 Index fossil lab Friday, March 3 Parking lot walk age of earth
Monday, March 6 Geologic Time Scale Major Events Ch 8 Sec 5 Tuesday, March 7 Begin posters Wednesday, March 8 Poster assignment Thursday, March 9 Posters due Friday, March 10 Section 5 quiz research investigation questions
Monday, March 13 Notes on Age of Earth HW: Turn in your investigation question tomorrow Tuesday, March 14 PHSchool.com web codes cva 2080 and cvj 2080 Vocabulary, test practice, and crossword HW: pages 301-302 #1-25 Wednesday, March 15 Ch 8 Test Thursday, March 16 Brainpop: Food Chain. Take notes and the quiz. Sit with your investigation group. If you are doing a plant investigation you MUST plant on Monday. Friday, March 17 Investigation ideas
Monday, Mar 20 Day 1 of 11 Investigation Tuesday, Mar 21 Day 2 of 11 Investigation Begin your shared document Chrome books Wednesday, Mar 22 Dot to Dot and Bill Nye Diversity video Thursday, Mar 23 Day3 of 11 Investigation What is the Science behind your project Chrome books Friday, Mar 24 Day 4 of 11 Investigation
Monday, March 27 Day 5 Everyone must have a board by today! Tuesday, Mar 28 Day 6 Must have title and 2 other parts on board Wednesday, Mar 29 Day 7 Must have 5 parts on board Take home your plants and food investigations Thursday, Mar 30 Day 8 Friday, Mar 31 Career Day
Monday, April 10 - Thursday, April 13 Investigation work in class. Friday, April 14 Skills Test
Monday, April 17 Grade boards for neatness Endocrine System Ch 16 Tuesday, April 18 Grade boards for neatness Endocrine System pages 642-645 Wednesday, April 19 Pre-test on reproduction terms Brainpop: Endocrine system. Add notes to yesterday's summary. If time: Adolescence Thursday, April 20 Textbook pages 649-651 Male reproductive system. Complete 2 pages of notes and tape in comp book Video: Puberty ( brainpop) Friday, April 21 Textbook pages 652-655 Female reproductive system. Tape notes in comp book.
Monday, Apr 24 Pregnancy and childbirth (textbook) HW: Crossword (Brainpop) Tuesday, Apr 25 Pregnancy and childbirth (notes) Endocrine quiz HW: Crossword #2 Wednesday, Apr 26 Brain Hacking (60 minutes episode last month) cbs.com Write a quickwrite on the topic of cell phones and your brain from the episode shown in class Thursday, Apr 27 Male and Female reproduction vocabulary quiz HW: Read pages 600-604 (nervous system) and answer questions on page 604 by Monday (in comp book) Open House Friday, Apr 28 Minimum day Watch 3 minute film on Cassini's trip to Saturn return papers
Monday, May 1 Correct last week's vocabulary quiz Miracle of Life video Tuesday, May 2 Quiz on labeling diagrams of male/female reproductive systems Miracle of Life video Wednesday, May 3 AVID field trip UCSB Test review phschool.com web code cvj-4160 Thursday, May 4 Lesson 1 of binder How we get sick Germ, method, tissue HW: Finish worksheet "Spread of Diseases" Friday, May 5 Music Festival Choir/Orchestra Ch 16 test
Monday, May 8 Nervous System Ch 15 sec 2 Answer questions at the end of section and turn them in at the end of class Tuesday, May 9 Binder: Lesson 1 and 2 HW: Finish Lesson 1 review (binder) started in class Wednesday, May 10 Assembly: ASB speeches Thursday, May 11 Nervous System Ch 15 sec 5 Nervous System Quiz Friday, May 12 Binder: Lesson 2 HIV and AIDS PBS Health Wise (Infectious diseases)
,4Monday, May 15 SBAC testing minimum days all week Periods 1,2,3 Tuesday, May 16 SBAC Periods 4,6,7 Wednesday, May 17 Periods 1,7,8,3 and 4 Thursday, May 18 SBAC Periods 8,1,2,4,6,7 Friday, May 19 SBAC Periods 3,4,6 Lesson 5 of binder
Monday, May 22 testing continued Homework due: Advertisements or you tube links Tuesday, May 23 Lesson 6 of binder Wednesday, May 24 Game Day Thursday, May 25 Lesson 7 of binder Friday, May 26 Complete binder minimum day
Monday, May 29 No school Memorial Day Tuesday, May 30 Wednesday, May 31 Thursday, June 1 Last day of school early dismissal