Tuesday
- How do you calculate total magnification? Fill in the new science starter sheet for warm ups
- Use the rubric and work with a partner to score some student work.
- Discussion of scoring and what makes a good drawing.
- 10-15 to look at project idea books for the symposium
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Wednesday/Thursday
Stations: Take turns in each station
1. Work in pairs to view microscope slides and draw at least 3 detailed drawings that are colored and labeled
MUST have completed picture procedure to participate.
2. Work individually on symposium projects; meet with Mrs. Kaiser to get help. Record all progress in the symposium notebook.
Student preparation: Add procedure to make a wet mount slide (page 829) on the BACK of the practice procedure
1. Work in pairs to view microscope slides and draw at least 3 detailed drawings that are colored and labeled
MUST have completed picture procedure to participate.
2. Work individually on symposium projects; meet with Mrs. Kaiser to get help. Record all progress in the symposium notebook.
Student preparation: Add procedure to make a wet mount slide (page 829) on the BACK of the practice procedure
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Friday
Complete the lab rotation started on the last class. Lab drawings collected.
Science Symposium Help available AFTER School today until 3:00. Come by room 102!
Student Preparation: Study the microscope procedures and work on symposium project
Science Symposium Help available AFTER School today until 3:00. Come by room 102!
Student Preparation: Study the microscope procedures and work on symposium project
Week of 11/28/11
Monday
Mrs. Dechent has completed her instruction and will be grading the last assignments and adding them to Infinite Campus this week. All assignments given by Mrs. Dechent are DUE today!
- Students read about kids who completed science fair projects to see how they came up with ideas.
- Students should be preparing for a microscope test on block this week. It will cover the parts and use of this instrument. Use textbook pages 828 and 829 to prepare. Must earn an 80% to use the microscopes on Friday!
Tuesday
Review microscope handout to use as a study guide
Visit the Learning Resource Center to begin researching a symposium topic. (use the guide below)
Student Preparation: Study for microscope test & Mrs. Dechent's quiz (can use your notebook) next class. Continue researching symposium project topic.
Visit the Learning Resource Center to begin researching a symposium topic. (use the guide below)
Student Preparation: Study for microscope test & Mrs. Dechent's quiz (can use your notebook) next class. Continue researching symposium project topic.
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Wed/Thurs
- Take microscope operator's test and Mrs. Dechent's assessment
- Make a picture procedure of microscope use; change words into pictures. Refer to textbook page 829
- Distribute Science Symposium schedule with modified due dates
Friday
- Return graded papers
- Students choosing to do an experiment for the symposium make a symposium notebook, while Inventors work on the worksheet called Inventor's notebook (Due next Tuesday)
- Get to know the microscope: how it feels and how to carry it
Announcement: There will be a test on the five characteristics of life on Tuesday 11/8/11. Study the book p 34-36.
Week of 11/14/11
Monday
- Prepare Egg-speriment
- Student Preparation: Complete Food Diary for 3 days. Due Monday 11/21
- Parent letter introducing the Science Symposium projects is due with a signature this week. Please return the slip at the bottom of the page by Tuesday 11/15
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Week of 11/7/11
Monday
- Review Redi's experiment (p 36 of book) see website (code cep-1011)
- Reviewing for test- Make a poster that includes the five characteristics of life. Include examples and details.
Tuesday
- Test on the five characteristics of life
- Start brainstorming science symposium ideas
- Drawing a microscope from page 828 in book (student preparation due Monday)
Weds/ Thurs
- Magnification Lab
- Student Preparation: Science Symposium Letter Signed Due Monday
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Week of 10/31/11 Second Quarter Begins
Monday
- Warm up: Calculate percentage of test and creature packet
- Review Test
- Make test corrections on test correction form
- Scientific Method in Action: worksheet
Tuesday
- Warm up: How do you know meal worms are living?
- Observe sewer lice
- In journal: predict, is it a living thing? How do you know?
- Take notes in journal on the five characteristics of living things. Ref Book p 34-36
Weds/Thurs
- Warm up: Why do living things need energy?
- In class activities: learning about each of the five characteristics of life
- Handouts: Creepy Creature reading.
- Student Preparation: p 36 of book, Active Art Online activity. (web code cep-1011) Do the activity and answer the three questions. Printout or write answers. Due on Monday
Friday
- Warm up: What is spontaneous generation? Is it real?
- Observe meal worms: record data on length and mass. Feed and clean living area
- Word Strength: mono, uni
Second QUARTER - assignments are listed for each week here. The current week is listed at the top. These plans are tentative & may change.
Week of 10/24/11
Monday
- Warm up: What was your dependent variable from your experiment?
- Students analyzed data from their experiments
- Draw a graph of data on p 29 of journal
- Write a conclusion for the experiment: Did your evidence support your hypothesis? Where there any items that you couldn't control (IE the level of energy of your meal-worm)? Were there any errors from your part? What did you do well? What could you do better next time?
- Student Preparation: P 6 of meal-worm packet. Name each stage and give details (use book as a reference chpt 10)
Tuesday
- Warm up: What is a pupa?
- Review the life stages of the meal-worm: egg, larva, pupa, and adult p 6 of the packet
- Review for test: Game Taboo
- Student Preparation: Study packet for test!!
Weds/Thurs (block)
- Test
- Observe, feed and collect class data for meal-worm
- complete self-assessment in packet
- Word Strength: anti-
Week of 10/17/11
Monday
- Observe, measure and feed creatures; continue to add questions as they come to mind
- Review Activity 4 in the packet "Understanding Variables"
- Discussion of "Testable Questions" - what question about your creature will you investigate
- Student Preparation: none
Tuesday
- List parts of the scientific method you can remember in a concept map
- Guided Reading from Chapter 1 section 2 (handed out in class) begun at school
- Question ideas returned; small groups work to refine question you'll investigate on Friday
- Student Preparation: finish the guided reading handout at home
Weds/Thurs
- Warm up: What is a hypothesis
- Work with team to set up experiment: question, variables, hypothesis, Title, Materials, Procedure and Data Table (p 10-12 in creature packet)
- Student Preparation: Bring in any supplies your team will need to conduct the experiment
- Review your experiment before class on Friday.
Friday
- Warm up: What is your role for the experiment today? What are your responsibilities
- Conduct experiment; collect as much data as possible
- Student Preparation: Study creature packet for the test, including the scientific method and vocabulary words from your glossary. Test will be on Wed/Thurs next week!
Week of 10/10/11
Monday
- Pre-test for "meet the creatures"
- Reading: Oatmeal Bugs (download not available, must pick-up copy in class)
- Student preparation: Define the new words you highlighted, write one question that came to mind.
Tuesday
- Observe and measure the creature.
- Student preparation: complete the diagram of the meal worm. Label all the parts. Use the glossary in the packet and your textbook as a resource.
Wednesday/Thursday
- Warm-Up: name three parts of your creature
- Students took notes on the Scientific Method: (resource: http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/scientific-method-handout.pdf)
- Students visited "my spot" measured a square meter, made quantitative and qualitative observations of their spot and a drawing of one plant.
Friday
- Warm up: What is your creature, a larva, a pupa, or an adult?
- Reading and questions: running shoe experiment. Learning about independent variables, dependent variables and constants in an experiment
- Student Preparation: Finish activity 4 in your packet (on variables). Come up with two testable questions about your creature.
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Week of 10/03/11
Monday
Announcement: Mrs. Dechent is taking over instruction for the next several weeks! [email protected]
- Measuring using the metric system; students practice using the metric system by measuring different items on their body (fingernail, hand, arm span and height)
- Students learn to convert from centimeters to millimeters and vice-verse
Tuesday
- Warm-up: How many cm are in a meter stick? How many mm are in a meter stick? What is the maximum mass a triple beam balance can measure? (Students received a blue "science starters" form to write in their daily warm -up). If you've lost your form click here to print a new one
- Using the triple-beam-balance: Students practiced using the balance measuring a variety of objects.
Wednesday/Thursday
- Warm-Up: What do living things need to survive?
- Students received their "creatures," learned about ethical treatment of their creatures, set up a living space for them, and measured the length and mass of their "creature.
Friday
- Observations of creatures activity in "meet the creatures" packet
- Writing your questions about your creature in the journal
- Ticket out of class: What are the first two steps scientists use to study the natural world? (hint: we did both in class today)
Week of 09/26/11
Monday
Journal Housekeeping: Safety rules added to the journal. Review the journal to fill in missed or incomplete information to keep it organized and neat.
Notes on Qualitative and Quantitative Observations
Supplies checks ongoing all week as time allows. Late Safety Contracts collected.
Student Preparation: Find and bring in 6 photos you can use to practice making qualitative and quantitative observations.
Notes on Qualitative and Quantitative Observations
Supplies checks ongoing all week as time allows. Late Safety Contracts collected.
Student Preparation: Find and bring in 6 photos you can use to practice making qualitative and quantitative observations.
Tuesday
Safety Test Corrections reviewed in class. Students were asked to correct ALL of their missed questions using the template. Students who were absent can find their test in the Life Science Dailies binder.
Students who had time began to tape photos into their journal page 12 and identify 3 qualitative and 1 quantitative observation of the photo.
Academic Warnings posted in Infinite Campus. Check Infinite Campus often and contact me if you have a question.
Student Preparation: Last day to show school supplies is this Friday
Students who had time began to tape photos into their journal page 12 and identify 3 qualitative and 1 quantitative observation of the photo.
Academic Warnings posted in Infinite Campus. Check Infinite Campus often and contact me if you have a question.
Student Preparation: Last day to show school supplies is this Friday
Wednesday & Thursday
Students completed writing 3 qualitative and 1 quantitative observation of the photos in their journal. They rotated to see other students journals and the kinds of observations they made.
Dicussion of observations and their value related to the Native Plant gardens. They will be working with a partner this year to complete ongoing observations of a small plot within the native plant garden. We will record bloom times, leaf loss and other stages of a life life cycle
Student Preparation: Practice making qualitative and quantitative observations; Last day to show school supplies is this Friday. Picture retakes during science class on Friday.
Dicussion of observations and their value related to the Native Plant gardens. They will be working with a partner this year to complete ongoing observations of a small plot within the native plant garden. We will record bloom times, leaf loss and other stages of a life life cycle
Student Preparation: Practice making qualitative and quantitative observations; Last day to show school supplies is this Friday. Picture retakes during science class on Friday.
Friday
Picture retakes today during science class.
Textbooks issued to students. Begin the textbook scavenger hunt.
Bring the books home to use there; they may stay at home until May 2012.
Replacement cost of this book is $68.00
Student Preparation: Last day to earn points for supplies is 9/30; scavenger hunt due on Monday.
Textbooks issued to students. Begin the textbook scavenger hunt.
Bring the books home to use there; they may stay at home until May 2012.
Replacement cost of this book is $68.00
Student Preparation: Last day to earn points for supplies is 9/30; scavenger hunt due on Monday.
Week of 09/19/11
Monday
Where is the safety equipment in the classroom?
Draw a map and locate where these emergency equipment items can be found.
Watch a demonstration of some equipment items.
Student Preparation- Study the safety rules on the safety contract; signature DUE on Friday
Last day to earn points for supplies is 9/30
Draw a map and locate where these emergency equipment items can be found.
Watch a demonstration of some equipment items.
Student Preparation- Study the safety rules on the safety contract; signature DUE on Friday
Last day to earn points for supplies is 9/30
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Tuesday
What are the roles or "jobs" do students have during science labs? Study the descriptions of the 4 roles and summarize them in your journals
Student Preparation- Study the safety rules on the safety contract; signature DUE on Friday
Last day to earn points for supplies is 9/30
Student Preparation- Study the safety rules on the safety contract; signature DUE on Friday
Last day to earn points for supplies is 9/30
Wednesday/Thursday (block)
Grade printouts posted; papers returned and filed. Students should be checking their grades on Infinite Campus
Can you recognize the safety rules in action? With a partner identify safety violations in a cartoon.
Textbooks issued if time allows.
Set up the Interactive Science Notebook
Student Preparation- Study the safety rules on the safety contract; signature DUE on Friday
Last day to earn points for supplies is 9/30
Can you recognize the safety rules in action? With a partner identify safety violations in a cartoon.
Textbooks issued if time allows.
Set up the Interactive Science Notebook
Student Preparation- Study the safety rules on the safety contract; signature DUE on Friday
Last day to earn points for supplies is 9/30
Friday
Safety TEST today!! Students have a goal to pass this test with an 85% or better score in order to participate in labs beginning next week.
Student Preparation-
Signed safety contract DUE today; Last day to earn points for supplies is 9/30 or next Friday!!!
Student Preparation-
Signed safety contract DUE today; Last day to earn points for supplies is 9/30 or next Friday!!!
Week of 09/12/11
Monday/Tuesday
Complete the Visual data representation
Begin presentations listening for similarities you have with your classmates. Notice in what ways are you unique too.
supplies checked students who had them all in class earned Pine Bucks. Last day to earn points for supplies is 9/30
Enrichment lesson 1: 2* Contour Line Drawing, check the binder in the classroom
Student Preparation - Mrs. Dechent's parent note signed; DUE 9/17
Begin presentations listening for similarities you have with your classmates. Notice in what ways are you unique too.
supplies checked students who had them all in class earned Pine Bucks. Last day to earn points for supplies is 9/30
Enrichment lesson 1: 2* Contour Line Drawing, check the binder in the classroom
Student Preparation - Mrs. Dechent's parent note signed; DUE 9/17
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Wednesday/Thursday
Complete presentations of Visual data representation.
Peer evaluate the data representation using a rubric & provide feedback to classmates.
Posters turned in with peer evaluation for teacher assessment.
Last day to earn points for supplies is 9/30
Enrichment lesson 2: 3* & 4* color and identify science equipment with labels; work in partner groups
Student Preparation - Mrs. Dechent's letter signed; supplies
Peer evaluate the data representation using a rubric & provide feedback to classmates.
Posters turned in with peer evaluation for teacher assessment.
Last day to earn points for supplies is 9/30
Enrichment lesson 2: 3* & 4* color and identify science equipment with labels; work in partner groups
Student Preparation - Mrs. Dechent's letter signed; supplies
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Friday
Read an Aesop's Fable: The Lion and the Mouse. Discuss the science in the story and what lessons learned in the story that can be applied to the science classroom.
Enrichment lesson 2: 5* color and identify science equipment with labels; work in partner groups
Student Preparation -Mrs. Dechent's parent note DUE today and next time class meets.
Enrichment lesson 2: 5* color and identify science equipment with labels; work in partner groups
Student Preparation -Mrs. Dechent's parent note DUE today and next time class meets.
Week of 09/06/11 - Monday is the Labor Day holiday!
Tuesday/Wednesday
Play a "Getting to know you game" called Scientific Research; practice learning names and working cooperatively
Begin "Learning About Each Other Through Data Collection" questionnaire in class; finish as student preparation
Enrichment lesson 1: 3* & 4* Contour Line Drawing, check the binder in the classroom
Student Preparation - Data collection DUE 9/8 for 3* & 5*; 9/9 for 4*, 6* & 2*
Begin "Learning About Each Other Through Data Collection" questionnaire in class; finish as student preparation
Enrichment lesson 1: 3* & 4* Contour Line Drawing, check the binder in the classroom
Student Preparation - Data collection DUE 9/8 for 3* & 5*; 9/9 for 4*, 6* & 2*
Thursday/Friday
Work with a shoulder partner to analyze the results of the questionnaire.
Design a visual picture of your results. You can make a poster size graph or other visual representation
Enrichment lesson 1: 5* & 6* Contour Line Drawing, check the binder in the classroom
Student Preparation -Data Collection worksheet collected; work on visual representation and what you'll say when you tell about your findings.
Design a visual picture of your results. You can make a poster size graph or other visual representation
Enrichment lesson 1: 5* & 6* Contour Line Drawing, check the binder in the classroom
Student Preparation -Data Collection worksheet collected; work on visual representation and what you'll say when you tell about your findings.
Week of 08/29/11
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Tuesday
Review Policies & Procedures in Science
Make a foldable journal
Student Preparation -
policies & procedures signed by parent and student due Fri 9/2
Make a foldable journal
Student Preparation -
policies & procedures signed by parent and student due Fri 9/2
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Wednesday
Classroom scavenger hunt with student questions about science and the classroom
Discussion of questions
Student Preparation -
Getting to know you questionnaire due Tues 9/6
Discussion of questions
Student Preparation -
Getting to know you questionnaire due Tues 9/6
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Thursday
Student Preparation -
Parent intro; policies & procedures sig. due Fri 9/2
Friday
Read "The Bright Light Story"
Define: observation, infer & consensus
Discussion
Student Preparation -
Getting to know you questionnaire due Tues 9/6; policies & procedures sig. due
Define: observation, infer & consensus
Discussion
Student Preparation -
Getting to know you questionnaire due Tues 9/6; policies & procedures sig. due