Friday May 18th, 2018

Happy Last Friday!!!!


There are no questions for today.

Today we will be finishing up the movie and our presentations.

Dress comfortably on Monday so our core can WIN at field day.  Monday you will have all four core classes in the morning, your electives and lunch as normal, you will participate in field day during our afternoon time with your 6th hour class.

Remember, Rockies Core needs to WIN!!!!

Thursday May 17th, 2018

Happy Last Thursday!!!

Question of the Day:

• What are two things you learned in science this year?

Today's Activities:

• Watch "Born in Asia"
• Go to Mrs. Venturo and watch the skits 

TOMORROW WE WILL FINISH OUR PRESENTATION

Wednesday May 16th, 2018

Happy Wednesday!!!

Today's objective:

• Understand how organisms and environments change over time

Question of the day:

• What are you doing this summer?

Today's activities:

• Present project

Homework:

• None

Tuesday May 15th, 2018

Happy Last Tuesday!!!!

Today's Objective:

• Show you are able to predict future environments and organisms based on the past.

Question of the Day:

• What do you think Colorado will look like 10 million years from now?  Why?
• Have you turned in your orange paper to your first hour teacher yet?

Today's Activities:

• Complete and turn in your final project-due by the end of class.

Homework:

• None

Monday May 14th, 2018

Happy Monday!!

Today's Objective:

• Show you are able to predict future environments and organisms based on the past.

Question of the Day:

• What was the environment like here in Colorado millions of years ago?
• What is a fossil?

Today's Activities:

• Continue working on your research project.
• If you finish your project, work on something for another class.

Homework:

• Your project is due by the end of class TOMORROW!!!  No late projects will be allowed.

Friday May 11th, 2018

Happy second to last Friday!!!!

Today's objective:

• Understand how and why organisms change over time due to their environment

Question of the Day:

• Which organism are you studying?
• What is the first thing you are going to do this summer?

Today's Activities:

• Continue working on final research project

Homework:

• Project is due at the end of the school day Monday.
• If you think you will complete your project before the end of class Monday, bring something else to work on.

Thursday May 10th, 2018

Happy Thursday!!

Today's Objective:

• Be able to explain how organisms have changed over time due to the environment.

Question of the Day:

• If you were an elephant would you rather have tusks or be tuskless?  Why?

Today's activities:

• Complete and turn in the Elephant questions
• Work on Final Project

Homework:

• Final project is due by Monday at 4:00pm

Wednesday May 9th, 2017

Happy Wednesday!!!

Today's objective:

• Understand how humans impact some adaptations in wild animals

Question of the Day:

• In the movie, "Growing Up Wild", which organism was most like humans and why?
• If you were one of the animals in the movie which of the five would you want to be and why?

Today's Activities:

• Go over final project - you will have class time tomorrow, Friday and Monday to work on it.  
• Begin "Going Tuskless" reading and questions - you will finish this before working on your final project

Homework:

• Final Project is due at the end of the school day Monday.

Tuesday May 8th, 2018

Happy Tuesday!!!

Today's objective:

• Be able to identify adaptations in organisms and tell how they help the organisms to survive.

Question of the Day:

• What is one adaptation a brown bear has and how does it help the organism survive?
• What is one adaptation a lion has and how does it help the organism survive?

Today's activities:

• Finish "Growing Up Wild" and your 10 adaptations list
• Continue with Some Like It Hot

Homework:

• None

Monday May 7th, 2018

Happy Monday!!

Today's objective:

• Understand how environmental factors can drive change in organisms

Question of the Day:

• How have penguins adapted to the environment they live in?
• What is one other organism that has adapted to its environment and how has it done so?

Today's activity:

• Some Like It Hot

Homework:

• None

Friday May 4th, 2018

Happy Friday!!!

Today's objective:

• Show knowledge of how organisms adapt to the environment

Question of the Day:

• Name two things you have learned so far from the movie

Today's activities:

• Finish movie and turn in worksheet

Homework:

• None

Thursday May 3rd, 2108

Happy Thursday!!!

Today's objective:

• Show how genetic technology had advanced throughout the years.

Question of the Day:

• Name one pro and one con of your genetic technology topic.
• What side do you agree with, the pro or con?

Today's activities:

• Share genetic technology research project
• Begin March of the Penguins

Homework:

• Give your family members a hug and tell them you appreciate them.

Wednesday May 2nd, 2018

Happy Wednesday!!

Today's objective:

• Show growth of science knowledge

Question of the Day:

• What are two ways humans negatively impact the environment?
• What are two organisms impacted by humans and how are they impacted?

Today's activities:

• Finish MAPS testing
• Work on project due tomorrow

Homework:

• Genetic Technology Research Project is due at the beginning of the class tomorrow, no exceptions!!

Tuesday May 1st, 2018

Happy Tuesday!!

Today's Objective:

• Show knowledge of science content

Question of the Day:

• What is your genetics technology research project topic?
• What are two things you have learned about your topic so far?

Today's activities:

• MAPS testing

Homework:

• Research project is due THURSDAY!!

Monday April 30th, 2018

Happy Monday!!!

Today's activities:

• Show knowledge of science practices

Question of the Day:

• What is the independent variable in an experiment?
• What is the dependent variable in an experiment?

Today's activity:

• Science Practices Post-Assessment with Level 4 Question.  You MUST do the level 4 question.
• Work on your Genetics Technology assignment if you finish your assessment.

Homework:

• You Genetics Technology assignment is due Thursday.  It is an at home assignment so there are no exceptions to the due date!!!

GRIZZLIES GIVE BACK WEEK INFO:

• Pay $2 each day to bring in starbucks or wear a hat, $5 for the whole week if you pay up front.
• Wednesday-Friday is the teacher dunk tank during lunch; $1 per ball/$10 to walk up and dunk your teacher
• Friday is dodgeball, it is also the Penny War kiss the pig contest.  Whatever core you want to see kiss a pig, put pennies in their jug in the office, put silver coins and dollars in the other jugs to cancel out their pennies.

Thursday April 26th, 2018

Happy Thursday!!!

Today's objective:

• Know how the information we learned during the genetics unit is used in every day life.

Question of the Day:

• What is a GMO?
• How is a "designer baby" made?

Today's activities:

• Begin working on the Genetics Technology Project

Homework:

• The Genetics Technology Project is due next Thursday regardless if you miss school between today and next Thursday.  This project is meant to be done outside of class, there will not be time in class to do this project.  All instructions are in google classroom.

Wednesday April 25th, 2018

Happy Wednesday!!

Today's objective:

• Show knowledge of genetics

Question of the Day:

• What is the synonym for purebred?
• What is the synonym for hybrid?

Today's activities:

• Genetics Unit Test

Homework:

• None

Tuesday April 24th, 2018

Happy Tuesday!!!

Today's objective:

• Understand everything we went over in the genetics unit and be able to solve genetic problems given to you.

Question of the Day:

• What plant did Gregor Mendal study and why?
• Can two parents with brown hair have a child with brown hair?  Why or why not?

Today's activity:

• Review for test tomorrow

Homework:

• Go over Review sheet, Genetics Unit Test is tomorrow!!!
• Bring in you $5 for GGB if you have not already, tomorrow is the last day.  Remember, I will get pizza for the people who donated in the winning class.

Wednesday April 18th, 2018

Happy Wednesday!!!

Today's objective:

• Students will be able to recall information about the genetics unit and explain how traits are inherited.

Question of the Day:

• If there are no carriers in a pedigree is the trait dominant or recessive?
• Give one example of a sex-linked trait.

Today's activities:

• Make sure all pedigree and Punnett square practice is turned in.
• Work on the Genetics study guide

Homework:

• Get alot of sleep and eat a good breakfast for testing tomorrow!!!
• Bring a book to testing if you didn't check one out with Mrs. Venturo
• Bring me your $5 for GGB (you can drop it off any time before Friday)

April 17th, 2018

Happy Tuesday!!!

Today's objective:

• Be able to identify if a trait is dominant or recessive in a pedigree

Question of the Day:

• In a pedigree, what is a carrier?
• In a pedigree, what does it means when a circle or square is shaded in?

Today's activities:

• Go over dominant and recessive traits in a pedigree
• Genetics: Track the Trait activity  ** You must fill in the genotype on each pedigree for each individual

Homework:

• Make sure Track the Trait activity is complete and turned in
• Bring your $5 donation for GGB

Monday April 16th, 2018

Happy Monday!!!!

Today's objective:

• Use the metric system to make measurements

Question of the Day:

• In a pedigree, what do Roman Numerals stand for?
• In a pedigree, what do the numbers represent?

Today's activity:

• Metric System Activity in google classroom
• Make sure your Constructing a Human Pedigree is complete and turned in
• Finish the pedigree worksheet and turn it in

Homework:

• Anything that you did not complete in class today from the activity list is homework and due at the beginning of class tomorrow
• Bring in your $5 donation for Grizzlies Give Back

Friday April 13th, 2018

Happy Friday the 13TH!!!!

Today's objective:

• Be able to complete pedigrees

Question of the Day:

• What does a square represent on a pedigree?
• What does a circle represent on a pedigree?

Today's activities:

• Pedigree practice

Homework:

• Remember your $5 donation for Grizzlies Give Back if you haven't already brought it in.

Thursday April 12th, 2018

Happy Thursday!!!

Today's objective:

• Be able to read and draw a pedigree when looking at a specific trait

Question of the Day:

• Do the following Punnett Squares (genotype and phenotype too) where RR=red, Rr=pink, rr=white
• Rr x Rr
• RR x rr

Today's activities:

• Amoeba sisters - pedigrees
• Pedigree practice activity

Homework:

• None

April 11th, 2018

Happy Wednesday!!!!

Today's objective:

• Understand how to pull information from word problems to do Punnett Squares

Question of the Day:

 B=black, b=brown

• BBxbb (do the Punnett Square)
• Bb x Bb (do the Punnett Square)

Activities:

• Final day of Punnett Square activities (worksheet and group practice)

Homework:

• Finish and turn in Punnett Square worksheet you will get in class today.

Tuesday April 10th, 2018

Happy Tuesday!!!

Today's objective:

• Students will be able to draw information from word problems and construct Punnett Squares.

Question of the Day:

• Complete the following Punnett Square: BB x bb  (B=black, b=brown
• Write the genotype for someone homozygous recessive using the letters above

Today's activities:

• Punnett Squares!!

Homework:

• None

Monday April 9th, 2018

Happy snowy Monday!!!

Today's objective:

• Know how to convert measurements using the metric system

Question of the day:

• What are two metric measurements used today in other countries?
• What does codominance mean?

Today's activities:

• Metric measurement notes and activity in google classroom

Homework:

• None

Friday April 6th, 2018

Happy Friday!!! And Rockies home opener day!

Today's objective:

• Be able to use Punnett squares to determine the probability of offspring.

Question of the Day:

• What is codominance?
• What is incomplete dominance?

Today's activities:

• Quizlet
• Work on Punnett square practice

Homework:

• None

Thursday April 5th, 2018

Happy Thursday!!

Today's objective:

• Understand how traits are passed from parents to offspring.
• Understand why some traits so up more often than others.

Question of the day:

• What letters would represent an organism with a heterozygous phenotype?
• What is it called when there is a blending of two traits?

Today's Activities:

• Make sure you turn in Investigating Inherited Human Traits if you did not finish it yesterday.
• 7th hour, you must finish it for homework tonight and turn in tomorrow
• Spongebob genetics activity

Homework:

• 7th hour-make sure you complete the Investigating Inherited Human Traits activity
• Finish 4 vocab words if not already completed

Wednesday April 4th, 2018

Happy Wednesday!!!

Today's objective:

• Understand how dominant and recessive traits are shown in a phenotype

Question of the Day:

• What type of letter represents a dominant gene?  a recessive gene?
• What type of letters represent a homozygous genotype?

Today's activities:

• Finish and turn in the Investigating Inherited Human Traits Activity
• Complete 4 Vocab charts (word options listed on the board)

Homework:

• Complete any class work from today that you did not finish in class.  Activity and vocab are due at the beginning of the class tomorrow!

Tuesday April 3rd, 2018

Happy Tuesday!!!  Welcome back from break!

Today's objective:

• Understand how human traits are passed from parents to offspring

Question of the Day:

• What was the best part about break?
• What is the definition of genotype?  What is the definition of phenotype?

Today's activities:

• Investigating Inherited Human Traits activity

Homework:

• none

Friday March 23rd, 2017

Happy Friday!!!

Today's objective:

• Know how mutations affect the genes of an organism

Question of the Day:

• How many chromosomes are in an egg or a sperm cell?
• What are you doing for spring break?

Today's activities:

• Mutations activity in google classroom

Homework:

• Finish mutations activity if not finished in class today

Thursday March 22nd, 2018

Happy Thursday!!!

Today's objective:

• Know the difference between sexual and asexual reproduction and the outcomes of each.

Question of the Day:

• What are the 4 phases of mitosis/meiosis I?
• What happened during the metaphase stage of meiosis?

Today's activities:

• Sexual vs asexual reproduction powerpoint/worksheet
• DNA quiz
• Work on meiosis puzzle

Homework:

• Meiosis puzzle (puzzle is due at the beginning of class tomorrow!!!!)

Wednesday March 21st, 2018

Happy Wednesday!!!

Today's objective:

• Be able to identify the steps of meiosis and what is happening in each step.

Question of the Day:

• How many chromosomes are in each cell at the end of MITOSIS?
• How many chromosomes are in each cell at the end of MEIOSIS?

Activities:

• Meiosis puzzle

Homework:

• Quiz on DNA tomorrow!!!!

Tuesday March 20th, 2018

Happy Tuesday!!!

Today's objective:

• Understand mitosis and meiosis and the difference between them.

Question of the Day:

• How many chromosomes are in a regular cell in your body?
• How many chromosomes are in a sex cell (sperm or egg)?

Today's Activities:

• Video on Meiosis
• Video on Mitosis
• Document in google classroom, Meiosis vs Mitosis comparing the two
• Edpuzzle on mitosis vs meiosis (you must go to edpuzzle.com and log in then click on science to watch it

Homework:

• Make sure meiosis vs mitosis document is complete and turned in

Monday March 19th, 2018

Happy Monday!!!

Today's objective:

• Students will be able to recall science practices used to do labs

Question of the Day:

• Who determines the sex of an offspring?
• Who is my favorite student?

Today's activities:

• Science Practices quiz
• Interpreting Graphs (in google classroom)
• Make sure karyotype lab is complete and turned in
• Finish Genetics webquest

Homework:

• Finish karyotype lab and genetics webquest

Friday March 16th, 2018

Happy Friday!!!

Student objective:

• Students will be able to make a karyotype and identify abnormalities.

Question of the Day:

• What two letters represent a female?  a male?
• How many pairs of chromosomes do you have in each cell?

Today's activities:

• Finish and turn in the karyotype activity
• Work on the Genetics webquest in google classroom

Homework:

• None

Thursday March 15th, 2018

Happy Thursday!!

Today's objective:

• Know how chromosomes pair up in the human body.

Question of the Day:

• Where do we get our genetic material?
• How many chromosomes do we get from each parent?

Today's activities:

• Begin the Karyotype lab

Homework:

• None

Wednesday March 14th, 2018

Happy Wednesday!!

Today's objective:

• Get to know the students around you

Question of the Day:

• How many DNA letters code for a trait?
• How many chromosomes do we have in each cell?

Today's activities:

• Team Building

Homework:

• None

Tuesday March 13th, 2018

Happy Tuesday!!!

Today's Objective:

• Students will be able to identify genes based on characteristics of a person.

Question of the Day:

• Which type of stimulation did you react fastest to and why?
• How do the letters of the nitrogen bases in DNA pair up?

Today's Activities:

• DNA Marshmallow activity

Homework:

• None

Monday March 12th, 2018

Happy Monday!!

Today's objective:

• Students will use inquiry to determine which senses in our body react the fastest to stimuli.

Question of the Day:

• How many nucleotides code for a gene?
• What happens to the characteristics of Dan if one color is re-sequenced? What happens if the 2nd post-it is eliminated from the DNA strand?

Today's Activity:

• Make sure DNA Dan is finished and turned in
• Nervous System lab

Homework:

• Nervous System lab questions if not completed in class.

Friday March 9th, 2018

Happy Friday!!!

Today's objective:

• Students will understand how DNA codes for different traits

Question of the day:

• How do the nitrogen base letter in DNA match up?
• Where is DNA found?

Today's Activities:

• DNA notes
• DNA Dan

Homework:

• None

Thursday March 8th, 2018

Happy Thursday!!!

Today's objective:

• Know how DNA is made and the parts that make it up.  Understand how nucleotides pair up to make DNA.

Question of the Day:

• What are the three parts of a nucleotide (part of DNA)?
• What did you notice about the letters A T C G on your DNA puzzle pieces?

Today's Activities:

• Finish and turn in the DNA puzzle
• Self score your essay on the flu and explain why you scored yourself the way that you did.
• Notes on DNA

Homework:

• None unless you did not finish the DNA puzzle

Wednesday March 7th, 2018

Happy Wednesday!!

Today's objective:

• Students will be able to identify the parts that make up DNA and explain how DNA is put together.

Question of the Day:

• List three things you know about genetics/genes.

Today's Activities:

• DNA puzzle

Homework:

• None

Tuesday March 6th, 2018

Happy Tuesday!!

Today's objective:

• Be able to compare a frog's structures and functions to a human's.

Question of the Day:

• What are two ways humans and frogs are the same? (different from what you wrote yesterday)
• What are two ways humans and frogs are different? (different from what you wrote yesterday)

Today's Activities:

• Frog Dissection

Homework:

• None

Monday March 5th, 2018

Happy Monday!!!

Today's objective:

• Be able to compare a frog's structures and functions to a human's.

Question of the Day:

• What are two ways humans and frogs are the same?
• What are two ways humans and frogs are different?

Today's Activities:

• Frog Dissection

Homework:

• None

March 2nd, 2018

Happy Friday!!!

Today's objective:

• Be able to compare a frog's structures and functions to a human's.

Question of the Day:

• What are two lab rules that should be followed while dissecting frogs.

Today's Activities:

• Frog Dissection

Homework:

• None

March 1st, 2018

Happy March!!!

Today's objective:

• Be able to explain what is happening to the body when it is placed in different situations.

Question of the Day:

• How do the digestive system, circulatory system, and musculoskeletal sysem all work together?

Today's activities:

• Human Body Unit Test
• Frog dissection Pre-assignment

Homework:

• None

Wednesday February 28th, 2018

Happy Wednesday!!!

Today's objectives:

• Be able know facts about the human body and explain connections between the body systems.

Question of the Day:

• What is the path blood takes through the body starting in the heart with deoxygenated blood?
• What is absorbed into the body from the small intestines?  What is absorbed into the body from the large intestines?

Today's activities:

• Review for our Human Body Unit Test which is TOMORROW!!!

Homework:

• Study for your test, make sure your study guide is complete
• Your Human Body Project is due tomorrow!!!!

Tuesday February 27th, 2018

Happy Tuesday!!!

Today's objective:

• Be able to explain how the body systems work when competing in an Olympic Sport.

Question of the Day:

• What are the three types of blood vessels and what does each one do?
• What are the four accessory organs in the digestive system and what does each do?

Today's Activities:

• Work on your Human Body Project - to turn in, attach it to the directions in google classroom
• Work on your Human Body Study guide in google classroom
• If all other work is finished, study for our test which is THIS THURSDAY!!

Homework:

• Project due Thursday
• Study guide due Thursday 
• Test Thursday

Monday February 26th, 2018

Happy Monday!!!!

Today's objectives:

• Be able to read scientific text and use the information to write an essay

Question of the Day:

• What are two things you have learned from your research?
• What are the three functions of the digestive system?

Activities:

• Monday Writing - Essay on the Flu - this essay will be graded and used for the school wide writing goal so do your best!!
• Keep working on your Human Body Project
• If you finish the project, the study guide for our unit test (Thursday March 1st) is in google classroom and you can work on filling that out to study 

Homework:

• Human Body Project is due Thursday
• Study Guide and Unit Test are also Thursday, make sure you plan your time out so you don't have way too much to do Wednesday night!

Friday February 23rd, 2018

Happy Friday!!!!

Today's objective:

Students will be able to explain how the body systems work individually and together while competing in an Olympic sport.

Question of the Day:

• What are your five senses?
• How much blood is filtered by the kidneys every day? 

Today's Activities:

• Today is the last in class day to work on your Human Body Project

Homework:

• Human Body Project is due March 1st.  Even if you miss a day of school, this has been on the blog and the directions are in google classroom.  It is due for EVERYONE on March 1st.

Thursday February 22nd, 2018

Happy Thursday!!!

Today's objective:

• Students will be able to explain how the body systems work individually and together while competing in an Olympic sport.

Question of the Day:

• What are the 4 main parts of the excretory system and what waste does each remove?
• What are the 4 main parts of the urinary system?

Today's activities:

• Continue working on the Human Body Project

Homework:

• Your project is due March 1st!!!!!

Wednesday February 21st, 2018

Happy Wednesday!!

Today's objective:

• Understand how body systems work together to help a person train for an Olympic event.

Question of the Day:

• What are the three parts of the brain and what does each part do?
• What are the two main parts of the nervous system and what is included in each?

Today's activities:

• Finish notes on the excretory system
• Go over the directions for the Human Body Project
• Start the Human Body Project

Homework:

• The Human Body Project is Due next Thursday, you will not get to participate in frog dissections of your project is not complete

Tuesday February 20th, 2018

Happy Tuesday!!! I hope you all had a relaxing mini-break:)

Today's Objective:

• Know the structure and function of the nervous system
• Know the structure and function of the excretory system

Question of the Day:

• What was the best part of your break?
• What are two things you have learned about the human body so far that is most interesting to you?

Today's activities:

• Nervous system notes
• Excretory system notes
• Scenario writing for musculoskeletal system is time allows

Homework:

• None

Wednesday February 14th, 2018

Happy Valentine's Day!!!!

Today's objective:

• Know the muscles that work in the body and how they work together.
• Know the structure and function of the nervous system

Question of the Day:

• List the layers of the bone from the outside to the inside
• Name 3 muscles found in your leg.

Activities:

• Finish muscles stations
• Nervous system notes

Homework:

• none

Tuesday February 13th, 2018

Happy Tuesday!!!

Today's objective:

• Show understanding of the respiratory and digestive systems
• Work through how the musculoskeletal system works in different situations

Question of the Day:

• What are the two types of marrow and each of their functions?
• List 3 functions of the skeletal system.

Today's activities:

• Review for quiz
• Quiz
• Musculoskeletal system stations lab

Homework:

• none

Monday February 12th, 2018

Happy Monday!!!

Today's objective:

• Read and write like a scientist, being able to answer questions using scientific data
• Be able to read a data table

Question of the Day:

• What are the 4 types of movable joints?
• What are the 3 types of muscles?

Activities:

• Monday Writing Like a Scientist
• Reading data tables

Homework:

• Make sure the 4 questions for the reading are done (we will do the essay next week)
• Study for a quiz on the digestive/circulatory/respiratory systems tomorrow

Friday February 9th, 2108

Happy Friday!!!!

Today's objective:

• Know the structure and function of the musculoskeletal system

Question of the Day:

• What is one thing you are excited to do this weekend?
• How many bones do you have in your body?

Activities:

• Notes
• Review games

Homework:

• None

Thursday February 8th, 2018

Happy Thursday!!!

Today's objective:

• Understand how systems work together to perform cellular respiration

Question of the Day:

• Explain one link between the digestive and circulatory systems
• Explain one link between the circulatory and respiratory systems

Today's activity:

• Work on scenario writings

Homework:

• Make sure your scenario writings for the circulatory, respiratory and digestive systems are complete

Wednesday February 7th, 2018

Happy Wednesday!

Today's Objective:

• Students will show an understanding of how body systems work together

Question of the Day:

• List three things you learned from the Pushing the Limits video you watched yesterday.

Today's Activities:

• Continue working on the three body system boards.  The respiratory system, the digestive system, and the circulatory system.  Turn each one in as you complete it.

Homework:

• Any board questions from the three techbook board questions (respiratory, circulatory, digestive) you have been working on over the past week.

Tuesday February 6th, 2018

Happy Tuesday!!!

Today's objective:

• Students will understand how amazing the brain is and how it works with the rest of the body.

Question of the Day:

• How are the circulatory and digestive systems connected?
• How does nutrients get from the food we eat to our brain?

Activities:

• Video - Pushing the Limits
• When the video is done, continue with board questions

Homework:

• None

Monday February 5th, 2018

Happy Monday:

Today's objectives:

• Be able to cite text from a scientific article to support your answer.
• Be able to graph given a table table, be able to write a data table, be able to answer questions from reading a graph and data table.

Question of the Day:

• What are three things you must put on a graph so it is correctly written?

Today's activities:

• Essay part of the article about Wildfires
• Finish graphing practice packet
• If you finish the graphing packet work on the table data practice

Homework:

• Essay if not finished in class
• Graphing Practice Packet if not finished in class

Friday February 2nd, 2018

Happy Friday!!!

Today's objective:

• Understand how the circulatory, respiratory, and digestive system work to keep the body functioning

Question of the Day:

• Name three places chemical digestion occurs.
• What is the name of the finger-like structures in the small intestine that absorb nutrients?

Today's Activities:

• Work on your techbook board questions for our three systems: Digestive, Circulatory, and Respiratory

Homework:

• None

Thursday February 1st, 2018

Happy Thursday!!!!

Today's objective:

• Understand how food moves through the digestive system and nutrients move through the body

Question of the Day:

• What is the difference between digestion and absorption?
• Name two accessory organs.

Today's Activities:

• Magic School Bus For Lunch video
• Begin Digestive System board questions

Homework:

• none

Wednesday January 31st, 2017

Happy Wednesday!!

Today's objective:

• Students will know and understand what is happening at each part of the digestive system.

Question of the Day:

• Where are two places mechanical digestion takes place?
• Where are two places chemical digestion takes place?

Activities:

• Review games
• Poop train

Homework:

• None

Tuesday January 30th, 2018

Happy Tuesday!!!

Today's objectives:

• Know the parts of the digestive system and how it works with the body.

Question of the day:

• What causes hiccups?
• What two muscles help us breath?

Activities:

• Digestive system notes
• Work on Circulatory system board questions

Homework:

• None

Monday January 29th, 2018

Happy Monday!!!

Today's objective:

• Students will be able to read like a scientist and extract information from an article.
• Students will be able to graph data.

Question of the Day:

• Where in the lungs does gas exchange take place?
• Which chamber of the heart pumps blood to the body?

Today's Activities:

• Science in the News - Read article and answer questions (NOT ESSAY)
• Graphing and Data Table Practice

Homework:

• Make sure the questions from Science in the News are complete

Friday January 26th, 2018

Happy Friday!!!

Today's objective:

• Be able to explain how the circulatory and respiratory work and interact in the body.

Question of the Day:

• Name one link between the circulatory and respiratory systems.
• What blood vessel carriers oxygenated blood?  deoxygenated blood?

Today's activities:

• Write a thank you letter
• Quiz review
• Quiz on the circulatory and respiratory system
• If time allowed, work on circulatory techbook questions

Homework:

• None

Thursday January 25th, 2018

Happy Thursday!!!

Today's objective:

• Students will understand why breathing rate changes and be able to calculate lung capacity.

Question of the day:

• Where in the lungs does gas exchange take place?
• What blood vessel does gas exchange take place in and why?

Today's activities:

• Breathing Rate Lab

Homework:

• None

Wednesday January 24th, 2018

Happy Wednesday!!

Today's Objective:

• Know the parts of the respiratory system and how it works

Question of the Day:

• Which blood type is the universal donor?
• Which blood type is the universal recipient?

Today's activities:

• Respiratory system notes

Homework:

• none

Tuesday January 23rd, 2018

Happy Tuesday!!

Today's objective:

• Know the blood types and which blood type each body can give or receive.

Question of the Day:

• What are the four main blood types?
• What happens if someone is given the wrong blood type?

Activities:

• Blood type lab

Homework:

• none

Monday January 22nd, 2018

Happy Late Start Monday!!!

Today's objective:

• Be able to make a simple data table with given data and graph that information

Question of the Day:

• What goes on the x axis of a graph?
• What goes on the y axis of a graph?

Today's activities:

• Data tables and graphing practice

Homework:

• Finish data tables and graphs if you did not finish it in class.

Friday January 19th, 2018

Happy Friday!!!

Today's Objective:

• Understand how the circulatory system works with the rest of the body.

Question of the Day:

• Where does gas exchange take place in the body?
• What is the process that allows gas exchange to take place?

Today's activities:

• Circulatory kahoot
• Circulatory scenario writing

Homework:

• Make sure your writing is complete

Thursday January 18th, 2018

Happy Thursday!!!!

Today's objective:

• Understand why your heart rate changes when doing physical activity
• Be able to graph results from an experiment

Question of the Day:

• What two gasses are exchanged in the lungs?
• What part of the blood fights disease?

Activities:

• Complete and turn in the Heart Rate Lab and graph

Homework:

• Finish lab if you did not turn it in during class today

Wednesday January 17th, 2017

Happy Wednesday!!!

Today's objective:

• Understand and be able to explain why heart rate changes when exercising.

Question of the Day:

• What are the 4 chambers of the heart?
• What are the 3 blood vessels?

Activity:

• Begin Heart Rate lab

Homework:

• None

Tuesday January 16th, 2018

Happy Tuesday!!!

Today's objective:

• Know the parts of the circulatory system and how they work together.

Question of the Day:

• Name two parts of the circulatory system
• What color is blood?

Today's activities:

• Notes on the circulatory system

Homework:

• None

Friday January 12th, 2018

Happy Friday!!!

Today's objective:

• Understand how the body reacts when put into extreme situations.

Question of the Day:

• List the levels of organization starting with cells.

Today's activities:

• Watch Pushing the Limits-Strength

Today's homework:

• None

Thursday January 11th, 2018

Happy Thursday!!!

Today's objective:

• Know the levels of organization and be able to explain each level

Question of the Day:

• What is a cell?
• Name 3 organs found in the human body.

Today's Activities:

• Complete and turn in the Levels of Organization word splash we started yesterday
• Complete and turn in the Levels of Organization flow chart
• If both Levels of Organization activities are completed and turned in you can get the human body organs activity to work on

Homework:

• Make sure you have completed and turned in both Levels of Organization activities

Wednesday January 10th, 2018

Happy Wednesday!!!

Today's objective:

• Students will show prior knowledge of the human body

Question of the day:

• Name 2 human body systems
• What system includes the heart and blood?

Today's activities:

• Human body pre-assessment
• Begin Levels of organization work splash

Homework:

• None

Tuesday January 9th, 2017

Happy First Day Back!!!!

I hope you all had a wonderful and relaxing break!  The school year is half over:)

Today's objective:

• Know your grades in Infinite Campus and our expectations for the rest of the year.

Question of the Day:

• List three things you know about the Human Body.
• What was your favorite part of break?

Today's activities:

• Get back tests, other papers
• Go through science folder and clean it out
• Go over expectations of planners
• Log in to infinite campus and check your semester grades

Homework:

• Show your test and rubric to your parents