What We Did:
Corrected reading check points about fungi.
Reviewed expectations for keynote project.
Worked on keynote project.
Z group had the chance to get into small groups with students working on similar topics and discuss their research.
Homework:
None
What We Did:
U Group did not have science due to math NWEA testing
Completed microscope activity used to investigate the workings of a compound microscope.
Discussed the scientific importance of modeling.
Practiced differentiating between structure and function in regards to a model of a cell.
Began filling in the structures in an information table about the different organelles in [...]
What We Did:
Corrected protist outline (group Y)
Completed a schematic sketch about the major categories in domain eukarya
Introduced new classification of domain eukarya/characteristics of life keynote research project
Began work on the keynote project (group Z)
Homework:
Read pages 88-95
Answer reading checkpoints in the text
What We Did:
Corrected homework (cross word puzzle; W- also pg. 13 q: 1-3)
Cell theory notes
Began microscope lab (V & W)
Homework:
Come PREPARED to class! (pen/pencil, science binder, science textbook, agenda book)
*We have been having some issues with students not putting assignments into their science binder or bringing the wrong binder or forgetting their text books.*
What We Did:
Finished notes on scientific classification
Introduced the kingdom of protists and observed some preserved slides
POW about protists and the six characteristics of life (group Z only)
Homework:
Work on protist outline (on back of protist observations)
What We Did:
Finished group timelines
Began homework cross word puzzle using pages 6-13
Corrected homework (U & V) *W will correct homework next class.
Began presentation on the cell theory (V & W)
Homework:
Read pages 11-13
Crossword puzzle
What We Did:
First all students were assigned a textbook
Students finished presentations on the six characteristics of organisms
Took summarizing notes on the six characteristics of organisms
Classified trees according to their leaves
Began notes on classification (Z group only)
Homework:
Cover textbook
What We Did:
Brainstormed a list of questions we had after looking through the microscope last week.
Recieved a textbook about cells and heredity that MUST BE COVERED!
Worked on a group timeline project about the cell theory. Students were asked to read about the formation of the cell theory, imagine the knowledge they would have had at [...]
What We Today:
Finished up characteristics of life group collage poster.
Presented group life collage posters
Homework:
Bring in another leaf
What We Did:
Finished discussing the five steps of the scientific method.
Discussed the purpose of science and the types of questions science can answer.
Used a microscope to practice the first two steps of the scientific method (observe & ask questions) as we looked at various types of tissue through the microscope.
Homework:
None