This is CRCT week! Attendance is CRUCIAL this week! Please make sure to show up to school on time and prepared for each test having had plenty of rest and a nice breakfast. The schedule is as follows: Tuesday- Reading, Wednesday- Language Arts, Thursday- Math, Friday- Science, Monday- Social Studies. Please make sure to visit Study Island and complete all tests in all subjects!
Also, students will be required to bring their science textbook back on Monday of next week. Students will no longer be needing their books for the remainder of the year so I would like to gather them and put them into storage for next year. If books are lost and cannot be returned, students will not be able to receive their report cards and will be charged ~$56.
Topic: Cells and cellular processes, genetics and evolution, classification with a focus on plants, human body, and ecology
International Baccalaureate: Health & Social Education; Environment; Human Ingenuity; Approaches to Learning.
Standards: All standards addressed
Objectives:
Tell what cells are
Describe the functions of cell organelles
Explain how cells are organized in many celled organisms
Explain how the sun supplies living things with the energy they need
What do cells tell us about basic processes of life…life, death, reproduction, etc.
Describe the results of Mendel’s crosses
Identify what controls the inheritance of traits in organisms
Describe the roles chromosomes play in inheritance
Identify the events that occur during meiosis
Explain the relationship between genes and chromosomes
Explain what forms the genetic code
Explain the relationship between genes and environment
Explain how natural selection leads to evolution
Describe how new species form
Explain why biologists classify organisms
Relate the levels of classification to the relationship between organisms
List characteristics used to classify organisms into groups including domains and kingdoms
Demonstrate how to use dichotomous key
Identify the levels of organization in the body
Identify the needs that must be met by an organism’s surroundings
Identify biotic and abiotic parts of a habitat
Describe the levels of organizations within an ecosystem
Identify factors that limit population growth
Explain how an organism’s adaptations help it survive
Describe the major kinds of interaction among organisms in an ecosystem
Identify the 3 types of symbiotic relationships
Essential Questions:
How are cells the basic building blocks of life?
Higher Level Questioning:
What is the overarching theme of biology with respect to organization?
How does this organization relate to each concept we learned in life science?
Monday- Today, students are finishing up the last 5 questions of our 100 questions to CRCT. We will follow it with the remainder of Osmosis Jones using their worksheet. We will then go over the worksheet and then work on an analogy activity in which we compare Osmosis Jones characters and scenarios to the human body!
Homework for Monday- Please finish up any remaining Study Island tests…science is on Friday!
Tuesday- Today we begin the CRCT with our Reading test. Periods 1-3 will meet today for about 1.5 hours. We will be completing a 50 question ecology scavenger hunt within my room and Ms. Zaher’s room. Students will have a sheet full of questions and they will need to seek out eggs that contain the answers. Prizes will be awarded to those who answer the most questions.
Homework for Tuesday- Please finish up any remaining Study Island tests…science is on Friday!
Wednesday- Today we will complete the same as yesterday but with classes 4-5.
Homework for Wednesday- Please finish up any remaining Study Island tests…science is on Friday!
Thursday- Today periods 1-3 will be relaxing with a fun marble ramp activity. Students must create a ramp that fits certain criteria. We will test the ramp by letting a marble travel down it and this will be for a grade!
Homework for Thursday- Please finish up any remaining Study Island tests…science is on Friday!
Friday- SCIENCE CRCT TEST IS TODAY!!!!! Once the test is over, periods 4-5 will do the marble ramp activity.
Homework for Friday- Please bring your textbook in to school on Monday so they may be returned to me!