Week 2: 08/17-08/21
Congratulations on finishing your first week of life science! This week we will be finishing up our intro to science, so study up on a daily basis so you can be prepared for an upcoming test on Monday the 24th. I am unsure when our textbooks can be distributed because students’ schedules are still changing, so in the meantime, please go to the online textbook if you want to use it as a resource.
Week 2: Scientific Method & Living Things
Standards: S7CS1, S7CS2, S7CS3, S7CS4, S7CS5, S7CS6, S7CS7, S7CS8, S7CS9, S7CS10
IB Connections: Human Ingenuity; Approaches to Learning
Objectives:
-Identify the qualities of a safe laboratory
-Identify independent, dependent, and control variables
-List the characteristics that all living things have
-Explain where living things come from
-Identify what all living things need to survive
Essential Questions:
- What is the scientific method?
- What are the types of variables used when planning experiment?
- What are the characteristics of living things?
- What are the four needs of living things?
Higher Level Questioning:
1. Why is it important that only one variable is changed at a time during an investigation?
2. How do the characteristics determine what is living and non-living?
Monday- Today’s lesson on lab safety will be introduced using a lab safety mishap worksheet. When we are finished identifying all of the wrong-doings withing the worksheet, students will review the lab safety contract, sign it, and then we will go over life science lab equipment. Finally, we will use a Lab Safety Website: Get Clobbered.
Homework for Monday- SW get lab safety contract signed. These contracts go on file and by signing it, you state that you will adhere to all rules of the laboratory and breaking any said rules will remove you for some or all labs in the future.
Tuesday- Today we will review the scientific method. We will first begin by putting an experiment order according to the steps of the scientific method. Following that, we will take notes using the Scientific Method Worksheet(right side of INB) then we will apply what we learned by creating our own experiment (left side of INB). We will end class with one of the most addictive website games I know of, Launchball. It integrates the scientific method and problem solving and you will find yourself playing it until you beat all levels!
Homework for Tuesday- NONE!!!! Lucky you!
Wednesday- Today we will be going further into the scientific method by discussing the different types of variables: control, dependent, and independent. We will take a few quick lines of notes (right side of INB) and then work on two worksheets for practice: Spongebob Scientific Method and Simpson variables and controls. Any questions not answered must be done for homework and will be checked tomorrow for a classwork grade. The sheet must be pasted into the INB.
Homework for Wednesday- SW finish Spongebob and Simpson’s scientific method worksheet and paste it into the INB. Study for test on Monday!
Thursday- We will begin class by reviewing what we have learned about variables. Then we will begin a very quick chapter on the Characteristics of Living Things. Students will take notes using the Characteristics of Living Things ppt. Students will then make a foldable of the characteristics on the left side of you INB for a classwork grade
Homework for Thursday- Finish foldable; Study for test on Monday!
Friday- For bellwork, students will think of the Four necessities of life using The Needs of Living Things ppt . Then, students will work on a Scientific Method & Living Things Study Guide for a classwork grade.
Homework for Friday- Finish study guide for classwork grade and study for test on Monday.
