2nd Semester

Well, grades are all in and the grades are final. It is time to focus on the second half of the year. Can you believe that our kids are now closer to 9th grade than they are to being in 7th grade? This second half of the year goes so quickly.



I will be out of the school on Monday and Tuesday this week. Please talk to your child about what you expect them to do while their is a Guest Teacher in their Science class. I am happy to say that the Guest Teacher in my room is Mrs. Lawrence, a familiar face. I have spent a lot of time planning for these two days so that they go well for her and for your student, thank you for your help in setting the expectations with your child.



We are beginning a Unit 4 this week on Medical Biotechnology.



Monday, January 26
Science
Objective: At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to review the organelles and functions of a cell.

L2.p2A Describe how organisms sustain life by obtaining, transporting, transforming, releasing and eliminating matter and energy.

Students will complete their rubric for their project on Biofuel Advertising and turn them in. Then students will read a short one page review about the function of cells that we learned about in Unit 2. Students will read with their A/B partner at their table. Then they will work together as a table to play "Showdown" to review the article. After playing Showdown, students will then answer questions from a worksheet about cells. These questions are due tomorrow.

Tuesday, January 27

Science

Objective: At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to employ key unit vocabulary.

Students will work together to correct the worksheet from yesterday to correct. Ms. Lawrence will collect this. Students will then work on learning this unit's vocabulary by completing Word Boxes. Words will be found on the Internet in class. The assignment will be due tomorrow.

Science Connections

Students will discuss wind and air. They will have a writing activity upon entry into the classroom and then an article on Wind Power. There will be an Exit Quiz on the reading to check for comprehension.

Wednesday, January 28

Science

Objective:

At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to write a summary explaining their understanding of stem cells.

At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to define stem cell in their own words.

L2.p1C Describe growth and development in terms of increase in cell number, cell size, and or/cell products.

B2.1C Explain cell division, growth, and development as a consequence of an increase in cell number, cell size, and/or cell products.

B2.4A Explain that living things can be classified based on structural, embryological, and molecular (relatedness of DNA sequence) evidence.

Students will begin by turning in their Word Boxes from yesterday. We will spend a few minutes setting up our Science Binder for Unit 4. Then we will begin by viewing a short video on stem cells. Students will then create a list of what they know about stem cells. We will then, read an article on stem cells. Then we will go back to our list and circle what we found to be true. We will end with our Lancer Notes and writing a summary about our learning. Students will also with their group and then as a class vote on the best definition of stem cell.

Thursday, January 29

Science

Objective:

At the completion of this activity, the participant will name the phase of mitosis.

At the completion of this activity, the participant will create a comic to explain and teach others the phases of mitosis.

L2.p1C Describe growth and development in terms of increase in cell number, cell size and/or cell products.

We will review the phases of mitosis through the use of our Science Binder. We have the Mnemonic devise written down to help us remember the phases of mitosis. Then we will read the text book on Cell Development. Students will review the skit we learned about Mitosis. Then they will create their own comic to teach others the phases of mitosis. Comic is due tomorrow.

Science Connections

Friday, January 30

Science

L2.p1C Describe growth and development in terms of increase in cell number, cell size, and or/cell products.

B2.1C Explain cell division, growth, and development as a consequence of an increase in cell number, cell size, and/or cell products.

B2.4A Explain that living things can be classified based on structural, embryological, and molecular (relatedness of DNA sequence) evidence.

Objective:

At the completion of this activity, the participant will be able to practice the idea of cell specialization through correctly organizing varying stages of cells.

At the completion of this activity, the participants will be able to give their own definition of cell specialization.

Students will begin with reviewing what they already know about cell specialization. They may look in their Science Binder to unit 2 for assistance. Then we will list as a class, everything that we know about cell specialization. Then with our A/B partner, we will read the article, "4h. Specialized Structures and Cells". Next we will go back through our list of cell specialization and circle what we discovered true from the article. Then we will use our Lancer Notes to write down notes and write a summary. Then starting as small groups and going on to a class vote, we will vote on a definition for cell specialization.