Monday May 1, 2017
Due today: nothing  science news due May 26

QW:  Examine the yellow sheets.  Answer questions 32-37. Record your answers on the QW and justify your answer.



Classification hierarchy chart
1.  Begin with a favorite animal, find its scientific name
2.  List it at the bottom of the sheet of paper given to you.  
3.  Draw the animal
4.  Now find another animal that is the same genus but a different species.  
5.  List the genus name, and draw them both.
6.  Now find another animal that is the same family but a different genus and species. 
7.   Record the family name and draw all three.

8.  Continue until you have seven different animals drawn from the       same kingdom at the top of the chart.


Tuesday May 2, 2017
Due today: nothing


Agenda:
QW:  Why are scientific names Latin or Greek?

Continue working on  the classification chart.
Use color and draw each very carefully.  Due Friday.

Homework: Science News for April due  Friday May 26

Wednesday May 3, 2017
Due today: nothing


Agenda:
QW:  Write this list, then make your best guess what these words mean in English

photo                      luna
ocu                          cycl
mono                       agri
tri                             aqua
quad                         micro

putting scientific names together
Homework: classification chart due Friday
Science News for May due Friday May 26


Thursday May 4, 2017  
Due today:  nothing


Agenda:  
QW:  What does DNA tell scientists about how organisms are related?

Worksheet pages using book. then paper lab using envelopes and the book to complete instructions.


Homework: 
Classification chart due tomorrow
Science News for May due  May 26

Friday May 5, 2017
Due Today: classification charts
QW: Record two observations from our field trip.



Homework: Science News for May due  May 26

Monday April 24, 2017- Friday April 28, 2017

Monday April 24, 2017
Due today: nothing  science news due Friday
QW:  Examine graph and write some of  your interpretations of it.






Agenda: 
seating change
begin classification



Tuesday April 25 , 2017
Due today: model drawn


Agenda:
QW: Why look at foraminifera?
 Finish microscope lab

Draw a model of how the microfossils ended up in a sediment core
How organisms are organized
notes, classification

Homework: Science News for April due  Friday 

Wednesday 26, 2017
Due today: nothing


Agenda:
QW:  List 5 animals, now order them from most similar to least similar.  Explain why you organized them the way you did.


Classification order
D,K,P,C,O,F,G,S

What is a species?

Homework: Science News for April due Friday 


Thursday April 27 , 2017  
Due today:  nothing


Agenda:  
QW: How are your kitchen cupboards organized?  Write or draw the organization.


classification notes and comparing

Homework: 
Science News for April due last Friday in April

Friday April 28, 2017
Due Today: science news abstract 

Agenda: 
QW: How is our school organized?  Write or draw your explanation.



begin classification drawing and  naming

Homework: nothing

Tuesday April 18, 2017- Friday April 21, 2017

Monday April 17 , 2017
no school


Tuesday April 18 , 2017
Due today: 
Extra Credit- students to assist at CJH table at the March for Science held at CSUC 11-3 pm.  One hour shift to share lesson

Agenda:
QW: What is the evidence that the climate is changing?

Graphing foraminifera-UC Berkeley Research 
research stations  lesson D

background research NOAA

Homework: Science News for April due last Friday in April
Reflection due Wed.

Wednesday 19, 2017
Due today: Reflection: aspects of natural selection
Extra Credit- students to assist at CJH table at the March for Science held at CSUC 11-3 pm.  One hour shift to share lesson

Agenda:QW:  What does the graph show about the ocean temperatures?

Sediment core research on foraminifera
examine sand for foraminifera-carefully sketch and identify
prepared slides for diatoms- carefully sketch

Homework: Science News for April due last Friday in April


Thursday April 20 , 2017  
Due today:  nothing
Extra Credit- students to assist at CJH table at the March for Science held at CSUC 11-3 pm.  One hour shift to share lesson

Agenda:  
QW: 
Summarize the video about sediment core sampling

Complete graph
trace graph onto page 92 in notebook AND answer questions 3 and 4 below the graph.   What does the graph show about the ocean temperatures?

Sediment core research on foraminifera
examine sand for foraminifera-carefully sketch and identify
prepared slides for diatoms- carefully sketch

Shells and CO2
Ice core evidence

Homework: 
Science News for April due last Friday in April

Friday April 21, 2017
Due Today:

Agenda: 
QW:  Why and how do microfossils (foraminifera) give an indication of ocean temperature?

Sand sample #	Describe one	Sketch
diatom
radiolaran

Homework: 

Science News for April due last Friday in April
5th period-permission slips for CSU Chico tour-turn in

Monday April 10, 2017-Friday April 14, 2017

Monday April 10 , 2017
Due today: nothing- I will finish checking bird beak answers

Agenda:
QW:  Explain the terms as best you can, or draw pictures to represent what they mean, in the animal world:
overproduction, competition, variations

students find and share short video clips that represent one of these, put link in google classroom with groups names on it.
Watch and record highlights

Include environmental factors

Homework: Science News April due at end of April

Tuesday April 11 , 2017
Due today: Bird beak answers to ALL questions

Agenda:
QW:  Describe overproduction, variations, competition and environmental factors.  Give or draw  an example for each

Geographic isolation as mechanism to become species-short game, short video game-who wants to live a million years
Record in notebook:
initial features-animals

1st event is ______________
 what mutation was chosen?_____________
total surviving after event _________
2nd event is _______________

 what mutation was chosen?_____________
total surviving after event _________
3rd event ______________
 what mutation was chosen?_____________
total surviving after event _________

survivor Yes_______No________


Wednesday 12, 2017
Due today:  nothing

QW:  Describe some environmental factors that might affect whether a population sends its DNA to the next generation.

Video clip-Darwins Finches recent research  Howard Hughes Medical Institute


Homework: Science News for April due last Friday in April
Reflection due Wednesday

Thursday April 13 , 2017  Substitute-be great!!
Due today:  nothing

Agenda:
QW:  What has caused animal species to become extinct?



In notebooks p 92  make 2 columns and record bullet points that are discussed in the talk (minimum 3 bullet points in each)
CAUSE                               EFFECT

watch TED talk 
discuss


Reflection:  What causes species to change over time?  Demonstrate  most ( at least 4 of the 6) of the factors we have learned- overproduction, competition, variations, environmental factors, geographic isolation, mutations- write, draw a comic strip, graphic organizer, brochure type drawing, poem

Make a rough draft on p 91, then get unlined paper for the final draft which MUST be colored and have a connection to your life or the world
Due Wednesday
Honors class complete online reading and answer questions- due Wed.


Homework: 
finish reflection- due Wednesday 
Science News for April due last Friday in April

Friday April 14, 2017
no school

Monday April 3, 2017-Friday April 7, 2017

Monday April 3 , 2017
Due today: nothing

Agenda:
QW:  Describe some of the discoveries Charles Darwin made.

Set up Bird Beak Lab for Tuesday
Homework: Science News April due at end of April, complete Cornell notes, if not done yet.

Tuesday April 4 , 2017
Due today: Cornell note answers to ALL questions

Agenda:
QW:

Bird Beak Lab
RULES: one hand behind your back, Do NOT get rice (10 grains = put one food piece back, STOP when timer is up 

Wednesday 5 , 2017
Due today:  nothing

QW:  What does the lab simulate?  List 3 interesting birds- and list some interesting adaptations they have.

Debrief, write conclusion
graphic organizer; evidence for evolution

Homework: Science News for April due last Friday in April

Thursday April 6 , 2017  
Due today:  nothing

Agenda:
quick video links to birds
quick video links to birds
video link
video link

QW: Name some birds that you think might have a "spoon" type bill.  Some that have a "tweezer" type bill.

1.  Finish graph
2.  Answer all questions in complete sentences
3.  Look at list of birds and identify which seem to have a 
tweezer  bill  gripper bill   comb bill   spoon bill

record in words and drawings  p 88

Homework: 
Science News for April due last Friday in April

Friday 7 , 2017
Due today: questions answered for bird beak lab
Agenda
QW: Use the list of birds and copy two heads that match tweezer or comb or spoon or gripper.  Be neat. 
Go over Cornell notes find short video clips


Homework: Science News for April due last Friday in April

Monday March 27, 2017-Friday March 31, 2017

Monday March 27, 2017
Due today: nothing

Agenda:
QW: What are some reasons mice might die in a forest?  What about if they lived in the desert?
Nature at Work game-FINISH
round one-3 generations dark forest
2 generations sandy desert

Homework: none
SUB on tuesday


Tuesday March 28, 2017
Due today: nothing

Agenda:
QW: What were some of your results?
On p 82 or 84  write conclusion- work with your partner but EACH person answer "Analyze and Conclude" on p 233 of book.  Complete #1, 2,3,4

Put away, pass out scratch paper 

With 15 minutes left play HHMI Interactive stopping to get answers to all quiz questions on the whiteboards
Homework: FINISH analysis and conclusion due Wed.

Wednesday March 29, 2017
Due today:  nothing

QW:  What was realistic about the mouse lab?  What was unrealistic?  Explain whether you think that a populations could change over in three generations.  Justify your answer.

finish lab questions, create a reflection-comic strip or drawing on same page.

Homework: none





Thursday March 30, 2017  
Due today:  nothing

Agenda:
QW: Name three animals that use camouflage as a survival strategy and describe how.   Name three animals that use speed or  flexibility to survive and explain how.

Cornell Notes- Darwins Theory
Tape questions to top of p 85- so you can lift it up to answer the questions underneath.

With 20 minutes left, put away notebook, organize textbooks, and watch intro to Galapagos
With 5 minutes left, stop the video and give out a strip of paper.  the exit slip is to write three things the video emphasized.  Put your name on the paper for credit.


Homework: 

Friday  March 31, 2017
Due today: 

Agenda:
QW: Explain three things about the Galapagos that make it unusual-either from the reading and Cornell notes, or the video, or both. 
 Complete Cornell notes


With 20 minutes left, put away notebook, organize textbooks, and watch more of   Galapagos
With 5 minutes left, stop the video and give out a strip of paper.  the exit slip is to write three things the video emphasized.  Put your name on the paper for credit.
Homework: Science News for April due last Friday in April

Monday March 20, 2017-Friday March 24, 2017

Monday March 20, 2017
Due today: nothing

Agenda:
QW: Explain two ways that something with your vacation had to do with genetics.  (Example-I spent time with my children and Marisa looks the most like me, while Riana has her dad's nose and Zac has three sisters even though the odds are 50/50 for girls.)
Tests back or taken if you were absent.  Optional retake Friday at lunch.







Learn Genetics at Utah


Genetic science or Human health-gene therapy research-alone or in pairs.
p 79
Title
Summary of what it means
Who or what does it affect?
Why care about it?
Draw a graphic to represent something about it.


Homework: none


Tuesday March 21, 2017
Due today: nothing-study if you are going to retake the quiz

Agenda:
QW: If scientists learn how, should they bring back extinct species of animals?  Explain your position.

Continue  research
finish research, find who else is doing the same study, discuss what to share and how, and be prepared to share it on Wed.

Homework: Make a graphic-drawn or done electronically, that explains something about your research.

Wednesday March 22, 2017  
Due today:  nothing

Agenda:
QW: none- get right to sharing research 



3rd
research de-extinction science  list 4-6 pro's and 4-6 cons about this topic, include the reference sites
p 81 in notebook
be prepared to discuss on Friday.

Homework: study for retake IF you plan to take it at lunch Friday.

Thursday March 23, 2017
Due today: information from the genetics website

Agenda:
QW:  What did you learn?

Be prepared to share your information.
Homework: study for retake IF you plan to take it at lunch Friday.

Friday March 24, 2017
Due today: preparation for today's quiz at lunch. Agenda:
QW:  How might genetic features affect whether animals live or die in their environment?


Mice and the environment lab.

Homework: none

Friday  March 24, 2017
QW: 

Using half sheet of paper: answer these three questions as best you can.
In a forest there might be white mice and brown mice.
1.  What genotype and phenotype might be an advantage in a really dark forest?

2.  Explain a way that scientists could test which survives best  if there were 10 mice of each color and a fenced area.

3.  What might be some reasons mice die or might survive?






copy data table on p 81 in notebook
5 columns, 7 rows

Data Table Nature at Work
Environment
Generation	Population totals		Deaths
	White mice	Brown mice	White mice	Brown mice
1
2
3

Homework: none