Agenda Monday November 27, 2017-Friday December 1, 2017

NGSS Standards:

MS-LS1-.	Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells MS-LS1-2. Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways the parts of cells contribute to the function.

MS-LS1-3.	Use argument supported by evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells. [

MS-LS1-7.

Develop a model to describe how Developing and Using Models Modeling in 6–8 builds on K–5 experiences and progresses to developing, using, and revising models to describe, test, and predict more abstract phenomena and design systems. Develop a model to describe unobservable mechanisms.  food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as this matter moves through an organism.

Monday November 27, 2017

Due Today:  nothing
Agenda:
QW: What were the top 3-4 foods you ate over the break?  What activities did these great foods allow you to do?

Quizes back

Intro to Photosynthesis/respiration/mitosis

pairs-6 seeds- make data table with quantitative and qualitative observations

Title: What makes a seed grow?
Purpose: To discover what are the essential factors that allow seeds to grow and turn into plants
Steps:
1. Make data table
2. weigh and describe each seed-record data
3. place in ziplock bag with folded paper towel
4. attach to watering trough



Homework: community service hours

Tuesday November 28, 2017

Due today: nothing
Agenda: 
QW: What do you think you know about photosynthesis?  What do you wonder about it?

group, put on post its

photosynthesis 
last 5 minutes-update community service hours
suggest community service projects that can be done during lunch or during BLAST

photosynthesis inputs- model mole-start

Homework: read and annotate  photosynthesis article that is taped to p 29


Wednesday November 29, 2017

Due today: reading completely annotated

Agenda: 
QW: draw a picture that shows  photosynthesis with ALL the inputs and outputs

examine seeds, record changes-both qualitative and quantitative
1st:  Read article, annotate, summarize

2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th:DRAMATIC INTERPRETATION OF READING-

3rd-read- summary poster-study overview and experimental design
include: main points, hypothesis, findings and conclusion


What are the ingredients for photosynthesis?  Record equation

Homework: REVIEW DURING LUNCH TODAY, for optional test retake Thursday at lunch-similar test.

Thursday November 30, 2017

Due today:  nothing
Agenda:
 QW: Draw a model of photosynthesis include ALL inputs and outputs- put on p 29 in notebook

Homework: reflection on photosynthesis- drawing, poem, song, comic strip, or  graphic organizer p 31
must show all inputs and outputs  due Tuesday

Friday December 1, 2017

Due today: reflection on photosynthesis due Tuesday
QW: How does photosynthesis affect you?  Give 3 examples
photosynthesis song

Check and weigh seeds, record observations
begin photosynthesis reflection  -detailed, colorful, must have a CONNECTION to you or the world  25 points
put on page _________


cell division 
watch video-  without sound.  What is going on?
rewatch with sound
real cell video
What does this have to do with your seeds?

draw structures involved in mitosis

Homework: reflection on photosynthesis- drawing, poem, song, comic strip, or  graphic organizer p 31
must show all inputs and outputs  due Tuesday

Monday November 13-Friday November 17,2017

NGSS Standards:

MS-LS1-.	Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells MS-LS1-2. Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways the parts of cells contribute to the function.

MS-LS1-3.	Use argument supported by evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells. [

MS-LS1-7.

Develop a model to describe how Developing and Using Models Modeling in 6–8 builds on K–5 experiences and progresses to developing, using, and revising models to describe, test, and predict more abstract phenomena and design systems. Develop a model to describe unobservable mechanisms.  food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as this matter moves through an organism.

Monday November 13, 2017
Happy Fall Y'all
Due Today:  Cornell note answers almost done
Agenda:
QW: In your notes on page 22 record these definitions:
calorie=the amount of heat that raises 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius.  
A Calorie (kilo-calorie) = 1000 calories

respiration-cells break down sugars and release energy
food broken into small pieces in the digestive system, move into cells along with oxygen and are converted into energy and water

Lab Measuring Calories

Homework: begin studying notes for Thursday's quiz-memorize "cell phone"
structures, functions, terms
Quiz-organelles, diffusion, osmosis, respiration, characteristics of living things

Tuesday November 14, 2017
I am going to be friendly to 5 students I have never met today.
Due today: nothing
Agenda:
(3rd and 4th assembly)

QW: What happened with the chips?  Why? What does this have to do with respiration? (Check your Cornell notes )

Complete  CER chart( see p  F for prompts) and conclusion on p 24
(3rd- complete for homework)
Did materials diffuse through the egg?  Did water move through the egg via osmosis?

Make a Claim, Provide Evidence, Give Reasoning
Homework: complete Cornell Notes due Wed.


Wednesday November 15, 2017
I feel good that I work with really caring people.  What healthy thing makes you feel good?

Due today:  Cornell Notes on respiration AND C.E.R. for eggsperiment

Agenda: 
 Test REVIEW!!!
Cell Diagram Review
Kahoot

QW: Define osmosis, respiration, diffusion- with works or drawings

Cell song
Review for Test
cell drawing
diffusion and osmosis
Homework: study  for test! Notes from pages 13, 20-25

Thursday November 16, 2017
What are you thankful for?

Due today:  test ready
Agenda:
 QW:  Any last minute questions for test? (Discussion)

Test-use manila dividers, get reading book out when done.

Sub tomorrow, be good, be kind, get an egg cellent report and you will be rewarded!

Homework: none

Friday November 17, 2017
QW:
"Osmosis Jones"

Homework: 

After Thanksgiving break-photosynthesis, mitosis, cancer

Agenda Monday November 6, 2017-Friday November 10, 2017

NGSS Standards:

MS-LS1-.	Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells MS-LS1-2. Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways the parts of cells contribute to the function.

MS-LS1-3.	Use argument supported by evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells. [

MS-LS1-7.

Develop a model to describe how Developing and Using Models Modeling in 6–8 builds on K–5 experiences and progresses to developing, using, and revising models to describe, test, and predict more abstract phenomena and design systems. Develop a model to describe unobservable mechanisms.  food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as this matter moves through an organism.

Monday November 6, 2017

I am grateful for the rain, it makes me energetic.  What are you grateful for?

Due Today: notebook  updated, cell phone improvements
notebook grading 
Agenda:
QW:   

Which of these represent diffusion and which represent osmosis?
Make two columns titled diffusion, osmosis and identify which goes in which.
Justify your answer.


 

Clean, measure, reweigh eggs, and place in corn syrup.
Videomicroscope-cheek cells and water plants


Homework: Update notebooks-Notebooks WILL BE COLLECTED and GRADED this week  
complete Cornell Notes-Due Thurs.

Tuesday November 7, 2017
I am going to be friendly to 5 students I have never met today.
Due today: notebooks
Agenda:
QW:  How is the food dehydration of persimmons an example of osmosis?

Books Cornell notes
p 25

Intro to respiration-read in book.


What is respiration?  Why do we need it?

Measure eggs and change solution

Pre-lab  plants releasing energy in food
Homework: complete Cornell Notes


Wednesday November 8, 2017
I feel good that I work with really caring people.  What healthy thing makes you feel good?

Due today:  1st period notebooks
Agenda: 
QW:  What is respiration (check your Cornell notes)?  What characteristic of life does respiration involve?  

Under your eggsperiment data table:  Make a prediction, using your knowledge of osmosis, about what will have happened to your eggs while they were in the corn syrup or salt water solution.
change egg solution

Homework: none

Thursday November 9, 2017
I had a friend invite me to the movies last weekend.  What nice thing has someone done for you?

Due today: nothing-Cornell notes due Monday

 QW:
Creek visit
water quality testing- p  E
begin CER chart 
Pre lab Measuring Calories-make data table
Whats a calorie?


Homework: none

Friday November 10, 2017

Agenda Monday October 30,2017-Friday November 3, 2017

NGSS Standards:

MS-LS1-1.	Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells

MS-LS1-3.	Use argument supported by evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells. [

Monday October 30, 2017
Due Today: nothing
Agenda:
QW:  How was your behavior for the sub on Friday?  How was the classes behavior?    





periods 1-3
Plan for 3rd graders
create 3-4 slide show
1-names
2-engineering design process image-simple for 3rd graders
3-marble challenge goal
4-rules


4-6
cell structures
cell processes-draw an initial model
introduce slide show-cells

Homework:  

Tuesday October 31, 2017
Due today: nothing  rally schedule
Agenda:
QW:  What are some ways to get or keep the third graders focused on our lesson?



4,5,6
QW:  What do these organelles do in a cell?  Use your notes if you need to.
Cell membrane, cell wall, mitochondria, ribosomes

Periods 1-3: cell analogies and finish Power Point presentations
Periods 4-6:  "cell" ebrate cells power point slide show

Homework: none


Wednesday November 1, 2017

Due today: 
Agenda: 
QW: 

cell ebrate cells slide presentation
Notebooks WILL BE COLLECTED and GRADED next week

Homework: make improvements to cell phones-taped to p 21
Due Monday



Thursday November 2, 2017

Due today: nothing
Agenda:
1-3 QW: What are some comments you have about your work with the 3rd graders? evaluation of teaching 3rd graders
cell processes diffusion  and osmosis
1-3 Homework: on right side of p 21 draw pictures of the process of diffusion and of osmosis


4-6 QW: Describe the photographs of the cell you put in your slide show.

Complete slide show, then add animations and change the background for credit
when done look at your diffusion and osmosis animations and be able to explain them in detail
DUE Friday at 11:59 pm.  No more class time since we will be Skyping Dr. Adams


Homework:make improvements to cell phones-taped to p 21
Due Monday
Update notebooks-Notebooks WILL BE COLLECTED and GRADED next week 

November 3, 2017

Due today: 4-6 slide show
Agenda:
QW: Watch video-how does this show diffusion?
2nd video
3rd video osmosis 
 4th video osmosis

In notebook on page 22-draw a model of diffusion and write what happens in diffusion
Then draw a model of osmosis and write what happens with osmosis
Record what makes them similar and what makes them different
3rd Period: P-D's team is excused from the QW

Set up egg speriment
p 23
Purpose:  To observe what materials are able to move through a selectively permeable membrane
Materials:
raw egg
vinegar
syrup
salt water
scale
tape measure


date      circumference     mass     description


Homework: make improvements to cell phones-taped to p 21
Due Monday
Update notebooks-Notebooks WILL BE COLLECTED and GRADED next week 

draft Agenda Monday October 23, 2017- Friday October 27, 2017

NGSS Standards:

MS-LS1-1.	Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells

MS-LS1-3.	Use argument supported by evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells. [

Monday October 23, 2017
Due Today: nothing
QW: Turn to your "Is it Living" lab.  Compare your findings with your tablemate's.  
WRITE: How did you determine if your object was living?  What were you looking for (your evidence)?  Did you have different findings from your tablemate's?

Agenda:

• QW Discussion/debrief of lab
• Introduce Graphic Novel assignment

Homework: Graphic novel page-all characteristics of living things DUE WED!!





Tuesday October 24, 2017
Due today: nothing
Agenda:
QW: Open book p 82-83, look at these pages and compare  to the microscopes you used last week, note:
                              2-3 things that you find 

interesting, shocking, or that is new to you.

cell theory-copy from book, p 84-85, along with definition of unicellular and multi-cellular (page 19 in notebooks)

video clip
1st and 2nd period video

cell structures-compare to a factory, school, castle, etc. 


Homework: Graphic novel page, due Wednesday!! 


Wednesday October 25, 2017

Due today: graphic novel page Characteristics of living things

QW:  LIST three characteristics of a living thing on planet Earth.  Name two organs in a human body.  

Agenda:

• Biological levels, review
• Introduce cell organelles:
• chart-structure, function
• Make and complete "cell"phones
• draw in space for screen
• names  below
• purpose and picture under squares

color and make colors match
Tape to p_21_




Thursday October 26, 2017

Due today: nothing 

QW:  Give two examples of how human health and our needs for survival are similar to a cell's needs and health. 

         ***think characteristics of life, cell theory, what humans            need for survival***

Agenda:

• continue cell organelles chart:
• structure, function
• Make and complete "cell"phones
• draw in space for screen
• names  below
• function and picture under squares

Homework: cell phones

October 27, 2017

Due today:
Agenda:
QW: 

duplicate the drawing of diffusion, p 104 AND duplicate the drawing of osmosis, p 105 Color both

What happens when Axe perfume is sprayed in front of the room? ( do NOT do this in class)


Draw a model of what is happening in the air when Axe is sprayed
diffusion

other examples of diffusion
video clip 9 seconds 

define diffusion

Agenda Monday October 16, 2017-Friday October 20, 2017

NGSS Standards:

MS-LS1-1.	Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells

MS-LS1-3.	Use argument supported by evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells. [

Monday October 16, 2017
Due Today: nothing
Agenda:
QW:  How was your behavior for the sub on Friday?  How was the classes behavior?  

Quiz returns- kids absent on Friday take test today
AND kids who received less than 90%, get more practice and retake today

Lab P 17

materials: newsprint disks, microscopes, tweezers, dropper of water
Procedure:
1. Wet mount 'e'
low magnification-CAREFULLY sketch
2.  medium mag.
3.  high mag.
CLEAN OFF SLIDE -soapy, rinse, rinse, reuse
4.  free choice
5. clean up◯, put away


O                      O
low _____         medium____
O                      O

high _____       choice ______


Homework:  

Tuesday October 17, 2017
Due today: nothing
Agenda:

QW:  Write down at least three things that you learned from the video, which we will watch now-6 minutes long
Intro to Cell Theory

3rd-turn in helmet summaries

It it living lab
Homework: 


Wednesday October 18, 2017

Due today: 
Agenda:
QW: 


Plan for kids coming 1st-3rd
4th-6th discuss
Homework:  summarize lab

Thursday October 19, 2017

Due today: nothing
Agenda:
QW: Explain three interesting things you observed while viewing under the microscope?


Lab P 17
animal and plant cell lab

Homework:

October 20, 2017

Due today:
Agenda:
QW: none
Healthy Kids Survey
when done, go to website
Cells Alive!

Explore Cell Models and How Big

Homework: Reflections on microscope use and what living

Next Week: moving materials throughout the cell