Week of 8/31 to 9/1:
This we will continue to focus on reproduction.
Monday we will finish the CK-12 Modes of Reproduction guided notes together. We will also take some time to organize our binders.
On Tuesday we will have our first kick off question and review sexual and asexual reproduction with the Amoeba Sisters (a great life science resource). We will also have time to work on the CK-12 article: Modes of Reproduction digital practice questions (accessed through CK-12 in the bottom right corner of the article).
Wednesday and Thursday we will be doing a hands on lab looking at the populations of organisms that reproduce asexually and organisms that reproduce sexually. This data will help us as we review graphing next week.
On Friday each student will get a set of articles to read about an organism and determine the reproduction method that each organism uses. For each article there will be a chart that will be filled out about the organism. This assignment will be due by Wednesday, Sept. 9th
Assignments and DUE Dates:
Monday 8/31- Charge my Chromebook
Tuesday 9/1- CK-12 Article: Modes of Reproduction digital practice questions
Wednesday 9/2- Finish CK-12 Article: Modes of Reproduction digital practice questions
Thursday 9/3- CK-12 Article: Modes of Reproduction digital practice questions DUE
Friday 9/4- Picture Day, Work on types of reproduction articles (DUE by Wednesday 9/9)
Week of 8/24 to 8/28:
This week we will be taking OST pre-assessment checkpoints to get baseline data on what each person knows about our 8th grade standards already. Monday will be life science, Tuesday will be physical science and Wednesday will be earth science. Each checkpoint has 8 questions. On Monday and Tuesday after the checkpoints you will log into Explore Learning/ Gizmos to collect data on your reaction time using your sense of sight and hearing. On Wednesday you will then use this data to write a CER pre-assessment.
Thursday we will be starting our Life Science Unit with investigating the two types of reproduction that living things use. The focus of this will be on how many parents are involved and the genetic makeup of the offspring (identical or non-identical to the parent). We will also learn about advantages and disadvantages of asexual and sexual reproduction.
Friday we will continue our focus on reproduction and learn how to accurately complete the 8th grade version of the CK-12 article guided notes by reading the article Modes of Reproduction together and filling in the guided notes as we read.
Throughout the week we will finish setting up our science binders and notebooks.
Assignments and DUE Dates:
Monday 8/24- Remember to charge your Chromebook
Tuesday 8/25- Remember to charge your Chromebook, Open House 5 to 7 pm
Wednesday 8/26- Remember to charge your Chromebook
Thursday 8/27- Remember to charge your Chromebook
Friday 8/28- Remember to charge your Chromebook, Get some sleep