Quarter 1

Objectives:

• I can find my seat and get introduced to 7th grade science
• I can...

Materials:

• Folder
• assignment notebook

Activities:

• roll call
• introductions
• get to know you activities

Homework:

• NA

Assessment:

• NA

Activities:

• Seating charts
• Syllabus
• safety contracts
• safety quiz
• Sign onto google classroom and assign computer numbers

Homework:

• get safety contract signed
• return school paperwork signed

Assessment:

Objectives:

• I can... express my previous knowledge of topics covered in 7th grade science and get acqainted with my online curriculum.
• I can...

Materials:

Activities:

• Collect safety contracts
• Safety quiz
• Log into Realize and explore new curriculum.
• Assign chrome book # and log into google classroom

Homework:

• safety contract return

Assessment:

• 2018-2019 pre test

Objectives:

• I can..get used to the online version of the curriculum.
• I can...

Materials:

Activities:

• Pre test
• explore the new curriculum

Homework:

• get safety contract signed
• return school paperwork signed

Assessment:

Objectives:

• I can..do my best on the pretest and continue to get better with the online curriculum.
• I can...

Materials:

• chromebook

Activities:

• Pretest
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Homework:

• N/A
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Assessment:

Objectives:

• I can..use phenomena of different cells in the windpipe and then explain how different cells work together to carry out specific functions.
• I can...

Materials:

• textbook

Activities:

• Discuss phenomena
• quest kickoff video
• discuss topic quest
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Homework:

• none
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Assessment:

Objectives:

• I can.. uderstand the process of "The Quest"
• I can...

Materials:

• textbook

Activities:

• MAPS testing
• Work on table of "qualities of a museum display".
• Discuss topic quest and slides after video.

Homework:

• None
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Assessment:

Objectives:

• I can..explain how cells determine the structure of living things.
• I can...identify that cells are the basic building blocks of life.
• I can.. explore the cell theory and its three main points.

Materials:

• textbook
• chromebook

Activities:

• Class discussion on cell function and structure

Homework:

• None
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Assessment:

Objectives:

• I can...explain the history of cells and the cell theory

Materials:

• textbook
• chromebook

Activities:

• Interactivity - Functions of All Cells.

Homework:

• None.
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Assessment:

Objectives:

• I can..investigate the uses and understand how to use microscopes to improve understanding of cells.
• I can...

Materials:

Activities:

• Class discussion on microscopes
• Interactivity - Through a Microscope

Homework:

• None
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Assessment:

Objectives:

• I can..use a microscope properly and identify cells from living and nonliving cells.
• I can...

Materials:

• microscopes
• lab sheet

Activities:

• lab: u-investigate-Observing cells

Homework:

• none
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Assessment:

Objectives:

• I can..continue to familiarize myself with living and non living cells
• I can...

Materials:

• chromebook

Activities:

• Maps testing
• interactivity - "A strange specimen"

Homework:

• none
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Assessment:

Objectives:

• I can..complete the virtual lab to help understand living from nonliving cells.
• I can...

Materials:

• chromebook

Activities:

• Virtual lab: Living or Not?
• Early dismissal
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Homework:

• Study for tomorrow's quiz.
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Assessment:

Objectives:

• I can..do my best on today's quiz.
• I can...pick lab groups for the quest

Materials:

Activities:

• Quiz
• Choose Quest groups and discuss the cell model
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Homework:

• None
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Assessment:

Objectives:

• I can..describe the structures and functions of cell organelles.
• I can...gain an understanding of the size of a cell by comparing my height to a stack of cells.

Materials:

• lab sheet
• meter sticks

Activities:

• Begin Lesson 2 content - cell structures.
• Hands on lab- How Large Are Cells?
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Homework:

• None.
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Assessment:

Objectives:

• I can..describe the structures and functions of cell organelles and compare plant cells to animal cells.
• I can...

Materials:

• Text

Activities:

• Lesson 2 content discussion.
• Video - Tour of the Major Structures of Cells.
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Homework:

• None.
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Assessment:

Objectives:

• I can..describe the structures and functions of cell organelles.
• I can...examine models of cells to determine which comes from a plant and which come from an animal.

Materials:

• chromebooks

Activities:

• Early dismissal schedule-Leroy Butler assembly
• Interactivity: Structure Function Junction
• Fill out PTC forms in class and hand out time sheets.

Homework:

• None.
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Assessment:

• Completion of interactivity

Objectives:

• I can..describe the structures and functions of cell organelles.
• I can...build a typical animal cell and then identify structures that are malfunctioning in a plant and animal cell.

Materials:

• chromebook

Activities:

• Interactivity: Build A Cell
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Homework:

• Complete "Build A Cell" worksheet that goes with the interactivity.
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Assessment:

• Completion of interactivity.

Objectives:

• I can..use a microscope correctly to determine which power lens is best to for determining which slide is an animal cell and which is a plant cell.
• I can...draw illustrations and label them showing what I see.

Materials:

• microscope
• lab sheet

Activities:

• Hands on Lab: Comparing Cells.
• Time to work on the Topic Quest.
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Homework:

• None.
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Assessment:

• Complete the lab.

Objectives:

• identify why multicellular organisms are more complex than unicellular organisms.
• identify the uses and controversy over stem cells

Materials:

• text
• chromebook

Activities:

• Finish lesson 2 content. (specialized cells)
• Interactivity: Specialized Cells
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Homework:

• Study for quiz.
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Assessment:

Objectives:

• I will try to do my best on the quiz and review.
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Materials:

• chromebook
• quiz

Activities:

• Work and discuss Lesson 2 check.
• Lesson 2 quiz.
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Homework:

• None.
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Assessment:

• Lesson 2 quiz.

Objectives:

• To develop and use models to describe how cells obtain energy and remove waste materials through the cell membrane.
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Materials:

• text

Activities:

• Lesson 3 content.
• video: Obtaining and Removing Materials.
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Homework:

• None
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Assessment:

Objectives:

• To develop and use models to describe how cells obtain energy and remove waste materials through the cell membrane.
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Materials:

Activities:

• Continue with lesson 3 content.
• Set up raisin model activity.
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Homework:

• None.
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Assessment:

Objectives:

• To develop and use models to describe how cells obtain energy and remove waste materials through the cell membrane.
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Materials:

• chromebooks

Activities:

• Interactivity: Cell Transport.
• Observe raisin lab
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Homework:

• None.
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Assessment:

Objectives:

• Students will examine a model cell membrane and answer short questions prompts.
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Materials:

Activities:

• Interactivity: Entering and Leaving the Cell.
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Homework:

• Study for quiz.
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Assessment:

Objectives:

• To review and do my best on today's quiz.

Materials:

Activities:

• Lesson 3 quiz.
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Homework:

• None.
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Assessment:

Objectives:

• I can prepare an animation illustrating cell transport. 1 passive and 1 active transport example.
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Materials:

• chromebooks
• paper & pencils

Activities:

• Quest check in- Put Cells in Motion.
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Homework:

• None.
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Assessment:

Objectives:

• can prepare an animation illustrating cell transport. 1 passive and 1 active transport example.
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Materials:

Activities:

• Continue with Quest activity.
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Homework:

• None.
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Assessment:

Objectives:

• to continue and finish cell animation flip books.
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Materials

Activities:

• Working on animations
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Homework:

• None.
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Assessment:

Objectives:

• To analyze and interpret data to identify the process of cell division.
• To describe the phases of cell division and its purpose.
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Materials:

Activities:

• Discuss lesson 4, pgs. 32-33.
• Interactivty: A Cell Divides if time.
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Homework:

• None.
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Assessment:

Objectives:

• To analyze and interpret data to identify the process of cell division.
• To describe the phases of cell division and its purpose.
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Materials:

Activities:

• Discuss the cell cycle: pgs. 34 & 35.
• Begin interactivity, "A Cell Divides".
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Homework:

• None.
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Assessment:

Objectives:

• To analyze and interpret data to identify the process of cell division.
• To describe the phases of cell division and its purpose.
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Materials:

Activities:

• Video: Cell Division
• Stage 1, 2, and 3 of cell division. Pages 36-39.
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Homework:

• None.
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Assessment:

Objectives:

• To analyze and interpret data to identify the process of cell division.
• To describe the phases of cell division and its purpose.
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Materials:

Activities:

• Review cell division.
• Interactivity: "The Cell Cycle"
• When finished start the activity on called "How Does a Broken Bone Heal".

Homework:

• None.
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Assessment:

Objectives:

• Make a model of mitosis using a variety of material and investigate this process.
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Materials:

Activities:

• Lab: U-Investigate: Modeling Mitosis

Homework:

• None.

Assessment:

Objectives:

• Make a model of mitosis using a variety of material and investigate this process.
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Materials:

Activities:

• Complete the lab on "Modeling Mitosis".
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Homework:

• None.
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Assessment:

• Vote on class mitosis model.

Objectives:

• To identify the process how broken bones heal.
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Materials:

• Chromebooks

Activities:

• Interactivity: "How Does a Broken Bone Heal"
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Homework:

• Study for quiz on lesson 4.
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Assessment:

Objectives:

• To co my best on today's quiz.
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Materials:

Activities:

• To review and take lesson 4 quiz.
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Homework:

• None.
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Assessment:

Objectives:

• To review the latest science news in Scienceworld.
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Materials:

• magazines

Activities:

• Read and summarize science articles
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Homework:

• None.
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Assessment:

Objectives:

• To construct an explanation for how plants and other organisms use photosynthesis to make food.
• Explain the roles of light, carbon dioxide, water, and chlorophyll in photosynthesis.
• Cite evidence to support the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of materials and energy through ecosystems.

Materials:

Activities:

• Lesson 5 content.
• Food or Fiction interactivity
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Homework:

• None.
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Assessment:

Objectives:

• To construct an explanation for how plants and other organisms use photosynthesis to make food.
• Explain the roles of light, carbon dioxide, water, and chlorophyll in photosynthesis.
• Cite evidence to support the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of materials and energy through ecosystems.
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Materials:

• chromebooks

Activities:

• Continue lesson 5 content.
• Interactivity: As a class, "Making Food for Cells"
• Video: "Photosynthesis"

Homework:

• None.
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Assessment:

Objectives:

• To construct an explanation for how plants and other organisms use photosynthesis to make food.
• Explain the roles of light, carbon dioxide, water, and chlorophyll in photosynthesis.
• Cite evidence to support the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of materials and energy through ecosystems.
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Materials:

• chromebooks

Activities:

• Interactivtiy: Flower Food.
• Finish any lesson 5 content.

Homework:

Assessment:

Objectives:

• complete my lesson assessment
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Materials:

• text

Activities:

• work on lesson 5 check
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Homework:

• None.
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