October 2023
Monday, October 2nd, 2023
Do Now: Get your notebooks out. Get into your moldy jello lab group.
Then: Mold Lab - day two, observations and data documentation
Next: Continue learning about taxonomy
Then: Research a phylum (small group)
Exit Ticket: Something you did over the weekend
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023
Do Now: Get your notebook out and find your lab partners.
Next: Mold Lab: day three, observations and data documentation
Then: Practice using a dichotomous key to identify organisms - Divided in Two worksheet
Exit Ticket: Red, Yellow, Green on using a dichotomous key
Thursday, October 5th, 2023
Do Now: Mold Lab: day four, observations and data documentation
Next: Divided in Two worksheet
Exit Ticket: something you have found intersting about the mold lab so far
Friday, October 6th, 2023
Do Now: Mold Lab: day five - final observations
Next: Begin lab report
Exit Ticket: Something you plan to do this weekend
Monday, October 9th, 2023
Do Now: Get out your notebook and computer. Copy down the following information in your notebook...
On a graph, the independent variable goes on the x-axis (horizontal line), and the dependent variable goes on the y-axis (the vertical line).
Next: Search the internet for information on mold (growth, lifecycle, nutrition source, etc.) and begin typing the rough draft of your lab report
Exit Ticket: Status update on your lab report
Tuesday, October 10th, 2023
Do Now: Take out your notebook and your Taxonomy worksheet
Next: complete pages 1-3 of the Taxonomy worksheet (with your table group), and then pages 4-5 independently.
Then: Work on lab report with the time remaining
Exit Ticket: status update
Thursday, October 12, 2023
Do Now: take out your notebook and "Taxonomy: Who is in my family?" worksheet
Next: Finish the Taxonomy worksheet
Then: Work on mold lab report (due tomorrow!)
Exit Ticket:
Friday, October 13th, 2023
Jello lab reports due today
You have the entire class period to work on your lab report, get feedback, and make revisions. It must be submitted, on Google classroom, by the end of the day in order to receive full credit. Revisions will be accepted for up to one week following the submission deadline.
Monday, October 16, 2023
Do Now:
Next: Rough draft of the mold lab report was due last Friday. Final draft due this Friday. Check your feedback and make adjustments.
Then: Brainstorm ideas for designing your own experiment. Think about a question or problem that interests you. Examples will be provided. You will do some initial research and then design and experiment that includes one independent variable. The entire experiment should be something that can be finished within a few class periods or a few weeks.
Exit Ticket: What is one thing that made you smile last weekend?
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Next: Work on lab report. Get feedback. Make revisions. Resubmit. Repeat as many times as needed.
Then: Design an experiment continued (individual or small group activity, 2-3 max). Idea must be approved by me. Then do research. Five source minimum required.
Thursday, October 19, 2023
Do Now: See the whiteboard for your group assignments
Then: Get into your group. Complete page one of the Properties of Water worksheet together.
Next: Lab Report revisions or Design Your Own Experiment research
Exit Ticket: Something good that happened today
Friday, October 20, 2023
Welcome Guest Teacher Jillene
Studio Time. See below for your priorities...
Do Now: Check your moldy jello lab report for feedback from me
Next: Make revisions. Final draft due by midnight tonight!
Then: work on the Design your Own Experiment worksheet and do research
Exit Ticket: What did you accomplish today?
Monday, October 23, 2023
Do Now: Take out your notebook and the Properties of Water worksheet
Next: Watch properties of water
Then: Finish Properties of Water worksheet
Exit Ticket: What is one property of water?
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Do Now: Take out your notebook.
Next: Review properties of water
Then: Nutrient Cycles (water, carbon, nitrogen)
carbon and nitrogen cycles - amoeba sisters
Exit Ticket: Why is Nitrogen so important?
Thursday, October 26, 2023
Do Now: Take out your notebook. Finish drawing the nitrogen cycle diagram in your notebook (see newline).
Then: Nutrient Cycles continued. Watch the videos below and take notes. What did you find interesting?
Next: Continue the Nutrient Cycle worksheet
Exit Ticket: Name one place nitrogen can be found
Monday, October 30, 2023
Do Now: Take out your notebook and the Nutrient Cycle worksheet
Next: Finish the worksheet (15 min)
Then: nitrogen and phosphorus cycle think/pair/share - answer these questions: why is nitrogen important? Where does nitrogen come from? What is the primary source of phosphorus?
Exit Ticket: why can't plants use nitrogen from the atmosphere?
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Happy Halloween!
Do Now: Take out your notebook
Next: peer review worksheet
Exit Ticket: what is your favorite Holloween candy?