Day to Day Schedule (2025)

Week 1: Introductions and Expectations (8/18 - 8/22)

Monday, 8/18 :  

NO SCHOOL

Tuesday, 8/19 :  

• Introductions, Ice Breaker 

• Log into Google Classroom and find Mr. Petrillo's website

Wednesday, 8/20:  

• Begin 3 Truths and a Lie....template found in Google Classroom. Open the slides presentation found at this LINK  (link will be in Google Classroom and completion will be a grade).  Students create their slide due tomorrow.

Thursday, 8/21:

• 3 Truths and a Lie.  Open the slides presentation found at this LINK  (link will be in Google Classroom and completion will be a grade).  Students create their slide. FINISH DURING CLASS

• When experiments go wrong

• Discuss how to properly conduct an experiment.  Students will be given different experiments, identify the variables, determine if a control is possible, and design an experiment...presentation link.

• Break students into groups and have them identify parts of an experiment. Presentation (Tomorrow)

• Simplified definitions for terms

Friday, 8/22:  

• Shrimp DO NOW

• Finish notes about Parts of an experiment.

• Students break into groups and create a slide showing parts of an experiment based upon which experiment they are assigned found in this document.  Submit this as a grade in Google Classroom.

Week 2: (8/25 - 8/29)

Monday, 8/25 :  

• 10 minutes to submit Identifying Parts of Experiment into Google Classroom.

• Review answers to parts of an experiment slide they turned in.  

Tuesday, 8/26 :  

• First science investigation -Students hypothesize height of grass grown under different colors of light.  Record data unto this spreadsheet which is in Classroom.

• Students move from table to table measuring the grass grown under different lights and filling in the spreadsheet.

• Students should have completed Data table on this PAGE. Students learn to create graph from spreadsheet.  Practice using this spreadsheet.

• Remind of quiz tomorrow on parts of an experiment.

Wednesday, 8/27:  

• Quiz on identifying parts of an experiment about spotted lanternflies...posted in Google Classroom

• How to make a graph using spreadsheets Practice

• Launch..."What is a characteristic you have that proves you are a living thing?"

Thursday, 8/28:

• Students go to lab tables w/white boards to generate list of characteristics of life

• Use this video as a launch.

• Begin discussion of Characteristics of Life that are found in this document.Finish notes on Characteristics

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Friday - 8/29 - NO SCHOOL

Week 3: (9/1 - 9/5)

Monday, 9/1 :  

•  NO SCHOOL

Tuesday, 9/2 :  

• Finish characteristic of life notes

• Introduce Characteristics of Life questions assignment that was posted in Google Classroom.

Wednesday, 9/3:  

• Finish Characteristics of Life questions assignment that was posted in Google Classroom.

• Due today

Thursday, 9/4:

• Introduce students to Life Science Vocabulary and List #1

• For homework, students create Quizlet flashcards for vocabulary words. Quizlet or any version of flashcards and quiz due Monday...Google Slides template

• If time...Begin  Crosscutting Concepts Discussion. ...Student Poster. CCC Presentation Notes

Friday - 9/5:

• Vocabulary Pretest

• Begin  Crosscutting Concepts Discussion. ...Student Poster. CCC Presentation Notes

Week 4: (9/8 - 9/12)

Monday, 9/8 :  

•  Check flashcards and then Vocabulary List #1 Quiz

• Continue Crosscutting Concepts notes through Patterns

• Work on Patterns Google Question posted in Google Classroom for Homework, but time given in class tomorrow

Tuesday, 9/9 :  

• .15 minutes to finish Patterns question...use spinner to have students discuss their Pattern and Category Answers.

• Homework/Classwork - Google Question on Cause and Effect

• Continue with Crosscutting Concepts reviewing Systems and System models

• Give a few minutes to start Cause and Effect Google Question

Wednesday, 9/10:  

• 10 minutes to complete Cause and Effect Question in Classroom

• Notes Energy & Matter and Structure and Function

• Scale, Proportion and Quantity Google Question Homework

Thursday, 9/11:

• Finish Crosscutting Concept notes

• Crosscutting Concept Systems through Stability questions

Friday - 9/12: PASS

• Crosscutting Concept Systems through Stability questions.

• These are both due on Monday.

Week 5 (9/15 - 9/19): 

Monday, 9/15

• Turn in Crosscutting Concept Systems through Stability questions

• Crosscutting Concept Identification and survey

Tuesday,  9/16:

• Give a few minutes to finish Monday's work and turn in assignment.

• Begin discussion of Cells with this PowerPoint and this video.  Activator discussing size of cells.

Wednesday,  9/17:

• Notes up through Eukaryotic Cells

• Set up microscopes and students look at prepared slides of cells, unicellular organisms, or cells from multicellular organisms.

• Begin Power Teaching

Thursday, 9/18:  

• Continue discussion of Cells with this PowerPoint and Power Teaching

• Read information and watch video linked in this document and then answer questions #1 - #5 in this document.  Due at start of class tomorrow

Friday, 9/19 : PASS

• Continue discussion of Cells with this PowerPoint and Power Teaching

• Read information and watch video linked in this document and then answer questions #6 - #10 in this document.  Due at start of class Monday.

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