4th Quarter

3/21 Brain Pop: Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration, CAS: How Did Plants Change Our Planet? & Questions, CAS: Photosynthesis Seen From Space, Discuss Photosynthesis Seen From Space, Read 4:1 & 4:2 pgs 118-27, SRQs 4:1 & 4:2 questions, FA Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration    HW: finish FA Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration       

3/22 Hyperion:World's Tallest Tree, 4:1 & 4:2 R&R, Photosynthesis Thought Tracker Research - World's tallest tree - Hyperion PTT Video1, PTT Video 2  PTT Video 3  PTT Video 4, Super Photosynthesizer: Hyperion HW: Amoeba Sisters: Photosynthesis, 

3/23 CAS :Why Do We Have Seasons?, CAS Annotation: Inside A Leaf (CAS: Deep Inside A Leaf), What Are Plants Made Of?, Mosa Mack Photosynthesis Solve Phenomenon & Animation Photosynthesis, Brooklyn 'Top Chef' Admits He Poisoned Neighbor's Tree HW: Read & Annotate Photosynthesis Article   

3/24 CAS :Why Do We Have Seasons?, CAS Annotation: Inside A Leaf (CAS: Deep Inside A Leaf), What Are Plants Made Of?, Mosa Mack Photosynthesis Solve Phenomenon & Animation Photosynthesis, Brooklyn 'Top Chef' Admits He Poisoned Neighbor's Tree HW: Read & Annotate Photosynthesis Article

3/25 Watch TED: The Simple Story of Photosynthesis and Food, TED-Digestive System, What Is Glucose?, Review: Food Molecule Structure, Lab: Why Does the Cracker Taste Sweet? HW: finish lab & Watch Amoeba Sisters: Cellular Respiration 

3/28 Watch What is the Function of Water in Photosynthesis? Photosynthesis Experiment with Elodea and BTB, Lab: Cellular Respiration HW: finish lab

Sign-Up to Explore Learning Gizmos, Enroll --> Gizmos Class Codes:  Period 1  - PMJVXR       Period 3 - JVFZDQ       Period 4 - BRL9HG       Period 5 - VGTFM6       Period 6  - PXPKNH  --> Register *Password use - Science

3/29 Cracker(starch) & Saliva (Amylase & Lypase Enzymes) & Iodine/Glucose & Benedict's Solution,  Read Cellular Respiration Article, Gizmos: Photosynthesis Lab,  Color & Label Plant Cell & Animal Cell *key on Google Classroom HW: finish Gizmos & Cells     No Prep 

3/30 Transpiration in Plants, Understanding How Plants Use Water in California's Redwood Forests, Gizmos:  Cell Energy Cycle HW: finish Gizmos & Coloring

3/31 Mosa Mack Solve Phenomenon Rock Cycle & Earth History *key on Google Classroom - Minerals, Mining & Rocks

4/1  Cesar Chavez Day - No School                 

4/4 - 4/8 Spring Break - No School

4/11 Period 1 - Mosa Mack Solve Phenomenon Rock Cycle & Earth History *key on Google Classroom - Minerals, Mining & Rocks             

Period 3-5 - Lab Journal Check, Brain Pop: Ecosystems, Read 10:1 & 10:2 pgs 392-403 Biotic, Abiotic, Levels of Organization, Limiting Factors, Food Webs & SRQs  HW: Catch-Up on missing assignments

4/12 Lab Journal Check, Brain Pop: Ecosystems, Read 10:1 & 10:2 pgs 392-403 Biotic, Abiotic, Levels of Organization, Limiting Factors, Food Webs & SRQs  HW: Catch-Up on missing assignments

4/13 Brain Pop: Food Chains, Food Webs & Energy Pyramids, Nat Geo: Limiting Factors Resources, Read 10:3 pgs 403-9 Energy Pyramids, Talking Trees: How do Trees Communicate? Discuss Mycorrhizal Network, Mack Solve Animation Food Webs HW: finish Mosa Mack

4/14 Brain Pop: Charles Darwin, Natural Selection, Camouflage & Symbiosis, Read 10:4 pgs 410-16 Interactions, Natural Selection, Adaptations & Symbiosis & SRQs, Explore Learning Gizmos Food Chains HW: Gizmos Food Chains

4/15 The Selfish Reason Animals Risk Their Lives For Others, Aesop's Fables: The Lion and the Mouse, Read SRQs 10:1 - 10:4, The Peppered Moth-An Update, Why do grizzly bears climb mountains to eat moths?, Peppered Moths Game, Explore Learning Gizmos Natural Selection Mary Poppins - Chim Chimney   HW: Gizmos Natural Selection    No Prep    

Extra Videos: Amoeba Sisters: Natural Selection,  Amoeba Sisters: Food Webs & Energy Pyramids Bedrocks of Biodiversity  Amoeba Sisters: Ecological Relationships, Amoeba Sisters: Ecological Succession, What Are Ecosystems? Crash Course Geography #15 

4/18 Harvard Medi: Evolution of Bacteria, NOAA: What Is Eutrophication?, Eutrophication and Hypoxia, Eutrophication Explained, TED Ed: Can the ocean run out of oxygen?, Lab: Unlimited Bacteria Growth, Brain Pop: Population Growth, CAS: How Did Human Civilization Spread?, Overpopulation – The Human Explosion Explained, Current World Human Population, Human Population Projection, CAS: Human Odyssey Interactive, Lab: Human Population Growth  HW: finish labs 

4/19 NOAA: Photosynthesis vs Chemosynthesis, Bozeman Science: Energy Flow in Ecosystems & Trophic Level Flow Chart, Notes Ecology, Explore Learning Gizmos Ecosystems Handbook & Stem Case HW: Gizmos Ecosystems Handbook & Stem Case  *Gizmos is scheduled to close  

4/20 PBS: Wolves of Yellowstone, Eco Sapian: (Deer) Species Overpopulation, The Deer Population Is Out Of Control,  So Communities Are Culling, Lab: Oh, Deer, Lab: Deer Predation vs Starvation  HW: finish Deer labs    

4/21 Nat Geo: Wolves of Yellowstone, Eco Sapian: (Deer) Species Overpopulation, The Deer Population Is Out Of Control,  So Communities Are Culling, Lab: Oh, Deer, Lab: Deer Predation vs Starvation  HW: finish Deer labs    

4/22 Brain Pop: Carbon Cycle & Humans and the Environment, Amoeba Sisters Carbon & Nitrogen Cycles, Read 10:5 & 10:6 pgs 417-25 Cycles of Matter & Succession, Renewable vs Non-Renewable Resources & SRQs, Rang-tan: the story of dirty palm oil, Primary & Secondary Succession, Bozeman Science: Biogeochemical Cycles & Flow Chart, KQED: When Rivers Caught Fire, A Brief History of Earth Day *Gizmos is scheduled to close 

4/25 How Wolves Change Rivers YNP: Trophic Cascades, Nature | The Good, the Bad, and the Grizzly: Bear Necessities, Eco Sapien: Why is Lichen Important? Eco Sapien: What is a Trophic Cascade?, Read 9:3 pgs 362-71, Read 11:1 & 11:2 Biomes & Aquatic Ecosystems pgs 438-55, Trophic Cascade in Kelp Forest, Kelp Watch, Mosa Mack Solve Animation Interactions of Organisms  HW: finish Mosa Mack      

4/26 Lab Journal Update, Read 11:3 & 11:4 Forests & Fisheries & Biodiversity pgs 457-67, SRQs 11:3 & 11:4, Clear-Cutting vs Selective Cutting, CSERC: Clearcutting Issues, Monterey Bay Aquarium: Fishing Practices   No Prep  

4/27 CAS: Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity, Pollinators, Brain Pop: Metamorphosis, Honeybees, Pollination, Rachel Carson, Mosa Make Solve Animation Biodiversity HW: finish Mosa Mack    

4/28 CAS: How Did Past Climate Change Influence Today's Plants?, Introduction to Phenology, TED Ed: Phenology and Nature's Shifting Rhythms, CBS: Oceans Give, Oceans Take, Read 9:1 What Causes Climate & 9:2 Currents & Climate pgs 346-61 & 9:4 pgs 374-9, Brain Pop: Migration, Climate Change, Nat Geo: Climate 101- Ozone Depletion, NASA Study Shows That Common Coolants Contribute to Ozone Depletion, Mosa Make Solve Phenomenon Biodiversity HW: finish Mosa Mack and Review Brain Pop: Ozone Layer, Greenhouse Effect, Climate Change 

4/29 WISE: Photosynthesis, Cellular Respiration & Ecology 1.0 access code: Spider546 HW: finish WISE

Begin CAASP Testing 5/2 - 5/10

5/2 CAASP Testing  (*6), 7,  Period 1, 2 Prep, 3 - WISE: Photosynthesis, Cellular Respiration & Ecology  access code: Spider546      HW: finish WISE

5/3 CAASP Testing  (*4), 5, 6, 7, 1 - WISE: Photosynthesis, Cellular Respiration & Ecology Nature: The Serengeti Rules pt1 HW: finish WISE  

5/4 CAASP Testing  (*2 Prep), Period 3, 4, 5, 6 - WISE: Photosynthesis, Cellular Respiration & Ecology, Nature: The Serengeti Rules pt1 HW: finish WISE  through 5.0

5/5 CAASP Testing  (*7),  Period 1, 2 Prep, Period 3, 4 - WISE: Photosynthesis, Cellular Respiration & Ecology, Nature: The Serengeti Rules pt2, CAS: Fragile Planet HW: finish WISE through 5.0

5/6  CAASP Testing P (*5), 6, 7, 1, 2 Prep - WISE: Photosynthesis, Cellular Respiration & Ecology, Nature: The Serengeti Rules pt2, CAS: Fragile Planet HW: finish WISE 

5/9 CAASP Testing P (*3), Period 4, 5, 6, 7 -  WISE: Photosynthesis, Cellular Respiration & Ecology HW: finish WISE

5/10 CAASP Testing P (*1), 2 Prep, 3, 4, 5 - Brain Pop: Fossil Fuels, Gas & Oil (Coal), CA:What's the Deal with Fossil Fuels?, Coal Formation, Ted Ed: Acid Rain, Read 12:1 & 12:2 Fossil Fuels & Renewable Energy pgs 478-92 and SRQs, Mosa Mack Solve Animation Renewable Resources HW: Brain Pop: Time Zone X Fossil Fuels 

5/11 Brain Pop: Fossil Fuels, Gas & Oil (Coal), CA:What's the Deal with Fossil Fuels?, Coal Formation, Ted Ed: Acid Rain,, Read 12:1 Fossil Fuels pgs 478-84 and SRQs, Mosa Mack Solve Animation Renewable Resources HW: Mosa & Brain Pop: Time Zone X Fossil Fuels

5/12 CAS: Your Digital Footprint, Data and Energy Use, Brain Pop: Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Biofuels, Fuel Cells, Read 12:2 Renewable Energy pgs 485-92, *Renewable Energy Types Solar, Wind, Biomass, Geothermal, Ocean (Thermal & Tidal) Hydrogen Fuel Cells, Batteries, Energy 101: Geothermal Energy, NREL Geothermal Energy,  Hydrogen for Energy Hydrogen Fuel Cells, Hydrogen Fuel Cell Facts, Student Energy: Energy Storage, Mack Solve Phenomenon Renewable Resources  HW: Mosa Mack Solve Phenomenon 

5/13 Review: Types of Energy in FMS Science Concepts & Ideas, Brain Pop: Energy Sources, Forms of Energy, Nuclear Energy, CAS: Nuclear Energy, Is Fission the Future?, Fission vs Fusion, LLNL:NIF, Read 12: 3, Nuclear Energy pg 494 and SRQs, TED: Yup, I Built a Nuclear Fusion Reactor Taylor Wilson, 13 Year Old Achieves Nuclear Fusion In His Bedroom, CAS: Close Read Nuclear Energy, Gizmos Energy Conversion HW: Gizmos Energy Conversion & PhET:Nuclear Fission Simulator

CAS: Exploring Energy, Designing A Brighter Future, 

5/16 Brain Pop: Endocrine System, Hormones, Puberty, Positive Prevention (PP):Getting Started, Pre-Test, Norms, Terms, Read 16:1 Hormones pgs 640-5 & 16:2 Male & Female Structures and Functions pgs 648-55, SRQ's 16:2 HW: *Renewable Energy Types Solar, Wind, Biomass, Geothermal Ocean (Thermal & Tidal) Hydrogen Fuel Cells, Batteries Research - 7 Types of Renewable Energy, USEIA: Renewable Energy Explained, NRDC Renewable Energies, Student Energy: Topics    No Prep

5/17 0-9 Months, Journey in the Womb, Brain Pop: Reproductive System, Menstrual Cycle, PP #1 Understanding Change, Read 16:3 Pregnancy, Development & Birth pgs 656-63, SRQ 16:3  HW: Renewable Energy Research

5/18 Brain Pop: Sex Determination, Pregnancy & Fetal Development, Adolescence, Peer Pressure, Personal Hygiene, PP #2 Exploring Friendships  HW: Renewable Energy Research 

5/19 Brain Pop: Bullying, Cyberbullying, Online Safety, Information Privacy, PP #3 Bullying & Abuse, PP #4 Human Trafficking, CNN:Tackling human trafficking in the US, ABC News:Hidden America: Chilling New Look at Sex Trafficking in the US, Contra Costa County DA: Human Trafficking, Contra Costa County DA: Sexual Assault, Contra Costa County DA: Domestic Abuse  HW: Gizmos Household Energy Usage

5/20 Brain Pop: Bullying, Cyberbullying, Online Safety, Information Privacy, PP #3 Bullying & Abuse, PP #4 Human Trafficking, CNN:Tackling human trafficking in the US, ABC News:Hidden America: Chilling New Look at Sex Trafficking in the US, Contra Costa County DA: Human Trafficking, Contra Costa County DA: Sexual Assault, Contra Costa County DA: Domestic Abuse  HW: Gizmos Household Energy Usage

Textbook Return - Monday 5/23 Period 3, - Tuesday 5/24 Period 5, 6 1, - Wednesday 5/25 Period 4 

5/23 Brain Pop: Babies, Infancy, Twins, Parenthood, PP #5 Preventing an Unplanned Pregnancy, PP #6 Teen Pregnancy: Choices Responsibilities HW: Keystone Species & Ecosystems Research   Textbook Return P3 1:38

5/24 Morning Sickness, Pregnancy Cravings, Brain Pop: Viruses, Immune System, Vaccines, AIDS, PP #7 Myth and Stereotypes about HIV Infection HW: Keystone Species & Ecosystems Research Textbook Return P5 9:31, P6 10:15 & P1 12:17 

5/25 OPEN HOUSE 5:30 - 6:30PM - PP #8 The HIV/AIDS Epidemic, PP #9 Preventing Sexually Transmitted Infections,  PP #10 Recognizing and Reducing Risks, CDC: STI & STD Health Facts, HW: Keystone Species & Ecosystems Research Textbook Return P4 9:08-22  No Prep

5/26 Brain Pop: Asexual Reproduction, Sexual Reproduction, Genetics, Heredity, WISE: End of Year Assessment access code - Dragon195        HW: Keystone Species & Ecosystems Research DUE TOMORROW!

5/27 Brain Pop: Getting Help, Self-Esteem PP: #11 Media and Peer Pressures, PP #12 HIV/STI Testing & Community Resources, PP #13 Goal Setting, CDC: STI & STD Health Facts

5/30 Memorial Day - No School

5/31 Nova: The Incredible Journey of Butterflies

6/1 Everything You Wanted to Know About Tornadoes & Hurricanes            

6/2 Charon at 40: The Discovery of Pluto’s Binary Companion, Everything You Wanted to Know About Volcanoes, Last Day of School 

End of 4th Quarter 

*June 6 - 8 Camp Monroe, the Lassen Experience

EXTRA:

Brain Pop: SARS, Coronavirus, How Soap Works, Flu & Flu Vaccine, Avian Flu, Swine Flu, West Nile Virus, Chicken Pox, Small Pox, Ebola, Zika & BP Games: Time X-Zika Virus

6th Grade Human Biology Review: Brain Pop: Cells, Cell Structure,  Cell Specialization, Mitosis & (Meiosis) Genetics and Heredity, Human Body Systems Cells Rap, Plant & Animal Cells, Mitosis & Meiosis, Human Body Systems HW: finish Human Body Systems

7th Grade Moo Moo Math & Science Genetics & Ecology Review - 70 minutes

1. 1. MooMoo M&S: Evolution 

   2. MooMoo M&S: Natural Selection & Peppered Moth (Industrial Melanism) 

   3. MooMoo M&S: Genotype & Phenotype 

   4. MooMoo M&S: Heredity 

   5. MooMoo M&S :Alleles vs Genes 

   6. MooMoo M&S: Punnett Square Basics 

   7. MooMoo M&S: Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration 

   8. MooMoo M&S: What Are Ecosystems? 

   9. MooMoo M&S: Trophic Levels 

   10. MooMoo M&S: Energy Flow in Ecosystems 

   11. MooMoo M&S: Autotroph (Producers) vs Heterotroph (Consumers) 

   12. MooMoo M&S: Decomposers vs Scavangers 

   13. MooMoo M&S: Biotic & Abiotic Factors 

   14. MooMoo M&S: Difference Between Habitat & Niche 

   15. MooMoo M&S: Limiting Factors in Ecosystems 

   16. MooMoo M&S: Ecological Carrying Capacity 

   17. MooMoo M&S: Primary & Secondary Succession 

   18. MooMoo M&S: Ecological Relationships-Competition- Predator and Prey- Symbiosis 

   19. MooMoo M&S: Symbiosis 

   20. MooMoo M&S: Symbiosis-Mutualism 

   21. MooMoo M& S: Symbiosis-Commensalism 

   22. MooMoo M&S: Symbiosis-Parasitism 

   23. MooMoo M&S: Biodiversity & Ecosystems 

Sammartano: Electromagnetic Spectrum, The Story of Stuff 

*Original planning Ideas before McGraw Hill, STEMscopes & Green Ninja curricular pilots -                

Grade 7 California's Environmental Principles and Concepts https://californiaeei.org/epc - California's Environmental Principles and Concepts (EP&Cs) highlight the deep relationship between humans and the natural world.

Day 1 - Extinction: Past and Present Lesson #1 La Brea Tar Pits: A Case Study For Extinction, NASA Climate: Time lapse: Watch glaciers rise, fall in thousands of years per second, Live Science: Pleistocene Epoch: Facts About the Last Ice Age, BACKROADS The beasts preserved in LA's La Brea Tar Pits, La Brea Tar Pits, Wiki: La Brea Tar Pits, Nat Geo: The Tar Pit (Venezuela)

Day 2 - Extinction: Past and Present Lesson #2 & 3 Change In Geologic Time & Extinction: Rates and Possible Causes

Day 3 - Extinction: Past and Present Lesson #4 & 5 Digging Up the Past & Extinction, Past & Present

Day 4 - Extinction: Past and Present Lesson #5 & 6 Extinction, Past & Present & Holocene (Anthropocene) Extinction Event, CAS: How Did Human Civilization Spread?, Live Science: How would Earth be different if modern humans never existed?

• Energy, It’s Not All the Same to You (7) - Explore the current energy sources used by California utility companies to provide electricity. 

• Energy and Material Resources: Renewable or Not (7) - Learn about the different ways in which natural resources may be categorized as renewable, nonrenewable, or inexhaustible, and evaluated as commodities. 

• Made from Earth: How Natural Resources Become the Things We Use (7) - This unit teaches students about the importance of natural resources to their personal lives. 

Grade 8 California's Environmental Principles and Concepts https://californiaeei.org/epc - California's Environmental Principles and Concepts (EP&Cs) highlight the deep relationship between humans and the natural world.

• Shaping Natural Systems Through Evolution (8) - Changing environmental factors affect evolution and diversity of organisms (in terms of genetic variation and natural selection). 

• Responding to Environmental Change (8) - Students examine the role that humans play in the process of environmental change and review the process of adaptation in evolution

• Extinction: Past and Present (8)

Lab: Measuring Liquid Volume HW: finish lab   Lab: Controls & Variable of Bean Plants HW: finish lab