Science

Take the online Quizziz on Plant and Animal Cells. You can find the quiz in Google Classroom. Don't rush, read the questions and answers carefully. You can re-take the quiz multiple times. I will take your best score as your grade.
Note that the online Quizziz expires in two weeks. Don't procrastinate!

Assignments:

Take the Plant and Animal Cells Quizziz. You can access this from Google Classroom. The link expires in 2 weeks.
Post your LabBook notes from Lesson 10.1 and 10.2, with the 5 things you learned about cells and the definitions of the cell vocabulary words. Due Friday.

Due

Plant and Animal Cell Quizziz due on Friday.
Post your notes and vocab on Plant and Animal Cells, due Friday March 8.
Take the online Quizziz on Plant and Animal Cells. I will record your best score.

10.3 Zoom/School

Learning Goal: Part 1 of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse: What can we learn from the first half of this book?

Instructions:

Read the first half of the book with Mrs Ippel or in the videos with Mrs Arendsen.
Chose one page you really like. Rewrite it in your Lab Book, and draw a picture to go with it. Use color.

Assignments:

On SeeSaw, post the page that you just wrote and drew from The Boy, the Mole the Fox and the Horse. Post it in #1 for Lesson 10.3
Take the Plant and Animal Cells Quizziz. You can access this from Google Classroom. The link expires in 2 weeks.
Post your LabBook notes from Lesson 10.1 and 10.2, with the 5 things you learned about cells and the definitions of the cell vocabulary words. Due Friday.

Due

Plant and Animal Cell Quizziz due on Friday.
Post your notes and vocab on Plant and Animal Cells, due Friday March 8.
Take the online Quizziz on Plant and Animal Cells. I will record your best score.

10.4 Zoom/School

Learning Goal: Part 2 of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse: What can we learn from the second half of this book?

Instructions:

Read the second half of the book with Mrs Ippel or in the two short videos with Mrs Arendsen.
Chose one page you really like. Rewrite it in your Lab Book, and draw a picture to go with it. Use color.

Assignments:

On SeeSaw, post the page that you just wrote and drew from The Boy, the Mole the Fox and the Horse. Post it in #2 for Lesson 10.4
Take the Plant and Animal Cells Quizziz. You can access this from Google Classroom. The link expires at the end of spring break.
Post your LabBook notes from Lesson 10.1 and 10.2, with the 5 things you learned about cells and the definitions of the cell vocabulary words. Due Friday.

Due

Plant and Animal Cell Quizziz due on Friday.
Post your notes and vocab on Plant and Animal Cells, due Friday March 8.
Take the online Quizziz on Plant and Animal Cells. I will record your best score.

Week of Spring Break! March 15-19

Week 11: March 22-26

11.1 Independent

Learning Goal: What is climate change?

Instructions:

Watch the video about climate change.
Write down 5 things you learn in the video. Try answering these questions as you watch the video:

what is the difference between correlation and causation?

why are fossil fuels called "fossil fuels"?
what are the chemical names of some greenhouse gases?
If Earth didn't have an atmosphere with some greenhouse gases, it would be a bit like Mars...what would the temperature be like?
Mrs Ippel isn't sure that biofuel made with corn should be labeled as renewable energy. Can you guess why?
What was the historical event that started climate change?

Tomorrow, you will post these notes on SeeSaw. You'll include the 5 things you learned about Climate Change as well as the vocabulary words that you'll study in lesson 11.2.

Assignments:

Take notes on 5 things that you learned in the video about climate change. These notes will be due on Friday March 26, along with the notes from Lesson 11.2.

Due

Notes from 11.1 & 11.2 are due on Fri, March 26.

11.2 Independent

Learning Goal: Vocabulary for understanding climate change

Instructions:

Write down the vocab words and definitions from the Climate Change video in lesson 11.1. Watch the video again if you need to.

Weather, climate, greenhouse gases, greenhouse effect, fossil fuels, consequence, glacier, renewable resources, biofuel.

2.Take the online Quizziz on Climate Change. You can find the quiz in Google Classroom. Don't rush, read the questions and answers carefully. You can re-take the quiz multiple times. I will take your best score as your grade.

3. Note that the online Quizziz expires on Friday, Apr 2.

Assignments:

Post your Climate Change notes on SeeSaw. Be sure to include the 5 things you learned from the video, as well as the 9 vocab words that you studied today. Notes are due on Friday, March 26.
Take the online quiz. The link to the quiz is in Google Classroom.

Due

Notes from 11.1 & 11.2 are due on Fri, March 26.
Take the Online Quiz about Climate Change.

11.3 Zoom/School

Learning Goal: How is your life different from your grandparents? Or your great- grandparents?

Instructions:

Zoom class is required for those who are doing online-only school. In-person students will have this lesson at school on Monday or Thursday.
Discuss with the class how your life is different from your grandparents or great-grandparents. Fill in the chart on Google Classroom with diagrams and words that explain the differences. Include transportation, energy, food, clothes, water & how they earned money.
Open the assignment in Google Classroom.
We will do the first column together in class, you will do the other 3 columns as homework. Due on Mon, April 5.

Assignments:

Make a plan to interview 3 elders in your family by Monday, April 5.
Post your notes about the Climate Change video on SeeSaw. Include 5 things you learned, and the vocab & definitions from the video.

Due

Notes from 11.1 & 11.2 are due on Fri, March 26.
Take the Online Quiz about Climate Change.

11.4 Zoom/School

Learning Goal: What evidence is there for Climate Change? How do we react to that evidence?

Instructions:

Zoom class is required for those who are doing online-only school. Other students will have this lesson at school on Tuesday or Friday.
We are going to watch this video in class and talk about it.

If you were the character in the video, how would you respond to the evidence for climate change?
What other information might you want to help you understand the causes or effects of climate change?
How might your culture, location, community or employment affect how you think about climate change and ecosystems?
How does one thing, like temperature, change the whole Earth system?

Assignments:

If you haven't already done so, take the online quiz about Climate Change. This link is in Google Classroom. It will expire on Friday, April 3.
Make a plan to interview 3 elders in your family by Monday, April 5. This assignment is in Google Classroom.
Post your notes about the Climate Change video on SeeSaw. Include 5 things you learned, and the vocab & definitions from the video.

Due

Notes from 11.1 & 11.2 are due on Fri, March 26.
Take the Online Quiz about Climate Change.
Elder Interview is due on Mon, Apr 5.

Week 12: March 29 - April 2

No School on Good Friday, April 2.

We remember Jesus' Death and Resurrection, which gives us a Well of Hope.

12.1 Independent

Learning Goal: What is biodiversity? How might climate change affect biodiversity?

Instructions:

Watch the video about biodiversity.
Write down 5 things you learn in the video. Try answering these questions as you watch the video:

What would happen if Climate Change killed a keystone species?
What pollution or climate problems would affect bioindicators for water quality?
What pollution or climate problems would affect bioindicators for air quality?
What pollution or climate problems would affect bioindicators for soil quality?
What would happen to biodiversity if climate change killed a species in the food web?
How does biodiversity show us whether or not an ecosystem is healthy?

Assignments:

After Lesson 12.2, post your Biodiversity notes in SeeSaw.
Remember to interview 3 elders in your family about water, transportation, food, money and clothes when they were young. This assignment is in Google Classroom, or you may use paper. This is due on Monday, April 5.

Due

Elder Interview is due on Mon, Apr 5.
Biodiversity video notes and vocab definitions due on Friday, April 2. Post on SeeSaw.

12.2 Independent

Learning Goal: Vocabulary for understanding biodiversity

Instructions:

Write down the vocab words and definitions from the Biodiversity video in lesson 12.1. Watch the video again if you need to:

Biodiversity, ecosystem, tidepools, species, keystone species, decomposer, pollutant, bioindicator, conservation biologist

2.Take the online Quizziz on Biodiversity. You can find the quiz in Google Classroom. Don't rush, read the questions and answers carefully. You can re-take the quiz multiple times. I will take your best score as your grade.

3. Note that the link to the online Biodiversity Quizziz will expire in two weeks! Don't procrastinate!

Assignments:

Remember to interview 3 elders in your family about water, transportation, food, money and clothes when they were young. This assignment is in Google Classroom, or you may use paper. This is due on Monday, April 5.
Post your Biodiversity notes in SeeSaw. Include 5 things you learned in the video, as well as the 10 vocab words and their meanings.
Take the online Biodiversity Quizziz.

Due

Elder Interview is due on Mon, Apr 5.
Biodiversity video notes and vocab definitions due on Friday, April 2. Post on SeeSaw.

12.3 Zoom/School

Learning Goal: Jesus Set His Face Like Flint

Instructions:

Zoom Class is required (Tuesday March 30) for students that are online all week.
Read Luke 9 and Isaiah 50
What is unique about flint?
Do the assignment in Google Classroom. What does it mean that Jesus "set his face like flint towards Jerusalem"?

Assignments:

Remember to interview 3 elders in your family about water, transportation, food, money and clothes when they were young. This is due on Monday.
Take the online Biodiversity Quiz. Note that the link will expire next Friday!
If you didn't take it yet, the Climate Change online quiz expires tomorrow, April 2.
We will work in class on the Scripture-Science assignment about Jesus setting his face like flint. This is due today, at the end of class.

Due

Elder Interview is due on Monday.
Biodiversity video notes and vocab definitions are due tomorrow. Post on SeeSaw.
Jesus Set his Face like Flint: Scripture-Science assignment due today in Google Classroom.

Week 13: April 5-9

Because we are changing to 4 days in school and a daily Zoom schedule,

the website is now just a place to see when assignments are due.

Monday, April 5

Learning Goal:

What happens to the polar vortex when the jet stream disintegrates?
We will answer these 3 questions when we learn about climate change around the world:

Location
What is the initial change? What "weird" climate thing happened first?
What are the ripple effects of that change?

Assignments and Due Dates:

Your interview with 3 elders in your family is due today. Post in Google Classroom or hand it in "in person" in class.
Did you hand in Jesus Set His Face Like Flint after class on Thursday?

Tuesday, April 6

Learning Goal:

How are we doing? Let's get to know our new pods.
Watch the video about Climate Change in Alaska. How would we answer the three questions:

Location
What is the initial change? What "weird" climate thing happened first?
What are the ripple effects of that change?

What does a carbon dioxide molecule look like?

Assignments and Due Dates:

Be sure to hand in your Elder Interview and Jesus Set His Face Like Flint.
Biodiversity Quiz is due on Friday.

Thursday, April 8

Learning Goal:

Biodiversity Quiz!
How is Climate Change changing Bangladesh? How does this affect the lives of people?

Assignments and Due Dates:

The online Biodiversity quiz expires on Friday.
As we continue to learn about climate change, take notes on these main ideas for each video. At the end of the week, post these notes in SeeSaw:

1. Where is the location of the ecosystem we are learning about?

2. What is the first impact of change in this ecosystem?

3. How do those changes have ripple effects on the rest of the ecosystem?

Friday, April 9

Learning Goal:

How is Climate Change changing the Arctic?

What is the location we are learning about today?
What was the first effect of climate change in this community?
What are the ripple effects of climate change in this community?

Assignments and Due Dates:

The online Biodiversity quiz expires today
Post notes from the week in SeeSaw. Include notes on the polar vortex and jet stream, diagram a CO2 molecule, Alaska, Bangladesh, and the Arctic.

Week 14: April 12-16

Monday, April 12

Learning Goal:

What is a Climate Refugee?

Assignments and Due Dates:

The online Biodiversity quiz expires today.
Remember to keep taking good notes. You will submit notes for the week on Friday.

Tuesday, April 13

Learning Goal:

What are the gases that cause global warming?
How do these gases cause the temperature on Earth to warm up?

Assignments and Due Dates:

Diagram some of the gasses that cause global warming. Diagram how this ""greenhouse effect" is good, and how it causes problems if there are too many greenhouses gases in the atmosphere. Be sure that diagrams of these molecules are included in the notes that you will post in SeeSaw on Friday:

carbon dioxide: CO2
ozone: O3
methane: CH4
water vapor: H2O
trichlorofluoromethane: CCl3F
hydrochloroflurocarbon: HCF3
nitrous oxide: NO3

Note that CH4, CCl3F, and HCF3 are all formed in a similar way. There is a single carbon atom in the middle of the molecule, and 4 other atoms bonded to it, all equally spaced around the central carbon.

Thursday, April 15

Learning Goal:

How does God feel about the world that God made?
How does climate change affect animals?
Humans can change the environment through trash-pollution and gas-pollution. What is the difference between these two types of pollution?

Assignments and Due Dates:

Did you post notes in SeeSaw with diagrams of the gas molecules that cause global warming? This is due today.
Post a list in SeeSaw of 3-4 things you can do in your life to help with Climate Change. Depending on each of our lives, there are different things that we can each do.
You can go to Google Classroom and begin to work on your Final Project for Climate Change, due on Friday, April 23. You can start to work even while we will continue to learn about Climate Change. Do not submit this assignment until we have learned everything that is covered in these questions.

Friday, April 16

Learning Goal:

How does God want humans to interact with creation?
What can I teach my classmates about planet Earth & climate change?

Assignments and Due Dates:

Post notes from Week #14 in SeeSaw. Include notes from all 4 lessons this week:

Monday: Climate refugees in Kiribati, Honduras, Madagascar and Bolivia
Tuesday: Diagrams of greenhouse gasses
Thursday: Share 4 Bible verses that tell us how God feels about creation. How are animals affected by climate change?
Friday: Short lessons from NASA about how our planet works. What can I do about climate change?

You can go to Google Classroom and begin to work on your Final Project for Climate Change, due on Friday, April 23. You can start to work even while we will continue to learn about Climate Change. Do not submit this assignment until we have learned everything that is covered in these questions.

Week 15: April 19-23

Monday, April 19

Learning Goal:

NASA: Short lessons on climate change
Start Climate Change Final Project

Assignments and Due Dates:

Start working on the final project for Climate Change. This assignment is in Google Classroom. This is worth 50 points, and it is due on Friday, April 23. You can start to work even while we will continue to learn about Climate Change. Do not submit this assignment until we have learned everything that is covered in these questions.

Tuesday, April 20

Learning Goal:

What is the Carbon Cycle?

What are some carbon pools on Earth?
What is the difference between "fast carbon" and "slow carbon"?

Work on the Climate Change final project. It is due tomorrow.

Assignments and Due Dates:

Post a diagram of the carbon cycle in SeeSaw
Draw a diagram of the carbon cycle, due Wed April 21

Include arrows to show the "fast cycle" of carbon moving from the trees and soil into the atmosphere and back again into the trees and soil.
Show the "slow cycle" of carbon moving from deep in the earth into the atmosphere and then back again to the earth.
Also include cars, people, animals, plants, trees and factories in your diagram. Include arrows to show how the carbon is moving.
Label these carbon pools: the ocean, the atmosphere, forests and permafrost, and fossil fuels.
Show how photosynthesis fits into the carbon cycle.

Climate Change Final Project is due Friday in Google Classroom.

Thursday, April 22

Learning Goal:

How can we decrease our personal use of carbon dioxide?
Work on the Climate Change final project

Assignments and Due Dates:

Make a list of things that you or your family can do to reduce your carbon footprint.
Climate Change Final Project is due tomorrow in Google Classroom.

Friday, April 23

(Darren Harvey from NASA )

Learning Goal:

How do institutions affect the carbon cycle and climate change?
Work on the Climate Change final project. It is due today.

Assignments and Due Dates:

Climate Change Final Project is due today in Google Classroom.

Week 16: April 26-30

Monday, April 26

Learning Goal:

Some final Climate Change ideas...
Questions about Sex Ed

Assignments and Due Dates:

Take notes on both of the videos for today.

Tuesday, April 27

Learning Goal:

Amanda Gorman's poem: Earthrise
Sex Ed: Different types of reproduction

Assignments and Due Dates:

As you listen to Earthrise, write down 3 lines that catch your attention. Explain what you like about them.
Read page 108 - 111 in the textbook. What is the difference between:

sexual and asexual reproduction?
internal and external fertilization?
monotremes, marsupials and placental mammals?

Thursday, April 29

Learning Goal:

Study Hall: Find all of your Missing Assignments and do them!

Assignments and Due Dates:

Earth Keeper News Report #2 is due on Tuesday, May 4. If you want to write a report on the nuclear problems on the Bikini Atoll (where Sponge Bob lives... sort of...) scroll down. There is a video posted tomorrow, and an article on Monday.

Friday, April 30

Learning Goal:

What is the problem on the Marshall Islands?
Sex Ed: Male Anatomy, page 112

Assignments and Due Dates:

How are the two environmental problems in the Marshall Islands connected?
6 steps for sperm to develop and move out of a male body

Week 17: May 3-7

Monday, May 3

Learning Goal:

Marshall Islands: What can we do?

Assignments and Due Dates:

Earth Keeper News Report #2 is due tomorrow. Instead of writing a report to me, you could also write to our NM Senators in Washington and ask them to do something about the problem that the US caused in the Marshall Islands. After you write the email, paste your letter in SeeSaw in the Earth Keeper #2 Activity.

Tuesday, May 4

Learning Goal:

Sex Ed: Female Anatomy, page 113

Assignments and Due Dates:

What is the path of the egg as it leaves the female body? List the 5 body parts that the egg moves through.
You will post all Sex Ed notes in SeeSaw at the end of the Sex Ed unit.

Thursday, May 6

Learning Goal:

Menstruation and Pregnancy

Assignments and Due Dates:

Watch the video about the Menstrual Cycle. Diagram the menstrual cycle: What happens each week of the cycle?

Week 1: the lining of the uterus sheds, blood drips out of the vagina. Women can take care of their periods with pads, tampons or a menstrual cup.
Week 2: hormones make a new egg get ready and a new lining to grow in the uterus
Week 3: the egg is released. The egg lives for one day.
Week 4: Hormones detect if the egg was fertilized or not. If not, the body gets ready to shed the lining of the uterus again.

Watch the video about human pregnancy. What does the baby need in order to grow? (placenta, umbilical cord, amniotic sac, amniotic fluid)
Watch the video about chickens hatching: How are chicks in an egg similar to human babies? How are they different?
You will post all Sex Ed notes in SeeSaw at the end of the Sex Ed unit.