Assignment/Activities Today
7th Grade
- Chapter 2 – It’s Alive!! Or is it?
- Review – The Characteristics of Living Things
- Review – The Necessities of Life
- Chapter 2 Study Guide
- Quiz: Chapter 2 – Thursday September 15
8th Grade
- The Microscope
- Review the parts of the Microscope
- Review the Proper Use of the Microscope
- Lab – Complete Microscope Skills Part 2: Microscope Stations & Sketches
- Chapter 2 Vocabulary Terms (mass, volume, density, temperature, model, theory, law, independent variable, dependent variable, axis, mean, median, mode & slope)
- HW (Last Week) – Signed Policy Sheet
- Quiz: Microscopes – Thursday September 15
Standards Covered Today
7th Grade – #1: Cell Biology, #2: Genetics
8th Grade – #9: Investigation and Experimentation
Items of Note
Tuesdays at 2:00 – Opportunities to retake any quiz from the trimester
Previous Brainpop Quizzes
7th Grade
- Vaccines
- The Scientific Method
8th Grade
- Ozone Layer
- The Scientific Method
- NASA: International Space Station
- Microscopes
Chapter Vocabulary Terms
7th Grade
- Chapter 2 – Cell, Homeostasis, Sexual reproduction, Asexual reproduction, Metabolism, Producer, Consumer, Decomposer, Protein, Carbohydrate, Lipid, Phospholipid, ATP, Nucleic acid
- Chapter 1 – Life science, Scientific method, Hypothesis, Controlled experiment, Variable, Mass, Weight, Technology, Area, Temperature, First aid, Theory, Law, Volume, Model, Scale, Compound light microscope, Electron microscope
8th Grade
- Chapter 2 – Mass, Volume, DEnsity, Temperature, Model, Theory, Law, Independent variable, Dependent variable, Axis, Mean, Median, Mode, SLope
- Chapter 1 – Science, Scientific method, Observations, Hypothesis, Data, First aid
Previous Student Presentation Criteria
7th Grade
- Vocabulary Terms
- Slide 1: Title and Student Name (Title Slide)
- Slide 2+-: (Title, Bullet & Photo Slide)
- Title – Vocabulary Term i.e. Life Science
- Bullet – Definition of Vocabulary Term i.e. The Study of Living Things
- Photo – Depiction of Vocabulary Term i.e. A picture of a Frog
8th Grade
- Vocabulary Terms
- Slide 1: Title and Student Name (Title Slide)
- Slide 2+-: (Title, Bullet & Photo Slide)
- Title – Vocabulary Term i.e. First Aid
- Bullet – Definition of Vocabulary Term i.e. Emergency medical care for someone who has been hurt or sick
- Photo – Depiction of Vocabulary Term i.e. A nurse providing care for an injured student