Assignment/Activities Today – Minimum Day
7th Grade
- Chapter 4, Section 1: The Characteristics of Cells
- Read and discuss pgs. 117-119;Parts of a Cell & Two Kinds of Cells
- Presentation Notes – Two Types of Cells
- Section Review Pg. 119
- Vocabulary Quiz Friday September 23rd
8th Grade
- Chapter 3: Section 1: What is Matter?
- Read and discuss pgs. 78-81
- Different Ways to Measure Volume
- Individually watch BrainPop – Measuring Matter (take the quiz and email Mr. Hodder the results)
- Vocabulary Quiz Friday September 23rd
Standards Covered Today
7th Grade – #1: Cell Biology, #5: Structure & Function in Living Systems
8th Grade – #5: Reactions, #8: Density & Buoyancy
Items of Note
Tuesdays at 2:00 – Opportunities to retake any quiz from the trimester
Previous Brainpop Quizzes
7th Grade
- Cells
- The Scientific Method
- Vaccines
8th Grade
- Measuring Matter
- Metric vs. Customary
- Microscopes
- NASA: International Space Station
- The Scientific Method
- Ozone Layer
Chapter Vocabulary Terms
7th Grade
- Chapter 4 – Cell, Cell membrane, Organelle, Nucleus, Prokaryote, Eukaryote, Cell wall, Cytoskeleton, Ribosome, Endoplasmic reticulum, Mitochondion, Chloroplast, Golgi complex, Vesicle, Lysosome, Organism, Function, Structure, Tissue, Organ, Organ system
- 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 3 – Matter, Meniscus, Weight, Physical property, Physical change, Chemical property, Chemical change
- 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 studentDiscuss Answers