Landis's Science Classes

Announcements:

• Chapter 7 test: Mon 6/2 – puzzle due
• ALL MAKE-UP WORK FOR 3rd TRIMESTER IS DUE: MON 6/9 @ 3:30 PM!

Mon:

• Hand in ch 7 puzzle
• Test: Chapter 7: Work & Energy
• Begin ch 24 puzzle after test – due Tues 6/10
  • Chapter 24 Waves & Sound

Tues:

• Lab 24A: Harmonic Motion

Wed:

• Debrief lab and hand in
• Notes: Period & frequency of waves
  • Notes_Waves_intro_period_freq_2014_6_4
• Skills practice: period, frequency
  • ISP_Worksheet_Period and Frequency
  • period & freq worksheet answers

Thurs:

• Finish Lab 24A
• Lab 24B: Waves in motion

Fri:

• Notes: wave speed, sound
  • Notes_Wave Speed_Frequency and Wavelength
• Skills practice: Wave speed, frequency and wave length
  • wave speed worksheet
  • wave speed practice sheet answers

Announcements:

• Test: Chapter 11 & 14: Chromosomal Inheritance (Genetics): Wed 6/4 – ch 14 packet due
• Drafts of the Bread Lab must be submitted to Google by Friday at 3:30 pm if you want feedback from Landis
• Final versions of Bread Lab are due to Google Docs by Tues 6/10 at 3:30 pm.
• ALL MAKE-UP WORK FOR 3rd TRIMESTER DUE: MON 6/9 @ 3:30 PM!

Mon:

• Debrief Dragon Genetics lab
• Notes: Pedigrees
  • B_Pedigree Introduction (1) LW
  • B_Sex_Linked_Pedigree_Practice (1) LW
• Skills Practice: Pedigrees
  • Answers to pedigree practice handouts

Tues:

• Test Review: Chapter 11 & 14
  • ch 11 & 14 test review

Wed:

• Hand in Ch 14-1 & 14-2 packet
• Test: Chapter 11 & 14
• Begin Chapter 12 Packet: DNA & RNA
  • Chapter 12 packet

Thurs:

• Group Inquiry Activity: DNA
  • Group Inquiry Activity: DNA Structure and Replication-S

Fri:

• Notes: Ch 12-1 & 12-2
  • ch-12.1&2.2-notes
• Finish DNA Group Inquiry and hand in
• Handout: “What to Know – Chapter 12, 13, 14”
  • DNA: ch 12, 13, 14 test-what to know
• If time: DNA interactive computer simulation

Announcements:

•  Lab Report for Bread project to Google docs by Tues 5/27
• Ch 11 packet due Fri 5/30
• Ch 11 & 14 test: Chromosomal Inheritance: Wed 6/4

Mon:

• No school – Memorial Day

Tues:

• Handout: “What to Know: Ch 11 & 14 Test”
  • Genetics Test: What to Know
• Notes: 2-factor crosses
  • 2 factor cross and sex linked inheritance notes
• Skills Practice: Genetics Problems

Wed:

• Go over Genetics Problems from yesterday
  • genetics problems answers
• Notes: Beyond Simple Dominance/Meiosis
  • ch 11-3 & 11-4 notes.2013.11.7

Thurs:

• Notes: Human Chromosomes
  • ch 14.1 & 14.2 notes-2013.11.8
• Ch 14 packet – begin – due Wed 6/4
  • Chapter 14-1 & 14-2 Packet
• Lab: Dragon Genetics – begin
  • Dragon Genetics Lab

Fri:

• Hand in ch 11 packet
• Finish Dragon Genetics lab

Announcements:

• Ch 7 test: Mon 6/2 – puzzle due

Mon:

• No school – Memorial Day

Tues:

• Lab: Work & Energy

Wed:

• Finish lab from Tues and hand in

Thurs:

• Debrief Tues/Wed lab
  • Lab 7B debrief
• Skills Practice: KE & PE  problems
  • KE & PE practice probs
  • KE & PE problems answers

Fri:

• Chapter 7 Review Sheet
  • ch 7 review sheet_2014_5_28
  • ch 7 review sheet answers

Announcements:

• 2nd and final rocket launch: Wed 5/21

Mon:

• No class meeting: Department Planning Day

Tues:

• Kinetic & Potential Energy skills practice

Wed:

• 2nd Rocket launch
• Complete Rocket Project reports and hand in

Thurs:

• Lab: Energy in a System
  • Lab 7A debrief

Fri:

• Notes: Work
  • ISP_Notes_Work
• Skills practice: work
  • ISP_Worksheet_Work
  • work worksheet answers
• Video: “Bullets Fired Up”

Announcements:

• Ch 10 quiz: Fri 5/23

Mon:

• No class meeting: Department Planning Day

Tues:

• Bread Project Lab Reports – work session
  • See last week’s post for all handouts for this project)

Wed:

• Finish Mitosis Microscope lab and hand in
• Handout: “What to Know: Ch 10 quiz”
  • Chapter 10 quiz – what to know

Thurs:

• Upload drafts of lab reports to Google Docs – Library

Fri:

• Hand in ch 10 packet
• Quiz: ch 10: Cell Cycle
• Notes: Chromosomal Inheritance
  • ch 11-3 & 11-4 notes.2013.11.7
• Skills Practice: Genetic Symbols
  • 02_Symbols_Bio1
• Ch 11 packet – begin
  • ch 11 packet

Announcements:

• Test: ch 8 & 9: Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration: Tues 5/13
• Bread making in school kitchen – Wed & Thurs 5/14 & 15

Mon:

• Test review: ch 8 & 9
  • ch 8 & 9 test review notes
• Finalize experimental design for bread project

Tues:

• Test: ch 8 & 9
• Begin ch 10 reading packet
  • ch 10 reading packet

Wed:

• Make bread dough for 2 loaves, allow to rise, place in walk-in cooler

Thurs:

• Bake bread loaves, taste and evaluate

Fri:

• Notes: Mitosis
  • Ch 10 notes: Cell Growth & Division
• Mitosis slide lab
  • mitosis scope lab_2014_5_13

Announcements:

• Rocket launch day 1: Mon 5/12 (weather permitting)
• Test: ch 6: Newton’s Laws: Wed 5/14: ch 6 puzzle due
• Rocket launch day 2: Tues 5/20 (weather permitting)

Mon:

• Rocket launch day 1
• Analyze data and formulate plan for re-design

Tues:

• Ch 6 test review
  • ch 6 review sheet answers

Wed:

• Hand in ch 6 puzzle
• Test: ch 6
• Begin ch 7 puzzle
  • Chapter 7 Work and Energy puzzle

Thurs:

• Rebuild rockets – next launch is Tues 5/20

Fri:

• Notes: Energy – KE and PE
  • ISP_Notes_KE and PE
• Computer animation: Falling Rhino
  • http://multimedia.mcb.harvard.edu/anim_rhino.html
• Work or rockets or ch 7 puzzle

Announcements:

• Making Bread performance task will commence this week!
• Test: Chapter 8 and 9: Tues 5/13 – ch 9 puzzle due
• Bread making experiments in School Kitchen: Wed 5/14 and Thurs 5/15

Mon:

• Finish Photosynthesis Group Inquiry and hand in
• Intro: Making Bread Performance Task
  • Making_Bread_(Student)
  • Making Bread_Resource Card
  • Criteria_for_Oral_Presentations
  • Laboratory_Report_Criteria
  • Oral Communication Rubric
  • Scientific Practices Rubric Gr 9-12 Making Bread

Tues:

• Ch 9 notes – Part 1
  • ch 9 notes-10.2013
• Reading assignment: Ch 9: Puzzle – due Tues 5/13
• Bread performance task: in Library: research role of yeast in bread-making process
  • Useful website:
    • http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/bread/bread_science

Wed:

• Discussion: which variables could be tested in Bread experiment?
• Group Inquiry Activity: Cellular Respiration
  • Group Inquiry_Cell_Resp

Thurs:

• Mini-quiz: Cellular Respiration & correct in class
• Finish Cell Respiration Group Inquiry and hand in
• Test Review – ch 8 & 9

Fri: 

•  Early release – mid-trimester progress report grading – 40 min periods
• Begin to design bread experiment

Announcements:

• Rocket project materials needed by Tues 5/6!
• Chapter 6 test: Wed 5/14: ch 6 puzzle due

Mon:

• Lab: 3rd Law of Motion

Tues:

• Notes: 3rd Law
• Rocket Engineering Design Project
  • ISP_Rockets
  • Intro
  • Begin building

Wed:

• Notes: Momentum
  • ISP_Notes_momentum
• Video: NASA: Toys in Space
• Skills Practice: Momentum
  • ISP_Worksheet_Momentum
  • momentum worksheet answers

Thurs:

• Rocket Build – tentative launch day is Mon 5/12
• Flight order sign-up sheets

Fri:

• Early release – mid-trimester progress reports – 40 min periods
• Evaluate all rockets – pre-flight data sheets – Monday is launch day weather permitting