Landis's Science Classes

Announcements:

• Rocket must be ready for peer evaluation Mon 2/2 by 30 min into period
• Rocket launch #1: Tues 2/3 (weather permitting)
• Test: Ch 6: Thurs 2/5

Mon:

• Notes: 3rd Law
• Rocket evaluations – Data Sheets

Tues:

• Chapter 6 review sheet & debrief
  •  ch 6 review sheet
  • answers to ch 6 review sheet

Wed:

• Rocket Launch #1
• Analyze launch data and plan revisions to rockets

Thurs:

• Test: Ch 6
• Begin Ch 7 puzzle
  • Chapter 7 Work and Energy puzzle
• Rebuild rockets
• Begin rocket reports

Fri:

• Rebuild rockets – Launch #2 is Mon 2/9 (weather permitting)
• Work on rocket reports

Announcements:

• Ch 3 puzzle due: Tues 2/3
• “Lessons from the Wolf” article questions due: Mon 2/9
• Chapter 3 Quiz: Wed 2/11

Mon:

• State Science Testing

Tues:

• Hand in Ch 3 puzzle
• Finish Energy Pyramids Group Inquiry activity, submit, debrief
• Notes – ch 3-3
  • ch 3.3 notes
• Handout: “What to know – Ch 3 & 5 Short Test” – test is Thurs 2/12
  • Big quiz_ch 3&5_what to know

Wed:

• Group Inquiry: Nutrient Cycles
  • Group Inquiry: Nutrient Cycles
• Article: “Lessons from the Wolf” and question handout – due Mon 2/9
  • Lessons from the Wolf article
  • Lesson from the Wolf questions

Thurs:

• Notes: Climate Change
  • climate change notes
• Video: Crash Course #46: Global Carbon Cycle
• Review video and answer questions from handout – due tomorrow
  • 07_Carbon Cycle Crash Course

Fri:

• Assess Carbon Cycle questions and hand in
• Lab: Natural Controls on Populations
  • 06_LabPopulationControls

Announcements:

• Rocket Materials must be at school by Tues 1/27
• Rocket needs to be ready for evaluation: Mon 2/2
• 1st rocket launch: Tues 2/3 (weather permitting)
• Ch 6 Test: Thurs 2/5

Mon:

• Finish 1st & 2nd Law Lab, debrief, hand in
• Notes: 2nd Law – will be collected tomorrow
  • ISP_Notes_2nd Law

Tues:

• Summarize 2nd Law notes & submit
• Practice handout: 2nd Law Story Problems & Debrief
  • ISP_Worksheet_2nd Law Story Problems
  • answers to 2nd law story problems
• Rocket Project:
  • Introduction
    • ISP_Rockets
  • Begin construction

Wed:

• Rocket building

Thurs:

• Lab: 3rd Law
  • Lab 6B_Newtons 3rd Law

Fri:

• Debrief 3rd Law Lab
• Rocket Building

Announcements:

• Plant Kingdom Quiz: Tues 1/27 – packet due # 1 – 26 only

Mon:

•  Finish Comparing Plants lab & debrief
• Review for Quiz
• Video: Plants (if time)

Tues:

• Hand in Plants packet (#1 – 26 only)
• Quiz: Plant Kingdom
• Pre-Test: Ecology/Carrying Capacity
• Group Inquiry Activity: Energy Transfer
  • Group Inquiry: Energy Transfer
• Assignment: Read ch 3 & begin Ch 3 puzzle

Wed:

•  Notes: Ch 3-1/3-2
  • ch 3.1 & 3.2 notes
• Handout: “IB Curriculum Guide – Ecology”
• Finish Group Inquiry – Energy, submit, debrief

Thurs:

• Video: Crash Course Biology #7
• Group Inquiry Activity: Ecological Pyramids
  • Group Inquiry: Ecological Pyramids

Fri:

• No class meeting: Professional Development

Announcements:

• Animal Kingdom Test: Wed 1/21 – packet due
• Plant Kingdom Quiz: Tues 1/27 – packet due

Mon:

• No school – MLK

Tues:

• Finish Animal Kingdom presentations

Wed:

• Hand in ch 26 packet
• Animal Kingdom test
• Notes: ch 22-1
  • ch 22-1 notes
• Assignment: Read ch 22-1, complete # 1 – 10 in Plants packet for Thurs
  • ch 22-25 review sheet

Thurs:

• Discuss # 1 – 10
• Assignment: Complete # 11 – 26 in packet for Fri
• Lab: Mosses & Ferns
  • B_Lab_Comparison of Plants

Fri:

• Early release – mid-term grading day – 40 min period
• Discuss # 11 – 26
• What to Know – Plants Quiz
  • Plants quiz – WTK
• Finish Lab and hand in

Announcements:

• Chapter 5 Test: Wed 1/20 – ch 5 puzzle due
• Rocket materials must be at school by Tues 1/27

Mon:

• No school – MLK

Tues:

• Chapter 5 Review sheet and debrief
  • ch 5 review sheet
  • Answers to ch 5 review sheet

Wed:

• Hand in ch 5 puzzle
• Chapter 5 Tests
• Chapter 5 post-test
• Chapter 6 pre-test
• Begin Ch 6 puzzle
  • Chapter 6 puzzle

Thurs:

• Notes: 1st Law of Motion
  • ISP_Notes_1st Law
• Demo: 1st Law
• Practice handout: Net Force and 1st Law
  • skillshett 6.1_Net force & 1st law
  • answers to skillsheet 6.1

• Early release – mid-term progress report grading – 40 min periods
• Lab 6A – Newton’s 1st & 2nd Laws – begin
  • Lab 6A_Newton’s 1st & 2nd Law
• ROCKET MATERIALS MUST BE HERE BY TUES 1/27!

Announcements:

• Chapter 5 test: Wed 1/21 – ch 5 puzzle due

Mon:

• Notes: Force
  • ISP_Notes_Ch 5_Force
• Lab: What is a Newton?
  • Lab 5A_What is a Newton?

Tues:

• Debrief Newton lab and hand in
• Notes: Weight and Mass
  • ISP_Notes_Weight and Mass
• Practice handout: Weight and Mass – begin
  • ISP_Worksheet_Weight and Mass

Wed:

• Debrief Weight and Mass practice handout
  • answers to weight & mass practice
• Lab: Friction and Forces – begin
  • Lab 5B_Friction

Thurs:

• Finish Friction lab and debrief
• Notes: Friction
  • ISP_Notes_Friction

Fri:

• Notes: Equilibrium
  • ISP_Notes_Equilibrium
• Practice handout: Equilibrium
  • ISP_Worksheet_Equilibrium

Announcements:

• Animal Kingdom presentations begin Fri 1/16
• Animal Kingdom test questions due via email to Landis: End of Period 3 Thurs 1/15
• Biology Notebook due: Fri 1/16
• Animal Kingdom Test: Wed 1/21 – ch 26 packet due

Mon:

• Handout: “What to Know – Animal Kingdom Test”
  • Animal Kingdom Short Test what to know
• Notes: ch 26-1
  • ch 26.1 review sheet
• Assignment: Read ch 26-1, complete #1 – 12 in packet for Tues
• Animal Kingdom presentation project
  • Intro
    • Annimal Kingdom Presentations instructions & rubric
    • animal table for project
  • Sample presentations
  • Assignment of Phylum or Class of Animals
  • Begin research

Tues:

• Discuss #1 -1 2 assignment
• Assignment: complete #13 – 21 in packet for Wed
• Work on Animal Kingdom presentations
  • presentations begin Fri

Wed:

• Discuss # 13 – 21 in packet – due Wed 1/21 on Test day
• Work on Animal Kingdom presentations

Thurs:

• Animal Kingdom presentations – finish
• Test Questions due to Landis via email by the end of today’s period!

Fri:

• Animal Kingdom presentations