Landis's Science Classes

Announcements:

• Mon 4/27: Department Day: No class meeting: During class meeting: Use chart from Animal presentations & “What to Know” handout to review for Animal Kingdom test Wednesday
• Animal Kingdom test: Wed 4/29 – ch 26-1 packet due
• Mid-term grading day: Fri 5/1: Early release – 40 min period
• Plants Quiz: Mon 5/4 – Plants packet # 1 – 26 due

Mon:

• No class meeting: Department day – see announcements above for assignment

Tues:

• Finish Animal Kingdom presentations
• Notes: ch 22-1
  • ch 22-1 notes
• Read ch 22-1, complete # 1 – 10 in Plants packet for Wed
  • Chapter 22-25 Plants packet

Wed:

• Hand in ch 26-1 packet
• Test: Animal Kingdom
• Handout: “What to Know” – Plants Quiz – quiz is Mon 5/4
  • Plants quiz – WTK
• Discuss # 1 -10 assignment
• Assignment: complete # 11 – 26 for Thurs

Thurs:

• Discuss # 1 – 16 assignment
• Lab: Mosses & Ferns
  • B_Lab_Comparison of Plants 3

Fri:

• Finish lab & debrief
• Quiz review for Mon – plants packet # 1 – 26 due Mon

Announcements:

• Mon 4/27: Science Department Day – no class meeting
• Test: Chapter 5: Force: Tues 4/28
• Mid-term grading day: Fri 5/1: Early release – 40 min class meeting
• Materials for Rocket project must be in S7 by Mon 5/4
• Ch 6 reading assignment due: Tues 5/5

Mon:

• No class meeting – Department Day – during period 3 – use Chapter 5 review packet completed Friday to prepare for tomorrow’s test – there will be office hours Tues AM at usual time to ask review questions

Tues:

• Test: Chapter 5
• Begin reading Ch 6 – Laws of Motion – begin Ch 6 reading assignment – due Tues 5/5
  • Chapter 6 puzzle

Wed:

• Notes: 1st Law of Motion
  • ISP_Notes_1st Law
• Vid clip: Portland Ice storm (4 min)
• Demonstrations of inertia
• Practice handout: Net Force & 1st Law & debrief
  • 6.1_Net force & 1st law
  • answers to inertia practice

Thurs:

• Materials for Rocket project must be in S7 by Mon 5/4!
• Lab 6A: First & Second Laws of Motion
  • Lab 6A_Newton’s 1st & 2nd Law

Fri:

• Early release day: Mid-term grading: 40 min period
• Debrief Lab 6A and hand in reports
• Notes: 2nd Law of Motion
  • these will be collect Mon 5/4 after summarizing
  • ISP_Notes_2nd Law

Announcements:

• THIS WEEK – EVERY DAY – SMARTER BALANCED TESTING SCHEDULE – 55 MIN PERIODS
• Animal Kingdom presentations begin: Thurs 4/23
• Biology Notebooks due: Fri 4/24
• Animal Kingdom Test: Tues 4/28 – ch 26 packet due

Mon:

• Handout: “What to Know – Animal Kingdom Test” – test is Tues 4/28
  • Animal Kingdom Short Test what to know
• Notes: Chapter 26-1
  • ch 26.1 notes
• Animal Kingdom Presentations
  • Intro
  • Instructions & Scoring Rubric:
    • Animal Groups presentations instructions and scoring rubric
    • Animal Kingdom presentations note-taking table
    • Landis – Phylum Porifera presentation
• Assignment: Read ch 26-1, do # 1 – 12 in ch 26 packet for Tues
  • ch 26.1 review sheet

Tues:

• Discuss #1 – 12 assignment
• Assignment: Do # 13 – 21 for Wed
• Work on Animal Kingdom presentations

Wed:

• Discuss # 13 – 21
• Work on animal presentations
• Test Questions due via email by 9 pm tonight!!

Thurs:

• Complete work on student presentations (Animals)
• Begin student animal presentations

Fri:

• Complete student animal presentations

Announcements:

• THIS WEEK – EVERY DAY – SMARTER BALANCED TESTING SCHEDULE – 55 MINUTE PERIODS
• Chapter 5 reading assignment due: Thurs 4/23
• Chapter 5 Test: Mon 4/27

Mon:

• Debrief Newton lab, hand in
• Notes – Weight & Mass
  • ISP_Notes_Weight and Mass
• Kahoot quiz – weight & mass
• Practice problems – weight and mass
  • ISP_Worksheet_Weight and Mass

Tues:

• Debrief Weight & Mass practice handout
  • answers to weight & mass practice handout
• Lab: Friction & Force
  • Lab 5B_Friction

Wed:

• Finish Friction lab, debrief, hand in
• Notes: Friction
  • ISP_Notes_Friction

Thurs:

• Hand in ch 5 puzzle
• Notes: Equilibrium
  • ISP_Notes_Equilibrium
• Practice handout: Equilibrium & debrief
  • ISP_Worksheet_Equilibrium
  • answers to equilibrium practice

Fri:

• Kahoot quiz – Equilibrium & Net Force
• Chapter 5 Review Sheet & debrief
  • ch 5 review sheet_int
  • answers to ch 5 review sheet

Announcements:

• Chapter 18 quiz: Thurs 4/16 – packet due

Mon:

• Lab: Classification of Caminalcules
  • Intro: Part A
  • Begin
  • caminalcules student handouts A & B
• Handout: “What to Know – ch 18 Quiz” – quiz is Thurs 4/16
  • Chapter 18 Quiz – WTK

Tues:

• Notes: ch 18-2
  • ch 18.2 notes
• Discuss # 10 – 17 assignment – ch 18 packet
• Assignment: Read ch 18-3, complete #18 – 27 for
• Caminalcules lab: Part B

Wed:

• Notes: ch 18-3
  • ch 18.3 notes
• Discuss # 18 – 27 assignment – packet due tomorrow
• Quiz review
• Caminalcules lab: continue Part B

Thurs:

• Hand in ch 18 packet
• Quiz: chapter 18
• Finish Caminalcules

Fri:

• “Blast” activity
  • Bio Blast lab_instruction sheet
  • Bio blast lab_student questions

Announcements:

• Chapter 4 Test: Thurs 4/16

Mon:

• Notes: Free Fall
  • ISP_Notes_Free_Fall
• Video clip: Free Fall
  • http://laughingsquid.com/a-feather-and-a-bowling-ball-dropped-together-inside-the-worlds-largest-vacuum-chamber/
• Activity: Analyzing Graphs of Motion
  • Analyzing Graphs of Motion

Tues:

• Summarize Monday notes and hand in
• Kahoot practice quiz: Acceleration
• Acceleration story problems practice
  • ISP_Worksheet_Acceleration Story Problems
  • answers to accel story probs practice

Wed:

• Chapter 4 Test review sheet
  • ch 4 reveiw sheet
  • answers to ch 4 review sheet
• Kathoot quiz: ch 4 test review

Thurs:

• Chapter 4 test
• Assignment: Begin reading chapter 5: Force, and begin reading assignment
  • Chapter 5 puzzle

Fri:

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

Announcements:

• Unit Test: Evolution: Thurs 4/9 – ch 32-3 packet due
• Time-Scale project due: Fri 4/10

Mon:

• Discuss # 18 – 39 – ch 17 packet, and hand in
• Handout: “What to Know – ch 17 & 32-3”
  • What to Know – ch 17 & 32-3
• Notes: ch 32-3
  • ch 32.3 notes
• Ch 32-3 reading assignment (puzzle): due Thurs
  • ch 32-3 puzzle
• Time-Scale project
  • intro
  • begin
  • due Fri
  • Time Scale project rubric

Tues:

• Work on Time Scale projects

Wed:

• Evolution Unit Test Review
  • per 1 test review notes
  • per 4 test review notes
  • per 5 test review notes
• Work on projects

Thurs:

• Hand in ch 32-3 puzzle
• Unit Test: Evolution
• Assignment: Read ch 18-1, complete # 1 – 9 for Fri
  • ch 18 review sheet

Fri:

• Shoe classification activity
• Notes: ch 18-1
  • ch 18.1 notes
• Discuss # 1 – 9 assignment
• Assignment: Read ch 18-2, complete # 10 -17 for Tues 4/14

Announcements:

• Speed Lab Report due Mon 4/6
• Chapter 4 reading assignment due: Tues 4/7
• Acceleration Lab Report due: Fri 4/10
• Balloon Jet Car project report due – Mon 4/13
• Chapter 4 Test: Thurs 4/16

Mon:

• Debrief Speed Lab and hand in report
• Engineering Design Project #1: Balloon Jet Car
  • ISP_Balloon_Jet_Cars

Tues:

• Hand in ch 4 reading assignment
• Notes: Velocity
  • Notes_Velocity_Grphs of Motion
• Work on Balloon Jet Cars – preliminary tests

Wed:

• Notes: Acceleration
  • Notes_Acceleration
• Lab: Acceleration
  • Lab_Acceleration

Thurs:

• Finish Balloon Jet Cars and do final test
• Finish Acceleration Lab, debrief, hand in report tomorrow, end of period

Fri:

• Summarize Acceleration notes and hand in
• Work on Acceleration Lab reports and hand in
• Work on Balloon Jet Car reports – due Mon 4/13