Landis's Science Classes

Announcements:

• Syllabus signature sheet due: Thurs 9/6
• Ch 1/2 reading assignment due: Tues 9/11

Mon:

• No school – Labor Day

Tues:

• No school – teacher planning day

Wed:

• First day of classes – Term 1
• Student info sheets
• Discuss syllabus – signature sheet due tomorrow
  • syllabus_PS Energy
• Activity: Nature of Science box
  • Discuss what makes an explanation “scientific”
  • nature of sci explanations
• Lab safety agreement & crossword
  • Lab Safety xword PS
  • lab safety agreement PS
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Thurs:

• Textbooks
• Hand in syllabus signature sheets
• Handout: effective effort & discuss
• Demonstrate class blog
• Activity: science textbook use (“THIEVES”)
  • THIEVES
• Ch 1 reading assignment – due Tues 9/11
  • ch 1 reading assign_PS Energy

Fri:

• Cornell notes intro
  • Cornell notes scoring rubric_integrated science
• Direct instruction: SI measuring system
  • Metric notes
• Metric handout: conversion practice
  • metric conversion chart
  • metric conversions I
    • answers to metric conversions I

Announcements:

• Syllabus signature sheet due: Thurs 9/6

Mon:

• No school – Labor Day

Tues:

• No classes – teacher planning day

Wed:

• Student info sheets
• Discuss course syllabus – signature sheet due Thurs 9/6
  • IB Biology syllabus
• IB course scope & sequence
  • IB Biology Sequence A&B
• Overall course goals
  • IB Bio A & B overall course goal
• Handouts:
  • Academic Integrity mission statement
  • effective effort
• Activity: Mythbusters
  • hypothesis activity

Thurs:

• Textbooks
• Hand in syllabus signature sheet
• Class blog
• Activity: emails
  • emails lab_student handout

Fri:

• Debrief emails activity, hand in group paper
• Notes – Cornell
  • intro
  • rubric
    •  Cornell notes scoring rubric
• Direct instruction: ch 2.1
  • ch 2.1 notes_2018_4_3_nature of matter
• Reading assignment: For Mon: complete # 1- 4 (ch 2.1) in handout
  • reading assign_bio a_ch 2
• Group inquiry activity: Properties of water
  • Properties of Water Group Inquiry Activity