Landis's Science Classes

Announcements:

• Lab 4B: Acceleration lab report due: Wed 1/9
• Balloon Jet car report due: Wed 1/9
• Ch 4 test: Motion: Mon 1/11

Mon:

• No class meeting – Professional development day

Tues:

• Debrief lab 4B: Acceleration – report due tomorrow
• Test last balloon jet cars – reports due tomorrow
• Work on reports

Wed:

• Hand in Lab 4B: Acceleration report
• Hand in Balloon jet car project report
• Direct instruction: Free fall
  • ISP_Notes_Free_Fall
• Video clips:
  • https://laughingsquid.com/a-feather-and-a-bowling-ball-dropped-together-inside-the-worlds-largest-vacuum-chamber/
• Concept practice: Analyzing graphs of motion
  • Analyzing Graphs of Motion
    • answers to analyzing graphs activty

Thurs:

• Revise Wed class notes
• Kahoot review: Acceleration
• Concept practice: Acceleration story problems
  • ISP_Worksheet_Acceleration Story Problems
    • answers to accel story probs practice

Fri:

• Chapter 4 test review sheet & debrief
  • ch 4 review sheet
  • answers to ch 4 review sheet
• Kahoot review: Motion

Announcements:

• Unit Test: Evolution: Thurs 1/9
• Geologic time scale project due: Wed 1/9

Mon:

• No class meeting: Professional development day

Tues:

• Unit test review: Evolution
• Work on Time scale projects – due tomorrow

Wed:

• Hand in Time Scale projects
• Direct instruction: ch 19.1
  • ch 19.1 notes_finding order in biodiversity
• Activity: shoe classification
• For Fri: complete # 1 – 7 in ch 19 reading guide packet
  • Reading guide packet_ch 19_biodiv & classific

Thurs:

• Unit test: Evolution
  • IB test questions
• Revise Wed notes

Fri:

• Debrief test
• Collaborative study group: discuss # 1 – 7 assignment
• For Mon: complete # 8 – 20 in reading guide packet
•  Handouts:
  • What to know – ch 19 quiz
    • Chapter 19 Quiz _WTK
  • IB Curriculum Guide: Classification & taxonomy
    • IB curric guide_student handout_classification
• Lab: Classification of Caminalcules
  • intro
    • Caminalcules group protocol
  • begin

Announcements:

• Lab 4A: Speed – report due Tues 12/18
• Ch 4 reading guide puzzle due: Wed 12/19

Mon:

• Speed calculations story problems practice
  • Worksheet_Speed Calculations
    • answers to speed calc story probs
• Finish Lab 4A: Speed

Tues:

• Kahoot review: Speed calculations
• Debrief Lab 4A: Speed, hand in report
• Balloon Jet Car project
  • intro
    • ISP_Balloon_Jet_Cars
  • begin

Wed:

• Hand in ch 4 reading guide puzzle
• Direct instruction: Velocity
  • ISP_Notes_Velocity_Grphs of Motion
• Work on Balloon Jet cars & test

Thurs:

• Revise Wed notes
• Direct instruction: Acceleration
  • Notes_Acceleration
• Lab 4B: Acceleration – begin
  • Lab 4B_acceleration

Fri:

• Revise Thurs notes
• Test remaining Balloon Jet cars
• Lab 4B: Acceleration – finish data collection

Announcements:

• Darwin video question sheets due: Wed 12/19
• Ch 20 reading guide packet due: Thurs 12/20
• Ch 24.3 reading guide packet due: Fri 12/21
• Geologic time scale project due: Wed 1/9/19
• Unit test: Evolution: Wed 1/9/19

Mon:

• Debrief ch 17/18 test
• Handout: What to know: ch 20 & 24
  • ch 20 & 24.3 – what to know
• Direct instruction: ch 20.1
  • ch 20.1 notes_fossil record
• For Tues: complete # 1 – 10 in ch 20 reading guide packet
  • ch 20 reading guide packet_history of life
• Video: “What Darwin Never Knew” – continue

Tues:

• Revise Mon notes
• Discuss # 1 – 10 assignment
• Direct instruction: ch 20.2
  • ch 20.2 notes_evol patterns & processes
• For Wed: complete # 11 – 17 in reading guide packet
• Finish “What Darwin Never Knew”

Wed:

• Revise Tues notes
• Debrief “What Darwin Never Knew,” hand in question sheet
• Discuss # 11 – 17 assignment
• Direct instruction: ch 20.3
  • ch 20.3 notes_earth’s early history
• For Thurs: complete # 18 – 22 in reading guide packet – packet due Thurs
• Geologic Time Scale project
  • intro
    • Deep time project protocol and rubric
  • video
  • Due Wed 1/9/19

Thurs:

• Revise Wed notes
• Discuss # 18 – 22 assignment – hand in reading guide packet
• Direct instruction: ch 24.3
  • ch 24.3 notes_primate evolution
• For Fri: complete # 1 – 10 (all) in reading guide packet – packet due Fri
  • Ch 24.3 reading guide packet_primate evolution
• Work in Time Scale projects

Fri:

• Revise Fri notes
• Discuss # 1 – 10 assignment – hand in reading guide packet
• Work on Time Scale projects

Announcements:

• Measurement lab report due: Mon 12/10
• Test: Chapter 1 & 2: Thurs 12/13 – ch 1 & 2 reading guide puzzle due
• Graphing Refresher packet due: Thurs 12/13
• Ch 4 reading guide puzzle due: Wed 12/19

Mon:

• Discuss reading guide puzzle – due Thurs 12/13 (test day)
• Debrief Measurement lab, hand in report
• Significant digits intro and practice
  • Significant figures notes
  • ISP_Worksheet_Significant Digits
  • Significant Digits worksheet II
    • answers to sig fig practice handouts
• Metric conversions practice #2
  • metric conversions 2
    • answers to metric conversions 2

Tues:

• Debrief metric conversions #2
• Kahoot review: significant digits
• Direct instruction: graphing
  • Graphing notes
• Activity: Graphing refresher packet – packet due Thurs 12/13
  • Graphing Refresher activity

Wed:

• Revise Wed notes
• Chapter 1 & 2 review sheet & debrief
  • ch 1 & 2 test review sheet
  • answers to ch 1 & 2 review sheet
• Continue Graphing refresher packet

Thurs:

• Hand in ch 1 & 2 reading guide puzzle
• Test: ch 1 & 2
• Finish Graphing refresher packet and hand in
• Assignment: ch 4 reading guide puzzle – due Wed 12/19
  •  Chapter 4 Reading Guide

Fri:

• Debrief test
• Intro: Speed, time & distance
• Lab 4A: Speed
  • Lab 4A_Speed

Announcements:

• Ch 18 reading guide packet due: Tues 12/11
• Lab quiz: Hardy-Weinberg principle: Thurs 12/13 – data packet due
• Selection simulation lab report due: Fri 12/14
• Test: Ch 17 & 18: Fri 12/14

Mon:

• Revise Fri notes
• Direct instruction: ch 18.2
  • ch 18.2 notes_evol as genetic change
• Discuss # 6 – 15 assignment
• For Tues: complete # 16 – 21 in reading guide packet – packet due Tues
• Natural selection simulation lab – begin
  • PhET Selection Sim Lab

Tues:

• Revise Mon notes
• Direct instruction: ch 18.3 & 18.4
  • ch 18.3 & 18.4 notes_process of speciation & molecular evol
• Discuss # 16 – 21 assignment – hand in reading guide packet
• Continue selection simulation lab

Wed:

• Revise Tues notes
• Lab: Hardy-Weinberg principle
  • Hardy-Weinberg Lab
  • lab quiz tomorrow

Thurs:

• Lab quiz: Hardy-Weinberg principle
  • hand in data packet
• Test review: ch 17 & 18
• Finish selection simulation lab – report due Fri

Fri:

• Test: ch 17 & 18
• Video: “What Darwin Never Knew”
  • Questions handout: What Darwin Never Knew
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNPbjtej1Hk