Landis's Science Classes

Announcements:

• Lab 6B: 3rd Law:  report due: Tues 2/5
• Rockets to be ready for evaluation: mid-period Tues 2/5
• Rocket launch #1: Wed 2/6 – weather permitting
• Ch 6 Test: 3 laws of motion: Mon 2/11

Mon:

• Direct instruction: 3rd Law of Motion
  • ISP_Notes_3rd Law
• Lab 6B: 3rd Law of Motion
  • lab-6b_newtons-3rd-law 
  • debrief
  • report due tomorrow

Tues:

• Revise Mon class notes
• Finish rockets – 30 min
• Class rocket evaluations: 2nd half of period
  • launch #1 tomorrow (weather permitting)

Wed:

• Rocket launch #1 (weather permitting)
  • analyze date – begin reports
    • rocket project report

Thurs:

• Direct instruction: Momentum
  • ISP_Notes_momentum
• Concept practice: Momentum
  • ISP_Worksheet_Momentum
    • momentum worksheet answers
• Rocket rebuild – final launch: Wed 3/13 (weather permitting)
• Ch 6 review sheet – come to class tomorrow with questions
  • ch 6 review sheet

Fri:

• Revise Thurs class notes
• Ch 6 review sheet – collaborative study groups
  • answers to ch 6 review sheet 
  • Ch 6 test  – Mon 2/11
• If time, work on rocket revisions

Announcements:

• Animal kingdom test: Mon 2/4
• Read “Lessons from the Wolf” article by Fri 2/15

Mon:

• Test: Animal kingdom
• Pre-test:  carrying capacity
• For Tues: read ch 3.1, complete # 1 – 8 in reading guide packet
  • ch 3 reading guide packet

Tues:

• Debrief test
• IB curriculum guide: Ecology
  • IB Curriculum Guide_student handout_Ecology
• Direct instruction: ch 3.1
  • ch 3.1 notes_intro to global systems
• Collaborative study groups: # 1 – 8 assignment
• For Wed: read ch 3.2, complete # 9 – 19 in reading guide packet
• Group inquiry activity: Energy transfer in organisms – begin
  • Group Inquiry_Energy Transfer

Wed:

• Revise Tues class notes
• Direct instruction: ch 3.2
  • ch 3.2 notes_climate, weather & life
    • https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/nova/clouds/v/hurricanes
• Collaborative study groups: # 9- 19 assignment
• For Thurs: read ch 3.3, complete # 20 – 25 in reading guide packet
• Finish Group inquiry activity, hand in group paper

Thurs:

• Revise Wed class notes
• Direct instruction: ch 3.3
  • ch 3.3 notes_biomes & aquatic ecosysts
• Collaborative study groups: # 20 – 25 assignment
• Classwork: Climate graphs – begin
  • Climate Graph Activity

Fri:

• Revise Thurs class notes
• Handout: What to know – ch 3 & 4 test
  • WTK _ch 3 & 4 test
• Finish Climate graph activity, debrief, hand in papers.
• For Mon: complete # 1 – 10 in ch 4 reading guide packet
  • ch 4 reading guide packet

Announcements:

• Lab 6A: Newton’s 1st & 2nd Law: report due: Tues 1/29
• Rocket project materials due in class: Wed 1/30
• Ch 6 reading guide puzzle due: Thurs 1/31
• Rocket launch #1: Wed 2/6- weather permitting

Mon:

• Revise Fri class notes
• Lab 6A: Newton’s 1st & 2nd Law
  • Lab 6A_Newton’s 1st & 2nd Law 
  • debrief – report due tomorrow

Tues:

• Hand in Lab 6A report
• Direct instruction: Newton’s 2nd law
  • ISP_Notes_2nd Law
• Concept practice: Newton’s 2nd law story problems
  • ISP_Worksheet_2nd Law Story Problems 
    • answers to 2nd law story problems
  • debrief

Wed:

• Revise Tues class notes
• Rocket project:
  • intro
    • ISP_Rockets
    • rocket materials list_2019_
  • begin building

Thurs:

• Hand in ch 6 reading guide puzzle
• Rocket build
  • rockets to be ready for evaluation: halfway through class period on Tues 2/5
  • rocket launch #1: Wed 2/6 – weather permitting

Fri:

• No class meeting – grading and professional development day

Announcements:

• Animal kingdom test questions due: Tues 1/29 – end of class period
• Animal kingdom presentations begin: Wed 1/30
• Animal kingdom test: Mon 2/4

Mon:

• Revise Fri notes
• Collaborative study groups: # 1 – 19 assignment in reading guide – ch 24
• Begin work on Animal kingdom presentations
  • cladogram_animal kingdom_general
  • cladogram_animal kingdom_chordate

Tues:

• Work on Animal kingdom presentations
  • test questions due: end of class period today
  • presentations begin tomorrow

Wed:

• Handout: What to know – Animal kingdom test
  • WTK_ch 24_animals test
• Begin Animal kingdom presentations

Thurs:

• Finish Animal kingdom presentations
• Test review: Animal kingdom

Fri:

• No class meeting: grading and professional development day

Announcements:

• Ch 5 reading guide puzzle due: Tues 1/22
• Lab 5B report due: Tues 1/22
• Ch 5 Test: Force: Thurs 1/24 – Completed Review sheet is worth 10% of test grade if handed in before test
• Ch 6 reading guide puzzle due: Thurs 1/31
• All rocket-building materials must be in class by Thurs 1/31

Mon:

• No school – MLK Holiday

Tues:

• Hand in ch 5 reading guide puzzle
• Hand in Lab 5A report: Force and Friction
• Revise Fri class notes
• Direct instruction: Equilibrium
  • ISP_Notes_Equilibrium
• Collaborative study groups: Equilibrium concept practice
  • ISP_Worksheet_Equilibrium
    • answers to equilibrium practice handout
• Ch 5 review sheet: come to class tomorrow with questions
  • ch 5 review sheet

Wed:

• Revise Tues class notes
• Kahoot review: Equilibrium and net force
• Collaborative study groups: Ch 5 review sheet
  • answers to ch 5 review sheet

Thurs:

• Ch 5 Test: Force
• Begin Ch 6 reading guide puzzle – due Thurs 1/31
  • ch 6 reading guide puzzle_Newton’s laws
• Rocket project materials list – materials must be in class by Thurs 1/31
  • rocket materials list

Fri:

• Debrief test
• Direct instruction: 1st law of motion
  • ISP_Notes_1st Law
• Demo: 1st law
• Collaborative study groups: net force & 1st law practice
  • net force & 1st law practice 
    • answers to first law concept practice
  • debrief

Announcements:

• Lab quiz: Comparison of plants – Thurs 1/24 – data packet due
• Short test: Plant kingdom: Fri 1/25
• Biology notebooks due: Fri 1/25
• Animal kingdom presentations begin: Wed 1/30

Mon:

• No school: MLK holiday

Tues:

• Revise Fri notes
• Handout: What to know: Plant kingdom short test
  • Plants test_WTK
• Lab: Comparison of plants
  • B_Lab_Comparison of Plants
• Notebook contents: notebooks due Fri 1/25

Wed:

• Finish lab: Comparison of plants – lab quiz Thurs – data packet due
• Debrief lab
• Video: Vascular plant reproduction – Crash Course

Thurs:

• Hand in Comparison of plants lab data packet
• Lab quiz: Comparison of plants
• Plant kingdom short test review: Collaborative study groups

Fri:

• Short test: Plant kingdom
• Direct instruction: Intro to Animal kingdom
  • ch 24.1 & 24.2 notes_intro to animals_evol & diversity
• Hand in Biology notebooks
• Animal presentations:
  • Intro
    • Animal Groups presentations instructions and scoring rubric
    • Animal Kingdom presentations note-taking table
  • Example
    • Landis – Porifera

Announcements:

• Test: Ch 4: Motion: Mon 1/14
• Lab 5A: What is a Newton? – report due Wed 1/16
• Lab 5B: Friction and Force – report due Tues 1/22
• Ch 5 reading guide puzzle due: Tues 1/22

Mon:

• Test: Ch 4: Motion
• Begin ch 5 reading guide puzzle – due Tues 1/22
  •  Chapter 5 Force

Tues:

• Debrief test
• Direct instruction: Force
  • ISP_Notes_Ch 5_Force
• Lab 5A: What is a Newton?
  • Lab 5A_What is a Newton?

Wed:

• Revise Tues notes
• Debrief lab 5A, hand in report
• Direct instruction: Weight and mass
  • ISP_Notes_Weight and Mass
• Kahoot: Weight and mass
• Collaborative study groups: Weight and mass calculations
  • Practice: weight & mass
  • answers to weight & mass practice handout

Thurs:

• Revise Wed notes
• Debrief Weight and mass calculations
  • answers to weight & mass practice handout
• Collaborative study group: ch 5 reading guide puzzle – 10 min
• Lab 5B: Friction and force – begin
  • Lab 5B_Friction

Fri:

• Finish lab 5B
  • debrief – lab report due Tues 1/22
• Direct instruction: Friction
  • ISP_Notes_Friction

Announcements:

• Quiz: Ch 19: Classification: Wed 1/16
• Lab quiz: Classification lab: Fri 1/18
• Biology notebook due: Fri 1/25

Mon:

• Direct instruction: ch 19.2
  • ch 19.2 notes_modern evol classific
• Collaborative study groups: discuss # 8 – 20  assignment
• Continue Caminalcules classification lab

Tues:

• Revise Mon notes
• Quiz review: ch 19 – collaborative study groups
• Handout: What to know – lab quiz – classification lab
  • Chapter 19 Quiz _WTK
• Continue Caminalcules classification lab

Wed:

• Quiz: Ch 19: Classification
• Finish Caminalcules classification lab
• For Thurs: complete # 1 – 9 in Plants reading guide packet
  • ch 22 reading guide packet_plants

Thurs:

• Debrief quiz
• Debrief lab – lab quiz Fri
• Direct instruction: ch 22.1 – intro to plants
  • ch 22.1 notes_what is a plant
• Video: Crash course: Sex lives of non-vascular plants
• Collaborative study groups: discuss # 1 – 9 assignment
• For Fri: complete # 10 – 18 in reading guide packet

Fri:

• Lab quiz: Classification lab
• Revise Fri notes
• Direct instruction: ch 22.2: Plant diversity
  • ch 22.2 notes_plant diversity
• Video: Vascular plants
• Collaborative study groups: discuss # 10 – 18 assignment