Landis's Science Classes

Announcements:

• Syllabus signature page due: Thurs 9/5

Mon:

• Labor day – no school

Tues:

• No class meeting – Freshmen orientation

Wed:

• First day for all classes
• Student information sheet
• Syllabus – signature sheet due tomorrow
  • IB Biology syllabus
• IB Scope and sequence
  • IB Biology Sequence A&B
• Academic integrity handout
  • Academic Integrity mission statement
• Effective effort handout
  • effective effort
• Activity: forming and testing hypotheses
  • hypothesis activity

Thurs:

• Get textbooks
• Hand in syllabus signature page
• Class blog discussion
• Activity: using evidence to form hypotheses
  • emails lab_student handout

Fri:

• Biology notebook intro
  • Cornell notes scoring rubric
• Direct instruction: ch 2.1
  • ch 2.1 notes_nature of matter
• Assignment: for Mon: read ch 2.1, complete # 1 – 4 in reading guide
  • ch 2 reading guide_biochemistry
• Group inquiry activity: Properties of water – begin
  • Properties of Water Group Inquiry Activity

Announcements:

• Syllabus signature page due: Thurs 9/5
• Lab safety agreement & crossword due: Mon 9/9
• Ch 1 & 2 homework due: Wed 9/11

Mon:

• Labor day – no school

Tues:

• Freshmen orientation day

Wed:

• Syllabus &  “Why School?” – signature page due tomorrow
  • syllabus_PS Energy
  • Why School
• Handouts:
  • Academic integrity
    • Academic Integrity mission statement
  • Effective effort
    • effective effort
• Activity: Nature of science box
  • nature of sci explanations

Thurs:

• Hand in syllabus signature page
• Get textbooks
• Class blog intro
• Activity: How to use the textbook – “THIEVES”
  • THIEVES
• Homework assignment: ch 1 & 2 reading guide puzzle – due Wed 9/11
  • Chapter 1 & 2 Reading Guide puzzle

Fri:

• Handout: How to take meaningful class notes
  • How to take science notes_
• Direct instruction: metric measurement system
  • SI measurement notes
• Metric conversions practice
  • metric conversion chart
    • answers to metric conversions I
• Lab safety agreement and crossword – due Mon 9/9
  • lab safety agreement PS