8th+Science

=**Welcome to 8th Grade Science**=

**__[|SCE Expectations]__** (2) [|SCE rubric] [|Why do we go to Space?]
 * [|Science CD request]**
 * SCIENCE Useful Links: [[file:Earth-moon-system Model Project.pdf]]**
 * Science Current Events**
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 * __[|PBS Learning]__ **
 * [|NEWsELA]**
 * **Current Science Links** || **Pearson Interactive Text** || **Resource Links** || **Reference Links** ||
 * 5.15.18 WATCH THIS...

PLAY THIS... [|NASA Kids Game Build-a-Rocket]

4.26.18 watch, notes, Q's for #1 1) [|Origin of the Moon (4min)] 2) [|Does Moon really orbit Earth? (5min)] 3) [|Shadows, Lunar Phases, Eclipses (1:40)]

4.24.18 Interactive: [|Why Do we have Seasons?]

4.20.18 [|Seasons are Changing (2:15)]

[|Reason for Seasons] (3:15)

4.11.18 [|To Scale (7:00)]

4.9.18 [|PBS Visualize the Solar System (1:00)]

4 || **[|Pearson Interactive Text]** access link: - Use your '@aaca.school' user name - pw = gorockets1 || **[|USNO Astronomical Resource]**

- User name = aaca - pw = rockets || **[|NewsEla]** @https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUgwc2WlPrk
 * [|BrainPop Science]**
 * Speaking Skills:**

user name = smerten@alphonsusacademy.org pw = 8science308
 * [|Piktochart Login]**

[|Adobe Spark] link (voice over software) user name = your @aaca.school email  [|PBS Media Link] join class code: 9844beetle  [|Cornell notes]  [|Cornell + Sketchnotes 'How to'] ||

- **Unit 7: Earth in the Universe **  Wed May 16, 2018 - Review of rocket concepts + vocab; popper play - action/reaction Newton's 3rd Law <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Tues May 15, 2108 - Watch 'Why do we study space? PBS clip; 'Move it! Activity - explore balloon thrust; Text Cornell notes + GR <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Mon May 14, 2018- M1, M2 Earth-moon-sun system project presentations; M3 Rocket intro <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Fri May 13, 2018 - M1, M2 Dance assembly following mass; M3 -Earth-moon-sun System project presentatoin <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thur May 10, 2018- Planet painting or complete project work. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Wed May 9, 2018 Earth-sun-moon project work - Due Friday <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">T**ues May 8, 2018** - Earth-sun-moon project work - Final product due Friday May 11, 2018 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">**<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">//Mon May 7, 2018 - Review previous assessment; Intro Earth-sun-moon system project // ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">**<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">//Wed - Friday - Washington DC trip/ no school// ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">**<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">//Tues May 1, 2018 - 'Everybody's Space' + viewing sheet// ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">**<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">//Mon April 30, 2018// **<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> //-// Assessment - SA Earth Season model, vocab, gravity data analysis <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">**<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">//Fri April 27,// **<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> //2018//- FA sketch gravity: mass; gravity: distance; video Q review; student directed learning Ch 1.3 :Phases, Eclipses, and Tides  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> **April 25, 2018** - FA sketch Earth axix & seasons + review; Ch 1.3 preview - video clips: Origin of Moon, Does Moon Orbit Earth:, Shadows, Lunar Phases, eclipses. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">**Tues AThur pril 24** - (Key) Discussion of video clips; Text work Ch 1.1 p6-13 - Cornell + sketch notes + GR <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">**<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">//Mon April 23,// **<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> //2018//- (Petersen)- Discussion of video clips; Text work Ch 1.1 p6-13 notes, + review Q's  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">**<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">//Fri April 20, 2018// //-// **<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> SA Solar System proportion scale & computation  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">**<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">//Thurs April 19, 2018 -// **<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> //FA// Solar System proportion scale practice  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">**<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">//Wed April 18,// 2018 **//<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">- check hallway planet distance calculations. // <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">**<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">//Tues April, 17, 2018// **<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> - Use formula from class: to solve model distance planets in hallway (Mercury model distance = class example). Actual planet distance km found in text. Solve for Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Mon April 16, 2018: Hallway measurement plan + data; begin lab report google doc- add group members, table, hallway measured <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">** Lab Report headings: ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Fri April 13, 2018 - PD no school <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thurs April 12, 2018 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Wed April 11, 2018 - Develop scale model size based on <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Tues April 10, 2018 - NO CLASS - Aspire Testing <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Mon April 9, 2018 - Finding scale factor packet/practice <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Mon - Thurs April 9 -12, 2018 No Regular Classess due to ASPIRE testing. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Fri April 6, 2018 - Planet presentation prep <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thurs April 5, 2018 - Planet Research <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Wed April 4, 2018 - Video discussion; Graph Analyze - planet distance/speed relationship <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Tues April 3, 2018 - (building background for planet challenge)watch [|PBS Origin of Solar System] (5:40) + answer Q's; Read + notes Ch 3.1 Observing the Solar System (pp 72-77) + answer sec review Q 3a-c in Sci NB <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">SPRING BREAK - March 24- April 2, 2018 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Fri March 23, 2018 - Read + Answer Inteview Q's for 'Solar Astronomer' pp X-3 text or copy. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thurs March 22, 2018 - BW- large to small word sort; View Cosmic Voyage + view Q's <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Wed March 21, 2018 - Solenodon Ad Museum Walk; UNIT INTRO: Students watch + answer Q's: [|PBS Eclipse of Century (5min)] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">**<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">//// ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">**Unit 6: Changing Earth: //What has Earth's History Looked Like?//** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">**MS-ESS1-4** Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth's 4.6 billion-year-old history. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">**<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">MS-LS4-1 **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">- <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">**<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Class Action BLOG: OR //What Happened in Class Today?// ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Tues March 20, 2019 - Geo Time Concluding Activity - RI Solendon passage + write component <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Mon March 19, 2018 - Geologic Sketch museum walk + evaluation; Return CER paragraph & CER mini-lesson; RI- read and annotate Solendon passage - preview write prompt. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Fri March 16, 2018 - no school - Parent Teacher conferences <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thurs March 15, 2018 - PE Layer of Rock - writing assessment, geologic sketch completion. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Wed March 14, 2018 - Discussion Georgia Geology; Intro PE Layer of Rock- Geologist sketch from field notes - follow procedure & begin sketch. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Tues March 13, 2018: Discussion Homo sapien vs Neandrathal; small group note development (google slide); complete R&R + enrich ws. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Mon March 12, 2018; intro Geo Time; revisit mountain probe; geo time sort activity; Reach Ch 4.4 Geo time + GR & develop notes <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">HW = watch: [|Homo sapiens vs Neanderthals (5min)]  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Fri March 9, 2018 - Complete/Submit CER paragraph:Rock Layer; Geo Activity; watch [|PBS Deep Time (1:30)] notes + Q's <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">
 * ** MS-ESS1-1 ** Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons.
 * ** MS-ESS1-2 ** Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and other solar systems.
 * ** MS-ESS1-3 ** Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system.
 * ** MS-ETS1-3 ** Analyze data from test to determine similarities and differences among several design solutions to identify the best characteristics of each that can be combined into a new solution to better meet the criteria for success.
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 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">//Class Action BLOG: OR.. What Happened in Class Today?// **
 * Q/Problem
 * Materials used
 * Plan or procedure steps
 * Data: measurements, observations collected & recorded (stairs, hallway, etc)
 * Analysis (what is final measurement)
 * +Identify sources of error
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">If Neanderthals lived in the valleys and //Homo sapiens// on the hilltops, what do you think the two species were competing for?
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">What do you think gave //Homo sapiens// "an edge" over the Neanderthals?
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Why do you think that remains of //Homo sapien// dwellings on hilltops constitute evidence that they out-competed Neanderthals?
 * What is the notion of deep time?
 * Where have scientists found evidence of an ancient earth?
 * What branch of science supports Darwin’s theory of evolution?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thurs March, 8, 2018 - Rock Layer Assessment Part 2 - CER ws + paragraph drafting <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Wed March 7, 2018 - 'New Age' mini Debate; Rock Layer Assessment part 1; begin part 2 CER <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Tues March 6, 2018 - kahoot review; Fossil + Rock Age Assessment; New Age article + debate prep <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Mon March 5, 2018 - Review Fossil & Relative Rock age notes; study guide + kahoot devleopment <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Fri March 2, 2018 - Skills Lab: Rock Layers - partners; review answers @ end of class <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thurs March 1, 2018 - Video FT: Geologic Time; Cornell notes + incorporate sketch notes for fig 5,6,7,8) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Wed Feb 28, 2018 - GR for Ch 4.2 Relative Age of Rocks. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Tues Feb 27, 2018 - Final SCE#2 presentation; video clip [|DNA in amber] (2:30); Ch 4.1 Fossils GR - small group work/ class review <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Mon Feb 26, 2018 - SCE #2 presentations; Ch 4.1 Fossils notes review <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Fri Feb 23, 2018 - Student fossil experience; SCE #2 presentations <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thurs FEeb 22, 2018 - SCE #2 presentations; continued Fossil Learning from text Ch 4.1 pp110-116; Next: [|Interactive Fossil Learning] (student level 1) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Wed Feb 21, 2018 - Admin - clear out red folder/file assessments; Self-directed learning: watch [|Becoming a Fossil (2:34)] + notes Fossils - classroom text Ch 4.1 Tues Feb 20, 2018 - Intro Unit/ Return assessments; Fossil Scavenger Hunt; <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> PBS video clip [|Human Origins] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">--- <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">**MS-LS4-6** Use mathematical representations to support explanations of how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits -its in population over time. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">**MS-LS4-3** Analyze displays of pictorial data to compare patterns of similarities in the embryological development across multiple species to identify relationships not evidence in the fully formed anatomy. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">**MS-LS4-2** Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer revolutionary relationships. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Mon Feb 19, 2018- NO School /President's Day <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Fri Feb 16, 2018 - SCE #2 work continued - prep presentation. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thurs Feb 15, 2018 - SCE #2 work- select article, complete ITB front & back. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Wed Feb 14, 2018- Evolution test; submit Story Line <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Tues Feb 13, 2018 - Rate of Change quiz; begin Storyline of isolated species for Ch 6 Evolution Test Wed. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Mon Feb 12, 2018 - Review of 'Rate of Change' storyline; Watch [|Crash Course Evolution (11:43)] as Evol Review; Develop Study guide for Ch test Wed; prep for vocab quiz Tues <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">FRI Feb 9, 2018 - SNOW DAY <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thurs Feb 8, 2018 - Review key concepts Ch 6.3 'Rate of Change'; complete study review ws; begin enrich ws: punctuated gradualism - read, answer Q's, sketch mice process on back or NB <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Wed Feb 7, 2018 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Tues Feb 6, 2018 -1) 'I Can' statements for unit 2) Watch Evidence of Evolution video: [|Evidence: Homologous & Vestigial Structures] & answer 3 Q's; 3) Ch 6.2 Evidence of Evolution review packet to prep for Assessment Wed. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Mon Feb 5, 2018 - Natural Selection Lab: Asian Elephants //[|PBS Elephant video] +// **Modeling Natural Selection Lab** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Discussion Q's 1-3 + Graphing 101 guidelines - add to notes for future graph reminder <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Unit 5: Mechanisms of Diversity: Evolution **
 * MS-LS4-4** Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals' probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">[|Evidence: Homologous & Vestigial Structures] **
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Class Action BLOG: OR //What Happened in Class Today?// **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Fri Feb 2, 2018 - Independent Evolution Lab Mission 4 work. **
 * Thurs Feb 1, 2018 - Complete Evolution Lab - Mission 3 + check work w/classmate.**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Fri Jan 26, 2018 - [|BrainPop Natural Selection] - Ch 6.2 Evidence of Evolution RANT pp 176-179; HW = complete p 185 Lesson 1& 2 Review. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thurs Jan 25, 2018 - Vocab assessment; Darwin Theory / open notes written response. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Wed, Jan 24, 2018- Merten Out/ PD/ NOVA Evolution Lab Misson 2 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Tues Jan 23, 2018 -Merten Out/ PD/ Aspire Read/ Write practice: 'Everyday Mysteries: colorful birds' <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Mon Jan 22, 2018 - Intro to Evolution 101 video/game. Students watch independently + answer Q's from intro & Mission 1 task. Ev [|olution 101] Watch video + notes, answer Q's on packet 1-5 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Fri Jan 19, 2018 Bird Beak Adaptation activity, review R&R page <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thurs Jan 18, 2018 - Cornell notes Ch 6.1; R&R ws <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Wed Jan 17, 2018 Warm-up Activity- 'How things vary'; Whole class watch [|PBS Evolution Theory Intro] (5:44) Isn't Evolution Just a Theory? Explore the nature of science and scientific knowledge to understand why "theory" is more than just a hunch or a guess. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Tues Jan 16, 2018: SA Advances in Genetics; Intro 'The Big Question' Ch 6 Change over time <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">--- <span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Unit 4: Mechanisms of Diversity <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">RI.7.7 Compare Mediums <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">MS-LS3-1 Develop Model - changes in DNA/mutation may result in harmful, beneficial, neutral effects ---<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Class Action BLOG: OR //What Happened in Class Today?// ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Fri Jan 12, 2018 Review class notes; video clip; Review summary + R&R ws. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Watch video [|PBS Media Precision Medicine - Use of Genetic Info] (7:44) + answer Q's below 1. What makes Precision Medicine’ approach to medicine so unique? 2. Contrast precision medicine with historical methods of treating cancer. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thurs Jan 11, 2018 - MAP testing/ no science class but Ch 5.4 assigned Use of Genetic Info RANT <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Wed Jan 10, 2018 - Pedigree mini-lesson continued + Apply It! practice; Family Puzzle genetic lab. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Tues Jan 9, 2017- Using Genetic Info - Debate warm-up activity; Pedigree mini lesson - see p 143 in text. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Mon Jan 8, 2018- GATTACA concluded <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Fri Dec 22, 2017 - Holiday Celebration/ no class <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thurs Dec 21, 2017- GATTACA film continued <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Wed Dec 20, 2017 - Assessment completed/ GATTACA film intro <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Tues Dec 19, 2017- Advances in Genetic technology assessment: MS-LS4-5 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Mon Dec 18, 2017- Credible Source mini-lesson; prep for assessment Tues. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> Credible Source practice: [] what indicates this site may not be a credible source? [] what indicates this site might be a credible source?
 * [|Evolution Lab Game] play game + answer Mission 1-4 Q's **
 * Wed Jan 31, 2018 - CER practice paragraph + in-class assessment: Tiktaalik passage /Darwin's Theory**
 * Tuesday Jan 30, 2018 - CER mini-lesson on paraphrasing - pre-write prep for inclass assessment Wed.**
 * Mon Jan 29, 2018 - Fish w/Finger video clip Fish w/Fingers Watch & jot down 3 things of interest,2 learned,1Q; Next:Tiktaalit Interactive activity [|Tiktaalik: Fish Out of Water]:Interactive Lesson**
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">MS-LS4-5 Gather & synthesize info about technologies that have changed the way humans influence inheritance of desired traits. **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Fri Dec 15, 2017 - Mutation Project Presentations <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thurs Dec 14, 2017 Advances in Genetics continued <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Wed Dec 13, 2017 - Ch 5.3 Advances in Genetics - notes overview. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Genetic Engineering details. Video Clip [|Botany of Desire: Johnny Appleseed] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Tues Dec 12, 2017 - Mutation Project work - due Friday <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Mon Dec 11, 2017- Intro Mutation Project. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Fri Dec 8, 2017 - Mutation Assessment <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thurs Dec 7, 2017- Mutation prep - students watch BrainPop RNA (protein synthesis) BrainPop Mitosis (cell cycle) [|BrainPop Mitosis (aka Cell Division)] watch + notes [|BrainPop RNA (aka protein synthesis)] watch + notes <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Wed Dec 6, 2017 Mutation BrainPop HW ck/ discussion; Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria CDC video clip; <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">CH 4.3 Mutation Notes; <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">p1 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">p2 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">p3 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Tues Dec 5, 2017 - DNA quiz; Mutation Intro video clip + Q's: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">[|A Mutation Story] Watch & answer Q's below: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Mon Dec 4, 2017 - In class assessment: The Genetic Code + review prep for DNA quiz Tues <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Fri Dec 1, 2017- No School/ Parent Teacher Conferences. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thurs Nov 30, 2017- Lab - DNA function - video clips + Q's DNA Lab Part 2 + watch: [|Gene Control] + [|Genetic Tool Kit] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Wed -Nov 29, 2017 No Sci Class- HS test prep <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Tues- Nov 28, 2017Lab- DNA structure - part 1 + watch __[|Human Genome Project]__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Mon N0v 27, 2017 - Ch 4.1 : The Genetic Code - RANT p107-113 + sec Review Q's p 125 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Wed Nov 22 - Sun Nov 26, 2017- Thanksgiving Break <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Tues Nov 21, 2017 - DNA review [|BrainPop DNA] ; Distribute text 'Cells & Heredity' preview Ch 4 p102-105; Watch PBS Learning: [|DNA spells Evolution] (3:11) & answer Q's What role does DNA play in an organism's development? Why do traits of a species often change over time? What determines whether a mutation is passed on to later generations? How do you suppose changes in DNA lead to speciation? The more time that has passed since two species split from one another, the more different their DNA will be. Why? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">Mon Nov 20, 21017 - PBS Learning continued - part 3 & 4: RI.7 assessment: benefits and drawbacks of learning <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> new info from different mediums. PBS login for digital lessons. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> Fri Nov 17, 2017 - INTRO - RI.7.7 Compare Medium lesson + notes; Unit Intro <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> adaptation ** [|Teri and Jarius: Biome Buddies] ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">* <span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Unit 3: Studio Artist Habits + Science Connections <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">RI.3 making connections between people, events, ideas <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">SEP.6 Construct Explanations <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">RST.6-8.7 Visual interpretation of info <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> CLASS ACTION BLOG: or //What happened in Class today?// <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thur Nov 16, 2107-Studio Artist Habit + Sci Connection small-group presentations <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Wed Nov 15, 2017 - Develop Presentation of Artist Studio Habit + Sci Connection. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Tues Nov 14, 2017:Students select Studio Habit to research/ find examples. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Mon Nov 13, 2017 : Watch [|Studio Artist Habits of MInd] + take notes <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Find Connection to science. HW = [|Visual Arts: Mitra Fabian(sculpture)] notes + >3 studio artist habits noted. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Unit 2 - Science Literacy: Reading to Learn: Science; <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> __Science Literacy **Link [|Newsela]**__**Newsela link [|https://newsela.com/quickjoin/#/6KJDC6]** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">CLASS ACTION BLOG: or/ //What happened in Class today?// <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Fri Nov 10, 2017 - Who Owns Sea Discussion; Admin - clean out folder; Vote for next IZZIT.org <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thur Nov 9, 2017 - Submit Paragraph; IZZIT.org Watch 'Who Owns the Sea?" + viewing guide + 2 Q's  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> Wed Nov 8, 2017 -Edit/Revision work on //Skin as a Barrier// paragraph  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Tues Nove 7, 2017 - Drafting of //Skin as Barrier// Info paragraph. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">[|8_Apple Lab Expository Paragraph] [|7/8 Informational/Expository Writing Paragraph Rubric] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Mon Nov 6, 2017- SCE #1 presentations conclude; Info paragraph pre-write planning: RAFT & Thinking Map (all in Sci NB) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Fri Nov 3, 2017 SCE #1 presentations. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thur Nov 2, 2017 - Apple Lab - Day 7 observations + discussion & analysis <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Wed, Nov 1, 2017 - SCE #1 work (Mass)  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Tues Oct 31, 2017 -SCE #1 presentation work  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Mon Oct 30, 2017 - SCE #1 presentation expectations + slide content review; class time to begin  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Fri Oct 27, 2017 - SCE #1 article selection + ITB/ 5W ws- complete for HW  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thurs Oct 26, 2017 Skin as Barrier Lab/ Apple Lab set up  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Wed Oct 25, 2017 - Assessment- Vocab + Controlled Investigation analysis  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Tues Oct 24, 2017 - Sci Method video clip (Kahn Academy) + practice identification <span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">__[|Kahn Academy/ Sci Method (11 min)]__ ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Mon Oct 23, 2017 - Variable WS + review <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Fri Oct 20, 2017 Holy Fire Field Trip  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thurs Oct 19, 2017 RI Assessment: Teen Creates Generator  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Wed Oct 18, 2017 - Rock & Roll FA: variables; (M1, M2 Career presentation conclude); Sci Inquiry Elaborate Tab - virtual application  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Tues Oct 17, 2017 (M2) Presentation; (M1, M3) Presentation + online vocab review Ch 1.3 Sci Inquiry Key concepts  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Mon Oct 16, 2017 (M1, M3) Sci Career Presentation- small group; M2 Sci Method Notes  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Fri Oct 13, 2017 -Sci Career Presentation work - due Monday. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">[|Cool Sci Careers] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thur Oct 12, 2017 - Sci Career Presentation expectations <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Wed Oct 11, 2017 -Continue research + determine influential person in field + affect on field. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Tues Oct 10, 2017 - Select science career & begin research 5 W's <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Mon Oct 9, 2017 - Columbus Day/ No School  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Fri Oct 6, 2017 - In-class RI assessment: Dream Job: Inventors  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thurs Oct 5, 2017 Branches of Sci Revision/ print/ submit. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> [|BrainPop Sci Careers Game] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Wed Oct 4, 2017- Branches of Sci/ Careers paragraph drafting - print draft & label  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Tues Oct 3, 2017- Careers in Sci post-read ws -open notes as paragraph pre-write. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Mon Oct 2, 2017 - Cornell notes 'Careers in Science'; RI.3 practice 'Scientists Working Together' ' <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Fri 9.29.17 - PD no school <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thur 9.28.17 - Intro RI.3 Connections btwn people, event/idea, and influence on others; Read /Complete 'Careers in Science' text + GR. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Wed 9.27.17 - In-class write prompt: 'More to Explore' Oil Spill Lab extension. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Tues 9.26.17 - Oil Spill Lab; whole class discussion <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Mon 9.25.17- Sci Lit Comic presentations; pre-lab 'Oil Spill' review <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Fri 9.22.17 Sci Lit Comic - voice over work - to be shared/presented Monday. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thur 9.21.17 Sci Lit Comic work: images, script, voice-over.[|Adobe Spark demo] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Wed 9.20.17 - Adobe Spark sign up; continue working on Sci Lit comic <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Tues 9.19.17 - Online Pearson Interactive Text review & practice <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Mon 9.18.17 - Review 'Why Study Science? notes + Storyboard Project <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">--- <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Fri 9.15.17 - Independent Read Assessment: Author purpose, text structure, main idea, evidence. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thurs 9.14.17- Independent Read: Info Text 'Why Study Science?' + GR pkt. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Wed 9.13.17- GIST + Strong Evidence practice; Annotation Review + marks <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Notes: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Tues 9.12.17- Finding supporting Text Evidence - instruction + practice. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Notes: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Mon 9.11.17- 5 W's applied to Fri article "Back to the Future"; Gist Statement development. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">notes: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Fri 9.8.17 - review ITB worksheet & complete <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thurs 9.7.17 - Text Structure: parts of text + practice article <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Notes: Parts of Info text structure Introduction - (hook) or introduces reader to topic 1- 3 paragraphs Body of text -facts, evidence/ claim w/reasoning, Supports topic 2- many paragraphs Conclusion - wrap info/ adds closure
 * 1) How can a mutation be harmful in one environment and helpful in another?
 * 2) Why should a mutation persist if it kills people?
 * 3) Why are there more people with sickle cell disease in one part of the world than any other parts?
 * Restates main idea in new way
 * May extend readers thinking…’call to action’

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Wed 9.6.17 - Text Structure: whole organization notes + practice articles & discussion <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> Text Structure: a) organization of whole text b) role of specific pieces of text <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> Whole text organization structures: Tues 9.5.15 - Science Literacy - Text feature scavenger hunt; Author purpose [PIE] Text Features: purpose = to organize info & engage reader - Author’s Purpose -
 * Helps reader organize/ sift through info
 * Compare / contrast
 * Description
 * Sequence (lab procedure)
 * Cause/ Effect
 * Problem/ Solution
 * Examples: title, subtitles, headings, subheadings
 * Author info, contact info
 * Bold-faced words, bullet points
 * graph/ chart/ diagram
 * Photographs
 * Picture / Diagram Captions
 * Map
 * Timeline
 * Persuade - convince others of idea/product (ex: opinions, advertisement)
 * Inform-learning new info (science, social studies)
 * Entertain - provide joy/comedy/interest
 * -engages reader/ adds interest