Life Science

Course Description

 

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

KICK-OFFS

What role do producers, consumers, and decomposers play in an ecosystem?

True or False: “Some organisms could fill more than one role in an ecosystem.” Explain your choice.

Where do people get the energy from in order to make our bodies work? What is this energy used for?

Why does only 10% of the energy get passed from one trophic level to the next?

True or False: “Food webs can have an unlimited about of links and carnivores.” Explain your choice.

AGENDA
  • Binder reminder
  • Return Binder Check
  • Collect K-O
  • Unit 4 Group Activity – Marine Food Web
  • EEI-4: Traditional Unit Assessment
  
  • Check HW
  • EEI-6: Lesson 2
  
  • Check HW
  • EEI - 6: Lesson 3
  • Energy Transfer Questions
  
  • Check HW
  • 10% Rule Lab
  • Kahoot
  
  • Check HW
  • Web of Life Game
  • Food Web Worksheet
  • Ecology Quiz

HOME-WORK

The Flow of Energy Through Ecosystems (EEI – 4)

Roles in Ecosystems (EEI-6: Lesson 2)

Energy Pyramids (EEI-6: Lesson 3)

10 Percent Rule Lab

and study for Ecology Quiz

 

Food Web
         
           
           
           
 
 
Here are the events for the week of March 28 - April 1:
 
MONDAY:
Kick-Off = Why do you think protecting the environment is so important?
Agenda =
Binder reminder
Video Guide
Homework = Video Guide

TUESDAY:
Kick-Off = Describe the environmental characteristics of Gorongosa.
Agenda =
Check HW
Gorongosa Timeline web activity
Homework = Gorongosa Timeline
 
WEDNESDAY:
Kick-Off = Explains Gorongosa’s past.
Agenda =
Check HW
Ecology Mag - “Our World”
Biomes WS
Homework = Biomes WS

THURSDAY:
Kick-Off = What type of biome is Gorongosa an example of? Explain your answer.
Agenda =
Check HW
Gorongosa's Biomes
Homework = Gorongosa's Biomes
 
FRIDAY:
Kick-Off = How would you describe the environment around us in Santa Clarita? What type of plant life is common?
Agenda =
Check HW
Chaparral WebQuest
Types of Drought Impacts WS in groups
Homework = None
 
 
Here are the events for the week of March 21 - 25:
 
MONDAY:
Kick-Off = Dogs have been artificially selected from wolves, and are now grouped into many identifiable dog breeds. What do you think “artificial selection” means?”
Agenda =
Binder reminder
Collect K-O (8)
Return binder check
Ask Honor Society kids to sign up for group B
Dog breeding video clip (2 min): http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/dog-breeding
From Wolf to Woof WebQuest
Homework = From Wolf to Woof WebQuest

TUESDAY:
Kick-Off = Why are there different groups of dog breeds?
Agenda =
Check HW
Seat change
Border Collie WS
Homework = Border Collie WS
 
WEDNESDAY:
Kick-Off = How do you think Border Collies were artificially selected to become such great herding dogs?
Agenda =
Check HW
Sheep dog herding lesson
Homework = Herding Demonstration WS
 
THURSDAY:
Kick-Off = How do you think these organisms that are native to Southern California are related?Coyote, Rattlesnake, Rabbits, Turkey Vultures, Wild Grasses
Agenda =
Check HW
Ecology Mag - “Look Around”
Ecological Levels WS in groups
Homework = 

Levels of Organization in Ecology WS

 
FRIDAY:
Kick-Off = Explain how these terms are related: community, individual, ecosystem, population
Agenda =
EEI-6: Lesson 1
Homework = EEI-6: Lesson 1
 
 
Here are the events for the week of March 14 - 18:
 
MONDAY:
Kick-Off = What are some things you’ve heard about HIV/AIDS?
Agenda =
Binder reminder
BrainPOP: AIDS and Viruses
What it all Means Notes
Homework = HIV/AIDS Evaluation

TUESDAY:
Kick-Off = How Diseases Spread WS
Agenda =
Check HW
STD Notes
Google Form: Boy/Girl Chat
Homework = Review WS
 
WEDNESDAY:
Kick-Off = None
Agenda =
Check HW
Boy Chat
Girls in library doing STD WebQuest
Homework = Girl - Finish Webquest, Boy - None
 
THURSDAY:
Kick-Off = None
Agenda =
Check HW
Girl Chat
Boys in library doing STD WebQuest
Homework = Boy - Finish Webquest, Both - Prepare for Binder Check and study classwork
 
FRIDAY:
Kick-Off = What STD grossed you out the most and why?
Agenda =
Binder Check
Safely surrendered babies
Reproduction Test
Homework = None

 

Here are the events for the week of March 7 - 11:
 
 
MONDAY:
Kick-Off = What is the role and purpose of the male reproductive system?
Agenda =
Binder Reminder
Comparing Male and Female Anatomy
BrainPOP: Reproductive System and Babies
Pregnancy Vocab
Fertilization WS
Homework = The Male and Female Reproductive System WS

TUESDAY:
Kick-Off = What is the role and purpose of the female reproductive system?
Agenda =
Check HW
Pregnancy, Development and Birth Notes
Homework = Revisiting the Reproductive System WS
 
WEDNESDAY:
Kick-Off = List the order of development of a human once fertilization occurs.
Agenda =
Check HW
BrainPop: Fetal Development, Twins, Motherhood
Stages of Development WS
Show “Cost of raising a child” picture WS
Homework = Revisiting Pregnancy WS
 
THURSDAY:
Kick-Off = What is the difference between how identical and fraternal twins form?
Agenda =
Check HW
Transmission of diseases Chart
Homework = Practice Sheet
 
FRIDAY:
Kick-Off = Why is it important to learn about STDs?
Agenda =
Check HW
What it all Means Notes
BrainPOP: AIDS and Viruses
Homework = None

 

 

Here are the events for the week of February 29 - March 1:
 
 
MONDAY:
Kick-Off = None
Agenda =
Binder Reminder
Video
Homework = Movement of Earth’s Plates WS

TUESDAY:
Kick-Off = None
Agenda =
Check HW
Finish video
Study Guide in pairs
Homework = Earth’s History Study Guide, study classwork and prepare for Binder Check
 
WEDNESDAY:
Kick-Off = Why are index fossils helpful?

Agenda =

Check HW
My time scale
Binder Check
Test on Google Forms
Homework = None
 
THURSDAY:
Kick-Off = How did you first learn about where babies come from, or what were you told? 
Agenda =
Return binder checks
Boy Repro Vocab
Girl Repro Vocab
Repro labels
Homework = "What's Missing?" WS
 
FRIDAY:
Kick-Off = Why is learning about the reproductive system important?

Agenda =

Check HW
16-2 PowerPoint

Homework = None

 

Here are the events for the week of February 22 - 26:
 
 
MONDAY:
Kick-Off = What clues do you think scientists use to understand how Earth’s continents have changed in location throughout time?
Agenda =
Binder Reminder
Collect Kick-Offs
Plate Tectonics and Volcanoes Webquest: The Dynamic Earth Website: http://www.mnh.si.edu/earth/text/4_0_0.html
Homework = Plate Tectonics and Volcanoes Webquest WS

TUESDAY:
Kick-Off = What causes Earth’s plates to constantly move?
Agenda =
Check HW
Continental Drift Activity Packet in Groups
Homework = Movement of Earth’s Plates WS
 
WEDNESDAY:
Kick-Off = How can earthquakes serve as evidence of plate tectonics?

Agenda =

Stamp HW
BrainPOPs: Plate Tectonics
Geologic Time Scale WS
Homework = Geologic Time Scale WS
 
THURSDAY:
Kick-Off = What do scientists use the geologic timescale?
Agenda =
Check HWGeologic Time Scale PPT with notes
Homework = The Geologic Time Scale WS
 
FRIDAY:
Kick-Off = What was the general order in which living things evolved?

Agenda =

Check HW
Start “Before the Dinosaurs

Homework = None

 

Here are the events for the week of February 15 - 19:
 
 
MONDAY:
No School

TUESDAY:
Kick-Off = What are some things that scientists can learn from studying fossils?
Agenda =
Binder Reminder
National Geographic – Fossils Facts article
Homework = Relative Age of Rocks WS
 
WEDNESDAY:
Kick-Off = Which colored cake layer had to be put into the cake first, and why?

Agenda =

Check HW
Who dun it activity in groups
Fossil and Relative Dating WS
Homework = Finding Clues to Rock Layers WS
 
THURSDAY:
Kick-Off = How do you think scientists can figure out how old a fossil is?
Agenda =
Check HW
BrainPOPs: Radioactivity and Carbon Dating
Close – How do scientists use radioactive dating? What is half-life?
Homework = Radioactive Dating WS
 
FRIDAY:
Kick-Off = How is radioactive dating helpful to scientists?

Agenda =

Check HW
Radioactive Dating mini-poster

Half-Life Example Skittles Half-Life Activity

Homework = Finish Skittles Activity

 

 

Here are the events for the week of February 8 - 12:
 
 
MONDAY:
Kick-Off = How did you demonstrate Natural Selection in your comic?
Agenda =
Binder reminder
Return Kick-Offs
Present comics
E period finished comics
Homework =

Prepare for Binder Check

TUESDAY:
Kick-Off = Why do you think evolution matters now?
Agenda =
Binder precheck
Binder Check
Why does evolution matter WS
Homework = Why does evolution matter WS
 
WEDNESDAY:
Kick-Off = How do humans effect the evolution of animals?
Agenda =Why evolution matters now research
Homework = Why evolution matters now research
 
THURSDAY:
Kick-Off = How do you think the evolution of organisms may occur in the future?
Agenda =
Why evolution matters now -  share out
Homework = None
 
 
 
Here are the events for the week of February 1 - 5:
 
 
MONDAY:
Kick-Off = Two Theories of Evolution Probe
Agenda =
Binder reminder
Vestiges video clip
Dance dance evolution with a partner
Unimonster WS
Homework =

Evolution of Species WS and study classwork items for Evolution Test

TUESDAY:
Kick-Off = What is the difference between being endangered and being extinct?
Agenda =
Check HW
Collect K-O
Evolution Test
Start comic
Homework = Work on comic
 
WEDNESDAY:
Kick-Off = 

How is comparative anatomy related to homologous structures?

Agenda =Natural Selection Comic Online
Homework = Work on comic
 
THURSDAY:
Kick-Off = How could a new species come into existence?
Agenda =Natural Selection Comic Online
Homework = Work on comic
 
FRIDAY:
Kick-Off = In general, what causes a species to go extinct?

Agenda =Natural Selection Comic Online

Homework = Sell popcorn!

 
 
Here are the events for the week of January 25 - 29:
 
 
MONDAY:
Kick-Off = 

Complete the “Standards Warm-Up” on page 234.

Agenda =
Binder reminder
Popcornopolis video
7-2 Bubble Notes
Return Kick-Offs
Homework = Finish Bubble Notes
 
TUESDAY:
Kick-Off = How is gradualism different from punctuated equilibria?
Agenda =
Check HW
Stated Clearly - Evidence of Evolution (11 min)
Peppered Moth Simulation
Homework = Complete Moth WS
 
WEDNESDAY:
Kick-Off = 

How is comparative anatomy related to homologous structures?

Agenda =
Check HW
Return foldable
The Great Fossil Find Activity
Homework = 

The Great Fossil Find WS

 
THURSDAY:
Kick-Off = How could a new species come into existence?
Agenda =
Check HW
Evolution of Species PowerPoint- stopped at Inferring Species Relationships
Homework = Evolution of Species Vocab WS
 
FRIDAY:
Kick-Off = In general, what causes a species to go extinct?

Agenda =

Check HW
Finish Evolution of Species PowerPoint
Homework = None
 
 
Here are the events for the week of January 18 - 22:
 
TUESDAY:
Kick-Off = Pick which of these are true and explain your choice: A) organisms can evolve within their lifetime, B) organisms cannot evolve within their lifetime.
Agenda =
Check HW
Binder reminder
Bird Beak Activity
Finches Analysis – as a class?
Similie me closing activity on Kick-Off page
Hybrid Animal Pictures
Closing Kick-Off = “Natural Selection is like tryouts (for a sport, play, club, etc) because…”
Homework = Bird Beak Activity and Study C1
 
WEDNESDAY:
Kick-Off = A beefalo is a hybrid of a cattle and a Bison but it can’t have offspring. Is Beefalo a species? Explain.
Agenda =
Stamp HW
Darwin’s Theory Quiz
Rainbow Reef article and questions through google classroom
Homework = Evidence of Evolution Vocab WS 
 
THURSDAY:
Kick-Off = When you watch a crime show, what type of evidence helps you to figure out what happened during the crime?
Agenda =
Stamp HW
Collect Kick-Offs
Return quiz
Evidence of Evolution Foldable
Homework = Finish Foldable
 
FRIDAY:
Kick-Off = What are the four types of evidence for evolution?

Agenda =

Collect foldables

Evidence of Evolution WebQuest

Homework = Finish WebQuest
 
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Here are the events for the week of January 11 - 15:
 
MONDAY:
Kick-Off = How was your break?
Agenda =
Seat change
Binder reminder
Return projects
Bill Nye: Evolution video
Homework = None
 
TUESDAY:
Kick-Off = Habitat Change Probe
Agenda = 
BrainPOP: Charles Darwin
Read about Darwin in textbook and fill in notes
Homework = Darwin’s Voyage Vocab WS
 
WEDNESDAY:
Kick-Off = Why do you think there are so many different types of organisms on Earth?
Homework = Darwin's Observations WS
 
THURSDAY:
Kick-Off = What is natural selection? What is it also called?
Agenda =
Stamp HW
Bird Beak Lab – but have them design it before we do it
Homework = Revisiting Darwin’s Theory WS
 
FRIDAY:
Kick-Off = What are some adaptations that frogs have?
Agenda =
Grade HW
BrainPop: Natural Selection
Factors affecting natural selection mini-poster
Finches Analysis
Hybrid Animal Pictures
Homework = None
 

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