THIS WEEK IS FOCUSED ON THE BIOME RESEARCH PROJECT! Assignment sheet is attached below (including rubric).
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Look below for class presentations, activities, and handouts. Make sure to check this blog every time you're absent!
THIS WEEK IS FOCUSED ON THE BIOME RESEARCH PROJECT! Assignment sheet is attached below (including rubric).
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Day Fifteen - Ms. P-T will be out. You will complete an activity about your "favoritest ecosystem." Day Sixteen - We will learn about abiotic factors, biomes, and specifically delve into desert biomes. **If you are absent, you will need to come to tutoring to make up this activity. For your HW make sure to check the HW blog! Day Seventeen - We will watch a video about Earth's biomes. **If you are absent, watch the video and complete the worksheet (attached below). For your HW make sure to check the the HW blog!
Day Thirteen - Quiz & Most Unique Bay Area Species Competition! **If you are absent, you will need to come to tutoring to make up this quiz. For your HW make sure to check the HW blog! Day Fourteen - We will watch Lord of the Ants. **If you are absent, watch the video and complete the worksheet (attached below). For your HW make sure to check the the HW blog!
Day Ten - We will review last week's labs and do a demo of our microscope lab on Tuesday/Wednesday. For your HW make sure to check the HW blog!
Day Eleven - We will look at soil under microscopes and find the organisms living in it! **If you are absent, you will need to come to tutoring to make up this lab. For your HW make sure to check the HW blog! Day Twelve - We will make compost! **If you are absent, you will need to come to tutoring to make this lab up. For your HW make sure to check the the HW blog! WELCOME BACK! Day Seven - We will begin Unit 4 (our final unit): Biodiversity. You will be introduced to your new team and we will take some very brief notes. For your HW make sure to check the HW blog! Day Eight - Our real introduction to Biodiversity: Food Webs, Food Pyramids, and how energy flows through an ecosystem. **If you are absent, take the notes in the PowerPoint attached below and complete the activity attached below - if you need help, come to tutoring! For your HW make sure to check the HW blog! Day Nine - We will do a Soil Food Web Activity. **If you are absent, you will need to come to tutoring to make this lab up. For your HW make sure to check the the HW blog!
HAPPY SPRING, HAPPY SPIRIT WEEK, HAPPY LAST WEEK BEFORE SPRING BREAK!
Day Four - Preparing for the Electric Car Race! **If you are absent, make sure to check in with your Motion Car Team for how you can help them be ready for the race! For your HW make sure to check the HW blog! Day Five - Electric Car Race!! **If you are absent, follow up with me to see if you need to do anything to make up for missing the race (this will depend on your total number of absences during the electric car build process). For your HW make sure to check the HW blog! Day Six - Surprise Field Trip! No homework over Spring Break (there may be extra credit opportunities). Day One - Graphing Solar Data! **If you are absent, make sure to get the worksheets from me, so you can make this up! For your HW make sure to check the HW blog!
Day Two & Three - Beginning the Electric Motion Cart Project! **If you are absent, make sure to check in with your Motion Cart Team for how you can help them catch up. Also, follow up with me. For your HW make sure to check the HW blog! LAST WEEK OF QUARTER 3! Day Twenty-Two - Sub Day. You will complete a POL Reflection, and work on your toolkit, and the 3rd Study Guide Worksheet. **If you are absent, make sure to complete the POL Reflection, attached below and turn it in to me the day you are back. For your HW make sure to check the HW blog! Day Twenty-Three - Review day! **If you are absent and have any questions about preparing for the exam, email me or find me in tutoring. For your HW make sure to check the HW blog! Day Twenty-Four - Energy Exam. **If you are absent, you must come to make up the exam as soon as possible. Your Quarter 3 grade will be incomplete until the exam is made up. For your HW make sure to check the HW blog!
Day Nineteen - Review our most recent quiz and begin reviewing in preparation for the Energy Exam! **If you are absent, make sure to come to tutoring if you were confused by the quiz or would like support preparing for the Energy Exam. For your HW make sure to check the HW blog!
Day Twenty - You will work with your team to create a presentation on one assigned fuel. **If you are absent, make sure to contact me and your team members as soon as possible, so you can get credit for participating in making the presentation! For your HW make sure to check the HW blog! SOURCES FOR FUELS PRESENTATION PROJECT THIS WEBSITE lists many pros and cons of all the fuels: http://www.dlist.org/burning-issues/energy-sources-what-are-the-pros-and-cons Here are more websites you can find information on your particular fuel: Solar Wind Nuclear Coal Petroleum (Oil) Natural Gas Hydropower You may also wish to use the Infosheets and Charts from the energy enigma project (attached on the homework blog - Day 18). Day Twenty-One - Presentations & a formative assessment on fuels. **If you are absent, you must come to tutoring to get credit for the presentation and to make up the formative assessment. For your HW make sure to check the HW blog! Day Sixteen - Share projects, take notes on the Power Grid (see PowerPoint inserted below), and watch this video. **If you are absent, make sure to take these notes and come to tutoring if you are confused. For your HW make sure to check the HW blog! Day Seventeen - Look at a demo of a thermal power plant, take a few notes on fuels, and do Part One of the Energy Enigma Competition! **If you are absent, make sure to come to tutoring to go over the thermal power plant demo. For your HW make sure to check the HW blog! Day Eighteen - Finish the notes on fuels and complete the Energy Enigma Competition. **If you are absent, make sure to come to tutoring to make up for missing the competition! For your HW make sure to check the HW blog! |