September 22 (A Day) and September 23 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will analyze the interrelationships and interdependencies among organisms in order to determine how they contribute to the stability of an ecosystem.

WARM-UP: What abiotic and biotic factors affect a clown fish in the ocean?

VOCABULARY:
density
dietary fiber
digestion
DNA
inorganic

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Activity
3) Think, Pair and Share
4) Manipulatives
5) Presentation Pro
6) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Write a paragraph describing how changes in abiotic factors can affect biotic factors. Prepare BEE Book for check next class (A Day students).

HOMEWORK DUE:
BEE Book (B Day students), none for A Day students.

September 18 (A Day) and September 21 (B Day)

September 18th A Day had a substitute.

OBJECTIVE: Students will complete an activity in order to identify trends in graphs and analyze them.

"Using Graphing Skills" Activity

HOMEWORK DUE: Beginning of Food Web

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK: I will be checking BEE Books this week, make sure they are in order.

September 16 (A Day) and September 17 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will analyze the relationships between biotic diversity and abiotic factors in environments and the resulting influence on ecosystems.

WARM-UP: How would you describe yourself in terms of your family, school and community?

VOCABULARY:
1) atoms
2) carbohydrates
3) cellullose
4) compounds
5) covalent bonding

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/Vocabulary
2) Activity
3) Think, Pair, Share
4) Presentation Pro
5) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
finish drawing or getting pictures of 5 organisms for the food web that you started in class.

HOMEWORK DUE:
Honors only- Simpsons worksheet, Unit 1 Review for all classes.

September 14 (A day) and September 15 (B day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will review for the Unit 1 test in order to identify areas to focus on.

WARM-UP: Convert the number 3,578,000 using scientific notation.

VOCABULARY:
1) reproduction
2) synthesis
3) taxonomy
4) tissue
5) amino acids

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-up and vocabulary
2) Review homework
3) Unit 1 Review activities
4) Closure

Tonight's Homework:
Study for test, do Unit 1 review

Homework due: none

September 10 (A day) and September 11 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will complete exercises on scientific notation in order to practice and properly use scientific notation.

WARM-UP: Why is it important for all scientists to use the metric system?

VOCABULARY:
1) metabolism
2) organ
3) organelle
4) organ system
5) prokaryotes

CLASSWORK:
1) Review Sponge Bob
2) Activity (Note, period 2B and 3B already did Activity, they will review it and work on the Unit 1 Review today)
3) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Finish Activity

HOMEWORK DUE:
Sponge Bob 2 Worksheet

September 8 (A Day) and September 9 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will complete exercises on scientific notation in order to practice and properly use scientific notation.

WARM-UP: Write instructions for tying your shoe then give them to a partner to see if they can follow them.

VOCABULARY:
1) classification
2) eukaryotes
3) growth
4) homeostasis
5) kingdom

CLASSWORK:
1) Review Sponge Bob
2) Review scientific notation and models
3) Method Madness (Student Resource Book)

HOMEWORK DUE:
Sponge Bob Worksheet

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Sponge Bob part 2

September 3 (A Day) and September 4 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will pose scientific questions and suggest investigative approaches in order to solve problems in a scientific manner.

WARM-UP: Develop a hypothesis to explain why Michael Jordan is a good basketball player.

VOCABULARY:
1) model
2) peer review
3) theory
4) cell
5) cell respiration

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/Vocab
2) Review last Sponge Bob lab
3) Activity- p. 32 in lab manual- Comparin Forearm and Foot Length
4) Closure

HOMEWORK DUE:
Bee Book and folders
Graphs for sponge animal lab

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Sponge Bob Lab

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