• 8th Grade Earth Science 

    Please see your student's Google Classroom for assignments. 

    MY GOOGLE CLASSROOM AND TYLER GRADING ARE NOT LINKED FOR VARIOUS REASONS.  PLEASE ONLY REFER TO TYLER FOR GRADES.

    Earth Science - 3rd 9 Weeks  -- Daily Classroom Activities/Assignments/Homework

    REMINDER 1:  This document is the start of the 3rd 9 week grading period. 

    REMINDER 2:  WHEN YOU ARE ABSENT (NOT FOR A SCHOOL -RELATED ACTIVITY), YOU HAVE 3 DAYS TO GET YOUR WORK COMPLETED.  IF YOU ARE ABSENT, YES, YOU HAVE TO MAKE UP THE WORK YOU MISSED.  

    REMINDER 3:  If you need help, ask!  (Read the directions to your assignment/ classwork BEFORE ASKING for help.)

    REMINDER 4:  You are to be writing down the entire fact of the day (with the example(s)) each day!

     

    Wednesday, January 20 

    1. Fact of Day     1:  Fauna (animals) and flora (plants) are found in specific biomes. 

                                                                                 (vegetation/soil/climate/wildlife)

                         Fauna (deer, squirrels, bear)   Flora (pine trees, black raspberries, grass)

    *Write down the entire fact of the day with examples each day for the third nine weeks.  You will receive credit for it when I grade it at the end of the 3rd quarter.  You will also have a fact of the day quiz at the end of the quarter using your facts. 

    1. Submit Midterm by 3:00 pm
    2. Join my new google classroom for the second semester.  You should have received a link in your email.  (Yes, you will have two google classrooms for about a week.  It will be ok.)  If you do not have the link, I posted the join codes in the old google classroom
    3. Read Tentative Weekly Expectations #20 - Check off/submit/ Check as Done

    *IF all completed on time for the 9 weeks - 6 bonus points will be added to your grade.

    1. Read pages 180-181.  - Chapter 7 Introduction  AND page 188.
    2. Activity:  Soil Shake Lab -- Video posted.
    3. VIP/REMOTE:  Attendance & Old Google Classroom - post midterm- PSSA work & 

                             New Google Classroom  Week 20 Tentative Weekly Expectations & (#1)

     

    Thursday, January 21 

    1. Fact of Day:   2.  Xerophyte - plant (fleshy leaves or stem) that lives in dry conditions (cactus, aloe)

    *has spines/spikes instead of leaves = reduces surface area for water to evaporate via transpiration.

          2.    Read section 7-1 … Also have Slide Show with similar information posted as Week 20 ( #3) 

          3. Complete front side of worksheet = weather diagram  - Video posted

    • We did not complete the reverse side which is 18 examples of weathering. 
    • We will finish this tomorrow in class.  -- Due date is Friday by 3:00pm  (will post more tomorrow on this worksheet.)
    1. Discussed pH and litmus paper.  = Will demonstrate in the video created for weathering diagram today.  Be sure to watch it.
    2. VIP/REMOTE -   Attendance & Week 20 ( #2, #3)

     

    Friday, January 22 

     

    • Fact of Day:  Vascular Plants: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants)  /  Gymnosperms – “naked seed” plants

                                               Moncots Vs. Dicots                                 Conifers – cone bearing

                                          Flowers 3s            Flowers 4s or 5s

                                          Parallel veins         net-like veins

    1. Complete the back of yesterday’s worksheet - weathering (1-18) & submit  - video posted
    2. Read Section 7-1.
    3. Complete Weathering Stations Lab & Submit  - video posted
    4.  VIP/REMOTE:  Attendance &  Week 20 (#4)  

     

    WEEK 21 (Jan. 25 - Jan. 29)

    Monday, January 25

    1. Fact of the Day:  2 Major Categories of Plants:  Vascular and Nonvascular

           Vascular Plants:  Moves nutrient through roots to other parts of the plant (true roots/stems/leaves)

    • Any plant that flowers
    • Trees, shrubs, grasses, ferns
    • Xylem = carries water from roots
    • Phloem = carries sugar from roots 
    1. Study Island:   2g (Models and Technical Design)  &  2h (Science and Society)

                 READ THE LESSON/VIDEO BEFORE YOU BEGIN THE QUESTIONS.

         2g Models and Technical Design

    • Technology improves the quality of human life.  
    • Science - you want to know why; curious why something occurs/happens
    • All models have limitations!  (Check out their list of models: Diorama = ecosystem without the living component / Terrarium = ecosystem, a habitat with living organisms/   Watershed = terrain and water flow direction )  Short video clip (49s) in study island
    • Technical design = follows the steps to the scientific method -- Short video clip (1:49) U-brella

         2h Science and Society 

    • Check out the scientific discoveries/technology list (telescope / satellite / weather science / climate data)

    REMINDER:  You need to score a 7/10 and obtain a blue ribbon for full credit, 5/5.

    This assignment is due today by 9:00 pm. I will keep the window open until Friday.  If you complete the assignment late, you will receive 1 / 5.  Additionally, If you do not obtain the blue ribbon AND have attempted the entire lesson, you will receive a score of 1/5.

    1. VIP/REMOTE:   TYLER ATTENDANCE & Week 21 (Tentative Weekly Expectations & #1)

    Tuesday, January 26 - REMOTE LEARNING DAY FOR ALL - Inclement Weather -  “E” DAY (Follow the 2 hour delay bell schedule). - You would have this printed in your agenda book.

    1. Fact of Day:               5.  Nonvascular Plants are called bryophytes.
    • Lack roots, stems, leaves                                               (moist habitat)
    • Low growing, reproduce with spores, need to live by source of water, nutrients
    • Liverworts, hornworts, mosses
    1. Read Section 7-2:  Pages 188 - 194 (Focus on picture from National Geographic on page 189)
    2. Posted are two worksheets for soil profiles.  (Due to the  2 hour delay bell schedule- we are only completing one of them. )  We will complete the SOIL.HORIZONS.PROFILE.  Please submit today.  - Video posted walking you through this worksheet.
    3. VIP/Remote:  TYLER ATTENDANCE & Week 21 (#2)

     

    Wednesday, January 27  

    1. Fact of Day:      Humans have 46 chromosomes, peas have 14, and crayfish have 200.

                                                             Half from mom (23)

                                                             Half from dad (23)

    1. Review Soil Profile/ Horizon layers - discussion
    2. Soil Profile Comparison Worksheet - yesterday’s (side two) & Submit  -  Video posted
    3. Discussion of Biomes and relating them to their soils. - Slides - Please go through the Slides - only discussed up to Pyramid of  Climate Regions  - Video posted - part 1
    • The book only provides 1 paragraph about this topic.  I will go into more detail.
    • VIP/REMOTE:  Attendance & Week 21 (#2, #3)

    Thursday, January 28

    • Fact of Day:    Multicellular organisms have cells that are specialized = differentiated.
    • Perform specific jobs/functions
    1. Discuss Biomes and relating it to soil - Slides part 2 - Video posted.
    2. Worksheet - Biomes. & Submit by 3:00 tomorrow.

        NOTE:  MISTAKE!! #4 should start with the letter R NOT a T.

          Rafflesia arnoldii

    • Color each biome according to the number code at the top of the table.
    • In the chart, fill in the empty spaces by googling the organism.   Notice the formal scientific name is made up of the genus and species.  Genus is always capitalized while the species name is always lowercase and both italicized.  Research the common name.  Determine its biome.  You might want to type in the common name and ¨biome” to find the information on line.  
    1. HW:  Finish worksheet
    2. VIP/REMOTE:  Attendance & Week 21 (#3 & #4)

    Friday, January 29 -  (SUBSTITUTE) 

        Fact of Day:        8:    Humans =   Homo sapiens 

                             (Genus = capitalized)   (species = lower-case) & italicized

    • Read Section 7-3 Soil Erosion, p.196 - 199.
    1. Watch the three videos posted on Google Classroom - Week 21 #5 dealing with Soil Erosion.

    Please watch the soil erosion videos - paying attention to the focus questions.  There is no need to write the answers down.  They are provided for discussion purposes.

    The Dust Bowl | Studies Weekly | (1:31)  

        1)       What caused the dust bowl?   

        2)       What landform in the USA did it affect?  Plains/Plateaus/Mountains?   

    Doomed New Orleans:  Hurricane Katrina| National Geographic (2:56)  

        1)       What primarily protects New Orleans from the Sea/Ocean?  

        2)       How many feet is New Orleans below sea-level?  

        3)     Is this catastrophe possible to occur again?  

    Farm Basics #684 | AgPhD | (5:39)   

       1)       What are two causes of erosion in the video?  

       2)     List some farming practices that the video suggested to use to prevent soil erosion.

    • VIP/REMOTE:  Attendance & Week 21  (Book - READ  & #5)

     

    Monday, February 1 - REMOTE FOR ALL

    1. Fact of the Day:   9. A muscle cell in the body contains the greatest amount of mitochondria.

                      mitochondria =the powerhouse of the cell/releases energy as ATP = adenosine triphosphate.

    1. Read Tentative Weekly Expectations - Week 22 ...Check off...View Assignment.. Press “Turn In”
    2. Experiments of Soil  - Watch 2 EDPUZZLES.

       THE EDPUZZLES ARE DUE TODAY BY 9:00PM.   THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE OPEN UNTIL FRIDAY for ABSENT STUDENTS.

                  Edpuzzle:  Erosion and Soil

                    *This video demonstrates three different scenarios of water falling on three different soil scenarios.

                  Edpuzzle:  Understanding Soil texture 

    • You need to answer 6/9 questions correctly for full credit.

             *This video uses the shake test and specifically identifies the types of soil by measuring the percentages of the sediments found in soil.

        Chapter 7 Test is Thursday!  Check out the Ch. 7 Key Points posted

        VIP/REMOTE:  TYLER ATTENDANCE & Week 22 (Tentative Weekly Expectations & 1, 2, 3)

     

    Tuesday, February 2 -

    **Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow….6 more weeks of winter!

    1. Fact of Day - 
    1. ANIMAL CELL               Vs                                        PLANT CELL

             Cell membrane      Controls movement in/out of cell  Cell membrane            in common

             Cell nucleus          Genetic material/DNA                Cell nucleus                    in common

             Cell mitochondria Powerhouse/releases energy         Cell mitochondria         in common

          Soil Texture Lab - Students will obtain a soil sample and determine its texture & Submit.   Video- posted

          PSSA Bingo Cards - Students will fill out their own PSSA Bingo Cards using vocabulary words.  (1-44)

    • We are not playing Bingo until Friday.  (This is only practice.  I am not grading this assignment. At a later date you will have assignments with these bingo words.  It is to your advantage to play Bingo when we do in class.) 
    • Reminder:  Chapter 7 Test   -- Thursday   (Key points were posted yesterday.)

         VIP/Remote:   Attendance &  Week 22 (#4, #5)

     

    Wednesday, February 3   

    1. Fact of Day - 
    1.                 ANIMAL CELL           Vs.                                                      PLANT CELL

                                                    Carries out photosynthesis                            Chloroplasts          differences

                                                       Gives rigid structure                                    Cell Walls                 

                                                      Stores Water & Wastes for cell                    Large -Vacuole

          Cave Formation Activity - Lab  - video posted

      ** When you watch the video, I walk you through but you are unable to see my calculations until later in the video when I realized the camera was still focused on the triple beam balance….. So you will have to be sure to watch the entire video.

    ** Analysis Questions regarding Increase/Decrease…. Take perspective from the end product once the gum is chewed.

                    Video: How do caves form | Twig Secondary | (2:44)   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azxgNp3g8lw 

                                      Focus Question:  What are caves formed by?

          HW: Study for your test

          HW:  Finish Analysis Questions - will collect Friday….. Thus at home learners, submit by 3:00pm Friday.

          Reminder:  Chapter 7 Test --- tomorrow  (Key points were posted Monday.)     Bingo Card - due Friday if you want to play

          VIP/Remote:  Attendance & Week 22 (#5, #6)

     

    Thursday, February 4 

     

    • Fact of Day

     

    1.   Robert Hooke -- all living things are composed of cells (studied cork)

                          5 things all cells have in common 

                                     Growth and development /  Reproduction  /  Respond to stimuli  / Use energy  /  Evolve over time

           Take chapter 7 Test --  This is open book/open note….NOT open internet.    Yes, you may use your worksheets from YOUR google classroom.

                ** YOUR TEST WILL BE OPEN DURING YOUR SCIENCE CLASS PERIOD AND WILL BE TURNED OFF AT 3:00PM.

                         If you finish your test early, please work on filling in your bingo card.

         VIP/REMOTE:  Attendance & Week 22 (#7 - when posted for your class period)

     

    Friday, February 5  

     

    • Fact of Day:  

     

    1.   Cell Differences:                  Structure  -- Unicellular = one cell

                                                                             Multicellular = many cells ---- tissues ---- organs

                                                 Growth and Development - a baby kitten looks like the adult vs. butterflies start as caterpillars and metamorphose into butterflies

          Play Bingo - PSSA Words 1-44 --- Students will be practicing vocabulary terms and definitions.

    • At home learners, play until you win bingo!  Video posted
    • This is not a graded assignment but will help you with future assignments. 
    • Read Section 8-1  Erosion by Gravity.   In class, we will be reviewing Slides of this information posted with some of this information (Week 22  #8).  -  Video posted
    • Last 10 minutes of class:  find a video of your favorite mass wasting:  What is it (slump, creep, mudflow, rockfall/slide), who created it, how long was the video.
    • Just write it down on a piece of paper to share with me on Monday.
    • VIP/REMOTE:  Attendance &  Week 22 (#8 , #9)

     WEEK 23  (February 6 - February 12)

    Monday, February 8 - REMOTE LEARNING FOR ALL.   ---    

    1.  Fact of Day:  (continued cell differences from Friday)          Cell differences

                                                                                                           III.  Reproduction -  Asexually - single parent

                                                                                                                                         Sexually - a cell from each parent

                                                                                                           IV.   Respond to Stimuli  --- Brains

           Read Tentative Weekly Expectations - Week 23 ...Check off...View Assignment.. Press “Turn In”

          Discussion Forum Question 1 - Posted on Google Classroom

    (Continued from Friday) - Write down your favorite type of mass wasting (movement due to gravity), what video you found demonstrating this movement, the length of time, who posted it and WHY did you choose it.

    Mass Wasting Enrichment Videos - Watch the videos posted in the google classroom regarding Mass Wasting.  These are several that I like to show.  After watching the videos, please answer discussion question #2 which has 3 parts..

       After watching the videos of mass wasting:  

       Answer all 3 questions.   Type  "Q1" , "Q2" , and "Q3" when answering your questions to differentiate.

             Q1: How does erosion change Earth's surface?

             Q2: Describe two ways to help slow erosion on steep surfaces.

             Q3: What do all types of mass movements have in common?

        USE YOUR OWN WORDS TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS!

        BOTH discussion questions are due today by 9:00 pm.

       VIP/REMOTE:   TYLER ATTENDANCE & Week 23 (Tentative Weekly Expectations, #1, #2, #3)

     

    Tuesday, February 9   - REMOTE FOR ALL - INCLEMENT WEATHER -   TODAY IS A CORE DAY - MEET WITH CORE TEACHERS!                          

    1. Fact of Day   
    1.   Cellular Respiration               C6H12O 6 +  O2   ↠   energy +  CO2  +  H2O
      • A chemical reaction that turns glucose into energy.
      • Opposite of photosynthesis equation.
      • Energy of life (cells use) - occurs in every living cell

                     Bonus Video:  Cellular Respiration Simplified? (4:03)  Hayley Loren  

                                                                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT7mEgE1JQo 

    1. Read pages 215-216  Section 8-2:  Glaciers - How they form and move. & p. 218-219 Continental Vs. Valley Glaciers
    2. Introduction:  Watch Monkeysee:  What is a Glacier   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6gk1b4ACP0 
    3. Read through Google Slides (1-27) then Stop. -  GLACIERS

                    Follow along with me during the discussion of glaciers during our google meet today.

                     Tomorrow we will finish the glacier slides while we discuss Moraine State Park.

        VIP/REMOTE:  Attendance &  Week 23 (#4)

    Wednesday, January 10   

    1. Fact of Day:   Modern Taxonomy = classification & naming
    2. Introduction Video: Inside a Glacier-Earth- The Power of Power of the Planet BBB (4:01) | BBC Explore  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbfu2-Z_iDI 
    3. Mini - Glacier Lab … Students will model how a glacier can change the landscape as it moves. Video posted. (#5)
    4. Read pages 216-217 = Glacial Sediments & p.220.   Google Slides - Glaciers,  from yesterday, will accompany the types of sediment.
    5. Moraine State Park - a discussion of its history and how it got its name. - Google Slides 

                  ** Listen to the link from Polly Shaw discussing Moraine State Park.

    VIP/Remote:  Attendance & Week 23 ( # 4 , #5)

     

    Thursday, February 11 

    • Fact of Day:
    1. Domain  →   Kingdom  →  Phylum →      Class   →       Order→    Family  →  Genus   →  Species

              Eukarya         Plantae         Angiosperm  Dicotyledon  Rosales     Rosaceae    Rosa      Rosa Gallica

         * Complete the Glacier Activity. 

               *Examine the pictures and use your knowledge to answer the questions.  Please continue and answer the review questions from the past two days.                You may use the Google Slides on Moraine State Park and the Glacier Slide Show if you chose to do so.  (Week 23  #4, #5)

            Video: NOVA| See a Glacier Like Never Before|PBS  (2:43) PBS    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbWGfLjlGbU 

          Reminder: No School Friday (Teacher in-service day)

          Reminder: No School Monday - Snow Make up day

                SEE YOU ALL TUESDAY!

          VIP/REMOTE:  Attendance & Week 23 (# 6 & #7)

     

    Friday, February 12 - No School (Teacher Inservice Day)

    WEEK 24  (February 15 - February 19)

    Monday, February 15 -  Presidentś Day - No School

    Tuesday, February 16 -  REMOTE FOR ALL - INCLEMENT WEATHER - TODAY IS AN ¨E¨ DAY. PLEASE MEET WITH YOUR ELECTIVE DAY TEACHERS.

    1. Fact of Day: 

                            Living things are classified into 3 domains:     BACTERIA,   ARCHAEA,              EUKARYOTES

                                                                          6 Kingdoms:  Eubacteria / Arachea / Protista / Plantae / Fungi/ Animalia

    1. Read Tentative Weekly Expectations - Week 24 ...Check off...View Assignment.. Press “Turn In”
    2. Define chapter 8 vocabulary words.  (Handwritten only).   On a separate sheet of paper or in your notebook, copy down the 14 vocabulary words from chapter 8 found on page 232 in your book.  Using your book, define the vocabulary words.  You will be turning in this assignment to me on paper on Wednesday in person.  

    The only students posting the assignment online are those students who are NOT in-person learning.  Those students are to take a picture of their assignment and post it to the google classroom by the end of the school day Wednesday.

       (abrasion/creep/deflation/deposition/dune/erosion/glacier/loess/mass movement/moraine/outwash/plucking/slump/till)

        VIP/REMOTE:  TYLER ATTENDANCE &  WEEK 24 (Weekly Expectations & #1)

     

    Wednesday, February 17

     

    • Fact of Day:

     

    1.                       Domain  →   Kingdom  →  Phylum →      Class   →       Order→    Family  →  Genus   →  Species

            HUMANS:          Eukarya       Animalia          Chordates    Mammals     Primates   Hominids     Homo          sapiens

    1. Introduction Activity:  Build your best sand sculpture - once using dry sand and another wet sand.

                     * Big Idea:  The dry sand is difficult to sculpt whereas the wet sand is much easier to sculpt because the grains stick together.

                     * Which sand is easier to be blown away (undergo erosion)?  Dry Sand

                     * What can we do at the beach to prevent the dry sand from eroding away?  Create barriers

             Read Section 8-3 Wind Erosion.  Slides are also attached that we will discuss in class.  - Video downloaded.

                       *** There are videos imbedded in the front Slide.

               Worksheet:   Match the correct vocabulary word used from section 8-3 reading to the correct definition.

                     Find a picture from the internet exhibiting the term.

                     Answer the three analysis questions in your own words.  You do not have to be correct but make a reasonable attempt.

                     This worksheet will be due tomorrow by 3:00 pm.

                            ADDING PICTURES ON KAMI:   

                                           Go to arrows at bottom of left sidebar. (Click)

                                           Press “ADD MEDIA” 

                                           Go to GOOGLE ICON AND ADD PICTURE.

           VIP/REMOTE:  Attendance & Week 24 (#2, #3)

     

    Thursday, February 18

     

    • Fact of Day

     

    1.       KINGDOM EXPLANATIONS

                         Animals = motile (move)

                         Plants = nonmotile, autotrophs, cell-wall made of cellulose

                         Fungi = Food is outside of their bodies, must absorb nutrients, cell wall = chitin  (mushrooms, molds, yeasts)

        Complete Chapter 8 Review worksheets.(Two of them)  You may use your vocabulary from yesterday and your book.  Submit today.

        Discussion of Slides:  White Cliffs of Dover  (page 200 in book)

        VIP/Remote:  Attendance & Week 24 (#4, #5)

    Friday, February 19 

     

    • Fact of Day:

     

    1.   KINGDOMS (continued)

                          Protists = single-celled organisms  (paramecium, amoebas, euglenas, multicellular seaweed)

                          Eubacteria & Archaebacteria = both single-celled, do NOT have a nucleus or organelles

                                                 Archaebacteria  - can live in extreme environments (salty, hot)

    1. Take a mid-year survey.
    2. Diagram Water Cycle  -  Video posted. - Submit worksheet today.
    3. Read about surface water p. 238 - 239.   (Chapter 9-1)
    4. VIP/Remote:   Attendance & Week 24  (#6, #7)

     

    WEEK 25 (February 22 - February 26)

    Monday, February 22    ALL STUDENTS ARE REMOTE.  (4 & 1 MODEL) 

     

    • Fact of Day:

     

    1.       3 Basic Domains:  Bacteria, Archaea = Prokaryotes - smallest, simplest, and most ancient cells - no nucleus 

                                                        Eukarya = Eukaryotes - complex cells that can be unicellular or multicellular - have a nucleus

    1. Read Tentative Weekly Expectations - Week 25 ...Check off...View Assignment.. Press “Turn In”
    2. Discussion of Fresh Water, Salt Water and the In-between - Google Slides  (Video posted)
    3. Watch the youtube video links taking you on tour to The Florida Everglades, Georgia's Okefenokee, and Louisiana´s Jean Lafitte National Park and Great Lakes (H.O.M.E.S) .  They are on the Google Slides!
    4. VIP/Remote:  TYLER ATTENDANCE & Week 25 (Tentative Weekly Expectations & #1)

    Tuesday, February 23  

    1. Fact of Day:  
    1.     Cladogram = Phylogenetic Tree = evolutionary relationship between species

                     *At node, place finger - organisms have all the traits BELOW the node.

                     *The closer the two are together, the more related characteristics.

          Take 7 question assessment from Freshwater, Saltwater and In-between  (Will be posted for your class period.)

    • You will not be able to go back to review the slides.
    • Read Section 9-1 - Stream Erosion = pages 240-241.  (Also on Slides posted for 9-1…. Slides 1-8)
    • Watched: Continental Drift - Grand Canyon Formation|(5:47) | Naked Science

                                               https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgy11gT__TM 

              Lab:  Sedimentator   Video -posted

            Sedimentator simulates sediment deposition by water in a river, lake, pond, ocean, bog, swamp, or marsh.   Students will examine aspects of the movement and deposition of

             materials.

                 *This was not all completed in class today.. We will finish it tomorrow and submit it tomorrow.

             VIP/Remote:   Attendance & Week 25 (#2,3,4)
     

     

    Wednesday, February 24

     

    • Fact of Day

     

    1.       Human skin  (epithelial cells)
    • Has many layers → cells made of keratin
    • Takes 1 month for new cells to make way to top layer → epidermis (layer you see)
    • 10 trillion cells in body →  1.6 trillion skin cells
    •  30,000 – 40,000 skin cells fall off every hour → Where go? Lose 8 lbs yearly → Dust on table tops, windowsills, picture frames
    • Dust mites eat old dead skin
    • Bingo - PSSA:  Words 1-44     Only some class periods - depending on time. 
    • Finish Sedimentator Lab - Submit - continued from yesterday
    • Discussion - Section 9-1 (pages 242 - 248) -- Also present on Slides (9-1)  Found (Week 25 #2)  (Video Part 2 Posted)

        VIP.Remote:  Attendance & Week 25 (#2,  #4)

    Thursday, February 25  

     

    • Fact of Day

     

    1. The average human body carries ten times more bacterial cells than human cells.

                     (NEW STUDY SAYS ~ 50/50!!)

    1. Lab:  The Action of Groundwater    - video posted     (due today at 9:00 pm)
    2. Read Section 9-2  Groundwater.  Students will be reading information out of the book and discussing the questions with the guided worksheet.   - video posted
    3. HW:  vocabulary - Water Erosion and Deposition   (due tomorrow at 3:00 pm)
    4. VIP.Remote:  Attendance & Week 25 (#7, #8, #9)

     

    Friday, February 26   

     

    • Fact of Day

     

    1. Even though it codes for all the information that makes up an organism, DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), is 

                                 built using only 4 building blocks, the nucleotides:  

                                          A = Adenine G = Guanine C = Cytosine T = Thymine

    1. Check for homework completion (9-1 Water Erosion and Deposition) and discuss answers.   Video posted.

       *Please do NOT unsubmit your assignment.  I will return it to you once I check for completion.

    1. Section 9-3  The Shoreline -  Read through Google Slides.- Discussion of two different types of shorelines, forces affecting the shore, and beach erosion.  Video posted.
    2. Worksheet - Diagramming shoreline features.  While students identify shoreline features in the diagram, students will create these features in their own sand pie plate.  Video posted. - Submit.  This will not be graded.
    3. VIP.Remote:  Attendance & Week 25 (#7, #8,  #9)

     

    WEEK 26 (March 1 -  March 5)

     

    Monday, March 1         

      REMINDER:  Students will attend in-person learning Monday - Thursday and will be Remote Learning on Friday.

     

    • Fact of Day: 

     

    1.   Temperature:   Water Boils at 1000C / 2120F         Water Freezes at 00C / 320F
    1. Tentative Weekly Expectations - Week 26 …...Check off...View Assignment.. Press “Turn In”
    2. Oceanic Biomes -  LIST THREE organisms for each zone!    --   discussion of horizontal and vertical zones of the ocean.  Students will diagram / label two different diagrams and research some organisms found in each zone.  Due Wednesday 3:00pm.   Video - posted

             *** The worksheets are posted as #1 in the classroom while the Slides are posted as #3.

             *** EXPLORE THE WEBSITE:  https://neal.fun/deep-sea/          

          3. Chapter 9 Key Points posted.  Remember to study your own worksheets as well from chapter 9.  Check out your water cycle.   Assessment on Wednesday.

           *** Oceanic Biomes is not on the assessment.

           4. VIP.Remote:  Attendance & Week 26  (Tentative weekly expectations - Wk 26,  #1, #2, #3)

    Tuesday, March 2     

     

    • Fact of Day:

     

    1.   DNA Nucleotides:     A-T       (Adenine Always Pairs with Thymine)

                                                                     C-G      (Cytosine Always Pairs with Guanine)

    1. Chapter 9 Review - Check out Key Points!  (Week 26 #2)
    2. Chapter 9 Review - Play Jeopardy and send your answers to me by filling in the worksheet.  The vocabulary words you will be using are on the worksheet.  This assignment is due today!  It is not graded on accuracy, just a reasonable attempt.

    *** This game was designed for powerpoint and was converted to Google Slides.  Unfortunately, this program is NOT compatible and does not work like powerpoint.  You will have to go through the slides completing the vocabulary of all of the first column and then to the second and so on.  (I did not figure this incompatibility out till now. - sorry.)

    1. Reminder:  Chapter 9 Test tomorrow.
    2. The remainder of class time/HW:  Finish oceanic biomes worksheet.  - due Wednesday
    3. VIP/Remote:  Attendance & Week 26 (#2, #4, #5)

    Wednesday, March 3 

    • Fact of Day
    1. DNA is a 2 stranded molecule = double helix containing hereditary information which holds instructions for making all the proteins in our bodies.
    2. Chapter 9 Test - You may use the Key points page or other worksheets in the google classroom.  No Google!   ** Your test will be posted during your class period.
    3. Submit Oceanic Zones - horizontal and vertical today.   Students may work on this after the test.  It needs to be turned in at the end of the day.
    4. VIP/Remote:  Attendance & Week 26 (# 5.5 /# 6)

    Thursday, March 4   

          Fact of Day

    1.       Each DNA sequence that contains instructions to make proteins is called a gene.

                    Human Genome Project = complete DNA instruction book that contains ~ 3 billion bases, ~20,000 genes on 23 pairs of chromosomes

    1. Read Chapter 10-1, pages 272-275.  (We will be working a couple of days in this section.)
    2. Read through the Slide Show.  There will also be two introduction videos to watch regarding Plate Tectonics. - Video posted

         *Fill out guided notes by watching the video.  This is for you.  I will not be collecting it.

           3.  Activity:  Fitting Pangaea Together  - Use google draw, move the continents to the correct positions using your map on page 272. - Submit today.    Video -posted

           4. VIP/Remote:  Attendance & Week 26 (# 7, #8)

    Friday, March 5   - THIS IS A REMOTE LEARNING DAY AT HOME FOR ALL.

     

    • Fact of Day

     

    GENETICS:                 

    1.   B = Brown b = blue eyes

               Genotype:    BB = allele - homozygous dominant

               Phenotype:  Brown eyes

    •  Capital letters dominate   
    1. Edpuzzle Video - Content reviewing information from section 10-1, continental drift.   This is due at 9:00 today.
    2. Video Enrichment of Continental Drift - Watch Wegener’s Hypothesis being proven and how continents have moved over time.
    3. VIP.Remote - TYLER ATTENDANCE & Week 26 (#9, #10)

    WEEK 27  (March 8 - March 12)

    Monday, March 8  

    1. Fact of Day     
    1.   B = Brown b = blue eyes

               Genotype:    bb = allele - homozygous recessive

               Phenotype:  blue eyes

    •  Lower case  letters are recessive
    1. Tentative Weekly Expectations:  Week 27 …...Check off...View Assignment.. Press “Turn In”
    2. Review worksheet  Guided Notes: 10-1 - answers provided below.  

                        1st Blank = Hypothesis         2nd Blank = Continental Drift

                        3rd Blank = Continents        4th Blank = Puzzle

                        5th Blank = Evidence           6th Blank = Pangaea

                        7th Blank = 300 million year ago        8th Blank = Animal & Plant

                        9th Blank = Rock Structures

       Activity:  Google Draw - Move the continents with the different plants, animals, and rocks to their current locations. Answer the two questions.  Submit. 

      NOTE:  Again, move the continents on the outer portion of the line so it will move the word with the continent.

    • Take:  5 Point Assessment
    • Play Kahoot:  You will examine a line graph and answer several questions.  
    • VIP/Remote:  Attendance & Week 27  (Tentative Weekly Expectations - Week 27 &  #1, #2, #3)

     

    Tuesday, March 9    

     

    • Fact of Day

     

               Genotype:    Bb = allele - heterozygous  …..carrier/hybrid

               Phenotype:  Brown eyes

    •  Capital letters dominate
    1. Read Section 10-2 (pages 276 - 278)  - Google Slides will contain some of the same information.-  Video posted.

              *Fill out guided notes while watching/reading the Google Slides.  These will not be graded.

              Guided Notes Section 10-2 Answers:

                         1st Blank = seafloor spreading          2nd Blank = mapped

                         3rd Blank = Harry Hess                    4th Blank = theory

                         5th Blank = age                               6th Blank = Mid-oceanic Ridges

                         7th Blank = Magnetic Clues

    1. Demonstration Activity:  Magnetic Time Scale:  Students will watch a demonstration modeling how the seafloor spreads and how the electrons in the iron align with the poles. Every several hundreds of thousands of years the Earth’s poles reverse directions.  Yes, the North pole moves to the South pole and vice versa.  Students will then answer questions regarding this model.  ANSWER the questions and SUBMIT.  - Video posted.

    VIP/REMOTE:  Attendance & Week 27 (# 4. #5)

     

    Wednesday, March 10       (SUBSTITUTE TODAY) - Mr. Prokopchak will be here to teach you too.

         I WILL NOT BE RESPONDING TO MY EMAIL UNTIL THURSDAY.

    1. Fact of Day
    1. Punnett Square = table listing all of the possible genotypes for offspring     

                                *The genotypes of these parents are typically denoted on the outside of the Punnett Square

    1. Read Section 10-3 (pages 280- 285)  / Slides to help explain section 10-3  (Video posted #8 - with discussion)
    2. Diagram the layers of the Earth  (Video posted #7 with discussion) - Submit.
    3. Video Demonstration: Convection currents - Watch the video and answer the questions.  

    Mr. Prokopchak created a video of continents floating in water. The water is heated creating a convection current and the continents move.   ---  Video posted of Lava Lamp (#8) to the Questions For it Posted as (#9)

    1. GUIDED NOTES - SECTION 10.3  - Started ….. Answers will be posted in tomorrow’s class.   This will NOT be graded.
    2. VIP/Remote:  Attendance & Week 27 (# 6, #7, #8, #9))

     

    Thursday, March 11   

    • Fact of Day

     

    1. PUNNETT SQUARE:   G = green      g = yellow

                  Cross                   GG                    x                     gg                 …….What would the % offspring be green?

                                              Homozygous dominant Vs homozygous recessive

                                                                    G          G

          Draw Square

    (letters outside of square in blue)      g      Gg        Gg

    (letters inside the square in brown)

                                                            g     Gg         Gg

    ANSWER:  100% green

      1. Read Section 10-3 (pages 286 - 289) / Slides to help explain section 10-3 (Slides posted as #8 - continued from yesterday)  Video - part 2 posted under #8.

     

    • GUIDED NOTES  10.3  ANSWERS   --- THIS WORKSHEET WAS MOVED TO WEEK 27  #11

         Plate Tectonics, its causes & detection:

                            Blank 1:  tectonic plates            Blank 2:  plate tectonics

                            Blank 3:  lithosphere                 Blank 4:  asthenosphere

                            Blank 5:  100 kilometers            Blank 6:  900

                            Blank 7: convection                   Blank 8:  rising

                            Blank 9:  sinking                       Blank 10:  satellite laser ranging, interferometry, or global positioning system

                            Blank 11:  surface

        Plate boundaries, faults, and resultant landforms:  (reverse side)

                           Blank 1:  earthquakes                Blank 2:  divergent

                           Blank 3: rift valleys                    Blank 4:  seafloor spreading

                           Blank 5:  volcanoes                   Blank 6:  convergent

                           Blank 7:  mountains                  Blank 8:  subduction

                           Blank 9:  volcanoes                   Blank 10:  tsunami

                           Blank 11:  transform                 Blank 12:  strike slip

    1. Take short Quiz - google forms.  (7 questions)
    2. Collect Convection Currents/Layers of the Earth Worksheet  (from yesterday)
    3. VIP/Remote:  Attendance & Week 27  (#8/#9/ #10/ #11)

    Friday, March 12  - REMOTE AT HOME

    1. Fact of Day
    1. PUNNETT SQUARE:   G = green      g = yellow

                  Cross                                       Gg                    x                     Gg                 …….What would the % offspring be green?

                                                        Heterozygous         Vs            heterozygous

                                                                            G               g

          Draw Square

    (letters outside of the square in blue)             G      GG           Gg

    (letters inside the square in brown)

                                                                   g      Gg           gg                         3 / 4  = ANSWER:  75%  green

    1. Tectonic Plate Boundary Labeling -  Label each tectonic plate using the names below the map.  Please spell each correctly by copying the word.  (IF YOU RECEIVED A PAPER COPY YESTERDAY IN CLASS, PLEASE USE THAT ONE!) (#13 in google classroom)
    2. Tectonic Plate Interpreting Worksheet -  Use the map you labeled to answer some of the questions.  Additionally, you will have to color parts of the map at each boundary line.   (#13 in google classroom)
    • Please use colored pencils or crayons.  If you do not have any, perhaps a different color of pen will do as well.  This assignment is not due until Monday at 3:00pm, so you can always borrow my colored pencils in activity period.   (VIDEO posted #12)
    1. VIP/Remote:  TYLER ATTENDANCE & Week 27 (#12, #13)

    WEEK 28   (March 15 - March 19)

      FYIs:

         St. Patrick’s Day = Wednesday

         Teacher Inservice = Friday

         1st Day Spring = Spring Equinox = Saturday

         End of 3rd 9 Weeks = NEXT Thursday, March 25

    Monday, March 15    

    1. Fact of Day     
    1. PUNNETT SQUARE:   G = green      g = yellow

                  Cross                   gg                    x                     Gg                 …….What would the % offspring would be yellow?

                                        Homozygous recessive     Vs     heterozygous

                                                                                  G              g

          Draw Square

    (letters outside of square in blue)                 g         Gg           gg

    (letters inside the square in brown)

                                                                       g        Gg            gg

                                                                                                                              2 / 4      gg  = ANSWER:  50%  yellow  

    2.  Tentative Weekly Expectations:  Week 28 …...Check off...View Assignment.. Press “Turn In”

     

    • Collect Plate Tectonic Lab
    • ACTIVITY:  Fossil Find:  Use the fossil sorting guide to identify the fossils in your sample container.  Fill in your chart.  Examine the geologic time periods and color each time period in which you find a fossil.  Due Tuesday by 3:00 pm.   Video posted.
    • Chapter 10 Test Wednesday….This test you will need to study for.  No notes/No open book.  Hence, you will have to look at the worksheets Mr. Prokapchak has created for you AHEAD OF TIME.
    • VIP.Remote:  Attendance & Week 28  (Tentative Weekly Expectations  & #1, #2)

     

    Tuesday, March 16

    • Fact of Day
    1. Punnett Square: 

                    Parental generation = P1

                    The offspring of P1 generation is known as F1 (filial) 

         Chapter 10 Review - Mr. Prokopchak is discussing. -   This test tomorrow is NOT open book/open note.  You must study.

                    * See worksheet posted

                     * Study Guided Notes

          Submit Plate Tectonic Lab/Fossil Lab if not done so yet - its Late! 

          VIP/Remote:  Attendance & Week 28 (#3)

     

    Wednesday, March 17 

     

    • Fact of Day

     

    1.         Q:  What does a 1:1 ratio tell you? (see #37 Punnett Square Example)

    A:  For every one gg (yellow)  there is one Gg (green)

    1. Take Chapter 10 Test - ON YOUR OWN, NO INTERNET,, NO OPEN-BOOK, NO NOTES.

    ** THIS TEST WILL BE POSTED DURING YOUR CLASS PERIOD.  IT WILL ONLY BE OPEN DURING SCHOOL HOURS.

    1. Activity:  Fossil or Fraud:  After the test, take your best guess on the fossils / non-fossils / or pseudofossils.  We will be using these for a discussion.  

    ** I REPOSTED THIS ACTIVITY so you can write on it.

    1. FYI:  You will be taking a fact of the day quiz - quarter 3 next week!  
    2. FYI:  You will be submitting a picture of your handwritten facts of the day for quarter 3 next week.  40 Facts!
    3. VIP.Remote:  Attendance & Week 28  (#4 = test,  #5)

     

    Thursday, March 18

    1. Fact of Day:  (last one for the nine weeks)
    1. Saturday, March 20 = Spring Equinox  -  approximately = hours of daylight = hours of nighttime

    Sun shines directly overhead of Equator

     

    • Fossil Fraud Activity:  Check your answers:

     

    1.  Fossil B.  Pseudo-fossil C. Fossil D.  Fossil
    1. Pseudo-fossil F.  Non-fossil G. Non-fossil H.  Fossil
      1. Read Section 13-1.   /  Slides are posted to highlight key points within the reading.  (VIDEO posted - MUST watch to be able to fill in worksheet 1, and I explain worksheet 2.)
      2. Worksheet 1:  At home learners, find a picture from the internet and insert for each type of fossil formation. (due Monday) 
      3. Worksheet 2:  Complete Chapter Reinforcement. - Follow the directions on the worksheet.  (due Monday)
      4. FYI:  You will be taking a fact of the day quiz - quarter 3 next week!  
      5. FYI:  You will be submitting a picture of your handwritten facts of the day for quarter 3 next week.  40 Facts!
      6. FYI:  Inservice Tomorrow - No school for students!  See you Monday

     

    • HW:  due Monday - Worksheet 1 &2

     

    1. VIP/Remote: Attendance & Week 28 (# 6, # 7)

     Friday, March 19 - TEACHER IN-SERVICE DAY

    WEEK 29 (March 22 - March 26)

     

    Monday, March 22 -

    1. (NO FACT OF DAY) -  WILL COLLECT TOMORROW - Handwritten (Take a picture) - Quiz Wednesday,  Yes you may use your facts to take the quiz!
    2. Review chapter 13-1…. Check Homework (will go over answers in a video - posted after 3:00)
    3. Tentative Weekly Expectations:  Week 29 …...Check off...View Assignment.. Press “Turn In”
    4. Activity:  Dating the Fossil Record -  Examine the nine rock samples.  Date the fossils from oldest to youngest, knowing that sample 2 is the oldest. (In class, students will cut and paste - at home learners, please indicate the data boxes with your sample number.)  Fill in the data table. BE SURE TO READ THE PROCEDURE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.  (due tomorrow by 3:00 pm)   (Video posted)

    *This is the last grade for the nine weeks.

    1. MIDTERM - You took the midterm just as this quarter began.  I was informed that changes were made and there will be no final exam column.  For all those who took the midterm, I will be awarding you bonus points.  They will be scaled down depending on your midterm score.   You may receive up to 15 bonus points for this assessment.
    2. VIP. Remote:  Attendance & Week 29  (Tentative Weekly Expectations & #1)

      

    Tuesday, March 23    

    1. NO NEW FACT OF THE DAY.  -  DUE TODAY QUARTER 3 - Handwritten.  If you are remote, please take a picture of each of your facts and upload it to the google classroom.  Each fact should be numbered.  Reminder:  Quiz tomorrow and yes, you may use your facts.
    2. Collect Dating the Fossil Activity - submit into the google classroom.
    3. Read section 13.2  Relative Dating.  In class we will fill out a notes page - #2 Week 29  (Video posted)
    4. While I grade the facts of the day, students will be determining how old each rock layer is in each picture.  Worksheet 2:  Relative Age pictures.  - complete    (I will explain it in the video when created.)
    5. VIP.REMOTE:  Attendance & Week 29 (#2, #3)

     

    Wednesday, March 24

    1. Worksheet Relative Dating Sequencing will be checked and discussed.
    2. ** I am posting Fossil Type Answers for those who turned in the worksheet. (video posted) - Week 28 #6
    3. Fact of Day Quiz - students should take their quiz.  Yes, you may use your notes.  
    4. Videos - Fossils and Dating Record Videos - Please watch the first two videos to reinforce your knowledge and the other two (Uncovering Jurassic.. AND Underground Templar) as enrichment.
    5. VIP.Remote:   Week 29  (#4, #5)