1st+Marking+Period

=1st Marking Period= s Draw a scientist ||  ||  || s What is Science? ||  || Type 1: Describe the drawing you created using a minimum of 5 adjectives.
 * August 27, 2015 ||  || Syllabus
 * August 28, 2015 ||  || Finish Drawing

Type 2: Propose 3 changes you would make to your drawing after today's lesson.. || s Thinking Critically s Can you think Creatively? ||  ||
 * August 31, 2015 ||  || Scientists Traits
 * August 31, 2015 ||  || Scientists Traits



Prompt: Step 1: Brainstorm a minimum of ten character traits you would expect a scientist to have. Step 2: Turn and Talk to your row partner and discuss your lists. Together determine the top ten traits. Step3: Evaluate the new list and rank what you believe to be the top five traits from most important to least. || s Can you Think Creatively? ||  ||
 * September 1, 2015 ||  || Stations: Problem Solving

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 * September 2, 2015 ||  || Notes: Science and Problem Solving

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Traits Foldable ||  ||

|| Notes: Science and Problem Solving s Developing Possible Solutions ||  ||
 * September 3, 2015 ||  || s

Type 2 Prompt: Evaluate the character traits listed on page 4. Describe which one is most like you and the one least like you in a minimum of six sentences. ||
 * September 4, 2015 ||  || Quiz

Scientific Method

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 * September 7, 2015 ||  || No School ||   ||   ||
 * September 8, 2015 ||  || The Search is On
 * September 8, 2015 ||  || The Search is On

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Sci Method foldable ||  ||   ||
 * September 9, 2015 ||  || Scientific Ways of Thinking

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Hypothesis statements and variables in a science experiment ||  ||  ||
 * September 10, 2015 ||  || Lab skills

s Mobius Strip Investigation

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 * September 11, 2015 ||  || Hypothesis (pg 10)

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Type 2: Doing Science

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Type 2 Prompt: Doing Science ||
 * September 14, 2015 ||  || Doing Science Second Draft
 * September 14, 2015 ||  || Doing Science Second Draft

In Pursuit of Answers

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 * September 15, 2015 ||  || Variables Foldable
 * September 16, 2015 ||  || Mobile Ag

s A good scientist can. . . ||  ||  || s Is It a Theory? ||  ||
 * September 17, 2015 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * September 18, 2015 ||  || What do you think this story is about?

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 * September 21, 2015 ||  || Identifying Variables and Constants
 * September 21, 2015 ||  || Identifying Variables and Constants

Study Guide ||  ||

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 * September 22, 2015 ||  || Notebook Test ||   ||   ||
 * September 23, 2015 ||  || Unit Test

Planner check ||  ||   || s Vocab Pre Test s Type 3: Self Reflection ||  ||
 * September 24, 2015 ||  || Review Test

Type 1 Prompt: What do already know about cells and what questions d you still have regarding cells? Fill ten lines in your notebook. || s Books s Primitive Earth ( page 14) ||  || Type 1 Prompt: Write as much as you can in 63 seconds everything you learned about the origin of Earth. || s spontaneous generation s foldable (page 16) ||  ||
 * September 25, 2015 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * September 28, 2015 ||  || Final Draft
 * September 28, 2015 ||  || Final Draft
 * September 29, 2015 ||  || Notes: Origin of Life



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 * September 30, 2015 ||  || Redi's Experiment

Nova:Origins of Life ||  ||   ||
 * October 1, 2015 ||  || Parent Conferences ||   ||   ||
 * October 2, 2015 ||  || Teacher In-service ||   ||   ||
 * October 5, 2015 ||  || Louis Pasteur
 * October 5, 2015 ||  || Louis Pasteur

s Quiz ||  ||  || s Cell Concepts ||   || []
 * October 6, 2015 ||  || Notes: Cell Theory

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 * October 7, 2015 ||  || Microscope drawings

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Prompt: Think about the scientists we have discussed in this unit. Which three do you think were the most important in the development of the cell theory? Explain why. || x Is Sammy Alive x What is Life? ||  ||
 * October 8, 2015 ||  || Type 1 Writing: page 19

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 * October 9, 2015 ||  || Characteristics of Life

x The Martian and The Car ||  || || x
 * October 12, 2015 ||  || Eukaryote Cells: The Inside Story
 * October 12, 2015 ||  || Eukaryote Cells: The Inside Story

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 * October 13, 2015 ||  || Type 3 writing (pg 19)
 * October 13, 2015 ||  || Type 3 writing (pg 19)
 * October 13, 2015 ||  || Type 3 writing (pg 19)

x Cell Organelle Worksheet x Finish Foldable ||  || Type 3 Prompt: Convince me that an abiotic object has at least two characteristics of life.

|| x Video: Organelles x Label and Color Cells x ||  ||
 * October 14, 2015 ||  || Starting Out Simple

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 * October 15, 2015 ||  || Organelle Riddles

Cell Analogy x Cell Analogy Model ||  ||

|| x Quiz x Study Guide ||  ||  || x Study for Test ||  ||   || x Osmosis Jones ||  ||   || x Planner Check ||  ||   || x Type!: Prompt: Vocabulary KWL x Notes: Physical Properties of Matter ||  ||
 * October 16, 2015 ||  || Seeing a Mall in a Different Way
 * October 19, 2015 ||  || Osmosis Jones
 * October 19, 2015 ||  || Osmosis Jones
 * October 20, 2015 ||  || Notebook Test
 * October 21, 2015 ||  || Unit Test
 * October 22, 2015 ||  || Review Test

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 * October 23, 2015 ||  || Matter Foldable (pg 24)

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Type 2 Prompt: Select any matter and describe it using at least five properties of matter. Circle the vocabulary word and underline the specific supporting detail. x Example: (I can't circle here so I made the font red instead!) x Scotch tape is __transparent__ in color. At room temperature, tape is in a __solid__ state. On one side of the tape, the texture is __smooth__, while the other side is sticky. Because tape does not __dissolve__ in water, it is insoluble. Most tape is approximately __one half__ inch in width. || x Changes Foldable (pg 26) ||  ||
 * October 24, 2015 ||  || Reading: Structure and Properties of Matter
 * October 24, 2015 ||  || Reading: Structure and Properties of Matter

|| x Notes: Density x Density ||  ||
 * October 27, 2015 ||  || quiz

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 * October 28, 2015 ||  || A Matter of Density
 * October 29, 2015 ||  || Density Investigation ||   || [[file:Density Lab.doc]] ||
 * October 30, 2015 ||  || Quiz

Floating Logs x Fact or Fiction ||  ||  || x Floating logs x Density Practice Problems ||  ||
 * November 2, 2015 ||  || Density foldable (page 27)
 * November 2, 2015 ||  || Density foldable (page 27)

|| x Type 2 (page 27) x States of Matter ||  || Describe the steps you would use to find the density of water. ||
 * November 3, 2015 ||  || Density Quiz