Tuesday, Sept 3rd Notebook Entry: Classroom Start Up – pg. 1

I believe that in my learning…  Any success I have is luck  Failure is my fault  Failures are bumps on the road to learning more  I compare myself to others  I like to take chances  I quit when task are difficult  I will fail in the future, no matter what I do  I’ll never be good at learning and school  Mistake are my personal failures  Mistakes equal learning opportunities  Practice and modify my practice for success  When I work hard I get it What type of learner are you?

Any success I have is luck  Failure is my fault  I compare myself to others  I quit when task are difficult  I will fail in the future, no matter what I do  I’ll never be good at learning and school  Mistake are my personal failures  Failures are bumps on the road to learning more  I like to take chances  Mistakes equal learning opportunities  Practice and modify my practice for success  When I work hard I get it Helpless Learner Master Learner

What type of learner are you? Master Learner

Wednesday, Sept. 4th

Concept Map Diagrams Etc. Word Play Ideas:

Thursday, Sept. 5th Class work Entry: What is Life? Scientific Process Homework: Themes of Biology pgs

Living things all… because… Cold Call! Complete the sentence starter.

Friday, Sept 6th Class Work Entry: The Scientific Process – pg. 3 Homework: Scientific Processes pgs

What question are you answering? What is your hypothesis? If Oleic acid is (alive/not alive) then… How are you going to test it?  Do you have a control group? Do you need one?  Did you do an experiment or observational science? What are your observations? What is your conclusion?  Oleic acid is (alive/not alive)because… (Use your observations) Notes – Notebook & WB

Monday, Sept 9th Class work: Data Interpretation

What question are you answering? What is your hypothesis? Oleic acid is (alive/not alive) because… How are you going to test it?  Do you have a control group? Do you need one?  Did you do an experiment or observational science? What are your observations? What is your conclusion?  Oleic acid is (alive/not alive)because… (Use your observations) Notes – Notebook & WB

Tuesday, Sept. 10th Learning Target: Students will be able to identify control groups, independent and dependent variables and practice interpreting graphs.  Graphical Analysis  Simpson Science  Word Play Class work: Data Interpretation

Identify the independent variable Identify the dependent variable Finish sentence:  The graph is about… Finish the sentence:  The data shows that… Make a prediction:  Based on the data I would predict that… Tasks:

Simpson’s Science Smithers thinks that a special juice will increase the productivity of workers. He creates two groups of 50 workers each and assigns each group the same task (in this case, they're supposed to staple a set of papers). Group A is given the special juice to drink while they work. Group B is not given the special juice. After an hour, Smithers counts how many stacks of papers each group has made. Group A made 1,587 stacks, Group B made 2,113 stacks. Identify the: 1. Control Group 2. Independent Variable 3. Dependent Variable

Simpson’s Science Homer notices that his shower is covered in a strange green slime. His friend Barney tells him that coconut juice will get rid of the green slime. Homer decides to check this out by spraying half of the shower with coconut juice. He sprays the other half of the shower with water. After 3 days of "treatment" there is no change in the appearance of the green slime on either side of the shower. 1. Control Group 2. Independent Variable 3. Dependent Variable

Simpson’s Science Bart believes that mice exposed to microwaves will become extra strong (maybe he's been reading too much Radioactive Man). He decides to perform this experiment by placing 10 mice in a microwave for 10 seconds. He compared these 10 mice to another 10 mice that had not been exposed. His test consisted of a heavy block of wood that blocked the mouse food. He found that 8 out of 10 of the microwaved mice were able to push the block away. 7 out of 10 of the non-microwaved mice were able to do the same. 1. Control Group 2. Independent Variable 3. Dependent Variable

Wednesday, Sept 11th

Thursday, Sept 12th Class work Entry: Element or Not an Element Homework: Nature of Matter pgs

Friday, Sept. 13th Homework: Water and Solutions pgs

Notebook Entry: Properties of Water Estimate how many paper clips will fit into a completely full cup of water. Place your small container on a tray to contain any water that may spill. Fill a plastic cup with tap water. Pour tap water from your cup into your small container. Continue to add water by eyedropper until the top surface appears rounded. Slowly add paper clips one at a time to the cup keeping count of all paper clips that you add. Stop adding paper clips to the container whenever water spills from the top. Record your paper clip count. Compare the actual number of paper clips to the estimated number.

Again estimate how many paper clips will fit into a completely full cup of soapy water. Record this number in data table 2. Place your small container on a tray to contain any water that may spill. Fill a plastic cup with tap water. Add several drops of liquid soap & use a stirring rod to mix. Pour soapy water from your cup into your small container. Continue to add soapy water by eyedropper until the top surface appears rounded. Slowly add paper clips one at a time to the cup keeping count of all paper clips that you add.

Properties of Water Lab Cross out questions, use the following sentence stems.  The difference in the hypothesized and actual number of paper clips is due to…  This is due to water’s … property caused by…  Adding soap caused…

Monday, Sept. 16th Homework: Chemistry of Cells pgs

Study Group Tasks Complete the following statements on the whiteboard:  In the lab we observed that…  This is because… From the reading on Water complete the following statement twice:  One of the properties of water is _________ it allows… From the Vocabulary complete the following statement 2 times:  Living things are made of (Lipids, carbohydrates, protein, nucleic acids)… that (function)… Examples in food are…

Assign Each person one of the 4 major molecules.  Proteins  Lipids  Carbohydrates  Nucleic Acid Homework for Wednesday:  Find two pictures one that represents the structure of the given molecule and the other that represents its function.  DO NOT SEARCH EXACT PICTURES, I AM LOOKING FOR ANALOGIES.

Tuesday, Sept. 17th

Wednesday, Sept. 19 Learning Target: Students will be able to identify the 4 major molecules of life and their properties. Turn in Calorimeter Lab Create a collage of Biological Molecules on Paper  Tape your pictures and write a statement for each picture connecting it to your biological molecules.  Gallery Walk on Collages  Complete Table in Notebook

MoleculeExamplesPolymer (Y/N) Monomer Energy Source How? FunctionsWhat Else? (2) Carbohydrate Lipid Protein Nucleic Acid

Study Group Tasks Review of Biological Molecules:  Each person has one molecule to write about – everyone answers these questions:  What are the atoms and/or subunits of the molecules: smaller to bigger  What are the functions of each biological molecule in organisms (2 each)  One unique characteristic of each type of molecule.

Thursday, Sept 19th Review and Study Guide. Test Tomorrow

Friday, Sept. 23rd Test