Lesson 81 Materials: The Nonliving Environment Worksheet. Notebook computers.

Mr. Petersen Bonneville Junior High Lesson 81 9th Grade Mr. Petersen Bonneville Junior High

Self Starter * 40 Points * 1/28/2014 Today’s Learning Objective and Questions Today’s Learning Objective: S Essential Question: W Answer: (Answers may vary)W

Announcements Where is your USOE Science Book? Make sure you bring it to class everyday. Give the students their books and tell them to take them to their lockers.

9th Grade *Glossary List * Portfolio 4 [ 1] Directions: Make sure you write down the whole definition and number and underline each word. Ecosystem- Hydrosphere- Adhesion- Cohesion- Ecosystems- Biotic- Abiotic-

Assignment Log * Portfolio 4 Assignment Number Assignment Title Lesson Number 1 Glossary 75-112 2 Parent Signed Disclosure Statement 75 3 How Much Water Do You Use? Web Quest 76 4 Cornell Notes 77 & 78 5 The Nonliving Environment Worksheet 80 6 Report “Properties of Water” 81

Gather Up The Self Starter While the students work on the report the teacher will correct and record scores for the self starter.

Chemical and Physical Properties Report [ 6] Take out a sheet of lined paper. Build a box in the upper right hand of the paper. Put a 6 in this box. This will be assignment number 6 and needs to be kept in your portfolio. Title this assignment the Topic Name found on the Team Handout and Grading Rubric Lesson 81. The report needs to be at least 200 words or one page if your writing is normal sized.

Grading Criteria You will be graded on neatness. How well everyone gets along on the team. How well the presenter presents. How much help the students gave each other during the written part of the assignment.

Divide the class in Teams of 3 or 4 students Do not allow students to choose their own teams. Assign each team a team number. Pass out the Team Handout & Grading Rubric. Log into the computers. Students can use their computers of the USOE Science Book. Allow the students the rest of the period to work on their reports. The teams will read their reports to the class tomorrow.