Biology SCIENCE!

Who are you? Wed., Aug 19 Obj: SWBAT identify others in class by characteristics that are similar and different to theirs  Answer the questions given to you at the beginning of class on page 2 of “journal”  What is your full name?  When is your birthday?  How many siblings do you have?  How many pets do you have?  Where is the most exotic place you have been?  Where is the most exotic place you want to go?  What movie do you really like?  What is your favorite song?  List 3 things you did this summer?  What did you want to do this summer but didn’t get to?  What do you want to be when you grow up?  What is your favorite subject in school?  What is your least favorite subject in school?  List 3 words that describe you.  Tell me something else about you that wasn’t asked.

2 truths and 1 lie  Using the info you just wrote about, write down 2 truths and 1 lie on the next page (page 3) 5 minutes!

Share  Share with your team  Who can get them all correct?  Go in alphabetical order by 1 st name  10 minutes

We will share  Each day a new team will share the truths and lies and the class will try to figure them out

Cup Challenge To begin, set your cups up like this

Next, using ONLY the rubberband and string,  move the cups from this structure to a pyramid with three cups on bottom, then two cups then one on top

Evidence:  On page 3 of your “journal” answer the following  Was your team successful in working together to make the pyramid?  Why or why not?

Objective: SWBAT explain what makes a class run smoothly Warmup:  Thinking back to yesterday, what will be necessary for this class to run smoothly?  Write down 3 statements on page 3 in journal.

Objective: SWBAT explain what makes a class run smoothly Discuss:  Random picking on you based on sticks!  Create list

You - Acrostic  S – silent  A – approachable  R – respectful  A – academic  H – helpful  On the front page of your journal, create an acrostic poem using your 1 st name to describe you  Done? Draw 3+ pictures that represent you

Share at your table  Have the youngest person talk first  Objective: SWBAT explain what makes a class run smoothly

Alphabetical Class  You have 10 minutes to arrange yourselves alphabetically  How can we quantify this information?

Tally them up page 3 in journal  A-E  F-K  L-Q  R-T  U-Z

Graph it  Page 3 in journal  Bar graph

Card tower  Which team can build the highest card tower in 10 minutes without talking?

What does teamwork: page 4 in jrl  Look likeSound like

Warmup: Friday Aug 21 OBJ: SWBAT use the scientific method to solve problems  What are the 5 steps in the scientific method?  Answer on page 4 in journal.

Acid Rain and Beans  Problem: How does acid rain affect the growth of plants?  Hypothesis: If I plant beans in 2 different cups, then the one I water with vinegar water will ______________.  OBJ: SWBAT use the scientific method to solve problems

Procedure  1. Get cup and label with name and EITHER: water OR acid  2. Fill cup half way with soil.  3. Get bean.  4. Plant bean  5. water cup with EITHER: water or acid  6. Put plant into foil container

Growth of Bean Day Water only Vinegar water

Variables define in journal  Independent variable  Dependent variable  Constant  Control  Hypothesis

Warmup Monday Aug 24 Obj: SWBAT use the scientific method to answer questions  What is the independent variable in the acid rain experiment?  Answer on page 4

Pretest

Homework  Assign homework  Teach how to do it  Get started, due Friday

Warmup: Tuesday Aug 25  What is the DEPENDENT variable of the acid rain experiment?  Page 4

Let’s Go Fishing!  ZoATg ZoATg

Aug 26 Warm-up  Convert the following temperatures into Fahrenheit (yes, you may use your phone as a calculator!)  T (F)= (9/5 * T (C)) +32  30°C = _______°F  3°C=________°F

Metric Units  Length – meter – m  Volume – liter – L  Mass – gram – g  Temperature – Celsius - C

Journal QUIZ Friday  1) cover page – name, 3 descriptors, 3 pictures  2) questions  3) 2 truths and a lie  4) cup activity  5) expectations  6) safety sheet  7) lab  8) homework

Warm-up, Thursday, Aug 27 Obj: SWBAT use the metric system to determine distances, mass, and volume.  What is the metric unit of measurement for:  A. Length?  B. Mass?  C. Volume?  D. Temperature?  Answer all 4 questions!

What does biology mean? SWBAT use prefixes and suffixes to find the definition of scientific words.  Today…  Use the prefix and suffix sheet to define the words  To turn in

Metric Olympics Obj: SWBAT use the metric system to determine distances, mass, and volume.  1. teams  2. each member estimates  3. Then completes event  4. record data  5. go back to seats  6. find differences  7. bar graph of differences  8. compare differences to teammates  9. write conclusion

Warmup Friday Aug 28  What does the term hyperactive mean?  What does the term aqua-aerobics mean?

Scientific method  With your team, Answer the questions and be prepared to discuss with class

Journal Quiz  Done with quiz?  1)Staple quiz to graph / conclusion  2)Turn in  3) turn in journal  4) start numbering pages to NEW JOURNAL (all fronts are odd, all backs are even)

Monday Warmup  List 5 areas in biology that are important in the world today.  Page 5 in NEW JOURNAL!!!

Page 1&2  Table of contents  Fold paper in half, then half again  Contentpage #

POSTER PROJECT  Why study biology???  Biology is all around us, from finding resources to sustain a growing population to limiting the use of bio-warfare.

Your assignment  You work for a poster company that has challenged its staff to create the best poster that explains how biology is used every day to solve real world problems.

You and you team are to do the following: Due end of period Tuesday  Use your textbook, internet, and library books to  Describe the problem, why is it so harmful?  Detail how biologists are working on the problem  Give examples of how the solutions will help  Draw at least 3 pictures that show the problem and solutions.

Tuesday, Sept 1 Warm-up page 5  Which of the following is a real-world problem being solved by biologists?  A. Cancer  B. AIDS  C. Emerging diseases  D. World hunger  E. They are all biological problems  F. None

Today:  You are working on poster  2 points each  Problem  How are they working on it?  What solutions are they coming up with?  How do solutions help?  Pictures

Grades  Pretest – all in correct class!  Safety contract  Cover page  Fake journal  Homework  Metric conversions  Bio vocab  Journal quiz

Wednesday, Sept 2 Warm-up page 5  If I have 100 centiliters, how many liters do I have?  If I have 1000 milligrams, how many grams do I have?

15 minutes to finish poster

Peer evaluations  As a team, look at each poster.  Decide what grade you would give them and why  ON post-it, write:  Grade  One good thing  One thing that needs work

Warmup Thursday, Sept 3  What are 3 characteristics of living things?

Card sort  Journal quiz

Journals  Table of contents  Cover page  glossary

Page 3 – COVER PAGE  We will come back to this!

Set up Glossary  Odd pageEven page  A B CD E F  G H IJ K L  M N OP Q R S  T U VW X Y Z

The martian and the car

Jigsaw reading  You received a series of questions on a colored sheet of paper.  1. Get into colored groups  2. Read selection instructed together  3. Answer questions together (each write on page 3 in journal  4. Go back to original seats. Share VERBALLY what you read, have others take notes in journal