1. Mrs. Salvi Agenda for December 10, 2014 Science 7: Objective: Name some nonvascular plants and list the characteristics that they share. Name some seedless vascualr plants and list the characteristics that they share. Engage: How do vascular plants differ from nonvascular plants? (Formative Assessment) Explore: Lab Zone Discover Activity - Will moss absorb water? pg 256 Explain: mosses, liverworts, hornwarts, rhizoids, ferns, fronds, http://www.powershow.com/view/11bb4c- MjgwO/Seedless_Plants_powerpoint_ppt_presentation Elaborate: Seedless Plants Graphic Organizer Evaluate: Guided Reading and Study - Plants without seeds (Summative Assessment)

2. Mrs. Salvi Agenda for December 10, 2014 Science 6: Objective: The student understands the role of DNA, chromosomes, and genes in heredity. Engage: Question of the day? why does asexual reproduction produce offspring with identical DNA? (Formative Assessment) Explore: DNA on Chromosomes - DE Streaming Explain: Chromosomes contain instructions that control traits of an organism. Each organism has a certain number and kind of chromosomes in each of its cells. The DNA of a chromosome forms genes. Elaborate: How is DNA Put Together? Standards-Based Investigations Science Labs page 73-74 Evaluate: How is DNA Put Together Activity (Formative Assessment)

3. Mrs. Salvi Agenda for December 10,2014 Science 5: Objective: The student understands patterns of interdependency in ecological systems. Engage: Question of the Day? Where do you get energy and what do you need it for? (Formative assessment) Explore: Good Buddies Game Explain: A food chain shows one possible path along which energy can be transferred through an ecosystem. One species of an ecosystem can be part of more than one food chain. Food web = many food chains overlapping. Elaborate: How much energy is transferred at each trophic level? Energy Pyramid Evaluate: SMART Exchange - Trophic Levels and Energy Transfer (Formative assessment)

4. Mrs. Salvi Agenda for December 10, 2014 Science 8: Objective: Students will build a structure that will hold the most mass in pennies. Engage: Structure video - DE Streaming (introduction and tension) Explore: Junk Box Wars materials Explain: Structures are built to withstand several different types of forces including pension, compression, shear force, and torsion. Elaborate: Teams will work collaboratively to construct their structure Evaluate: Students will work together to put forth their best design to meet the requirements of the challenge

5. Mrs. Salvi Agenda for December 10, 2014 Science 4 Objective: Students will describe successional changes in an ecosystem and the factors that affect these changes. Students will relate species diversity to successional habitat changes. Engage: Ecological Succession - DE Streaming Explore: Time Lapse - Project Wild Activity - pgs 158-165 Explain: https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=time+lapse+ecolo gical+succession+activity Elaborate: Time Lapse Activity Evaluate: Time Lapse Activity (Summative Assessment)