1. Mrs. Salvi Agenda for December 15, 2014 Science 7: Objective: Name some seedless vascular plants and the characteristics that they share. Engage: http://sciencelearn.org.nz/Contexts/Ferns/Sci- Media/Video/Parts-of-a-fernhttp://sciencelearn.org.nz/Contexts/Ferns/Sci- Media/Video/Parts-of-a-fern Explore: Spore Toss (Enrich) (Formative Assessment) Explain: Ferns, club mosses and horsetails - true roots, stems, and leaves Elaborate: Look at fronds and spore cases with magnifying glasses and under microscope Evaluate: Guided Reading and Study - Plants Without Seeds (Summative Assessment)

2. Mrs. Salvi Agenda for December 15, 2014 Science 6: Objective: Computer Lab - Students will proofread and complete the descriptive essay and narrative for the Future City Competition. The class will upload the completed essay and narrative due 12/15/14.

3. Mrs. Salvi Agenda for December 15,2014 Science 5: Objective: Students will explain why energy dissipates at each trophic level. Students will contrast the transfer of energy and the recycling of organic material within an ecosystem and relate the role of each tropic level to ecosystem dynamics. Engage: Question of the Day? Why is the least amount of energy at the top of the energy pyramid? (Formative Assessment) Explore: Energy Pipeline Activity - Project wild pgs 105-109 Explain: Energy Pipeline Procedures Elaborate: Energy Pipeline Activity Evaluate: Diagram of energy flow in a simple ecosystem (Summative assessment)

4. Mrs. Salvi Agenda for December 15, 2014 Science 8: Objective: Explian how the reactivity of elements is related valence electrons in atoms. Engage: Junk Box Wars Competition Explore:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSwnODMNUL I Explain:valence electrons are those that have the highest energy level and are held the most loosely. Elaborate:http://scienceforkids.kidipede.com/chemistry/at oms/electron.htm - article Evaluate: Three facts about electrons from the article (Formative assessment)

5. Mrs. Salvi Agenda for December 15, 2014 Science 4 Objective: The student understands that changes in an ecological system usually affect the whole system. Engage: Question of the Day? How do environments change over time? (Formative Assessment) Explore: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow - Project Wild Lesson pg 154- 157 Explain: Identify and describe causes of extinction within animal species - habitat loss, pollution, impact from introduced species. Threatened, rare, and endangered species in Pennsylvania. Elaborate: US Fish and Wildlife Service - http://www.fws.gov/Endangered/education/wonderful.html Evaluate: Arrange terms in order from least amount of danger to greatest - endangered, rare, threatened, extinct, critically endangered (Formative Assessment)