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8th Period |
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| Date | Class Activities |
| 4/1 |
Energy, Relationships, and Owls - webquest using links on web page to investigate information about owls and how they get and use energy and how we study them.(Learning Activity) |
| 4/3 | Energy, Relationships, and Owls - webquest using links on web page to investigate information about owls and how they get and use energy and how we study them. (Learning Activity) |
| 4/7 |
Finish Meadow Food Webs (Learning
Activity) |
| 4/9 | Notes: Symbiosis (notebook) Race the Sun |
| 4/11 | Forces
of Flight - in the computer lab do research on the 4
forces flight and extensive research on the 1
force that you were assigned. Use links on my website. (Learning
Activity) Online Test: Energy B (Assessment) |
| 4/15 | Video: Owls (Learning
Activity) Lab: Owl Pellet Dissection - Participate in dissecting an owl pellet and complete your worksheet to analyze your observations of the content of the pellet. (Learning Activity) |
| 4/17 | Substitute Magic of Flight - Answer questions while watching video: The Magic of Flight. (Learning Activity) Science World Review - Read Science World and fill out review sheet to provide evidence that you actually read the science information. (Learning Activity) |
| 4/21 | SG: Laws of Conservation of Energy
and Forms of Energy - Use the Sciencesaurus to build background knowledge
about energy and how it is conserved. (Learning
Activity) Photosynthesis and Respiration - Complete foldable that illustrates the dynamics of photosynthesis and respiration and the chemistry that takes place in each process. (Learning Activity) |
| 4/23 | Photosynthesis and Respiration
- Complete foldable that illustrates the dynamics of photosynthesis and
respiration and the chemistry that takes place in each process. (Learning
Activity) Online Test: Relationships and Owls - Multiple choice test online to assess your understanding of relationships between living things and energy connections that we researched about owls. (Assessment) |
| 4/25 | |
| 4/29 | Notes: Photosynthesis vs Respiration
(notebook) Video: Pond Food Web (Learning Activity) Group Poster Assessment: Food Energy Posters - working as a group create a poster that illustrates your understanding of the roles that organisms play in an ecosystem, how energy enters, changes, and then leaves an ecosystem and what matter is needed and released as the result of photosynthesis and respiration. (Assessment) |
| 5/1 | Video: Bill Nye on Waves
- Answer questions about concepts that you learned about
waves from Bill Nye video on Waves. (Learning
Activity) Finish Group Poster Assessment: Food Energy Posters (Assessment) |
| 5/5 | Vocabulary Assessment - Cut
and paste definitions and illustrations to match the terms from your vocabulary.
(Assessment)
Video: Science of Thrill Rides (Learning Activity) |
| 5/7 | Machine Books - work on creating
a children's book that describes what machines are and how they work and
shows examples of everyday things that we use that are simple machines.
Color, classify, and cut-out graphics. (Project) Science Court: Work and Simple Machines - Answer questions as you view Science Court as Mr. Sludge takes Mary to court for being the laziest worker and sends her to the dreaded pit. (Learning Activity) |
| 5/9 | Science World - read from latest
edition of Science World to demonstrate a willingness to read about science.
(Learning Activity) Machines Book Project - work on creating a children's book that describes what machines are and how they work and shows examples of everyday things that we use that are simple machines. (Project) |
| 5/13 | Machines Book Project - work on creating a children's book that describes what machines are and how they work and shows examples of everyday things that we use that are simple machines. (Project) |
| 5/15 | Machines, Work, and Energy Test (Assessment) |
| 5/19 | Science CRT (Assessment) |
| 5/21 | Science CRT (Assessment) Video: Eyewitness Flight |
| 5/27 | Hot Air Balloons |
| 5/28 | Hot Air Balloons |
| 5/30 | Hot Air Balloons |