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NOVEMBER 16th, 2009
Earth Science: The standards in Unit I are covered in this student experience of Inquiry in Science. Refer to Unit I standards section of the website.
WEEKLY SCHEDULE WILL SOMETIMES BE MODIFIED DUE TO ASSEMBLIES, INCLEMENT WEATHER, FIRE DRILLS, FIRE ALARM DISTURBANCES, MISBEHAVIOR, RETEACHING NEEDS, AND OTHER INCIDENTS THAT MAY CAUSE THE LOST OF CLASS TIME.
PLEASE PRINT OUT THIS WEEKLY SCHEDULE TO ENABLE YOU AND YOUR STUDENT TO KEEP UP WITH COURSE REQUIREMENTS.
EARTH SCIENCE:
OBJECTIVE #1: Students will be able to produce an original puzzle and then transfer their puzzle making abilities to a Pangaea Puzzle.
OBJECTIVE #2: Students will be able to correctly complete the Pangaea puzzle.
OBJECTIVE #3: Students will be able to state the proof that continents have moved over time.
OBJECTIVE #4: Students will be able to discuss Alfred Wegener's theory entitled Continental Drift after researching HIS IDEAS AND EXPLAIN WHY HIS THEORY WAS NOT ACCEPTED BY OTHER SCIENTISTS.
OBJECTIVE #5: STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO COMPILE a list of evidence that supports continental drift.
SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT HOMEWORK: Students will complete their experimentation this week and complete all data collection by Thurs., 11/19/09 and produce a graph of data.
REGULAR HOMEWORK: COMPLETE PUZZLES AT HOME AND RETURN PANGAEA PUZZLE FOR PRESENTATION. READ CH. 10 SECTION 2.
LIFE SCIENCE: Objective #1: Students will be able to LIST THE CHARACTERISITICS THAT ALL PRIMATES SHARE: OPPOSABLE THUMBS, BINOCULAR VISIONS, ROTATING SHOULDERS, ETC.
OBJECTIVE #2: Students will be able to LEARN THE HOMINIDS THAT CAME BEFORE US IN CHRONOLOGY ORDER, THEIR NAME, AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS.
OBJECTIVE #3: Students will be able to EXPLAIN THE TWO RATES OF EVOLUTION AND HOW THEY WORK.
7th grade Objective 4: Students will be able to EXPLAIN SPECIATION AFTER VIEWING THE LASER DISK PHOTOS OF THE FINCHES OF THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS.
Objective : Students will be able to RELATE THE GAPS THEY FOUND OVER THE WEEKEND WHEN THEY RESEARCHED DARWIN'S THEORY.
REG. SCIENCE HOMEWORK: REREAD CH. 6, SECTIONS 1, 2, & 3 on Change Over Time.
SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT HOMEWORK: PREPARE EXPERIMENTATION DATA IN A CHART AND A GRAPH FOR 11/19/09 THURSDAY BEFORE THE THANKSGIVING BREAK.
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NOVEMBER 17th, 2009
EARTH SCIENCE:
1st OBJECTIVE: STUDENTS WILL TRACE THE MOVEMENT OF THE CONTINENTS AFTER PANGAEA AND EXPLAIN HOW ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY CHANGED OUR VIEW OF OUR PLANET.
2nd OBJECTIVE: STUDENTS WILL EXPLAIN THE THEORY OF SEAFLOOR SPREADING AND HOW CLUES USING TECHNOLOGY HELPED PROVE THIS THEORY.
OBJECTIVE #3: STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO RESEARCH THE CURIE POINT AND FIND OUT ITS CONNECTION TO THE HEATING OF THE OF IRON-BEARING MINERALS UNDER THE OCEAN TO THIS POINT.
OBJECTIVE #4: STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE CLUES THAT WERE USED TO SUPPORT SEAFLOOR SPREADING.
HOMEWORK: RESEARCH SEAFLOOR SPREADING THEORY AND ITS 2 PRIMARY AUTHORS: HARRY HESS AND DIETZ.
PROJECT HOMEWORK: FINISH EXPERIMENTATION & DATA COLLECTION IN ORDER TO PRINT DATA OUT & GRAPH IT FOR 11/19/09.
LIFE SCIENCE:
OBJECTIVE #1: Students will BE ABLE TO describe the differences between living primates.
OBJECTIVE 2nd: Students will be able to discuss the evolutionary history of modern primates after completing chronological chart of primates.
3rd OBJECTIVE: Students will be able define hominids and relate when they first appeared on the scene.
SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT HOMEWORK: WILL COMPLETE EXPERIMENTATION IN ORDER TO COLLECT ENOUGH DATA FOR THURSDAY, 11/19/09 CHART AND GRAPH DUE DATE..
REG. HOMEWORK: STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF EACH TYPE OF EVIDENCE IN FAVOR OF EVOLUTION AND THEN PRESENT A COUNTER TO EACH PIECE OF EVIDENCE.
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NOVEMBER 18th, 2009
EARTH SCIENCE:
OBJECTIVE #1: STUDENTS WILL be able to complete the viewing of the Earth Revealed video "Seafloor Spreading".
OBJECTIVE #2: STUDENTS WILL take notes about the video.'s topic and write a 5 sentence one paragraph summary.
OBJECTIVE #3: STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO graph the seafloor's heights from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge to the coastlines of Europe & U.S.A.
OBJECTIVE #4: STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO COMPLETE the graphing activity and analysis what the graph is showing them.
ACTIVITY: STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE THE GRAPHING ACTIVITY AT HOME AND RETURN WITH IT TOMORROW FOR A DISUCUSSION.
HOMEWORK: STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE READ THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PLATES THAT COMPOSE THE MANTLE OF THE EARTH AND NAME THEM.
SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT: PREPARE COLLECTED DATA FROM EXPERIMENTATION AND GRAPH IT FOR TURN IN TOMORROW.
LIFE SCIENCE: OBJECTIVE #1: STUDENTS WILL ATTEND A VIRTUAL LAB. ON CHANGES OVER TIME.
OBJECTIVE #2: STUDENTS WILL VIEW DIFFERENT SCENARIOS IN THE VIRTUAL LAB. AND OBSERVE HOW EVOLUTION WORKS OVER TIME.
OBJECTIVE #3: STUDENTS WILL IDENTY WHY VARIATIONS IN ORGANISMS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
OBJECTIVE #4: STUDENTS WILL COMPARE AND CONTRAST GRADULISM/AND PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM.
Objective #5: STUDENTS WILL VIEW FOSSILS AND BE ABLE TO REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT FOSSILS ARE TO EVOLUTION.
LIFE SCIENCE: REG. HOMEWORK: COMPLETE NOTETAKING SHEETS FOR A QQUICK REVIEW TO START PREPARING FOR FRIDAY'S TEST.
SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT: STUDENTS WILL FINISH DATA COLLECTION PROCESS AND COMPLETE CHARTS & GRAPH RESULTS COMPLETE BY 11/19/09. |
NOVEMBER 19th, 2009
EARTH SCIENCE
1st OBJECTIVE: Students will be able to STATE THE THEORY OF PLATE TECTONICS.
OBJECTIVE #2: Students will be able to LABEL A WORLD MAP WITH THE PLATES AND THEIR NAMES.
OBJECTIVE #3: Students will be able to COMPARE/CONTRAST DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLATE BOUNDARIES.
4th OBJECTIVE: Students will be able to EXPLAIN HOW HEAT INSIDE THE EARTH CAUSES PLATE TECTONICS.
OBJECTIVE #5: STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE FEATURES ON THE EARTH CAUSED BY PLATE TECTONICS.
REG. HOMEWORK: COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE AND PREPARE FOR CH. 10 TEST TOMORROW.
SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT HOMEWORK: TURN IN COMPLETED DATA COLLECTION CHART & GRAPH TODAY!!!!.
LIFE SCIENCE: Objective #1: Students will be able to USE A VENN DIAGRAM TO DIFFERENIATE BETWEEN VARIATIONS/ADAPTIONS.
Objective #2: Students will BEGIN THEIR CHAPTER REVIEW AND COMPLETE FOR TOMORROW FOR TEST.
Objective #3: Students will explain HOW BIRD BEAK BUFFET WILL HELP THEM UNDERSTAND VARIATIONS AND THE SPECIATION EFFECT OF GEOGRAPHIC ISOLATION.
Objective#4: Students will be able to IDENTIFY THE IMPORTANCE OF FOSSILS AS EVIDENCE OF EVOLUTION.
REG. HOMEWORK: COMPLETE THE HIDDEN FROGS ACTIVITY AT HOME USING THE INFORMATION GIVEN IN CLASS. OBJECTIVE: CREATE A FROG MODEL CAMOUFLAGED TO BLEND IN WITH ITS SURROUNDINGS. READ SECTION 3, THE EVOLUTION OF PRIMATES.
My e-mail:
diane.rabalais@stpsb.org
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NOVEMBER 20th, 2009
EARTH SCIENCE:
ALL TECH. LAB. GRADES HAVE BEEN ENTERED INTO STI.
Objective #1: Students will be able COMPLETE CH. 10 REVIEW AND GO OVER THE CORRECT ANSWERS BEFORE THE TEST.
Objective #2: Students will be able to ASK QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE REVIEW CORRECTLY BEFORE TEST.
Objective #3: Students will be able to COMPLETE CH. 10 TEST IN A CLASS PERIOD OF TIME AND STAPLE REVIEW TO TEST FOR A BONUS POINT.
SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT HOMEWORK: cOMPLETE ANALYSIS FOR TUESDAY, DEC. 1ST, 2009. IT SHOULD BE TYPED AND REPORT SOMETHING ABOUT ALL DATA COLLECTED. NO A CONCLUSION.
REG. HOMEWORK: NO REG. HOMEWORK JUST SCIENCE FAIR WORK.
Life Science:
LIFE SCIENCE:
Objective #1: Students will BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN WHO RELATIVE DATING AND RADIOMETRIC DATING ARE USED TO ESTIMATE THE AGE OF FOSSILS.
Objective #3 Student will BE ABLE TO LIST EXAMPLES OF THE FIVE TYPES OF EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION IN A CHART FORMAT.
Objective #4 Students will DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCES AMONG LIVING PRIMATES.
Objective #5: Students will be able to SHARE THEIR CAMOUFLAGED FROG PICTURES.
SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT HOMEWORK: CONTINUE EXPERIMENTATION AND DATA COLLECTION FOR THURS., NOV. 19TH, 2009.
REG. HOMEWORK:
USE MASKING TAPE TO FASTEN DOWN EACH OF YOUR THUMBS NEXT TO THE PALM OF YOUR HAND. LEAVE HANDS TAPED FOR AT LEAST ONE HOUR DURING THIS TIME TRY TO EAT A MEAL, CHANGE CLOTHES, AND BRUSH YOUR TEETH. UNTAPE YOUR THUMBS AND WRITE ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE.
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