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November 30- December 4
Message to Grade 7 Students: I hope everyone had a restful and healthy Thanksgiving! This week will be devoted to understanding DNA; its discovery, structure, and replication process. There is an on-line practice quiz for you to try. Be sure to bring your journals to class everyday. I will ask for one entry per week for Quarter 2. I will collect Class 3 on Mondays Class 4 on Tuesdays; Class 5 on Wednesdays; and Class 6 on Thursdays. This week you will do an in-class entry.
This Week's Topic: Cell Processes- DNA- discovery, structure, replication: Chapter 2 Section 5 in the text- pages 78-79
Key Terms: DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine, enzyme, replication, hydrogen bonds, Watson, Crick, genome, genes, trait, sugar, phosphate, parent molecule, daughter molecule
Scrounge List: foam meat trays (for dissections in the spring), wheat germ (for a DNA extraction lab)
Class Work and Home Work:
November 30- December 4
Monday- play DNA Bingo; Class 3- Journal Entry
Tuesday- Concept Cards; Concept Map; Genome:Newbury Comics(2:55- 3:25 p.m. Study Group- Students must be picked up by 3:30); Class 4- Journal Entry
Wednesday- DNA Songs and Story (Double Talking Helix Blues); Review K'Nex labs and DNA coloring packet questions especially Replication http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/dna/# , Complete Study Guide in class-StudyGuideforDNAStructure2008.doc
Class 5- Journal Entry
Thursday- (7:45 a.m. study group) Extracting DNA from Wheatgerm Lab; Review for quiz- Class 6- Journal Entry
Friday- Quiz on DNA structure and replication; DNA origami
November 23-24
Monday- DNA K'NEX- building a DNA model with question sheet
Tuesday- DNA Replication with K'NEX- how DNA copies itself
November 16-20
Monday- DNA- parts and replication webquest--dnacomputerlabutah.pdf
Homework: bring your journal to class on Thursday and we will write an entry as a warm-up
Thursday- DNA Gizmo
Friday- DNA- The Secret of Life (DVD) with notes
Reminders to Grade 8 Students: Check out this week's blog due December 4!
Current Topic: Chapter 4- Elements, Compounds, Mixtures
Terms to Know: distillation, centrifuge, magnet, solution, suspension, solubility, solute, solvent, dilute, saturated, independent variable, dependent variable, compound, colloid, atom, element, metals, metalloids, molecule, non metals, mixture, pure substance, periodic table of elements, density
Class Work and Home Work
November 30-December 4
Monday- Chemical Change Lab
Tuesday- Review Lab, Conservation of Mass
Wednesday- Share Conservation of Matter demonstrations with legos, review balanced equations with tootie fruities, element song (see links)
Thursday- Elements video and think sheetsMetals, metalloids, non metals; notes; directed reading
Friday- think sheets about elements and atoms
Scrounge List: crock pot; balloons, ice trays, turkey timers (the poppers from your thanksgiving turkey)
As always, thanks for reading and for staying involved in your 7th or 8th grader's learning! Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Mrs. Schmohl
Reminders:
To prepare for quizzes students should:
a. be actively engaged in class discussions, class work, labs, notes
etc.
b. complete and correct any study guides when they are given
c. try the on-line practice quiz over and over until a 100 is earned
d. come in on the study group days (7:45 am) to clarify any confusion on the study guide or the on-line practice quiz
More Reminders:
Please check PowerGrade for updated scores on quizzes, classwork, and homework. Low quiz grades do not require parent signatures because it is expected that parents/guardians will check PowerGrade and I will input the grades into PowerSchool soon after they are corrected (which may take up to a week).
Homework is not accepted late for credit.
No Name, No Class, No Credit. Please put your name and class on every paper so you can get the credit you deserve!
Nothing can replace being present for classroom discussions and activities. Anyone who misses classes can make up some of the paper work but paper work could never replace or equate to the discussions and activities that can only be experienced in class.
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