Weekly Planner

Current Unit of Study:  Genetics: The Science of Heredity- Chapter 3- Pages 84-115


Key Terms: traits, heredity, purebred, genes, alleles, recessive, dominant, hybrid, probability, genetics,Punnett Square, Mendel, phenotype, genotype, codominance, chromosomes, meiosis, mutation

Class Work and Home Work: 
December 21-23
Monday-
Tuesday-
Wednesday-



December 14-18
Monday- finish "Babies";    GenesandHeredityNotes2009.doc 
Homework: Genes- edhelper
Tuesday- Begin Probability and Punnett Squares
GeneticsPracticeProblems­Simple.txt
Wednesday- bikinibottomgenetics.pdf
bikinibottomII.pdf 
Homework:  Heredity Edhelper
Thursday-  Genetics-OompaLoompa.doc
Friday- Chapter 3 workbook pages

December 7-11
(Emphasizing pages 89 and 98 in text)
Monday-  Your Dominant and Recessive Traits; Class Survey of Traits; PTC paper;  http://www.cpo.com/updates/LCA_ANS9A.pdf
Tuesday- Dragon Genetics (genotypes, phenotypes, dominant, recessive)
Wednesday- snow day
Thursday- Dragon Genetics
Friday- The Genetics of Parenthood yourehavingababy.doc   (similar but not identical to classroom hand-out)

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) Complete Study Guide; Review for quiz- Class 6- Journal Entry
Friday- Quiz on DNA structure and replication; DNA origami

Scrounge List: foam meat trays (for dissections in the spring), wheat germ (for a DNA extraction lab);

Reminders to Grade 8 Students:  No BLOG this week! Quiz Friday!

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  

Grade 8 Class Work and Home Work
December 21-23
Monday- Dissolving liquid in a liquid lab cont.; begin Lab- dissolving solid in liquid
Tuesday- lab- dissolving rate of solids
Wednesday- lab- separating a mixture

December 14-18
Monday- Elements, Compounds and Mixture Video Packet
Tuesday- Directed Reading and section review- Mixtures
Wednesday- Quick Quiz on Sections 1 and 2 (elements and compounds) 
 Mixtures LAB- Butter, is it a pure substance or a mixture?
Thursday- Section 3- Mixtures Notes; Is butter a pure substance lab cont.; Dissolving liquid in a liquid
Friday- Finish Monday's new Video Packet and Atomic Structure Packet

December 7-11 
Monday- Characteristics of Non-metals- work out of packet; Chapter 4- section 1 directed reading
Tuesday- Section 1 Review Hand-out; Gizmo- Element Builder
Wednesday- snow day
Thursday- Directed reading for section 2 (Compounds) and Section Review in class
Friday- Go over Compounds Packet and Gizmo Packet

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;
Friday- think sheets about elements and atoms; notes, hang-out

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.