Science 8 - Dana

1. First block - finish 2.1 and 2.3 of workbook on body systems 2. video: Prokaryotes v.s. Eukaryotes  https://youtu.be/Pxujitlv8wc 3. Venn Diagram 4. pg 22 - What did you find out question1 only 5. Bacteria video:  https://youtu.be/ORB866QSGv8 6. Exit slips and self-assessment

1. First block - finish 2.1 and 2.3 of workbook on body systems 2. video: Prokaryotes v.s. Eukaryotes  https://youtu.be/Pxujitlv8wc 3. Venn Diagram 4. pg 22 - What did you find out question1 only 5. Bacteria video:  https://youtu.be/ORB866QSGv8 6. Exit slips and self-assessment

1. Body systems workbook introduction. you need to have section 2.1 done by tomorrow. 2. Fetal pig dissection video and safety procedures: https://youtu.be/dC0yWBXaM28 Students had the option to participate fully, observe only or do an online virtual dissection in the Library

1. Video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7BxV9IdeMs 2. What does the heart do? :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s5iCoCaofc 3. Workbook - Section 2.3 For those students who chose not to do the live dissection they were able to do the online dissection: Online virtual dissection: https://www.whitman.edu/academics/departments-and-programs/biology/virtual-pig-x7329

1. Finished the questions in the cheek smear investigation lab. All but the last question. 2. watched a you tube video on the chloroplast:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1Ymc311XS8&t=0s&index=3&list=PLE5iYIV5plTHcBnWWFRnVZYl8AV7u4hEL 3.  We made models of chloroplasts with green playdough 4. watched a you tube video on mitochondria:  https://youtu.be/Py4R_Up2uBc 5. We made a model of a mitochondria with balloons and lentils 6. We did our worksheet on photosynthesis and cellular respiration and the chemical reactions involved

1. Finished the questions in the cheek smear investigation lab. All but the last question. 2. watched a you tube video on the chloroplast:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1Ymc311XS8&t=0s&index=3&list=PLE5iYIV5plTHcBnWWFRnVZYl8AV7u4hEL 3.  We made models of chloroplasts with green playdough 4. watched a you tube video on mitochondria:  https://youtu.be/Py4R_Up2uBc 5. We made a model of a mitochondria with balloons and lentils 6. We did our worksheet on photosynthesis and cellular respiration and the chemical reactions involved

1. We introduced prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and learned that eukaryotic cells have membrane bound organelles.  Prokaryotic cells do not.  We will explore this more next week 2. Cheek smear investigation

Dana was sick today You worked on your genius hour projects.  You should all be in the research phase of your projects and deciding what it's going to look like as a final project.  Remember to check the rubric to make sure you are meeting all of the criteria.

1. watched the cell rap video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zafJKbMPA8 2. The Incredible Edible (but not really) cell activity:  http://grad.bio.uci.edu/ecoevo/ahebling/Research/GK-12_files/EdibleCell.pdf 3. Time for reflections on Teams - Due Monday

1. watched the cell rap video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zafJKbMPA8 2. The Incredible Edible (but not really) cell activity:  http://grad.bio.uci.edu/ecoevo/ahebling/Research/GK-12_files/EdibleCell.pdf 3. Time for reflections on Teams - Due Monday

1. Today we did a worksheet on Spontaneous Generation  2. We used the Computer Lab (or Ipads) to complete a worksheet on cells by using the Cells alive website:  https://www.cellsalive.com/cells/cell_model.htm 3. We did a lesson on the structure of a cell on Khan academy   https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/structure-of-a-cell 4. We also had some time to work on our microsoft teams digital portfolio

SURPRISE!!!! Today we went to the Monster Theatre presentation called "We Now Know: The Complete History of Science"

1. Genius hour!!! a. we did our proposals and submitted them to Dana to sign b. We also signed our Genius hour contracts 2. small safety tour around the classroom Have a great weekend everyone! Get lots of sleep

1. Scientific Method powerpoint and worksheet 2. Scientific method matching activity 3. YouTube video - The scientific method is crap (linked below) We had a bit of time at the end to think about our genius hour projects and review Thick and Thin Questions 

Hello Team awesome! I was away monday - wednesday this week. Here are the things that you did with Mr. Smith and Mr. Sternloff Monday: 1. Safety worksheets - you used your text book to fill out this worksheet (page 475) and draw the WHMIS symbols 2. you watched a safety video  https://youtu.be/BRDApYgvDqQ 3. you divided into groups and did safety posters Ono Cho was also here and you went to a presentation Tuesday: 1. Observing Living things worksheet - used the textbook (section 1.1) worksheet -   https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B3EbWHKwTyj2NDF2WjM3SWJMUkU textbook pages -  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B3EbWHKwTyj2VUJVTDRHNHBPeEE 2. microscope labelling - stations of microscopes were set up for you to look at 3. microscope video  https://youtu.be/Ue-86MDmjns Wednesday 1. Scientific method worksheet - this one was hard.  I want you to know the words and their meanings but you do not have to memorize them.  Just...

In week 1 we developed our classroom guidelines as well as what Respect, Safety and Success look like in our Science 8 classroom.    We discussed what our jobs are as well and did an activity to identify what we are responsible for.  Here's the summary of that   My job (Teacher)   Your Job (Student)   Our Job (together)   Teach and guide    Share knowledge   Connect and build relationships with students   Listen to everyone   Be prepared   Be on time   Ensure students are safe   Make science fun   Use different teaching styles t hat match student learning    styles   Encourage us   Celebrate our mistakes   Attend class, on time   Be ready to learn every day (get enough sleep)   Know the safety procedures   Treat teacher, Brushy and peers with respect   Actively listen...

Today we introduced Genius Hour.  This is a time, each Friday for you to explore something that you are interested in.  We talked about the timeline for this. We will wrap this project up on April 15th We watched a video on what genius hour is:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COF-bqZuE-I We discussed what genius hour is and isn't (see picture below) and we went through how to create a THICK QUESTION. You were also given the criteria for this project (how you will be graded) and this is pictured below too. We also got our textbooks from the library TIMELINE   WHAT GENIUS HOUR IS AND ISN'T SINGLE POINT RUBRIC FOR GRADING/ASSESSING STUDENT LEARNING

Jan 31 - We did the same activities as the block 3/4 class yesterday 1. table top twitter - we discussed what we needed to do as learners to be successful, respected/respectful and safe 2. My Job/Your job - students identified what their responsibilities are, what the teacher's responsibilities are and what our shared responsibilities are. 3. Scientific literacy video - TEDx talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-EsmVbIjLU&t=208s 4. read: The search for an effective way to save honeybees (scientific article) Bee article We also had a bit of extra time today so we looked at the BC Ministry of Education website and started to talk about the curricular competencies that are there. We figured out that "competencies" is a tricky word and that we think it means "being good at" - more to come on this