Assignment/Activities Today

7th Grade

• Begin Chapter 2 – It’s Alive!! Or is it?
• Read and discuss pgs. 52-55
• Chapter 2 Vocabulary into Keynote
• HW (Last Week) – Signed Policy Sheet

8th Grade

• Begin The Microscope
• Sketch the parts of the microscope
• Label the parts of the microscope
• Brainpop Quiz –  Microscope (take the quiz and email Mr. Hodder the results)
• If Time Permits Continue Chapter 2 Vocabulary Terms in Keynote (mass, volume, density, temperature, model, theory, law, independent variable, dependent variable, axis, mean, median, mode & slope)
• HW (Last Week) – Signed Policy Sheet

Standards Covered Today

7th Grade – #1: Cell Biology, #2: Genetics
8th Grade – #9: Investigation and Experimentation

Items of Note

Tuesdays at 2:00 – Opportunities to retake any quiz from the trimester

Previous Brainpop Quizzes

7th Grade

• Vaccines
• The Scientific Method

8th Grade

• Ozone Layer
• The Scientific Method
• NASA: International Space Station
• Microscopes

Previous Student Presentation Criteria

7th Grade

• None at This Point of Time

8th Grade

• None at This Point of Time