September 7, 2011

Assignment/Activities Today – Minimum Day

7th Grade

  • Chapter 2 – It’s Alive!! Or is it?
  • Keynote Presentation into Notes – Characteristics of Living Things
  • Discuss and Compare the Six Characteristics all Living Things Share
  • Chapter 2 Vocabulary into Keynote
  • HW (Last Week) – Signed Policy Sheet

8th Grade

  • The Microscope
  • Review the parts of the Microscope
  • Notes – Proper Use of the Microscope
  • Brainpop Quiz –  Microscope (take the quiz and email Mr. Hodder the results)
  • If time allows explore the microscopes located about the room
  • Chapter 2 Vocabulary Terms (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

  • Vocabulary Terms
  • Slide 1: Title and Student Name (Title Slide)
  • Slide 2+-: (Title, Bullet & Photo Slide)
  • Title – Vocabulary Term i.e. Life Science
  • Bullet – Definition of Vocabulary Term i.e. The Study of Living Things
  • Photo – Depiction of Vocabulary Term i.e. A picture of a Frog

8th Grade

  • Vocabulary Terms
  • Slide 1: Title and Student Name (Title Slide)
  • Slide 2+-: (Title, Bullet & Photo Slide)
  • Title – Vocabulary Term i.e. First Aid
  • Bullet – Definition of Vocabulary Term i.e. Emergency medical care for someone who has been hurt or sick
  • Photo – Depiction of Vocabulary Term i.e. A nurse providing care for an injured student