Assignment/Activities Today

7th Grade

• Chapter 2 – It’s Alive!! Or is it?
• Section 2 – The Necessities of Life
• Review – Characteristics of Living Things
• Read and Discuss Pgs. 56-61
• Compare Consumers to Producers
• Section Review Pg. 61
• HW (Last Week) – Signed Policy Sheet
• Quiz: Chapter 2 – Thursday September 15

8th Grade

• The Microscope
• Review the parts of the Microscope
• Begin Lab – Microscope Skills
• Today we will Focus on Part 1 – Functions of the Microscope
• 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
• Quiz: Microscopes – Thursday September 15

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