Assignment/Activities Today

7th Grade

• Out of the Classroom Today
• Students will be Reading from Holt Anthology of Science Fiction
• Read Short Story “The Homesick Chicken” and answer “Think About It” Questions
• HW – Study from Chapter 2 Study Guide
• Quiz: Chapter 2 – Thursday September 15

8th Grade

• Out of the Classroom Today
• Students will be Reading from Holt Anthology of Science Fiction
• Read Short Story “Inspiration” and answer “Think About It” Questions
• HW – Study the Parts of a Microscope
• 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

Chapter Vocabulary Terms

7th Grade

• Chapter 2 – Cell, Homeostasis, Sexual reproduction, Asexual reproduction, Metabolism, Producer, Consumer, Decomposer, Protein, Carbohydrate, Lipid, Phospholipid, ATP, Nucleic acid
• Chapter 1 – Life science, Scientific method, Hypothesis, Controlled experiment, Variable, Mass, Weight, Technology, Area, Temperature, First aid, Theory, Law, Volume, Model, Scale, Compound light microscope, Electron microscope

8th Grade

• Chapter 2 – Mass, Volume, DEnsity, Temperature, Model, Theory, Law, Independent variable, Dependent variable, Axis, Mean, Median, Mode, SLope
  
• Chapter 1 – Science, Scientific method, Observations, Hypothesis, Data, First aid

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