Assignment/Activities Today – Minimum Day
7th Grade
- Chapter 5 : The Cell in Action
- Review the Steps of Mitosis
- Expectations and Review for Friday’s Quiz
- Reinforcement – This is Radio KCEL
- If Incomplete and Time Allows Keynote on Mitosis (see below for details)
- Chapter 5 Quiz – October 28, 2011
8th Grade
- Period 6 & 7 – Assembly
- Density Laboratory Via Explore Learning
- Explore Learning Gizmo (Username & Password at Hodderscience)
- Density Laboratory Gizmo
- Complete Student Exploration: Density Laboratory – Activities A & B
- Complete, Discuss & Collect all Calculations and Conclusions
Standards Covered Today
7th Grade – #1: Cell Biology, #2: Genetics
8th Grade – #8: Density & Buoyancy
Items of Note
Tuesdays at 2:00 – Opportunities to retake any quiz from the trimester
Monday October 31, 2011 – Final opportunity of Trimester 1 to turn in any missing work
Tuesday November 1, 2011 – Final opportunity of Trimester 1 to retake a quiz
Previous Brainpop Quizzes
7th Grade
- Mitosis
- Cellular Respiration
- Photosynthesis
- Cell Structures
- Bacteria
- Cells
- The Scientific Method
- Vaccines
8th Grade
- Graphs
- Measuring Matter
- Metric vs. Customary
- Microscopes
- NASA: International Space Station
- The Scientific Method
- Ozone Layer
Chapter Vocabulary Terms
7th Grade
- Chapter 5 – Photosynthesis, Cellular respiration, Fermentation, Cell cycle, Chromosome, Mitosis, Cytokinesis, Cancer
- Chapter 4 – Cell, Cell membrane, Organelle, Nucleus, Prokaryote, Eukaryote, Cell wall, Cytoskeleton, Ribosome, Endoplasmic reticulum, Mitochondion, Chloroplast, Golgi complex, Vesicle, Lysosome, Organism, Function, Structure, Tissue, Organ, Organ system
- 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 4 – States of matter, Solid, Liquid, Gas, Plasma, Change of state, Melting, Evaporation, Boiling, Condensation, Sublimation
- Chapter 3 – Matter, Meniscus, Weight, Physical property, Physical change, Chemical property, Chemical change
- 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
- Mitosis
- Slide 1: Title and Student Name (Title Slide)
- Title – The Cell Cycle
- Slide 2+-: (Title, Bullet & Photo Slide)
- Title – The Phase of Mitosis i.e., Interphase
- Bullet – Description of Phase i.e., Before mitosis begins….
- Photo – Picture of the Phase
- Cell Organelles
- Title – Cell Organelles
- Bullet – Organelle name, Description of Said Organelles’ Job, i.e., Nucleus
- Photo – Picture of the Organelle i.e. A Picture of the Nucleus
- Organelles listed: Cell Wall, Cell Membrane, Nucleus, Ribosomes, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Mitochondria, Chloroplasts, Golgi Complex & Vacuole
- 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 studentDiscuss Answers