Friday, September 30, 2016

9/30/16 Do Now:  Describe two new things you have learned since starting this unit.
If you were out, see me when you get back so that I can check your lesson status and see what activity you are up to/update the gradebook. 
If you did a microscope care poster, you can either take it home, or recycle it.  If it is still here at the end of the day on Monday, it will be recycled.
In class we continued working at our levels, and most people completed lesson U1Act5: Microscope Optics (The “e” lab) and leveled up to level 2b today. For details on what is to be done for each of the three activities that people are working on right now - U1Act5, U1Act6 and U1Act 7, see the last two days entries in the blog or Lesson log notebook in class.

Thursday, September 29, 2016

Copy the following to the next blank page after yesterday’s Do Now.  Complete the sentences that you copied with the correct information on dry mount slides.

9/29/16 Do Now:

Dry mount slides are prepared by…
They are used for specimens that…

After you have leveled up from 1—>2, you will work on U1Act5: Microscope Optics (the “e” lab).  Show me when you have finished to be checked off to move up to U1Act6: Scientific Drawings.  This activity is due by the middle of the block on. Fri, 9/30.

In U1Act6, you will draw 5 pre-prepared slides and have a classmate critique them.  When you are finished, tape it into your journal on the page you should have set up for U1Act6 and then show me to get the ok/check off to move on to U1Act7: Making Your Own Slides.

In U1Act7, you will make three dry mount slides by putting specimen on a glass slide, then putting a plastic coverslip over the specimen and viewing and drawing it under low power and medium power on the handout with field of view circles supplied using proper the proper formatting covered in class.  When you have completed the six drawings, trim and tape your drawings on the handout into the journal on the page you have set up for U1Act7 and then see me to be checked off.

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Copy the following to the next blank page after yesterday’s Do Now which was to set up U1Act6.

9/28/16 U1Act7 Making Your Own Slides
Dry Mount: (no water) The think you plan to observe is placed on the slide with a cover slip over it. Usually used for things that don’t move or require water to live.
After you have leveled up, you will work on U1Act5: Microscope Optics (the “e” lab).  Show me when you have finished to be checked off to move up to U1Act6: Scientific Drawings.  This activity is due by the end of the block on Thurs., 9/29.
In U1Act6, you will draw 5 pre-prepared slides and have a classmate critique them.  When you are finished, tape it into your journal on the page you should have set up for U1Act6 and then show me to get the ok/check off to move on to U1Act7: Making Your Own Slides.
In U1Act7, you will make three dry mount slides by putting specimen on a glass slide, then putting a plastic coverslip over the specimen and viewing and drawing it under low power and medium power on the handout with field of view circles supplied using proper the proper formatting covered in class.  When you have completed the six drawings, trim and tape your drawings on the handout into the journal on the page you have set up for U1Act7 and then see me to be checked off.

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Do now for 9/27/16
Skip a page for the “e” lab and  at the top of the next page write the heading U1Act6: Scientific Drawings. Below that, answer the following: What are the four requirements for scientific drawings?[list them] (we covered it in class yesterday and a strong hint remains!)
If you haven’t yet leveled up, see me and bring your journal and Microscope Care Project.  I will quiz you and from memory you will need to summarize or demonstrate using a microscope the 5 points of Good Microscope Care.
If you have leveled up from 1 to 2, then if needed, see me for a copy of the half sheet handout and the multi-page handout that goes with the activity.  At the top of the page in your journal,  write “U1Act5: Microscope Optics” and tape in the half sheet below it.  Answer question 6 on the blank lines that should be showing below the handout on the page. When you’ve completed the activity with the microscope and the newsprint “e” and answered all questions, return the multi page handout to the tray on my desk, tape the half sheet in to your journal and show me. When you have successfully completed U1Act5: Microscope Optics, I will give you the handout for U1Act6: Microscope Drawings to be completed. You will be drawing 5 different slides, trimming and taping the handout to the page we set up for the Do Now today.

Monday, September 26, 2016

Do now for 9/26/16
When placing the slide with the letter” e” on the stage, what should be the orientation of the  letter “e”?
[answer in complete sentence]                                    For those who completed this activity, why do you think orientation is important?
 *Journals need to be in by Wednesday for anyone who has not yet had it checked, or has gotten less than a “2.”  If it isn’t in by then, an email or phone call home wil be made.
*Tape you your journal grading slips into the back inside cover of your journal when it has been returned to you.
Students who were out today should finish their Good Microscope Care activity, and see me to level up.  If you have already leveled up, you will continue to work on your level 2a activity U1Act5 Microscope Optics (Newsprint “e” activity).  If you have completed U1Act5, see me to be checked off and you will start activity 2b, which is U1Act5 Scietific drawings.
Here is a brief summary of the lesson for U1Act6: Scientific Drawings.
We have a standard format for scientific microscope drawings that we use to make sure that they quickly and efficiently communicate information with others.
Every scientific microscope drawing should include 4 things:
A circular boundary representing the Field of View, which is the circle of light that you see when you look through the microscope.
A title
the POM
An accurate drawing; draw what you see - no more and no less.  Take into account proportion so that the drawing is taking up as much space in the field of view as it appears through the microscope.

Friday, September 23, 2016

Do now for 9/23/16  Copy the Question and then answer in a full sentence.
When you place a specimen on the stage, what should you do so that you can quickly see the speciment through the eyepiece?
If you were out, check with me to see if you needed to pass your journal in.
Finish your U1Act4: Microscope Care activity, be sure to have summarized the 5 Do’s and Don’ts of Good Microscope Care, and then see me to level up.

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Wednesday, September 21, 2016
If you were out, At the top of the next blank page, write:

9/21/16: U1Act4 Microscope Care.  What have you learned so far about how to keep the microscpe safe?
After copying the above question, answer it.
See me to get a copy of the Microscope Care handout
Level 1:
Summarize the 5 main points of Good Microcscope Care fromt the handout in your Journal.
Choose one of the three possible Good Microcscope Care Projects listed on the handout.  These will be completed in class tomorrow,
Leveling up—>After the Project is completed, you will need to be quizzed by me, and from memory will need to explain or demonstrate using a microscope the 5 points of Good Microscope Care.
Level 2: Microscope Optics - More details to follow, tomorrow.

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

If you were out, Do the Do Now: At the top of the net blankpg, write the date and  “Do Now”  Copy this: From memory (DON’T look in notes ) write what POM stands for and how it is calculated.
Now answer the question you just copied.
see me if you need a copy of the POM (Power of Magnification) notes from yesterday, and finish them, then see me for the key. 
If you got three or more wrong on either the Microscope Function quiz or the microscope Anatomy Quiz, see me for a re-take.
Note that if you got less than a 2 on your journal check or you didn’t turn it in, you will need to turn it in on Friday for a check over the weekend.

Monday, September 19, 2016

If you were out, see me for your journal and journal check slip, as well as your microscope anatomy and Microscope function assessment.  Retakes of one side of the page are required if you got four or more wrong on that side.

Also, see me to get your journal back.  If you didn’t turn yours in, or got a “1” on the check, you will need to turn them in on this coming Friday, or an email/phone call will be made home.
Those who got less than a “3” will need to re-submit their journals two Fridays from now for a re-check.
The Do Now for today was as follows (do this in your journal):  At the top of the next blank page write the date and “ Do Now”
Copy this:  The name of the hole int eh microscope stage is the __________________, and its purpose is…
Complete the sentence above.
Get a copy of the handout for U1Act3: POM (Power of Magnification), tape this in after the Do Now and see me for help completing it.

Friday, September 16, 2016

If you were out, the Do Now for today was in your journal, to go to the microscope that you drew yesterday and add as many labels as you can remember (there are 15 all together) and if needed, improve your drawing.  Then finish taping on the labels to the photocopied microscope diagram that you taped into the journal.  Some examples of Examples:
Does your drawing have two legs to make up the base?
Does it have the correct number of objective lenses?
Does it have a coarse and smaller fine adjustment knob?
See me to set up a time to take a formative assessment on the microscope anatomy.
At the end of class I collected journals and we watched a short video on the Microscopic World.

Thursday, September 15, 2016

Thursday, September 15, 2016
If you were out:
On the next available blank page, at the top, write  “Do Now” and todays date at the tope, then draw a microscope and label all parts you can remember, without checking your notes (this is practice to help you remember the parts).

Be sure you have a copy of each of the three handouts, that are part of the Microscope Anatomy lesson., and tape them in on the next three blank pages.  Also, make sure you have the smaller piece of paper with the microscope part labels. Be sure to READ the two pages of notes that tell you what each part is and what it does. 
Cut out the microscope labels and tape them onto the right blanks of the handout with the larger microscope picture. There are two labels that say “base” - flip one over and re-label it as “slide”
There will be a practice Quiz tomorrow in class.
Get a copy of the Science Journal Checklist for the Journal Check on Friday, 9/16/16.

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

If you were out, see me to get a copy of the Microwhat? followup questions, answer them and tape them to next blank page. 
On the next page after that write the date, "U1Act2: Microscope Anatomy" at the top and copy the following learning target:
“Learning Target: I can identify the parts of a microscope. "
Also see me to get a copy of the three handouts for today and to find out where they should be taped into your journal.

* Notebook check Friday - checklist provided Thursday
*(Un)preparedness policy starting next week  - third check for being unprepared will result in a lunch detention being assigned.

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Tuesday, September 13, 2016
1. If you were out, update your TOC (which should be taped to the front inside cover of your journal)  so that the first three lines are as shown below: (ignore/put a line through the left side and right side labels at the top of the TOC page).
Left side                      Page            Right Side      Page
Notebook Rubric            1
Science Safety Rules      2
Unit 1 Title Page             3

2. On the title page change the Unit 1 Title to: “Microscopes, Living Things and Cells.

3. Write the date at the top of the next blank page, which should be page 7,  and set up the page as shown.
9/13/16 Microwhat?
A._____________                                                                         B.______________                                                                                     
C.______________                                    
D.______________                                    
E.______________                                    
F.______________                                        
G.______________                                    
H.______________                                    
I.______________                                        
J._______________

Learning Target: I can view an object through a microscope.
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Now see me to arrange when you will make up the Microwhat Activity!

If any of this is confusing, see the Acadia Science Makeup Notebook in class or check with me.

Monday, September 12, 2016

Step 1: If you were out, write the following at the top of page 4 exactly as shown:    
Unit 1 - Microscopes                                                              
Aha Connections
 
Step 2: On the same line on page 5 write the following exactly as shown:
Living Things and Cells
Pages

In class today, we unpacked the first standard. 
 
Step 3: You will need to get a copy of the “Unpacking My Science Standard” sheet (see me)  and tape it into your journal on page 6.

As you’ve done before when unpacking a standard, pick out the nouns and verbs from the standard. 
 
Step 4: List the nouns and verbs in the proper boxes on the handout 
 
Step 5: In the box that says, “STANDARD (Our Own Words), ” write: Plan and carry out an investigation using a microscope to give proof that living things are made of cells.”
 
Step 6: The, in the box that says “ FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE” write the following learning targets:

1. I can identify the parts of a microscope.
2. I can describe the jobs of the parts of the microscope.
3. I can use the microscope effectively to see microorganisms
4. I can explain the major characteristics of living things.

After completing Steps 1 through Step 6, Show me your journal.

Friday, September 9, 2016

If the numbering of your journal pages wasn’t done or needed work, see me to show me your composition notebook with the pages numbered 1-120 (this is a habits of work, grade).  Today we finished going over the Safety notes in Blocks 1, 2, and 5.  We will have a quiz on the safety notes next week.

As a “Do Now, we defined the following:
SOP: Standard Operating Procedure
TOC: Table of Contents
CoC: Code of Cooperation
We also reviewed the location of the “When You Come In” SOP  (be sure you can point to it) and the parts to it:

1. Make sure you are prepared for class and have all your materials (A list has been posted near the door). If you have everything, read the “Do Now” on the board and get right to work.
2. If you are missing any of your materials, quickly go to your locker and get them. Once you have everything, read the “Do Now” on the board and get right to work.
3. If you are missing something to write with, or your journal, borrow a piece of paper or a penciel from your friend or see me to borrow those items.  Read the “Do Now” on the board and get right to work.

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

If you were out, see me to show me your composition notebook with the pages numbered 1-120.  Also, see me for a copy of the Table of Contents, and trim this so that it is small enough to fit inside the science journal. Then tape it in place in the inside cover of your journal. 

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Today, we introduced the procedure for “Tracking the Teacher,” passed out and went over the Acadia Science Annual Newsletter, introduced the “When You Come In” SOP and assigned numbering the first 120 pages in the Journal, using pencil.  See me for a copy of the newsletter and further explanation of the procedures introduced to the class and of the homework.