Homework:
No homework on new material, however, be sure to get your journals prepared for Friday’s Journal Check/Summative Journal grade.
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If you were out:
Copy the following Do Now Question(s) to your science journal and then answer it:
3/31/17 Do Now: What do geologists use to decide when one geologic time period ends and another begins?
Friday, March 31, 2017
Thursday, March 30, 2017
Wednesday, March 29 and, Thursday, March 30, 2017
Wednesday, March 29
I was out today - if you were too, see me for a copy of the webquest, visit the blog for the website link, complete the webquest (worksheet) and turn it in to me.
Thursday, March 30, 2017
Homework:
No homework on new material, however, be sure to get your journals prepared for Friday’s Journal Check/Summative Journal grade.
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If you were out:
Copy the following Do Now Question(s) to your science journal and then answer it/them:
Block 1 only: 3/28/17 Do Now: Come up with a Mnemonic to help you remember the following words in order.
1.Eon (ee-on) 2. Era 3.Period 4.Epoch (Ep-uhk).
All blocks: What are these (Eon, Era Period, Epoch)?
Today we started a Geologic Time scale activity.
I was out today - if you were too, see me for a copy of the webquest, visit the blog for the website link, complete the webquest (worksheet) and turn it in to me.
Thursday, March 30, 2017
Homework:
No homework on new material, however, be sure to get your journals prepared for Friday’s Journal Check/Summative Journal grade.
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If you were out:
Copy the following Do Now Question(s) to your science journal and then answer it/them:
Block 1 only: 3/28/17 Do Now: Come up with a Mnemonic to help you remember the following words in order.
1.Eon (ee-on) 2. Era 3.Period 4.Epoch (Ep-uhk).
All blocks: What are these (Eon, Era Period, Epoch)?
Today we started a Geologic Time scale activity.
- You will work in groups of 4.
- Each person will turn in the original sheet with completed analysis questions on it.
- Intial what you did on the timeline.
- Turn in your peer evals whe the timeline is completed.
- See me for a full explanation.
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Homework:
No homework on new material, however, be sure to get your journals prepared for Friday’s Journal Check/Summative Journal grade.
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If you were out:
Copy the following Do Now Question to your science journal and then answer it :
3/28/17 Do Now: Come up with a Mnemonic to help you remember the following words in order.
Eon (ee-on)
Era
Period
Epoch (Ep-uhk).
See me if you have gotten any questions wrong on your Evolution formative.
Also, see me if you need the key for the NOVA Now Mass Extinction video notes.
No homework on new material, however, be sure to get your journals prepared for Friday’s Journal Check/Summative Journal grade.
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If you were out:
Copy the following Do Now Question to your science journal and then answer it :
3/28/17 Do Now: Come up with a Mnemonic to help you remember the following words in order.
Eon (ee-on)
Era
Period
Epoch (Ep-uhk).
See me if you have gotten any questions wrong on your Evolution formative.
Also, see me if you need the key for the NOVA Now Mass Extinction video notes.
Monday, March 27, 2017
Monday, March 27, 2017
Homework:
Today was a WIN day, so there is no homework on new material, however, be sure to get your journals prepared for Friday’s Journal Check/Summative Journal grade.
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If you were out:
Today was a WIN day so no new material was covered - For makeup work, see homework above.
Today was a WIN day, so there is no homework on new material, however, be sure to get your journals prepared for Friday’s Journal Check/Summative Journal grade.
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If you were out:
Today was a WIN day so no new material was covered - For makeup work, see homework above.
Friday, March 24, 2017
Friday, March 24, 2017
Homework:
No homework over the weekend.
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If you were out:
No homework over the weekend.
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If you were out:
- See me to arrange a time to make up the formative on Evolution 101.
- Get a copy of the notesheet for the NOVA Now Mass Extinction video with Neil DeGrasse Tyson (the African American dude with the ‘stache).
- Watch the video (visit the link on the Science Blog), complete the notesheet and see me.
- Turn in your journal for a Notebook check if you haven’t already done so.
Thursday, March 23, 2017
Thursday, March 23, 2017
Homework:
No homework tonight except to prep notebooks for notebook check - see the main blog for a list of what should be in your journal. If you need any handouts, see me.
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If you were out:
No homework tonight except to prep notebooks for notebook check - see the main blog for a list of what should be in your journal. If you need any handouts, see me.
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If you were out:
- See me to arrange a time to make up the formative on Evolution 101.
- Get a copy of the notesheet for the NOVA Now Mass Extinction video with Neil DeGrasse Tyson (the African American dude with the ‘stache).
- Watch the video (visit the link on the Science Blog), complete the notesheet and see me.
- Turn in your journal for a Notebook check if you haven’t already done so.
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Homework:
No homework tonight except to prep notebooks for notebook check - see the main blog for a list of what should be in your journal. If you need any handouts, see me.
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If you were out:
Copy and complete:
3/22/17 Do Now: List 2 adaptations that might have helped early huans to survive and then describe how it might have helped. Once you are done, show me:
Adaptation How it helped survival
1.
2.
Copy the following summary main lesson ideas to your connections pages:
U4Act2: Evolution 101 Part 1: Evolution has to do with waht organism suvives to reproduce.
Naural Seletcion is the idea that the fittest animals reproduce and pass on their traits.
U4Act2: Evolution 101 Part 2: Fossils show how organisms have evolved over time (and how some have gone extinct).
No homework tonight except to prep notebooks for notebook check - see the main blog for a list of what should be in your journal. If you need any handouts, see me.
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If you were out:
Copy and complete:
3/22/17 Do Now: List 2 adaptations that might have helped early huans to survive and then describe how it might have helped. Once you are done, show me:
Adaptation How it helped survival
1.
2.
Copy the following summary main lesson ideas to your connections pages:
U4Act2: Evolution 101 Part 1: Evolution has to do with waht organism suvives to reproduce.
Naural Seletcion is the idea that the fittest animals reproduce and pass on their traits.
U4Act2: Evolution 101 Part 2: Fossils show how organisms have evolved over time (and how some have gone extinct).
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Homework:
Re-Read U2Act2: Evolution 101 Part 1 and 2 notes. On a separare piece of paper, write what you think is a most important idea in one sentence, for each of the two parts (so two sentences total)
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If you were out:
3/21/17 Do Now [copy and complete to your journal] Primates are a group of mammals that include humans, apes and monkeys, and two examples of primate species are ___________ and _____________. Note that there are many different types of apes and different types of monkeys.
Click on the inks below and complete the reading on our fossil human ancestors from pages 188-193, and on your journal pages from last Friday, 3/17/17 for U4Act6: Fossil Humans, finish defining the terms primates, hominids, Australopithecus and Neanderthals.
Pages 188-189
Pages 190-191
Pages 192-193
Re-Read U2Act2: Evolution 101 Part 1 and 2 notes. On a separare piece of paper, write what you think is a most important idea in one sentence, for each of the two parts (so two sentences total)
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If you were out:
3/21/17 Do Now [copy and complete to your journal] Primates are a group of mammals that include humans, apes and monkeys, and two examples of primate species are ___________ and _____________. Note that there are many different types of apes and different types of monkeys.
Click on the inks below and complete the reading on our fossil human ancestors from pages 188-193, and on your journal pages from last Friday, 3/17/17 for U4Act6: Fossil Humans, finish defining the terms primates, hominids, Australopithecus and Neanderthals.
Pages 188-189
Pages 190-191
Pages 192-193
Monday, March 20, 2017
Friday, March 17, 2017
Friday, March 17, 2017
Homework:
No homework over the weekend
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If you were out:
Copy the following to your journal for the next lesson:
U4Act6 Fossil Humans
Key Question: What do we know about early hunans and how they survived?
Adaptation: A characteristic that helps and organism survive in its environment.
Primates: [skip two lines to leave space for a definition]
Hominids: [skip 2]
Australopithecines: [skip 2]
Neanderthals: [Skip 2]
No homework over the weekend
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If you were out:
Copy the following to your journal for the next lesson:
U4Act6 Fossil Humans
Key Question: What do we know about early hunans and how they survived?
Adaptation: A characteristic that helps and organism survive in its environment.
Primates: [skip two lines to leave space for a definition]
Hominids: [skip 2]
Australopithecines: [skip 2]
Neanderthals: [Skip 2]
Thursday, March 16, 2017
Thursday, March 16, 2017
Homework:
Re-Read U2Act2: Evolution 101 Part 1 and 2 notes. On a separare piece of paper, write 2 one line summaries, one for each. Turn it in tomorrow.
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If you were out:
Copy and complete the following Do Now:
3/16/17 Do Now: Which of the five fossil types do you like best, and why?
Re-Read U2Act2: Evolution 101 Part 1 and 2 notes. On a separare piece of paper, write 2 one line summaries, one for each. Turn it in tomorrow.
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If you were out:
Copy and complete the following Do Now:
3/16/17 Do Now: Which of the five fossil types do you like best, and why?
- Review the notes for Petrified fossil, trace fossil, coprilite, Mold and cast.
- Make sure you understand the idea of Index fossils as a marker in a layer.
- If you have questions, see me.
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Homework:
Blocks 1 and 2, prep for notebook check.
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If you were out:
On the next blank page
copy and complete the following
U4Act5: Kinds of Fossils
3/15/17 Do now: From memory, if possible, or use notes to write what the following fossil types are:
Petrified fossil
Trace fossil
Coprolites
Mold
Cast
In class, we will be studying real fossils for the next day or so. When you get in, be sure to look at the instructions on the board for what to do with your fossil and what to write in your journal.
Blocks 1 and 2, prep for notebook check.
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If you were out:
On the next blank page
copy and complete the following
U4Act5: Kinds of Fossils
3/15/17 Do now: From memory, if possible, or use notes to write what the following fossil types are:
Petrified fossil
Trace fossil
Coprolites
Mold
Cast
In class, we will be studying real fossils for the next day or so. When you get in, be sure to look at the instructions on the board for what to do with your fossil and what to write in your journal.
Monday, March 13, 2017
Monday, March 13, 2017
Homework:
No new homework.
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If you were out:
Today was a WIN schedule, and blocks 2, 5, and 6 used it to make-up Friday’s formative “Types of Rocks” quiz, and the Genetics Unit Summative Test if necessary.
Students also used it to check the notes from last Wednesday’s Evolution 101 notes
If you missed the “Types of Rocks” formative, and/or the Genetics Unit Summative see me to take it or arrange a time to take it.
No new homework.
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If you were out:
Today was a WIN schedule, and blocks 2, 5, and 6 used it to make-up Friday’s formative “Types of Rocks” quiz, and the Genetics Unit Summative Test if necessary.
Students also used it to check the notes from last Wednesday’s Evolution 101 notes
If you missed the “Types of Rocks” formative, and/or the Genetics Unit Summative see me to take it or arrange a time to take it.
Friday, March 10, 2017
Friday, March 10, 2017
Homework:
No new homework.
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If you were out:
See me to take the “Types of Rocks” Formative.
See me for a copy of the note sheet U4Act4: Fossils, and of the reading packet that goes along with it. Complete the notesheet and then show me. I will tell you how to correct your answers.
No new homework.
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If you were out:
See me to take the “Types of Rocks” Formative.
See me for a copy of the note sheet U4Act4: Fossils, and of the reading packet that goes along with it. Complete the notesheet and then show me. I will tell you how to correct your answers.
Thursday, March 9, 2017
Wednesday, March 8 and Thursday, March 9, 2017
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Homework:
I was out today - no homework was assigned
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If you were out:
See me for a copy of the Evolution 101, Part II handout, visit the science blog, watch the video and complete the handout.
Thursday, March 9, 2017
Homework:
No new homework.
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If you were out:
Today we had volunteers from Bangor Savings bank come and work with the students to learn about careers and related topics. No makeup work is necessary.
Homework:
I was out today - no homework was assigned
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If you were out:
See me for a copy of the Evolution 101, Part II handout, visit the science blog, watch the video and complete the handout.
Thursday, March 9, 2017
Homework:
No new homework.
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If you were out:
Today we had volunteers from Bangor Savings bank come and work with the students to learn about careers and related topics. No makeup work is necessary.
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Homework:
No new homework.
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If you were out:
No new homework.
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If you were out:
- Show me your completed Bill Nye Rocks guidesheet.
- Copy and answer the following Do Now to your journal:
Do Now - 3/7/17: What is a fossil and how do they form? - Get a copy of the red textbook and read pages 91 -94.
- Correct your notes for Evolution 101 part I using the key that has been put in the Key Binder.
- I will be checking journals so be sure yours is up to date (see yesterday’s entry).
Monday, March 6, 2017
Monday, March 6, 2017
Homework:
Complete the items below to bring your journal up to date.
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If you were out:
Today, we worked on getting our journals set up for this Unit.
Complete the items below to bring your journal up to date.
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If you were out:
Today, we worked on getting our journals set up for this Unit.
- Get TOC (Table of Contents) from me and tape it in after the title page that you created before February break.
- Set up 2 side by side connections pages with the heading “ Unit 4: Age of the Earth Connections Pages.”
- Bill Nye Rocks guidesheet:
- a.Fold in half and tape in after connections pages.
b.Write heading: ”U4Act1: Bill Nye Rocks” at the top of the journal page.
c. Check your answers with the key (see me if you need it). - On the next page after Bill Nye, tape in U4Act2: Evolution 101 Pt I.
- Skip a page for Evolution 101 part II
- The next two to three pages should be a “Do Now” and the note sheet for the play-dough activity U4Act3: Rock Layer Disturbances notes.
- Update your unit TOC to include all of these.
Friday, March 3, 2017
Friday, March 3, 2017
Homework:
Go to the main page of the science blog and click on the link to watch the Bill Nye video on Rocks. As you watch, complete the guide sheet. I will check for completion Monday.
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If you were out:
No Do Now for today, however, Go to the science Blog, and read the entry for today (March 3, 2017), then look at all the pictures, and copy the following to your journal:
U4Act3: Rock Layer Disturbances
Principle of Superposition: Older Rock layers on the bottom, younger layers on top.
Key Question: How can the rock layers be disturbed?
Folding [skip 4 lines]
Tilting [skip 4 lines]
Fault [skip 4 lines]
Intrusion
Go to the main page of the science blog and click on the link to watch the Bill Nye video on Rocks. As you watch, complete the guide sheet. I will check for completion Monday.
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If you were out:
No Do Now for today, however, Go to the science Blog, and read the entry for today (March 3, 2017), then look at all the pictures, and copy the following to your journal:
U4Act3: Rock Layer Disturbances
Principle of Superposition: Older Rock layers on the bottom, younger layers on top.
Key Question: How can the rock layers be disturbed?
Folding [skip 4 lines]
Tilting [skip 4 lines]
Fault [skip 4 lines]
Intrusion
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Homework:
Go to the main page of the science blog and click on the link to watch the Bill Nye video on Rocks. As you watch, complete the guide sheet. I will check for completion tomorrow.
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If you were out:
3/2/17 Do Now [On the seventh page after the title page].
From memory, if possible, write the 3 types of rock, then visit the website shared on today’s blog entry and summarize how each one formed.
If you don’t remember the three rock types, go right to the website and look them up.
Show me when you have finished.
We spent the rest of the block making the remaining play dough colors that we started yesterday, so that each group has four colors.
Go to the main page of the science blog and click on the link to watch the Bill Nye video on Rocks. As you watch, complete the guide sheet. I will check for completion tomorrow.
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If you were out:
3/2/17 Do Now [On the seventh page after the title page].
From memory, if possible, write the 3 types of rock, then visit the website shared on today’s blog entry and summarize how each one formed.
If you don’t remember the three rock types, go right to the website and look them up.
Show me when you have finished.
We spent the rest of the block making the remaining play dough colors that we started yesterday, so that each group has four colors.
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Homework:
Go to the main page of the science blog and click on the link to watch the Bill Nye video on Rocks. As you watch, complete the guide sheet. I will check for completion tomorrow.
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If you were out:
No Do Now today - we stared working on making play-dough for some rock modeling that we will be doing.
If you haven’t finished part I of the Evolution 101 video and notesheet from yesterday, be sure to do that.
Go to the main page of the science blog and click on the link to watch the Bill Nye video on Rocks. As you watch, complete the guide sheet. I will check for completion tomorrow.
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If you were out:
No Do Now today - we stared working on making play-dough for some rock modeling that we will be doing.
If you haven’t finished part I of the Evolution 101 video and notesheet from yesterday, be sure to do that.
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Monday was a WIN day - no makeup needed
Homework:
Go to the main page of the science blog and click on the link to watch the Bill Nye video on Rocks. As you watch, complete the guide sheet. I will check for completion tomorrow.
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If you were out:
Copy and answer the following Do Now:
2/28/17 Do Now:
“Survival of the Fittest”
What does this phrase mean in evolution?
Then see me for a copy of the Evolution 101 video guide sheet, then go to the science blog and click on the link for the Evolution 101 video, watch the video and complete the guide sheet.
After you have finished the video, make a Unit title page in your journal that includes:
Homework:
Go to the main page of the science blog and click on the link to watch the Bill Nye video on Rocks. As you watch, complete the guide sheet. I will check for completion tomorrow.
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If you were out:
Copy and answer the following Do Now:
2/28/17 Do Now:
“Survival of the Fittest”
What does this phrase mean in evolution?
Then see me for a copy of the Evolution 101 video guide sheet, then go to the science blog and click on the link for the Evolution 101 video, watch the video and complete the guide sheet.
After you have finished the video, make a Unit title page in your journal that includes:
- “Unit 4: Age of the Earth”
- 3 drawings of your choice having to do with the topic.
- Shade in the title page top to bottom so that it looks good.
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