Quarter 2, Week 10, Jan. 16 – 20, 2017

This is the last week of Quarter 2!  We continue our work with Compound Microscopes.

Monday-  NO SCHOOL.  Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Tuesday- Review Compound Microscope parts, safety, and sketches.  Plant and Animal Cells.
Wednesday- Plant and Animal Cells- Sciencesaurus and Kids Discover Cells.
Thursday- Review Compound Microscope parts and rules for Quiz tomorrow. Compound Microscope and the Letter e Lab.
Friday- Compound Microscope Quiz and sketches.

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Quarter 2, Week 9, Jan. 9 – 13, 2017

We continue with Cells and Microscopes this week. Complete Lumarod sketches.

Monday- Continue with the Lumarods to draw sketches of insects.
Tuesday- Sketches of insects using Lumarods DUE TOMORROW.
Wednesday- Complete Lumarod sketches.  LUMAROD QUIZ on FRIDAY.
Thursday-  Review for tomorrow’s quiz. Plant and Animal Cells.
Friday- Lumarod Quiz. Compound Microscope use and safety review and slide sketches.

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Quarter 2, Week 8, Jan. 3 – 6, 2017

Welcome back- I hope you enjoyed your week off!  We start our Cells and Microscopes Unit this week.

Monday-  NO SCHOOL.
Tuesday- Aquaponics- Water Quality Tests and Bacteria Notes.
Wednesday- Aquaponics water quality tests and stations.  What do you know about Plant and Animal Cells?
Thursday- Finish all Aquaponics packets. Microscope article and questionnaire
Friday- Finish article.  Parts of and Safety of Lumarods and Microscopes. Lumarod images and sketches due Wednesday.

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Quarter 2, Week 7, Dec. 19 – 22, 2016

We continue with Aquaponics.  We conclude our week with the Santa Auction, the GeoBee, and the Spelling Bee.

Monday-  Water Tests, Volume and Aquaponics Venn Diagram and Cinquain
Tuesday-
Aquaponics Water Test (and comparison of tanks) and Sampling Fish Lab.
Wednesday- Aquaponics exit ticket and complete labs.
Thursday- Santa Auction, the GeoBee, and the Spelling Bee.
Friday- NO SCHOOL- start of Winter Break!  See you next year…

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Quarter 2, Week 6, Dec. 12 – 16, 2016

We continue with Aquaponics this week… working at 6 new stations.

Monday- Water Quality testing and the history of Aquaponics.
Tuesday- Review Aquaponic Cycle.  Anatomy of a fish.
Wednesday-
Go Fish and Sampling Fish Lab.
Thursday- Aquaponics Haiku and Descriptive paragraphs.
Friday- Students complete all stations they didn’t during the week.

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Quarter 2, Week 5, Dec. 5 – 9, 2016

We continue with Aquaponics this week and next week with various work stations.

Monday- We continue with our introduction into Aquaponics.
Tuesday-
We continue with our introduction into Aquaponics.
Wednesday- Half-Day for students.  Periods 5, 6, 7, and 8.
Thursday- complete our introduction to Aquaponics (students have been working at six different stations over the course of four days) and perform our skits that small groups developed.
Friday- Aquaponic Chemistry (yah, that’s a thing).

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Quarter 2, Week 4, Nov. 28 – Dec. 2, 2016

Welcome Back!  I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday! We complete our animal research project slide shows and start AQUAPONICS!

Monday- Finalize slide shows-  incorporate a bar graph comparing the weights of five animals.
Tuesday-  SLIDE SHOWS ARE DUE TOMORROW!
Wednesday- present slide shows.
Thursday-
AQUAPONICS!!!  Today we start a two day introduction into Aquaponics.  We will also compare our attention spans to that of a goldfish.
Friday- Continuation of yesterday.

 

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Quarter 2, Week 3, Nov. 21 – 25, 2016

Very short week this week!  Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Monday- Slide show development and incorporate a bar graph comparing the weight, height, or length of 5 animals onto a slide of your slide show.
Tuesday- Half day for students, Periods 1, 2, 3, 4, and advisory time.  These classes will finalize their slide shows.
Wednesday- No school for students– half day of conferences for teachers.
Thursday- THANKSGIVING- NO SCHOOL!

Friday- NO SCHOOL!

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Quarter 2, Week 2, Nov. 14 – 18, 2016

This week we work to complete our animal research project/slide show.  We will be working with the Chrome books in class working with Google Science Classroom in Google Drive.  Aquaponics quickly approaching…

Monday- Animal research outline and animal research.
Tuesday- Finish Animal Research (with chrome books) and Animal Research Outline . 
Wednesday- Slide show development.
Thursday- Slide show development.
Friday- Create animal comparison bar graph and slide show development

 

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Quarter 2, Week 1, Nov. 7 – 11, 2016

We begin Quarter 2 this week!  Which also means we start AQUAPONICS in the next two weeks!  This week is a very short week.

Monday- Students complete the Dichotomous Key Lab.
Tuesday- No school!
Wednesday- Students read an article on black bears and practice note-taking and creating word webs in preparation for their animal research project. Also, papers are returned and folders cleaned out.  Complete black bear example; begin two column notes of research animal and creating word webs or an outline of your notes.
Thursday- Research your animal- continue your two column notes (alternate)  two column notes  and your word web or an outline of your notes.
Friday-  No school!

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