Grades for Trimester 3 

MS Calendar 

Chart for challenge stars

Science Extension and Enrichment Challenge (SEEC) Project links

5/30 to 6/

Exhibition

Human Body

5/16 to 5/29

for Fun

Science songs

Eating Toast by Zig 

HW 7: Blood(in html)What is blood? What is the circulatory system.pdf

Capillary animation Up close

Circulatory System

Is blood in Veins blue?

So is it blue?

So is it?

Read the blue blood articles to the left and write me a paragraph describing the evidence.

xHW\make a model arm cardboard and rubber band.pdf

xHW\muscles that move bones 1 and 2.pdf

xHW the brain.pdf

xHW the brain page 2.pdf

xHW Talking.pdf

xHw The respiratory system alveloi.pd

xWhat is the circulatory system.pdf

xHW Blood vessels.pdf

xHw the blood.pdf

Human Body

5/6 to 5/15

HW The digestive system.pdf

Human Body

4/17 to 5/5

Unit Plan

HW1 : How is race an illusion

HW 2: Draw Essential Image from unit plan

HW 3: Digestion Reading

HW 4: Digestive tube Analysis

Watched Movie Race: Power of an Illusion. and discussed how racial differences are skin deep and don't predict other parts of our small (1/1000) human diversity.

Good summary reading

Notes on structure of digestive system with numbers

Notes on function of digestive system

blank notes page on function

Read and draw an illustration of of this.

check out visual concepts. see if you can find digestion.

Evolution

4/7 to 4/16

HW 25:  Take home quiz on natural Selection; Boll Weevil

Test on Thursday 4/17 for A and B, Tuesday 4/5 for E and F

other evolution movies for students

Evolution

3/26 to 4/4

Modified HW 22 Chap 4 sec3 by permission only

HW 23: Concept map ME MAP

other evolution movies for students

Notes on Basic concepts: Speciation

Pepper moth PowerPoint

breakfast for birds

Great adaptations video

Bird adaptive radiation

Evolution

3/13 to 3/25

Science songs

HW 20: Powers of 10 and Scientific Notation XC: Advanced Scientific notation

HW 21: Chap 4 evolution, sect 2 how does evolution happen

HW 21 modified by permission only

PowerPoint of 4.1

Letter to introduce book chapters

Notes page: key vocab from 4.1

Text audio:  Intro 4.1 4.2 4.3

is evolution just a theory?

Age of earth slide

Evolution Notes 1

Evolution 1 Notes videos

Mammals take over tree

Evidence of whale evo 1

Evidence of whale evo 2

comparing arm structures

Skeleton Extra Challenge

Put Mr. Bones together for XC

Interactive timeline

Cosmic Calendar;  cosmic calendar printable

text

virtual genetic lab

Finch Problem Space data

Evolution is amazing: Look at this  complex picture of metabolism! Every one of your cells (and every other life's cells) is doing this now!

Science songs

q 4.1

Evolution

3/3 to 3/12

All late work due by March 7

HW: News A-E: Komodo (complete Yellow article template sheet for dragon article , excluding step 8, paragraph"

link to dragon photos

Science News Articles Resources

Dragon breeding online Lab print last screen when finished with simulation

If you didn't get a blue ribbon on ordering numbers here is a paper version.

Current event article template

paragraph template

HW: News 1 ABC (Bring in Genetics or Evolution article)

HW 19 Chap 4 Evolution Section 1 Change over time p108-114

HW 19: Modified version by permission only

HW 19 Chap 4 Evolution Section 1 Change over time vocabulary review

Darwin Idea Evolution video clips

rock cycle origin of fossils

age of civilization

Musing on Billions in science by Raymo

Extinctions

Human Evolution and Migration

Cloning thanks LA!

How does Evolution impact my life? prepare a poster or slide show on one thing you learn from this site.

Natural selection: Evolution simulation

pi song, Evolution of the dog screen saver of a different kind

Take control of the cell cycle game. It is tricky and fun! send a screen shot for XC. Thanks to JP for link!

Start a new good habit and red "X" each day you do it. Seinfeld used this to help him write every day. He tried to keep a streak going.

Red X year

Red X leap lear

Evolution

2/13 to 2/29

CW: Darwin's idea video

CW: SI print out of Heredity questions

NOS Reading

All late work due March 7 due to snow dismissal and principal meetings!

Farm Worksheets

Dairy Farm Reflection Sheet

notebook check sheet

larson cartoons

Evolution cartoons

Science Poetry Contest due March 17

Many Categories!

lilac chaser

Science Video Contest Register by March 15 Project due by April 1

The video topic can be anything--a math formula, a chemistry equation, a law of physics--as long as it's science-related. In the spirit of the
show, judges are looking for creativity.

First prize of $2,000!

Heredity/Evolution

2/1 to 2/12

Test study guide

Heredity study links

Take Home Open response question for the test

HW 16: Heredity Chap 3 Section 3: Meiosis p.68-74  (Modified HW 16)

HW 17:  Chap 3 Genes and DNA Section 1: What does DNA look like? p 86-89

Heredity Flash cards set 1 and 2

Web based Flash cards

Seed data collection tables

KPC Flash Cards

Electoral Compass for Social studies

Blood!

Multilingual glossary

Cool TV and Video Project
PBS and its newest series, "Wired Science," are hosting an online student video contest with a lp your students make a short video exploring a cool scientific principle and they could be featured on the"Wired Science" Web site! The video topic can be anything--a math formula, a chemistry equation, a law of physics--as long as it's science-related. In the spirit of the
show, judges are looking for creativity. Be original. Make us laugh. Excite us. And, of course, remember to be safe. The top 20 finalist videos will be posted to pbs.org and in the Apple Student Gallery. The
registration deadline is March 15, 2008 and completed entries are due April 1, 2008. Winners will be announced May 17, 2008.
http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience/

Buy a pencil,  change the world. (from the Cambodian water project)

 preset show for looping

Heredity

1/18 to 1/31

HW 15: Pedigree practice

Pedigree classwork

class tubes

DNA interactive

How the eye works: video

color blindness

thanks to LA!

seeing from all perspectives

Dog Breeding Game send me a screen shot if you win the champion  breeder award for 4 stars!

Mendel Rap

think you can do better?

thanks to LA!

typing practice. XC for typing 30, 40 50 words per/min with 6 or less errors.

300$ Prostrate Cancer test NYT article

ANSWERS

help with confusing words

Heredity

Unit outline

1/8 to 1/17

HW 12 Chap 3 Sec 1 Mendel and his Peas

HW 12 part 2 Ratios

HW 13 Quiz Review and study quide

Class work: Punnett square practice

Punnett Sqare extension

Mitosis Brainpop and other brainpops Write a summary of the key ideas in a few of these for

Skin color explained

Eye color explainedWrite a summary of how eye and skin color come about.

Mendel gather some data from this lab

thanks to LA!

Mitosis and Meiosis extra challenge: What is the difference and way are both needed?

NYT  article: Blind fish have seeing young: write a summary of this article.

Eye anatomy, draw a labeled cell diagram. How does the eye see?

Q and A eye color

Cell: Organelle Structure

12/18-1/7

Cell test review sheet

Cell parts review

Diffusion and osmosis review

send me a good youtube video on a science topic we are studying.

Cell Respiration in muscle cell

photosynthesis animation

pbs animation

online Biology glossary

Experiments with Respirometers

Experiments with photosynthesis

Advanced Cell Resipiration

Cell: Organelle Structure

12/6-12/17

HW 5: Foldable with 13 terms and drawings

Cell organelle flash cards

HW 6 Cell analogy College and XC Cell City Analogy

HW 8 Chap 2 section 1 Exchange with the Environment

HW 9: Chap 2 section 2  Cell Energy p.38-41

computer cells

Cells alive: 3D cell

Cells alive: How big is a cell?

Cells alive: Puzzles

Cells: Quizzes

HW xc :The cell choice analogy

HW xc : cell drawing

XC: Draw Squad make these picture for extra challenge

Electron microscopy link

What is Electron microscopy?

Electron microscope: check out the site: find out what this is for extra challenge.

Cell: Photosynthesis

organelle structure

11/21-12/5

Cell notes

Study Island

School email access

Mr. Fanning's Web

panoramic photos

lots of products

quick census facts young

Northern lights

Picture from Africa

time lapse 1

360 pictures

Cool math idea: Rule of 72 compound interest

Cell:  Diffusion

11/8-11/20

Classification Practice Test

XC Bring in liquid for Egg by Monday 11/19

HW: Photosynthesis  note for A, E, F

Life is beautiful!

time mobius loop

Test on Classification on Friday

10/26-11/7

Review sheet for 7.2 and Review guide for the test

link Tree Life with video links

Classification Practice Test

Standardized test prep

10/17-10/26

10/4-10/16

XC 6

HW NJF Collection Rubric and Templates

9/24-10/3

HW Read chapter 7 section 2 pages  170-175. Do questions  2, 3, 5, 7   on pages 175

9/12-9/21

HW: 6 kingdoms CHART

6 kingdom chart template

HOOPSTER: WHAT HAPPENED CONCLUSION PAGE

XC

HOOPSTER: WHY DID THIS HAPPEN CONCLUSION PAGE

XC

MAKE A DRAGON OPTICAL ILLUSION AND EXPLAIN HOW WHAT WE SEE IS IMPACTED BY WHAT WE KNOW.

 download the GREEN DRAGON,

download the RED DRAGON or

download the BLUE DRAGON.

ClassTubes: Science Videos 

 WWW.GRANDILLUSION.COM  

ENGLISH CONNECTION: Fun multiple intelligence link

MATH CONNECTION: Make a graph

Thinking: How to think like a genuis

8/31-9/11

HW B: Make section in Binder

Young Naturalists Award winners

temperature conversions

matter in motion