Tuesday: Substitute for BL. Whale internet activity.
Homework: Define key terms/ vocabulary for Chapter 7 sections 2 & 3 Thursday: Speciation Notes Whale Speciation Excavation Activity Homework: Read Chapter 7, 3 and workbook pages 122-124 If you're interested Bill Nye will be having a debating evolution with a creationist on Tuesday, February 4th. Here is a news article with more information. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/ham-on-nye-debate-pits-atheists-creationists/2014/01/30/140d58ee-89ec-11e3-a760-a86415d0944d_story.html
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Wednesday: Finish Mice Lab - here is the video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMtT5_AQmLg
I forgot to post this after the staff meeting... SO IT"S EXTRA CREDIT!!! Brain Pop Fossils: http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/0078802849/164155/00076703.html Heredity: http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/0078617022/161752/00051105.html Write five facts for each... I can't find the Natural Selection one, but I'll keep trying... FRIDAY: Evidence of Evolution Notes and two worksheets - one on homologous structures and one on DNA comparison. Homework: Read Chapter 7, section 2 & workbook pages 116-119 Monday: Charles Darwin's Voyage and observations
Peppered Moth Experiments - see Evolution Tab if absent Homework: flashcards Chapter 7, 1 & Read pgs 224-228 Wednesday: Species, Variation, & Adaptation Sunflower Seed Lab Homework: Read Chapter 7, 1 (pgs 224-228) AND WORKBOOK Pages 112-114 ONLY #1-11 Friday: Natural Selection Mice Natural Selection Lab & video Homework: Read Chapter 7, 1 (pgs 229-231) AND to CHOOSE EITHER: A) WORKBOOK Pages 112-114 ONLY #12-19 B) Natural Selection cartoon illustration of vocab used in today's notes Which came first the chicken or the egg? Questions to ponder as we begin our next unit.
Tuesday: Questioning Activity & Fossil Lab, if you missed it come in at lunch THIS WEEK before we put the fossils away! Homework: Flashcards: In own words, with diagram or sentence Terms: fossil, mold, cast, trace fossil, petrified fossil, and paleontologist Science Fundraiser at Lagunitas is next Monday- buy tickets early and get entered into a movie pass raffle! Thursday: Fossil Inference Activity, Formation, & the Fossil Record Homework: Create a colorful cartoon of at least 6 slides depicting the process of fossil formation. |
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