WELCOME TO THE HORNETS' NEST TEAM 7.3
The following is a list of a daily class activities, practice, test dates, labs, and Team information. If there is an (open) button next to the listing (assignment), you can click on it to view and print the document. If there is NOT a link next to the listing (assignment), ask a classmate or me to explain the assignment to you.
Date Classwork/Activity/Practice/Announcements
2019
05/24 SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT ECOLOGY
05/23 Review Study Guide
05/22 Symbiotic Relationships (open)
05/21 Discussed Competitin-Native & Invasive squirrels, predator/prey graph and prediction and
Symbiotic Relationships
05/20 Finish Reading Chapter 18 Section 3 (see 5/17 below for the reading)
#12 Chapter 18.3 (open)
Study Guide due Thursday (open)
05/17 Read pages 442 and 443 of Chapter 18--see 5/14 below
Make a T-Chart and label one side "Habitat" and the other side "Niche"
Watch the Wolf video and write items mentioned on your T-Chart about the Wolf's habitat
and niche https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L6N2diE8jc
On the opposite side of your paper, write the definition of both Habitat and Niche
Read Pages 444-446 (open) Chapter 18 Section 3
05/16 Reviewed #11 Observation Stations Food Webs
Placed the Food Web from Station #6 on to an Energy Pyramid (open)
Read pages 443 and 444 of Chapter 18 Section 3 (open)
05/15 #11 Observation Stations Food Webs --includes an answer key (open)
Food Web Station 6 (open)
05/14 #10 Energy Connection worksheet (open) and Food Webs (open)
Reading Chapter 18 Section 2 "The Energy Connection" (open)
05/13 #9 Levels of Organization and Ecosystem drawing due tomorrow, 5/14 (open) (open)
Chapter 18 Section 1 Reading (open)
05/10 Intro to new unit on Ecology Learning Target/Capacity Matrix for unit (open)
05/09 SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT CONSERVATION OF MASS
05/08 Review Lab, Review for Test (open)
05/07 #8 It's In the Bag Lab (open)
05/06 Practiced Modeling molecules and balancing chemical equations
05/03 #7 Conservation of Mass (open) Reading (open)
05/02 #6 Chemical Rxns (open)
05/01 Reviewed assignment #5
Practiced Counting atoms in molecules
04/30 #5 Physical vs. Chemical Changes (open)
Reading pages 48-51 (open)
Bill Nye Video Notes--Chemical Reactions (open)
https://www.schooltube.com/video/a8a6ef715874489db73b/Bill%20Nye%20Chemical%20Reactions
04/29 #4 Elements, Atoms and Molecules worksheet due tomorrow (open)
04/26 Intro to new Unit "Conservation of Mass"--explored the Periodic Table by playing Periodic
Battleship
04/25 Completed Ice Cream Challenge Test by writing a "Reflection."
04/24 Made at least one revision on the device. Made Ice Cream.
04/23 Completed building device. Completed first Trial test with water and discussed revisions.
04/22 Finished sketches for the Ice Cream device and started building the device.
Students will have 15 minutes tomorrow to complete their device before doing a trial test
STUDENTS NEED TO START COLLECTING SUPPLIES FOR OUR NEXT UNIT: cardboard,
packing materials, sytrofoam . . .
04/19 DisneyNature's Penguin movie and studying "Is Antarctica losing its penguins?" in science
04/18 Started sketching a design for the Ice Cream device
04/17 Begin the Ice Cream Challenge--this Engineering Lab is an Summative Assessment
04/16 Completed Endo/Exothermic Investigation Lab Summative Assessment
04/15 Graphed data, made a claim and provided evidence for the Endo/Exothermic Investigation
04/11-12 Continue work on the Endo/Exothermic Investigation Lab Summative Assessment
04/10 Started Endo/Exothermic Investigation Summative Assessment:
Summary paragraph on endo/exothermic reactions
Variables, hypothesis, and diagram of lab set up
04/09 Complete Knowledge Probe #2
Handed out the Summative Assessment "Endothrmic vs. Exothermic Investigation
This unit is a "Performance Task"--the students will be working everyday on the
Summative Assessment.
If a student is absent, he/she will need to make up what
was missed on the test the day of his/her return.
04/08 Endothermic vs. Exothermic Investigation Rubric (open)
#2 Knowledge Probe (open)
Reading for Knowledge Probe (open)
Click on "Links" above & then click on the following "buttons" to view videos for Knowledge Probe
"What Are Endothermic & Exothermic Reactions"
"Reaction 1"
"Reaction 2"
SUMMATIVE PLATE TECTONICS FRIDAY 4/5
04/03-/04 Review and practice for Summative Assessment
04/02 #1 Predicting Earthquakes and Volcanoes Reading Summary (open)
Reading for above (open)
04/01 Reviewed everything we have covered in this unit, Discussed predicting Natural Disasters
03/21 worked on Poster Project
03/20 Graham Cracker Plate Tectonics Lab, If absent, you are excused from this assignmetns
03/19 Poster Project due 4/3 Scoring Guide (open) diagram examples (open)
03/18 Completed Plate Tectonic Notes
03/15 #22 Plate Tectonics Notes (open) answers to fill in (open)
03/14 Mt. Ashland Field Trip
03/13 #21 Sea Floor Spreading notes (open) PPT (open)
03/12 #20 Pangaea Puzzle and Analysis (open) (open)
03/11 #19 Continental Drift Notes with PPT (open) PPT (open) Chapter Reading (open)
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT EARTH'S INTERIOR FRIDAY 3/8
03/06 #17 Convection Current Lab (open)
03/05 Formative Quiz--"Foldable Questions"
03/04 #16 Convection Currents worksheet after reading 288-289 (open) see 2/25 for chapter reading
#18 Study Guide due Thursday 3/07 (open)
03/01 continued work on Earth's Foldable
02/28 #15 Earth's Foldable (open) (open) Fill out the rectangles from worksheet #12 below
02/27 #14 Bill Nye Video Notes Earth's Crust (open) 30 minute periods due to late snow start
02/26 #13 Oreo Lab (open) answers (open) and completed #12 worksheet together
02/25 Intro to new unit: Earth's Interior Rubric & Capacity Matrix (open)
#12 Lesson 1 Earth's Interior (open)
Chapter Reading for Lesson 1 assignment (open)
02/21-22 Blood Lab (open)
02/20 Shortened periods due to late late start--discussed Blood Basics and blood types
02/19 DNA Protein Synthesis Bead Bracelet lab
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT HEREDITY FRIDAY 2/15
02/14 Review Study Guide (see 2/11 below) and practice on student whiteboards
02/13 Amoeba Sisters Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-0rSv6oxSY
#9 Amoeba Sisters Video Recap (open)
#7 Dimples Punnett squares (open)
#4 Complete the Directed Reading Chapter 5 Section 1 (open)
Chapter reading (open)
02/12 #8 Coin Flip Genetics (open)
Practiced Punnett square problems on student whiteboards
02/11 Reviewed what we have learned up to this point in the Heredity Unit
#6 Simply Genetics due tomorrow (open)
#10 Study Guide due Thursday (open)
GENETICS MONSTER PROJECT DUE THURSDAY, 2/14
02/05-08 "Monster Genetics Project" if absent, make an appointment to get caught up
02/04 Discussed and should know how to describe the following:
phenotype/genotype, homozygous/heterozygous, dominant/recessive,
genes/alleles
02/01 #5 Mendel Pea Lab (open)
01/31 #4 Directed Reading #6-17 together and discussed see below*
01/30 #3 Gingerbread Pom Poms Generation of Traits Lab
#4 Directed Reading Chapter 5 Section 1 * (open) Do #1-5
Chapter read (open)
01/29 #2 Inventory of Traits (open)
Vocabulary hand out--flash cards due Monday 2/4 (open)
01/28 Intro to new unit "Heredity" (open)
#1 Bill Nye Gene video notes (open) answer key (open)
01/25 SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT DNA AND CELL CYCLE
01/24 Reviewed Study Guide and review for test that is TOMORROW!
01/23 #29 HeLa Cells and Cancer Facts (open) article (open) Study Guide due tomorrow see 1/17
01/22 #28 Amoeba Sisters video notes (open) also looked at cell cycle steps in Onion Root Tips under
the microscope.
website https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-ldPgEfAHI
01/17 #28 Handed out Study Guide (open) due Thursday 1/24 Test Friday 1/25
#26 Mitosis Notes (open) answer key (open)
#27 Directed Reading Chapter 4 Section 3 (open) due Tuesday 1/22
Chapter 4 Section 3 Reading (open)
01/16 Cleaned out binders, discussed what a gene is, and discussed why plants and animals produce
more cells.
01/15 Finished DNA Model
01/14 #24 Fill in Cornell Notes on the Structure of DNA (open) Answer Key (open)
#25 DNA Model and worksheet (open) (open) This is the model you will complete if you
were absent
01/11 Watched Ted Ed "The Twisting Tale of DNA" and completed a video worksheet-see #23 below
for the worksheet
#24 Cornell Notes on the History of DNA and a DNA Flow Chart (open)
#24 Cornell Notes on the History of DNA and a DNA Flow Chart answers (open)
01/10 Discussed DNA structure and function
Watched Amoeba Sisters: Structure and Function of DNA 8:53 min. (can be found by searching
"Amoeba Sisters" and then selecting this specific video from their site.)
#23 Amoeba Sister Video Notes (open)
01/08-09 Play Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Games and Review Tests
01/07 Welcome back. Play Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Games that were due 12/21
#22 Directed Reading 6.1a pages 128 & 130 (open) due Thursday 01/10--
see below for the Chapter Reading
Directed Reading chapter pages to read (open)
Rubric and Capacity Matrix (open)
2018
12/21 Let's learn about Reindeer--no class or homework HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
12/20 SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS on two Learning Targets
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
12/19 Review for Test and complete Board Game
12/18 Review #21 Lab
Make Photosynthesis and Cellular Board for game--Rubric (open)
12/17 #21 Snail and Elodea Virtual Lab (open)
Virtual Lab Website search for "Carbon Transfer Through Snails and Elodea--Virtual Lab WOW
biolab"
12/14 Complete labs from this week and missing assignments
12/13 #20 Exercise Lab to determine CO2 output (open)
12/12 #19 Elodea Chloroplast Lab (open)
STUDY GUIDE due Tuesday 12/18 (open)
12/11 #18 Cellular Respiration Diagram--see page 3 & 4 (open) and Cut & Paste due tomorrow (open)
12 photosynthesis Game Cards due today (open)
Start 12 Cellular Respiration Game Cards due Friday the 14th (open)
12/10 Photosynthesis Board Game with paperclips as atoms
Turn in Leaf Disk Lab
12/07 #17 Leaf Disk Lab see below due Monday
12/06 #17 Leaf Disk Pre Lab (open)
12/05 #16 Cut and Paste Photosynthesis (open)
12/04 #16 Diagram fill in of Photosynthesis (open) notice we did ONLY the photosynthesis page
Know the chemical symbols for glucose, carbon dioxide, oxygen and water and know the
equation for photosynthesis
12/03 Directed Reading Chapter 4 Section 2 due tomorrow --see 11/30 below
Discussed the difference between atoms and molecules, photosynthesis equation, and how carbon
dioxide makes up about 95% of the matter in a tree.
11/30 Bill Nye Plants video
#15 Directed Reading Chapter 4 Section 2 Cell Energy (open)
Chapter 4 Section 2 reading (open)
11/29 Reviewed Tests. To sign up for a retake (if Approaching or Beginning) student needs to show me
assignments #10, 11, 12 and flashcards.
Intro to new Unit: Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Rubric/Capacity Matrix (open)
11/28 SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT (TEST) CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
11/27 PPT to study for TEST TOMORROW (open)
11/26 Onion Cell Lab (open)
11/16 #13--'e' Lab (open)
11/15 #13 Use of a Microscope--if absent, the student will need to make an appointment with me to
have a lesson on using a microscope.
11/14 #12 Labeled Plant and Animal Cell organelles and parts (open)
and compared differences in Plant and Animal Cells (open)
11/13 #11b Bacteria, Animal and Plant Cells (open)
Made 7 flashcards for cell part/organelle and definition see #9 Cell Functions below 11/08
cell parts/organelles flashcards for: cell wall, cytoplasm, cell membrane, nucleus, mitochondria,
LARGE vacuoles (plants only) and chloroplast.
11/09 Reviewed answers and discussed assignments #9 Labeling of the Cell Structures and #10 Reading
Summary (see #10 for 11/07 below)
#11a Venn Diagram comparing Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells (open)
11/08 #9 Cell Functions (open)
#9 Label Cell Structures in a Plant and Animal Cell (open)
worked on #10 Reading Summary (see below 11/07)
11/07 Review States of Matter/Phase Changes TEST
a retake is required if the student did not receive a passing grade (Approaching or Beginning)
A Passing grade is a Meets, Advanced or Mastery
#10 Reading Summary parts of Chapter 3.2 and 3.3 Life Science (open) due Friday
Chapter 3.2 and 3.3 pages 63, 66, 67, 68, 69, 71, 73 (open)
11/06 Wacky History of Cell Therory (open)
11/05 SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT (TEST)
11/02 Reviewed *8 Study Guide, #s 5, 6, and 7 assignments
11/01 #5 Phase Change Practice & Endo/Exo (open) due tomorrow
#6 Jar Diagram (open) due tomorrow
#7 Venn Diagram Part 2 (open)
Study Guide (handed out Tuesday 10/30--due Friday 11/02 (open)
10/31 #4 Dry Ice lab (open)
10/30 #3 Phase Change diagram (open)
*8 STUDY GUIDE (open) due Friday
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT (TEST) Monday 11/05
10/29 #1 Phase Changes Picture Dictionary due tomorrow (open)
Chapter 3 Section 2 chapter to complete above (open)
#2 Phase Change ID (open) due tomorrow
10/25 #18 Finished Olaf Freezing lab see 10/23 below
Reviewed and graded Chapter 3.2 Reading Summary see 10/16 below
10/24 #18 Graphed the Olaf Freezing Lab see 10/23 below
10/23 #18 Olaf Freezing Lab (open) collected data today
10/22 #14 Had 30 minutes of class to complete #14 Reading summary CH 3.2 --see 10/16 below
#16 discussed Endo/Exothermic Changes and completed a worksheet (open)
#1 Phase Changes Picture Dictionary started in class today (open)
10/19 #15 Condensation Mini Labs 1 and 2 (open)
worked 10 minutes on Reading Summary CH 3.2 due Tuesday
10/18 Complete #13 Evaporation Lab (see 10/17)
#14 Reading summary Chapter 3 Section 2 finish--due Tuesday--see 10/16 below
10/17 Vanishing Act mini lab (open)
#13 Evaporation Lab--will work on in class tomorrow to complete (open)
10/16 #12 Molecules in Motion (open) link to view animations
http://www.middleschoolchemistry.com/multimedia/chapter1/lesson2
#14 Reading Summary Chapter 3 Section 2 Goal today #1-#8 (open)
Chapter 3 Section 2 Reading (open)
10/15 Completed and discussed Slime Lab
10/11 #11 Slime Lab (open) due Monday 10/15
10/10 Venn Diagram Part 1 (open)
a challenging puzzle to try--not required (open)
10/09 #10 States of Matter Notes completed and discussion
10/08 #10 States of Matter Notes and discussion (open)
if absent see me
10/05 Review #9 Reading Summary see below, cleaned out science section of binders, and
completed a Safety Contract
10/04 FIELD TRIP TO FORT VANNOY FARMS
10/03 #9 Reading Summary worksheet (open)
Crossword puzzle (open)
Reading Chapter 3 Section 1 (open)
10/02 #8 Video Notes (open) answers (open)
10/01 Intro to new unit--States of Matter and Phase Changes, What you need to know (open)
Review and completed a reflection on the
Sci. Invest. Design test
TEST--SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT THURSDAY 9/27 SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION DESIGN
FIELD TRIP TO MINI MAKER FAIRE IN ASHLAND FRIDAY 9/28
09/26 #7 Practice Writing Hypothesis (open)
09/25 #6 Study Guide due tomorrow (open)
09/24 #5 Bikini Bottoms practice due tomorrow (open)
09/21 Practiced identifying control groups and variables in experiments and review SpongeBob
assignment
09/20 Discussed and Practiced identifying control groups and variables in experiments
#4 SpongeBob Controls and Variables due tomorrow (open)
09/19 QUIZ 6 steps of the Scientific Methods (formative zero weight--doesn't count towards grade)
Praciticed identifying control groups and variables in experiments
09/18 Discussed and Practiced identifying a good controlled experiment
09/17 #3 Scientific Method Steps (open) Completed in class together
Unit Rubric/Capacity Matrix (open)
09/11 VAUX'S SWIFT MIGRATION FAMILY NIGHT
09/10-9/14 This week we are working on an Engineering Project that will result in an Engineering Grade.
Since this project is a Summative Assessment (test), I'm unable to post the project online.
09/07 QUIZ on Observations and Inferences Zero weighted grade in gradebook
this quiz is to let you know how you (your) student is progressing in this unit. Expectations is a
grade of Meets (C), Advanced (B) or Mastery (A). If an Approaching (D) or Beginning (F), a time
needs to be scheduled with me for a review.
09/07 Reviewed assignment #2 Observation and Inference
09/07 #1 Science Word Card due see above 8/29
09/06 #2 Observation and Inference Worksheet due tomorrow (open)
09/05 Intro to Observations and Inferences discussion
09/04 Physical Science semester pretest
08/30 Karen from Southern Oregon Land Conservancy Guest Speaker--Vaux's Swifts
08/29 #1 Science Word Card assigned due 09/07
08/29 SIGN UP for SWIFT COUNTING SURVEYS (open)
Check your Hedrick Planner to see what you need to have completed in class today, what your practice (homework) is each night for all your classes and keep track of upcoming due dates, tests, and upcoming events.