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Here are our alien cell membranes. Remember the cell membrane is a phospholipid bilayer. Each phospholipid has a head with two tails and they are lined up tail to tail. Warm up today was a review of osmosis and diffusion. Take a look at some of the results from the gummy bear lab. Next, we created a flip book for photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Noting the products and reactants and the chemical formulas.
We did some practice with microscopes and slide drawings. Finally we finished up with some information on Kingdoms using the following sites: The first thing I want you to do is watch the Brainpop on the SIX KINGDOMS. As you are watching, take notes on each of the kingdoms on page 72 in your notebook. www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/sixkingdoms/ Use the following websites to finish filling in the information on each of the Kingdoms. Make sure you you identfiy the following characteristics for each Kingdom.
http://www.factmonster.com/science/biology/six-kingdoms.html http://www.veritasprep.com/the-six-kingdoms-by-veritas-prep/ http://www.ric.edu/faculty/ptiskus/six_kingdoms/ You can pick any eighth graders, not just the ones on our team if you want. Do the best you can with last names.
Warm Up today was the Cell Theory Rap. The Rap was a review of the cell organelles and their function.
Next we created aliens to show the shape and format of the cell membrane. The assignment was to design two identical aliens. The aliens are suppose to have 1 head, 2 legs, no body and no arms. Everything else was left up to your imagination. We put all of our aliens on a big circle on the wall in the shape of a cell membrane. By during this we were able to see the structure of the cell membrane, a phospholipid bi-layer. Next we took a look at our gummy bear experiment and saw the differences between last class and today. There was quite a difference in our bears. Pictures to follow... Then we added a few notes in our notebook on page 70 on the cell membrane. Lastly, we created a flip book for photosynthesis and cellular respiration. If time permits we will practice using the microscopes today. Evacuations ordered over concerns at California dam system
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/12/us/california-oroville-dam-failure/ Warm up - Our warm up today was a review of energy and renergy resources. Quiz next class on energy resources. (page 66 in your notebooks) We also turned in our Energy Analysis graph which was for homework last class and went over the answers to the back of our energy resource chart. We are starting our new unit today on cells and microbiology and set up our notebook with a new cover sheet and table of contents. To review some key concepts from 7th grade science, we completed a BLENDSPACE. Use the digital content I have selected to answer the review questions. Answer the questions on page 70 in you notebook.
https://www.tes.com/lessons/CQPJeW_RwfREqQ/cells cell_review.docx Download File Lastly, we highlighted and added notes to a handout that had a list of cell organelles and their functions. A day we sent up a lab for gummy bears and osmosis. B day we will set up your lab next week. .
If you were not here to go over the energy resource information. Here is the powerpoint. After filling in the the chart, we completed the back of the chart which is about different scenarios of energy types. Lastly we completed an assignment looking at the different costs of the energy types and graphed the results. The assignment is below, if you were not in class today.
Our warm up today introduced our new topic ENERGY... I asked you to identify all the things you plug in at your house and why you do not unplug them when you are not using them. Next we read an article about conserving energy and what we can do to save energy. Click on the link below to access the article.
12 Household Appliances You Should Unplug to Save Money Retakes for the last test will be Friday February 17th. All grades are up to date...notebook checks and tests are all inputed. Please check Powerschools frequently. On page 66 in your notebook we took notes on Energy. You can find that powerpoint here. Next, we broke up into groups for the 7 different types of energy (wind, geothermal, solar, hydrothermal, fossil fuels, etc) Each group was given an article to read and then asked to create poster of their energy source to present to the class. Reminder Soccer and Baseball tryouts are February 22 and Track tryouts are February 27th Warm up today was a few review questions. After the warm up we did a quick notebook check and then took our test. Both formal grades will be in the grade book by this afternoon.
Our warm up today was review questions for our test on Friday and Monday. FYI Unit test for Evolution, Energy and Ecosystems will be Friday February 10th and Monday February 13th. We will also have notebook check this day too. That means 2 big formal grades!! Next we took a look at an article on the effect on reintroducing a formally endangered predator into a population in Yellowstone National Park. This article directly relates to what we have been covering in class on Trophic levels and food chains. A Wolf’s Role in the Ecosystem – The Trophic Cascade Next we did a scavenger hunt as a review for our test. Reminder our test covers everything from page 52 to page 65 in our notebooks...Evolution, Ecosystems and energy. 1.Cover Sheet…51 2.Table of Contents…52 3.Evolution of Living Things…53 4.Natural Selection and Adaptation…54 5.Peppered Moth simulation…55 6.Bird Beak Lab…56 7.Genetics 101…57 8.Homologous vs Analogous…58 9. Biological and Geological Evolution…59 10. Adaptation Stations…60 11. Symbiosis…61 12.Ecosystems…62 13.Producers, consumers and decomposers…63 14.Energy Pyramids…64 15.Nitrogen Cycle…65 Here are the directions for your cover sheet...51 •10 vocabulary words from the unit •3 pictures about the unit •Create a border of facts around the page about the unit Here is the extended version of the clip I showed you today. |
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