| Monday 24 |
Tuesday 25 |
Wednesday 26 |
Thursday 27 |
Friday 28 |
| 1st day of school
Introductions
Objective: Follow oral
and written directions to interact and gather information
in the classroom with peers.
Life Skill: Courtesy/ Respect
Name Tag |
No school for 7th and 8th grade |
Class rules and expectations
Science Safety
Objective: Follow
oral and written directions to safely interact in
the classroom with peers.
Life Skill: Courtesy/ Respect
Name Tag
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How to use the text book (Chapter 1 Section 1 &
2)
Group Instructions
Objective: Analyze
and evaluate text to retell information describing
the nature of science and using science as a problem
solving and thinking skills (ILO).
Life Skill: Collabaoration
Name Tag |
It's Alive! Or is it?
Characteristics of Living Things
6
Characteristics of Living Things KEY
Objective: Express
personal opinion and fact to compare and recognize
living/once living, and nonliving things.(1a, b,
d)
Life Skill: Participation & Preparedness
Due:
Contact Information
Name Tag |
| Monday 31 |
Tuesday 1 |
Wednesday 2 |
Thursday 3 |
Friday 4 |
Characteristics of Living Things Internet Activity
Objective: Express
personal opinion and fact to compare and recognize
living/once living, and nonliving things.(1a, b,
d)
Life Skill: Participation
Name Tag |
Aristotle
Worksheet
Objective: Negotiate
and reach a consensus to demonstrate that there
are many ways to classify things. (1a, d)
Life Skill: Participation
Essential Question 2B
Name Tag
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Vocabulary Pretest
Classification
Study Guide
Flashcards
Vocabulary:
Homeostasis
Objective: Obtain
process, construct and provide subject matter in
spoken and written form to communicate using science
language and reasoning. (ILO)
Life Skill: Preparedness
Name Tag |
Textbook group activity (Chapter 9 Section 1)
Group
Instructions
Vocabulary:
Classification
Objective: Use text to select and explain that organisms
are classified by observable structures. (1, 2, 3)
Life Skill: Collaboration
Name Tag |
Reading
& Questions
Vocabulary:
Taxonomy, Binomial Nomenclature
Objective:
Explain that organisms are classified by observable
structures using orderly pattern.s (1, 2, 3)
Life Skill: Participation
Due (Packet A): It's Alive!, Aristotle, Characteristics of Living Things, Characteristics of Living Things Internet Activity
Name Tag |
| Monday 7 |
Tuesday 8 |
Wednesday 9 |
Thursday 10 |
Friday 11 |
Labor Day/ No School |
Classification Notes
Notes
Key
Vocabulary:
Cell, Unicellular
Objective: Take
notes to describe that organisms are classified
by structures. (1, 2, 3)
Life Skill: Participation |
Learning Classification Keys (Candy Activity)
Class Notes
Vocabulary:
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
(Definition only)
Objective: Gather
information orally and in writing to use and develop
a classification key. (1, 2, 3a)
Life Skill: Participation |
Develop
a dichotomous key using buttons
Example Notes
Vocabulary:
(Pictures and sentences for Wednesdays words)
Objective: Gather
information orally and in writing to use and develop
a classification key. (1, 2, 3a)
Life Skill: Participation
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Making
a Classification Tree
Vocabulary:
(Catch up on words we have done so far that you do not have finished)
Objective: Gather
information orally and in writing to use and develop
a classification key. (1, 2, 3a)
Life Skill: Collaboration
Due (Packet B) :
Classification Notes, Classification Reading &
Questions, Button Classification |
| Monday 14 |
Tuesday 15 |
Wednesday 16 |
Thursday 17 |
Friday 18 |
Term Project Introduction
Leaf
Collection
Identification
Labels
Vocabulary:
Eukaryotic, Prokaryotic
Objective: Classify
based on observable structures. Use and develop
a simple classification system (1, 2, 3)
Life Skill: Participation |
Internet
Link to Activity
Classification
Assigmnent
Vocabulary:
Dichotomous Key, Stimulus
Objective: Classify
organisms using orderly patterns based on structure
(3)
Life Skill: Participation
Essential Question 1A |
All
Living Things
All Living Things KEY
Vocabulary:
Objective: Arrange
organisms according to kingdom. Generalize rules
for classification (3b, 2c)
Life Skill: Participation
Essential Question 1D |
The
Six Kingdoms
Kingdom Video
Observe examples of organisms
Vocabulary:
Multicellular, Mammal
Objective: Identify
organisms that are not classified as a plant or
animal (3a)
Life Skill: Courtesy/ Respect
Essential Question 3A |
The importance of observation in science
Kingdom Coloring
Vocabulary: Animal, Plant, Fungus, Protist, Archaebacteria,
Eubacteria (Pictures and definitions)
Objective:Defend
the importance of observation in scientific classification.
(1c)
Life Skill: Participation
Due (Packet C): Making a Tree, Internet Activity, All Livng Things, The Six Kingdoms
Essential Question 1C |
| Monday 21 |
Tuesday 22 |
Wednesday 23 |
Thursday 24 |
Friday 25 |
Classification
PowerPoint Vertebrate Classes
Kingdom Anamailia
Kingdom
Anamalia Overhead
Vocabulary:
Animal, Plant, Fungus, Protist, Archaebacteria,
Eubacteria (Sentence)
Objective: Classify based on
observable structures. (1, 3b)
Life Skill: Participation
Essential Question 3B |
Vertebrate Classes Chart
Vertebrate
Classes Reading & Questions
Vocabulary:
Vertebrate, Invertebrate
Objective: Using
a provided scheme, classify things. Recognize that
classification is a tool made by science to describe
patterns. (2a, 2e)
Life Skill: Participation
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Crayfish
Dissection
Objective: Defend the importance of observation in scientific
classification. (1c)
Life Skill: Collaboration & Courtesy/ Respect
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Classifying Birds of Prey
PowerPoint
Birds of Prey Video
Vocabulary:
Symmetry, Bilateral Symmetry, Radial Symmetry
Objective: Recognize
that classification is a tool made by science to
describe patterns. Use a classification key or field
guide to identify organisms.(3c, 2e)
Life Skill: Participation
Essential Question 2A |
Alien Classification
Alien Classification Key
Vocabulary:
Organism
Objective: Using
a provided scheme, classify things. Recognize that
classification is a tool made by science to describe
patterns. (2a, 2e)
Life Skill: Participation
Essential Question 3C
Due (Packet D):
Kingdom Animalia,
Kingdom Coloring, Vertebrate Reading & Questions, Birds of Prey Key
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| Monday 28 |
Tuesday 29 |
Wednesday 30 |
Thursday 1 |
Friday 2 |
Writing Assessment
Objective: Generalize the rules for classification.
Demonstrate that there are many ways to classify
things. (1d, 2c)
Life Skill: Participation
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Writing Assessment
Objective: Generalize the rules for classification.
Demonstrate that there are many ways to classify
things. (1d, 2c)
Life Skill: Participation
Due:
Writing Assessment
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Leaf Dichotomous Key
Answer Sheet
Objective: Develop
a classification system based on observable structures.
(2b)
Life Skill: Collaboration
Essential Question 3E
Due (Packet E) :
Alien Classification, Leaf Dichotomous Answer Sheet
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Fall Break/ NO SCHOOL
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Fall Break/ NO SCHOOL
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| Monday 5 |
Tuesday 6 |
Wednesday 7 |
Thursday 8 |
Friday 9 |
Classification Science-O
Objective: Students
will understand that structure is used to develop
classification systems. (Standard 5)
Life Skill: Participation & Courtesy/Respect
Essential Question 4 |
Vocabulary
Post Test
Objective: Students
will understand that structure is used to develop
classification systems. (Standard 5)
Life Skill: Participation |
Guest Speaker
Life Skill: Courtesy/ Respect |
Test
Test Link
Practice
Test
Objective: Students
will understand that structure is used to develop
classification systems. (Standard 5)
Life Skill: Preparedness
Due: Study Guide
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Term Project Presentation
Objective: Generalize
the rules for classification. Demonstrate that there
are many ways to classify things. (1d,
2c)
Life Skill: Preparedness
Due: Leaf Projects |
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