Class Info
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Mrs. Sachs - 7th Grade Life Science
Welcome SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS!
This year you are going to learn how to think like a scientist and how to make learning easier. We are going to make a giant food web, experiment with plants, grow trout in the classroom, use microscopes, make our own cell project, measure & analyze lung capacity, learn about the systems of your body, and more.
We will start the year getting to know each other, learning to work efficiently and effectively in and out of the classroom, and using your textbook. Some science will be sprinkled in with these activities this week.
I am hoping to inspire in my students the following 7 habits of highly effective people as described by personal/business guru Steven Covey. All seven habits have been reprinted below FYI:
Stephen Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People®
habit 1 - be proactive®
This is the ability to control one's environment, rather than have it control you, as is so often the case. Self determination, choice, and the power to decide response to stimulus, conditions and circumstances
habit 2 - begin with the end in mind®
Covey calls this the habit of personal leadership - leading oneself that is, towards what you consider your aims. By developing the habit of concentrating on relevant activities you will build a platform to avoid distractions and become more productive and successful.
habit 3 - put first things first®
Covey calls this the habit of personal management. This is about organising and implementing activities in line with the aims established in habit 2. Covey says that habit 2 is the first, or mental creation; habit 3 is the second, or physical creation.
habit 4 - think win-win®
Covey calls this the habit of interpersonal leadership, necessary because achievements are largely dependent on co-operative efforts with others. He says that win-win is based on the assumption that there is plenty for everyone, and that success follows a co-operative approach more naturally than the confrontation of win-or-lose.
habit 5 - seek first to understand and then to be understood®
One of the great maxims of the modern age. This is Covey's habit of communication, and it's extremely powerful. Covey helps to explain this in his simple analogy 'diagnose before you prescribe'. Simple and effective, and essential for developing and maintaining positive relationships in all aspects of life.
habit 6 - synergize®
Covey says this is the habit of creative co-operation - the principle that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, which implicitly lays down the challenge to see the good and potential in the other person's contribution.
habit 7 - sharpen the saw®
This is the habit of self renewal, says Covey, and it necessarily surrounds all the other habits, enabling and encouraging them to happen and grow. Covey interprets the self into four parts: the spiritual, mental, physical and the social/emotional, which all need feeding and developing.
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF August 30
Due Tuesday:
1. Descriptive adjective OK? (Same letter as your first name)
2. Finish/add to What Makes You Tick?
Due Wednesday:
1. Complete What Makes You Tick Part B?
Due Thursday:
1. Complete “Ready, Set, Go.”
Due Friday:
1. Pre-read beyond Chapter 1.
2. Take note of amount you pre-read (at least one other chapter).
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF June 21, 2010
Due Monday:
1. Complete & sign Weekend HA Sheet.
2. Share & obtain parent signature.
3. Look at Lung Capacity Data online if you have Excel (Available SATURDAY).
Due Tuesday:
1.
Due Wednesday:
1.
Due Thursday:
1.
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF June 15
Due Tuesday:
1. Read Chapter 15, Sections 2 &3 (pages 516-521 & 524-527).
3. Fill in the sequencing of the digestion system using pencil.
4. Start studying the Human Body Study Guide.
5. Share & have signed Weekend HA Sheet.
Due Wednesday:
1. Read Chapter 14, Sections 1 & 2.
2. List type of joints & give an example.
3. Answer question in Figure 13 on page 485.
4. Complete Study Guide page 3.
Due Thursday:
1. Study Guide should have been completed Wednesday.
2. Create flashcards for concepts/terms/sequencing not mastered yet.
3. Actively quiz others and have others quiz you (orally & written).
*There will be a study group 9th period in Room 209 Wednesday & 7:30 am Thursday morning.
Due Friday:
1. Complete your hypotheses for Lung Capacity Lab.
2. Hand in ANY LATE Assignments!
3. Hand in any Extra Credit article summaries.
4. HAND IN TEXTBOOK FRIDAY!
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF June 8
Due Monday:
1. Remember no school Monday!
Due Tuesday:
1. Type Cornell Notes for Chapter 16, Section 2 (pages 545-551).
2. Type first 2 pages of lab report & have design for data table
3. Share & have signed Weekend HA Sheet.
Due Wednesday:
1. Read Chapter 16 – Section 3 (pages 552-556).
2. Be able to spell Atherosclerosis & know whether or not it is a cardiovascular or pulmonary disease.
Due Thursday:
1. Complete Feel the Beat Lab Report (final typed for Friday)
2. Read Ch17, Section 1 (pages 564-572).
3. Do Cornell Notes or answer Section 1 Assessment questions 1a through to 3c. (page 572)
Due Friday:
1. Develop a mnemonic to remember how air flows through respiratory system.
2. Complete/type Feel the Beat Lab Report.
3. Read Chapter 17, Section 2 (pages574-578.
4. Optional tonight: The Blood Game (last link listed on this site).
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF June 1
Due Tuesday:
1. Share & have signed weekend HA Sheet after Pre-reading:
Chapter 16 – Circulatory System
Chapter 17 – Respiratory System
Chapter 15 – Digestive System
Chapter 14 – Bones, Muscles, and Skin
The Body's Transport System Guided Reading & Study (See online under textbook worksheets)
Completing back of Weekend HA Sheet
Pre-reading: Look at Reading Preview, pictures, captions, and subsection titles.
Due Wednesday:
1. Read Chapter 16 – Section 1 (pages 534-543).
2. Do first 3 pages of The Body’s Transport System Packet (pages 157-158).
Due Thursday:
1. Complete The Amazing Pump – Your Heart.
2. Do the 4th & 5th pages of The Body’s Transport System Packet (pages 159-161).
3. Be able to discuss what is different between artery, veins, & capillaries.
4. Quiz your self on the parts of the heart online.
5. With lab partner, decide on lab activities for Feel the Beat Lab.
Due Friday:
1. Complete Arteries, Capillaries, & Veins Chart.
2. Re-read Feel the Beat Lab Instructions.
3. Complete page 1 of Feel the Beat Lab Report.
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF May 24
Due Tuesday:
1. Complete The Endocrine System Guided Reading Sheet (2 sides). See Chapter 20, Section 1.
2. Pre-Read Chapter 20 Section 2.
Due Wednesday:
1. Read Chapter 20 Section 2.
2. Complete Ch20, Sec 2 Guided Reading and Study (pages 408-411).
3. Make flashcards of terms you can’t remember.
Due Thursday:
1. Read Chapter 20, Section 3 (pages 682-90).
2. Make sure you have completed Endocrine & Reproduction sheets.
Due Friday:
1.
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF May 17
Due Tuesday:
1. Read Chapter 4, Section 3 (pages 126-130).
2. Answer questions 1a,b,c & 2 a,b,c & 3a&b (page 130) in full sentences or write out question with short answer.
3. Review & start Cell Division & Genetics Study Guide 1.
Due Wednesday:
1. Make flashcards for terms you can't ace.
2. Correct Cell Division & Genetics Study Guide 2.
3. Find Internet example comparing Mitosis to Meiosis or draw comparison.
Due Thursday:
1. Actively study for Test.
Due Friday:
1. Organize Trout Packet to be handed in.
2. Update 4th Quarter Grading Log.
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF May 10
Due Monday:
1. Share & have signed Weekend HA Sheet.
2. Pre-read Chapter 4, Section 1 (pages 108-115)
Due Tuesday:
1. Read Chapter 4, Section 1 (pages 110-115).
2. Complete Mendel’s Work Guided Reading (pages 245-247).
Due Wednesday:
1. Complete Review and Reinforce page of Mendel’s Work.
2. Complete Skills Lab on Genetics.
Due Thursday:
1. Read Chapter 4, Section 2 (pages 118-123).
2. Write Cornell Notes with at least 7 questions (make sure you use all 7 key terms).
Due Friday:
1. Dress appropriately for trout release.
2. Complete Bikini Bottom Genetics (in pencil).
3. Share & have signed EARLY Weekend HA Sheet.
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF May 3
Due Tuesday:
1. Read Section 5 (pages 95-102).
2. Complete Cornell Notes (Template on Web).
3. Bring covered textbooks tomorrow.
Due Wednesday:
1. Type Cornell Notes or draw Cell Cycle.
2. Review Chapter 3 Study Guide (page 104).
Due Thursday:
1. Read/review Chapter 3, Section 1 (pages 74-78).
2. Complete Chapter 3 Key Terms Study Guide.
Due Friday:
1. Actively study for Chapter 3 Test.
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF April 26
Due Tuesday:
1. Clean out science binder based on April 16 Weekend HA Sheet.
2. Find & hand in any missing 4th quarter papers (5 total – see Weekend Sheet).
3. Work on Wednesday Assignments.
4. Complete & Hand in Weekend sheet tomorrow.
Due Wednesday:
1. Complete Earth Day Article Summary.
Due Thursday:
1. Actively study for last Trout Quiz.
Due Friday:
1. Organize binder for grade.
2. Actively study for last trout quiz.
- Mainly Trout Vocab List #2
- Will include one word from List #1.
- Know trout development stages.
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF April 12
Due Tuesday:
1. Complete the “Your Connections” portion of your Trout Vocabulary Sheet # 2.
2. Last call for late assignments.
3. Have hair tie for lab tomorrow.
Due Wednesday:
1. Reread your Natural History of Brook Trout p3.
2. Based on your reading determine definitions of Trout Vocab #2 list.
3. Complete labeling of trout.
Due Thursday:
1. Complete first page of Osmosis Lab. (I do not have electronic version)
2. Reference Ch 3 – Sec 2 if necessary.
3. Answer all Ch 3-Sec 4 Assessment Questions (p94).
Due Friday:
1. Complete last page of Osmosis Lab.
2. Find out what is Earth Day.
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF April 5
Due Tuesday:
1. Compare your Word Search answers with a study buddy.
2. Complete Cell Lab Analysis & Summary questions.
3. Organize your binder.
Due Wednesday:
1. Read page 67 and complete questions 3a, 3b, & 3c.
2. Complete Cell Study Guide 3.
3. Optional: Read pages 36 & 37 on spontaneous generation.
Due Thursday:
1. Make flash cards.
2. Complete Cell Project.
Due Friday:
1. Actively study for Test.
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF March 29
Due Tuesday:
1. Study, Complete, & Study:
* Cell Study Guide 1. File # 4 on Website.
* Cell Study Guide 2. File # 6 on Website.
2. Actively study terms you are confused about.
Due Wednesday:
1. Actively study for quiz.
Due Thursday:
1. Complete Chapter 2 – Living Things Key Terms Word Search.
2. Look in chapter for terms you can’t figure out.
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF March 22
Due Tuesday:
1. Revise storyboard done in class (page 63 & top of 66)- 4 new organelles.
2. Come up with at least one idea to help remember structure and/or function of organelles covered.
3. Why is Golgi capitalized?
Due Wednesday:
1. Revise storyboard done in class (bottom of 66 and )- 3 new organelles (will draw animal & plant vacuoles separately.
Due Thursday:
1.Complete questions for lab sections completed thus far.
* Onion Tissue (completed)
* Elodea (completed)
* Cheek Cell
* Histology Slide
Due Friday:
1. Be prepared to hand in your completed storyboard.
2. Complete “Looking Inside Cells” and “Cell City.”
You can go online for these assignments under Ch2 Sec4 Assessment:
1) Review & Reinforce (2nd worksheetlisted)
2) Enrich (3rd worksheet listed)
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF March 15
Due Tuesday:
1. Complete Storyboard if not done correctly.
2. Make sure someone in your household is on my Be Notified List.
Due Wednesday:
1. Be able to describe the structure and function of organelles drawn to date (7).
Due Thursday:
1. Read Chapter 3 – Section 2 pages 80-83.
2. Answer the 2 Reading Checkpoint questions (p82 & p83).
Due Friday:
1. Be prepared to hand in Cell Storyboard (we did cytoplasm in class Thursday)
2. Make sure all your Slide A (onion slide) Analysis is complete & legible. (You probably will not be able to finish this tonight. Do the best you can.)
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF March 8
Due Tuesday:
1. Read pages 47-49 of Chapter 2 – Section 2.
2. Write answers to Reading Checkpoints (page 47 & 49).
Due Wednesday:
1. List/brainstorm what processes might a cell carry out?
Due Thursday:
1. Revise storyboard done in class.
2. Come up with at least one idea to help remember structure and/or function of organelles covered.
Due Friday:
1. Complete Wednesday night’s HA if not done correctly.
2. Study the difference between what surrounds an animal and plant cell.
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF March 1
Due Monday:
1. Complete At-Home Lab Report & Poster.
Due Tuesday:
1. Complete “An Overview of Cells” (pages 130 – 131).
2. Quiz Thursday.
Due Wednesday:
1. Make Flash cards and/or study card.
Due Thursday:
1. Actively Study for Microscope Quiz 2.
Due Friday:
1. Complete Yours Strengths Card.
2. Complete At-Home Lab Report & Poster.
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF February 22
Due Tuesday:
1. Complete Microscope Anatomy as best you can.
2. Study the Microscope Study Guide.
3. Brainstorm all the metric units of measurement that you can.
4. Share & have signed George Washington Birthday Science HA Sheet.
Due Wednesday:
1. Check your Microscope Anatomy with Appendix B, page 828.
2. Brainstorm all the standard units of measurement that you can.
Due Thursday:
1. Check your Microscope Anatomy with Appendix B, page 828.
2. Study Microscope parts & functions – Quiz tomorrow!
3. Do online microscope quiz (sciencespot.net) Kids Zone.
4. Brainstorm all the standard units of measurement that you can.
Due Friday:
1. Complete Microscope Study Guide Fill-in.
2. Complete At-Home Lab Report & poster.
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF February 8
Due Tuesday:
1. Complete Microscope Outline CA from Friday.
http://sciencespot.net/Media/micromanianet.pdf
2. Check Mrs. Sachs’s Website and read the text page:
http://www.yourclasspage.com/2037582496/rsachs.html
Due Wednesday & Thursday:
1. Read Chapter 2-Section 3, pages 50-57.
2. Sequence events while reading (See Target Reading Skill).
3. For Thursday: Answer questions 1a through 4b.
Due Friday:
1. Read through Microscope Lab.
2. Study parts of the Microscope.
3. Do online quiz (sciencespot.net) Kids Zone.
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF February 1
Due Monday:
1. Share what we have done this past week.
2. Work on your At-Home Experiment (complete data table, even if no data are being collected yet).
3. Make sure Science Binder is organized & removed papers are safely filed at home.
4. Read Trout Needs & Threats to Trout Habitats, if not read already.
Due Tuesday:
1. Draw up your trout need/threat & be prepared to present.
2. Incorporate peer comments into 1st two pages of At-Home Lab Report.
Due Wednesday:
1. Call Study Buddy who has not completed Threat and/or Lab Assignment(s).
2. Try to list needs of trout and threats to trout habitat.
Due Thursday:
1. See how many needs & threats you can list (no double dipping).
2. Check study guide and then add to your list keeping original count.
Due Friday:
1. Read p.829 & 830 of Appendix B.
2. Complete “Microscope Parts Identification."
3. Note what coarse adjustment knob does.
4. Pre-read Chapter 2-Section 3, pages 50-57.
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF January 25
Due Tuesday:
1. Complete questions 1-9 at end of Understanding pH.
2. Study for Jeopardy Game.
3. Last call for late papers! End of marking period.
Due Wednesday:
1. Study for Test.
2. Make sure your Chem Lab 101 is complete.
Due Thursday:
1. If you have not already handed in a typed copy of the 1st 2 pages of your At-Home Lab make sure you have it tomorrow!
2. Read Trout Needs & Threats to Trout Habitats (File #6).
No School Friday!
Due Monday:
1. Share what we have done this past week.
2. Work on your At-Home Experiment (complete data table, even if no data are being collected yet).
3. Make sure Science Binder is organized & removed papers are safely filed at home.
4. Read Trout Needs & Threats to Trout Habitats, if not read already.
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF January 18
No School Monday - Martin Luther King Day
Due Tuesday:
1. Share and have signed Jan 15 Weekend HA Sheet.
2. Complete first page of At-Home Experiment Lab Report.
3. Make sure your Trout Tab is organized.
4. Study what you didn’t get right on your SFA Quiz held on Thursday.
Due Wednesday:
1. Read "What is Dissolved Oxygen?"
2. Answer the 4 questions on 3rd page.
3. Be able to describe how a trout is able to smell.
Due Thursday:
1. Start working on Chemistry 101 Study Guide using your Chem 101 lab.
2. Refine, Revise, Formulate your At-Home Lab Experiments!
Due Friday:
1. Read Testing for Dissolved Oxygen.
2. Complete 7 questions.
3. Complete chart on Chemistry 101 Study Guide using your Chem 101 Lab.
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF January 11
Due Monday:
1. Take the I Want to Be Organized Contest Take Home Quiz.
2. Share & have signed Weekend HA Sheet.
3. Research At-Home Experiment & Complete form on back of Weekend HA Sheet.
Due Tuesday:
1. Study your Trout Body diagram.
2. Complete Trout Body Crossword.
Due Wednesday:
1. Read Trout Senses.
2. Answer 5 questions on Trout Sensory Organs.
3. Make flashcards for structures you don’t know.
Due Thursday:
1. Be prepared for quiz on trout structures identification.
2. Make sure your “Chem Lab 101 or” is complete.
3. Make sure Chem Lab HA is complete.
4. Makes sure aquarium setup sheet is complete.
Due Friday:
1. Read your Trout Needs Reading.
2. Underline key points regarding trout needs.
3. Make flashcards for functions you don’t know.
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF January 4
Due Tuesday:
1. Type your final Germination Lab Conclusion (see template under files).
2. Complete tic tac Lab table using group averages & the following team averages:
> Wintergreen (light): 3:41
> Spearmint (dark): 3:53
> Orange: 3:36
> Cherry: 3:23
> Passion: 3:53
Due Wednesday:
1. Graph tic tac data.
2. Find article of interest if not found in class today.
3. Be prepared to share how article relates to your life or someone you know.
Due Thursday:
1. Write article summary & complete rubric.
2. Finish tic tac Lab Report & use 4 Rules for Conclusions.
Due Friday:
1.
*******************************************Type your final Germination Lab Conclusion (see template on web) .
Complete tic tac Lab table using group averages & the following team averages:
Wintergreen (light): 3:41
Spearmint (dark): 3:53
Orange: 3:36
Cherry: 3:23
Passion: 3:53
Happy Holidays! Have a great vacation! See you next year.
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF December 21
Due Monday:
1. Write hypothesis on Weekend HA Sheet.
2. Share & have signed Weekend HA Sheet.
Due Tuesday:
1. Actively study for Wednesday’s Test.
2. Write down questions you may have on study guides.
3. Write your Germination Lab conclusions based on class data.
Due Wednesday:
1. Actively Study for Test with Study Buddy.
2. Finish conclusions for:
• Germination Lab
• tic tac Lab
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF December 14
Due Tuesday:
1. Make sure everything in your Germination Lab is complete.
2. Finish reading Chemistry 101 handout.
3. Complete Chem Lab HA Sheet.Due Tuesday:
Due Wednesday:
1. Complete your Trout Vocabulary 1 Study Guide.
2. Study back & then test yourself.
3. Check answers & restudy missed words.
Due Thursday:
1. Complete lab questions for completed chem tests.
2. Complete Study Guide for 1std Trout Vocabulary List.
Due Friday:
1. Complete lab questions for all chem tests.
2. Study for quiz.
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF December 7
Due Monday:
1. Share and have signed Weekend HA Sheet.
2. Brainstorm new experiment ideas (write them up on back).
3. Be prepared for Germination Lab Monday!
Due Tuesday:
1. Finish the PreLab.
2. Finish page one of Germination Lab.
3. Also write down Hypothesis & the Controlled (Constant) Variables.
Due Wednesday:
1. SNOW DAY
Due Thursday:
1. Read Chapter 3; Section 4 - Respiration (pp 91-93).
2. Complete Cell Processes & Energy - Guided Reading and Study.
Due Friday:
1. Read the Natural History of Brook Trout.
2. Write your connections to vocabulary (what comes to mind – put anything).
3. Try to define vocabulary from reading.
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF November 30
Due Monday:
1. Come back rested.
2. Extra credit article summary if you have time.
Due Tuesday:
1. Complete What’s a Crowd Bean Lab Report.
Due Wednesday:
1. Complete Writing Detailed Conclusions.
Due Thursday:
1. Complete/revise What’s a Crowd Bean Lab.
2. Study for Scientific Method 1 Quiz (IV, DV, CV & writing specific hypothesis)
Due Friday:
1. Outline the 7 Steps of the Scientific Method (on your own & then use resources).
2. Make sure #1-5 is complete for tic tac Lab & THINK ABOUT #6&7.
3. Complete mnemonic to remember classification levels (page 46).
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF November 23
Due Monday:
1. Share & have signed Weekend HA Sheet.
2. Complete lab sfety assignment.
Due Tuesday:
1. Read Salmo trutta - Brown Trout
2. Study your IV & DV Study Guide.
Due Wednesday:
1. Read Chapter 2, Section 2 pages (42-46).
2. Create mnemonic to remember classification levels.
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF November 16
Due Monday:
1. Make sure you filled in what you learned & a question for Mr. Carver on Weekend HA Sheet.
2. Share & have signed Weekend HA Sheet.
Due Tuesday:
1. Pre-read & then read Chapter 1 Section 2 (pp14-18).
2. List key terms leaving room for definitions.
3. Define terms you don't know.
Due Wednesday:
1. Complete Water Facts CA.
2. Color the Nine Drainage Basins discharging to LI Sound.
3. Review your Experimental Design Quiz.
4. Complete list of 10 definitions (p14 Key Terms + Controlling Variable) to your lists.
Due Thursday:
1. Answer Chapter 1, Section 2 Assessment Questions 1b-3c (p18).
2. Complete Independent vs. Dependent CA.*
3. Study Independent vs. Dependent “Study Guide.”
* Come in with specific questions if hard to complete.
Due Friday:
1. Come up with other ideas to help remember the difference between a DV, IV, & Constant (Controlling) variables.
2. Complete “Developing Specific Hypothesis.”
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF November 9
Due Monday:
1. Share & have signed Weekend HA Sheet.
2. Clean out notebook & keep removed papers in file at home.
3. No Science papers should be thrown out.
Due Tuesday:
1. Read Chapter 22, Section 2 (pp. 746- 751).
2. Summarize section using Cornell Notes, outline, graphic organizer, or diagrams for 2 cycles (Carbon & Oxygen or Water & Nitrogen).
3. Bring in science papers removed from binder with rubber band around them or paper clip/folder.
No School Wednesday
Due Thursday:
1. Answer Section 2 Assessment Questions 1a-3c (p751).
2. Revise Cycle Summaries if necessary.
Due Friday:
1. Confirm where you get your drinking water.
2. Confirm where your wastewater goes.
3. How did you find out this information?
Due Next Tuesday, November 17:
1. Pre-read & then read Chapter 1 Section 2 (pp14-18).
2. List key terms leaving room for definitions.
3. Define terms you don't know.
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF November 2
Due Monday:
1. Share what we have done this week & get on Weekend HA Sheet signature.
2. Study for Wednesday’s test on Chapters 21 and 22. There will be a breakfast club Wed @ 7:30 am.
3. Complete your reference list & rubric if not completed yet.
Due Tuesday:
1. Complete Web Study Guide.
2. Complete Pop & Communities Study Guide.
3. Bring in Life Science Article if not done already.
Due Wednesday:
1. Actively study for Ecology Test.
Due Thursday:
1. Review Article Summary Rubric carefully.
2. Draft article summary.
Due Friday:
1. Type article summary.
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF October 26
Due Monday:
1. Presentations for some.
2. Share & have signed Weekend HA Sheet.
Due Tuesday:
1. Presentations for some.
2. Complete "Analyzing Interactions Among Organisms."
Due Wednesday:
1. Presentations for some.
Due Thursday:
1. Presentations for some.
2. Find a life science article for Friday.
Due Friday:
1. Presentations for some.
2. Find a life science article.
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF October 19
Due Monday:
1. Share & have signed Weekend HA Sheet.
2. Work on CT Animal Project.
Due Tuesday:
1. Complete CT Animal Index Card.
2. Review Study Guide on p734 (Quiz Friday on Ch 21).
3. Start making flash cards for items you don’t know.
Due Wednesday:
1. Actively study for quiz tomorrow.
2. Go online & complete Review and Assessment if not finished in class.
3. Call a friend or email Mrs. Sachs if you have questions.
Due Thursday:
1. Actively study for quiz tomorrow.
2. Go online & complete Review and Assessment if not finished in class.
3. Call a friend or email Mrs. Sachs if you have questions.
Due Friday:
1. Bring in your flash drive.
2. We will be in the Computer Lab.
3. Work on your CT Animal research & presentation.
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Due Tuesday:
1. Share & have signed Weekend HA Sheet.
Due Wednesday:
1. Make sure notebook is organized for notebook quiz.
2. Study for Bent Quiz (Friday).
3. Research predator/prey relationship if not done already.
Due Thursday:
1. Actively study for Bent Quiz.
2. Identify any questions.
3. Research predator/prey relationship if not done already.
Due Friday:
1.
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF October 5
Due Monday:
1. Share & have signed Weekend HA Sheet.
Due Tuesday:
1. Don’t forget your brown bag lunch without any nuts and don’t forget to use insect repellent on your shoes, socks, and pants
before you leave the house ON Tuesday, October 6!
2. Check your answers for “Benthos” Questions (back of Weekend HA Sheet) and stream quality (Link 11).
3. Make flash cards for the terminology you don’t already know for our field trip.
Due Wednesday:
1. No HA.
Due Thursday:
1. Write Thank You Note to Ken Elkins & Bent of the River Staff (see assignment under files).
Due Friday:
1. Review Ch 22 Sec 1 (pp. 740-745).
2. Answer Section 1 Assessment questions 1a-3c (p. 745).
3. Research one predator/prey relationship if necessary for your group.
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF September 28
Due Monday:
1. Share, complete, & have signed Weekend HA Sheet.
Due Tuesday:
1. Complete Find Your Strengths Assessment. (see Mrs. Sachs’s Webpage)
2. Print only summary pages (2 pages)
3. Read Chapter 21, Section 3 pages 722-729.
4. Complete Concept Map started in class.
Due Wednesday:
1. Read "Freshwater Benthic Macro-invertebrates."
2. Answer six questions about Benthic Macro-invertebrates
Due Thursday:
1. Read Ch 22 Sec 1 (pp. 740-745).
2. Describe the difference between a food web & a food chain.
3. Finish the 2 stream identifications if you can.
Due Friday:
1. Review Ch 22 Sec 2 - Water Cycle (pp. 746-747).
2. Finish the 2 stream identifications.
3. Calculate quality of both streams.
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF Sept 21
Due Monday:
1. Share & have signed Weekend HA Sheet.
2. Study for quiz
Due Tuesday:
1. Study for quiz.
Due Wednesday:
1. Complete Section Summary p 47-49.
Due Thursday:
1. Complete Pop & Communities -
Review & Reinforce
pages 51 & 52.
Due Friday:
1. Read Ch 21, Sec 2 pages 711-717.
2. Answer the three Key Concept questions on p 711 (put into Cornell Notes format).
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF Sept 14
Due Monday:
1. Share & have signed weekend HA Sheet.
2. Enjoy skimming through your new textbook and sharing it with family and friends.
3. Share with someone at home how to access Mrs. Sachs’s Website.
4. Make sure your parents put the Open House into their schedule Monday.
Due Tuesday:
1. Complete Life Science Concept Map.
2. Read Chapter 2, Section 1 (34-35).
3. Type your Ch1 – Sec1 Cornell Notes for Thursday.
Due Wednesday:
1. Make sure you have your email address or a parent’s.
2. Pre-read Chapter 21 – Sec 1 pages 704-709.
Due Thursday:
1. Read pages 704-706 and be able to identify five abiotic factors.
2. Finish typing your Cornell Notes for Chapter 1 – Sec 1.
3. Review Study Guide.
Due Friday:
1. Type/write Cornell Notes for Chapter 21 - Sec 1 (at least 6 questions).
2. Make sure at least one parent is on Notify List.
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF Sept 8
Due Tuesday:
1. Share & have signed Weekend HA Sheet.
2. Set up science notebook tabs.
Due Wednesday:
1. Complete “Ready, Set, Go” for exploring your textbook.
2. Revisit the pre-reading of Chapter 1.
3. Cover your textbook by Friday, Sept 11.
Due Thursday:
1. Read Chapter 1– Section 1 (pages 6-12)
2. Write at least 6 questions, one for each subsection (start on page 7).
3. Cover textbook by Friday.
Due Friday:
1. Answer questions for Chap 1, Sec 1 (Cornell Notes) See template on Mr. Sachs's Website.
2. Record time (do not spend more than 20 minutes).
3. Cover textbook.
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HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF Sept 3
Thursday Night:
1. Complete "What Makes You Tick."
2. Share HR Packet & return appropriate materials tomorrow.
Friday Night:
1. Share & have signed Weekend HA Sheet.
2. Set up science notebook tabs.
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