Friday, April 29, 2016

AIR review

Today we did a Kahoot for the AIR Biology test review.

Reminder that stations are due NEXT week.

And permission slips for the Floating classroom!!

Thursday, April 28, 2016

Stations day 4

Students were to work on stations.   Some students had some trouble with the video link so I have added the links here as well.

Enzyme Video 1
Enzyme Video 2

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

AIR make ups and stations

Today I ran the AIR make up tests in another room.

Students were to continue to work on their stations due May 6th

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

stations day 2

Today students took the Algebra I test if they didnt not earn enough points last year on the test.   Afterwards students were to work on stations.   Some students had some trouble with the video link so I have added the links here as well.

Enzyme Video 1
Enzyme Video 2

Monday, April 25, 2016

Stations

This week and next students will have 4 assignments to complete.

The assignments can be found on Google Classroom as well as here:

Enzyme Notes
Enzyme Cornell Notes

Enzyme Video Sheet

   Video: Video One   and Video Two

Enzyme Cut out Activity

Frog Anatomy Paper Dissection

These should be taped into your notebooks as seen here:









Friday, April 22, 2016

Notebooks Due

Today students completed any of this weeks work and turned in the composition notebooks to be graded.

Today was also AIR English Make ups.




Wednesday, April 20, 2016

AIR testing Day 3

Same as yesterday as some students took the 9th grade ELA AIR test.

Students then worked on the Composition Notebook work as stated yesterday

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

AIR Test Day 2

Same as yesterday with students completing the 10th grade ELA part 2 AIR test.  Then students went to bells 5 and 4 in the afternoon.  

Students should have the following activities completed by Friday as composition notebooks are due Friday 4/22.

Students are to complete the EGGCELLENT lab with the graph and questions 1-4 answered

Students are then to log into Google Classroom to complete the Cell membrane Cornell Notes.   Cell membrane Cornell Notes Sheet  Cell Membrane PPT


Lastly Students are to do the Cell Tonicity Foldable.  Cell Tonicity Foldable.

Monday, April 18, 2016

Day 1 AIR testing

Today students started their morning taking Part 1 of the English 10 AIR test.
Warm Up Notebooks were handed back by Mrs Spenny

In the afternoon we had bells 1, 2, and 3.

Students completed the Egg lab from last week.   With completing their graph and taping that into their composition notebooks and then answering the Conclusion Questions #1-4.   Their Composition notebook should look like




this:

Friday, April 15, 2016

Egg Day 2

Today students remeasured their eggs after 24 hours in their variable.  Students then completed the notes from earlier this week

Next week student will create a graph of their data and write their conclusions.  Here is a link to the lab:  Eggcellent Lab










Thursday, April 14, 2016

Diffusion Osmosis Eggcellent Lab Day 1

Today students wrote their hypothesis and measured their eggs circumference.  Then added their chosen variable.  Tomorrow we will measure again.


We then worked on more of the Cell Membrane notes.

REMINDER WARM UP NOTEBOOKS collected TOMORROW


Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Practice on the AIR site

Today we practice on the AIR site, getting sound and understanding how to scroll etc.
The link can be found here again:  AIR testing practice portal

Video link of how to log into the AIR test:  AIR TUTORIAL and AIR Tutorial Part 2
Practice using the online AIR platform here:  Practice makes perfect
Students were given a helpful sheet for using the AIR platform found here:  AIR Test helpful hints

Then we completed the notes started yesterday.  Cell Membrane notes

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Prep for lab

Today students started the prep work for our lab on Thursday and Friday.   We put our eggs in vinegar to allow the shell to be dissolved.
After that we set up for the lab for next week by taking putting an egg in a mason jar and covering it with vinegar to dissolve the shell over our three day weekend.

We set up the lab in our notebooks as follows:  Title (TOC), Purpose, Hypothesis, Chart.

A link to the lab can be found here: Eggcellent Diffusion/Osmosis Lab




Friday, April 8, 2016

Completing the Photosynthesis vs Respiration

Today students had a chance to finish any of the work from this week and students TURNED IN THEIR LAB NOTEBOOKS.

The TOC should look like this:

Thursday, April 7, 2016

Chemical Relationships of Plants and Animals

Today we started comparing the relationship between Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis after observing the results of our lab.  We completed the notes as seen here:
 The student notes can be found  here:  Photosynthesis CN   These notes came from the powerpoint here:  Photosynthesis PPT.  This was also put in their Table Of Contents as Photosynthesis.




Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Completing Lab

Today students completed the lab in their lab notebook and then did the cut our for photosynthesis.






Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Photosynthesis Lab

Today we started the Photosynthesis lab set up the last two days.   The lab can be found here:  Photosynthesis lab

We also completed notes on the respiration notes started yesterday.










Monday, April 4, 2016

Welcome Back - oh and Cellular Respiration

Wecome Back!!!
Today we went over some quick notes to review celluar respiration.  Today we started the respiration notes: The powerpoint is found here:  Respiration Notes The student Cornell Notes can be found here:  Cornell Notes Respiration

Students then cut out this manipulative and glued it correctly in their composition notebook: Photosynthesis Manipulative  A picture can be seen here:

LAB TOMORROW:  Bring a large shirt or apron and gloves to use Tuesday and Wed.