2019/20: 7th Grade Science-7-2: Period 6 (Period 6) Assignments
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- Term
- 2019-2020 School Year
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- Middle School
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Upcoming Assignments
No upcoming assignments.
Past Assignments
Due:
E-Learning Friday May 29, 2020 - Final Models
Complete your final models of our phenomenon. Pay close attention to the MUST HAVES (they are different than the initial models). It might be easier to print out the final model to fill it in.
Use the Summary Chart attached below to help with you final models.
Submit your final models to this assignment tab.
See you at the School Car Parade on Monday!
Have a great weekend!
Plan on our last Google Meet next Tuesday June 2nd.
Use the Summary Chart attached below to help with you final models.
Submit your final models to this assignment tab.
See you at the School Car Parade on Monday!
Have a great weekend!
Plan on our last Google Meet next Tuesday June 2nd.
Due:
E-Learning Day - Calculating Conduction Velocity
Zoom Meeting (code will be sent directy before meeting)
7-1 @ 8:30am
7-2 @ 11:20am
Calculate Conduction Velocity Together as a class
Practice Zoom Groups
Finish your Worksheet C from the Conduction Velocity Lab (Questions 5-8) and use the attached screen shot to help (example). Submit to this tab.
7-1 @ 8:30am
7-2 @ 11:20am
Calculate Conduction Velocity Together as a class
Practice Zoom Groups
Finish your Worksheet C from the Conduction Velocity Lab (Questions 5-8) and use the attached screen shot to help (example). Submit to this tab.
Due:
E-Learning Thur 5/21/20 - Study Guide for Nervous System
Attached is a study guide for the nervous system. I prefer you print out the study guide and fill in the labels and functions using pen or pencil. This will be used for a quiz next week. Please take a picture of your completed study guide and submit to this tab.
I have included a copy of some of my class slides to help you.
I have included a copy of some of my class slides to help you.
Due:
E-Learning Thur 5/14/20 - Read, in-text Qs & Frayer Models
Assignment
1) Finish your Initial Models from yesterday's assignment and submit to yesterday's tab. Refer to additional directions in the comments section of yesterday's assignment tab, if you are having trouble. Remember an initial model is just your first ideas about something.
2) Read pp 504-507 and complete in-text Qs and Frayer Models for neuron, nerve impulse, and nerve. No need to submit this assignment at this time.
Friday: E-Learning Planning Day/Finalize Outstanding Work
Plan on a Google Meet on Monday May 18th.
Have a great weekend!
1) Finish your Initial Models from yesterday's assignment and submit to yesterday's tab. Refer to additional directions in the comments section of yesterday's assignment tab, if you are having trouble. Remember an initial model is just your first ideas about something.
2) Read pp 504-507 and complete in-text Qs and Frayer Models for neuron, nerve impulse, and nerve. No need to submit this assignment at this time.
Friday: E-Learning Planning Day/Finalize Outstanding Work
Plan on a Google Meet on Monday May 18th.
Have a great weekend!
Due:
E-Learning Wed 5/13/20 - Initial Models - Tetraplegic Woman/Robotic Arm
Assignment
Print the attached Document or use Google Draw or other electronic drawing/writing tool to complete the intial model for the phenomenon (tetraplegic woman moving a robotic arm to bring a drink to her mouth).
Make sure you include ALL of the Must Haves listed on the form for BOTH a healthy individual and the tetraplegic woman. It should take you no less than 20 minutes to complete this model. Take your time and do a thorough job.
The intial model will count as a quiz grade and is worth 10 points. Turn in your initial model to this assignment tab.
Print the attached Document or use Google Draw or other electronic drawing/writing tool to complete the intial model for the phenomenon (tetraplegic woman moving a robotic arm to bring a drink to her mouth).
Make sure you include ALL of the Must Haves listed on the form for BOTH a healthy individual and the tetraplegic woman. It should take you no less than 20 minutes to complete this model. Take your time and do a thorough job.
The intial model will count as a quiz grade and is worth 10 points. Turn in your initial model to this assignment tab.
Due:
E-Learning Friday 5/8/20 - Claim, Evidence, Reasoning - Hand Sanitizer
Please answer the questions on the attached Google Form about our Hand Sanitizer Lab Activity and how it relates to natural selection and evolution. Use full sentences and be thoughtful with your responses. This will be a quiz grade.
Submit your responses no later than 2pm.
We will have a Google Meet on Monday.
Submit your responses no later than 2pm.
We will have a Google Meet on Monday.
Due:
E-Learning Wed 5/6/20 - Claim, Evidence, Reasoning
Google Meet - link provided just before class times
7-1 @ 8:30am
7-2 @ 11:20am
Agenda
CER Practice
1) CER Practice page 2 - Food Web
2) CER Practice - Student Copy (Google Slide: Potted Plants)
3) Make changes to your CER from Tuesday using attached Rubric and Resubmit to this tab (show changes in red)
7-1 @ 8:30am
7-2 @ 11:20am
Agenda
CER Practice
1) CER Practice page 2 - Food Web
2) CER Practice - Student Copy (Google Slide: Potted Plants)
3) Make changes to your CER from Tuesday using attached Rubric and Resubmit to this tab (show changes in red)
Due:
E-Learning Tue 5/5/20: Claim, Evidence Reasoning
Scientific Explanations: Claim, Evidence, Reasoning (CER) Practice
1) Read through the example of the best NFL quarterback document below, to understand the 3 components of a good scientific explanation (claim, evidence, reasoning). Use this as a Good example of a CER explanation for #2 below
2) Practice writing a scientific explanation using the claim, evidence, reasoning process. Use the second document below for this assignment. Make a copy for yourself and submit a copy to this assignment tab today.
1) Read through the example of the best NFL quarterback document below, to understand the 3 components of a good scientific explanation (claim, evidence, reasoning). Use this as a Good example of a CER explanation for #2 below
2) Practice writing a scientific explanation using the claim, evidence, reasoning process. Use the second document below for this assignment. Make a copy for yourself and submit a copy to this assignment tab today.
Due:
E-Learning Thur 4/30/20 & 5/1/20 - Antibacterial Evolution Lab
Continue to work on our Antibacterial Evolution Lab
By end of day Friday you should complete
Part D (lab activity, data table, & graph
Do not complete Part E (skip this)
Part F Homework - Answer Questions 1-9 on a Google Document and use a proper SFS heading
By end of day Friday you should complete
Part D (lab activity, data table, & graph
Do not complete Part E (skip this)
Part F Homework - Answer Questions 1-9 on a Google Document and use a proper SFS heading
Due:
E-Learning Monday 4/27/20 - Natural Selection
Hope you all had a wonderful weekend and spent some time outside yesterday in the beautiful sunshine!
Google Meet -
7-1 @ 8:30am - https://meet.google.com/vgr-jzcb-fni
7-2 @ 11:20am - https://meet.google.com/oja-fvkc-aju
Meeting Agenda
1) Review Natural Selection - ppt slides
2) view amoeba sisters Natural Selection video. (7:22)
After Meet
1) Read pgs. 188-191 & Complete Guided Reading Qs 10-12, use the Frayer models again for vocabulary. Make a copy of your Guided Reading and submit a copy of your completed responses to L 6-1 Qs1-12. (Due end of day Tuesday)
2) If you haven't already, please confirm that you have supplies for the lab activity.
Tuesday we have no meets and no additional assignments. Please use Tuesday to complete late work!
Google Meet -
7-1 @ 8:30am - https://meet.google.com/vgr-jzcb-fni
7-2 @ 11:20am - https://meet.google.com/oja-fvkc-aju
Meeting Agenda
1) Review Natural Selection - ppt slides
2) view amoeba sisters Natural Selection video. (7:22)
After Meet
1) Read pgs. 188-191 & Complete Guided Reading Qs 10-12, use the Frayer models again for vocabulary. Make a copy of your Guided Reading and submit a copy of your completed responses to L 6-1 Qs1-12. (Due end of day Tuesday)
2) If you haven't already, please confirm that you have supplies for the lab activity.
Tuesday we have no meets and no additional assignments. Please use Tuesday to complete late work!
Due:
E-Learning Friday April 17, 2020: GMO Writing Assignment
Friday's Assignment
1) View the short video on a conclusion paragraph for an informative essay
2) Write your conclusion paragraph
3) Create a Reference Section at the end of your report. You can use MLA or APA format.
4) Now that you have finished your first draft, please MAKE A COPY FOR YOURSELF and submit your full Draft Report to this tab for credit. We will be conducting Peer Review of reports on Monday.
I have included a link to help you with in-text citations and references. Also, please feel free to use your Languague Arts book for guidelines as well.
1) View the short video on a conclusion paragraph for an informative essay
2) Write your conclusion paragraph
3) Create a Reference Section at the end of your report. You can use MLA or APA format.
4) Now that you have finished your first draft, please MAKE A COPY FOR YOURSELF and submit your full Draft Report to this tab for credit. We will be conducting Peer Review of reports on Monday.
I have included a link to help you with in-text citations and references. Also, please feel free to use your Languague Arts book for guidelines as well.
Due:
E-Learning Wednesday April 1, 2020 - Submit your Google Slides for Part 1 of the GMO Project Here
1) Finalize your Google Slides Presentation on your chosen GMO by 3:00pm today and turn into this tab. Please check that you have answered the questions posed to get full credit. (if you sumitted to a prior tab, unsubmit and submit to this tab, please).
2) We will meet on Zoom (similar to Google Meets) Thursday, during our regular class time to discuss the Part 2 writing assignment for this project. The Zoom link will be included in Thursday's e-learning tab, here in Google Classroom.
Have a great day! I miss you and can't wait to see you all on Zoom!
2) We will meet on Zoom (similar to Google Meets) Thursday, during our regular class time to discuss the Part 2 writing assignment for this project. The Zoom link will be included in Thursday's e-learning tab, here in Google Classroom.
Have a great day! I miss you and can't wait to see you all on Zoom!
Due:
E-Learning Thurs 3/19/2020
1) View my narrated slides on genetic engineering/GMOs
2) View the Video about Bt corn (5:22 min)
3) Read the article below about GMOs. We will continue to do more research on GMOs on Friday.
2) View the Video about Bt corn (5:22 min)
3) Read the article below about GMOs. We will continue to do more research on GMOs on Friday.
Due:
E-learning Wednesday 3/18/20
1) View my narrated slides on selective breeding & cloning (5 min)
2) Watch the short video on Genetic engineering in bacteria
3) Revisit your guided reading page 7, Genetic Engineering in Bacteria. Make sure you go over your drawings using colored pencils or fine tip markers or crayons, to distinguish the plasmid, from the inserted gene for insulin. Also, make sure you have included the description of what is happening in each step (not just the drawing).
4) Read and take notes in your science notebook on the Newsela.com article, Tale of a Top Banana.
5) Please fill out short survey about your e-learning experience in science class.
Enjoy the rest of your day!
2) Watch the short video on Genetic engineering in bacteria
3) Revisit your guided reading page 7, Genetic Engineering in Bacteria. Make sure you go over your drawings using colored pencils or fine tip markers or crayons, to distinguish the plasmid, from the inserted gene for insulin. Also, make sure you have included the description of what is happening in each step (not just the drawing).
4) Read and take notes in your science notebook on the Newsela.com article, Tale of a Top Banana.
5) Please fill out short survey about your e-learning experience in science class.
Enjoy the rest of your day!
Due:
E-learning for Monday March 16th
1) Review the L5.5 Advances in Genetics slides below
2) Read pages 166 - 171 and complete your Study Guide/Guided Reading for L5.5
3) View the selective breeding video, and take notes on the major ideas presented, in your science notebook.
You will show me 2 & 3 upon return to school.
2) Read pages 166 - 171 and complete your Study Guide/Guided Reading for L5.5
3) View the selective breeding video, and take notes on the major ideas presented, in your science notebook.
You will show me 2 & 3 upon return to school.
Due:
Science Fair: Turn in for Background Research Section
Due:
Background Research Summary Paragraphs from 5-9 sources (Optional for 7th Grade)
Submit a single Google Document with your individual research summaries
Remember make sure you have sources that give you information on the type of science (ie botany will have information on what plants need, photosynthesis and cellular respiration) AND results of other experiments that have been done that relate to or are similar to your experiment.
Due Monday Oct 28th
Remember make sure you have sources that give you information on the type of science (ie botany will have information on what plants need, photosynthesis and cellular respiration) AND results of other experiments that have been done that relate to or are similar to your experiment.
Due Monday Oct 28th
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