Q4 Week 1

Reminder: We will be having a pod field trip to the Natural History Museum on April 2nd. 

Items for this week:

Quiz: Living, Non-living, Dead, and Viruses. On Tuesday, 4/1. Use your Characteristics of Living Things notes to prepare. If you did not master this quiz you will need to study and retake it.

*Field Trip: Those going on the field trip to the Utah Natural History Museum will have a packet that will need to be completed during the trip and will be turned in for credit in science. Those not going on the trip will have a work packet to complete at school.

Classy Chart: Students will continue working on the Classy Chart. It will be  due on Friday, 4/4. Remember the rules for scientific names when doing this assignment (see the back of the chart). See previous post for downloads for this assignment.

6 Kingdoms Grid: grid of characteristics of the 6 Kingdoms. This will be due on Friday 4/4 and will serve as a review study guide for the quiz.

*Note: If you were absent for the field trip or did not come on the field trip there is a make-up assignment that you will get from Ms. LeSueur. 

 

 

Q3 Week 9

Note: All assignments for my class this week will be counted on 4th quarter grades. 

Items for this week:

Living, Non-living, Dead, Viruses:  Lesson & Notes. Characteristics of Living

Living or Non-living worksheet: only available in hard copy. Pick up in my classroom

The 6 Kingdoms of Living Things: Lesson and Notes. 6 Kingdoms

Classy Chart: Students will research an example of an organism from each of the 6 Kingdoms using books and the Internet.  They will  include the common and scientific name (written properly) of each organism as well as a colored picture. Classy Chart, Classy Chart – Lists of Organisms

6 Kingdoms Grid: Students will identify traits and examples in each of the 6 kingdoms of living things. 6 Kingdom Characteristics Assignment

Q3 Week 8

Reminder: The end of quarter Late Work Deadline is Friday, March 21st. 

Items for this week:

*Bizarre Beaks: Students will be playing a game/lab where they will have different beaks adapted to eat different types of “food”. Students will record data of the number on items eaten and if they survive each season. Bizzare Beaks Worksheet

Artificial Selection Homework: Student will research the artificial selection of a domesticated animal or plant.  This assignment will be due on Tuesday, March 18th.  Artificial Selection Indiv. Version

Quiz on Adaptations, Natural and Artificial Selection: Tuesday, March 18th

Study Guide for Heredity Unit: Standard 4 study guide

Unit FINAL: Sexual and Asexual Reproduction, Inherited and Acquired Traits, Adaptations, Natural Selection and Artificial Selection. Thursday, March 20th.

R&S on Friday.

*See Ms. LeSueur for the make-up assignment if you miss this assignment. 

Q3 Week 7

Items for this week:

Bird Adaptations Group Project: See post from 3/5/14 for handouts. Students will be finishing and presenting their bird’s adaptations to the class on Monday and Tuesday.

Natural and Artificial Selection Lesson and Notes: See Adaptations Power Point on post 2/25/14. Students will be having a lesson and taking notes on natural and artificial selection.

Dogs and More Dogs: Students will be watching and discussing a movie which deals with different theories of how the domesticated dog came to be through natural and artificial selection. Dog and More Dogs Worksheet

*Natural Selection Game: Students will be playing a dice game that outlines events and population shifts that can cause natural selection. Natural Selection Game Questions

*Bizarre Beaks: Students will be playing a game/lab where they will have different beaks adapted to eat different types of “food”. Students will record data of the number of birds that survive each season. Bizzare Beaks Worksheet

Artificial Selection Homework: Student will research the artificial selection of a domesticated animal or plant.  This assignment will be due on Tuesday, March 18th.  Artificial Selection Indiv. Version

*See Ms. LeSueur for the make-up assignments if you miss either of these assignments. 

Natural History Museum Field Trip

The Minion Pod will be taking a field trip to the Utah Natural History Museum on April 2nd!

Here is some info about the trip:

• There is no fee for students or chaperones.
• Each chaperone will watch over a group of 8 students.
• We will need parents to ride the bus.
• Bus load time will be approximately 11:00am at the school. We will gather into groups at 10:36 in the school auditorium. Parents, please be at the school by 10:30am.
• Bus arrive time at the museum will be approximately 11:30am.
• Students will be eating before the trip at 10:03am in the school cafeteria.
• Bus load time at the end of the trip will be 1:00pm.
• Buses will return to the school by 2:00pm.
• A chaperone information packet, along with a list of students in your group, will be given to you in the week prior to our trip.  Students will also be given an assignment to work on during their visit.
• Here is a link to the museum home page in case you want to scope it out prior to our trip: http://nhmu.utah.edu/
• Students who do not turn in a permission slip will be doing work packets for Utah Studies, Language Arts, and Science with a substitute during their normal pod class time.

If have any questions, please email Ms. LeSueur at melinda.lesueur@jordandistrict.org

*Image from http://cityhomecollective.com/blog/natural-history-museum-utah/

Q3 Week 6

Items for this week:

Planet Earth Deserts: Students will be watching an episode of Planet Earth and recording the problems that desert plants and animals face and what adaptations they have developed to cope with this harsh environment. If you were absent you will have to look these up on the internet. Planet Earth – Deserts

Bird Adaptations: Students will be gathering into groups (but may work solo if they choose) to create a bird to live in an unusual environment chosen by the teacher. The group will use real bird parts – provided by a handout and library books, to create their bird’s adaptations.

Bird Adaptations_Group Version

Bird Parts

Latin Names

 

Q3 Week 5

Items for this week:

Family Tree – Students will be making a family tree that traces the inherited and acquired traits in their family through 3 generations. Family Tree; Family Tree Leaves

Traits Quiz – Wednesday 2/26

Adaptation Lesson + Notes – Adaptations Power Point

SAGE testing practice  – Students will learn how to navigate the new testing system and practice with sample questions for End of Level Summative Testing. Go to Training Tests on this page to practice at home.

Q3 Week 4

Items for this week:

Reproduction Notes and Literary Circles: Students will be learning about the difference between Sexual and Asexual reproduction as well as looking at some examples of plants and animals that use these methods of reproduction. The Literary Circles paper and organism packets are available for pick-up in my class. Sexual & Asexual Reproduction Lesson

Quiz: Students will have a quiz on Reproduction on Wednesday 2/19. Use the analysis questions on the back of the Literary Circles sheet and your power point notes to help you study.

Inherited and Acquired Traits: Students will be learning about the different traits of living organisms.  Power Point Lesson: Inherited vs. Acquired Traits

Ellis Island Medical Papers: Students will be participating in our 7th grade cross curricular Ellis Island experience on Thursday.  Make sure you have your medical paper filled out so you are not deported! Medical History Paper_Ellis Island

Family Tree – Students will be making a family tree that traces the inherited and acquired traits in their family through 3 generations. Family Tree; Family Tree Leaves

 

Q3 Week 3

Items for this Week:

Study Guide Questions  for the Final: Study Guide for Final. The final will cover cells, osmosis, and the 5 Levels of Organization in Living Things.

We will be going over the correct answers to the study guide on Tuesday as well as playing a review game.  The final will be on Wednesday, February 12th.  Remember your grades on the final are FINAL! No retakes!

Reproduction Notes and Literary Circles: Students will be learning about the difference between Sexual and Asexual reproduction as well as looking at some examples of plants and animals that use these methods of reproduction. The Literary Circles paper and organism packets are available for pick-up in my class. Sexual & Asexual Reproduction Lesson

Friday is R&S. The R&S quiz for science will be the 5 Levels Quiz.

Q3 Week 2

Items for this week:

Touch Receptor Activity – paper copies of this only available for pick-up in my room.

Review for the 5 Levels of Organization Quiz – use these questions to guide you in your study for our R&S quiz on Thursday 2/6. 5 levels Review and Organ System Review

More Organ Systems (text book assignment) – Organ Systems Text Book Assignment

Quiz – on the 5 Levels of Organization. This will be a R&S quiz.

Study Guide – use these questions to help you prepare for the Unit Final that will be on 2/11. Study Guide