Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Tuesday 9-29

In Class:
Turned in your worm lab
Turned in your graphing lab
Notes on observation vs. inference
Took notes on Scientific method...filled in a worksheet you got in class to follow along on my overhead
took notes on scientific experiment factors

HW:

complete the sponge Bob square pants activity
complete the TV commercial activity
science notebook pages 8-10
study guide page 15
STUDY FOR THE QUIZ YOU ARE HAVING NEXT CLASS on:
experiment controls
inference vs. observation
scientific method
conversions...I will give you the chart to reference on your quiz!!!!

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Chapter One Binder Check

Have the following sections in your binder and make sure the sections are in this order…
Daily Journals
See blog to make sure you have all of these
Notes
• Note taking tips page viii
• Scientific method worksheet that I used as an overhead
• “what is a controlled experiment” notes
• Class Notes
HW
• Study guide 13-14; page 15; page 16
• Science notebook page 2-4; 8-10
• SI prefixes WS
• Observations inferences and hypothesis ws that we did in class
Sponge Bob Worksheet
TV Commercial worksheet on observations and inferences
Labs
•What would you do activity
Lab equipment page Xi –xiii
• Safety symbols
• Graphing enrichment checklist…to be referenced many time in the school year when you make a graph
• Lab prompting worksheet…completed or not, this is a reference for you to use the rest of the year
• Lab write up format template…not filled in….this is a reference for the rest of the year
• Characteristics of life packet
• Cheeto lab worksheet
• Worm lab
• Metric lab
• Gummy bear lab
• Graphing lab packet…the one with the birthdays
• Alka-selzer lab worksheet…don’t expect the formal lab write up yet
Assessments
• Scientific method quiz
• Assessment at end of chapter
• Assessment recording sheet
Reading Essential
• Highlighted and all questions answered along the side

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Wed and Thurs 9-23

Notes on metric system
Notes on Graphing rules
Did some of the metric lab
Did some of the worm lab

HW DUE NEXT TUES:
graphing lab
worm lab
metric worksheet

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Wed and Thursday 9-16 and 9-17

Period one: In Class:
Journal
Teacher checked characteristics of life WS
reviewed the metric system
Talked about metric lab that you will eventually do next week
Set up our gummy bear lab

Homework:
Finish the metric system worksheet...this will be due on 9-23!!!!!
Be working on your reading guide

Period Four:
Went to a NASA presentation
Set up the gummy bear lab
NO HW for Period four

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Tuesday and Wed 9-15 and 9-16

In Class:
NO JOURNAL TODAY
Discussed textbook launch data
Notes on organization and characteristics of life
Cheetoo lab

HW:
continue to try and use textbook DVD
launch data study guide page 13-14
work on reading essentials
Complete the purple characteristics of life worksheet you got in class

REMINDER for period ONE...I see you tomorrow!

Friday, September 11, 2009

Mac User Guide for Textbook CD!!!!!!

MACINTOSH

QuickStart
1. Insert the StudentWorks(tm) CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2. Open the CD
3. Navigate to the appropriate sub-directory: Disc1|support|PDF or Disc2|support|PDF
4. Double-click on the swopen.pdf file, and StudentWorks(tm) will begin
launching, opening Acrobat Reader from the CD.

Note: If you have more than 8 megabytes of free memory, it is recommended that
you install Acrobat Reader to your hard drive so you can run StudentWorks(tm)
more efficiently. To install, close Acrobat Reader and follow the installation
instructions below:

-Open www.adobe.com in your web browser
-Click on the "Get Adobe Reader" icon
-Follow the prompts to complete the installation


Increasing Memory Allocated to Acrobat Reader (Macintosh)
This step is optional but may increase the speed of StudentWorks(tm) and
decrease out-of-memory errors experienced on certain computers.
1. Make sure the Finder is active. Then click Apple Menu in the upper left-hand
area of the screen and select About This Computer.
2. Note the amount indicated for Largest Unused Block.
3. Then locate the icon for Acrobat Reader on your hard drive. Click once on it.
4. Select File...Get Info>Memory in the menu.
5. In the Information dialog box, click on the pull down Show menu and select Memory.
6. In the Preferred Memory field, enter an amount that is approximately ten
percent less than the available memory noted in step #2. If you plan on running
other programs while Acrobat Reader is open, decrease the amount to accommodate
the other programs' memory allocations. Enter this amount in the Preferred Size
box. Keep in mind that to run the other programs concurrently with Acrobat
Reader, you may have to open them first.

Friday 9-11

In Class:
Did textbook scavenger hunt
Some of you may have started the worm lab

HW:
1. Print out all the pages listed on the back of your scavenger hunt and file them in the appropriate place in your binder
2. Print out all the launch pages and keep them in the front section of your binder...see list below
3. Complete worksheet "science notebook" pages 2-4
4. Enjoy the weekend!

Launch Data to pre-print for Chapter one!
•Science Notebook:
– Study of Life Section 1.1 pages 2-4 did for scavenger hunt
– The Study of Life Section 1.2 page 6 only
– The Study of Life section 1.3 pages 8-10
•Reading Essentials:
– The Study of Life pages 1-10 did with scavenger hunt

Student Workbook, Unit One Resource, Chapter One Study of Life:
– Launch Lab Page 4: Why is observation important?
– Study Guide Page 12-14 Section 1 Intro to Biology
– Study Guide Page 15 Section 2 The Nature of Science will do as class
– Study Guide Page 16 Section 3 Methods of Science
– Real World Biology: Applying scientific methods page 9-10
– Student Recording Sheet page 33-36

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Wed and Thursday 9-9 and 9-10

In Class:
Turned in all your forms that needed signatures
Turned in your lab chaos activity
Assigned chores
Did some speed dating with the "what to do" activity

HW:
Bring your book CD to class
Make sure you are registered to use the computers

Friday, September 4, 2009

Welcome Back! September 8, 2009

Today in Class:
Teacher Introduced herself!
Name tags
Review the four classroom rules
Pass out and review course overview
Pass out lab safety contract
Received your textbook/cd

Homework:
Read/sign course overview
Read/sign lab contract
Take the course overview quiz
Assemble your science binder
Access the blog and alert teacher of problems next class
Check blog for clarification
Do lab chaos activity