Thursday, February 1, 2018 Day 5

Homeroom:

Grade 8 Agenda:

Homework:

• Outlines of DNA personal narrative due tomorrow, beginning of school.

Do Now:

• SLANT: open notebook to yesterday's notes.

Lesson:

Pass back and go over DNA Quiz

Reading DNA, Direct Instruction from PowerPoint:

• Gene --> Ribosome --> Protein --> Trait

• proteins

  • control traits

  • made from amino acids

• Amino acids

  • building blocks of proteins

  • 20 different types

  • strung together by ribosomes

• codons

  • three nucleotide groups

  • each specifies an amino acid

  • read by ribosomes to build protein

Worksheet:

Codons and Amino acids

• Introduce

• Independent/partnered work time

• In-class review of worksheet.

WIN:

• Conference Time

Grade 7 Agenda:

Homework:

Chemical Change and chemical reactions test, Tuesday, Feb. 6

• Interactive Study guide

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Do Now:

• Get a copy of the HW worksheet.

• take out Density HW

Lesson:

Density HW review

Review of Study Guide

Pass back: Calculating Percentages in Science

• Review Answers

As Time permits, study or complete HW in class