Monday, February 12, 2018 Day 5

Homeroom:

  • Team to mtg. during prep.

Grade 8 Agenda:

Homework:

Students who did not complete "History of the World in 2 Hours" assignments have been emailed.

  • A grade of zero has been assessed.

  • Email has instructions for earning partial (late) credit.

  • Failure to complete the assignment within 48 hours (by class on Wednesday) will result in a written warning and a permanent zero.

Completion of "Cell division and Mitosis" reading and chapter questions is required for tomorrow.

  • READ "CELL DIVISION AND MITOSIS" IN LIFE'S STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION (PAGES 98 TO 104).

  • COPY THE "SUMMARY"  OUTLINE FROM THE SECTION REVIEW BOX ON PAGE 104 INTO YOUR SCIENCE NOTEBOOK. DO THIS NEATLY WITH AN APPROPRIATE HEADING.

  • THEN, ANSWER SELF CHECK QUESTIONS 1 THROUGH 6 AT THE END OF THE CHAPTER  (PAGE 104). COPY THE QUESTION NEATLY AND ANSWER IT IN COMPLETE SENTENCES USING EXAMPLES WHERE APPROPRIATE TO SUPPORT YOUR RESPONSE.

Do Now:

  • Get a copy of the "DNA Quiz II Study Around the World worksheet

  • Open your notebook to Mitosis Reading Section Questions:

  • Begin filling out the worksheet.

 

Lesson:

Review of Mutation Worksheet

Study Guide review - Quiz Tuesday

  • Please get out your study guide:

  • Prepare for Around the World

  • Open a page in your science notebook:

  • clean up your table  and prepare to re-seat.

  • For each item on the study guide: 

    • define/answer the prompts

    • no complete sentences - just the facts

DNA                  - What it is and what does it stand for?

Nucleotide        - Be able to diagram its structure and identify the parts.

Base                 – What are the four bases and what do they form?  Which bases bind with which?

(All The Guys Chuckle)          (A Test Gets Canceled)

Gene                 - What is a gene?  Where are genes located and what do they do?

Codon               - What is a codon?  What is its function?  How does it relate to amino acids? Describe/give examples.

Mutation            -what is a mutation?  Give an example (insertion, deletion, substitution).

Amino Acid       -What are amino acids used for?  Give examples.

Protein              - What are proteins made of?  How are they made? Where are they made? What is the relationship of proteins to amino acids?

  • Be able to draw a chromosome and show genes on it.
  • Identify/describe the role RNA plays using DNA genes to make proteins.
  • Be able to encode/decode codons using a codon key table

WIN:

  • Relationships Change

Grade 7 Agenda:

Homework:

Students who did not complete "History of the World in 2 Hours" assignments have been emailed.

  • A grade of zero has been assessed.

  • Email has instructions for earning partial (late) credit.

  • Failure to complete the assignment within 48 hours (by class on Wednesday) will result in a written warning and a permanent zero.

Do Now:

  • Obtain a chrome book.

  • Obtain a copy of "Heat, Energy, and Bicycling in New York City

  • Begin READING the article

Lesson

Heat Energy and Bicycling in New York City

  • Read the article Through

  • Respond to questions in this google form.

  • Circle or HI-LIGHT text in the reading that support your response to each question. 

    • Label it with the question number.

  • You must complete this within the time available this period.

Check progress on "Thermal Energy" reading and questions

  • Pass out copies of the reading if a student is not finished

  • assign for tomorrow.

AFTER FINISHING THE reading GET A COPY OF "MOTION FORCES AND ENERGY" AND CAREFULLY READ THE SECTION TITLED "TEMPERATURE AND THERMAL ENERGY" ON PAGES 158 TO 161.

  1. COPY THE "SUMMARY"  OUTLINE FROM THE SECTION REVIEW BOX ON PAGE 161 INTO YOUR SCIENCE NOTEBOOK. DO THIS NEATLY WITH AN APPROPRIATE HEADING.

  2. THEN, ANSWER SELF CHECK QUESTIONS 1 THROUGH 5 AT THE END OF THE CHAPTER  (PAGE 161). COPY THE QUESTION NEATLY AND ANSWER IT IN COMPLETE SENTENCES USING EXAMPLES WHERE APPROPRIATE TO SUPPORT YOUR RESPONSE.

  3. THIS IS HOMEWORK IF UNFINISHED