Thursday, January 21, 2020. Day 5

Do Now:

To Be Completed:

Cell structure review due Sunday

  • January 24, 2021

Today’s Lesson:

Go over Traits and Organisms Quiz

Go over Duckster DNA

Unit Notes: DNA and Genes

DNA

  • deoxyribonucleic acid

    • herditary molecule in cell nucleus

    • stores information for cell function and traits or organism

  • Four Letters

    • Info is stored in four different nucleotides called bases

    • each has one of four letters

      • A G C T

    • These form “base pairs”

      • A pairs with T

      • C pairs with G

  • DNA structure

    • Molecule looks like a twisted ladder

      • Side made of phosphate-deoxyribose backbone

      • rungs made of base pairs

    • twisted shape called “double helix”

Time to work on Cell structure review

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Friday, January 15, 2021. Day 2

Do Now:

To Be Completed:

DO ANIMALS LIVE LONGER IN THE WILD OR CAPTIVITY?

  • DUE FRIDAY, JANUARY 15TH BY MIDNIGHT.

Quiz Tuesday - How Environment Affects Living Things

Today’s Lesson:

Questions relative to project?

Unit Notes:

Key nutrients for Plants

Carbon dioxide

  • Needed for photosynthesis

  • plants obtain from air

Water

  • Needed for photosynthesis

  • dissolves and caries nutrients in soil

Nitrogen

  • necessary for amino acids which make up proteins

    • proteins control traits

Phosphorus

  • cell membranes and ATP

    • ATP is how organisms package, store an access energy for life

Potassium

  • key in controlling plant metabolism

    • growth, photosynthesis, etc.

Common fertilizers supply these three nutrients

  • NPK

  • “20-27-5 fertilizer” will be 20 percent nitrogen, 27 percent phosphorus, and 5 percent potassium

    • mixtures vary for different kinds of crops and plants

Add the data tables from “BrainPop Plant Growth” and 4 PLANT GROWTH FACTORS THAT AFFECT ALL PLANTS” to your notes.

Check notes against Website:

Study these notes for Tuesday Quiz

Project work

Thursday, January 14, 2021. Day 1

Do Now:

To Be Completed:

Today’s Lesson:

Project Questions:

Notes related to needs of plants

Plant growth is also affected by having the right amount of:

  • Light

    • needed for photosynthesis

    • plants have evolved to different niches

    • shade, full sun, etc.

    • correct conditions very important

  • water

    • plants 60% water

    • dissolves and moves nutrients

  • temperature

    • warms encourages germination/growth

    • cool temps slow development

  • nutrients

    • obtained from soil

    • needed for the chemistry in the plant

Plant growth - BrainPop Related reading

due tomorrow.

Wednesday, January 13, 2021. Day 6

Do Now:

To Be Completed:

DO ANIMALS LIVE LONGER IN THE WILD OR CAPTIVITY?

  • DUE FRIDAY, JANUARY 15TH BY MIDNIGHT.

Today’s Lesson:

DO ANIMALS LIVE LONGER IN THE WILD OR CAPTIVITY?

  • This assignment is located in Google Classroom at the top of the stream.

  • You must use research and summarize your finding in your own words.

  • Proper quotation may be used with most work in your own words.

  • Need help citing sources?

  • DUE FRIDAY, JANUARY 15TH BY MIDNIGHT.

Monday, January 11, 2021. Day 4

Do Now:

Nvigate to GC and open your “HOW DOES TEMPERATURE AFFECT THE GROWTH OF CORN?” document.

To Be Completed:

Be sure all notes are witten into your “Unit Notes...” document and turned in.

Today’s Lesson:

Group work -

“HOW DOES TEMPERATURE AFFECT THE GROWTH OF CORN?”

teams compare notes and responses

  • Paired check and correct

  • Edit and revise your responses as needed

  • 5 min x 3

Whole class review of worksheet - call and response.

  • All students to Make final corrections.

Class Notes:

Ways plants can be affected by the environment:

plant growth is affected by many factors

  • overnight temperatures affect corn production

    • higher temperature lower corn yield (bu/acre)

    • real problem —> temperatures are rising

      • Overnight lows have increased 1.5°F already

      • climate change

    • Corn is the largest U.S. crop

    • 12 billion bushels worth about 56 billion dollars

    • even a 1% loss is worth over $500 million

Thursday, January 7, 2021. Day 2

Do Now:

Check you have finished and turned in “What are traits?”

To Be Completed:

Summer Nights are getting warmer

  • due before class tomorrow (tonight, midnight)

Today’s Lesson:

Make sure you have completed “What are TRaits?”

  • If this is not done, you must finish it and turn it in on your own time.

Today’s Lesson

Guided Notes: Traits

Trait: an inherited characteristic of a living thing

  • hair/fur color

  • eye color

  • blood type

  • tongue rolling

Any single trait may vary within a species.

  • Some humans can roll their tongue - others cannot

  • different dogs have different colored/patterned coats

    • other animals too

  • Eye color varies among individuals

What controls the traits of a species?

  • DNA/genes

  • environment

Read and complete: Summer Nights are getting warmer

This is due and must be finished before class tomorrow.

  • a six minute read along video has been provided.

  • finish four comprehension question for tomorrow.

Tuesday, January 5th, 2020. Day 6

Do Now:

Get ready for class by jotting down an answer to the question:

  • What are traits?

To Be Completed:

What are Traits due Wednesday, January 6, 2020 by 3pm.

Today’s Lesson:

Class Discussion: What are traits?

What are some of the traits you can see on a dog?

What is meant by the term “Trait?”

  • Write down our class definition of this term

  • List five valid examples.

Using the information discussed in class:

  • Complete the “What are traits?” assignment in Google Classroom.

    • produce a slideshow on the topic of traits.

  • You will need to answer the question what controls the traits of an organism?

    • You must provide a citation for the source you use to answer that question.

This is due Wednesday by 3pm.

Monday, December 21, 2020. Day 3

Do Now:

To be Completed:

Today’s Lesson:

I am unable to be in class today. Your assignment is as follows:

1) correct and finish the classifying matter assignment from Friday.

2) When “classifying Matter” is finished and corrected:

  • Complete BrainPop: Periodic Table of Elements in GC.

Both are expected and due for tomorrow. Use your time wisely.