12/22 Quiz Day

http://tinyurl.com/o8bndnAdd two letters

Week of December 14th- December 23

12/14 Analyzing Human Traits Lab
12/15 Plants have Genes too! -Lab
12/16 Joe's Dilemma - Reading &Film about Marfan Syndrome (Plants have Genes too - check)
12/17 Copy Cat Reading (Plants have Genes too - check)
12/18 <<10 am Concert>>Finish Copy Cat Reading and Start Creature Feature Poster.(Plants have Genes too - check)

12/21 Review. Gene Combo Coin Flip and data analysis (Plants have Genes too - check)
12/22 Quiz- Origami DNA. (Plants have Genes too - check)
12/23 <<Early Dismissal>>  Origami DNA (Plants have Genes too - check)

Homework
1.Quiz- Tuesday December 22nd Inheritance quiz
https://quizlet.com/14494658/genes-and-traits-flash-cards/

1.1.2

1.1.3

1.1.5

7.1.1

7.1.3

2. Human Traits Lab- Friends and Family Due- Monday January 4th.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1sKUORjj6OQI-os2CtESWXeczamTe77m7rMHqe_hhj5s/viewform

Using the online form find several family and friends and ask them their eye color, can they roll their tongue, and finally can they cross all of the fingers over each other in your dominant hand. The pinkie is on top, the thumb is touching the palm of your hand.

Here are previous years statistics

Week of December 7th

Did you like learning to code?- Check out this Local Delaware Contest
https://sites.google.com/site/delawarecodingchallenge/home


12/7 Vocabulary Review for Diversity of Life. Hour of Code Start - https://hourofcode.com/code
12/8 Hour of Code and Jeopardy or Kahoot- https://kahoot.it/#/
12/9 Diversity of Life Final.- Scratch Car Game Start (see Below)
PART I     http://tinyurl.com/ol6ky

PART II    http://tinyurl.com/ohj8upa
12/10 Human Traits lab Period 2 & 1
12/11 Human Traits lab Period 4 & 3

Online Human Traits Lab
 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1sKUORjj6OQI-os2CtESWXeczamTe77m7rMHqe_hhj5s/viewform

Vocabulary

http://quizlet.com/1605200/dol-flash-cards/

Big Ideas

http://www.edline.net/files/_RHEJC_/92f338ab61f670cf3745a49013852ec4/DOLbigidea.html

Jeopardy

http://www.edline.net/files/_WJJQB_/4191be13ad7715ff3745a49013852ec4/Jeopardy_DOL.ppt

Only complete after you have successfully completed the hour of Code -

Scratch Car Game instructions- https://scratch.mit.edu/

An Adventure Game
https://scratch.mit.edu/

An Adventure Game

Many types of processes can be modeled as a set of states that are connected to other states.  The process then "flows" from one state to another as the result of a decision.  We can represent this in a flow-chart and in a Scratch program:

In this example the process starts with state1.  Based on the user's choice of A or B, the process then flows to state2 OR back to state1 but not both.  To make sure that our process reaches an end, we need to provide some states or conditions that eventually "stop".

For this exercise, begin by looking at the example adventure game, Chomp-Mini-Adventure.

Task #1

Draw a flow-chart diagram of the mini-adventure.  You only need to include the states, the connections, and the decisions that cause the flow to change.  For example, the conditions inside of the End state don't matter because the flow of the process does not change based on those conditions.

Task #2

Create your own adventure game about an animal.  Before you start implementing it in Scratch, you should first list out some variables that you might want to keep track of, and then make a flow-chart of states and the decisions that affect the game flow.

• Your adventure character Sprite(s) must contain and show more than one costume.
• You must have at least three backgrounds.
• You must have at least one random block that affects your adventure.
• Your adventure must allow the user to make (at least) three decisions (questions). Each question can have two (or more) possible answers. Each answer should lead to some state with an associated script (it is okay if some combination of answers lead to the same state).
• Your adventure must have at least three different possible endings.
• Your adventure must use at least one variable that gets changed and used in different states.
• Your adventure must use one of the AND or OR blocks.

Here is an example of a game I made
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/64263612/#player

12-3 and 12-4 resources

1.  Prepare for the quiz

Electronic

Vocabulary

2. Take the Quiz

http://tinyurl.com/q6kbfn

3. Prepare for the Vocabulary Championships

Electronic Vocabulary

Electronic Vocabulary

Electronic Vocabulary

Electronic

Vocabulary

Electronic

Vocabulary

Electronic

Vocabulary

Week of November 30th

Plant Quiz- Pollination, Fertilization and flowers.


11/30 Monocots and Dicots and Basic Flower Structure
12/1 Flower and Plant reproduction and Pollination
12/2 Stems and Leaves reading 35-39, Review for Quiz
12/3 Quiz- "Plants" Flowers.
12/4 Vocabulary Championships

Electronic

Vocabulary

Chlorophyll

Cotyledon

Embryo

Energy

Food

Germination

Photosynthesis

Root

http://whyy.org/cms/radiotimes/2015/05/06/the-mighty-seed/

I'm featured in minute 25!

http://vpcsim.usu.edu/

http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0601.htm

http://waynesword.palomar.edu/plfeb99.htm

Electronic

Vocabulary

Chlorophyll

Cotyledon

Embryo

Energy

Food

Germination

Photosynthesis

Root

Electronic

Vocabulary

Anther

Egg

Fertilization

Fruit

Ovary

Ovule

Pistil

Pollen

Pollination

Reproduction

Seed-dispersal mechanism

Seed-dispersal strategy

Sperm

Stamen

http://whyy.org/cms/radiotimes/2015/05/06/the-mighty-seed/

I'm featured in minute 25!

http://vpcsim.usu.edu/

http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0601.htm

http://waynesword.palomar.edu/plfeb99.htm

Review for the quiz on Dec 3.

Plants reproduce sexually. Explain this process. 

Why is it usually important for seeds to be dispersed away from a parent plant?

11-24 Resources

Take the Quiz about seeds.
http://tinyurl.com/og3ytr

Check out these websites.
http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0601.htm

Read from the text book to prepare for Plantemon

Never to early to prepare Free SAT and ACT practice tests

We want you to be college ready...

http://www.princetonreview.com/offer/free-practice-tests#!Test-ACT

Week of 11/23 and Week of 11/30

Plants, plants and more plants!

11/23 Seeds on the Move- review 
11/24 Quiz- "Plants" Seeds of life, Flowers to Seeds
11/25 Ecological Investigations within a plant community - http://vpcsim.usu.edu/

Thanksgiving break.

11/30 Monocots and Dicots and basic Flower Structure
12/1 Flower and plant reproduction and Pollination
12/2 Stems and Leaves reading 35-39, Review for Quiz
12/3 Quiz- "Plants" Flowers.
12/4 Vocabulary Championships

Electronic

Vocabulary

Chlorophyll

Cotyledon

Embryo

Energy

Food

Germination

Photosynthesis

Root

http://whyy.org/cms/radiotimes/2015/05/06/the-mighty-seed/

I'm featured in minute 25!

http://vpcsim.usu.edu/

http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0601.htm

http://waynesword.palomar.edu/plfeb99.htm

Electronic

Vocabulary

Chlorophyll

Cotyledon

Embryo

Energy

Food

Germination

Photosynthesis

Root

Electronic

Vocabulary

Anther

Egg

Fertilization

Fruit

Ovary

Ovule

Pistil

Pollen

Pollination

Reproduction

Seed-dispersal mechanism

Seed-dispersal strategy

Sperm

Stamen

http://whyy.org/cms/radiotimes/2015/05/06/the-mighty-seed/

I'm featured in minute 25!

http://vpcsim.usu.edu/

http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0601.htm

http://waynesword.palomar.edu/plfeb99.htm

Review for the quiz on Dec 3.

Plants reproduce sexually. Explain this process. 

Why is it usually important for seeds to be dispersed away from a parent plant?

11-17-15

                                    http://tinyurl.com/pptc7

This is missing some letters and numbers

Week of 11-16

11/16 One million dots and graphing exponential growth.
11/17 Review and Quiz on the Kingdom of Monera
11/18 Topic Plants- Roots and Shoots, Seed Dissection, Flower Dissection
11/19 Plantemon start- Reading Seeds and Roots
11/20 Stems and Leaves

Tentative...

11/23 Seeds on the Move- review 
11/24 Quiz- "Plants" Seeds of life, Flowers to Seeds
11/25 Ecological Investigations within a plant community




Resources for Monera Quiz


Basics

Electronic

Vocabulary

http://www.kidsbiology.com/biology_basics/five_kingdoms_life/moneran2.php

http://www.softschools.com/science/biology/monera_kingdom/

http://sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/antibiotic.html

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/05/exponential-outbreaks-the-mathematics-of-epidemics/?_r=2

Please Use headphones to listen to this one

http://www.radiolab.org/story/best-medicine/

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/chipotle-sites-could-reopen-wednesday-after-e-coli-cases/

http://www.thejournal.ie/gut-bacteria-cure-stress-2415092-Nov2015/

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151105152105.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Ftop_news%2Ftop_science+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Top+Science+News%29

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151104120752.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Ftop_news%2Ftop_science+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Top+Science+News%29

http://www.nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/insulin/diabetes-insulin.html

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/10/151027132835.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Ftop_news%2Ftop_science+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Top+Science+News%29.


Resources for Plant Quiz

Electronic

Vocabulary

Chlorophyll

Cotyledon

Embryo

Energy

Food

Germination

Photosynthesis

Root

http://whyy.org/cms/radiotimes/2015/05/06/the-mighty-seed/

I'm featured in minute 25!

http://vpcsim.usu.edu/

http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0601.htm

http://waynesword.palomar.edu/plfeb99.htm

11-10 Resources

1. Take a student interest survey please.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1wixPM-9MI2Z2C7WY1u_cu0yqG0BxFr3XD3uUbrAbV0E/viewform

2. Take the Quiz- The following URL is missing a letter or two. Please copy and paste this into the URL and wait for the secret letters.
http://tinyurl.com

3. Let's Start preparing for our next quiz.- The Kingdom of Monera

Basics
Electronic

Vocabulary

http://www.kidsbiology.com/biology_basics/five_kingdoms_life/moneran2.php

http://www.softschools.com/science/biology/monera_kingdom/

Bacteria in the News...

Please Use headphones to listen to this one

http://www.radiolab.org/story/best-medicine/

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/chipotle-sites-could-reopen-wednesday-after-e-coli-cases/

http://www.thejournal.ie/gut-bacteria-cure-stress-2415092-Nov2015/

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151105152105.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Ftop_news%2Ftop_science+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Top+Science+News%29

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151104120752.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Ftop_news%2Ftop_science+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Top+Science+News%29

http://www.nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/insulin/diabetes-insulin.html

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/10/151027132835.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Ftop_news%2Ftop_science+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Top+Science+News%29

Week of 11/9

This week's topics- Kingdoms of Life (Taxonomy) and starting The Kingdom of Monera

Multiple Monday 11/9 Reading and Review of the Kingdoms of Life
Twisted Tuesday 11/10 Quiz on the 5 kingdoms of life.
11/11 Veteran's Day
Throwback Thursday 11/12 Monera Start- Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes, Importance of Micro-organisms to humans
Spirit day (7th grade wears white)11/12 Bacterial Reproduction, Germ Theory, and Spontaneous Generation

Tentative
11/16 One million dots and graphing exponential growth.
11/17 Quiz on the Kingdom of Monera
11/18 Topic Plants- Roots and Shoots, Seed Dissection, Flower Dissection
11/19 Plantemon start- Reading Seeds and Roots
11/20 Stems and Leaves.

Vocabulary

11/5-11/10 Kingdoms Vocabulary
Electronic Vocabulary

11/10-11/17 Monera Vocabulary

Electronic Vocabulary

This Week's Homework

Quiz November 10th on Kingdoms
a) A classification game
http://sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/class.html

b) A database of organisms.
Go to the top right and search by "Entity by common name" and then type in "dog" It will give you the latin name "Canis familiaris" as well as all of the different sub categories that it is in.
Try out your favorite animal, plant, fungus, protist and moneran.
http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/Default.aspx

c) Check out this current event. Want to name a moth after your favorite seventh grade science teacher?
 http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/19/9566011/ebay-auction-name-a-moth

d) Electronic Vocabulary

e) Electronic notes
6.1.2

6.1.3

7.2.5

f) Another game to introduce the concept of evolution.
http://sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/evolution.html

g) Check out this card game.
http://phylogame.org/

Quiz November 17th on the Kingdom of Monera

11/5 Resources

1.Enrichment Preferences 
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Nko369VCydZ-LYS1VFjHOTr3ohJbFmTMqQoBoNaLLPI/viewform

2. Test- You will need the code after the following URL address

http://tinyurl.com/

3. Get ready for the next test- it will be on classification and the kingdoms of life. 

a) A classification game
http://sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/class.html

b) A database of organisms.
Go to the top right and search by "Entity by common name" and then type in "dog" It will give you the latin name "Canis familiaris" as well as all of the different sub categories that it is in.
Try out your favorite animal, plant, fungus, protist and moneran.
http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/Default.aspx

c) Check out this current event. Want to name a moth after your favorite seventh grade science teacher?
 http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/19/9566011/ebay-auction-name-a-moth

d) Electronic Vocabulary

e) Electronic notes
6.1.2

6.1.3

7.2.5

f) Another game to introduce the concept of evolution.
http://sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/evolution.html

g) Check out this card game.
http://phylogame.org/

Week of 11/2

Topics- Levels of Organization and starting Kingdoms of life on Friday.

11/2 Ribbon of Life (Levels of organization) Fold-able and Song

11/3 Cell: The Basic unit of Life. Reading and Think questions

11/4 Ribbon of Life pink pages 28 and 29

11/5 Quiz and Response sheet pink page 19

11/6 Shoe sorting, classification worksheets, and kingdoms of life reading.

This week's vocabulary 

Electronic Vocabulary Organ Tissue Cell wall Endoplasmic Reticulum Protista Nucleus Vacuole

This Week's Homework is

Levels of Organization Quiz Thursday November 5th

Ribbon of life Fold-able due Thursday November 5th

This just looked interesting.
https://www.challenge.gov/challenge/quantifying-drift-invertebrates-in-river-and-estuary-systems/