Opening Activity Sept 10 2018 1 Collect your

Opening Activity: Sept. 10, 2018 1. Collect your name tag from front table and find your seat. 2. Collect your notebook. 3. If you didn’t finish your Job application to it now! 4. How many black circles do you see? 5. Number the rest of your pages in NB- to 200 I can… Explain what you know about safety and class procedures in biology. Homework: Signatures - Safety/ Syllabus turn in ASAP!

Safety and Syllabus Quiz – With Plickers You will pick up a plicker sheet and tape on the INSIDE Cover of the back of your notebook.

Opening Activity: Sept. 11, 2018 1. Collect your name tag from front table. 2. Collect your notebook and write the date and the answer to the following in your “Opening Activities” section: 1. What does it look like for a student to work productively in a group discussion? 2. What do YOU need from your teacher and classmates to feel comfortable and safe to contribute to a class discussion? I can… Share your ideas for what happens when ethanol burns. Homework: Signatures - Safety/ Syllabus turn in ASAP!

Biology Classroom Jobs! Door Greeter Entry Task Driver Homework Crier Equipment Manager Summarizer Time Manager Teacher Assistant Runner

Biology Unit Plan • Share initial ideas and ask questions • Explore new ideas • Plan and carry out investigations • Construct explanations • Apply knowledge to new situations • Reflect on initial ideas/learning • Unit Test 5

Burning Demos

What happens when water and ethanol burn? Water Ethanol • • Both • 7

Expressing Ideas Tool • Use this tool to record your ideas about how you think ethanol burns. • It’s okay if you don’t know the “right answer” at this point! • At the end, you will have a chance to share your ideas and hear the ideas of your classmates.

Comparing Ideas with a Partner Compare and contrast your ideas with your partner’s ideas to see which of your ideas are the same and which of your ideas are different. On a sticky note, write one group idea to share. On a second sticky note, write one group question to share.

Posting Ideas for Class Discussion Your ideas: Your questions: 10

Opening Activity: September 12, 2018 1. Pick up “Powers of 10 Guiding Questions” and tape into journal after burning ethanol discussion. TAPE THE LEFT SIDE ONLY so it will flip. 2. Look at the colorful class copies at your table. . a. What do the words across the top mean? b. What is a scale? I can… Demonstrate a system at four different scales. Homework: Review Scale Websites and write scales Due 9/14

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Powers of 10 - Video • Assign a scale to each person in your group, note one system during the video 1. 2. 3. 4. Large Scale Macroscopic Scale Microscopic Scale Atomic-Molecular Scale • Share notes in groups, report systems

Application Questions – On the flip side 1. Why do you think scientists need to think about scales? 2. What scales will we need to understand to explain the burning of ethanol? 3. Compare water and ethanol at the atomicmolecular scale. What do you know, what do you want to know? Explain how you know. 4. Add these similarities/differences to your Venn diagram from yesterday.

Homework Due Friday 9/14: Each person at your table select a different website to explore scales. In journal write down one example from each of the four benchmarks. Websites to Explore Scales: (see himsbio. pbworks. com) • Scale of Universe 1 • Scale of Universe 2 • http: //learn. genetics. utah. edu/content/cells/scale/ • Secret Worlds: The Universe Within

After HW is in planner. . 1. Pick up a Microscope ID • Tape handout in your journal. • Fill out an much as you can remember. • Use marked pages in biology books at your table to help identify the microscope parts

Big to Small – Cards 1. Organize Cards: • Scatter cards around the table so all cards are visible. • Place cards according to scale on your colorful poster.

Big to Small – Cards 2. Card Sorting: • Sort cards by 6 systems w/ 4 cards with each. • Write down at least TWO systems in your journal.

Opening Activity: September 13, 2018 1. Pick up a Microscope ID handout at front table. TAPE into journal, fully, no flapping needed. 2. Fill the microscope ID with as much info as you remember. 3. Which scale would you use to learn more about: a. Orca Populations b. Wild Fire Smoke c. Hurricane Florence I can… Identify different parts of a microscope and practice using microscope. Homework: Review Scale Websites and write scales Due 9/14

Hurricane Florence

Microscope Lab Goals Part A Field of view • Practice measuring field of view at each objective • Complete the calculation on #6 • Get checked off from Ms. Fox before proceeding to part B.

Opening Activity: Sept. 14, 2018 1. Have homework out and ready for stamp benchmark scale examples from websites. 2. What is the total magnification of low power? High power? 3. Today we will create a wet mount of our pond samples. What does this mean? I can… Use microscope to find, focus and identify living organisms. Homework: LAB #1 Questions

Plankton Collection

Microscope Lab Goals Part A Field of view • Practice measuring • Complete the calculation on #6 • Get stamp for part A before moving onto B Part B Pond Safari • Find 2 living organisms under the scope • Sketch organisms and label by name HOMEWORK: Complete Recap Questions

HOMEWORK: Lab #1 Complete Recap Questions

Examples from yesterday. .