Monday 5/18/15

1. Proofread your paper and also have someone peer review it using this form

-Rubric for grading
-Reflection instructions

Tuesday May 12

Tuesday

#1  Carbon footprint-What do you contribute to Carbon Dioxide gases?

Kid friendly calculator carbon footprint calculator

#2 Carbon Carbon everywhere

#3  How much carbon can a tree store?

Carbon of a tree activity/tree height lab

Solutions-  The Next Frontier start at 30:00 min

Cool-down Energy Aha Connections page

ecofootprint calculator

Monday May 11th

Monday

Warm-Up: Check out current competitors, What are the numbers that you got?

Efficiency?                    Power?

#1 Hand in Wind Turbine lab

#2 Take out home assessment survey

#3-How is electricity Measured for appliances

Watts= Amps X Volts

Kilowatt= The usage over time   Watts/1000 * Time (hours)= KWH * Cost     =Total Cost

Lets go look at what an appliance uses for energy and the cost for using it for 2 hours.

#4 How is electricity measured for a bill (Take a look at Mr. Landers bill)

#5 Let’s look for vampires!

Energy Vampire video

#6 How can reduce our energy footprint?

1. Behavioral Change   2. Technological change

Energy Conservation (see if you can spot the difference)

Friday May 8th

Friday

Tesla battery

Testing Day/Write up/Kindwind entry,

Click on challenges, online, enter a team

(everyone must get power and efficiency)

    -wind speed=3

    -Area= 3.14 * Radius *Radius

Home Energy Audit due Monday

Friday April 24th

     1. Greenhouse effect  2

Climate vs. Weather so what is the difference?

-U.S. Precip Map, Climate

-Green Bay Climate

Is the Earth presently warming, cooling, or staying the same? (claim)

     What evidence do we have to support the claim?

2. Climate Change Investigation

Thursday April 23rd

Warm-up:

Aha Connections page:  From the labs on forms of energy I learned that...

1. Forms of Energy Quiz
2. How is electricity generated?  

    3.   The Next Frontier Climate Change: What is the Greenhouse Effect? 1  2

          What are Greenhouse Gases?

Where do Greenhouse gases come from?

         

     4.  Climate vs. Weather so what is the difference?

-U.S. Precip Map, Climate

-Green Bay Climate

Is the Earth presently warming, cooling, or staying the same? (claim)

     What evidence do we have to support the claim?

Start Climate Change Investigation

Tuesday April 21st

Warm-up...All living things need energy...how much energy do humans use?  What do we use it for? Infographic 1 , Home energy infographic

1. Check HW and discuss
2. Law of conservation of Energy
3. Potential vs Kinetic (review)

Sources of energy: Renewable vs Non-renewable video

Friday April 17th

1. Discuss “What is Energy?” Lab
2. Energy Presentation
1. Terms: Energy, Work, Potential, Kinetic
2. Potential vs Kinetic (review)
3. Forms of energy notes (MRS CHEN)

Where does energy come from? Energy Pathways Lab

Monday April 13th

Learning extensions:

1. Foldscope investigation
1. check out a Foldscope, record your observations
1. Identify...what is it you are looking at?
2. Sketch it or take a picture
3. Ask questions about what your are looking at--be curious
4. Conduct research and share it
2. Project Budburst
1. Identify a bud that is just beginning to leaf out and that you can visit everyday from the same distance/perspective
2. Take a picture from the same position every day for 14 days
3. Put pictures on a slideshow (can use Google presentation) and post to your blog

Share Biomimicry projects!

Friday April 10th

WU--Foldscope activity published...want to check one out?  See Mrs. Koller

Aha connections page: Evolution

I learned that in evolution…

The process of evolution…

1. Biomimicry Project: written explanation of research/invention: typed and handed in, paragraph structure
2. Work time on model and explanation, due Monday

Wednesday April 8th

1. Reflection from yesterday’s activity
2. Sci Girls: Mother Natures Shoes
3. Biomimicry project
4. Biomimicry Examples

Art and Biomimicry:  The Fibonacci Sequence,

The Secret of Trees

LINKS TO More BIOMIMICRY RESOURCES

Videos:

TED Talk

Waterproof fabrics (from cell test)

Biomimicry Video: Copying our way to Conservation

NOVA Biomimicry….Making Stuff Wilder

Websites:

Ask Nature

14 Biomimicry examples

April 1st

Wednesday

Wu- Correct worksheet from yesterday..

1. So how did humans evolve?

         Evolution:  -video

    2. What is the difference between an ancestor and relative?

3. Peppered Moth (worksheet) in PLL lab

Homework:

#1 Complete moth sheet 1-7 only

#2 Evolution Quiz (What is Evolution, Evidence of Evolution, How does it work)

Tuesday March 31st

Tuesday

Boot Survey, what size boot do you wear?

Evolution: WU-How does evolution work?

Evolution Webquest (worksheet given)

The majoring driving forces behind Evolution:

Variation, Selection, Time

-Natural selection

-Struggle for existence

-Variation of phenotype

-Reproduction

-Heredity, inheritance of traits

Example (if we get to it)

1. Peppered Moth (worksheet)

Monday March 30th

Monday

Wu- basketball update

Return DNA quizzes

1. Evidence of Evolution- Anatomy work time

Intro: Evolution: WU-How does evolution work?

Evolution Webquest (worksheet given)

How does evolution happen?

1. Variation of traits (Meiosis)
2. Time
3. Natural Selection (Major driving force)
1. Genetic variation
2. Overpopulation
3. Struggle for existence (survival of the fittest)
4. Differential survival and reproduction (whoever survives passes along the traits)

Tuesday March 24th

Tuesday

Wu- Please take out your DNA packet and Discuss DNA from Friday.

Incentive.

1. Question-Who was Charles Darwin?What were his contributions? (finish video from yesterday)

Notes: Charles Darwin (3-4 important things)

2.Bird Beak discussion from yesterday.  Watch video video

Note:  Evolution (3 main parts)

What evidence is there that species change over time?

Evolution: What is Evolution? Isn’t it just a theory?

1.  Read 108-109

Terms to put in notes:

Species

Adaptation

Evolution

3. Evolution: Who was Charles Darwin?

Homework: DNA quiz Wed (5-10 questions, vocab etc..)

Wednesday March 25th

Wednesday:

-Learning Extensions due Monday

1. DNA extraction- Extract DNA from a strawberry, wheat germ or other DNA.  Document your process and explain what you learned.
2. Genetic Disorder report- Research a genetic disorder to make a poster.  Click on the link for more info.

Update: Learning extension (DNA, Mutation)

Note:

3 parts of Evolution:

1. Variation of traits
2. Time
3. Natural Selection

1. Quick Review: Charles Darwin Video Watch 28 min-40 min in...a great recap/evolution/dna/adaptation/mutation example

1. (Quick DNA quiz)

2. What Evidence is there for evolution?

.  Watch Evolution: Evidence for Evolution video

Notes: Evidence of Evolution

1. Fossil record
2. Embryonic Level, chicken, Human
3. Comparative Anatomy
4. Molecular Level (DNA)

3. Evidence of Evolution (only did the Embryonic portion)

-comprehensive activity (Anatomy/Embryonic)

-coloring activity

-answer key