Category Archives: Ecology

The smallest unit of life that can perform all of life’s processes. Today we reviewed information about the characteristics of living things and we learned a bit about cells, as they are the basic unit of life. Students answered questions as they … Continue reading →

When DID we start that investigation????  Before we went to Camp Kieve! Time to remember what we did and wrap it all up in our journals. PART 1: Before doing that we are going to review one of your journal … Continue reading →

PART 1- WARM UP: Is a Seed Alive? Formative Assessment. PRACTICE QUIZ: Alive or Not? Practice Quiz. http://www.quia.com/quiz/5529329.html PART 2: Characteristics of Living Things Review Presentation- Alive or Not Overview 2015 PART 3: STIMULUS and RESPONSE FOCUS DEFINE: Students define both words on … Continue reading →

REMINDER: Vocabulary boxes for organism, atom, nonliving, and dead should be done. If you haven’t finished them, get them done! REVIEW: We corrected the worksheet from Bill Nye: Cells. EXPLORE: We used Google Images to explore different types of cells. … Continue reading →

Dearest Students, I am at a conference today and this is what you should be doing: Warm-Up: Use the atom diagram handout, Bill Nye Atom Movie worksheet, this website, What is an atom? http://www.theteacherscafe.com/Science/Atom_Elementary_Science.php, to do your warm up. Past … Continue reading →

THE PARTS OF MATTER WATCH Bill Nye: Atoms and Molecules: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpR51zBAdFI How Can You See an Atom? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipzFnGRfsfE What is an Atom? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-3I1JGW-Ck LOOK AND LEARN Elements, Atoms, Molecules and Mixtures- simple explanations- http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/textbook/compounds.html Basic Chemistry- Atoms and Ions– http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/m/b/mbt102/bisci4online/chemistry/chemistry1.htm Atoms, Elements, and … Continue reading →

BIOLOGICAL HIERARCHY/ORGANIZATION Begin class with a comparison of different charts showing biological hierarchies. Students will make a comparison/contrast of these charts in their science journals. Groups will order cards showing individual parts of a hierarchy from smallest to largest. After being checked by … Continue reading →

CLASS OVERVIEW: The past two classes have been spent learning the difference between something that is living, dead, or non living. WATCH: Science Court- Living Things at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f07bJOAI4c&list=PLRg-eXrZuuUf90j4EZ_YlIWlkHz30jvmc&index=3 PART 1: Is the chicken bone dead?  ACTIVITY: After watching part one, students were … Continue reading →

JOURNAL WORK TITLE PAGE– The new title is Alive or Not? on page BIG IDEA– Make sure everyone has the new BIG IDEA question in their journal in the middle of pages OBSERVATION COMPARISONS GROUP WORK: Students share AND discuss … Continue reading →