Thought of the day…
All I expect from you is effort and honesty.
-AB
Properties of Water - Class #8 Sept 12 & 15
Essential Question - How does the polar-covalent nature of water cause its unusual properties?
Goal(s) - Complete the properties of water inquiry lab.
Homework - Finish today’s work before next class. If you didn’t finish the lab, do the write ups for the stations you visited today. You will have 15 minutes next block to visit the remaining lab stations.
Next Major Summative -
Oct. 25 (A-days) or Oct. 26 (B-days)
The study guide is posted. Start now.
Today’s challenge…
Water Pictionary
Thought of the day…
Thinking + Doing = Learning
AB
CER (Claim-Evidence-Reasoning) Argumentation - Class #7 Sept 10 & 11
Essential Question - How do you write an effective argument, using CER?
Goal(s) - Understand the basics of CER Argumentation
Homework - Finish today’s work before next class.
Next Major Summative - Your next major summative will be announced on the first day of the next topic, which is properties of water.
Today’s challenge…
8÷2(2+2)=?
Thought of the day…
Be the reason someone has a better day.
(I saw that on a bumper sticker.)
CER (Claim-Evidence-Reasoning) Argumentation - Class #6 Sept 8 & 9
Essential Question - How much biology do you remember from Life Science?
Goal(s) - Take Benchmark #1 and complete any missing work.
Homework - Finish today’s work before next class.
Next Major Summative - Your next major summative will be announced on the first day of the next topic, which is properties of water.
CER (Claim-Evidence-Reasoning) Argumentation
The slide above this one is the first day of CER. Slides are in reverse chronological order, with the most recent class at the top.
Thought of the day…
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.
-Anonymous
Revisions and Reflections - Class #5 Sept 4 & 5
Essential Question - What options do you have to raise a major summative grade? How do you complete test revisions and reflections?
Goal(s) -Learn how to complete test revisions and reflections
Homework - Complete and submit your test revisions on Schoology.
Next Major Summative - Your next major summative will be announced on the first day of the next topic, which is properties of water.
Today’s challenge…
How do you spell spot?
Test Revisions and Reflections
The slide above this one is the only day of Revisions and Reflections. Slides are in reverse chronological order, with the most recent class at the top.
Thought of the day…
Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
-John Wooden
Characteristics of Living Things (CoLT) - Class #4 Sept 2 & 3
Essential Question - How do you know if something is alive?
Goal(s) - “Keep the best and slash the trash” test-taking strategy
Homework - Complete any missing formatives or minor summatives from our CoLT unit. (See class details for more info.)
Next Major Summative - CoLT test today. Your next major summative will be announced on the first day of the next topic.
Today’s challenge…
HE ADA CHE
Thought of the day…
Every day may not be good, but there is something good in every day.
-Alice Morse Earle
Characteristics of Living Things (CoLT) - Class #3 Aug 27 & 28
Essential Question - How do you know if something is alive?
Goal(s) - Understand the five subcategories that scientists use to classify specimens.
Homework - Finish today’s work before next class. Your first test is next class. (See class details for more info.)
Next Major Summative - September 2 (A-days) or September 3 (B-days)
Thought of the day…
Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make because they lead, little by little, to the truth. - Jules Verne
Characteristics of Living Things (CoLT) - Class #2 Aug 25 & 26
Essential Question - How do you know if something is alive?
Goal(s) - Memorize the seven characteristics of life and know that you must have all seven to be considered alive.
Homework - Finish today’s work before next class. Daily Questions (DQs) next class on procedures and CoLT. (See class details for more info.)
Next Major Summative - September 2 (A-days) or September 3 (B-days)
Today’s challenge…
Get to know your team during the lab.
Thought of the day…
If you are unwilling to learn, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you.
-Zig Ziglar
Introduction to biology - Class #1 Aug 21 & 22
Essential Question - Who do you want to work with this year?
Goals - Complete the “First Day Reflection Form” and want to come back next class!
Homework - Google Form Introduction to Characteristics of Life & Read and complete the Permission Click science safety agreement on Schoology and see if your parents also signed it. I emailed them earlier this week. If they already signed it, you just need to read it.
Today’s challenge…
Meet someone new
Focus on fun…Blurt!
Characteristics of Living Things
(CoLT)
The slide above this one is the first day of CoLT. Slides are in reverse chronological order, with the most recent class at the top.
Ignore Slides from here down!
They contain notes for planning or activities from last year that I might want to use again.
Planning for the next few blocks
Procedures for the next few blocks
Miscellaneous
Water Unit Planning
CER Planning
Thought of the day…
“The cure for anything is salt water. Sweat, tears or the sea.”
-Isak Dinesen
Water - Class #7 Sept 27 (A) & Sept 30 (B)
Essential Question - Can you devise a convincing argument about which plant is the antidote?
Goals - Learn more about CERs and write one.
Homework - Finish your CER Slides on Schoology before next class.
Today’s challenge…
Claim: Regular exercise improves mental health.
Evidence: Studies show that individuals who exercise regularly have lower levels of anxiety and depression.
Reasoning: Exercise releases endorphins, which are chemicals in the brain that act as natural painkillers and mood elevators, thus improving mental health.
Thought of the day…
A scientist is not a person who gives the right answers; it is a person who asks the right questions!
-Claude Levi Strauss
Water - Class #6 Sept 25 (A) & Sept 26 (B)
Essential Question - How can you use your knowledge of water to solve a real-life mystery?
Goals - Save your classmate from an Asian Giant Hornet Sting.
Homework - Finish today’s classwork before next class.
Today’s challenge…
Gather evidence to save your classmate!
Thought of the day…
The key to happiness is achievable dreams.
-Nicholas Sparks
(Dear John)
Water - Class #5 Sept 23 (A) & Sept 24 (B)
Essential Question - How does the polar-covalent nature of water cause its unusual properties?
Goals - Demonstrate mastery of water properties.
Homework - Look up any questions you were unsure of, so you are prepared for test revisions next class.
Today’s challenge…
Water Jeopardy
Submit on the conference table:
Your full name and class ID must be present to receive on-time credit
Class ID# = [Block]-[phone pocket number]
Thought of the day…
Do or do not.
there is no try.
-Yoda
Water - Class #4 Sept 19 (A) & Sept 20 (B)
Essential Question - How does the polar-covalent nature of water cause its unusual properties?
Goals - Review water skills 1 & 2 for upcoming test.
Homework - Finish today’s work and study for your test next class.
Today’s challenge…
Rubber band trick
Thought of the day…
Water - Class #3 Sept 17 (A) & Sept 18 (B)
Essential Question - How does the polar-covalent nature of water cause its unusual properties?
Goals - Learn various properties of water. Skill 2
Homework - Finish today’s work.
Focus on varied modalities of inputs and outputs
Thought of the day…
In the lab, there’s no room for haste, Wear your goggles and protect your face. With well-washed hands, Follow safety commands, And your experiments won’t go to waste!
Lab safety and Water - Class #1 Sept 11 (A) & Sept 12 (B)
Essential Question - How do we prevent and respond to emergencies in the lab?
Goals - Know when to wear goggles, how to use emergency equipment, and general lab safety.
Homework - Study for your safety test next class.
Today’s challenge…
Win at charades!
Lab safety - Class #1
Academic
Research
Announcement:
Check out the “Study hall buddies” list on Schoology to find other Baker Biology people to study with.
Announcement:
Check out the “Study hall buddies” list on Schoology to find other Baker Biology people to study with.
Housekeeping: This section is for the teacher(s) only.
Study hall buddies list, medical, safety agreements, accomodations, Remind, rock/paper/scissors tourney
Cell membranes and transport
Cell membranes - Class #4 Jan 12 (A-day) & Jan 16 (B-day)
Osmosis practice problem #1
Place the following labels on the cell model: hypertonic, hypotonic, ↓S :↑W, ↑S : ↓W
Use your water song to figure out which way the water will move. You should have two arrows going in the same direction.
↑S : ↓W
Cell membranes - Class #4 Jan 12 (A-day) & Jan 16 (B-day)
Osmosis practice problem #1 - Answers
Place the following labels on the cell model: hypertonic, hypotonic, ↓S :↑W, ↑S : ↓W
Use your water song to figure out which way the water will move. You should have two arrows going in the same direction.
↑S : ↓W
hypertonic
↓S :↑W
hypotonic
Water goes from high to low
Water follows salt
Since the inside of the cell is higher in salt, we know that it is hypertonic
Since the inside of the cell is higher in salt, we know that the outside of the cell is lower in salt, or hypotonic.
Cell membranes - Class #4 Jan 12 (A-day) & Jan 16 (B-day)
Osmosis practice problem #1
Place the following labels on the cell model: hypertonic, hypotonic, ↓S :↑W, ↑S : ↓W
Use your water song to figure out which way the water will move. You should have two arrows going in the same direction.
Hypertonic
Cell membranes - Class #4 Jan 12 (A-day) & Jan 16 (B-day)
Osmosis practice problem #1
Place the following labels on the cell model: hypertonic, hypotonic, ↓S :↑W, ↑S : ↓W
Use your water song to figure out which way the water will move. You should have two arrows going in the same direction.
Hypertonic
↑S : ↓W
Since the outside of the cell is hypertonic, we know that the inside of the cell is or hypotonic, or lower in salt.
Hypotonic
↓S :↑W
Water goes from high to low
Water follows salt
Since the outside of the cell is hypertonic, we know that it is higher in salt
The next slide has the graded skills check on it, so please have students recycle their practice problems and move to their quiz seats with their pencils and Chromebooks now.
There are quarter sheets of paper on the high lab counter in the middle to pass out for the skills check. They must be silent until you have collected all skills checks. They can go on to finish slide set #2 on the daily agenda until everyone finishes.
Cell membranes - Class #4 Jan 12 (A-day) & Jan 16 (B-day)
Skills check #2 - No Talking!
Place the following labels on the cell model: hypertonic, hypotonic, ↓S :↑W, ↑S : ↓W
Use your water song to figure out which way the water will move. You should have two arrows going in the same direction, in addition to the arrow I already put on there.