Thursday, February 27, 2014

Biology Unit 4 Day 3

Do Now
Objective: Students will define and describe the organisms on Earth on unit 4 study guide using the words Linnean Classification, Cladistics, domains, fungi, eukaryotes.

Questions:
1) What is adaptive radiation?
2) What causes new species to form?
3) Describe how Carolis Linneaous classifies life on Earth.

Exit Ticket: A small island in the Pacific Ocean has many different types of geography, including a steep mountain in the middle. Name two reasons this island would have a high rate of speciation. Write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph (repeat the question in your topic sentence + 2 reasons). 

Physical Science Unit 5 Day 3

Do Now
Objective: Students will define and diagram words related to work on posters and notes using the words potential energy, kinetic energy, power, conservation of energy, work.


Questions:
1) How do calculate kinetic energy? Give an example.
2) How do you calculate the conservation of energy?
3) A rock tumbles straight down from a cliff; it is moving at 20 m/s when it hits. What is the height of the cliff? (the mass of the rock is 8kg)

Exit Ticket:
How does energy get transfered? Repeat the question in your topic sentence. Support your topic sentence with 2 details sentences and at least 1 green word from the objective.




Chemistry Unit 4 Day 3

Do Now
Objective: Students will diagram and describe nuclear breakdown on poster and notes using the words alpha decay, beta decay, half-life, gamma decay, nuclear fussion, nuclear fission.

Questions:
1) What are the four quantum numbers and what do they mean?
2) What is a photon? What does it do?
3) What makes a nucleus unstable?

Exit Ticket: How does quantized and photon relate? Repeat the question in your topic sentence.

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Biology 2 Unit 4 Day 2

Do Now
Objective: Students will diagram and describe terms related to evolution on vocab cards directional selection, disruptive selection, gene flow, genetic drift, stabilizing selection, and speciation.

Questions:
1) How do genetic drift and gene flow cause evolution?
2) What causes directional selection? Give an example.
3) What causes evolution?

Exit Ticket:
What causes evolution? Write at least 3 sentences. Repeat the question in your topic sentence. Use at least 1 green word from the objective above.

Physical Science Unit 5 Day 2

Do Now
Objective: Students will diagram and describe energy.

Questions:
1) How do you calculate problems for inelastic collisions?
2) How do you calculate problems for elastic collisions?
3) How do you calculate problems for potential energy?


Chemistry Unit 4 Day 2

Do Now
Objective: Students will diagram and describe terms related to nuclear chemistry on vocab posters using the words alpha decay, beta decay, half-life, gamma decay, nuclear fission, nuclear fusion.

Questions:
1) How do you calculate wavelength? Give an example.
2) What is the frequency of an electromagnetic wave with energy of 5.0  10-20 J?
3) What do quantum numbers tell you about an electron?



Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Biology 2 Unit 4 Day 1

Do Now
Objective: Students will define and describe evidence for evolution on vocab cards using the terms genetic drift, gene flow, vestigal structures, divergent evolution.

Questions:
1) Why is the theory of evolution just a theory?
2) What evidence is there to support the theory of evolution?
3) What is the theory of evolution.


Physical Science Unit 5 Day 1 + Vocab Card Assignment

Do Now
Objective: Students will define and describe movement and crashes using the words momentum, angular momentum, impulse, elastic collision, inelastic collision, potential energy, law of conservation of energy.

Questions:
1) What is momentum?
2) How do you calculate momentum? Give an example.
3) What is an impulse?

Exit Ticket:
What happens in a car crash? Write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph. Use the question in your topic sentence. Include at least 1 green word from the objective in your writing.

Vocab Cards Instructions:
  • On the front of the notecard write the word and draw a picture or diagram about the word.
  • On the back of the card, choose 2 of the following:
    • Examples
    • Definition
    • Apex sentence
    • related vocabulary words(2)
    • This means...
    • This makes me think about...
    • Hint: (what can help you remember the definition or the word better?)

Chemistry Unit 4 Day 1 + Vocab cards Instructions

Do Now
Objective: Students will define and describe words related to quantum mechanics on vocab cards.

Questions:
1) What is a wave? (chemistry)
2) What does quantum mean?
3) What does quantized mean? Give an example.

Vocab Cards
Words: Quantization, electromagnetic waves, wavelength, photons, quantum numbers, electrostatic force, strong nuclear force.
  • On the front of the notecard write the word and draw a picture or diagram about the word.
  • On the back of the card, choose 2 of the following:
    • Examples
    • Definition
    • Apex sentence
    • related vocabulary words(2)
    • This means...
    • This makes me think about...
    • Hint: (what can help you remember the definition or the word better?)

Monday, February 24, 2014

Biology Unit 4 Day 1 + Vocab Cards Assignment

Words: speciation, vestigal structure, disruptive selection, stabilizing selection, directional selection, genetic drift, gene flow
  • On the front of the notecard write the word and draw a picture or diagram about the word.
  • On the back of the card, choose 2 of the following:
    • Examples
    • Definition
    • Apex sentence
    • related vocabulary words(2)
    • This means...
    • This makes me think about...
    • Hint: (what can help you remember the definition or the word better?)

biology unit 3 day 6

Do Now
Objective: Students will draw conclusions and make connections on the unit cst.

Questions:
1) What is a secondary disturbance? Give an example.
2) What causes logistic population growth?

Exit Ticket:
Finish unit 3 CST and the self-evaluation on the bottom of the unit tracker.

Physical Science Unit 4 Day 7

Do Now
Objective: Students will design and test helmets in their TST lab.

Questions:
1) How much force is needed to accelerate a bicycle and rider with a total mass of 50 kg at a rate of 2.0 m/s2?

2) The Earth orbits the sun in a nearly circular orbit. Circular motion requires a centripetal force. What force acting on the Earth causes this?

Exit Ticket:
Finish your egg helmet TST questions.

Chemistry Unit 3 Day 6

Do Now
Objective: Students will design and evaluate methods of maintaining heat using the word specific heat capacity.

Questions:
1) What is specific heat capacity?
2) How do you calculate specific heat capacity?
3)

How many degrees will 340 J raise the temperature of 6.8 g of water? (Refer to table of constants for water.)

Exit Ticket:
Finish your TST questions!

Thursday, February 20, 2014

biology unit 3 day 5 - Do Now, Agenda, Exit Ticket

Do Now
Objective: Students will analyze organisms and their adaptations through video clips and notes.

Questions:
1) What is an adaptation? Give an example.
2) What is natural selection? Give an example.

Agenda

  1. After completing the Do Now, start on the Adaptations videos. These can be found on my website (friedrichbiology.yolasite.com), under the Biology tab, Semester 2, unit 3. 
    1. Watch at least 5 vidoes.
    2. Describe (complete sentences) the organisms adaptation--what is it?
    3. Expand on their adaptation (complete sentences)--why does it make them better fit for survival? Why does it make them better for their ecosystem?
Exit Ticket:
Why does Hardy-Weinberg never happen in nature? Give at least 2 reasons. 

Physical Science unit 4 day 6 + egg helmet instructions

Do Now
Objective: Students will draw conclusions and make connections on the unit 4 CST and lab.

Questions: (REVIEW!!)
1) What is the Law of universal gravitation?
2) What 2 factors does gravity depend on?
3)

Which of the following units could not be used to measure density? Explain!
  • A. Kilograms per liter (kg/L)
  • B. Grams per cubic centimeter (g/cm3)
  • C. Grams per milliliter (g/mL)
  • D. Pounds per cubic inch (lb/in3)

Exit Ticket: Pick up a lab tst handout from Ms Friedrich. You will be building a helmet for a crashing egg (falling from the ceiling) using the following guidelines and materials:
  • No bigger than 8"x8"x8"
  • No tape is allowed.
  • Nothing can be glued directly to the egg.
  • If your egg survives the crash, you get an "A". 
  • Use the materials given below:
    • 2 plastic grocery bags
    • 2 rubber bands
    • 1 piece of cardboard 6"x18"
    • 1 length of string 
    • 4 plastic straws
    • 2 pieces of bubble wrap (6"x6")
    • 3 wooden sticks 

chemistry unit 3 day 5

Do Now
Objective: Students will make connections and draw conclusions on the unit CST.

Questions
1)
Which reaction would cause an increase in entropy? Explain!
  • A. 2CO(g) + O2(g 2CO2(g)
  • B. SO2Cl2(g SO2(g) + Cl2(g)
  • C. PCl3(g) + Cl2(g PCl5(g)
  • D. C2H2(g) + H2(g C2H4(g)

2)What is the value for G at 1000 K if H = -220 kJ/mol and S = -0.05 kJ/(molK)? Is this a spontaneous or nonspontaneous reaction? 
3) How many degrees will 340 J raise the temperature of 6.8 g of water? (Refer to table of constants for water.)

Exit Ticket: Pick up a lab sheet from Ms Friedrich. Complete the pre-lab for Monday. Materials list:

  • 1 plastic bottle (thin plastic, with a rubber stopper) this will hold the hot water
  • 2 rubber bands
  • 1 meter of string
  • 1 piece of foam packaging
  • 1 piece of aluminum foil (30cmx30cm)
  • 5 plastic straws
  • 5 pieces of plastic tubing
  • 5 Popsicle sticks

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

biology unit 3 day 4

Do Now
Objective: Students will evaluate and make inferences about ecosystems and organisms in video clips using the words adaptations, natural selection,  carrying capacity.

Questions:
1) What does it mean to be in hardy-weinberg equilibrium?
2) What 4 conditions must be met for a population to be in hardy-wienberg equilibrium?
3) A fly has two alleles for the color of its eyes. The green allele is recessive, and is represented by q. The blue allele is dominant, and is represented by p. If 28 of 100 organisms are green, what is p?
Use the following equation: 


Exit Ticket:
What is duckweed? Write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph about this highly adapted plant species. Research and write about 2 of its adaptations.

Physical Science Unit 4 Day 5

Do Now
Objective: Students will recall knowledge and draw conclusions on the unit CST.

Questions:
1) A man pushes on a heavy box, but the box does not move. What can be said about the forces acting on the box?

2) Describe an object moving in uniform circular motion.
3) How does the Earth and the moons orbit relate to centripetal acceleration and gravity? 
Exit Ticket:
Complete the pre-lab for the egg helmet competition. See Ms Friedrich for the handout.

Chemistry Unit 3 Day 4

Do Now
Objective: Students will recall information and draw conclusions on the unit CST using the words exothermic, endothermic, spontaneous, enthalpy, entropy (S), Hess' Law (H), Gibb's free energy (G), potential energy diagram, -.

Questions:
1)

How much energy is required to raise the temperature of 3 g of silver from 15°C to 20°C? (Refer to table of specific heat values.)

2) How much energy is required to vaporize 1.5 kg of aluminum? (Refer to table of latent heat values.)
3) 
What is the value for G at 1000 K if H = -220 kJ/mol and S = -0.05 kJ/(molK)?


Exit Ticket:
What is calorimetry? Draw a diagram and write 2 sentences to describe. 

Thursday, February 13, 2014

biology unit 3 day 3

Do Now
Obejective: Students will describe and relate terms connected to population dynamics on opposite posters using the words aphotic/photic, exponential population growth/logistic population growth, density-dependent factor/density-independent factor, invasive species/native species, keystone species/invasive species, primary disturbance/secondary disturbance.

Questions:
1) What is a density-dependent factor? Give an example.
2) What is an invasive species? Give an example.
3) What causes a population to reach carrying capacity?

Exit Ticket:

Physical Sci Unit 4 Day 4

Do Now
Objective: Students will diagram and describe newtons laws on posters and notes.

Questions:
1) What is the equation to calculate Newtons 2nd law? Give an example.
2) What are 2 types of friction that slow or stop movement?
3) What is inertia? Give an example.

Exit Ticket:
Forces are either balanced or unbalanced. Draw a diagram of an example and describe how the force is either balanced or unbalanced. Use at least 2 of the following words in your diagram and your writing: buoyancy, density, gravity, inertia, static friction, sliding friction.

Chemistry Unit 3 Day 3

Do Now
Objective: Students will diagram and describe spontaneity on posters using the words spontaneous, enthalpy, entropy, exothermic reactions, endothermic reactions, Gibb's free energy.

Questions
1) What does a negative delta H mean?
2) What is Hess' Law?
3) What makes a spontaneous reaction?

Exit Ticket:
What makes a reaction occur spontaneously?? Use at least 1 word from the green words above. Incorporate the question in your topic sentence.

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Biology Unit 3 Day 2

Do Now
Objective: Students will define and describe terms related to populations on vocab cards: biome, ecosystem, carrying capacity, logistic growth, exponential growth, hardy-weinberg equilibrium,  density dependent factors.

Question:
1) What is biodiversity? What creates large biodiversity?
2) What is carrying capacity?
3) What causes a population to reach carrying capacity?

Exit Ticket:
How does the pine beetle population show exponential growth? Use at least 1 word from the green words above in your writing. Use the question as your topic sentence.

Physical Science Unit 4 Day 3

Do Now
Objective: Students will describe and diagram Newtons Laws of motion using the words inertia, Newtons 1st Law, Newtons 2nd law, Newtons 3rd Law, static fricton, sliding friction.

Question:
1) What is inertia? Give an example.
2) What is Newtons second law of motion?
2) What is Newtons 3rd law of motion?

Exit Ticket:
How do Newtons Law's affect everyday life? Give an example of one of newtons laws occurring in your life. Use the question in your topic sentence.

Chemistry Unit 3 Day 2 + Assignment Instructions

Do Now
Objective: Students will define and describe words related to heat on vocab cards using the words thermodynamics, specific heat capacity, latent heat of fusion, latent heat of vaporization, exothermic reaction, endothermic reaction, enthalpy.

Questions:
1) What is conduction? Give an example.
2) How do you calculate heat capacity? Give an example.
3) What does enthalpy tell us?


Exit Ticket:
What is the difference between an exothermic and endothermic reaction? Use at least 2 green words from the objective in your response. Incorporate the question in your topic sentence.

Assignment Instructions:
  • On the front of the notecard write the word and draw a picture or diagram about the word.
  • On the back of the card, choose 2 of the following:
    • Examples
    • Definition
    • Apex sentence
    • related vocabulary words(2)
    • This means...
    • This makes me think about...
    • Hint: (what can help you remember the definition or the word better?)

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

biology unit 3 day 1

Do Now
Objective: Students will define and describe terms related to population dynamics.

Questions:
1) What is logistic population growth?
2) What is exponential population growth?

Exit Ticket: Finish TST questions!! and start unit 3 vocab cards....see below for instructions.

Pick up 8 notecards!
  • On the front of the notecard write the word and draw a picture or diagram about the word.
  • On the back of the card, choose 2 of the following:
    • Examples
    • Definition
    • Apex sentence
    • related vocabulary words(2)
    • This means...
    • This makes me think about...
    • Hint: (what can help you remember the definition or the word better?)
    • Words: biome, ecosystem, biodiversity, carrying capacity, Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium, density-dependent factor, logistic population growth, exponential population growth.

Physical Science 1 Unit 4 Day 2

Do Now
Objective: Students will diagram and describe force in a circle using the words uniform circular motion, centripital force, centripital acceleration.

Question:
1) What factors affect gravity?
2) How do you calculate density? Give an example.
3) What is centripital force?

Exit Ticket:

A car moves in uniform circular motion around a curve in the road. What is the direction of the car's acceleration? Draw a diagram and describe (use the question in your answer, write at least 2 sentences to explain).

Chemistry Unit 3 Day 1

Do Now
Objective: Students will define and describe words related to heat chemistry (thermodynamics, thermal energy, conduction, radiation, exothermic reaction, endothermic reaction, heat capacity, convection).

Questions:
1) What is thermodynamics?
2) What is conduction? Give an example.

Exit Ticket!
Finish your TST! and start your unit 3 assignment!! (see below for instructions).

Monday, February 10, 2014

Biology Unit 2 TST day

Do Now
Objective: Students will make connections and draw conclusions on the unit 2 cst using the words mRNA, frameshift mutation, point mutation, silent mutation.

Questions:
1) What is a frameshift mutation? Give an example.
2) What is a point mutation? Give an example.

Exit Ticket:
FINISH YOUR TST!!

Physical Science Unit 4 Day 1

Do Now
Objective: Students will define and describe forces using the words buoyant force, unbalanced force, balanced force, density, friction, gravitational force.

Questions:
1) What is buoyant force?
2) What is density?
3) What in an unbalanced force?

Exit Ticket:
What causes objects to float? Write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph. Use the question as your topic sentence and incorporate at least 2 green words from the objective above.


Your assignment: 
  • On the front of the notecard write the word and draw a picture or diagram about the word.
  • On the back of the card, choose 2 of the following:
    • Examples
    • Definition
    • Apex sentence
    • related vocabulary words(2)
    • This means...
    • This makes me think about...
    • Hint: (what can help you remember the definition or the word better?)
    • Words: density, buoyancy, balanced forces, friction, gravitational force, volume, unbalanced fores. 

Chemistry Unit 2 TST day

Do Now
Objective: Students will collect data, draw conclusions, and make predictions about reaction rates using the words rate constant, kinetics and rate law.

Question:
1) What causes a reaction to speed up or slow down?
2) What is the rate constant? Give an example.

Exit Ticket
How does heat affect chemical reactions? Use at least 1 green word from the objective in your response and use the question in your topic sentence. 

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Biology Unit 3 Day 1

Do Now
objective: students will define and describe terms related to population dynamics.

Questions:
1) What is biodiversity?
2) (review) What is DNA polymerase?
3) (review) What is the job of a codon?

No exit ticket today.

Physical science unit 4 day 1

Do Now
Objective: students will define and describe terms related to outside forces.

Questions:
1) what is friction? Give an example.
2) what is an unbalanced force.
3) What is air resistance?

Chemistry Unit 3 Day 1

Do Now
Objective: Students will define and describe words related to thermodynamics (heat transfer).

Question:
1) What is thermodynamics?
2) What is thermal energy? Give an example.
3)
Which of the following is the conjugate acid of H2PO4-?
 
  • A. HPO4-2
  • B. PO43-
  • C. H3PO4
  • D. H4PO4-

No Exit Ticket today!

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

biology unit 2 day 6

Do Now
Objective: Students will make connections and draw conclusions on the unit 2 cst.

Questions (Review!):
1) What is a codon?
2) Why does a mutation in DNA affect traits?
3) What is gel electrophoresis?

There Will be no exit ticket today.

If you finish your unit 2 cst or would like to work on unit 3, pick up 8 notecards from the sub.

  • On the front of the notecard write the word and draw a picture or diagram about the word.
  • On the back of the card, choose 2 of the following:
    • Examples
    • Definition
    • Apex sentence
    • related vocabulary words(2)
    • This means...
    • This makes me think about...
    • Hint: (what can help you remember the definition or the word better?)
    • Words: biome, ecosystem, biodiversity, carrying capacity, Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium, density-dependent factor, logistic population growth.

Physical Science Unit 3 Day 6

Do Now
Objective: Students will make connections and recall information on the unit CST.

Questions (review):
1)
Which of the following are vectors?

Check all that apply.
 
  • A. Mass
  • B. Acceleration
  • C. Speed
  • D. Displacement

There Will be no exit ticket today.

If you finish your unit 3 cst or would like to work on unit 4, pick up 8 notecards from the sub.

  • On the front of the notecard write the word and draw a picture or diagram about the word.
  • On the back of the card, choose 2 of the following:
    • Examples
    • Definition
    • Apex sentence
    • related vocabulary words(2)
    • This means...
    • This makes me think about...
    • Hint: (what can help you remember the definition or the word better?)
    • Words: density, buoyancy, balanced forces, friction, gravitational force, volume, unbalanced fores. 

Chemistry Unit 2 Day 6

Do Now
Objective: Students will draw conclusions and make connections on the unit cst.

Question: (review!)
1) Which of the following Kb values represents the weakest base?
  • A. Kb = 1.26  10-6
  • B. Kb = 7.41  10-5
  • C. Kb = 3.8  10-10
  • D. Kb = 1.8  10-5
2) What does the pH of a solution indicate?

There Will be no exit ticket today.

If you finish your unit 2 cst or would like to work on unit 3, pick up 8 notecards from the sub.

  • On the front of the notecard write the word and draw a picture or diagram about the word.
  • On the back of the card, choose 2 of the following:
    • Examples
    • Definition
    • Apex sentence
    • related vocabulary words(2)
    • This means...
    • This makes me think about...
    • Hint: (what can help you remember the definition or the word better?)
    • Words: thermodynamics, thermal energy, conduction, convection, radiation, heat capacity, latent heat of fusion, enthalpy. 

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Physical Science unit 2 day 5-6

Do Now
Objective: Students will create connections and draw conclusions on the unit cst.

Questions: (Review!)
1) How is gravity related to projectile motion?
2) How do you calculate the velocity of a falling object? Give an example.

Exit Ticket:
Complete the self-evaluation on the bottom of the unit tracker. What did you learn? What are you still confused about? What would help you learn better? What was your favorite part of the unit? Write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph (topic + 2 details).

Chemistry unit 2 day 6

Do Now
Objective: students will make connections and draw conclusions on the unit cst.

Questions: (Review)
1) What is rate constant? Give an example.
2) What are the products of a neutralization reaction?
3) How does a catalyst change a chemical reaction?

Exit Ticket:
Complete the self-evaluation at the bottom of your unit tracker. What did you learn? What are you still confused about? What did you like about this unit? What wouls help you learn this unit better? Write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph (topic + 2 details).

Monday, February 3, 2014

biology 2 unit 2 day 5

Do Now
Objective: Students will draw conclusions and make predictions about protein synthesis using the words silent mutation, frame shift mutation, point mutation.

Questions:
1) What is the difference between the lytic and lysogenic phase of a virus?
2) What is a frame shift mutation?
3) What is a silent mutation?

Exit Ticket:

Physcial Science Unit 3 Day 4

Do Now
Objective: Students will create and draw conclusions about building paper airplanes using the words air resistance, projectile motion, gravity.

Questions:
1) What is air resistance?
2) Describe an object in projectile motion. Give an example.
3) How do you calculate the velocity of falling object? Give an example.


Exit Ticket:
What does air resistance have to do with gravity? Write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph (topic + 2 details).

chemistry 2 unit 2 day 5

Do Now
Objective: Students will analyze and draw conclusions about reaction rates using the words kinetics, temperature, concentration, and catalyst on the unit tst and cst.

Question:
1) What is reaction rate?
2) Why does a reaction increase it's rate if you heat it?
3) What is a catalyst? Give an example.

Exit Ticket:
How do you speed up a chemical reaction? Write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph and use at least 2 green words from above.