Thursday, May 8, 2014

Biology 1 Unit 5 Day 3

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Objective: Students will describe the process of photosynthesis by taking cornell notes and using the words light reaction, calvin cycle, NADPH, ATP, glucose, photosystem I & II, thylakoid, chloroplast.

Questions:
1) What does the light reaction make? (5.1.4 p 2)
2) What is the role of photosystem II and I (5.1.4 p 7 and 10)
3) How are NADPH and ATP used in photosynthsis? (5.1.4 p 12)

Exit Ticket:
Describe 3 steps in photosynthesis. Use the following sentence stem/topic sentence "The process of photosynthesis has 3 steps, ______, _________, ______." and at least 2 green words from the objective above.

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Biology 1 Unit 5 Day 2

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Objective: Students will illustrate and explain the process of photosynthesis by completing anchor chart notes and using the words  light reaction, photosystems I & II, chloroplast, thylakoid, Calvin Cycle, NADPH, glucose.

Questions:
1) What are the end products of photosynthesis? (5.1.1 p 2)
2) What are photosystems and why are they important? (5.1.4 p 3)
3) What happens in the light reaction? (5.1.1 p 11)

Exit Ticket: What role does light play in photosynthesis? Use the following sentence stem "Light is important to photosynthesis because..." and at least 2 green words from the objective above.

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Physical Science Unit 4 Day 1 + Vocab Card Instructions

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Objective: Students will define and describe the cause and effect of thermodynamics on the movement of molecules using the words kinetic energy, thermal energy, radiation, conduction, specific heat, latent heat, condensation and completing vocabulary cards.

Questions:
1) List the 4 phases of matter.
2) Describe the molecules in a solid and the molecules in a gas.
3) What is kinetic energy? Which phase of matter has the most?

Vocabulary 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:
    • Definition
    • Apex sentence (a sentence that uses the word, not the definition)
    • related words or synonyms (2)
    • This word means...
    • This word makes me think about...
    • A hint: (what can help you remember the definition or the word better?)
    • Antonyms (2 words that mean the opposite)

Exit Ticket: Describe the effect of raising the temperature of molecules. Write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph (topic + 2 details) using the following sentence stem "Raising the temperature of molecules results in..." and at least 2 green words from the objective above.

Monday, May 5, 2014

Biology 1 Unit 5 Day 1 + Vocab Card Instructions

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Objective: Students will describe the process of photosynthesis by completing vocabulary cards and using the following vocabulary light reaction, NADPH, photosystem I & II, chloroplast, thylakolid, calvin cycle. 

Questions:
1) What is the role of photosynthesis? (5.1.1 p 1)
2) Where in plants does photosynthesis occur? (5.1.1 p 5)
3) How does photosynthesis occur?...hint: there are 2 steps (5.1.1 p 7)

Vocabulary 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:
    • Definition
    • Apex sentence (a sentence that uses the word, not the definition)
    • related words(2)
    • This word means...
    • This word makes me think about...
    • A hint: (what can help you remember the definition or the word better?)

Exit Ticket:
Describe the process of photosynthesis by writing a perfect 3 sentence paragraph (topic + 2 details sentences). Use the following sentence stem "The process of photosynthesis involves..." and 2 green words from the objective above.

Thursday, May 1, 2014

Physical Science Unit 3 Day 7

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Objective: Students will make connections about chemical reactions on the unit cst.

Questions: (REVIEW!!)
1) What is a heterogenous mixture? (3.2.4 p 3)
2) What is a solution? (3.2.4 p 6)
3) What are the products and reactants of a neutralization reaction? (3.3.4 p 8)

Biology 1 Unit 4 Day 7

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Objective: Students will make connections about cell structures and processes on the unit CST.

Questions: (REVIEW)

1) Describe why surface area is important to cells. (4.1.1 p 13)
2)  Why is the cell membrane called a lipid bilayer (4.2.1 p 5)

No exit ticket today.