Biology Unit 3 Day 4

Questions:

1. What does cell transport look like? (draw or describe)
2. Summarize the lab we started on Thursday.
3. What do you hypothesize will happen to your potatos' cells? (write a "because" statement)

MINILesson: Cell Transport Data Diagrams

Activity: CEll transport Simulation

Physics Week 3 Day 1 Part 2

Questions:

1. Summarize your data from the centripetal force lab.
2. What 2 things did you notice about centripetal force during data collection?
3. Draw a free body diagram of centripetal force.

MINILesson: Analyzing Centripetal Force vs Centrifugal Force

Activity: Week 2 Clean-up 

Physics Week 3 Day 1

Questions:

1. What is the purpose of the centripetal force lab we started on Thursday?
2. How were you supposed to measure "centripetal force"?
3. Draw a labeled diagram of your lab set-up.

MINILesson: Measuring Centripetal Force

Activity: Centripetal Force Lab (data collection)

Earth Science Unit 3 Day 4

Questions:

1. What do your graphs (from Thursday) look like? (describe)
2. What do your graphs tell you about carbon dioxide in the atmosphere over time?
3. What do your graphs tell you about temperature and carbon dioxide?

MINILesson: Analyzing Carbon Dioxide Graphs

Activity: Greenhouse Effect Simulation

Physics Week 2 Day 4 Part 2

Questions:

1. What were the results of the egg drop? 
2. What design worked the best? Explain why you think so.
3. Draw a free body force diagram (or 2) to show the motion of the egg.

MINILesson: Centripetal Force

Activity: Centripetal Force Lab (Data, Graph, Conclusions)

Physics Week 2 Day 4 Part 1

Questions:

1. What challenges did you have in your rocket balloon testing?
2. What challenges did you have in your egg drop free fall design?
3. What does free fall look like? Draw a free body (force) diagram.

MINILesson: Law of Universal Gravitation

Activity: Egg Drop Design, Test, and Conclusions

Biology Unit 3 Day 3

Instructions:

1. Pick up a lab handout from the front.
2. Read over the lab.
3. Write 3 details about this lab for your do now today.

MiniLesson: Osmosis in Plant Cells Lab

Activity: Osmosis in Plant Cells Lab

Earth Science Unit 3 Day 3

Questions:

1. What role do you think the ocean plays in climate change?
2. What did your articles from yesterday say about the effects of climate change?
3. What did your articles from yesterday say about the causes of climate change?

MINILesson: Causes of Climate Change

Activity: Climate Change Graphing

Physics Week 2 Day 3 Part 2

Questions:

1. What is gravitational force?
2. What does gravitational force look like? (draw or describe)
3. What does free fall mean?

MiniLesson: Free Fall

Activity: Free Fall Egg Drop Apparatus

Physics Week 2 Day 3 Part 1

Question:

1. What challenges did you face gathering data for your balloon rocket yesterday?
2. What is the purpose of doing the balloon rocket?
3. Describe the energy of a balloon rocket (potential and kinetic).

MiniLesson: Balloon Rocket Energy and Force

Activity: Balloon Rocket Data, Graph and Conclusions

Earth Science Unit 3 Day 2

Questions: 

1. What are paleoclimates (see your notes from yesterday)?
2. What do you think causes the climate over millions of years to cycle between cold and warm?
3. What does the weather have to do with climate change?

MiniLesson: Factors that Lead to Climate Change

Activity: Evidence of Climate Change Article Analysis 

Biology Unit 3 Day 2

Questions:

1. What was the simulation about yesterday?
2. What is one thing you noticed from the simulation/data you collected?
3. What is homeostasis? (see your notes from yesterday)

MiniLesson: Using the simulation to demonstrate Homeostasis

Activity: Cell Transport Simulation

Earth Science Unit 3 Day 1

Questions:

1. What is climate change?
2. Is climate change the same or different than global warming? Explain your thinking.
3. What evidence do we have that the climate might be changing?

MiniLesson: Paleoclimates

Activity: Climate Change Literacy (Article/Text analysis)

Physics Week 2 Day 2 Part 2

Questions:

1. What did you notice about your PE and KE skater graphs? 
2. What is friction?
3. How did friction affect motion in your skater? (draw a diagram or a graph)

MiniLesson: Friction Under a Microscope

Activity: Friction Rockets

Physics Week 2 Day 2 Part 1

Questions:

1. Explain your data from the simulation yesterday. Write 2 statements that describe your data or calculations.
2. Draw a force free body diagram for the skater on the ramp.

MiniLesson: What does the simulation show us about PE and KE?

Activity: PE and KE Skater Sim

Biology Unit 3 Day 1

Questions:

1. What is the job of cells?
2. What do you think is the most important structure of a cell?
3. What are 3 things that need to move in or out of cells?

MiniLesson: Cell Homeostasis

Activity: Cell Transport Simulation

Physics Week 2 Day 1 Part 2

Questions: 

1. What is potential energy? 
2. What does potential energy look like? (draw a diagram or model)
3. What factors impact  the amount of potential energy something has?

MiniLesson: Rollercoaster Energy

Activity: Skate Park Energy Simulation

Physics Week 2 Day 1 Part 1

Questions: 

1. What role does acceleration have in roller coasters? Explain and sketch your thinking.
2. Where does acceleration look like? (draw a diagram, graph or model)
3. What other forces affect your experience on a roller coaster? 

MiniLesson: Scalars and Vectors

Activity: Free Body Diagrams Interactive

Earth Science Unit Assessment Day

Instructions:

1. Pick up a Unit Self-Assessment from the front.
2. Complete page 1.
3. For page 2, use the following activities to evaluate yourself:
1. Climate in Our Communities Data Study
2. Wind and Ocean Map Data Study
3. Climate Article Analysis (SLICE handout)

Biology Unit Assessment Day

Instructions:

1. Pick up a Unit Self-Assessment from the front.
2. Complete page 1.
3. For page 2, use the following activities to evaluate yourself:
1. Cell Literacy (Article One Pager)
2. Cell Structure Microscope Activities (WBC/RBC)
3. Cell Structure Foldable