Biology 2 Unit 2 Day 4

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Objective: Students will compare and contrast viruses and bacteria by watching video clips and drawing diagrams and using the words conjugation, transformation, capsid, pilus, bacteriophage, lytic cycle, and lysogenic cycle.

Questions:
1) What are 2 things that happens in transcription?
2) What are 2 things that happen in translation?
3) What are viruses?

Exit Ticket:
Compare and contrast viruses and bacteria. Write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph (topic + 2 details) and include at least 1 green word from the objective above.

Physical Science 1 Unit 3 Day 3

Day Starter
Objective: Students will diagram and describe terms related to motion on posters and notes.

Question:
1) What is gravity?
2) List 2 factors that gravity depends on.
3) If speed is constant but the time of travel ends up being less, what must have happened to the distance traveled?

Exit Ticket:
What is gravity? Draw a diagram (labeled) and write 2 sentences describing gravity.

Chemistry 2 Unit 2 Day 4

Day Starter
Objective: Students will diagram and describe characteristics of acid/base equilibrium lewis acid/base, bronstad-lowry acid/base, pH/pOH, conjugate acid/base, arrhenuis acid/base. 


Question:
1) What is a buffer? Give an example.
2) What is a neutralization reaction? Give an example.
3) How do you calculate pH? Give an example.

Exit Ticket:
How do acids and bases get to equilibrium? Write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph (topic + 2 details). Include 2 green words from the objective above.

Biology 2 Unit 2 Day 3

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Objective: Students will diagram and describe terms related to transcription and translation on posters and notes

Question:
1) What would be the strand of complementary DNA produced by the strand of DNA shown below?
ATG CGA 2) What are nucleic acids? Give an example. 3) What are amino acids? Give an example.

Exit Ticket: What are the events that occur in protein sysnthesis? Use the words transcription, translation, mRNA, and amino acids in your writing. Use the question in your topic sentence.

physical science unit 3 day 2

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Objective: Students will diagram and describe terms related to motion on posters using the words speed, acceleration, velocity, vector, gravity, scalar, displacement, reference point, (v=d/t), (a=v/t).


Question:
1) Make a list of 4 words that have to do with velocity. (hint: use the green words above)
2) Make a list of 4 words that have to do with acceleration.(hint: use the green words above)
3) Anne rode 3,000 m east. She then turned and rode 2,000 m to the west in 1,000 seconds. What was her velocity? 


Exit Ticket

The velocity of a car increases by 40 m/s in 80 seconds. What is the acceleration of the car? Show your work. Write a sentence explaining how you got your answer.

Chemistry 2 Unit 2 Day 3

Day Starter
Objective: Students will diagram and describe the opposites of acids and bases on posters using the words acid/base, conjugate acid/conjugate base, Bronstad-Lowry acid/base, Lewis acid/base, pH/pOH.

Question:
1) If Keq (equilibrium constant) is less than 1 what does that mean?
2) What is equilibrium constant? Give an example.
3) What is an acid? Base?

Exit Ticket:
What does it mean to be at equilibrium? Write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph (topic sentence + 2 details). Include 2 green words from the unit tracker objectives in your writing.

Biology 2 Unit 2 Day 2

Day Starter
Objective: Students will diagram and describe transcription and translation on class posters and cornell notes.

Question:
1) What is the function of trancsription?
2) What is the function of translation?
3) List 5 words that have to do with transcription or translation.

Exit Ticket:
How do living things make proteins? Write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph (topic + 2 details) using the words the transcription and translation in your writing.

physcial science 1 unit 3 day 1

Day Starter
Objective: Students will define motion by completing chosen assignment and using the words vector, scalar, speed, velocity, acceleration, displacement, reference point.
 

Question:
1) Write down 2 words or things you think of when someone talks about speed or acceleration.
2) What is the difference between speed and velocity?
3) List 3 factors that could affect your speed or acceleration.


Exit Ticket:
What does it mean to say you are speeding? Write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph (topic + 2 details). Use the question in your topic sentence and use at least 1 green word in your writing.

Chemistry Unit 2 Day 2

Day Starter
Objectives: Students will diagram and describe acid/bases on vocab posters using the words acid/base, conjugate acid/conjugate base, Arrhenius acid/base, Bronstad-Lowry acid/base, Lewis acid/Lewis base.

Question:
1) What does it mean for reactions to be in equilibrium?
2) How are reactions affected by changes in pressure?
3) How are reactions affected by changes in temperature?

Exit Ticket:
 What will happen if a reaction is not at equilibrium? Give an example. Write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph. Include 1 green word from the objectives on the unit tracker. Use the question in your topic sentence.

Biology 2 Unit 2 Day 1

Day Starter
Objective:

Students will describe the structure and function of DNA and RNA by completing assignments of their choice and using the words adenine, thymine, uracil, nucleotides, nucleic acids, cytosine, guanine, mRNA, tRNA, complementary base pairs.

Question:
1) Draw and label (2 parts) of a DNA molecule.
2) What is a nucleotide?

Exit Ticket:
What is DNA? Write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph; include at least 2 green words from the objective. Use the question in your topic sentence.

Physical Science 1 Unit 2 Day 6

Day Starter
Objective: Students will create and evaluate measurement systems on the unit 2 tst.

Question:
1) How many feet are in a mile?
2) How many ft are in a meter?
3) What do you think is a better measurement system, the English (US) system or the metric system? Why?

Chemistry 2 Unit 2 Day 1

Day Starter
Objective: Students will define properties of equilibrium chemistry on assignments using the words  Le Chatliers principal, buffer, neutralization reaction, equilibrium constant, dissociation constant, pH.

Question:
1) How have you heard the word equal or equality or balance used in your math class? Civics class?
2) What does it mean when a reaction is at equilibrium? Give an example.
3) Why do reactions want to be at equilibrium? Hint: see the following website for help: www.chem4kids.com/files/react_equilib.html

Exit Ticket:
What does it mean for a reaction to be at equilibrium? Write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph and use at least 1 green word from the objective above. 

Physical Science Unit 2 Day 5

Day Starter:
Get out all of your unit 2 papers and unit tracker. Login to APEX to take the unit 2 CST.


No exit ticket today.

Biology Unit 1 Day 6

Day Starter
Objective: See yesterday's objective

Question:
1) What are Mendelian traits or Mendelian genetics?
2) What are non-Mendelian traits? Give examples.
3) Why did Mendal use pea plants for his experiments?

Exit Ticket:
complete the self-evaluation at the bottom of the unit tracker. Write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph and use 2 green words from the unit tracker objectives.

Physcial Science Unit 2 Day 4

Day Starter
Objective: See yesterday's objective.

Question:
1) What makes a significant figure?
2) Give an example of converting units.
3) Give an example of rounding numbers.

Exit Ticket: Complete the self-evaluation on the bottom of the unit tracker. Be sure to write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph (topic sentence + 2 details) and use at least 2 green words from the unit tracker objectives in your writing.

Chemistry Unit 1 Day 6

Day Starter
Objective: See yesterday's objective

Questions: (Review)
1) What is molality?
2) What causes your ears or balloons to pop at higher altitudes?
3) What forces typically hold separate molecules together? Explain.

Exit Ticket:
Complete the bottom of the unit tracker (self-evalutation). Be sure to write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph (topic sentence + 2 details) and use green words from the unit tracker objectives.

Biology 2 Unit 1 Day 5

Day Starter
Objective: Students will analyze patterns and draw conclusions on the unit 1 cst and tst.

Question:
1) How are genes, chromosomes and DNA related?
2) If an organism has a diploid number of 46, what is it's haploid number?
3) What does a dihybrid punnett square look like? (draw an example).

Exit Ticket:
What information do punnett squares tell us? Give an example and write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph (main idea + 2 details) explaining your answer. Use and HIGHLIGHT(in pink) at least 2 green words from your unit tracker in your writing.

Physical Science 1 Unit 2 Day 3

Day Starter
Objective: Students will draw conclusions and make predictions about measurements in science on the unit 2 tst and cst.

Question:
1) How do you calculate the average for 3 numbers? Give an example.
2) What 3 things make a question scientific?
3) What are the 5 steps in the scientific method?

Exit Ticket:
How are forces and matter related? Write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph (main idea + 2 details) and give an example to support your main idea.

Chemistry 2 Unit 1 Day 5

Day Starter
Objective: Students will analyze and make predictions on states of matter in chemistry on the unit 1 cst and tst.

Question:
1) How do you convert celcius to Kelvin?
2) What does it mean for a solution to be supersaturated?
3) What is freezing point depression?

Exit Ticket:
Why does lowering the pressure cause a liquid to boil? Draw a diagram and write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph using the words pressure and Boyles Law.

Biology 2 Unit 1 Day 4

Day Starter
Objective: Students will interpret and analyze inheritance patterns in order to determine traits in offspring using a lab activity and punnet squares and the following vocabulary: dominant trait, recessive trait, genotype, phenotype, heterozygous and homozygous.

Questions:
1) What is the outcome of meiosis?
2) What is a punnett square? Give an example.
3) Define 1 word in green shown above.

Physical Science 1 Unit 2 Day 2

Day Starter
Objective: Students will measure science using a practice worksheets and a lab activity and the following vocabulary: accuracy, precision, significant figures, and SI units, rounding.

Question:
1) What is the metric System and why do we use it?
2) What are SI units?
3) List 2 rules in rounding numbers.

Exit Ticket:
What did you learn today making measurements? Write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph using the following sentence starter "Measuring in science..." and at least 1 green word from above.

Chemistry 2 Unit 1 Day 4

Day Starter
Objective: Students will observe, collect data and hypothesize about gas chemistry using the words Charles Law, Boyles Law, ideal gas law, Avogadro’s law.

Question:
1) What is Charles Law?
2) What is Boyles Law?
3) What is the ideal gas law?

Exit Ticket:
How are gases affected by volume, temperature and pressure? Write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph. Include the question in your main idea sentence. Use at least 1 gas law (in green above) in your writing. 

Biology 2 Unit 1 Day 3

Day Starter
Objective: Students will compare and contrast mitosis and meiosis using notes and assignments and the words haploid, diploid, asexual reproduction, sex chromosomes, interphase and telephase.


Question:
1) What is meiosis?
2) What occurs during meiosis?
3) List 4 differences between meiosis and mitosis.

Exit Ticket:
Compare and contrast mitosis and meiosis. Write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph. Include at least 2 green words from the objective above. Use the question (in blue) in your main idea sentence.

Phsyical Science 1 Unit 2 Day 1

Day Starter
Objective: Students will explain physical science by completing chosen assignments and using the words matter, energy, electromagnetic force, gravity, SI units, rounding, significant figures, and nuclear force.

Question:
1) What is physical science? (hint: use APEX definition)
2) What is matter?
3) What is force? Give 3 examples.

Exit Ticket:
What do we study in physical science? Write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph, use the following sentence starter for your main idea "Physical science is the study of..." and use at least 2 green words from above in your writing.

Chemistry 2 unit 1 Day 3

Day Starter
Objective: Students will compare and contrast soiled and liquid state chemistry on notes, assignment, and exit ticket using the words Intermolecular forces, concentration, solutions, heterogeneous mixture homogeneous mixtures, ordered, disordered, amorphous, crystalline, soluble, melting point, boiling point, matter, molecules, malleable, ductile. 

Questions:
1) compare and contrast solids and liquids using a venn diagram and at least 4 green words from the objective.
2) Order the following types of intermolecular forces from strongest to weakest: dipole-dipole forces, induced-dipole (London dispersion forces), hydrogen bonding, electrostatic (ions).

Exit Ticket
How are solids and liquids related?? Use the question in your response as your topic sentence, write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph, and include at least 3 green words from above.

Biology 2Unit 1 Day 2

Day Starter

Objective: Students will explain how DNA passes from one cell to another during mitosis and meiosis through posters and notes using the words diploid,  tumor cells, asexual reproduction, haploid, interphase, metaphase, prophase, anaphase, and telophase. 

Question:

1. What is the purpose of mitosis?

2. What occurs during mitosis?

3. How are cancer cells like normal cells in your body.

Exit Ticket

How and why do cells replicate? Write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph summarizing what you learned about mitosis. Use the question in you topic sentence and include at least 1 green word from the objective. 

Physical Science 1 Unit 1 Day 2

Day Starter
Objective: Students will review and test their knowledge about reading strategies in science on the TST and CST.

Question:
1) Assume you're reading a book and get confused by something you just read. You go back and read the last part again. This is an example of which of the 8 reading strategies?
2) Give an example of summarizing.
3) What kind of text is sceince text? Explain.

Chemistry 2 Unit 1 Day 2

Day Starter
Objective: Students will define and describe properties of liquid chemistry on assignments using the words solubility, molality, intermolecular forces, hydrogen bonding, dipole-dipole attractions, VanDerWaals forces, electrostatic attractions, heterogeneous mixtures, solute, solvent.

Questions:
1) What type of solid is MgCl2? How do you know?
2) List 4 properties of solids in chemistry.
3) What are intramolecular forces? Intermolecular forces?

Exit Ticket:
What forces hold together molecules in solids and the molecules in liquid? Write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph and include at least 1 green word from the objective. Incorporate the question in your topic sentence.

Biology 2 Unit 1 Day 1

Biology 2 Unit 1 Day 1

Day Starter
Objective: Students will describe the structure and function of DNA by completing assignments using the words nucleic acids, tetrad, sister chromatid, chromosomes, alleles, genes, gamete, and sex chromosomes.

Question:

1. Write 3 sentences about DNA.

2. What are chromosomes?

Exit Ticket
Today in class we talked about chromosomes. Write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph describing chromosomes. Useat least 2 of the following terms: genes, alleles, DNA, traits, sex chromosomes.

Chemistry 2 Unit 1 Day 1

Day Starter
Objective: 

Students will diagram and explain solids and properties of solids on vocab posters using the words kelvin scale, amorphous solid, crystalline solid, molecular solid, ionic solid, network solid,  metallic solid, intramolecular forces, ionic attractions, metallic bonds, covalent bonds.

Question:

1) What is the kinetic theory of matter?

2) Draw an example of a phase change diagram.

3) List 3 types of solids.

Exit Ticket:

What does it mean to be a "solid" in chemistry? Write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph. Include at least 1 green word from the objective above.

Physical Sci 1 Unit 1 Day 1

Day Starter
Objective: Students will define and describe terms related to reading for knowledge on assignments.

Question:
1) What does it mean to make mental images?
2) What does it mean to activate prior knowledge?
3) Give an example of a question you might ask while reading information on APEX.

Exit Ticket:
What did you learn about reading strategies? Write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph and include at least 2 reading strategies in your writing.

Physical Science Unit 5 Day 4

Objective: Students will draw conclusions and recall information on the unit 5 TST and CST.

Questions:
1) Write 10 words that have to do with nuclear reactions.
2) What's stronger and nuclear reaction or chemical reaction?
3) Where do we get the energy to power our earth? List 5 sources of energy.