Monday, March 13, 2017

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7th Grade Life Science

Objective: By the end of class, I will be able to model natural selection with a simulation.

Warm up question (note - always answer in a complete sentence OR write the question and answer):

Write a quiz question with 5 answer choices based on what you know about cladograms or natural selection.

Plan:

- Review the Fossil Find activity from Friday

- Review the term "geographic speciation"

- Students do the Natural Selection Simulation (due in class)

Due in class: Natural Selection Simulation questions & the Writing Assignment (see unit resources)

Homework: Writing assignment (if not turned in today)

Absent: Read through the Plan and complete what you can, as well as the Homework

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6th Grade Earth Science

Objective: By the end of class, I will be able to accurately describe what causes high and low tides.

Warm up question (note - always answer in a complete sentence OR write the question and answer):

Write a quiz question with 5 answer choices based on what you know about eclipses.

Plan:

- Hand out the notes on tides

- Teacher leads direct teaching on slides 1-13 from the tides PowerPoint

- Students work on finishing their posters from Friday

- Students who complete their posters work on a QR code scavenger hunt (see unit resources)

Due in class: Poster

Homework: NA

Absent: Read through the Plan and complete what you can, as well as the Homework