Sept 29 (B day) and Sept 30

Objective:
Students will analyze the interrelationships and interdependencies among organisms in order to determine how they contribute to the stability of an ecosystem.

Warm Up:
What abiotic and biotic factos affect a clown fish in the ocean.


Vocabulary:
1. Density
2. Dietary Fiber
3. Digestion
4. DNA
5. Inorganic


Classwork:
1. Warm up and vocabulary
2. Activity
3. Think-pair-share
4. Presentation Pro
5. Go over homework guidelines
6. Closure

Tonight's homework:
Read and outline 3-1
Don't forget to feed my fish and look on the blog!!! EXTRA EXTRA by Wednesday night!!!

Homework Due:
NONE

Sept 23 (B day) and Sept 24 (A day)

EXTRA CREDIT: E-mail me at shannon.fulmer@pgcps.org just to say HI!!! Please make sure you leave your name! Due before Sept. 30th.

Objective:
Students will be completing Unit 1 test in order to gauge progress towards success on the HSA.

Warm Up:
Take 10 minutes to study!!!



Vocabulary:
NONE!!!!


Classwork:
1. Study for test
2. Complete Unit 1 HSA


Tonight's Homework:
NONE...Enjoy your 4 day weekend!!


Homework Due:
Graphing Lab (A day students)

Sept. 22

Objectve:
Students will complete an activity in graphing in order to identify trends and analyze them.

Warm Up:
1. Which of these describe the role of the mountain lion in the forest food web?
a. Omnivore
b. Carnivore
c. Herbivore
d. Parasite

2. A student measured different variables affecting the interactions in an aquarium in a biology laboratory. Which of the following represents one of the abiotic factors the student most likely recorded as data?
f. the weight and color of each type of scavenger
g. the temerature and oxygen content of the water
h. the size and number of each species of fish
j. the number of each type of green plant and each type of snail

3. A moss-covered log is overturned by a hungry bear looking for insects to eat. The bear distrubes an ant colony, and some chipmunks leave the hollow log to search for another home in the forest. Which relationship do these organisms have with each other?
f. they are all of the same species
g. they all require the same type of food
h. they are part of a community
j. they are abiotic factors in a forest


Vocabulary:
1. Consumer
2. Producer
3. Commensalism
4. Parasitism
5. Prey

Classwork:
1. Warm Up and Vocabulary
2. Discussion
3. Graphing Lab
4. Pass out books
5. Closure

Tonight's Homework:
Finish lab and STUDY FOR UNIT 1 TEST

Homework Due:
Food Web

Sept. 18 (A day) and Sept 21 (B-day)

September 18 (A day) and September 21 (B-day)

Objective:
Students will analyze the relationship between biotic diversity and abiotic factors in environments and the resulting influence on ecosystems.

Warm Up:
How would you describe yourself in terms of your family, school, and community?


Vocabulary:
1. atoms
2. carbohydrates
3. cellullose
4. compounds
5. covalent bonding



Classwork:
1. Warm Up/ Vocabulary
2. Activity
3. Think/Pair/Share
4. Presentation Pro
5. Closure

Tonight's Homework:
Study for your test
Finish Drawing or getting pictures of 5 organisms for the food web that you started in class.

Homework Due:
None

September 16 (A Day) and September 17 (B Day)

Objective:
Students will review for the Unit 1 test in order to identify areas to focus on.

Warm Up:
Convert the numbers using scientific notation:
1. 3428000000
2. .0003456
3. 389.094
4. 2300000000000000000000
5. 1.234

Vocabulary:
1. reproduction
2. synthesis
3. taxonomy
4. tissue
5. Amino Acids

Classwork:
1. Warm Up and Vocabulary
2. Review homework
3. Unit 1 Review activity
4. Closure

Tonight's Homework:
Study for test

Homework Due:
Review Sheet


Announcements:
Unit 1 test will be moved to Thursday Sept 24 (A Day) and Friday Sept 25 (B day). We will be moving on to Unit 2 next class so there will be a little bit of an overlap!

Sept 14 (A day) and Sept 15 (B day)

OBJECTIVE:
Students will review for the Unit 1 test in order to identify areas to focus on.

WARM-UP: Convert the number 3,578,000 using scientific notation.



VOCABULARY:
1) metabolism
2) organ
3) organelle
4) organ system
5) prokaryotes


CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-up and vocabulary
2) Review homework
3) Unit 1 Review activities
4) Closure


Tonight's Homework:Study for test, do Unit 1 review

Homework Due: Scientific Notation worksheet #2

Sept 10 (A day) and Sept 11 (B-day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will complete exercises on scientific notation in order to practice and properly use scientific notation.


Warm Up: Same as last class. Explained it for my B-day class.


Vocabulary:
Lucky you...none!


Classwork:
1. Discuss warm up
2. White board activity - scientific notation
3. Scientific Notation worksheet


Tonights Homework:
Finish Scientific Notation Worksheet

Homework Due:
1st Scientific Notation worksheet

September 8 (A Day) and Sept. 9 (B day)

Objective: Students will complete exercises on scientific notation in order to practice and properly use scientific notation.


Warm Up:
Write instructions for tying your shoe and then give them to a partner to see if you can follow them.


Classwork:
1. Go over warm up
2. Scientific Notation worksheet
3. Go over worksheet
4. Closure: review of scientific notation


Tonight's homework:
Finish Scientific Notation worksheet

Homework Due:
Graphing Lab

Sept 3 (A Day) and Sept 4 (B Day)

Objective:
Students will develop graphs in order to analyze them and make predictions.


Warm Up:
Define Independent Variable
Define Dependent Variable




Vocabulary:
NONE

Classwork:
1. review of scientific method
2. Graphing Lab
3. Wrap Up

Closure:
Lab Review

Tonight's Homework
Finish Lab

Homework Due:
Sponge lab

Announcements:
E-mail me at Shannon.Fulmer@pgcps.org for 10 extra credit points.