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Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration: Plant Types

  • HW: Work on your Level Up project. Don’t forget your photodocumentation.

  • CW: Plant Slideshow & Presentation.

  • DN: Name all the plants you know.

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  • HW: Work on your Level Up project. Don’t forget your photodocumentation.

  • CW: Plant Slideshow & Presentation.

  • DN: Name all the plants you know.

RESOURCES

Mini Level Up Project Handout

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now.

10-15min Plant Presentation Slideshow. Students quickly in groups create a slideshow on an assigned plant type (Monocots, Dicots, Conifers, or Ferns) following Good Presentation Styling/Structure (Bad Example, Good Example 1, & Good Example 2).

Slide 1: Title & Your Names
Slide 2: Example of the Type of Plant
Slide 3: Another example
Slide 4: Leaves  (Parallel or Web/Branching Veins. Needle or Featherlike)
Slide 5: Stems (Woody or Herbaceous)
Slide 6: Reproduction (Seeds, Spores, Cones, Flowers, etc.)
Slide 7: Interesting Fact (Numbers such as Heights/%/etc.)

10-15min Plant Presentation. Student groups present their slideshows. Concurrently, students make improvements or corrections to their slideshows.

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.

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Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration: Notes (with Puppets & Baby Plants)

  • HW: Work on project.

  • CW: [1] Completed Photosynthesis notes (p65) with margin question, summary, and Photosynthesis diagram (p64). [2] Completed Photosynthesis notes (p67) with margin question, summary, and Photosynthesis diagram (p66).

  • DN: Take handouts. Take out chromebooks and headphones.

  • Reminders: Work on your projects. Plastic must be at least two layers thick and fused together. Make sure to glue cardboard with grain going perpendicular to the previous layer of cardboard.

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  • HW: Work on project.

  • CW: [1] Completed Photosynthesis notes (p65) with margin question, summary, and Photosynthesis diagram (p64). [2] Completed Photosynthesis notes (p67) with margin question, summary, and Photosynthesis diagram (p66).

  • DN: Take handouts. Take out chromebooks and headphones.

  • Reminders: Work on your projects. Plastic must be at least two layers thick and fused together. Make sure to glue cardboard with grain going perpendicular to the previous layer of cardboard.

RESOURCES

Mini Level Up Project Handout

LESSON OUTLINE

5min< Students complete the Do Now.

15-20min Photosynthesis Notes. Students take notes, write summary, and margin questions (p65). Photosynthesis Diagram (p64).

15-20min Cellular Respiration Notes. Students take notes, write summary, and margin questions (p67). Cellular Respiration Diagram (p66).

5min Watch Cellular Respiration Explained with Animation and Puppets and Photosynthesis Explained Simply by A Baby Plant.

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.

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Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration: Calories

  • CW/HW: Completed Burn If Off Slideshow with Time Calculations (via Google Classroom)

  • DN: ___SO + ___HF —> ___SF2 + ___H2O

  • Reminders: Work on your projects. Plastic must be at least two layers thick and fused together. Make sure to glue cardboard with grain going perpendicular to the previous layer of cardboard.

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  • CW/HW: Completed Burn If Off Slideshow with Time Calculations (via Google Classroom)

  • DN: ___SO + ___HF —> ___SF2 + ___H2O

  • Reminders: Work on your projects. Plastic must be at least two layers thick and fused together. Make sure to glue cardboard with grain going perpendicular to the previous layer of cardboard.

RESOURCES

Mini Level Up Project Handout

Burn it Off Slideshow (Schoology)

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now.

10min Eat the Cookie? Students decide whether to eat or not eat a cookie. If they eat the cookie, they automatically are volunteering the next activity. Followed by a quick discussion on calories and energy.

5min Burn It Off. Teacher shows how to calculate the amount of time it will take to burn off the calories in different food with different activities.

10min Students complete the Burn it Off slideshow by completed calculations.

10min Class discussion on Food and Exercise.

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.

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Chemistry: Mystery RXN

  • HW: Study for quiz. Don’t forget about polymers.

  • CW: [1] Trifold Mystery RXN Visual Summary [2] Solvent, Solute, Solution Drawing (p58).

  • DN: Define the terms polymer and endothermic.

  • Reminder: [1] Quiz covers everything on chemistry with a focus on balancing. [2] Work on your Level Up Project.

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  • HW: Study for quiz. Don’t forget about polymers.

  • CW: [1] Trifold Mystery RXN Visual Summary [2] Solvent, Solute, Solution Drawing (p58).

  • DN: Define the terms polymer and endothermic.

  • Reminder: [1] Quiz covers everything on chemistry with a focus on balancing. [2] Work on your Level Up Project.

RESOURCES

Periodic Table of Elements

Mini Level Up Project Handout

Balancing Chemical Reactions (Simulation)

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now.

10min Mystery RXN Set-Up. Overview of safety. Reminder to follow instructions. Clearing of tables. Distribution of materials.

10min Mystery RXN. (Step 1) Add mystery powder to the color (teal) solution. Make note of observations. (Step 2) Add mystery liquid to the color (teal) solution. Make note of observations. (Step 3) Add mystery powder to the color (now purple) solution. Make note of observations.

10min Mystery RXN Trifold. Illustrate and record your observations for each step.

10min Follow-Along-Visual Notes. Define: Solvent, Solute, and Solution with illustrations.

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.

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Chemistry: Ketchup Day

  • CW/HW: [1] Chemistry RXN or No RXN worksheet. [2] Finish flashcards from INGO game. [3] Review by playing Balancing Chemical Equations in Game Mode.

  • DN: Balance _H2O2 —> _H2 + _O2 (Use colour to show work.)

  • Reminders: [1] Study for the quiz - it covers everything we’ve learned about chemistry. [2] Start working on your Level Up Project.

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  • CW/HW: [1] Chemistry RXN or No RXN worksheet. [2] Finish flashcards from INGO game. [3] Review by playing Balancing Chemical Equations in Game Mode.

  • DN: Balance _H2O2 —> _H2 + _O2 (Use colour to show work.)

  • Reminders: [1] Study for the quiz - it covers everything we’ve learned about chemistry. [2] Start working on your Level Up Project.

RESOURCES

Periodic Table of Elements

Mini Level Up Project Handout

Chemistry RXN or No RXN worksheet

Balancing Chemical Reactions (Simulation)

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now.

15min Chemistry RXN or No RXN worksheet. Students work independently to complete worksheet.

10min Check answers as a class.

10min INGO. (Electron, Atom, Molecule, Proton, Atomic Weight/Mass, Bond, Chem. RXN, Nucleus, Hepta-, Neutron, Atomic #, Endothermic, Physical Change, Monomer, Polymer, Molecular Weight/Mass.

5min Flashcards. Turn INGO game sheet into flashcards.

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.

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