Pi Day: Brain Games
CW/HW: Fix Deforestation Presentation Slideshow.
DN: What is Pi?
Reminders: [1] Take care of your plants. [2] Gather supplies for your ReUse Project. Tomorrow is the last day to pair up by signing up.
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CW/HW: Deforestation Presentation Slideshow. (Fix them.)
DN: What is Pi?
Reminders: [1] Take care of your plants. [2] Gather supplies for your ReUse Project.
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now.
10-15min Deforestation Presentation. Students practice presenting and get feedback while other students make corrections to their slides. (Bad Example, Good Example 1, & Good Example 2).
15-20min Pi Games.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration: Plant Project
HW: Take care of your plants.
DN: ___ H2 + ___O2 —> ___H2O
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HW: Take care of your plants.
DN: ___ H2 + ___O2 —> ___H2O
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now.
15-20min Balancing Chemical Reactions Quiz.
10min Grow-A-Plant Project.
Objective: To document your plant growing and thriving for 10 days after it sprouts from the soil.
1. Place a seed into soil. Provide light and water.
2. Monitor the amount of water in the soil. (It should be damp not dry or wet.)
3. Once the plant sprouts, take a picture every day from the same angle and distance for 10 days. Your hand must be in it to indicate the number of days in sign language.
4. Continue caring for your plant and keep it healthy.
5. After ten days. Turn in your time lapse/stop-motion animation (or picture slideshow - 1 picture per slide).
If your plant dies, stops growing, or starts dying before the 10 days. Start again.
Note: You only get three tries and you can only grow the plant given to you.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Trends In Data: Which Chart Is Best?
HW: Study for the midterm.
CW: Which Chart? + Q2 Midterm Review (2nd Time).
DN: Draw a trend line that means a fast increase at the start that slows down to smaller and smaller increases.
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HW: Study for the midterm.
CW: Which Chart? + Q2 Midterm Review (2nd Time).
DN: Draw a trend line that means a fast increase at the start that slows down to smaller and smaller increases.
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LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now.
25min Which Chart? Label the x-axis (bottom) and y-axis (left side) of the chart that goes best with the variables: [1] Time on the Roller Coaster vs Height Off the Ground; [2] Money vs Wasteful Purchases; [3] Age (0-25) vs Height; [4] Hair Length vs Frequency of Hair Washes; [5] Spicy Level of Food vs Food Yummyness. (Example: Time on the Roller Coaster vs Height Off the Ground would with B.) Note that it’s always x-axis (independent variable) vs y-axis (dependent variable).
15min Q2 Midterm Review. Complete faster than the first time. (Use notebook after answering the questions with answer or best guest.)
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Midterm Review (3 of 3)
HW: Study for the Midterm (Wed., 1/25).
CW: Self Quiz (for Midterm).
DN: Complete CER (A = Square; B = Right Angles; C = Rectangle).
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HW: Study for the Midterm (Wed., 1/25).
CW: Self Quiz (for Midterm).
DN: Complete CER (A = Square; B = Right Angles; C = Rectangle).
Resources
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now.
25min Self Quiz. Students write their own multiple-choice quiz for each section of notes. Answers must be vocabulary words from the section and students give either the definition or examples for the clue. (Clue: A tool used for digging. Answers: [a] fork [b] knife [c] spoon [d] chopsticks)
10min Trade quizzes. Return quizzes. Grade. Review answers.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.