MiniLab: Balloon Power
CW: Completed Balloon Power MiniLab Report.
DN: Collect notebooks, clear tables, get copy of handout.
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CW: Completed Balloon Power MiniLab Report.
DN: Collect notebooks, clear tables, get copy of handout.
RESOURCES
MiniLab Blank Template Handout
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now.
10min Teacher outlines the procedure for the MiniLab.
15min Students collect balloon height data. (Breaths in balloon 1, 2, 3, or 4.)
5min Students calculate the averages.
5min Students determine the independent variable, dependent variable, constants, hypothesis, and title.
5min Students plot their data; add an appropriate trendline; complete an analysis; and make a prediction for 3.5 breaths.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Notebook Check
CW: [1] Checked Notebook. [2] Biodiversity Practice Problems.
DN: Take two copies of the table of contents. Glue one table to p67.
Reminders: Take care of your plants. Don’t forget sign language numbers. If you are done, turn it in.
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CW: [1] Checked Notebook. [2] Biodiversity Practice Problems.
DN: Take two copies of the table of contents. Glue one table to p67.
Reminders: Take care of your plants. Don’t forget sign language numbers. If you are done, turn it in.
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now.
5min Students exchange notebooks.
10min 1st Check. Students check notebooks and record scores.
10min 2nd Check. Students add an additional table. Students trade notebooks again, check notebooks, and record scores.
5min Complete worksheet from yesterday.
5min Complete paper animals from yesterday.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Biodiversity: Notes (Calculations)
CW: [1] Biodiversity Example Calculations (p74) [2] Biodiversity Calculations (p76) [3] Completed notes with two margin questions, & summary (p75).
DN: Make a new Do Now section on p68-73.
Reminders: Take care of your plants. If you are done, turn it in.
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CW: [1] Biodiversity Example Calculations (p74) [2] Biodiversity Calculations (p76) [3] Completed notes with two margin questions, & summary (p75).
DN: Make a new Do Now section on p68-73.
Reminders: Take care of your plants. If you are done, turn it in.
RESOURCES
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now.
5min Class reminders on changes to the schedule in May.
15-20min Biodiversity Notes. Students take notes, write summary, and margin questions (p75). Students glue handout on top of p74 and complete the example.
10min Biodiversity Calculations. Students draw a scene that has low biodiversity and then do the calculations on p76.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration: Review
CW: Complete Short Answer Responses.
DN: Draw a chloroplast. Indicate what goes in and what comes out.
Reminders: [1] Take care of your plants - don’t forget to take pictures using sign language to indicate the day. [2] Quiz on Wednesday - ALL short answer responses.
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CW: Complete Short Answer Responses.
DN: Draw a chloroplast. Indicate what goes in and what comes out.
Reminders: [1] Take care of your plants - don’t forget to take pictures using sign language to indicate the day. [2] Quiz on Wednesday - ALL short answer responses.
Resources
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now.
5min New seating chart.
15min Think & Explain: P & CR. Together as a class, ideas are linked together and then converted to complete sentences to answer questions.
10min Bar Graph Practice (Energy and Sugar). Visualize the levels of Sugar and Energy availability based on changing scenarios.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration: Pop-Up Books
CW: Complete Pop-Up Book.
DN: Which runs out first, sugar or oxygen? How do you know?
Reminders: Take care of your plants - don’t forget to take pictures using sign language to indicate the day.
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CW: Complete Pop-Up Book.
DN: Which runs out first, sugar or oxygen? How do you know?
Reminders: Take care of your plants - don’t forget to take pictures using sign language to indicate the day.
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now.
10min Pop-Up Book. Students join haiku pop-ups and add a cover.
10-15min Finish ReUse Project Presentations.
10min Haiku Poetry Slam.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.