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Phase Changes: Freedom & Energy

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  • HW: Review for quiz.
  • CW: Paragraph summaries and margin questions.
  • DN: Prep notebook for new set of notes.
  • EQ: How does energy influence Matter?

RESOURCES

Review Terms + Diagrams for Notes

[youtube=://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmPDfG66f9Q&w=854&h=480]

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Modeling Particles & Phase Changes (2 of 2)

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  • HW: Work on Video Project (Due Wednesday via Google Classroom)
  • CW: Stop Motion Animation (1. Gas & Temp. 2. Melting)

RESOURCES

SMA Flask & Thermometer

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Modeling Particles & Phase Changes (1 of 2)

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  • HW: Work on Video Project (Due Wednesday via Google Classroom)
  • CW: Drawings of Particles
  • DN: Fold and label paper (1 - 8).
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Charting Changes In Energy & States of Matter

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  • HW: Project scripts due tomorrow! 
  • CW: Phase Change Posters.

RESOURCES

Phase Change Poster Parts

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States of Matter: Review + Expand (Day 2 of 2)

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  • HW: Finish Storyboards. Complete notebook. (Both Checked Tomorrow)
  • CW: Scripts & Storyboards (Continous)
  • DN: Grab Chromebook and start working on scripts and storyboards.

RESOURCES

States of Matter Video Rubric

Blank Storyboards

[youtube=://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NutGX9yh4Ww&w=854&h=480]

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Population Charts: More Stories to Tell

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  • HW: [Field trip folk only] Watch the videos on invasive species and then complete Population Charts Stories 2.
  • CW: Population Chart Stories 2
  • DN: What is an invasive species?

RESOURCES

Population Charts Stories 2

[youtube=://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byHShIHgMw4&w=854&h=480][youtube=://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spTWwqVP_2s&w=854&h=480]

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Population Charts: Every Chart Tells A Story

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  • HW: Finish your Population Chart Story. (Keep in mind the trophic levels and the relationships between the species.)
  • CW: Population Chart Story
  • DN: What does the chart indicate? (Visual: Chuck-Ken Population Chart)

RESOURCES

Population Chart Story (What's the story?)

[youtube=://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqNVHTkg0Xo&w=854&h=480]

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Quiz Day. Every Other Wednesday.

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  • HW: None.
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Food Chains + Toxin Bioaccumulation

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  • HW: Write 2 problems using the trophic level pyramid. One with the biomass of the tertiary consumers already know, and one with the producer's biomass already known. Provide the biomasses for the animals and assume that one field has a biomass of 5,000kg. (Be creative, and keep the numbers simple.)
  • CW: Article annotation + Summary.
  • DN: Give an example of tertiary consumer and a producer in the ocean.
  • EQ: How do toxins accumulate in tertiary consumers?

RESOURCES

Blank Energy Pyramids

Mercury in Fish Article

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Review: Short Answers

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  • HW: 20 Flashcards (Trophic Levels + Everything Ecology)
  • CW: Edited short answer responses to 4 key questions using appropriate vocabulary.
  • DN: Complete the trophic level energy pyramid by labeling, completing the biomass, and estimating the number of Chuchu-Kens. (Visual: Energy pyramid with 50,000kg biomass at producer level.)
  • EQ: How do energy determine the shape of trophic levels, the number and eating habits of organisms?

LESSON OUTLINE

5min< Students complete the Do Now and attendance is taken. Students share answers.

5min< Short Answer 1: Why do we eat?

5min< Pair Share. Share with class. Teacher adds suggestions for improvements.

5min< Short Answer 2: Why is it better for the world for humans to be vegan/vegetarian?

5min< Pair Share. Share with class. Teacher adds suggestions for improvements.

5min< Short Answer 3: How do food webs and food chains differ?

5min< Pair Share. Share with class. Teacher adds suggestions for improvements.

5min< Short Answer 4: Why do cold-blooded animals (snakes, lizards, etc.) have to eat less often than warm-blooded animals (like us)?

5min< Pair Share. Share with class. Teacher adds suggestions for improvements.

5min< Clean up. Wrap up.

AIM: Students will write short paragraphs that define, support, and use appropriate vocabulary to explain how energy determines the shape of trophic levels, the number of organisms and the organisms' eating habits.

NGSS: MS-LS2-3 MS-LS2-4

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