Mr. Faist Daily Assignments and Homework Page For 7th grade Life Science
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| Aug 29th |
First Day of School 8/30/11 Tuesday Bell Work: Science Survey Welcome Meet your group About your teacher Fire HW: |
8/31/11
Wed Bell Work: Website Navigation Review Procedures Fire HW: Finish Autobiography Picture
Print Unit A Activity Sheets
If you can donate, please bring 4 glue sticks (non washable) and 1 package of 3x5 index cards with you to class on Tues/Wed Bring all materials to class "Due Thur/Fri" |
Sept 1st and 2nd Bell Work: Bridges Make Title Pages for Notebook Fire
Print Unit A Activity Sheets
If you can donate, please bring 4 glue sticks (non-washable) and 1 package of 3x5 index cards with you to class on Tues/Wed Your coversheets can be computer generated or done by hand. #1)Semester 1 notebook coversheet (Semester 1, Life science, name, teacher, room, period, 2+ colored illustrations related to science) Example and #2) Unit A Coversheets (Unit A: Studying People Scientifically, name, 2+ colored illustrations) Example |
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2 Sept 5 No School |
6-7 Bell Work Safety Quiz Assemble Notebooks HW: Finish Assembling Notebook and complete Title Pages (Due Thur/Fri) Get
Parent Signature Sheet Signed (Due
Thur/Fri) |
8-9 Bell Work Intro to Unit A / SALI book Activity #1 Save Fred How
to complete vocab |
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12 Bell Work Explain Stamp Grading Start Activity #2: Pellagra HW: 1. Do vocab for Activity #2 |
13-14 1/3/5 Bell Work Stamp Activity #1 What to do when absent? Finish Activity #2 HW: 1. Finish Activity #2 and do vocab for Activity #2 2/4/6 Bell Work Finish Activity #1 Activity #2 HW: Finish Activity #1 and #2 and complete vocab for both |
15-16 All Class Back in Sync Bell Work - Stamp Vocabulary page 1 - Stamp Activity #1 Activity #3: Clinical Trials HW: 1. Finish Activity #3 and do vocab for Activity #3 |
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19 Late Start Bell Work - Stamp Activity #2 - Index Card Activity #3 All period data discussion Activity 3 Other Data Scenarios How to Study Vocabulary HW: Study Vocabulary for Quiz |
20-21 Bell Work - Stamp Activity #3 Unit A Big Question Key concepts - Act 1 and 2 Activity #4 Start Activity #5 HW: Finish Activity #4 and do vocab Study Vocabulary for Quiz |
22-23 Bell Work - Stamp Act 4 Vocabulary Quiz (Act 1-4) Finish Activity #5 Activity #6 Variable Worksheet HW: Finish Activity #5 and do vocab |
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26 Bell Work - Stamp Act 5 Activity #8 HW: Finish Activity #8 and do vocab |
27-28 Bell Work - Stamp pg 2 of vocab Tree Experiment Activity #9 Data Toss Part 1 Mini Notebook Check HW: Finish Activity 9 Part 1 |
29-30 Bell Work - Stamp Act 8 - Elements of Good Experimental Design Activity: Variables Activity 9 Data Toss Part 2 Collect Act 9 Part 2 Data HW: Finish Activity #9 and do vocab |
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3 Bell Work Finish Activity 9 Data Toss Part 2 Intro to Unit A Project - Divide up jobs with group members ------------------------------- How to Create a Data Table in Word ------------------------------- HW: Type up rough draft for Unit A Project (Due Tue/Wed) |
4-5 Bell Work - Stamp Act 9 Part 1 - Key concepts Group collaboration time with rubric Questions about Unit A Project Activity #10 Study 1 Study 2 Study 3 Study 4 Unit A Benchmark Test HW: Activity 9 Project Final Draft (Due Thur/Fri) - All Due Monday - Unit A Crossword Unit A Study Guide Finish Activity #10 and do vocab |
6-7 Bell Work Activity 9 Project Turn in Unit A Benchmark Results Unit A Benchmark Remediation in Media Center Unit A Jeopardy HW: Study for Unit A Test (Due Mon) Print Unit B Packet (Due Mon) Bring 2 glue sticks to class (Due Mon) - All Due Monday - Unit A Crossword Unit A Study Guide Finish Activity #10 and do vocab |
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| 10 Test Prep Record Unit A Test Prepare Unit B Notebook HW: Finish Unit B Notebook Prep |
11-12
Bell Work Activity 12 Part 1 and 2 HW: Finish Activity 12 and do vocab |
13-14 Bell Work - Peer Grade Notebook Check Super Size Me HW: Finish SSM video questions |
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Late Start Bell Work Finish SSM Go over SSM Questions HW: Finish SSM Questions and do Summary |
18-19 Bell Work Start Activity 14 HW: Finish Activity 14 and do vocab Rough Draft of Activity 14 Lab Write-up (Due Monday)
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20-21 Bell Work Finish Activity 14 Pass Back Activity 9 Project Surface Area Activity Pass back Unit A Tests HW: Rough Draft of Activity 14 Lab Write-up (Due Monday) |
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| 24 Bell Work Activity 14 Grading Rubric Activity 15 HW: Finish Activity 15 and do vocab (Due Thurs/Fri) Final Draft of Activity 14 Lab Write-up (Due Tues/Wed) |
25-26 Stamp pg 1 of vocab Bell Work Review time for Activity 14 FDQ Finish Activity 17 HW: Finish Activity 17 and do vocab (Due Mon) |
27-28 Stamp Act 15 Key Concept Activity 15 Bell Work Activity 18 (If you are absent complete this chart, Act 18 Job Chart) HW: Finish Activity 18 and do vocab |
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Oct 31 Bell Work Review Activity 18 Brain Pop Videos Blood Mobile Video Pass back papers Vocab Study Time HW: Finish All Activities and vocab through Activity 18 Study for Vocab Quiz on Thurs/Fri |
Nov 1-2 (Quarter Ends) Bell Work Activity 21 and 22 HW: Finish Activity 21 and 22 and do vocab |
3-4 Bell Work - Stamp Pg3+4 of vocab Vocab Quiz
HW: Finish Activity 23 and do vocab |
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7-8 Bell Work - Stamp Act 21+22 Key Concept Act 21+22 Act 18 Quiz Intro to On The Move HW: OTM vocab (Due Monday) Bring materials for model |
9-10 OTM Building HW: OTM vocab (Due Tues/Wed) |
11 No School |
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14 Late Start Key Concept for OTM OTM Concept Map Building Time HW:OTM vocab (Due Tues/Wed) |
15-16 Stamp pg 4 of vocab OTM Work Time - Finish Building - Presentation Questions - Start Final Evaluation OTM Presentations Bones Video HW: OTM Final Evaluation Study for Heart Part Quiz |
17-18 Bell Work - Pass forward OTM Final Evaluation - Study for Quiz Heart Part Quiz Bill Nye Eyeballs Sheep Eye Dissection |
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| 21 No School |
22-23 No School |
24-25 No School |
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| 28 Bell Work - Stamp Bill Nye Eyeballs Form Follows Function Sight Video (First 20 min) |
29-30 Media Center - Unit B Benchmark and Remediation Finish All Vocabulary |
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Dec 1-2 Unit B Test Prep Unit C Notebook HW: Finish Unit C Notebook Assembly |
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5 Bell Work Intro to Unit C Activity 31 HW: Finish Activity 31 and do vocab Unit B Notebook Grading Sheet |
6-7 Bell Work Activity 30 HW: Finish Activity 30 and do vocab |
8-9 Bell Work Activity 32 Activity 33 HW: Finish Activity 32 + 33 and do vocab for both |
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12-13 Bell Work - Stamp Activity 32+33 - Key Concepts Activity 35 HW: Finish Activity 35 and do vocab for both |
14-15 Microscope Quiz Activity 35 Part 2 HW: Finish Activity 35 and do vocab for both |
16 Minimum Day Microscope Practice HW: None May start on Activity 37 |
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20-21 No School |
22-23 No School |
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| 26 No School |
27-27 No School |
29-30 No School |
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| Jan 2 No School |
3-4 Bell Work - Focus Instructions Read Activity 36 Intro Activity 38 - Cell Types Images Intro Rubber Egg Lab HW: 1. Finish Activity #38 and do vocab 2. Finish Activity #37 "Due Monday" Activity #37 Reading 3. Rubber Egg Lab: Complete Part 1 on pg 132 "Due Thursday Night" You MUST start TONIGHT. (In short, you need to put an egg in vinegar tonight so it will be ready for Part 2 after school Thur. 1/5. Hint: if you can, you might want to do more than 1 egg just incase there is an "accident" or if you choose to use a larger sample size...) Please read directions on page 132! |
5-6 Bell Work - Stamp Act 38 Review Rubber Egg Lab Activity 39 HW: Finish Activity #39 and do vocab 3.Rubber Egg Lab: "Part 2: Testing The Model", complete bottom of page 132 and the top of page 133, steps 1-7. Please read directions on page 132 and 133! Suggested Reading from Prentice Hall Textbook: pg 123-127 |
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9 Bell Work - Stamp Act 39 - Key Concept Act 39 Rubber Egg Lab Discussion and Write up Details HW: Rubber Egg Lab Write Up (Due Thurs/Fri) |
10-11 Bell Work - Key Concept Activity 39 and 41 Activity 40 - Set up Lab (at beginning of class) - Notes - Lab Results(at end of period) Pass out Rubber Egg Lab Grading Rubric Vocab Time Study for Vocab Quiz (Jan 17/18th) HW: Finish Activity 40 and do vocab
Rubber Egg Lab Write Up
(Due Thurs/Fri) |
12-13 Bell Work - Key Concept Activity 40 - Collect Rubber Egg Lab Write Up Bill Nye: Cells Activity 42 HW: Finish Activity 42 and do vocab Study for Vocab Quiz - Activity 30-42 (Jan 17/18th) |
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| 16 No School |
17-18 Bell Work - Stamp Activity 37 Vocab Quiz Wrap Activity 42 Activity 43 HW: Finish Activity 43 vocab Print Unit C Study Guide |
19-20 Bell Work - Stamp Act 40 and 42 Finish Activity 43 Cell Size Animation Activity 45 (reading) HW: Complete the Unit C Benchmark and Remediation on Blackboard Finish Activity 43 and 45 and do vocab for both Unit C Crossword Unit C Study Guide Review for Unit C Test Semester Final Hints Page |
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23 Bell Work - Stamp Vocab Review for Unit C Test Classification Notes Unit C Review Topics HW: Unit C Benchmark Remediation Study for Unit C Test Semester Final Hints Page (link updated) |
24-25 Bell Work - Stamp Activity 43 and 45 Unit C Test Review for Final Semester Final Hints Page (link updated) HW: Get a new science notebook ($2 from Mrs. Saenz) Print Unit D Packet (Due Thurs/Fri) Bring 2 glue sticks OR Set up the Paperless Science Notebook (Due Thurs/Fri) Read this file for details |
26-27 Semester 1 Ends Bell Work Final Review Time Semester 1 Final Exam Prep Semester 2 Science Notebook Assist tablet users with set up HW: Finish Unit D Notebook Prep |
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30 No School |
Jan 31 No School |
Feb 1 Semester 2 begins Bell Work Intro to Unit D Activity 54 HW: Finish Activity 54 and do vocab |
2-3 Bell Work - Index Card Vocab Sentence (Traits) Activity 55 Activity 56 (reading and info) HW: Finish Activity 55 and 56 and do vocab |
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6 Bell Work Activity 57 (Reading) HW: Finish Activity 57 and do vocab |
7-8 Bell Work - Index Card (STT #1) - Stamp Act 57 Activity 58 - Notes Image HW: Finish Activity 58 and do vocab |
9-10 Bell Work - Key Concept 56-58 - Stamp Act 58 Review Activity 58 Vocab Time Activity 59 HW: Finish Activity 59 and do vocab Bring a flower to dissect (Good flowers to bring: hibiscus, lily, tulip, daffodils Bad flowers to bring: rose, daisy, birds of paradise, calla lily, anything too small) (Due Mon/Tues) |
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13-14 Bell Work - Index Card - Stamp Activity 59 Review Activity 59 Vocab Time Activity 60 Part 1 - Flower Dissection
HW: Finish Activity 60 part 1 and do vocab |
15-16 Bell Work - Key Concepts 59-60 Part 1 - Stamp Page 1 of Vocab Bill Nye Flowers Vocab Time Count/Water Seeds Mendel Video Activity 60 Part 2 (reading) HW: Finish Activity 60 Part 2 and do vocab |
17 No School |
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| 20 No School |
21-22 Bell Work - Stamp Act 60 - Index Card Vocab Time Activity 61 Punnett Square Practice Start GATTACA HW: Finish Activity 61 and do vocab Finish Punnett Square Practice |
23-24 Bell Work Review Punnett Square Practice Activity 62 (Plant data) GATTACA HW: Finish Activity 62 and do |
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| 27 Late Start Bell Work Vocab Quiz (Act 54-61, No word bank) Activity 63 (reading) HW: Finish reading and STT questions only for Activity 63 |
28-29 Bell Work - Stamp Vocab pg 2 - Index Card Act 63 Finish Activity 63 and vocab Activity 64 (Intro only) Chromosome Mix Up GATTACA HW: Finish Chromosome Mix Up Finish Activity 63 and do vocab |
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Mar 1-2 Bell work - Stamp Act 63 - Key Concepts Vocab Time Chromosome Posters Finish Chromosome Mix Up (Trait Key) Activity 65 GATTACA HW: Finish Activity 65 and do vocab Finish Chromosome Mix Up |
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5 Bell Work Ugly Baby Contest Vocab Time GATTACA HW: Karyotyping Activity (Due Thur/Fri) - Karyotype Challenge Question and Notes - image of chromosomes |
6-7 Bell Work Putting it All Together GATTACA HW: Karyotyping Activity (Due Thur/Fri) - Karyotype Challenge Question and Notes - image of chromosomes |
8-9 Bell Work - Check Karyotype Activity - Vocab Time Finish Putting It All Together Activity 66 GATTACA HW: Finish Activity 66 reading and STT only and do vocab Finish Putting It All Together |
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12 Bell Work Build a DNA Ladder HW: Finish Build a DNA Ladder Activity and do DNA vocab |
13-14 Bell Work Vocab Time Review DNA Ladder Activity Review Pedigrees Finish Activity 66 - Analysis Questions - Summary Finish GATTACA HW: Gel Electrophoresis Homework (Due Mon) Finish Activity 66 and do vocab |
15-16 Bell Work Review Structure of DNA DNA Replication DNA construction activity (Lab Aids building) HW: Gel Electrophoresis Homework (Due Mon) |
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19 Late Start Bell Work - Stamp Gel Electrophoresis Homework Vocab Time Genetics Websites Start Gene Expression HW: Do all GE (Gene Expression) vocab (Due Tues/Wed) Study vocab for Quiz (Due Thurs/Fri) Check out my Pedigree Training Video Check out my Punnett Square Training Video |
20-21 Bell Work Vocab Time Genetics Videos Gene Expression Notes (pg 62) Bill Nye Genes Gene Expression Whiteboard Demo Gene Expression Worksheet (pg 63) HW: Study vocab for Quiz (Due Thurs/Fri) |
22-23 Bell Work Vocab Quiz Gene Expression Activity Part 2 and Part 3 Gene Expression Videos Gene Expression Gene Expression: Transcription Gene Expression: Translation HW: Finish Unit D Crossword (Due Thur/Fri) Start Working on Unit D Study Guide (Due Thur/Fri) |
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26 Bell Work Genetics Website Review Unit D Jeopardy Review HW: Finish Unit D Crossword and Study Guide Print Unit F Packet (Due Thur/Fri) |
27-28 Bell Work Vocab Time Unit D Benchmark Review Review for Unit D Test HW: Finish Unit D Crossword and Study Guide Print Unit F Packet (Due Thur/Fri) |
29-30 Bell Work Review Time Unit D Test Prep Unit F Notebook HW: Finish Unit F Notebook Prep |
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Apr 2 Bell Work Intro to Unit F Activity 89 HW: Finish Activity 89 and do vocab |
3-4 Bell Work - Stamp Act 89 - Key Concept Act 89 Activity 90 HW: Finish Activity 90 and do vocab |
5-6 Bell Work - Stamp Act 90 - Key Concept Act 90 Paleontologist Video Fossil Footprint Video Activity 91 - Reading Pg 1, 2, 3, 4 - Activity Cards HW: Finish Activity 91 and do vocab |
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| 9 No School |
10-11 No School |
12-13 No School |
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16 8th Grade Orientation with Counselors |
17-18 Bell Work - Stamp Act 91 - Key Concept Act 91 BrainPop Videos - Fossils - Geologic Time Activity 92 HW: Finish Activity 92 and 93 and do vocab |
19-20 Bell Work - Stamp Act 92 - Index Card Evolution Video - How do we know? - How does it work? Activity 93 Activity 94 HW: Finish Activity 94 and do vocab |
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23 Bell Work - Stamp Act 94 - Index Card Natural Selection Start Darwin's Dangerous Idea HW: Study Vocab |
24-25 Bell Work - Stamp pg 1 of vocab - Vocab Study Time Natural Selection Notes Activity 96 Nature At Work Lab (if time) HW: Finish Activity 96 and do vocab |
26-27 Bell Work - Stamp Act 96 - Key Concept Act 96 Nature At Work Activity 97 (reading, go to Mrs. Michel's Webpage and click on Act 97 reading) HW: Finish Nature At Work Lab (Due Monday) Activity 97 and vocab (Due Tues/Wed) |
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Apr 30 Bell Work - Stamp Nature At Work Activity 97 Work Time Begin Evolution/Conservation Project - Evolution Project Details and Example - Evolution Project Tech Option HW: Pick species for project Finish Activity 97 and do vocab |
May 1-2 Media Center: Evolution/Conservation Project Research - Evolution Project Details and Example - Evolution Project Tech Option HW: Finish Evolution Project (Due Thurs/Fri) |
3-4 Bell Work - Stamp Activity 97 Evolution/Conservation Project Data Sheet Sharing Activity 99 HW: Finish Activity 99 and do all Unit F vocab Get Permission Slip Signed (Due Mon) Study for Vocab Quiz (All Unit F activities) |
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7 (Sub) Bell Work Vocab Quiz Adaptation Notes Video Darwin's Dangerous Idea HW: Unit F Crossword (Due May 15-16) Unit F Study Guide (Due May 15-16) |
8-9 STAR Video: Darwins Dangerous Idea HW: Unit F Crossword (Due May 15-16) Unit F Study Guide (Due May 15-16) |
10-11 STAR Video: What Darwin Never Knew HW: Unit F Crossword (Due May 15-16) Unit F Study Guide (Due May 15-16) |
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14 (Sub) Media Center Unit F Benchmark and Remediation HW: Study for Unit F Test HW: Unit F Crossword (Due Tues/Wed) Unit F Study Guide (Due Tues/Wed) |
15-16 Bell Work Review Unit F Material Unit F Test Prep Unit P Notebook HW: Finish Unit P Notebook Prep |
17-18 Start Unit P |
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15 Minimum Day LAST DAY OF SCHOOL! |
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SUMMER!!! |
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