Pd. 5 Science Enrichment-Pd. 5 Assignments

These materials will help us wrap up our mini-unit on human impacts on the environment. The reading posted earlier today, plus the Gizmo, will not be due this Friday but NEXT Friday as we finish Quarter 4 online.

As always, let me know if you have any questions, don't understand the reading, are confused about the Gizmo, etc. I am available to walk you through the assignments on Google Meets this week from 9 AM - 10 AM every day if you're having trouble.

Happy Monday Scientists:

Take time this week to apply what you have learned about the water cycle, biotic factors, cells and DNA to look at the big picture when we consider how human populations impact surrounding ecosystems. Remember to spend 15-20 minutes a day on any one assignment. You do not have to complete them all, choose which one works best for you!

If you have questions, please ask.

One of the several options for this weeks activities. You can work through all the lessons, or just a few.

May the Fourth Be With You!

NASA Scientists have turned their sights to exploring Mars, and this week you will too. Pick any or all activities from the menu to work on at home. If you want to answer the questions, I also created a Doc with sentence frames for each of the activities.

Friday we will talk about barriers and challenges to engineering these devices. Those of use who made them will race our rovers, compare astonaut landers, talk about space and time, and why it feels like its going by so fast (and also so slow!)

1. Read over vocab sheet
2. Complete Prior Knowledge Questions on Student Exploration Google Doc
3. Launch Gizmo

Choose your activities for this week!

1. You do not have to do all of them
2. The activities on the left side of the Menu take the least amount of time (10 min, 2 days a week)
3. The activities on the right take the most amount of time (20 min per day)

We'll talk about viruses and see what you remember about cells during class on Friday.

Questions? Please ask :o)

One of the most important parts of the water cycle? The oceans. You have been using the Gizmos to simulate different conditions the ocean can generate to create weather here on land. It's your turn to look more closely at different parts of the planet where the oceans are largely un-impacted by humans.

1. Click the Pristine Seas Link
2. Click on Expeditions
3. Look through the different expeditions researchers have gone through.
4. Open Exploration Guide and read through directions
5. Complete Exploration Questions, be ready to discuss what you have learned about one article/location on Friday during our Google Meets class.

Hey creatures,

I'm looking through your water cycle Gizmos now and you did fan-TASTic. Super impressed to also see other students who went ahead and did the assessments on the Gizmo site in addition, which weren't required but will absolutely help your understanding. If you want to access these but don't know how, just ask! DJ and Izzy are good resources too.

As you know from the schedule I posted on Friday, we're continuing with weather, building on our knowledge of the Water Cycle. Here's your new task:

1. Click on the PDF titled "Coastal Winds Clouds" below. Read through the vocabulary before starting.
2. Open up the Google Doc title "Coastal Winds and Clouds Student Sheet."
3. Answer the Prior Knowledge Questions BEFORE launching your Gizmo.
4. Click on the ExploreLearning Gizmos link and log in to your account. Again, if you forgot it just ask, I have your account information.
5. Launch the Coastal Winds and Clouds Gizmo.

Stay awesome, let me know if you have any questions,
Ms. W

1. Click the green box that says Pearson Realize
2. A new window will appear. Click on your KMS Google Account.
3. Wait for it to load and do not navigate away from the page.
4. Click on Lesson 2: Surface Features in the Geosphere (blue box)
5. Start with the "Poll: Florida Landforms," then work through each sub lesson

If you get stuck, send me a message and I'll help walk you through it!

Initial instructions and rubric are attached, this will be the final score inputted into Infinite Campus. The rubric is the same for both verions of the project that you chose, this means that the choice (Version A or Version B) will not affect the grade you recive.

What did you learn about thermal and kinetic energy this quarter?
This is a quiz, so you may not use your notebooks. When you are finished, work on the Water Cycle vocabulary, pg. 62

You many not use your notebook for the quiz.

When you are finished, please work on your vocab pictures on pg. 62 of your notebook.

Describe the assignment to refresh your memory about what we learned Semester 1. Then discuss what you are proud of and your successes before describing what you would do differently.

When you are finished, please migrate this Reflection to your Google Site Portfolio Page, Science Section.

You may use your notebooks for this quiz, however spelling counts.

When you are finished, please work on your Summative Assessment Reflection.

Select two superhero parents to contribute alleles to a superhero offspring!

Use the Phenotypes and Genotypes doc to decide the parents of your choice and match the genotypes.

Due Friday if you do not finish in class today.

Answer questions in complete sentences. The short answer questions are graded by me, therefore your actual score will not appear immediately when you submit. When you are finished, work on the Evolution notebook vocabulary sheet.

You may use your notebook for help.

1. Copy and paste your first draft into a new document.
2. Make your edits.

1. Select the body system you are most familiar with. It's okay to guess on a question-wrong answers won't be counted against you.
2. Read the questions carefully! You will only be able to take this once.
3. When you are finished, read through your answers TWICE.
4. Click submit. You are able to see the correct answers at the end.
5. Check the board to see what you can do when you're done.

Welcome back!

Read through the directions carefully to make sure you have met ALL criteria before turning in. Remember, both your advisory teacher and your folks will see this during Student Led Conferences at the end of this month.

Copy and paste your Claim, Evidence and Reasoning from your CER table onto this blank document. Each part should be a paragraph, so the document will have 3 paragraphs total.
Font size 11 or 12 point
Font type should be Helvetica, Arial, or Times New Roman only.

1. Make a claim by answering the question: How do cells, tissues, and organs work together?
2. Provide evidence with the quotations you found in your research.
3. Use reasoning to describe in your own words why the evidence supports your claim.

Use the CER Template to help organize your argument.

Gather evidence for how a body system is made of cells, organs, and organ systems that interact to serve a purpose.

Choose any body system to research. Start with extracting evidence from article in the Google Docs; it has all of the information you need. Then you may pursue supplemental information from reputable websites (ending in .edu, .org, or .gov).

Have fun!

You will argue how a body system is made of cells, organs, and organ systems that interact to serve a purpose.

Choose any body system to research. Start with extracting evidence from article in the Google Docs; it has all of the information you need. Then you may pursue supplemental information from reputable websites (ending in .edu, .org, or .gov).

Have fun!