Jacobucci- MS Science - Friday-1&2 Friday Assignments
- Instructors
- Term
- 2019-2020 School Year
- Department
- Science
- Description
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Class Title:
MS Science
Code:
MSC251
Text:
Discovery Education Online
Rating:
4
Prerequisite:
None
Grade:
7-8
Fees:
None
Max:
15
Can be repeated? Yes
Description: This course utilizes an online “tech”book as its main curriculum. Students must have reliable internet and access to a computer on a daily basis to complete this course successfully. This course will combine units in earth science, life science and physical science to provide an overview of scientific concepts. We will explore topics such as plate tectonics, natural resources, weather, cells, genetics, classification, plants, ecosystems, intro to chemistry and intro to physics. This course will also focus on learning scientific skills such as inquiry, data collection, laboratory procedures and graphing. Textbook reading assignments, laboratory assignments, dissection and computer visualizations will be used. This course can be repeated twice during middle school without repeated material in preparation for high school level sciences.
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Upcoming Assignments
No upcoming assignments.
Past Assignments
Due:
Week 36 4/13/2020
This week we will be learning about populations and overpopulation. We will explore how populations change and grow.
Complete the DE board "week 36-_ecology populations/overpopulation"
Complete the M&M ecology simulation. For this activity you need to any object that has a marking on one side and not on the other, like M&Ms, skittles, pennies, beans (marked on one side), or tokens. You will need between 50-100 of these objects.
Remember to check in with me once during the week (even if you have two classes with me, you only need to check in once)
You can do so in a few ways:
1. adding a message to this google classroom post
2. sending me an email
3. come by and chat during my online office hours. (On Webex, Tuesday and Thursday, 9-10am)
Complete the DE board "week 36-_ecology populations/overpopulation"
Complete the M&M ecology simulation. For this activity you need to any object that has a marking on one side and not on the other, like M&Ms, skittles, pennies, beans (marked on one side), or tokens. You will need between 50-100 of these objects.
Remember to check in with me once during the week (even if you have two classes with me, you only need to check in once)
You can do so in a few ways:
1. adding a message to this google classroom post
2. sending me an email
3. come by and chat during my online office hours. (On Webex, Tuesday and Thursday, 9-10am)
Due:
Week 35 4/6/2020
Remember to check in with once this week. You can check in by email, on this classroom post, or by stopping by my office hours.
Assignment
DE Board: Week 35 Biotic and Abiotic factors.
You will be reading a section in the DE book and answers questions. You will also be reading an article on invasive plants (it is linked in the DE Board). You will also be doing a field study looking at Biotic and Abiotic factors.
Be sure to complete the questions in the DE board, the questions for the article, and the field study activity.
Assignment
DE Board: Week 35 Biotic and Abiotic factors.
You will be reading a section in the DE book and answers questions. You will also be reading an article on invasive plants (it is linked in the DE Board). You will also be doing a field study looking at Biotic and Abiotic factors.
Be sure to complete the questions in the DE board, the questions for the article, and the field study activity.
Due:
Week 34 3/30/2020
Welcome back. I hope everyone is healthy and doing well. As you know by now we are doing an online format for our class. Things will be a bit different for now. I will send out a weekly video and some quick directions into your new google folder (usually on Monday, but it will post on Wednesday this week). I will continue to use google classroom to communicate with you all and give you your assignments, post videos, share worksheets, etc.
You will need to check in with me once a week, You can do so in a few ways:
1. adding a message to google classroom
2. sending me an email
3. come by and chat during my online office hours. See the link below(On Wedbex, Tuesday and Thursday, 9-10am)
Assignments: I will continue to post all assignments here on google classroom and in DE.
This week's assignment:
DE board Week 34 4/1 Energy in the Ecosystem. Complete the board, be sure to fill in the comprehension questions in the reading section. There are two explorations to complete; no worksheets to fill for these explorations, just play with them so you can better understand the concepts.
You will need to check in with me once a week, You can do so in a few ways:
1. adding a message to google classroom
2. sending me an email
3. come by and chat during my online office hours. See the link below(On Wedbex, Tuesday and Thursday, 9-10am)
Assignments: I will continue to post all assignments here on google classroom and in DE.
This week's assignment:
DE board Week 34 4/1 Energy in the Ecosystem. Complete the board, be sure to fill in the comprehension questions in the reading section. There are two explorations to complete; no worksheets to fill for these explorations, just play with them so you can better understand the concepts.
Due:
Week 30 3/6/2020
Activity 74- observing live organisms.
vocabulary: Anthropocentrism, Anthropomorphism, Ecology, observation, inference,
homework:
DE board microscopes
Microscope coloring page.
New vocab: Microscope
vocabulary: Anthropocentrism, Anthropomorphism, Ecology, observation, inference,
homework:
DE board microscopes
Microscope coloring page.
New vocab: Microscope
Due:
Week 28 2/21/2020
Plate tectonic test
Extra credit: plate tectonic crossword and word search- Due March 6th, Extras credit will not be accepted late.
Homework:
DE Ecology board #1 (there is nothing to turn in with this board, but you are required to know the information in it.
Start a new Vocabulary log: Ecosystem, environment, population, abiotic, biotic, and interact
Extra credit: plate tectonic crossword and word search- Due March 6th, Extras credit will not be accepted late.
Homework:
DE Ecology board #1 (there is nothing to turn in with this board, but you are required to know the information in it.
Start a new Vocabulary log: Ecosystem, environment, population, abiotic, biotic, and interact
Due:
Week 29 2/28/2020
Notes to introduce ecosystem.
ECO Activity 72, read together, answer questions.
Homework:
Finish questions for ECO 72.
Complete ECO activity 73
Vocabulary log: ecologists, evidence, trade-off, introduced species (add these words to your vocabulary log)
ECO Activity 72, read together, answer questions.
Homework:
Finish questions for ECO 72.
Complete ECO activity 73
Vocabulary log: ecologists, evidence, trade-off, introduced species (add these words to your vocabulary log)
Due:
Week 27 2/14/2020
Plate tectonics unit review- The test will be on 2/21/2020
Homework: study for the test. This test covers material from Week 15 (11/21)- week 26 (2/6).
You will be allowed to use your vocabulary log on your test. You will be turning in your vocabulary log with your test, this will count as a separate score. See the attached list of vocabulary words, be sure you have all of them in your vocabulary log.
Homework: study for the test. This test covers material from Week 15 (11/21)- week 26 (2/6).
You will be allowed to use your vocabulary log on your test. You will be turning in your vocabulary log with your test, this will count as a separate score. See the attached list of vocabulary words, be sure you have all of them in your vocabulary log.
Due:
Week 26 2/6/2020
plate boundary lab
new vocabulary: subduction zone
homework:
Plate Tectonics board #5 Earth quake. (be sure to fill in the exploration at the end of the board)
new vocabulary: subduction zone
homework:
Plate Tectonics board #5 Earth quake. (be sure to fill in the exploration at the end of the board)
Due:
Week 25 1/31/2020
Lab 43 Measuring Earthquakes
New vocab: earthquake, plate, Richter scale, seismograph, seismogram, fault
Homework:
1. This week you will have a mapping activities. You will map out the global plates and how they relate to earthquakes and volcanoes.
Activity: Plate Tectonics Earthquake and Volcanoes (mapping activity)
2. More vocabulary to add to your vocab list: Continent, Risk
3. Reading: Lab 45 Understanding plate boundaries. As you read fill out the reading guide (worksheet 45.1) and the map (student sheet 44.2) and complete the analysis questions.
New vocab: earthquake, plate, Richter scale, seismograph, seismogram, fault
Homework:
1. This week you will have a mapping activities. You will map out the global plates and how they relate to earthquakes and volcanoes.
Activity: Plate Tectonics Earthquake and Volcanoes (mapping activity)
2. More vocabulary to add to your vocab list: Continent, Risk
3. Reading: Lab 45 Understanding plate boundaries. As you read fill out the reading guide (worksheet 45.1) and the map (student sheet 44.2) and complete the analysis questions.
Due:
Week 24 1/24/2020
Discuss earthquakes and their destructive affects. We demoed the wave types with slinkies.
Homework:
New Vocabulary to add to your vocab log: Plates, Plate Tectonics, Theory
PT lab 42 (video lab)
Homework:
New Vocabulary to add to your vocab log: Plates, Plate Tectonics, Theory
PT lab 42 (video lab)
Due:
Week 23 1/17/20
Sorry for the lateness of this post, I thought it had posted.
lab 40- continental puzzle
Homework:
PT lab 41
(be sure to fill out worksheets 41.1 and 41.2 too)
lab 40- continental puzzle
Homework:
PT lab 41
(be sure to fill out worksheets 41.1 and 41.2 too)
Due:
Week 19 12/20/19
Today we did a fun activity looking a pictures that show the changes of an area over time.
homework: Due 1/16/20 (some people did this early but if you didn't it is due the first day back to class after break)
DE board #4 Development of plate tectonics. Be sure to fill out the worksheet for the explore section and the two exploration activities. These were handed out a couple of weeks ago. If you no longer have them, they are below so you can print them.
New Vocabulary words for your vocab log: continent, Pangea, Theory of continental drift, divergent boundary, convergent boundary, and transform boundary.
homework: Due 1/16/20 (some people did this early but if you didn't it is due the first day back to class after break)
DE board #4 Development of plate tectonics. Be sure to fill out the worksheet for the explore section and the two exploration activities. These were handed out a couple of weeks ago. If you no longer have them, they are below so you can print them.
New Vocabulary words for your vocab log: continent, Pangea, Theory of continental drift, divergent boundary, convergent boundary, and transform boundary.
Due:
Week 17 (12/5/19)
Lab 39- Earth time
New vocabulary words for your vocab log: geological time, paleontologist, reptile
Homework:
finish lab (due 12/13)
Holiday homework: Due 1/17/20 DE board #4 Development of plate tectonics. (be sure to fill out the worksheet for the explore section and the two exploration activities.
New Vocabulary words for your vocab log: continent, Pangea, Theory of continental drift.
New vocabulary words for your vocab log: geological time, paleontologist, reptile
Homework:
finish lab (due 12/13)
Holiday homework: Due 1/17/20 DE board #4 Development of plate tectonics. (be sure to fill out the worksheet for the explore section and the two exploration activities.
New Vocabulary words for your vocab log: continent, Pangea, Theory of continental drift.
Due:
Week 15 11/22/19
lab 38, Beneath earth's surface
Vocabulary: inner core, outer core, lava, magma, lithosphere, mantle, scale, cinder cone volcano, composite volcano, shield volcano, extinct, dormant, cross section, volcanologist.
Homework:
Vocabulary log: geological time, paleontologist, reptile
DE Board Plate tectonics #3
Vocabulary: inner core, outer core, lava, magma, lithosphere, mantle, scale, cinder cone volcano, composite volcano, shield volcano, extinct, dormant, cross section, volcanologist.
Homework:
Vocabulary log: geological time, paleontologist, reptile
DE Board Plate tectonics #3
Due:
Week 14 11/15/19
Read plate tectonic unit intro.
37-volcanic landforms activity
new vocabulary: magma
Homework:
New vocabulary: lava, lithosphere, mantle, crust, inner core, outer core, cinder cone volcano, shield volcano, composite volcano.
DE plate tectonic board #2.
Read article "Types of volcanoes"
37-volcanic landforms activity
new vocabulary: magma
Homework:
New vocabulary: lava, lithosphere, mantle, crust, inner core, outer core, cinder cone volcano, shield volcano, composite volcano.
DE plate tectonic board #2.
Read article "Types of volcanoes"
Due:
week 13 11/8/19
test #1, Studying materials scientifically
Homework:
vocabulary log (magma, landform, model)
DE plate tectonic board #1
Homework:
vocabulary log (magma, landform, model)
DE plate tectonic board #1
Due:
Week 12 11/1/19
review activity for Studying Materials scientifically.
You will have your first test next week.
Make sure you bring all your completed Vocabulary log sheets and you may use a 3x5 Notecard with handwritten notes on both sides to use on the test- You will be turning them in with your test. These are required and you will be getting a grade for them.
Homework:
study for test.
prepare 3x5 inch note card
compete vocabulary log.
SMS activity 11- this is the take-home part of your test, you will do this individually at home (the activity mentions discussing things with your group, just do it all individually)- You will turn in the SMS activity 11.1 worksheet and the SMS activity 11 analysis questions.
Your test next week will have 4 separate grades (1- test, 2- note card, 3- vocabulary log, 4- SMS activity 11)
You will have your first test next week.
Make sure you bring all your completed Vocabulary log sheets and you may use a 3x5 Notecard with handwritten notes on both sides to use on the test- You will be turning them in with your test. These are required and you will be getting a grade for them.
Homework:
study for test.
prepare 3x5 inch note card
compete vocabulary log.
SMS activity 11- this is the take-home part of your test, you will do this individually at home (the activity mentions discussing things with your group, just do it all individually)- You will turn in the SMS activity 11.1 worksheet and the SMS activity 11 analysis questions.
Your test next week will have 4 separate grades (1- test, 2- note card, 3- vocabulary log, 4- SMS activity 11)
Due:
Week 11 10/25/19
Activity 9: Mass and Density
New Vocabulary, add it to your vocabulary log: Mass, Weight, Qualitative data, quantitative data
Homework:
Complete the lab.
Mass_volume_and density review worksheet
New Vocabulary, add it to your vocabulary log: Mass, Weight, Qualitative data, quantitative data
Homework:
Complete the lab.
Mass_volume_and density review worksheet
Due:
Week 10 10/18/19
Activity 8 measuring volume
Add the following words to your vocabulary log: Cubic Centimeters, Liter, Metric System, Milliliter, Qualitative, Quantitative, Volume.
Homework:
Complete lab write up
De board SMS week 10 (density). Add the vocabulary to your log (Density)
Add the following words to your vocabulary log: Cubic Centimeters, Liter, Metric System, Milliliter, Qualitative, Quantitative, Volume.
Homework:
Complete lab write up
De board SMS week 10 (density). Add the vocabulary to your log (Density)
Due:
Week 9 10/11/19
Activity 7 Identifying Solids
New vocabulary words (Add them to your vocabulary log)
Conductivity
density
evidence
Reactivity
Homework:
Complete the questions in the lab.
DE board week 9 (Volume), Add the following word to your vocabulary log; Volume.
New vocabulary words (Add them to your vocabulary log)
Conductivity
density
evidence
Reactivity
Homework:
Complete the questions in the lab.
DE board week 9 (Volume), Add the following word to your vocabulary log; Volume.
Due:
Week 8 10/4/19
Activity 6 Identifying Liquids
New vocabulary (add these to your vocabulary log)
Chemical properties
Physical properties
miscible
toxic
Homework:
complete lab write up.
DE Board SMS week 8. Be sure to add the following words to your vocabulary log (Solid, Liquid, gas, substance, phase, boiling point, freezing point)
DE Practice assessment "States of Matter"
New vocabulary (add these to your vocabulary log)
Chemical properties
Physical properties
miscible
toxic
Homework:
complete lab write up.
DE Board SMS week 8. Be sure to add the following words to your vocabulary log (Solid, Liquid, gas, substance, phase, boiling point, freezing point)
DE Practice assessment "States of Matter"
Due:
Week 7 9/27/19
SMS activity 5, separating the mixture
Homework:
Finish lab.
DE Board SMS week 7 and worksheet.
physical and chemical change worksheet
Homework:
Finish lab.
DE Board SMS week 7 and worksheet.
physical and chemical change worksheet
Due:
Week 6 9/20/19
Activity 3 A plan to separate the mixture
Activity 4 Hazardous materials at home
Homework:
Complete the questions in activity 3 and 4.
Complete DE board SMS Week 6
Activity 4 Hazardous materials at home
Homework:
Complete the questions in activity 3 and 4.
Complete DE board SMS Week 6
Due:
week 5 9/13/19
Explain DE book.
New vocabulary: corrosive, flammable.
SMS activity 2
Homework:
DE reading, Go to your DE book, complete the board for week 5.
Hazards at home worksheet.
New vocabulary: corrosive, flammable.
SMS activity 2
Homework:
DE reading, Go to your DE book, complete the board for week 5.
Hazards at home worksheet.
Due:
Week 4 9/6/19
Shared folder.
We reviewed the metric system and converting in Metric. Discuss reading a ruler and graduated cylinder. egin metric lab.- we will finish it next week.
Read Intro to Studying materials scientifically (Page 16)
Homework:
Complete Metric conversion review and Metric worksheet (no not do #5 on either side of the page).
Personal vocabulary log (Evidence, Hazardous materials, Mixture)
Complete activity SMS 1.
We reviewed the metric system and converting in Metric. Discuss reading a ruler and graduated cylinder. egin metric lab.- we will finish it next week.
Read Intro to Studying materials scientifically (Page 16)
Homework:
Complete Metric conversion review and Metric worksheet (no not do #5 on either side of the page).
Personal vocabulary log (Evidence, Hazardous materials, Mixture)
Complete activity SMS 1.
Due:
Week 3 8/29/19
Review class policies, emails, google classroom.
Elephant poem
Homework:
Complete the elephant poem worksheet
Reading: "Internationals systems of units"- answer review questions on a separate sheet of paper (hard copy or you can type and turn in digitally into google classroom)
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Elephant poem
Homework:
Complete the elephant poem worksheet
Reading: "Internationals systems of units"- answer review questions on a separate sheet of paper (hard copy or you can type and turn in digitally into google classroom)
View videos