Lesson 1 - Monday, Jan 12
Housekeeping: Students were given in-class work time to continue working on an assignment we began prior to the Winter Vacation: the Power Cell Packet. Some students needed time to complete Chapter 5, which was the last chapter we worked on before the vacation, while most students began working on the final chapter of the packet, Chapter 6.
Homework: Chapter 6 of the Power Cell Packet is due for C & D periods on Wednesday (14 Jan), while for E period it is due on Thursday (15 Jan).
Lesson 2 - Tuesday, Jan 13
Housekeeping: Students were again given in-class work time to continue working on an assignment we began prior to the Winter Vacation: the Power Cell Packet. Chapter 5, which was the last chapter we worked on before the vacation, is due at the end of today’s class. Chapter 6, the final chapter of the packet, is due on Wednesday/Thursday.
Homework: Chapter 6 of the Power Cell Packet is due for C & D periods on Wednesday (14 Jan), while for E period it is due on Thursday (15 Jan).
Lesson 3 - Wed, Jan 14 (C, D) & Thu, Jan 15 (E)
Housekeeping: To begin wrapping up our work in the Power Cell Packet, We used a model-making activity not only to 1) continue our exploration of cell structures and functions, and 2) compare and contrast the activities of animal and plant cells, but also to begin learning about topics to be studied in the coming weeks including matter, atoms, elements, molecules, and basic chemical reactions.
For those needing them, there are now scanned copies of the Photosynthesis models for all three Grade 6 Science classes in the Google Science Classroom.
Homework: There is no science homework tonight.
Lesson 4 - Friday, Jan 16
Housekeeping: Students accomplished two tasks today. First, they completed and submitted a one page assignment consisting of 4 questions taken directly from p. 21 of the Power Cell Packet. Students’ answers to these four questions will be graded. Second, students added the final touches to their Photosynthesis Models and saw Dr. M use a (silly!) demonstration in which he tried to something similar to that which occurs in the cholorplasts found inside of leaf cells: make glucose = sugar!!!
Homework: As per the TASIS MS school homework policy, there is no weekend science homework (due on Monday).
Announcements...
The DRIVING QUESTION of our current unit is: How do the microscopic structures and functions of a cell explain what it means for something to be alive?
C & D period homework collection days: Wednesday & Friday.
E period homework collection days: Tuesday & Thursday.
Including this week, there are 2 weeks of school before the end of the Fall Semester.