Lesson 1 - Monday, Feb 24
Today in Science: Getting back to work of completing our final Human Digestive System model, students continued our discussion-based notes to capture a second Big Idea about human digestion: Food Transformations. Students can see this now-finished set of notes in the Grade 6 Notes Portal.
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Lesson 2 - Tuesday, Feb 25
Today in Science: After briefly considering all four of our Human Digestion System model versions, students were asked to create their final (final!) model, which we’re calling “Version 5.0.” To get students started, Dr. M gave them an A3-size illustration of a human body showing most of the structures we’ve learned about in our unit. Students have been asked to include the following in their final (final!) model:
- Names of all the structures we listed in our v4.0 model.
- Functions of all the structures we listed in our v4.0 model.
- Big Idea #1: Types of Digestion (mechanical vs. chemical vs. biological)
- Big Idea #2: Food Transformations (What do we call food as it makes its way through the human digestive system?)
Homework: Students are encouraged to spend 20 minutes outside of class using their many resources to make progress on their final (final) Human Digestive system models.
Lesson 3 - Wed, Feb 26 (D) & Thu, Feb 27 (E)
Today in Science: Students had the entire lesson to continue working on their final (final!) models of the human digestive system. A well-completed model should include the following:
- Names of all the structures we listed in our v4.0 model.
- Functions of all the structures we listed in our v4.0 model.
- Big Idea #1: Types of Digestion (mechanical vs. chemical vs. biological)
- Big Idea #2: Food Transformations (What do we call food as it makes its way through the human digestive system?)
Homework: Students are encouraged to spend 20 minutes outside of class using their many resources to make progress on their final (final) Human Digestive system models.
Lesson 4 - Friday, Feb 28
Today in Science: Students had the entire lesson to continue working on their final (final!) models of the human digestive system. They were. also given class time to 1) complete and submit Chapter 3 of their Power Cell Packet, 2) correct their previous answers to Chapter 2 of the Power Cell Packet, and 3) have Dr. M look over their final (final!) Human Digestive System models to make recommendations/corrections.
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Announcements...
The DRIVING QUESTION of our current unit is: What happens to the food we eat?
D period homework collection days: Wednesday & Friday.
E period homework collection days: Tuesday & Thursday.
This week marks the fifth full week of the new Spring Semester.