Lesson 1 - Monday, Mar 10
Today in science: Dr. M returned students’ science notebooks to them with a graded assignment in it: “Uses of Nutrients,” ES8, pp. 8-9 (1-11). He used this opportunity to show students how there were two Key Questions (KQs) in this assignment, questions 1 & 9, which were each given 10-point scores. Should they wish to, students now have two days to revise/redo these two KQs; revisions are due in the Revision inbox by the end of the school day on Wednesday.
Dr. M also made sure students know about this Friday’s Human Digestive System unit test, which will have two parts: on one part students will be allowed to use their final models but on the other part they will not be able to use this resource. We will devote the last 10-15 minutes of each of the next two lessons to reviewing/preparing for the test.
Homework: Students should be considering two homework tasks: 1) Review for Friday’s Human Digestive System unit test, and 2) Use the new Feedback Portal to revise answers to Key Question #’s 1 and/or 9 from the “Uses of Nutrients” assignment.
Lesson 2 - Tuesday, Mar 11
Today in science: The focus of today is INV #7 – Noticing an Acid. In this investigation, students were given a small sample of citric acid in its solid, crystalline form and asked to take it though a 5-senses observation protocol. For their ‘Sight’ observations, in addition to using their unaided eyes, students were also asked to use a stereo microscope (20x, 40x). At the end of the investigation, students were asked to answer the question: What do you think citric acid made of/from?
Homework: Students should be considering two homework tasks: 1) Review for Friday’s Human Digestive System unit test, and 2) Use the new Feedback Portal to revise answers to Key Question #’s 1 and/or 9 from the “Uses of Nutrients” assignment.
Lesson 3 - Wed, Mar 12 (D) & Thu, Mar 13 (E)
Today in science: The focus of today is INV #8 – Noticing an Alkali. In this investigation, students were given a small sample of baking soda (bicarbonato) in its solid, powder form and asked to take it though a 5-senses observation protocol. For their ‘Sight’ observations, in addition to using their unaided eyes, students were also asked to use a stereo microscope (20x, 40x). At the end of the investigation, students were asked to answer the question: What do you think baking soda made of/from?
Homework: Students should continue reviewing for Friday’s Human Digestive System unit test.
Lesson 4 - Friday, Mar 14
Today in science: Students had the entire lesson to complete the four parts of the Human Digestion Unit test. When finished, students were asked to free write a paragraph (not to be graded!) on the back of one of their test papers–without using their final (final) model–that answers our Driving Question: What happens to the food we eat?
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The DRIVING QUESTION of our current unit is: What happens when we put an acid and an alkali into our mouth?
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