Lesson 1 - Monday, Mar 23
Today in science: At the start to today’s lesson it was determined that the model villi (naked eggs) were not yet ready for experimentation. Students had the chance to see and feel the dissolving shells, but it was clear they needed one more day before having had all of their shells removed by the white vinegar. This gave students the chance to finish setting up their science notebooks for INV#8 (Eggcellent Villi) and map out the chemical reaction that is removing the egg shell from the egg to expose the membrane.
Any classes yet to finish making their final entries on the Digestive System Review Table were also asked to do so.
Homework: Students should be preparing for the end-of-week quiz on the Human Digestive System.
Lesson 2 - Tuesday, Mar 24
Today in science: At the start of the lesson, Dr. M collected the handout that guided last week’s INV#7 (Digestion in a Bag!) for checking. Students then weighed their model villi (naked eggs) and placed them in different solutions–salt, sugar, distilled water, colored water–for the next 24-48 hours.
Homework: Students should be preparing for the end-of-week quiz on the Human Digestive System.
Lesson 3 - Wed, Mar 25 (C, D) & Thu, Mar 26 (E)
Today in science: Students collected their results of INV#8 (Eggcellent Villi), which meant removing their model villi (naked eggs) from their different solutions (salt, sugar, distilled water, colored water) and recording both quantitative (mass?) and qualitative (touch? sight? smell?) observations, but also showing the results of the past 24-28 hours in both pictorial and written forms. To guide this part of the investigation students recorded their work in teams on a large piece of A3 paper.
Homework: Students should be preparing for the end-of-week quiz on the Human Digestive System.
Lesson 4 - Friday, Mar 27
Today in science: Students took the Digestive System quiz today, which took much of the lesson. It has been decided, however, that many parts of this quiz will likely be counted as a Learning Check (which will be listed as Classwork in Veracross) rather than–as planned–as a Summative assessment. This will allow students to continue learning some of the more difficult concepts and retake parts of the quiz in a future school week.
Homework: As per the TASIS MS school homework policy, there is no science homework due on Monday we return from the two-week Spring Holiday.
Announcements...
The UNIT 6.5 (Human Digestion) Driving Question is: What happens to the substances we routinely put into our body?
C & D period homework collection days: Wednesday & Friday.
E period homework collection days: Tuesday & Thursday.
KWoW - there is no KWoW this week.