Lesson 1 - Monday, Mar 17 (No School - PT Conferences)
Today in science: —
Homework: —
Lesson 2 - Tue, Mar 18 (B, C) & Wed, Mar 19 (H)
Today in science: The best way for students to follow the plant-related work we did in today’s class is to refer to Dr. Merritt’s WFP Development Log, which lists the this lesson’s activities and expectations. Students are also reminded to keep up with their daily/weekly WFP Growth Log. If you need to compare your log with Dr. Merritt’s example, please remember you have full access to his WFP Growth Log document.
Homework: Study for Friday’s Flower Structures & Functions quiz. Study resources can be found in the Google Science Classroom
Lesson 3 - Wed, Mar 19 (B, C) & Thu, Mar 20 (H)
Today in science: Students performed a Pop Flower Dissection today as Dr. M found a large population of European daisies in his front yard. In this investigation, students were asked to identify the parts of a flower found on a daisy, which proved more challenging that we anticipated as daisies are pretty good at hiding their male and female reproductive structures within different parts of the flower. To aid students during their dissection, Dr. M created a Teacher Version containing lots of supporting photos, illustrations, and labelled diagrams.
Homework: Study for Friday’s Flower Structures & Functions quiz. Study resources can be found in the Google Science Classroom
Lesson 4 - Thu, Mar 20 (B - Cancelled) & Fri, Mar 21 (C, H)
Today in science: C & H period students completed the Flower Structures & Functions quiz (since B period was cancelled due to the HS Musical preview, they will complete the quiz on Tuesday, 25 March). Students were given time to work on any (or all) of the following assignments, which will soon be graded as “Key Assignments”…
1. WFP Development Log entry – Day 1 (Assignment focus: Seed Dissection)
2. WFP Development Log entry – Day 7 or Day 8, students can choose which one (Assignment focus: Leaves & Flower Buds)
3. WFP Development Log entry – Day 19/20 (Assignment focus: Flowers)
To help students better understand the teacher’s (extremely high!) expectations for all three of these Key Assignments, Dr. M has created a special “WFP Development Log – Entry Expectations” handout for students to use.
The deadline for all three entries, which will be submitted both digitally AND on paper, is FRIDAY, 28 MARCH.
Homework: —
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The DRIVING QUESTION of our current unit is: Where does food come from?
C & H period homework collection days: Wednesday & Friday.
B period homework collection days: Tuesday & Thursday.
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