Science with Ms. Holmstedt
CW = Classwork HW = Homework PRJ = Project Q = Quiz T = Test
6th Grade Science
Trimester #3 Resources REMIND: Narwhal#6 CODE: GOOGLE CLASSROOM CODE: Week #31: 4/27 - 5/1
The Earth's Atmosphere Layers of the Atmosphere and its Composition Week #31: 4/20 - 4/24 Earth's Systems Portfolio Earth's 5 systems, water cycle, Russian River Week #30: 4/13 - 17 Week #29: 4/6 - 4/10
(all found in google classroom) Zoom meeting on Wed (4/8) Baking your Sourdough Bread! (the_science_of_baking.pdf) Week #28: 3/30 - 4/3 Ms. Holmstedt's video tutorial here HW: Muscular System Poster, due 4/2 Challenge: Sourdough Starter! Week #27: 3/23 - 3/27 NONE Week #27: 3/23 - 3/27 NONE Week #26: 3/9 - 3/13 3/9 Digestive System 3/10 Nutrients into the bloodstream 3/12 Steelhead Buddies Week #25: 3/2 - 3/6 3/2
Week #24: 2/24-2/28 _________________________________________ Start of Tri#2 Week #23: 2/17 - 2/21 2/17- No School (President's Day) 2/18 The Heart
2/20 The Circulatory System (CW)
Week #23: 2/10 - 2/14 2/10 - No School 2/11 (CW)
2/13
Week #22: 2/3 - 2/7
Week #21: 1/27 - 1/31
Week #20: 1/20 - 1/24 1/20 No School (MLK Jr Day) 1/21 Intro: Human Systems Interactions
1/23
Week #19: 1/13 - 1/17 1/13
1/14
1/16
Link to all Trimester #2 notes HERE! Week #18: 1/6 - 1/10 1/6
1/7
Week #17: 12/16-12/20 12/16 Nocturnal & Diurnal Article (CW) Single Gene in Soay Sheep (HW) Potato-Animal Dating Ad (CW) Potato-animal Building(CW) 12/17 FINISH building Potato-Animals (CW) Write Scripts for green screen prj (CW) Wrap up loose ends for potato-animal project 12/19 Record w/green screen and scripts (CW) Begin summary and reflection (CW) Week #16: 12/9 - 12/13 12/9
12/10
Week #15: 12/2 - 12/6 12/2
12/5 Finish Alien Genetics Project (CW) Harry Potter Genetics (HW, due: 12/9) Thanksgiving Break 11/25 - 11/29 Week #14: 11/18 - 11/22 11/18 Punnet Square Quiz (Q) Trimester #2 goals (CW) 11/19 Genetics with a Smile Lab (CW) Highlight genetics vocabulary words in our science notebook SpongeBob Genetics (HW, due 11/21) 11/21 Go over: SpongeBob homework View: Dogs Decoded Video (CW) Dogs Decoded worksheet here (CW, HW) Week #13: 11/11 - 11/15 11/11 - No School (Veteran's Day) 11/12 Review Plant Behaviors & Structures (CW) Discuss Plant Dissection (CW) Parts of a Flower (Q) Bio Notes: Gregor Mendel CW) Intro: Punnet Squares (CW) ISN Vocabulary: Dominant, Recessive (CW) Punnet Square Practice, due 11/14 (HW) 11/14 Class Inventory of Traits (CW) Inventory of Traits Graph, due 11/18 (HW) _____________________________________________ START of Tri #1... Week #1: 8/14 - 8/16/19 Supply List Class Syllabus (HW) Classroom Procedures (CW) Link to the Newt development (time lapse video) Week #2: 8/19 - 8/23 Electronics Agreement (CW, HR only) Interactive Science Notebook Set-up (CW) Google Account Info. (CW, HR only) Focus 5 (observation deck, tableau) (CW) Lab Roles & Responsibilities (CW) Week #3: 8/26 - 8/30 8/26 Mini Measurement Lab (CW) 8/27 Lab Equipment (CW) 8/27 Lab Safety (CW, Q) 8/27-8/29 Microscope Practice Lab (CW) 8/27 Microscope Labeled Diagram (CW) 8/29 Living vs. Nonliving Things (CW) Week #4: 9/2 - 9/6 9/3 Order of Life (CW) 9/3 Bill Nye Video: Cells (CW) 9/5 Cheek Cell Lab, due: 9/10 (CW & HW) *BTSN, short day on 9/5 Week #5: 9/9 - 9/13 9/9 Go over cheek cell lab Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic Cells (CW) Cell notes (prokaryotes, eukaryotes) Color an animal cell (HW), due 9/10 9/10 Cell Organelle Chart (CW) Onion & Elodea Cell Lab (CW, HW) Due 9/12 9/12 Go over Onion & Elodea cell lab & collect Cell City Analogy (CW) Week #6: 9/16 - 9/20 9/16 6B- Organelles as cartoons! (CW) 6A - Arts Integration lesson w/Mr. Mac 9/17 6B Mitochondria math activity Arts Integration lesson w/Mr. Mac Organelles as cartoons (HW)due 9/19 6A Mitochondria math activity ATP demonstration Organelles as cartoons, (HW) due 9/19 9/19 Color a plant Cell (CW, HW) Cell Model Project (HW, PRJ) Cell Model Grading Rubric due: 10/7 Week #7: 9/23 - 9/27 9/24 ATP demonstration Is that a plant or an animal cell? (lab) Table of Contents thus far... Mighty Mitochondria Math 9/26 Cell Project Proposal (CW) Cell Membrane video Cell Wall video Week #8: 10/2 - 10/6 (Parent-Teacher Conference Week) 9/30 10/1 Score ISN (peer rubrics) Work on AI cell project (Quilling) Week #9: 10/7 - 10/11 10/7 Cell Model Presentations Cell Review (Q) 10/8 Cell Model Presentations, Gallery Walk 10/10 Finish Quilling Art Assignment Week #10: 10/14 - 10/18 10/14 Intro to Cell Division (Mitosis) 10/15 Mitosis Vocabulary/Notes 10/17 Diagramming the Cell Cycle (Mitosis) Week #11: 10/21 - 10/25 10/21 Sexual vs Asexual Reproduction (CW) A Million Dollars... (intro to bacteria) 10/22 Organization of a Bacteria Cell (CW) Bacteria Cell Structures & Functions (CW) Bacteria and Cell Phones video (CW) Bacteria Reproducing video (CW) Sexual vs Asexual Reproduction(CW) 10/24 2-day Bacteria Observations (CW) Evolution of life (tree), Notes (CW) Week #12: 10/28 - 11/1 No School this Week (fire/smoke closures) Week #13: 11/4 - 11/8 11/4 13-day Bacteria Observations (CW) Reflection question: "What evidence is there that bacteria are living organisms?" (CW) 11/5 Dissection Safety Reminders Plant Diagram (& notes) Flower Diagram (& notes) Diagramming how fruit grows (focus on pollination) 11/7 Flower Dissection Lab Lab turned in or brought home to finish for homework. END of Tri #1 __________________________________________ |
7th Grade Science
Trimester #3 Resources REMIND: Narwhal#7 CODE: GOOGLE CLASSROOM CODE: Week #31: 4/27 - 5/1
Creating our science portfolio to capture the last two units of the school year. Natural Hazards Engineering around "Mother Nature" Week #31: 4/20 - 4/24 Edpuzzle - short video on natural hazards Flipgrid - have you been in a natural hazard? Week #30: 4/13 - 17 Volcano Research Project (slideshow) Week #29: 4/6 - 4/10
(all found in google classroom)
Baking your Sourdough Bread! (the_science_of_baking.pdf) Week #28: 3/30 - 4/3 Ms. Holmstedt's video tutorial TBD HW: Earthquake Graphing Assignment, due 4/3 Challenge: Sourdough Starter! Week #27: 3/23 - 3/27 NONE Week #26: 3/9 - 3/13 3/9 3/11 3/13 Continental Drift
3/2
3/4
Week #24: 2/24-2/28 _________________________________________ Start of Tri#2 Week #23: 2/17 - 2/21 2/17- No School (President's Day) 2/19 Predator-Prey Relationships (CW)
2/21
Week #23: 2/10 - 2/14 2/10 - No School 2/12 (CW)
2/14
Week #21: 1/27 - 1/31
Week #20: 1/20 - 1/24 1/20 No School (MLK Jr Day) 1/22 Earth's Cycles
1/24 Earth's Cycles
Week #19: 1/13 - 1/17 1/13
1/15
Link to all Trimester #2 notes HERE! Week #18: 1/6 - 1/10 1/6
1/8
1/10
Week #17: 12/16-12/20 12/16 Build 3-chamber ecosystems (bottles and labels only) 12/18 Build out our 3-chamber ecosystems: Aquatic, Decomposition, Terrestrial (CW) Research the species (and needs) of our fish and aquatic plants (HW) 12/20 3-chamber observations, discussion (CW) Week #16: 12/9 - 12/13 12/9
12/13
Week #15: 12/2 - 12/6 12/2
12/4
(Intro to Trophic Levels ) Thanksgiving Break 11/25 - 11/29 Week #14: 11/18 - 11/22 11/18 pH Scale What is an Ion? (CW) Trimester #2 goals (CW) Periodic Table Sheet (HW): -pg 1 -pg 2 11/20 Review Chemistry Unit (CW) Prepared 5x7 note card to use on test (HW) 11/22 Chemistry Unit Test (T) Intro: Photosynthesis Week #13: 11/11 - 11/15 11/11 - No School (Veteran's Day) 11/13 Bioluminescence kayaking video Biolum. DEMO here (coming soon) Assignment 1 (CW- teacher) Assignment 2 (CW- student) Vocabulary: Oxidation, biolumenescence, chemilumenescence Demo: Glow Stick Cool Light Questions (CW) 11/15 Endothermic & Exothermic Reactions Notes & Video (CW) pH Scale, lab notes & mini lab (CW) Bonding w/Diagrams, notes (CW) Mighty Molecule Building, due 11/18 (HW) ____________________________________________ START of Tri #1... Week #1: 8/14 - 8/8/16 Supply List Classroom Procedures (CW) Link to the Newt development (time lapse video) Week #2: 8/19 - 8/23 Class Syllabus (HW) Interactive Science Notebook Set-up (CW) Google Account Info. (CW) Focus 5 (observation deck) info. (CW) Lab Safety (CW, Q) Lab Roles & Responsibilities (CW) Mini Measurement Lab (CW) Week #3: 8/26 - 8/30 8/26 Lab Equipment (CW) 8/26 Mini Measurement Lab (CW/HW) 8/28 Coloring our Periodic Table (CW) 8/30 Periodic Table Chart (CW) 8/30 How to Read the Periodic Table (CW, notes) 8/30 Diagramming Atoms (lab) 8/30 Finding Neutrons chart (CW) Week #4: 9/2 - 9/6 9/4 Diagramming Atoms (Art, CW) 9/4 Physical Science Textbook Pg #: 138 - 143 9/6 Periodic Table "Packet #1"(CW) 9/6 Atom's Family Math Challenge (HW) 9/6 Periodic Table Song Week #5: 9/9 - 9/13 9/9 Notes: Pg 3-5 Atomic Math Challenge (HW) 9/9 Periodic Table Practice, due 9/11 (HW) 9/9 Parts of an Atom (Q) 9/11 Atoms Family Album (CW) 9/11 Sell and Element Project, due: 9/16 9/11 Periodic Table BINGO 9/13 Sell and Element preparations (CW) Week #6: 9/16 - 9/20 9/16 Sell and Element Presentations (CW) How many words can you spell using the symbols in the periodic table? (HW) 9/18 Sell and Element Presentations (CW) 9/20 Eggceptional Atoms (lab activity) Week #7: 9/23 - 9/27 9/23 Intro to matter 9/25 Density Demo (CW) D=M / V pyramid (CW) Density of a tootsie roll lab (lab, CW) Calculating Density Coloring page (HW) Math page here Table of Contents thus far... 9/27 Using physical properties of matter to classify substances (CW) Week #8: 10/2 - 10/6 (Parent-Teacher Conference Week) 9/30 Fix Density formula pyramid 10/2 Score ISN (peer rubrics) Practice Density Problems Collect Density Lab Questions Week #9: 10/7 - 10/11 10/7 Baking Soda + Vinegar Reaction (CW) Intro to Conservation of Mass (CW) 10/9 Conservation on Mass Claim, evidence, reasoning w/fire (CW) Common Molecular Compounds (HW, due: 10/14) The Birth of Chemical Formulas & Equations (HW, due: 10/14) 10/11 (no class, ArtWalk) Week #10: 10/14 - 10/18 10/14 Counting Atoms Review 10/16 Invisible Ink lab Balancing Equations worksheet (HW) 10/18 Chemical Reactions Lab Hand back graded work Week #11: 10/21 - 10/25 10/21 Check current grade Background on flour (video)... What are yeast? 10/23 Make bread, notes while demonstrated (CW) 10/25 Eat bread :) Chemistry of bread (notes) Week #12: 10/28 - 11/1 No School this Week (fire/smoke closures) Week #13: 11/4 - 11/8 11/4 Revisit evidence for a chemical reaction What is fire? (video here) Science of a Wildfire 11/6 Mystery Cookie Recipe Lab 11/8 Finish Mystery Cookie Recipe Lab Lab Report/Questions Collect all related to Cookie Recipe Lab END of Tri #1... __________________________________________ |
8th Grade Science
Trimester #3 Resources REMIND: Narwhal#8 CODE: GOOGLE CLASSROOM CODE: Week #31: 4/27 - 5/1
Creating our science portfolio to capture the last two units of the school year. Summarizing Newton's Laws Intro to Energy Week #31: 4/20 - 4/24 Newton's 3rd Law of Motion Building a rocket to study the 3rd law Week #30: 4/13 - 17 Newton's 2nd Law of Motion F=MxA problems Week #29: 4/6 - 4/10
(all found in google classroom) Zoom meeting on Wed (4/8) 2:30-3:00 Baking your Sourdough Bread! (the_science_of_baking.pdf) Week #28: 3/30 - 4/3 Ms. Holmstedt's video tutorial TBD HW: Physics Assignment, due 4/2 Challenge: Sourdough Starter! Week #27: 3/23 - 3/27 NONE Week #26: 3/9 - 3/13 3/9
3/12 Newton's 1st Law Week #25: 3/2 - 3/6 3/2
3/5 Week #24: 2/24-2/28 _________________________________________ Start of Tri#2 Week #23: 2/17 - 2/21 2/17- No School (President's Day) 2/18 Human Population Growth
2/20 Week #23: 2/10 - 2/14 2/10 - No School 2/11 (CW)
2/13
Week #21: 1/27 - 1/31
Week #20: 1/20 - 1/24 1/20 No School (MLK Jr Day) 1/21 Eclipses
1/23 Earth-Sun Relationships
Week #19: 1/13 - 1/17 1/13
1/14 The Moon (Basics)
1/16 The moon's tidal influence
Please email Ms. H. ([email protected]) for all Trimester #2 notes. Week #18: 1/6 - 1/10 1/6
Week #17: 12/16-12/20 12/16 "Grade Maintenance" Fossil Presentations Geologic Research Papers & Brochures 12/17
12/19
Week #16: 12/9 - 12/13 12/9
12/12
Week #15: 12/2 - 12/6 12/2
12/3
12/5 Thanksgiving Break 11/25 - 11/29 Week #14: 11/18 - 11/22 11/18 Trimester #2 goals (CW) Wrap up Fossil Blurb Assignment Fossil Quiz (open-notes) Hand out time scale image (paste in ISN) 11/19 Relative vs. Absolute Dating (CW) Carbon Dating Notes (CW) Geologic Time Scale Brochure & Cover Page (CW,HW) 11/21 Radioactive Isotope Lab (Carbon Dating) GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE PROJECT DUE Time Scale Presentations Week #13: 11/11 - 11/15 11/11 - No School (Veteran's Day) 11/12 Geologic Time Assignment (Prj) Intro:Aging Rock (relative vs absolute) Snicker's (rock layers) Lab Animal description from your time period, due 11/14 (HW) 11/14 Notes on Fossils (CW) Create a fossil replica w/a blurb from your geologic time period (CW) _________________________________________ START of Tri #1... Week #1: 8/14 - 8/8/16 Supply List Class Syllabus (HW) Classroom Procedures (CW) Week #2: 8/19 - 8/23 8/21 Interactive Science Notebook Set-up (CW) 8/21-8/23 Google Account Info. (CW) Focus 5 (observation deck) info. (CW) 8/23 Lab Roles & Responsibilities (CW) 8/23 Mini Measurement Lab (CW) Week #3: 8/26 - 8/30 8/27 Lab Safety (CW, Q) 8/27 Lab Equipment (CW) Intro to DNA (CW) Candy DNA Lab (CW) Week #4: 9/2 - 9/6 9/3 Review: Punnet Squares & Genetics Review 9/5 Human DNA in Mice article *9/5 Youth Exploring Sonoma Coast Program here! Week #5: 9/9 - 9/13 9/10 Strawberry DNA Lab (CW, HW), due: 9/12 9/12 9/10 Protein Synthesis Notes Video #1 Video #2 Week #6: 9/16 - 9/20 9/16 Proteins and Enzymes (Lab) 9/17 Protein Synthesis Diagramming (CW) Protein Synthesis Worksheet (CW) 9/19 Protein Synthesis & DNA quiz Intro to Mutations (CW, HW) Notes on mutations cont. A Mutation Story video (CW) Notes to mutation story here Week #7: 9/23 - 9/27 9/24 Classifying organisms (CW) Candy Bowl Predation (lab, CW) Candy bowl predation cont. Charles Darwin timelines (HW), due 9/26 Table of Contents thus far... Week #7: 10/2 - 10/6 (Parent-Teacher Conference Week) 9/30 10/1 Score ISN (peer rubrics) Botany of Desire Permission Slipvideopermissionslip__botany_of_desire_.doc 10/3 Animal Characteristics Week #8: 10/7 - 10/11 10/7 GMO fact or fiction (slideshow) 10/8 Botany of Desire, session 1 10/10 Botany of Desire, session 2 Botany of Desire Reflection Page Week #9: 10/14 - 10/18 10/14 Wrap up Botany of Desire (discussion) Kickoff: GMO Assignment (CW) 10/15 GMO Assignment *Perspectives Chart (CW, HW) 10/17 Golden Rice Article (HW) Golden Rice 1-pager (HW) Week #11: 10/21 - 10/25 10/21 GMO Perspectives (Part 2) 6- GMO scenarios Prepare for GMO debate 10/22 GMO Debate How would Charles Darwin feel/view GMOs? Lamarck vs Darwin (CW) *Giraffes, *Peppered Moth 10/24 Bird Beak Lab Lab questions due: 10/28 (HW) Week #12: 10/28 - 11/1 No School this Week (fire/smoke closures) Week #13: 11/4 - 11/8 11/4 Hand back papers, get lab prep'd 11/5 Finish Bird Bead Lab 11/7 Darwin's Finches (video) Bird Beak research assignment Go over results from the Bird Beak Lab END OF TRI #1... _______________________________________ |