June 3, 2016

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL BABY!!!!!!!

• Have a great, healthy, fun, active, rewarding, intellectually stimulating, and safe summer y'all !!!!!!!!
• And be GOOD LIL' HUMANS!!!!!!!!!

xoxo,

Ms. TL

Tuesday-Thursday, May 31-June 2, 2016

SCIENCE---


TUESDAY----

• Students reviewed the 3 types of plate boundaries-convergent, divergent and transform!!!
• They watched the following vids to review, also posted in g classroom!

• Plate Boundary Time-Mr. Butt's rap- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qsaVtPOBXM
• Mr. Comerford's rap- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkELENdZukI
• Plate Tectonics Kung Fu- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STDgv0Nsuyg
• They then took a quiz with a partner of their choice!!

WEDNESDAY----we watched and filled out notes on the video "The Eruption of Mt. St. Helens." Notes were delivered in google classroom!

THURSDAY---we erupted student made volcanoes and did a funny cool techie project using BLABBERIZE....delivered via google classroom!!!

Wednesday-Friday, May 25-27, 2016

SCIENCE---

• WEDNESDAY--- 
• We reviewed continental drift, the theory put forth by Alfred Wegener, by going through a review doc in google classroom. Students then took a short quiz on continental drift on a google form!
• THURSDAY---
• We did a simulation showing the different ways tectonic plates move. This doc has been delivered in google classroom!!! It's called SPREADING PLATES!!
• FRIDAY---
• Students plotted EQ that have happened TODAY on a doc delivered in google classroom!!!

Monday & Tuesday, May 22-23, 2016

I AM BACK!!! Thanks for your understanding as I went home in response to the loss of my dear pops!

MONDAY----We are heading down to Denver to go to Young International Towne!

TUESDAY---"Earthquake-The Terrifying Truth video"-Students will be watching a video about earthquakes and filling out a doc while we watch, delivered via g classroom!!

Tuesday-Friday, May 10-13, 2016

SCIENCE----

• TUESDAY-
• We began working on the HIST GEO REVIEW GUIDE which has been delivered via google classroom!
• TEST FRIDAY, May 13!!!!!!
• WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY- block schedule these 2 days so you have science EITHER Wednesday OR Thursday!
• First, we did the GEOLOGIC TIMELINE CONDENSED activity where students took the 4.6 billion years of Earth and shrunk it down into ONE calendar year! The assignment has been delivered via g classroom!
• We went over the answers to the HIST GEO REVIEW GUIDE, and then played a review KAHOOT GAME!!!
• FRIDAY-
• HIST GEO SOCRATIVE TEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday & Monday, May 6 & 9, 2016

SCIENCE-

• We watched part of the video below and took notes on the following sheets!! This theorizes how life, and HUMANS, evolved here on Earth! The vid link has been posted in google classroom too=)
• • http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/mankind-rising/
• Links to note sheet HERE!

Wed. & Thurs. May 4-5, 2016

SCIENCE----

WEDNESDAY----

1. Open the doc in google classroom called "Who's on First INTRO"
2. Watch the following videos and write a definition for index fossil on your google doc.

• What are Fossils?- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rkGu0BItKM
• Fossils- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNQ_gAy84UU
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     3. Watch the following video and write a definition for sedimentary rock on your google doc.

• Sedimentary rock- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NygkD8uATng
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     4. Look at the two pictures below of the Grand Canyon.

• In your group, brainstorm ideas about which layers you think are the oldest. Explain your thoughts on your google doc under the label Grand Canyon.
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5. Watch the video below and write a definition for the Law of Superposition.

•  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zklzOjmz7Wk

6. Watch the following videos to come up with definitions for RELATIVE AGE and ABSOLUTE AGE-

• intro to geologic dating-   http://study.com/academy/lesson/methods-of-geological-dating-numerical-and-relative-dating.html

• absolute age- http://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/greatest-discoveries/videos/100-greatest-discoveries-radiometric-dating/

EXTRA-higher level if interested!!

• relative age vid-Mr. Kish- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiL8WCbhqmg

• Absolute age vid-Mr. Kish-VERY high level
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxEzF_TeUi4

• THURSDAY---

• Activity 1-  Warm-up- we discussed the 6 vocabulary words from yesterday
• index fossil---fossil of an organism, that lived a relatively SHORT TIME, but found in many locations 
• sedimentary rock---formed by sediment that is deposited over time, usually as layers at the bottom of lakes and oceans
• Grand Canyon- the oldest layer is on the bottom and the youngest layer is on the top
• Law of Superposition---stating that in any undisturbed sequence of rocks deposited in layers (sedimentary rock), the youngest layer is on top and the oldest on bottom
• relative age---a rock's age compared to the other rock's around it
• absolute age---the numerical (number) age of a rock since it formed
• Activity 2--- Who's on First
• this assignment was delivered to google classroom
• Students were working with the layering of fossils and the Law of Superposition.
• Set A (for part 1) and Set B (for part 2) cards are shown below.
• IF WE HAVE TIME!!- Activity 3- "Ice Age Death Trap"-PBS video
• Note sheet delivered in g classroom!
• Link to video -http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/ice-age-death-trap.html

Set A

 

Set B
 

Tuesday May 3, 2016

SCIENCE---

• Ms. Arrance came in and did a lesson on digital citizenship!!

April 29 & May 2, Friday & Monday, 2016

SCIENCE---

• Today we worked on the SKULL LAB REVIEW GOOGLE SLIDES ! Students have been assigned a slide and a skull station to review for us and present on Monday!!
• This has been DELIVERED IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM!!

April 26-28, Tuesday-Thursday, 2016

SCIENCE-

1. Link to google doc for your group-https://docs.google.com/a/ggl.summit.k12.co.us/document/d/1P1kin1Ac6SljUoOsYrDhmiEvqIHofi-6RepKAdRuVvg/edit?usp=sharing

Station 10: Timeline--------------

1. Fill in the Age column on your data chart using the following resources.

Link for picture above so you can enlarge it- http://www.theistic-evolution.com/transitional.html

Human Timeline Interactive

3D Skull Interactive

Station 11: Meet the Folks------------

Nick name doc-http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~vaucher/History/Evolution/assets/Allen_Family_portraits.jpg

Human Species Website

Human Family Tree

Friday-Monday, April 22 & 25, 2016

SCIENCE-

• FRIDAY----

IT'S EARTH DAY Y'ALL!!! 

WHAT do YOU DO to HELP THE ENVIRONMENT & MOTHER EARTH?!?!?!

• Warm-up- get into groups of 3 and grab the packet.
• Each group will be working in a group to "discover" fossils as the "days" go by in the simulation activity of a paleontological dig called FOSSIL FIND!
• DIRECTIONS and more for those of you who were absent! 
• Links - 
• Lesson plan- http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/lessons/gr.fs.fd.html
• student sheet-
• https://docs.google.com/a/ggl.summit.k12.co.us/document/d/1h_WAMQCMzj7swPqqzG_6nBd8mHZNfZnXx1dzOEfwNUc/edit?usp=sharing

MONDAY---

1. We finished the FOSSIL FIND Questions and discussed!!
2. We then prepped for the SKULL LAB-
• Warm-up- Google a definiton for HOMINID nad write in the google doc delivered via google classroom!

• Google to find a definition for hominid
• Discuss definitions, comparing responses.

EARLY HOMINID DEVELOPMENT----

2. Fill out the following table by taking ONE note PER VIDEO, on the following topic: EARLY HOMINID DEVELOPMENT (delivered via google clasroom):

• Evolution - Becoming Human (Donald Johanson) slides
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HphLBNGCBNk
• Hominid Evolution: The Early Stages
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08-VODgEKLY
• The rise of bipedalism in early hominids
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWE1yifmRVU
• Facts about Human Evolution
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROwKq3kxPEA#aid=P9EfpfZuVfo
• Skullcast: comparison of hominin skulls
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCCV96DoTa4
• This one shows how they determine the shape of the face (there is no sound):    how its made - forensic facial reconstruction
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GafuXkLFaY

Tuesday-Thursday, April 19-21, 2016

SCIENCE--

TUESDAY- Today we worked on our Evolution Study Guides, which hardcopies were handed out AND delivered in g classroom for those who have been absent!

WEDNESDAY- We played an Evolution REVIEW GAME!!! STUDY STUDY STUDY for the test TOMORROW!!!!!!!

• HW- EVOLUTION TEST THURSDAY, 4/21! STUDY STUDY STUDY!!!

THURSDAY- We took the EVOLUTION TEST TODAY!!!

Friday, April 8, 2016

SCIENCE-

• Today we started a study guide for the evolution unit. This has been delivered via google classroom and hardcopies were also handed out!!!
• ANSWER KEYS will be delivered via g classroom by the end of school WEDNESDAY!!!
• HW- EVOLUTION TEST THURSDAY, APRIL 21!!!!

Monday-Thursday, April 4-7, 2016

SCIENCE-

• Well that's it, the tournament of extinction is DONE!!! Everyone did great and created some very interesting species!!!
• Monday-We read from the textbook about Natural Selection and completed the sheet below (I am chromebook-less for now due to testing!):
• https://docs.google.com/a/ggl.summit.k12.co.us/document/d/1vb_BwI4NdyK6K_pGmXmffO8IwN0kOXvrVvptZbAb4n4/edit?usp=sharing
• Tuesday/Wednesday-We the read from the book about Evidence of Evolution and filled out the attached worksheet:
• https://docs.google.com/a/ggl.summit.k12.co.us/document/d/1tnrtNwWmB_0W7ucoTcxjzgk0y9r4-Hj-OhHvT0u1AuU/edit?usp=sharing
• Wednesday-We then started watching some vids about natural selection and evolution put out by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute:
• link to video collection here: http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/making-fittest

March 31-April 1, 2016 Thursday & Friday

SCIENCE----

GAME ON Y'ALL !!!!!!!!!

• Students walked in to the following playing in the background!!!
• "Rocky"- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I33u_EHLI3w
• "Final Countdown" song- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jK-NcRmVcw
• Eye of the Tiger video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btPJPFnesV4
• I will SURVIVE!!
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYkACVDFmeg

• The time has COME....
• THE TOURNAMENT OF EXTINCTION HAS BEGUN!!!!!!!!
• Stay tuned as we see who has created the BEST SPECIES EVER!!!!!!!!!

March 24-April 1- 2016

SCIENCE--------

• THURSDAY- 3/24
• Students walked in to the following playing in the background!!!
• "Rocky"- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I33u_EHLI3w
• "Final Countdown" song- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jK-NcRmVcw
• Eye of the Tiger video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btPJPFnesV4

• Students received their invitation to the Annual TOURNAMENT OF EXTINCTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to invitation HERE!

• We then watched an introductory movie giving a broad overview of the Tournament of extinction! 

• Students then learned about the criterion and requirements of the tournament. These requirements (and the assignment) have been delivered to each student via google classroom (called Tournament of Ext STUDENT TEMPLATE.

• See a snapshot of requirements below!

• DUE DATE- all species (drawing and student template) need to be finished by THURSDAY, MARCH 31 !!!

• MONDAY-3/28
• Tournament species WORK TIME!!!!! Work on doc/adaptation chart in google classroom!!!!!!!!!

• TUESDAY-3/29
• Tournament species WORK TIME!!!!! Work on doc/adaptation chart in google classroom!!!!!!!!!

• WEDNESDAY- 3/30
• Tournament species WORK TIME!!!!! Work on doc/adaptation chart in google classroom!!!!!!!!!

• THURSDAY 3/31 & FRIDAY 4/1- 
• TOURNAMENT OF EXTINCTION ROUND 1 BEGINS!!

Tournament of Extinction Overview 

(see google classroom for more specifics 

AND to complete your adaptation chart!!!)

For this project you will draw an individual organism of your species and then complete a data table describing your animal’s adaptations and the reasons for those adaptations. Good luck and may nature be ever in your favor!!

You must---

• Have 1-3 adaptations for each category listed below!

• Have a hand drawn, color picture of your creature (insert image into your doc)!

• Be as specific and detailed as possible! If it’s NOT ON YOUR DOC, IT DOESN’T COUNT!!!
• NO magic of any kind! If it ain’t in nature, it ain’t in your species!!
• NO human ANYTHING!
• NO water bear/Tardigrade--- ANYTHING!!!

• link to REQUIREMENTS (view only) ----https://docs.google.com/a/ggl.summit.k12.co.us/document/d/1dDpvTYokUhGQpZChmBVyNfLjApMuUqYfYXdboNcQUGY/edit?usp=sharing

   

Extended Core Origami Google Form

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/155RCULIxPlX2BkylYMqCtFyGq1JK9sHqiYaRQGwciF0/viewform

Friday-Wednesday, March 18, 21, 22, & 23, 2016

SCIENCE---

• Students are working with a homogeneous partner to research the evolution of an animal-
• animal choices- peppered moth, pocket mouse, whales, stickleback
• Students have been delivered an assignment outlining requirements
• FINAL PRODUCT- a google slides that they will present WEDNESDAY MARCH 23 !!!!
• Link to VIEW ONLY doc-
• https://docs.google.com/a/ggl.summit.k12.co.us/document/d/1TrtUzKfHTYBGEBCCPRUasAU0jBRweJoH-3hLKpIYHNY/edit?usp=sharing
• Link to VIEW ONLY rubric that will be used to grade their google slides prez!!
• https://docs.google.com/a/ggl.summit.k12.co.us/document/d/1ISN4goMrF-jlhogYkpJPT9uO-sSiinAsWhw3cXGY7LA/edit?usp=sharing
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Thursday, March 17, 2016

• Warm-up- meet in GRAYS LAB!!!
• We first filled out our March Mammal Madness brackets, on paper!!
• We did a bunny/wolf natural selection simulation today. 
• Students filled out a google doc, which has been sent to google classroom to accompany the simulation!
• Link to simulation below-
• https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/natural-selection

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

SCIENCE-----

Evolution, Natural Selection & Adaptations Intro-

1. Students worked on an assignment in google classroom called EVOLUTION INTRO RESEARCH and should have TURNED IN this assignment by the end of class!

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

SCIENCE----

• Today students watched some videos and filled out a doc about ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS, both delivered in google classroom!!!

March 14, 2016 - MONDAY

SCIENCE---

• Students watched a Bill Nye: Evolution video and took notes on a doc delivered in google classroom!!

FRIDAY-March 11, 2016

SCIENCE----

• Students took the google form nervous system test today which is posted to google classroom! They were able to use the following for the test: 
• thinking caps 
• one notecard (front and back), that they created!!!

Thursday, March 10, 2016

SCIENCE----

• Students worked on the following today in order to review for the NERVOUS SYSTEM TEST, which is FRIDAY MARCH 11 !!!
• Nervous system review guide delivered in google classroom
• a notecard, that contains important content from the review guide that you can use during the test Friday!!

Tues. & Wed., March 8-9, 2016

SCIENCE--

• TUESDAY---Students worked on a collaborative google slide presentation, reviewing the nervous system stations we worked on for 3 days. 
• This assignment w/directions and links has been sent via google classroom!
• WEDNESDAY- Students presented their slide to the class!!
• HW- NERVOUS SYSTEM TEST FRIDAY, 3/11 !!!!!! Make sure these items are DONE by Friday:
• thinking cap
• review guide delivered in google classroom
• one notecard, front and back, loaded with facts 

Friday & Monday, March 4 & 7, 2016

SCIENCE-

• We did the second and final day of the nervous system stations! The student doc and directions have been delivered via google classroom.

• FYI PARENTS----This is a partner activity so ONE DOC will be TURNED IN at the end of the stations!!

Thursday, March 3, 2016

SCIENCE-

• Priorities for today-
• register online for 8th grade (purple registration sheet due today!)
• make sure you have 1-12 & 15 done on ADAM NERVOUS SYSTEM delivered in google classroom
• TURN IN ADAM NERVOUS SYSTEM once you have finished with #1-12 & #15)
• lastly, students went back to the brain games website 
• http://braingames.nationalgeographic.com/#/landing
• finish and TURN IN DOC 1 in google classroom
• finish and TURN IN DOC 2 in google classroom (if possible)

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

SCIENCE-

• We did ADAM: the Nervous System!
• ADAM Nervous System has been delivered via google classroom!!
• ALL PURPLE REGISTRATION FORMS ARE DUE TOMORROW, 3/3!!!!!!
  
  

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

SCIENCE----

• We started nervous system stations today! The student doc and directions have been delivered via google classroom.

• FYI PARENTS----This is a partner activity so ONE DOC will be TURNED IN at the end of the stations!!