Mrs. Salvi Agenda for December 10, 2014

Science 7:• Objective: Name some nonvascular plants and list the characteristics

that they share. Name some seedless vascualr plants and list the characteristics that they share.

• Engage: How do vascular plants differ from nonvascular plants? (Formative Assessment)

• Explore: Lab Zone Discover Activity - Will moss absorb water? pg 256• Explain: mosses, liverworts, hornwarts, rhizoids, ferns, fronds, • http://www.powershow.com/view/11bb4c-MjgwO/

Seedless_Plants_powerpoint_ppt_presentation• Elaborate: Seedless Plants Graphic Organizer• Evaluate: Guided Reading and Study - Plants without seeds (Summative

Assessment)

Mrs. Salvi Agenda for December 10, 2014

Science 6:• Objective: The student understands the role of DNA, chromosomes,

and genes in heredity.• Engage: Question of the day? why does asexual reproduction produce

offspring with identical DNA? (Formative Assessment)• Explore: DNA on Chromosomes - DE Streaming• Explain: Chromosomes contain instructions that control traits of an

organism. Each organism has a certain number and kind of chromosomes in each of its cells. The DNA of a chromosome forms genes.

• Elaborate: How is DNA Put Together? Standards-Based Investigations Science Labs page 73-74

• Evaluate: How is DNA Put Together Activity (Formative Assessment)

Mrs. Salvi Agenda for December 10,2014

Science 5:• Objective: The student understands patterns of interdependency in

ecological systems.• Engage: Question of the Day? Where do you get energy and what do you

need it for? (Formative assessment)• Explore: Good Buddies Game• Explain: A food chain shows one possible path along which energy can be

transferred through an ecosystem. One species of an ecosystem can be part of more than one food chain. Food web = many food chains overlapping.

• Elaborate: How much energy is transferred at each trophic level? Energy Pyramid

• Evaluate: SMART Exchange - Trophic Levels and Energy Transfer (Formative assessment)

Mrs. Salvi Agenda for December 10, 2014

Science 8:• Objective: Students will build a structure that will hold the most

mass in pennies. • Engage: Structure video - DE Streaming (introduction and tension)• Explore: Junk Box Wars materials• Explain: Structures are built to withstand several different types of

forces including pension, compression, shear force, and torsion.• Elaborate: Teams will work collaboratively to construct their

structure• Evaluate: Students will work together to put forth their best

design to meet the requirements of the challenge

Mrs. SalviAgenda for December 10, 2014

Science 4• Objective: Students will describe successional changes in an

ecosystem and the factors that affect these changes. Students will relate species diversity to successional habitat changes.

• Engage: Ecological Succession - DE Streaming• Explore: Time Lapse - Project Wild Activity - pgs 158-165• Explain: https://www.google.com/?

gws_rd=ssl#q=time+lapse+ecological+succession+activity• Elaborate: Time Lapse Activity • Evaluate: Time Lapse Activity (Summative Assessment)