Warm-Up: August 5

On your desk is a sheet of paper labeled Science Simile, complete the sentence using your past science class experiences.

Warm-Up: August 6

Read: Scientific Method Science Safety Rules

Using the yellow highlighter, determine what safety rules were broken.

Head your paper using the following format….

Student Name______________________________________________ Teacher’s Name_____________________________________________ Name of class and/or period___________________________________ Date:______________________________________________________ Skip 1 line and then Title_____________________________________ _ The Scientific Method________________________________________

Copy Agenda. Take out a blank sheet of paper.

Warm-Up: 08/09

Place these 5 steps of the scientific method in the correct order.

HypothesizeAsk a Question

ConcludeExperiment

Analyze your Data

Warm-Up: 08/09

Warm-Up: August 10th Copy Agenda - Homework! On Response Page (in the first box),

1. What is the key word from my blog?

2. Classify the following terms into 2 categories.

Rock Pine Tree Rainfall Rose bush

Owl Water Ant Temperature

Soil Fungus Sunlight Mushroom

Warm-Up: August 11th Turn in Pollution Solution . (look for your

bin) On Response Page (box #2), identify the

biotic and abiotic factors in this picture:

Look closely!

Warm-Up: August 12th

Did you copy your Agenda? Turn in Relationships Assignment. Take out a blank sheet of paper and

number it 1 through 5. Clear all other items off you desk except a pen/pencil.

What do you know? Commensalism Parasitism Mutualism Competition

1. A group of trees trying to absorb sunlight.

What do you know? Commensalism Parasitism Mutualism Competition

2. Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. The whales do not benefit and are not harmed.

What do you know? Commensalism Parasitism Mutualism Competition

3. Bacteria living inside of a cows intestines to help break down cellulose.

What do you know? Commensalism Parasitism Mutualism Competition

4. A tick living off the blood of a dog.

What do you know? Commensalism Parasitism Mutualism Competition

5. Oxpeckers feed on ticks found on a rhinocerous. Both species benefit.

Warm-Up: August 13th

Did you copy your Agenda? Turn in Relationships Assignment. On Response Page,

1. Write commensalism, mutualism, and parasitism, then draw faces to represent their meaning.

2. Give an example of competition.