Engineering Project: Tower & Chain
CW: Completed Tower of Power and Chain of Chance.
DN: Clear tables and place all items under the table.
Reminders: Notebook check tomorrow.
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CW: Completed Tower of Power and Chain of Chance.
DN: Clear tables and place all items under the table.
Reminders: Notebook check tomorrow (Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, & Link 4). So finish your paragraph summaries and margin questions.
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now by answering the question.
5min Distribution of materials (10 index cards) and pairing of students for activity.
5min Tower of Power & Chain of Chance Instructions. Teacher goes over instructions, limitations, and requirements for engineering challenges.
15min Tower of Power & Chain of Chance Build Time. Students make [1] a stable tower that can hold up a small book and [2] a chain that can hold a single dice at the end using only 10 index cards. No glue or tape allowed. Cards can be cut, folded, twisted, etc.
10min Testing Time. Each tower and chain are tested and measured. Tallest tower that can support the book and longest chain that holds the dice win. (Tables are pounded for five seconds to test tower’s stability. Chains are flicked to test their strength.)
5min Prizes are awarded to winners and most creative design.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Biodiversity: More Calculations
CW: Completed CER on Bananas.
DN: Read the article on Bananas.
Reminders: Don’t forget to bring your paper animals and/or flower models
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CW: Completed Easy Biodiversity Calculations & Potatoes CER (Practice).
DN: Why are farms always in danger from diseases and pests?
Reminders: Make sure your notebook is up to date.
RESOURCES
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now.
5min Add paper cutouts to trays.
15min Biodiversity Calculations. Students calculate the biodiversity of two trays and record their findings on the handout. Students can also use Easy Biodiversity Calculations spreadsheet (via Google Classroom) to check their findings.
10min CER Practice. (A = Peru; B = 100s of different potatoes; and C = One disease destroyed all potato farms)
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Biodiversity: CER
CW: Completed CER on Bananas.
DN: Read the article on Bananas.
Reminders: Don’t forget to bring your paper animals and/or flower models
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CW: Completed CER on Bananas.
DN: Read the article on Bananas.
Reminders: Don’t forget to bring your paper animals and/or flower models.
RESOURCES
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now by answering the question.
10min Class read the and annotate Bananas Article (technically and edited excerpt from Never out of Season).
5min Watch Banana Videos.
5min> Students write the outline for the Claim using the ABC method.
5min> Students convert Claim outline into a full sentence. Students share claims.
5min> Students write outline for Evidence and find supporting text using the ABC method.
5min> Students convert Evidence outline into a full sentence. Students share evidence.
5min> Students write the outline for the Reasoning using the ABC method.
5min> Students convert Reasoning outline into a full sentence. Students share reasoning.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Biodiversity: Practice Problems
HW: Finish Biodiversity Practice Problems.
CW: [1] Biodiversity Practice Problems. [2] Paper Animals.
DN: Is “D = 0.88,” good or bad biodiversity? Why?
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HW: Finish Biodiversity Practice Problems.
CW: [1] Biodiversity Practice Problems. [2] Paper Animals.
DN: Is “D = 0.88,” good or bad biodiversity? Why?
RESOURCES
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now by answering the question.
10min Biodiversity Practice Problems. Students use examples (notebook p70 & 72) to calculate the biodiversity in different communities.
5min Review answers with class.
15-20min Preparation of Paper Communities for Wednesday’s activity.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Biodiversity: Potatoes
CW: [1] Potato Video Notes p70 [2] Potato Biodiversity Calculations p72.
DN: What are three types of diversity?
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CW: [1] Potato Video Notes p70 [2] Potato Biodiversity Calculations p72.
DN: What are three types of diversity?
RESOURCES
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now by answering the question.
5min> Video 1. Student write down facts from the video p70.
5min> Video 2. Student write down facts from the video p70.
5min> Video 3. [First 5min Only] Student write down facts from the video p20.
5min Biodiversity Example Drawings and Calculations. Students calculate the biodiversity for a desert area (p72).
5min Potato Biodiversity Drawings and Calculations for Europe vs S. America. Students calculate the biodiversity for a potato farm in Europe and S. America during the Potato Famine caused by blight (p72). Why did blight destroy most of the potatoes in Europe but not South America?
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.