Announcements
week of 8/19 - 8/23
This week we continue exploring scientific method with our Whirly Gig project. Our plan (approx): Monday 19th: Marshmallow weight challenge Tuesday 20th: Begin/intro to Whirly Gig project Wednesday 21st: Student Handbook talk Thursday 22nd: Design/Test/Experiment Whirly Gig project Friday 23rd: Final Test Whirly Gig |
week of 8/13 - 8/16
Welcome back to what is going to be another wonderful year of learning at Papio South. I'm very excited to teach biology this year to this group of freshman. Our plan (approx): Tuesday 13th: Brief intro of myself Wednesday 14th: school year introduction Thursday 15th: Marshmallow/Spaghetti Tower begin Friday 16th: Finish Marshmallow/Spaghetti Tower |
week of 5/20 - 5/24
Monday we present our Mission to Mars project and then start our review for the final! Finals schedule is as follows: Friday 24th- periods 1, 2, 5 Tuesday 28th- periods 6, 7, 5 Wednesday 29th- periods 3, 4 students released 1:10 students released 1:10 students released 11:15 Review help: |
week of 5/13 - 5/17
This whole week will be dedicated to constructing our Martian habitat for our last STEM project of the year. Encourage your students to work hard and go above and beyond for this project. This will be a 150 point test graded project. The review for the final is posted on my website the week before this. Monday 13th -- Friday 17th: Mission to Mars STEM project Won't take very long and it helps me become a better teacher. |
week of 5/6 - 5/10
This week we will discuss what makes a planet habitable and the habitable zone around all stars. We will be introducing our last STEM project on Friday. Our plan (approx) Monday 6th: What is habitable zone? demo and article Tuesday 7th: Research exoplanets Wednesday 8th: Create a planet/solar system Thursday 9th: cont create a planet/solar system Friday 10th: Introduce STEM Mission to Mars project |
week of 4/30 - 5/3
We move on to a stars life cycle in stellar evolution and look into the somewhat complicated HR Diagrams at the end of the week! Our plan (approx) Monday 29th: Element activity; look into fusion Tuesday 30th: Stellar evolution notes/videos Wednesday 1st: Stellar evolution foldable Thursday 2nd: HR Diagram activity Friday 3rd: cont HR Diagram activity |
week of 4/23 - 4/26
We will wrap up the Big Bang this week with a quiz on Friday. Before that though you will all make awesome baby books for my two boys: Big Bang for Babies!! Our plan (approx): Tuesday 23rd: Big Bang for Babies Wednesday 24th: finish Big Bang for Babies Thursday 25th: short review over Big Bang Friday 26th: Big Bang Quiz; Atoms/Elements/Forces notes |
week of 4/15 - 4/18
We are starting our FINAL UNIT OF THE YEAR!!!! This unit is one of my favorites to teach, Astronomy! It is awe-inspiring to learn just how much "stuff" is out there in the universe. We will be covering the Big Bang Theory, chemistry, stars life cycle, and habitability. *In this unit, I will teach about the Big Bang. In no way am I trying to change anyone's personal beliefs while teaching the topic.* Our plan (approx): Monday 15th: Universe pre-test; video "Beginning of Everything" Tuesday 16th: BBT article with questions; highlight evidences for Big Bang Wednesday 17th: Timeline of events during Big Bang Thursday 18th: Universe 101 NASA online activity |
week of 4/8 - 4/12
This week we will finish up our cancer section with a small quiz and begin learning about stem cells and cloning. Our plan (approx): Monday 8th: Cancer review Tuesday 9th: Cancer baby quiz; stem cell intro Wednesday 10th: Stem cell notes Thursday 11th: GoGo Stem Cell Activity Friday 12th: Stem cell bioethics discussion |
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