Thursday' s Presentations - GSD

The amazing presentations continue on our second day of the Greatest Scientific Discoveries!

In the Devils Class we learned about:

• The discovery of hormones
• The finding of Pangea
• Edison and the light bulb
• Radioactivity and Marie Curie
• The discovery of the laser

 In the Tweeties Class we learned about:

• The cloning of sheep
• The cloning of frogs and discovery of stem cell research
• The small pox vaccine
• The invisibility cloak
• Franklin and electricity

 I look forward to hearing many more tomorrow!

Greatest Scientific Discoveries - Wednesday Presentations

We had some amazing presentations for our first day of the Greatest Scientific Discoveries!

In the Devils Class we learned about:

• Magnetic Field Reversal
• The Discovery of Insulin
• The First Kidney Transplant
• The Discovery of Anitbiotics

In the Tweeties Class we learned about:

• The Discovery of the First Dinosaur Fossil
• Thomas Edison and perfecting the light bulb
• The invention of the air bag for cars
• The invention of the wireless walkie talkie

I look forward to hearing many more throughout the week!
Great job so far!

Tuesday Nov 27th

Here is the link to the in class Google Form used to review the material we covered in Macro to Micro thus far.  Here are the answers to the in class Study Guide for the Assessment next week on the Macro to Micro Unit.  You can read the comments put together by the different groups.

Greatest Scientific Discovery Project
The following is the write up for 10 rules to good presentations.
Be sure to practice and be ready to present tomorrow!

Movies of Cabbage White Larvae

                                        The larvae in the egg starts to move after 13 seconds.

Monday November 26th - CWB Eggs have arrived!

Wednesday of last week our Cabbage White Butterfly eggs arrived!
This past week we placed them on the radish leaves and additional cabbage leaves provided so they had something to eat when they hatched.

Today in class the students sketched both the egg and the larvae in the first instar stage of their life cycle.  They were able to get very accurate measurements using our new digital microscopes.
Here are the pictures we took from class.

Friday November 16th

Today in class the students had some class time to work on their Greatest Scientific Discovery Project.  They could ask questions on their research and also see a presentation by Mr. Arsenalt on how to embed a YouTube video in their Keynote presentations. 

Here is a link on how to complete the process.

Good Luck!

Wednesday and Thursday Nov14th/15th

In class we reviewed monocot and dicot plants as well as completed a reading on the Wisconsin Fast Plant (in Lesson #5).  Today we created planters and planted the Wisconsin Fast Plant Seeds.  These should sprout in 4 days!

We have a lot of "balls in the air right now."  Here is a recap of why we are doing what we are doing:
1. Bean and Corn Plants -allow is to compare and contrast moncot and dicot plants. 
2. Radish plants- will allow food for the Cabbage White Butterflies
3. Wisconsin Fast Plants - will allow us to track a plants life cycle and we will grow it from seed until it seeds.

Tuesday November 13th

Today's Goals:
1. Be able learn the differences between monocot and dicot plants based on characteristics of seed, stem, roots and leaves.
2. Learn how to use the Gail Virtual Library - accessible through the HMS Library Site.

Notes for today's class can be accessed here.

The students were taught how to access the Gail Virtual Library to access research jounrals and books on line.  Then the students learned about monocot and dicot plants.  We took notes and then they applied the notes to the bean and corn seeds they grew in class.

Students need to read the following pages in the provided pdf from Lesson #5.

Friday Novmber 9th - GSD Helpful Links

Here is the link to the Graphic Organizer 

Here is the Link to the Rubric

Thursday- Nov 8th Class Work

Wednesday Nov 7th

Today we are working through Lesson #4.  The students created and sketched ponds.  They will view these ponds over time to watch the reproduction of Lemna or duckweed, as well as the microscopic organisms that are living in this pond habitat. 

The students were also exposed to the next major project, The Greatest Scientific Discovery.  Click here for the link to the Project Page.  Students should be coming up with areas of science they are interested in to focus on a major breakthrough or discovery.  For example a student last year studied the M-11 hockey helmet.  This breakthrough was to decrease the number of concussions.  Students should think about and use the "Links" provided in the side bar of the sight to explore options.

Monday and Tuesday November 5th and 6th

Election Day!!  Be sure to remind your parents to vote!

Yesterday we worked through the directions in Lesson 5 - Beginning the Cycle. 
Students created growing systems for the radish seeds which the Cabbage White Butterflies will hatch and feed later on this Unit.

They also planted their bean and corn seeds.  Students will watch and observe the germination of these seeds and learn about the differences between monocot and dicot plants.  Click here for a comparison chart on monocot and dicot plants.

Today we will be finishing up the Black Worm Investigation and the students will be working through the Science Review.

Any questions not completed in class should be done for homework.
 

Thursday November 1st

I think it is kind of funny we are looking at black worms on Halloween.

This lesson focuses on 2 main goals:
1. What are the physical characteristics of black worm?
2. Compare and contrast the characteristics of the black worm to Earthworm.

In class the students worked on the 3.1 Worksheet sketching the worm and answering questions around it movement and ability to regenerate.  There was also a section asking them to use a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the two types of worms.

The readings for this Lesson can be found here- Lesson #3 Readings

Here are two great sites to get information on both organisms:
Black Worm (Lumbriculus variegatus)
Common Earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris).