Thursday Final Work day 1st 9 weeks.

Here is an 'A' work glog! http://s010.mrhollingerscience.edu.glogster.com/glog-7444-6319/
Also, more here: http://s018.mrhollingerscience.edu.glogster.com/Rattlesnakes/

Warm-up 10 minutes
Class meeting and Goal setting (5 min)
Work session 1 (30 minutes)
Brain Break according to board (10 min)
Work session 2 (30 min)
Blog time (10 minutes)

Here are some things you can be working on today

• pocket tanks scientific paper


• cuban tree frog scientific paper (fill out the spreasheet first, the part where it asks how many times the body length the frog jumped, a bit of math)


• vocabulary slide show


• glogster on poisonous or venomous animal


• list of 3 scientific contacts to send email to (goes in evernote)


• Your email composition asking for the scientist to look and asses your glogster (if you have a good one, we can use it as a model for other students)


• Any animal certifications
• Grade sheets:http://docs.google.com/View?id=dc2j9tpq_174dt9b6kgm

Tuesday and Wednesday October 27-28

1. Warm-up (10 minutes) open google docs, evernote, glogster, blogger

2. Class meeting and set goals for the day (a work day)

3. Session One (goal 1) (30 minutes)

• pocket tanks paper
• slide show on vocab
• glogster on venomous or poisonous creature

Brain break - (10 minutes) mix pair share

4. Session 2 (30 minutes) goals

• Finish the above things
• write email to scientist to ask them to view your work
• daily Scientific Paper on cuban tree frogs

5. Last 10 minutes - update blog - what was accomplished, what is still to be done, what successes did you have

6. Here is list of work that is to be done and will be graded (only if it is done)

• scientific paper - pocket tanks
• scientific paper - cuban tree frogs vs humans
• slide show on vocabulary words
• glogster on deadly creature
• Evernote page
• email composition and location of scientist to look at your glogster (do not email yet)
• blog (daily now)

Thursday and Friday October 22 and 23

1. Go to this link and post the information into your evernote page. http://docs.google.com/View?id=dc2j9tpq_173f4jvfqhc

2. Class meeting - have your past work available for grading when I can come by

3. Goal 1 (30 minutes)

• sign into glogster
• pick one venomous or poisonous creature from your evernote list
• Give you glogster a title
• post 2 pictures
• Write down the 5 most important things about your creature (your own words)

4. Game break

5. Goal 2 (30 minutes)

• post a relevent video on your creature
• List the top 3 best websites that relate to your topic (these should be tagged in delicious)
• Write down 3 important questions you have that you could not answer (your own words)
• compose an email (DO NOT MAIL YET) to a real scientist that studies your creature to see if they would be willing to look at your glogster for scientific validity (hard words huh)

6. Class checkout and glogster sharing

7. Things to do if you finish early

• make a glogster about the class animal of your choice to get certified
• finish your scientific paper on tree frogs vs humans (remember the 6 steps)

Agenda Tuesday and Wednesday October 19

1. Watch this Video

2. I will interupt you to start something new and fun

3. Sign in to glogster with the username and password I give you

4.5 Choose one of these topics - 1. behavioral vs physical adaptations, 2. old world vs new world tarantulas, 3. poisonous vs venomous, 4. species vs groups of living things 5. A deadly creature from your list

5. It should have the following

• TitleAuthor - First name/Last initial


• One paragraph of original text. (Must be in your words, not copied from website.)


• Audio that gives a scientific description of animal (or whatever - think creepy)


• Two images with links to the original photograph given under the image.


• One appropriate video if you can find one.


• Neatly designed and easily understood by visitors

Here is Amanda's from 2nd period :http://pkyamandab.glogster.com/oldworldnewworld/

I will grade the following on Friday. If you are not done, you will not get a grade.

• Scientific Paper on Pocket Tanks (100pts)
• Scientific Paper on Cuban Tree frogs (100pts)
• Evernote notes and deadly creature list (30 pts)
• Slide show on vocabulary words (behavioral adaptations, venomous etc) (50 pts)
• Glogster from Today (50 pts)

Here are some SWEET glogs that some other people made:

http://rialove.glogster.com/Foodchain/

http://katemena.glogster.com/water-matters/

http://suziq56.glogster.com/glog-340-655/

http://aaa999.glogster.com/AugustusIII/
http://sydneyk.glogster.com/anne-boleyn/
http://josephca.glogster.com/Cardinal-Richelieu/

Thursday October 15

Science Agenda (work day)

1. Scientific Paper - The Pocket Tanks Paper (post on blog)

1.5 Blog on the steps of the scientific process and a link to your work.

2. List of 20 poisonous or venomous animals (evernote)

3. Label which animals are species and which are groups from your list

4. Pick 5 and put down 2 questions for each one

5. Write frog vs human scientific paper (problem = Who jumps better, a frog or human)

6. Blog on how to get rid of cuban tree frogs (your own idea, even if it is crazy. Have fun, use pictures, diagrams, whatever!)

Bonus Ideas:
1. Video for frog vs human
2. Start research on your venomous or poisonous "major"

Here is the first period version of the Kingdom song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i4rLM_GLFU

Tuesday and Wednesday October 13-14

Cuban Tree Frogs on the Rise

1. Read this and then tag it into your evernote http://www.gainesville.com/article/20070613/LOCAL/706130327

2. Make a list of physical adaptations regarding your cuban tree frog, Here is a helpful link: http://www.wec.ufl.edu/extension/wildlife_info/frogstoads/osteopilus_septentrionalis.php

2.5 - KID vs FROG - you will need some paper for this one as we can not take the computers outside! Here is a sample spreadsheet. http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=t5Z28s2tAaR7Qoq2QS2PLrQ&output=html

3. Label the Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus and species of the frog and try to tell what each group means. (For example, Animal kingdom - living things that are made of many cells, eat and move)

3.5 - Make a blog about a possible to solution on how to get rid of Cuban Tree frogs from your house.

3.7 - Make a shorter version of a scientific paper including your spreadsheet and the problem is labled - Who is a better jumper, the human or cuban tree frog? (this question is State the Problem) - ****Try using video!!****

4. Here is what they sound like



5. You can finish other work if you have time (see earlier agendas)

Here is a REALLY venomous creature!! Wow!!

0. (FIRST PERIOD ONLY!!) Go to evernote.com and join by clicking "get started" (I'll explain how to use this site in 20 minutes)

1, Finish your slideshow (using google docs) - (20 pts) - here is an example of almost complete 'A' work from Marquis - http://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0ASwDmCH3T3ttZGQ2ODRyNTlfMmdoa2M4Nmht&hl=en - Check yesterdays blog for more details

2. Use evernote to make a list of 20 poisonous or venomous creatures. (10 points)

3. Label which examples you put were actually one species or it they are in fact a group of animals (10 points)

4. Choose 5 species from your list and make 2 essential questions for each one (an essential question asks for important information that must be explained, not just answered. ) (20 points)

5. If finished, work on your scientific paper or getting certified for all class speciments - that's right, there is no "done" in this class, only "doing well!"

Tuesday and Wednesday October 7 and 8

Here is a creature that I can't decide if it is poisonous or venomous. What do you think?

Science Agenda
0.5 - Go to evernote.com and sign up for an account (your your same passwords and usernames so you DON'T FORGET!)
1. Go to google docs
2. Choose "new" and choose "presentation"
3. Make 4 slides and title them "behavioral adaptations", "physical adaptations", "venomous", and "poisonous" (20 points) - here is a starting example from Jordyn http://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0ASwDmCH3T3ttZGQ2ODRyNTlfMmdoa2M4Nmht&hl=en
4. Use pictures, images, diagrams or words to help show what the words mean for each slide
5. Make a short blog about these vocabulary words and provide a link to your presentation (10 points)
5. Have your scientific paper peer reviewed by 2 students (email them and have them email back suggestions) (whole paper 100 points)
6. Post your paper as a button on symbaloo (10 points)
7. Make a blog about the scientific process (scooby got hurt eating roasted chicken) and post a link to your work (10 points)
8. Make a list of 20 poisonous and venomous creatures (on evernote) (10 points)
9. Label which animals are "species" and not a larger group (we will go over how to do this if you are confused) (10 points)
10. Choose 5 species from your list and make 2 essential questions for each - these are questions that ask about something important about your species - (10 points)

Monday October 5

Science Agenda
1. Go to your symbaloo page
2. Click on your page name
3. Click "share it"
4. Copy the website address it gives you
5. Complete the form and paste your website here http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dG9Cbzg3RF9FOElIa3hPclpFR09ja2c6MA

5.5 - The Truth about Tarantulas - venomous creatures!! - words of the day (put in your notes) venomous, poisonous, behavioral adaptations, physical adaptations, old world, new world
5.5 Post a link to your scientific paper (you can work on this if you are not done. I will be comming around to put in official grades)
6. Get started on your deadly creature requirments here http://docs.google.com/View?id=dc2j9tpq_165hp7bzzfq
7. Get certified for class animals.