Agenda now until Final Exams

Hello,

This is our last agenda for the year. The week looks like this:

1. Day one - one on one grading half the class ; other students study for finals, finish courswork, prepare final exam
2. Day two - one and one grading other half ; othe students study and prepare

You have one exam and an opportunity for extra points if you choose:

Final Exam - multiple choice - 200 pts- All questions will be made directly from the state standards found here http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AaoG5TaoiHZMZGMyajl0cHFfMjY1cHBkN2o4ZGM&hl=en

Creative Choice -(Bonus 50 pts) research based and problem solving :http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AaoG5TaoiHZMZGMyajl0cHFfMjY2ZmhwZnZuZDI&hl=en

Agenda Thursday and Friday May 27 - 28

Beach Ball Science

(Counts as one assignment, or you can place multiple state standards on this assignment)

1. Question - does movement help the power you can put into kicking a beach ball? (S)

2. (G) - This could be done using past experience

3. (H) - Your guess

4. (E) - Steps - not too many, just enough

5. (R) - What happened

6. (C) - Talk about your results, be specific

When done, you can work on assignment list or standards work

Agenda Tuesday and Wednesday May 25-26

Standards Based Learning - an alternative

How to do standards based learning - it's actually quite easy

1, Find and choose your standards for your subject (in this case life science) - go to http://www.floridastandards.org/

2. See which assignments you can match the standard to

or

3. Do research on a subject your like (web, field trip, anything)

4. Create an artifact and place the standard on the artifact

5. Defend your knowledge (public in class, to an expert, many possibilities here)

****This can be done instead of the regular science curriculum if you choose****

Agenda Monday May 24

Hello All,

Today is a symbaloo check. This page will be your "portal" to your e-portfolio. This should be your focus today. Also, any students wanting to present your 20% projects should do so. Have a great day - Mr. H

Agenday Tuesday and Wednesday May 18-19

The Life of Spore : Warm-up

1. Fill out your goal cards

2. Prepare grades for all assignments.

3. Choose your goals (including today's alternate choices)

The mystery of the non-living aquarium!

Guess what life forms exist (if any)

Take samples from aquarium out back (it started clean) and see what life forms can be found (microscope) - Describe in your blog what you guess is (before looking). Describe what you see. Use internet sources to help you figure out what you found.

Mythbusters to attack our video Wednesday night

Remember this video, Mythbusters is going to attack this on Wednesday night this week!! Check it out, blog about it and get one assinment credit!!

Thursday and Friday May 13-14

Human Growth and Reproduction:

We will be using the following website to assist us. This site is peer reviewed by professionals and is age appropriate. You must stay on the site and be in the domain of /sexualhealth/. Those words must be at the top of your address bar. I will explain how to do this before you begin. The site is interesting and relevent to adolesent people your age.

This is the site : http://kidshealth.org/teen/sexual_health/

You will provide evidence of learning linked from your symbaloo site. Your evidence will be choice by you that shows you have learned what you set out to learn. Enjoy learning.

When you are done, you may begin your science course work. Thank you - Mr. Hollinger

Thursday May 06

1. Work Day -

2. Grading for all students

3. Drop any one assignment if you do this writing promp (it will take 15-30 minutes to do)

• Using your knowledge of the scientific method, design a controlled experiment that examines the effect of differing amounts of fertilizer on plant growth. Include the following five terms in your discussion: Hypothesis, control group, variable, constant, data .

4. Check out the real carnivorous plants, they are cool!

Agenda Wednesday

Deadly Plants

Pick one of these assignments:

1. Describe the special adaptaions of your two choices (GD or slideshow) - Include whe geographic location of where it can be found and the environment characteristics

1. Describe the different genus of carnivorous plants in Florida. Make a cookbook style list of all necessary steps to care for each species. *

1. Be an expert - Pick one genus of carnivorous plants - become an expert- *

• Where is is found
• What is the soil type
• What is the yearly cycle (dormancy or not?)
• How easy is it to propagate (different ways to propogate)
• Endangered status
• Anything else?

4. Assignments with a * will make you carnivorous plant certified (can take one home at the end of the unit perhaps)

5. Continue online courswork.

6. Here is the link to the carnivorous plant powerpoint : http://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AaoG5TaoiHZMZGMyajl0cHFfMjQ3aHE0a3o4Y3E&hl=en

Agenda Tuesday and Wednesday April 20-21

This kid knows how to celebrate! Oh yeah!

Work Day-
1. Use the sidebar to find and complete your online coursework.

2. I will come around to each student individually to look at your progress and enter grades as necessary.

Agenda Thursday and Friday April 14-15

1. Share Phylum posters as needed.

2. Outdoor observation adventure (results should be in your blog)

3. Science coursework

Agenda Wednesday, Thrusday, and Friday March 31, April 1,2

Hello - Use your google calendar and look at the goals you have set and the assignments you will choose. I will be comming around and grading what you have done.

FILL THIS SURVEY OUT PLEASE NOW!! - http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22AF9GE564Z

Here is some useful links for your Florida Endangered Project

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  Here's the link to a Google spreadsheet with all the species and to whom they've been assigned: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0ApSBaekVbLRAdExwWnJ4eEdVRjlFQmhHZTBEVkFNUkE&hl=en

Focus on the following research directions:

• What it is, in normal English?
• In what part of Florida does it live?
• To which natural community does it belong? (this one is really important!)
• Who out there seems to know a lot about this species?
• What seems to be its problem?
• What is threatening its survival?

20% day

Work on your 20% projects. Double check your google calendar.

1. FILL OUT THIS FORM NOW!! (please) : http://spreadsheets.google.com/a/pkyonge.ufl.edu/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dFlBUTVFRDNPUjk3MlR2QTVSNlVDQXc6MA


If you have not done so already, go to this link and put in your computer #: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDZHQ2FyeGUwbXduR2lmNXRNa0RwYkE6MA

Thursday March 17

Organize yourself Day!!!!

0. Fill out this form NOW - https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDZHQ2FyeGUwbXduR2lmNXRNa0RwYkE6MA

1. Show that you can logon to "mygradebook.com"

2. Check and read the 3 units on the sidebar of this blog

3. Use your google calendar to set what days you will finish which assignment.

4. Send a copy of your calendar to one student and your parent.

5. If you have email records that your finished the above, you my begin science work or engage in a certified brain game.

Agenda Monday March 15

1. Fill out this form if you didn't check your email https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEVaUXlXYTI5bEl3YWJtVnc2dlJwQ3c6MA
1.5 Computer # form - fill this out also if you haven't already https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDZHQ2FyeGUwbXduR2lmNXRNa0RwYkE6MA
1.6 - Parent email form is here - https://spreadsheets0.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGx6d2hjbjJMX091NnRDRlgyMk1xOXc6MA

2. PLEASE update you symbaloo pages!! Put ALL assingments on your page

• New scientific paper on Darwin's Birds
• Florida Endangered Page
• Anything else?

3. Work on 20% projects - Decide how it will be shared.

Agenda Thursday March 11

Microscopic Adventure

1. Prepare a notebook and something to write with

2. Make a venn chart for your observations

3. Share a microscope with a partner

4. Put diagram on your blog

Then. . .

• Florida Endangered Page



• Scientific Paper on Darwin's Birds



• Online course for Evolution https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AaoG5TaoiHZMZGMyajl0cHFfMjMzZGttc3JkeHc&hl=en

Agenda Monday March 8

20% Day

1. Start a google calendar.
2. Write down what you think your due date should be.
3. See what else you can do with your calendar.
4. Continue your 20% work.

Friday March 4 - Sub Plans

Sub Plans for Friday March 4





You will be using the desktop computer to do these plans. The computer will show up on the front screen not the actual computer monitor. If you need assistance, students may help.





1. Watch the video Titled - Discovery Evolution (it will be saved on the desktop of the computer and also in the class flash drive)





2. Have students use their own paper and pencil to answer the following questions

• Name more than one idea that scientists believe caused a mass extinction of the dinosaurs.


• What conditions are necessary to sustain life on Earth?


• How was natural selection discussed in the video?


• What do hominid fossils tell us about our own anscestors?

4. Use green books and answer questions 1-7 on page 161 about evolution and natural selection if time permits.

Thursday and Friday March 4-5

1. Work Day - The one and only day they can use the word "Done" (that's right, the four letter 'D' word)
2. Library visit to look at senior projects
3. You can choose any game we have used in science this year when you are checked off, graded and done.
4. You can also continue work on your 20% project

Agenda Tuesday and Wednesday March 2

Work Day

Jobs to be done:
1. Scientific paper on bird beak lab - (peer reviewed by student and adult before grading)
2. Florida Endangered page (google doc) (photo, elementary answers to Mr. Cunningham's research questions)

• What it is, in normal English?
• In what part of Florida does it live?
• To which natural community does it belong? (this one is really important!)
• Who out there seems to know a lot about this species?
• What seems to be its problem?
• What is threatening its survival?

3. Build a fish : Build a Fish : http://sea.sheddaquarium.org/sea/interactive_module.asp?id=7#