Living vs Non-living

Students worked on Living vs Non-Living lab. Students rotated through stations and had to decide whether each was living, non-living or dead. We will finish the rest of the stations tomorrow.
There is no homework.
Happy Halloween!

Living vs Non-living

Students discussed what makes something living. Students needed to list as many characteristics as they could that ALL living organisims share. Tomorrow we will do a lab on this.
There is no homework.

Test

Students took their test today.
There is no homework.

Study guide

Students worked on their study guide for the test tomorrow.
The test is on metrics and the scientific method. If students do not have their study guide finished they need to complete it for homeowrk.
I will have a study session tomorrow morning from 7:30- 8:00 am. Students are welcome to join us at any time.

Lab Practicum Part B - Rainbow Lab

Students worked on Lab Practicum Part B - the Rainbow Lab. If students need more time they need to come in Monday before school, after school or get a pass to come in at lunch.
Have a great weekend!

Volume Lab Practicum Part A

Students worked in partners and worked on a volume lab to figure out how much each line represents on a graduated cylinder. Once they had this determined(and many were incorrect) they needed to figure out the average number of drops it takes to make 1 milliliter of water. This information all needed to be put into a small chart.  Some students will need to come in before or after school to work on this in class.

Quiz

Students took a pop quiz on volume measurement.
There is no homework.

Volume Lab Part C

Students finished up Part B and then worked on Part C.
If students did not answer the three problem questions and /or finish writing their steps then it is homework and due tomorrow.

Volume Lab

Students worked on a Volume Lab today. Students did Part A and Part B.
We will dinish this tomorrow in class.
There is no homework.

Trout Notes

Students received a progress report today.
If they were missing anything they needed to come and talk to me to get makeup work to do over the 4 days.
As a class, we took notes on our growing fry!

Have a great 4 days and make sure to get outside!!!

Google Doc Use

Students will be in the library today and tomorrow. The librarian will give them an orientation to google docs. Students need to create one paragraph that includes the answers to the following three questions
1. What is the saying to remember the order of metrics
2.  What are the three base units
3.  What do the base units measure and what tool is used for each

To acces google docs students need to go to the billingsschools.org. click on students and log in.
Their username is   firstname.lastname (make sure to include the period before first and last name)
Their password is their students ID#. If their ID # is only 5 digits long then they need to put 3 zero's before their ID #

Begining Volume

Students turned in banana lab conclusion if they didn't yesterday.
Students were then introduced to metric volume
There is no homework.

Banana lab conclusion

Students began work on their conclusion. The conclusion must be 1 - 2 paragraphs.
1. Restate the problem or question.
2. Explain what you did
3. Restate your hypothesis and accept or reject it.
4. Include possible errors in which you will explain 2 possible reasons for not coming out to 100%, explain what the variables are, and include a mathematical explanation related to the results(Look on your data table)
5.  What would you do differently next time

This is homework if not finished in class!

Banana lab Day 2

Students collected data from their peers to find the average edible portion of the banana. If students need help with this math please come see me in the morning.

Banana Lab

Students began the banana lab today. They need to do two division problems tonight if they did not finish it in class and/or come into my room before school tomorrow.
There is no homework.

Mass: Mix and Match continued

Students continued work gaining experience working with the triple beam balance.
Measuring metric mass lab and the mix and match mass labs should be completed and turned in today.
There is no homework.

Mass: Mix and Match

Students finished yesterdays lab, answered the questions and turned them in.
Students then began the mix and match lab. This will be completed tomorrow.
There is no homework - stay dry!

Trout and Mass

Students made observations and sketches of the alevins.
Next students started on their mass lab Parts A, B and C. We will finish this tomorrow. There is no homework.

Metric Length and Trout

Yesterday we corrected Metric Length and students handed it in. We then did an observation of the Alveins.

Today students observed the alevins, sketched a picture and made a prediction of when they would lose their yolds.
We then started on mass. We completed a sheet together on how to use a triple-beam balance. There is no homework.