Science
Biologia Grade 8
first class
2011 / 2012
First class Objectives
• Students will receive class and unit specific
objectives to inform them of the aims of the
unit. A summary of the unit goals and tasks
will be provided during lesson 1.
Laboratory Rules
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NEVER ENTER THE LABORATORY IF YOUR TEACHER IS NOT ALREADY PRESENT.
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THE DOOR IS CLOSED 5 MINUTES AFTER THE CLASS BELL HAS RUNG WHEN YOU ARE COMING FROM ANOTHER CLASS (IF IT
IS DURING BREAKTIME THE DOOR WILL BE CLOSED AS SOON AS THE BELL RINGS). DO NOT OPEN IT FOR ANOTHER
STUDENT UNLESS PERMISSION HAS BEEN GIVEN BY THE TEACHER. ANYONE ARRIVING TO CLASS AFTER THIS TIME
(WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION) WILL BE DEEMED ‘LATE’.
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SCHOOLBAGS MUST BE PLACED UNDER THE SINKS AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH CLASS. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EACH
STUDENT TO HAVE THEIR TEXTBOOK, NOTEBOOK AND CORRECT EQUIPMENT READY AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH CLASS.
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NO SWEETS OR SUGARY DRINKS MAY BE CONSUMED IN THE LABORATORY. FRUIT AND WATER ARE PERMITTED BUT YOU
MUST CLEAN UP AFTER YOURSELF AND IF THERE ARE ANY SPILLS YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CLEAN UP.
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ENSURE THAT YOU WEAR THE APPROPRIATE P.P.E (PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT- LAB COT AND GLASSES) FOR ANY
PRACTICALS. LONG HAIR MUST BE TIED BACK DURING PRACTICALS.
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(STUDENTS WHO DO NOT BRING THE APPROPRIATE P.P.E WILL BE EXCLUDED FROM THE PRACTICAL. THEY MUST THEN
ARRANGE TO COMPLETE IT AFTER SCHOOL, WITHIN ONE WEEK. OTHERWISE A MARK OF ZERO WILL BE GIVEN).
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NO PHONES, IPODS OR OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES (APART FROM LAPTOPS- WITH PERMISSION FROM THE TEACHER) WILL
BE PERMITTED IN THE CLASSROOM - ALL SUCH ITEMS WILL BE CONFISCATED IMMEDIATELY. NO WARNINGS- THIS IS YOUR
WARNING!!!
Laboratory rules (2)
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FOLLOW ALL SCHOOL RULES WITH REGARD TO PERSONAL BEHAVIOUR.
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ENSURE THAT YOU WASH AND CLEAR AWAY ALL EQUIPMENT DURING PRACTICALS. LEAVE YOUR DESK AND ANY WORK AREA IN A CLEAN AND TIDY
STATE AT THE END OF EACH CLASS.
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ALL BREAKAGES MUST BE REPORTED TO THE TEACHER IMMEDIATELY. UNREPORTED BREAKAGES OR MISSING EQUIPMENT WILL BE DEEMED THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ENTIRE CLASS AND MUST BE PAID FOR AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
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THIS IS AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSROOM. AS SUCH ENGLISH MUST BE SPOKEN AT ALL TIMES- EVEN WHEN SPEAKING TO YOUR CLASSMATES.
SPEAKING IN SPANISH WILL RESULT IN POINTS BEING LOST FROM YOUR ATTITUDE GRADE. THESE CAN BE RECOVERED (TIME PERMITTING) BY
SPEAKING IN ENGLISH THROUGHOUT THE NEXT THREE LESSONS.
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JGV Class except (agreement)
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FAILURE TO HAND IN A COMPLETED HOMEWORK ON TIME WILL RESULT IN AN ATTITUDE GRADE OF 3 FOR THE ACADEMIC PERIOD. FAILURE TO
HAND IN TWO ASSESSMENTS DURING AN ACADEMIC PERIOD WILL RESULT IN A MAXIMUM ATTITUDE GRADE OF 2.
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I HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD THE ABOVE RULES AND AGREE TO FOLLOW THEM DURING THE COURSE OF ACADEMIC YEAR 2011- 2012.
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PRINT NAME ____________________________ SIGN_____________________________
Science and me
• A Little time for a personal reflexion in a paper
– Who am I?
• Name, hopes, desires, likes
– What does science provide me in a dayly life?
• why?, how?, where?, when?
Science in MYP
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The aims of the teaching and study of MYP sciences are to encourage and enable students to:
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1. develop curiosity, interest and enjoyment towards science and its methods of inquiry
2. acquire scientific knowledge and understanding
3. communicate scientific ideas, arguments and practical experiences effectively in a variety of ways
4. develop experimental and investigative skills to design and carry out scientific investigations and to
evaluate evidence to draw a conclusion
5. develop critical, creative and inquiring minds that pose questions, solve problems, construct
explanations, judge arguments and make informed decisions in scientific and other contexts
6. develop awareness of the possibilities and limitations of science and appreciate that scientific
knowledge is evolving through collaborative activity locally and internationally
7. appreciate the relationship between science and technology and their role in society
8. develop awareness of the moral, ethical, social, economic, political, cultural and environmental
implications of the practice and use of science and technology
9. observe safety rules and practices to ensure a safe working environment during scientific activities
10. engender an awareness of the need for and the value of effective collaboration during scientific
activities.
Middle Years Programme curriculum
Areas of interaction (Overview)
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The five areas of interaction are:
approaches to learning
community and service
human ingenuity
environments
health and social education.
• These provide the main focus for developing the
connections between the disciplines, so that students will
learn to see knowledge as an interrelated, coherent whole
Have you any examples?
Can being ´disabled´ give you an advantage?
Our area of interaction is
human ingenuity
Human Ingenuity
Area of interaction
• Awareness and understanding: The student will define the synergistic
processes which allow body components to work together to produce
reaction and movement so as to understand the underlying basis for
motion in humans.
• The student will investigate various examples of humans who have
overcome their physical disabilities to help illustrate that disability can
happen to anyone and that human potential is not limited by the loss of a
body part.
• Action: The student will prepare an action plan that will help to address
problems which they have identified within their local environment to
make it more accessible to those in a situation of disability.
• Reflection: The student will value the contribution that can be made to
our society/ community by those in a situation of disability.
Objectives
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1. develop curiosity, interest and enjoyment towards science and its methods of inquiry
2. acquire scientific knowledge and understanding
3. communicate scientific ideas, arguments and practical experiences effectively in a variety of ways
4. develop experimental and investigative skills to design and carry out scientific investigations and
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evaluate evidence to draw a conclusion
5. develop critical, creative and inquiring minds that pose questions, solve problems, construct
explanations, judge arguments and make informed decisions in scientific and other contexts
6. develop awareness of the possibilities and limitations of science and appreciate that scientific
knowledge is evolving through collaborative activity locally and internationally
7. appreciate the relationship between science and technology and their role in society
8. develop awareness of the moral, ethical, social, economic, political, cultural and environmental
implications of the practice and use of science and technology
9. observe safety rules and practices to ensure a safe working environment during scientific
activities
10. engender an awareness of the need for and the value of effective collaboration during scientific
activities.
Criteria in science
• A One world
– understanding of the role of science in society
• B Communication in science
– become competent and confident when communicating information in
science.
• C Knowledge and understanding of science
– understand scientific knowledge (facts, ideas, concepts,
processes, laws, principles, models and theories) and to apply
• D Scientific inquiry
– develop intellectual and practical skills to design and carry out scientific
investigations
• E Processing data
– process and interpret sufficient qualitative and/or quantitative data to draw
appropriate conclusions
• F Attitudes in science
– safe, responsible and collaborative working practices in practical science.
Proposed Learning Activities
To understand
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Introduction to curriculum, grading system, document layout etc
The scientific method worksheets (basic version)
How to use a microscope activity
Motion and movement in living organisms. Video links and
discussion on types of motion and biomimicry.
Model creation on movement in selected animals
Model creation on movement in selected animals
Model presentation on selected movement types in selected
animals.
The human skeletal system
The human skeletal system class activity
To understand (2)
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The human nervous system and the reflex arc
The human musculature system
The human musculature system
Musculo-skeletal systems review
Muscle cells and the sliding filament theory (BASIC)
Joints of the body
Dissection of a chicken thigh joint
Design a practical to test range of motion
Practical to test range of motion
What is disability? open discussion with weblinks
Disability and movement- history of prosthetics
One world research assignment. Colombia land mine victims.
One world essay- the danger of landmines.
Prosthetics and robotic motion
Prosthetics and robotic motion the future
One world assignment – Should the ´blade runner´ compete in the 2012 Olympic games?
Assessing the CCB Project planning
Assessing the CCB Project information gathering
Assessing the CCB Project information gathering
Asessing the CCB Project written presentation
Action for today
• Grouping by table (4 or 5 Student)
• Read proposed class and actions (part)
• How would you improve the unit?
– Do you have any proposals or suggestions that you
think would make the unit more interesting for
you?
– Give us your ideas… (write )
– At the end we recive feed back
– One group would be choosen to expose
Action for today
• Group A
– The scientific method worksheets (basic version)
– How to use a microscope activity
– Motion and movement in living organisms. Video
links and discussion on types of motion and
biomimicry.
– Model creation on movement in selected animals
– Model creation on movement in selected animals
– Model presentation on selected movement types in
selected animals.
Action for today
• Group B
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The human skeletal system
The human skeletal system class activity
The human nervous system and the reflex arc
The human musculature system
The human musculature system
Musculo-skeletal systems review
Muscle cells and the sliding filament theory (BASIC)
Joints of the body
Action for today
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Dissection of a chicken thigh joint
Design a practical to test range of motion
Practical to test range of motion
What is disability? open discussion with
weblinks
Disability and movement- history of prosthetics
Action for today
• Group D
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One world research assignment. Colombia land
mine victims.
One world essay- the danger of landmines.
Prosthetics and robotic motion
Prosthetics and robotic motion the future
• Feedback