Nichols Science
Week of 1-11-16 to 1-22-16
Standards:
6-5.2 Explain how energy can be transformed from one form to another
6-5.3 Explain how magnetism and electricity are interrelated
6-5.4 Illustrate energy transformations
Monday 1-11-16
Tuesday 1-12-16
Review energy transformations
Review electricity and magnetism
and electricity
Vision checks with Nurse Jenkins
Wednesday 1-13-16
Last day of Quarter 2 and 1st semester
14th Annual Scientist Day
#43: Scientist Day table
Standards:
6-2.1
Summarize the characteristics that all organisms share
6-2.2
Recognize the hierarchical structure of the classification of organisms
6-3.1
Compare the characteristic structures of vertebrate animals
Tuesday 1-19-16
What are living things?
Classification activity
Dichotomous key activity
Living Things
Read p.14-21 in textbook
Wednesday 1-20-16
How are living things classified?
Read in textbook p. 22-26
Define vocabulary in journal and create flashcards
Phylogeny
Postanal tail
kingdom
nerve cord
binomial nomenclature
pharyngeal pouches
Vertebrae
ectotherm
endotherm
Thursday 1-21-16
What are chordates and vertebrates?
Read in the textbook p.222-225
Make a flipbook of the vertebrates
Friday 1-22-16
What are fish and how many types are there?
Fill out the flipbook portion on fish
Take notes on fish in the journal
genus chordates
notochord
endoskeleton
cartilage
Classification:
Kingdom
King
Phylum
Phillip
Class
Order
Came
Over
Family
For
Genus
Species
Great
Spaghetti
Phylogeny-evolutionary history and how an organism has changed over time
Kingdom- the 1st and largest category of living things
Binomial nomenclature- a two word naming system created by Linnaeus (Latingenus, species)
Genus- 1st word of the two-word scientific name used to identify a group of similar
species
Homeostasis- an organism’s ability to keep proper conditions
Endotherm- warm blooded
Ectotherm- cold blooded
Vertebrae- animal’s backbone
Cartilage- tough, flexible tissue that joins vertebrae and makes up all or part of
the endoskeleton
Pharyngeal pouches- paired openings found in the area between mouth and
digestive tube
Postanal tail- muscular structure at the end of a developing chordate
Nerve cord- tubelike structure above the notochord that develops into the brain
and spinal cord
Chordates- animal with a notochord, nerve cord, pharyngeal pouches and a postanal
tail
Endoskeleton- supportive framework of bone and cartilage