Mrs. Salvi
Agenda for December 9, 2014
Science 7:
• Objective: Describe the stages of a plants life cycle.
• Engage: Question of the day? Name two adaptations that
plants have and explain how those adaptations allow the
plant to live on land, (Formative Assessment)
• Explore: Origin of plants - DE Streaming, Draw and label
the stages of a plants life cycle
• Explain: sporophyte, gametophyte
• Elaborate: Enrich worksheet & Math in Science - Water
Loss in Plants pg 253
• Evaluate: Guided Reading and Study - The Plant Kingdom
Mrs. Salvi
Agenda for December 9, 2014
Science 6:
• Objective: The student knows that in asexual reproduction all inherited
triats come from a single parent. The students understands that there are
several methods of asexual reproduction.
• Engage: Question of the day? What factors influence an organisms
characteristics? (Formative Assessment)
• Explore: Asexual Reproduction in Sea Stars
• Explain: Passing traits from parents to offspring allows species to
survive. In asexual reproduction, the offspring are produced from just one
parent. Organisms reproduce asexually by splitting into two, by forming
buds, by developing spores, or by producing offspring from a piece of the
parent.
• Elaborate: Asexual Reproduction - DE Streaming
• Evaluate: What are four ways that organisms reproduce asexually?
(Formative Assessment)
Mrs. Salvi
Agenda for December 9,2014
Science 5:
• Objective: The student compares and contrasts relationships
between organisms in an ecosystem.
• Engage: Question of the day? What do organisms compete for in
an ecosystem? (Formative assessment)
• Explore: Good Buddies Activity - Project Wild pages 91-95
• Explain: Symbiosis, commensalism, mutualism, parasitism
• Elaborate: Good Buddies card game
• Evaluate: Lesson 3 and 4 Review (Summative assessment)
• Explore: Biomes located on the world map
• Explain: Climates, distance from the equator, differences in
populations and communities in the biomes
• Evaluate: Lesson 1 Review (Summative Assessment)
Mrs. Salvi
Agenda for December 9, 2014
Science 8:
• Objective: Students will build a structure that will hold the
most mass in pennies.
• Engage: Visit the Building Big website to explore the world
of structures!
• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/
• Explore: Junk Box Wars materials
• Explain: Competition rules
• Elaborate: Teams will meet to brainstorm design ideas
• Evaluate: Students will work together to put forth their
best design to meet the requirements of the challenge
Mrs. Salvi
Agenda for December 9, 2014
Science 4
• Objective: The student understands that changes in an
ecological system usually affect the whole system.
• Explore: Forest Fire http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/art90130/Secondary-succession-takes-place-following-amajor-disturbance-such-as?
• https://forestry.usu.edu/files/uploads/ForEcolSuccessi
on.pdf
• Evaluate: Lesson 1 and 2 Review (Summative
Assessment)