8th Grade Notebook Check Pgs 62-90 Name: __________________________________________________
Graded By: ______________________________________________
Content
Values
Total
Points
Page 62: "Blood Types" worksheet and "Blood Typing Lab" taped in and
completed.
Page 63: "Types of Dominance" notes.
+1 taped in
+4 complete
+ 1 title +4 notes
/5
Page 64: Unit Review packet and "Incomplete Dominance" practice worksheet
taped in and completed.
Page 65: Unit Title Page
+1 taped in
+4 complete
Not Graded
/5
Page 66: Bell Work 11/3- 1. What does an organism need to survive?
Pocket Mouse Video Questions:
1. How did genetic mutations play a role in the fur color of the pocket mouse?
2. How did natural selection work to change the percentages of light and dark
mice on the lava flows?
3. What was surprising to the scientists after they decoded the genes of multiple
populations of mice?
Page 67: "Introduction to Adaptations" notes.
+2 BW 11/3
+3 Pocket Mouse Q’s
Page 68: Voyage to the Galapagos video guide.
Bell Work 11/14- 1. A characteristic or behavior that helps an organism survive
and reproduce is called an _____________.
Bell Work 11/17- 1. What causes a new trait to appear in an organism that might
not have been present in the parents?
Bell Work 11/18- Summary of "Charles Darwin" reading (1/2 page).
Page 69: "SCAMPER" activity.
+1 video guide
+2 BW 11/14-11/17
+2 Summary
Page 70: "Battling Bacterial Evolution" article taped in.
"The Beak of the Finch" video questions:
1. What was the driving force that caused the percentages of each beak size/shape
to change?
2. What kept the different species of finches from mating?
Bell Work 11/20- List and describe several Structural Adaptations.
Bell Work 11/21- What might be some structural adaptations that complement the
following behavioral adaptations? 1. Nocturnal 2. Carnivore 3. burrowing
Page 71: "Natural Selection" notes.
+1 text taped in
+2 video Q’s
+2 BW complete
Page 72: Bird Beaks Lab
HW grade
Page 73: "Behavioral Adaptations" notes
+ 1 title +4 notes
Page 74: Behavioral Cycles Foldable
HW grade
Page 75: Behavioral Cycles reading notes.
+ 1 title +4 notes
/5
Page 76: "Homeostasis of Why Dogs Pant" reading questions answered in
complete sentences.
Bell Work 11/24- 1. What is one advantage for and organism to hibernate during
the winter?
2. What is the advantage for an organism to estivate during the summer?
Page 77: "Homeostasis: Endothermic vs. Ectothermic" T-chart notes.
+4 Reading
Questions answered
+1 BW 11/24
/5
+ 1 title +4 notes
/5
/5
/5
+ 1 title +4 notes
+ 1 title +4 notes
/5
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/5
+ 1 title +4 notes
/5
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Page 78: Fox/Squirrel texts taped in.|
Bell Work 11/25- 1. What is one advantage and one disadvantage of ectothermic
animals?
1. What kinds of things do endotherms and ectotherms have in common?
Bell Work 11/26- 1. Why would geographic isolation lead to speciation.
2. Create a Venn-diagram to compare and contrast hibernation and estivation.
Page 79: "Speciation" notes.
+1 text taped in
+1 BW 11/25
+3 BW 11/26
Page 80: "Desert Survival" texts taped in.
+5 both taped in
Page 81: "Desert Survival" notes.
+ 1 title +4 notes
Page 82: "Symbiosis" article, "Good Buddies" worksheet, "Good Buddies
Arizona" worksheet.
Bell Work 12/1- 1. How are new traits spread through a population?
2. What major environmental factors do organisms have to overcome to survive
in a desert?
Bell Work 12/2- Compare and Contrast a Predator/Prey relationship with
Parasitism.
Page 83: "Relationships in Ecosystems" notes.
+1 Symbiosis text
+2 Good Buddies x2
+2 BW complete x2
+ 1 title +4 notes
/5
Page 84: "A Long Flight but No Baggage" reading questions:
1. What adaptations do Monarchs have that allow them to travel up to 4,000 km?
Bell Work 12/4- 1. What do plants need to survive?
Bell Work 12/5- 1. What are some ways plants ensure they get pollinated?
Page 85: "Ch-ch-ch-changes" vocab. notes.
+1 text taped in
+2 adaptations
+2 BW complete
/5
+ 1 title +4 notes
/5
Page 86: Bell Work 12/10- 1. Why is it important for a plant to spread its seeds?
Bell Work 12/11- 1. In what ways are invasive species damaging?
Page 87: "Adaptations of Plants" reading notes. Select 10 adaptations of plants
and explain how they help them survive.
Page 88: "Invasive Species" notes.
+1 BW labels
+4 BW complete
+ 1 text taped in
+4 notes
+ 1 title +4 notes
/5
Page 89: "Seed Dispersal" notes.
+ 1 title +4 notes
Page 90: "Adaptations Unit Review" taped in and completed.
+1 taped in
+4 complete
+1 for every 5 pages
Table of Contents pgs 62-90 (max. 25 pages)
TOTAL SCORE
+ 1 title +4 notes
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