PLANTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This week and next, we will be working on our plant unit.

We will be looking at the classification of plants, plant anatomy, their processes, and their importance to humans.

Activities/Assignments for Plant Unit

-Chapter 12/13 Crosswords due on Monday April 12

-Chapter 12/13 Reading Guides due on Monday April 12

-Chapter 12 End of Chapter Questions due on Friday, April 16

-Plant Classification and Identification Lab on Monday, April 19 and Tuesday April 20

-Plant Parts Lab on Tuesday April 20 and Wednesday April 21

-Review of lab materials on Wednesday April 21

-Lab Quiz on Thursday April 22

-Chapter 12/13 Book Quiz on Friday April 23

-Key Concept Quiz (61-75) on Friday April 23

Due to MCA II Testing, third block will be completing the Plant Brochure project on Thursday April 15 and Friday April 16. First block will not be completing this assignment.

Due to MCA II Testing, third block will be completing their Key Concept Quiz (56-70) on Friday April 16, while first block will be completing it on Monday, April 19.

Plant Brochure Project

Students will create a three fold brochure that includes the following information.

-Where does it live?
-What special things does it need to grow?
-What varieties or kinds are available?
-What are its preferred environmental conditions?
-Classify it in every level from kingdom to species.
-How long does it live?
-How is it pollinated?
-What is it used for by humans, besides beauty?
-At least on interesting fact
-At least two pictures.

Each student will choose a different species of plant.

Water Cycle-Earth Science

This week we will be beginning our unit on water. This weeks chapter (11) is on the flow of freshwater on Earth.

Assignments/Activities this week:
-Chapter 11 Reading Guide and Crossword due on Tuesday
-Chapter 11 End of Chapter Questions due on Friday
-Valley Erosion and Water Cycle Project worktime on Wednesday/Thursday
-Chapter 11 Quiz on Friday
-Key Concept Quiz (56-70) on Friday

Valley Erosion and Water Cycle Project
-Students will create a plain, and then using water/ice create the three kinds of valleys that can form. We will use this plain/valley to demonstrate the five stages of the water cycle.

Protists and Fungi

This upcoming week in seventh grade science, we will be dealing with protists and fungi.
It is Chapter 11 in our textbook.

These are our assignments for this chapter:
-Chapter 11 Reading Guide and Crossword
-Chapter 11 Review Questions
-Mushroom Dissection
-Fungi and Protist Picture Books

I am planning on conducting our mushroom dissection on Thursday. So on Thursday, students will need to wear closed toed shoes, no long jewelry, and long hair needs to be pulled back.

The fungi and protist picture books will include the information about the different kinds of fungi and protists, including why are they in those groups, what do they look like, and what do we call them. We will be working on these on Wednesday. Students will need their colored pencils or markers for this assignment.

We will have a chapter quiz on Friday.

See my website for more details, digital copies of assignments, study guides, and classroom lecture notes.

More coming soon!!!!

Brandi Kohler

Weathering and Erosion

Next week in Earth Science we will be covering the topics of weathering and erosion. It is chapter 10 and 12 in our textbooks.

Weathering and Erosion are very important topics in the field of Earth Science. They are the one of the foundational ways that the surface of the Earth changes.

Our assignments this week are

-Chapter 10 and 12 Crossword and Reading Guides

-Chapter 10 Review Questions 1-15

-Chapter 12 Review Questions 1-15

-Valley Creation Activity

Valley Creation Activity

-We will create a plain (using soil, rocks, synthesized plant/animal life) and then use water and ice to create the three different kinds of valleys that are possible. Students will experiment with different compositions of materials in their valleys to determine what can change the rate of erosion and deposition. This will represent the factors that can impact a valley during its formation.

-Students will be asked to write a one paragraph reflection after each trial.

-This will also demonstrate how rivers can mature from stage to stage.

More info to come soon!!!!

Brandi Kohler

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Brandi Kohler