Friday, January 30, 2015
Project Based Learning
PBLs or Project Based Learning experiences offer students an opportunity to do meaningful research. Typically, the project starts with a driving question students answer through webquests, guided lab activities, models, or research. The research concludes with a culminating activity, such as a presentation, poster display, working model, etc. Our class will create wiki spaces with information, videos, graphics, etc.Buck Institute for Education has a complete guide and examples to follow.
WA: Earth Science Natural Disaster PBLs
Project Based Learning or PBL
The student are outlining material on weathering, erosion, mass movements, water resources, and groundwater resources in preparation for a series of projects using a PBL approach. The class will start with Cacapon Institute's (www.cacaponinstitute.org) Stream Cleaner. Cacapon has a number of resources, games, virtual stream assays, and documents on its eschool. Our class will work through these activities both to gain experience with a robust PBL and to prepare for a stream assessment field trip in the spring.
The student are outlining material on weathering, erosion, mass movements, water resources, and groundwater resources in preparation for a series of projects using a PBL approach. The class will start with Cacapon Institute's (www.cacaponinstitute.org) Stream Cleaner. Cacapon has a number of resources, games, virtual stream assays, and documents on its eschool. Our class will work through these activities both to gain experience with a robust PBL and to prepare for a stream assessment field trip in the spring.
Apologia: Physical Science Motion
Physical Science: Motion
Key Terms:
Acceleration
Average Speed
Distance
Motion
Position
Relative Motion
Reference Point
Speed
Velocity
Key Concepts:
1. An object's motion can be predicted.
2. Motion is a change of position.
3. Acceleration measures changes in velocity.
4. Speed and velocity are a function of distance and time.
5. Velocity is speed in a given direction.
6. Acceleration is a function of velocity and time.
Objectives:
1. Perform a series of labs, activities and demonstrations to understand the basic principles of motion.
2. Calculate speed, average speed, and acceleration problems.
3. Interpret time-distance and velocity-time graphs.
Questions:
1. What is motion as opposed to relative motion?
2. Differentiate between speed and velocity?
3. How are speed and velocity calculated? What is the formula?
4. What information does a distance-time graph display?
5. How does velocity change? How is it calculated?
6. What is the acceleration formula?
7. Describe a velocity-time graph.
Key Terms:
Acceleration
Average Speed
Distance
Motion
Position
Relative Motion
Reference Point
Speed
Velocity
Key Concepts:
1. An object's motion can be predicted.
2. Motion is a change of position.
3. Acceleration measures changes in velocity.
4. Speed and velocity are a function of distance and time.
5. Velocity is speed in a given direction.
6. Acceleration is a function of velocity and time.
Objectives:
1. Perform a series of labs, activities and demonstrations to understand the basic principles of motion.
2. Calculate speed, average speed, and acceleration problems.
3. Interpret time-distance and velocity-time graphs.
Questions:
1. What is motion as opposed to relative motion?
2. Differentiate between speed and velocity?
3. How are speed and velocity calculated? What is the formula?
4. What information does a distance-time graph display?
5. How does velocity change? How is it calculated?
6. What is the acceleration formula?
7. Describe a velocity-time graph.
WA: Physical Science Motion
Physical Science: Motion
Key Terms:
Acceleration
Average Speed
Distance
Motion
Position
Relative Motion
Reference Point
Speed
Velocity
Key Concepts:
1. An object's motion can be predicted.
2. Motion is a change of position.
3. Acceleration measures changes in velocity.
4. Speed and velocity are a function of distance and time.
5. Velocity is speed in a given direction.
6. Acceleration is a function of velocity and time.
Objectives:
1. Perform a series of labs, activities and demonstrations to understand the basic principles of motion.
2. Calculate speed, average speed, and acceleration problems.
3. Interpret time-distance and velocity-time graphs.
Questions:
1. What is motion as opposed to relative motion?
2. Differentiate between speed and velocity?
3. How are speed and velocity calculated? What is the formula?
4. What information does a distance-time graph display?
5. How does velocity change? How is it calculated?
6. What is the acceleration formula?
7. Describe a velocity-time graph.
Key Terms:
Acceleration
Average Speed
Distance
Motion
Position
Relative Motion
Reference Point
Speed
Velocity
Key Concepts:
1. An object's motion can be predicted.
2. Motion is a change of position.
3. Acceleration measures changes in velocity.
4. Speed and velocity are a function of distance and time.
5. Velocity is speed in a given direction.
6. Acceleration is a function of velocity and time.
Objectives:
1. Perform a series of labs, activities and demonstrations to understand the basic principles of motion.
2. Calculate speed, average speed, and acceleration problems.
3. Interpret time-distance and velocity-time graphs.
Questions:
1. What is motion as opposed to relative motion?
2. Differentiate between speed and velocity?
3. How are speed and velocity calculated? What is the formula?
4. What information does a distance-time graph display?
5. How does velocity change? How is it calculated?
6. What is the acceleration formula?
7. Describe a velocity-time graph.
WA: Life Science Genetics
Overview:
Life Science: Genetics
1. Students should define terms and outline Chapters Four and Five from their textbooks.
2. The class has a brief survey of traits. Each student should interview his or her family and graph the results for Tuesday.
3. Here is a brief overview of the material: questions, objectives, key terms.
Genetics
Terms:
Allele
Co dominance
Crossing Over
Diploid
Dominant
Fertilization
Gamete
Genetics
Genotype
Haploid
Heredity
Heterozygous
Homologous chromosome
Homozygous
Hybrid
Law of independent assortment
Law of segregation
Meosis
Phenotype
Recessive
Sexual reproduction (asexual reproduction)
Trait
X-linked traits
Zygote
Objectives:
1. Explain the basis of heredity in terms of genes and transmission.
2. Understand the role of meiosis and fertilization in maintenance of chromosomes between generations.
3. Learn how the rules of probability predict patterns of inheritance.
4. Manipulate Punnett Squares and describe the resulting genotypes and phenotypes.
5. Describe Gregor Mendal's work and contributions to the Genetics' field.
6. Explain how DNA is the template for RNA, specifies amino acid sequences into proteins, which govern biochemical reactions.
7. Perform a variety of hands-on activities, labs, and simulations.
Questions:
1. What is the role of genes in heredity?
2. How does probability predict gene inheritance?
3. Explain the contributions of Gregor Mendal's
4. Compare dominant and recessive traits.
5. Distinguish between genes and alleles.
6. Compare phenotypes and genotypes.
7. Identify gene symbols.
8. How do homozygous and heterozygous alleles differ?
9. How are pedigrees used?
10. What is the role of Punnett's Squares?
11. Explain how genes are transcribed and translated through DNA transcription and translation.
12. Identify evidence of dominance.
13. What are common traits?
14. What are types of genetic disorders?
15. What are some practical applications of DNA technology?
1. Students should define terms and outline Chapters Four and Five from their textbooks.
2. The class has a brief survey of traits. Each student should interview his or her family and graph the results for Tuesday.
3. Here is a brief overview of the material: questions, objectives, key terms.
Genetics
Terms:
Allele
Co dominance
Crossing Over
Diploid
Dominant
Fertilization
Gamete
Genetics
Genotype
Haploid
Heredity
Heterozygous
Homologous chromosome
Homozygous
Hybrid
Law of independent assortment
Law of segregation
Meosis
Phenotype
Recessive
Sexual reproduction (asexual reproduction)
Trait
X-linked traits
Zygote
Objectives:
1. Explain the basis of heredity in terms of genes and transmission.
2. Understand the role of meiosis and fertilization in maintenance of chromosomes between generations.
3. Learn how the rules of probability predict patterns of inheritance.
4. Manipulate Punnett Squares and describe the resulting genotypes and phenotypes.
5. Describe Gregor Mendal's work and contributions to the Genetics' field.
6. Explain how DNA is the template for RNA, specifies amino acid sequences into proteins, which govern biochemical reactions.
7. Perform a variety of hands-on activities, labs, and simulations.
Questions:
1. What is the role of genes in heredity?
2. How does probability predict gene inheritance?
3. Explain the contributions of Gregor Mendal's
4. Compare dominant and recessive traits.
5. Distinguish between genes and alleles.
6. Compare phenotypes and genotypes.
7. Identify gene symbols.
8. How do homozygous and heterozygous alleles differ?
9. How are pedigrees used?
10. What is the role of Punnett's Squares?
11. Explain how genes are transcribed and translated through DNA transcription and translation.
12. Identify evidence of dominance.
13. What are common traits?
14. What are types of genetic disorders?
15. What are some practical applications of DNA technology?
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