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Sunday, February 27, 2011

Week of Feb. 28 - March 4

Date
Plan
What we did
Monday
1) Reminders:
- Hand in Wonder Why by Wed
- Do you need to write the quiz?

2)  Review Carbs
- Check unit overview review - use a different color.

3) Lipids
- general info
- Check what we want to know
- Food Label

4) Proteins
- general info
- check what we want to know
- Food label

5) Nucleic Acids
6) DNA & RNA
1) 10 minutes to update our Overview Review
2)  Reviewed Carbs
3) Read article about the Many Names for Sugars
4) Lipids
5) Started proteins


Tuesday
Correct Quizes if everyone is done

1) Progress Reports - Fill in info
2) Lipid review
3) Continue with Proteins
- Start with how to remember properties of a protein
4) Enzymes
5) Nucleic Acids



1) Filled in progress reports
2) Reviewed lipids and proteins
3) Finished up proteins



Wednesday
1) Correct Evolution Questions Chapter 9 - 1-6

2) Continue with Enzymes

3) Check food Label activity

4) Nucleic Acids

1) Corrected Evolution Questions


Thursday
SUB:
Complete DNA Questions 1,2, 4-9

2) Work on Evolution package
Chapter 9 (# 7 & 8)
Chapter 21 (1-5)
Worksheet





Friday
Progress Reports


1) Date for evolution questions
Date: __________________  What is due:______________

2) DNA Questions take up on Monday.

In the lab,
3) Chat with your Grade 5

4) Review Lipid and Protein What do you want to know discussion threads and select a question to research or search for something else you want to know about lipids and proteins.

You must research at least one fact about lipids and one about proteins.

5) Select one ingredient from your food label that you weren’t sure about and find out what it is and what molecule of life it is.

6) Find at least two interesting facts about DNA.

7) Present the last 15 minutes of class.

8) Research fossils if time.


DS Lab Booked:





Google Doc Agenda

Google Presentation - Research compilation




TEST Document

!) Evolution Questions Ch 9 # 7, 8 due for Monday.

2) Worked in the DS Lab on developing the group presentation for Monday.



Sunday, February 13, 2011

Week of Feb. 14-18

Date
Plan
What we did
Monday
1) Overview of the Week.

2) Review and discuss the Review of Chem Terms from the duotang.
- Review Powerpoint - Under Outcome 1.0 follow the link entitled Review of Chemistry Powerpoint.

- We will discuss any terms that you are not familiar with or would like to review.

3) Finish and correct Review of Chem Crossword.

4) Set Quiz date

5) Carbs

Starting Discussion:

- What do we know about carbs?

- What do we want to know?

ii) work through handout

iii) check ideas

**Look for a food label to bring to class this week.


1) Reviewed basic chem terms

2) Chatted with grade 5s

3) filled in more of the review crossword

**Bring a food label and ingredient list.
Feb. 14

Tuesday
Key Questions

1) Carbs

Starting Discussion:



ii) work through handout

iii) check ideas

**Look for a food label to bring to class this week.
1) We reviewed the key questions of this unit and started our notes on homeostasis.  We will continue to add to these over the semester.

2) Worked through the crossword puzzle as a review.

3) Used Wikispaces to highlight what we know and want to know about carbs.

4) Chatted with our Grade 5 buddies

5) Searched for carb related info.
Feb. 15


Wednesday
1)Reminders:
- Quiz - Thurs
- WW - hand in as soon as complete
(Preferably by the end of the week - We will start presentation after the break)
Evolution questions to be corrected Friday.

2) Review of Chem Terms (Practice for the quiz)
 - Here is an example of a Web 2.0 tool which you can use to help you study for many classes.  I have prepared a sample Review of Chemistry set.

- Quizlet - Review of Chem Terms

3) Carbs
- Review what we know
- What we would like to know
- Basics of Carbs
- check in to what we want to know and see what we need to discuss.

4) Food Label Activity




If we have time:
 Overview Review check in
- In a different color go back to page 1 & 2  and fill in questions #1-7.
- Please use a different color pen to do this
  •  Quizlet Practice Test:
  • For today, please select matching, multiple choice, true/false or a combination of and to be prompted with the definition.  Next set your question limit at 15 terms and hit reconfigure and begin the review.
  • When you have completed the review note your score and send Mrs. Painchaud a wiki mail message with your result out of 15.  (This is formative).  Send wiki mail to sp245.
  1. Learned about Quizlet as a review tool.  Did a 15 question practice quiz.
  2. Worked through Carbohydrates.
Feb. 16

Thursday
1) Complete Quiz and hand in
(we will correct tomorrow in class after missing people have written).

2) Complete Nutrition Survey

3) Chat with your Grade 5 - Ask about their plans for the break.

**If you are done everything to this point today, you can go back to the starting overview/review document and update the first 2 pages using a different color pen.

2) Google Apps
- Skype introduction with Mr.Kezema
- What is Google Apps and how does it work.
- Your usernames and passwords
- Practice Google Doc Activity

- Carbohydrates Class Research Shared Google Doc 


3) Carbs
- Quick Review
- What questions were not answered (5 minutes to search for questions and use a google doc to report back.)

4) Food Label
5) Lipids

1) Quiz

3) chatted with Grade 5s

3) Learned about google apps and tried working in a shared document.
Feb. 17

Friday
1) What we found out about carbs.

2) People missing to write quiz

3) Food Label Activity

4) Lipids



Check computers and prepare to return them.
1) Reviewed information about carbs
2) Missing students finished up quiz
3) Started food label activity
4) posted what we know and wanted to know about lipids and proteins and posted our thoughts on the netbooks.

Packed up the netbooks.
Feb. 18

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Week of Feb. 7 - 11

Date
Plan
What we did
Monday
1) Work through Biochemistry Unit Overview/Review

2) Review of Chemistry
- make notes, highlight areas that we need to review
- review crossword puzzle
- set quiz date

3) Molecules of life.

1) Reviewed and planned ahead for the week.

2) Worked through Overview/Review (We will add to your initial ideas as we progress through the unit.

3) Worked through Review of Chem
Feb. 7

Tuesday
Mr. Kezema is here to help with Skype and Google Apps

1) Join the TMSS - Maude Burke Wiki by following this link.

2) Find your discussion group and introduce yourself to your Grade 5.  Start with your learning style and basic school related interests.

3) Skype Accounts.

Talked with Mr. Kezema about Digital Citizenship.

- Signed up for Skype - We will solve the skype issues on Friday.

- Joined Maude-Burke - TMSS Wiki

- Skyped with the Grade 5s.
Feb. 8

Wednesday
** You may chat with your Grade 5 or leave a comment for them on the wiki - see above link.

1) Finish up Review of Chemistry (15 minutes) - Due for Friday

2) Evolution - Work through the evolution worksheets and questions.

Begin with Chapter 9 questions and then move onto Chapter 21.
Feb. 9

Thursday
Today's Video Message

1) Begin today with your Wonder Why Assignment.
(This should take about 1/2 hour)

2) Continue on with the evolution package.  Chapter 9 questions should be finished up and you should start on Chapter 21).

Click here to sign up for your discussion forum question.
Wonder Why Question Sign up

Chapter 9 Questions are due for Monday next week.  Friday we will check in and see how it is going.
Feb. 10

Friday
1) Correct REview of Chem
2) Evolution check in
3) Carbohydrates.

Google Apps
Change of plans as Mrs. Painchaud was not feeling healthy.
1) We worked on a review of Chem Crossword puzzle.

2) We spent 20 minutes working on wrapping up our wonder why questions.

3) Then we worked on our Evolution questions.

We also chatted with our Grade 5 students.
Feb. 11

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Feb. 2 - 4, 2011

Date
Plan
What we did
Monday




Tuesday




Wednesday
1) Get Netbooks and check out today's plan.

2) Surveys:
a)   Complete - Mr. Kezema's Survey



3) Introduce Evolution Unit - This unit will be ongoing throughout the semster - Basic intro activities this week.

Introductory Activities:


   a) Evolution Unit Package
   b) Pre-Assessment - graph results

4)   Review of Chemistry - 
 - Review terms
  - Discuss those we need to 
  - Review Crossword
  - Quiz 


1) Talked about which Student Advisory group you were in.

2) Completed the two surveys
Feb. 2
Thursday
1) Have you completed the two surveys?





2) Evolution 
- Unit information package
- Introductory activity
- Intro and discussion 
- Pre-Assessment

3) Biochem unit overview
- work through overview 
1) Competed surveys

2) Started our discussion on Evolution by viewing a video and brainstorming ideas.

- Began to exam what we personally think about evolution
Feb. 3
Friday
1) Evolution  - Work through pre-assessment

2) Biochemistry unit overview

Feb. 4