Syllabus- Week 3 September 15-19

Life Science Syllabus- Week 3 September 15-19

Monday September 15
In Class:
Journal Prompt: What is an organism?
If you did not take the quiz- See me now—you will take it in the Hall right now.
Go over the quiz
Is Yeast alive?—Why or why not? I have some yeast that I am wondering if it is still “good.” How could you test to see if they were still alive?
Write out an experiment that we could do to see if they are still “active.”
-Make sure you have everything in the right place in your binder, for a binder check tomorrow!

HW:
-Make sure you have everything in the right place in your binder,
for a binder check tomorrow!
SQ3R P.6-9 on Asking about Life.

Tuesday September 16
In Class:
Finish up Experimental Designs by asking: What is our question? Describe our methods of finding out if the Yeast is alive or not.
Choose one experiment to do as a class.
Make a Data table together in preparation for the Lab/Experiment tomorrow
Lab safety/expectations.

Wednesday September 17
In Class:
Yeast Experiment Lab!

HW:
SQ3R P. 16-17

Thursday September 18
In Class:
Write up Lab reports together on Laptops- email to Ms. Fineis when finished.

Friday September 19
In Class: Phenology Field Day!

HW:
Go to that same spot outside near your house, sit quietly and describe it for 10 minutes. –This time, what has changed here? Please include Temperature, Time, Date, NAME, and DETAILED observations.