Mrs. Salvi Agenda for December 15, 2014

Science 7:• Objective: Name some seedless vascular plants and the

characteristics that they share.• Engage:

http://sciencelearn.org.nz/Contexts/Ferns/Sci-Media/Video/Parts-of-a-fern

• Explore: Spore Toss (Enrich) (Formative Assessment)• Explain: Ferns, club mosses and horsetails - true roots, stems,

and leaves• Elaborate: Look at fronds and spore cases with magnifying

glasses and under microscope• Evaluate: Guided Reading and Study - Plants Without Seeds

(Summative Assessment)

Mrs. Salvi Agenda for December 15, 2014

Science 6:• Objective: Computer Lab - Students will proofread

and complete the descriptive essay and narrative for the Future City Competition.

• The class will upload the completed essay and narrative due 12/15/14.

Mrs. Salvi Agenda for December 15,2014

Science 5:• Objective: Students will explain why energy dissipates at each

trophic level. Students will contrast the transfer of energy and the recycling of organic material within an ecosystem and relate the role of each tropic level to ecosystem dynamics.

• Engage: Question of the Day? Why is the least amount of energy at the top of the energy pyramid? (Formative Assessment)

• Explore: Energy Pipeline Activity - Project wild pgs 105-109• Explain: Energy Pipeline Procedures• Elaborate: Energy Pipeline Activity• Evaluate: Diagram of energy flow in a simple ecosystem

(Summative assessment)

Mrs. Salvi Agenda for December 15, 2014

Science 8:• Objective: Explian how the reactivity of elements is related

valence electrons in atoms.• Engage: Junk Box Wars Competition• Explore:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSwnODMNULI• Explain:valence electrons are those that have the highest

energy level and are held the most loosely.• Elaborate:http://scienceforkids.kidipede.com/chemistry/

atoms/electron.htm - article• Evaluate: Three facts about electrons from the article

(Formative assessment)

Mrs. SalviAgenda for December 15, 2014

Science 4• Objective: The student understands that changes in an ecological system

usually affect the whole system.• Engage: Question of the Day? How do environments change over time?

(Formative Assessment)• Explore: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow - Project Wild Lesson pg 154-157• Explain: Identify and describe causes of extinction within animal species -

habitat loss, pollution, impact from introduced species. Threatened, rare, and endangered species in Pennsylvania.

• Elaborate: US Fish and Wildlife Service - http://www.fws.gov/Endangered/education/wonderful.html

• Evaluate: Arrange terms in order from least amount of danger to greatest - endangered, rare, threatened, extinct, critically endangered (Formative Assessment)