Investigations in Science 7 – March 9, 2018

Announcements:
Reminder that March 15 – 7 to 7 Permission Packets are due.

Students can clean out their science section on March 14th. This will be
their assigned homework for the evening. Have them leave their papers in a safe
place at home and not throw the papers out.

Graded Assignments Turned in this week:

 Frog Dissection Open Lab Assessment
 Chemistry of Life DesignFolio (due date: March 14)

Coming Up:
Topics:
 Body System 1st Annual Olympic Games
 Start ‘Inheritance and Variation of Traits’ Unit
 Request for Proposal
 Asexual and Sexual Reproduction

Dates:
 March 13 – PTA Meeting 7:00 pm in the Media Center
 March 15 – 7 to 7 Permission Packets are due
 March 16-18 – School Play - Shrek Jr.
 March 20 – Band Trip Parent Meeting at 7:00 pm in the Band Room
 March 22 – Career Day
 March 26 - April 2 – Spring Break

What we did this week:

This week we finished dissecting frogs. We started to look at the digestive

system of the frog. We took some observations of the different organs and
opened up the stomach to see if there was any food that the frog had eaten. We
also looked to see the layers of muscles in the stomach of the frog. We took a
look at all the systems and made some observations how they are similar and
different to the systems that are found in us. Some groups even were able to see
if they could find the brain.
I have uploaded many photos to my blog, some more graphic of the frog. If
you would like to see the photos, feel free to check it out.
Wednesday, we had an open note/lab assessment for the frog dissection.
Students did not need to complete the lab fully in order to get 100% on the
assessment.
Thursday and Friday, we finished the Chemistry of Life DesignFolio. If you
recall, groups designed a menu for school lunches that fit the design
requirements. After learning about all the systems of the body, they were able to
describe how the different food items they picked helped each system of the
body. The due date for the DesignFolio is next Wednesday (March 14) but there
will be no more class time allocated to working on their DesignFolios.

Have a great week!