Happy Friday everyone!! We have had a great week here in science. We have been working hard to finish up our unit on Evolution. Today, students were able to get on the laptops and explore a few different online interactive games about evolution and natural selection Students had a great time with these games and I think they are really understanding how evolution and natural selection work!
Evolution Interactive Links SAS #1279 Charles Darwin's Game of Survival The Evolution Experience Theory of Evolution Looking ahead, don't forget your vocab is due on Monday. Tuesday students will be taking the district benchmark and Wednesday they will complete a classroom test to finish up this unit. Don't forget, if our team has the highest average out of the 3 eighth grade teams on the district benchmark we get to have a class party!! Let's work really hard and study so that we can be the best!! WE CAN DO THIS!!! I hope everyone has a great weekend! I will see you back here on Monday!
2 Comments
Hey they everyone! Welcome back! I hope you all enjoyed the break we had this past weekend. They always seem to fly by so quickly!
Yesterday, students were given their new set of vocab words. This will be the last set of words for the Evolution and Genetics Unit we are working on. See below for the list of words. They will be due on Monday. This week we are working on finishing up this unit. Today we are taking the last set of notes on Classification. Students will use a fill-in-the-blank graphic organizer to glue in their notebooks that they can take home and study. Looking ahead, we will be taking a classroom TEST next week on this unit as well as the district benchmark. Please make sure you are studying your notes and vocabulary words at home to prepare for the test. Only 12 and a half school days left before Christmas break! WE CAN MAKE IT!! VOCAB WORDS DUE MONDAY 12/8/14 genetic mutation genetic variation taxonomy biodiversity geologic evolution biological evolution common ancestor classification Hey there everyone! I hope you have all had a great week so far! Tuesday and Wednesday students took some notes on evolution, natural selection, and more. They worked really hard and I was impressed with the great class discussions we had in each class and all of the awesome questions students were asking. You can find the PowerPoint I adapted for my class HERE. You can also grab a copy of the fill-in-the-blank notes the students used for their interactive notebooks HERE.
Today and tomorrow students will be working in groups to complete a WebQuest on the evidence for evolution on the PBS website. You can find that website HERE. Don't forget about your vocabulary words that are due on Monday. You also have a quiz that day on those words. Have a great rest of the week! Hey there everyone!!! We are back at it here in science class after I was out for a couple of days at the state science conference in Winston-Salem. This week we are starting our new unit on Evolution and Genetics. We have an entire set of new vocab words this week that will be due next week on Monday the 24th. We will also have a quiz that day over these words and their definitions. See below for the list of words. Today in class, we kicked off our evolution unit by learning a bit about Darwin and his voyage around the world. Students used a "webquest" site from PBS and worked in class to complete the assignment. Curious about this assignment or out absent? Click HERE to check it out. Tomorrow we will be taking some notes on Darwin and evolution/natural selection. Check back tomorrow for a link to that PowerPoint and the fill-in-the-blank notes for your interactive notebooks. NEW VOCAB WORDS DUE 11/24/14
Theory of Evolution Theory of plate tectonics Natural selection Adaptation Species Analogous structure Homologous structure Vestigial structure Embryology Biological fitness |
Archives
November 2015
AuthorI am an 8th grade Science teacher in New Bern, North Carolina. Categories
All
|