• Learn at Home -Week 7 & 8 May 11-22

    ***Please Check Your Grades in Focus. You may have missed assignments during the first three weeks. If you do not know how to complete an assignment or are unable to, due to technology restrictions at home, please let me know. You can contact me through Teams, email, or Remind.

    ***Don't forget to check in on Teams for ATTENDANCE. Find the assignment for Attendance and click on the blue "turn in" at the top. You don't need to attach anything. This is required for ALL students in order ot be marked present for the week!

    Topic 9: Ecosystems and How They Change

    Overview:

    - Reading Essentials: Populations, Changing Populations, Communities (1-2 days each)

    - Practice: Abiotic/Biotic Activity, Arctic Fox Food Web, Symbiotic Relationship Activity (1 day each)

    - BrainPops: Ecosystems, Food Chains, Symbiosis (1 day each) BRAINPOP LOGIN INFO: username - deerlake password - bucks

    Below, I have provided a guide to help students pace their work.

    • Reading Essentials: Populations (1-2 days) Read the pages and answer the questions throughout. This is a fillable document so you do not need to print and write on it. You can type the answers directly into it and submit in Teams. RE Populations-fillable

    • BrainPop: Ecosystems (1 day) Watch the BrainPop. This can be accessed through ClassLink. If there are any issues with the link, you can go directly to BrainPop and log in. Our user name is deerlakeand the password is bucks. Take the Graded Quiz (as many times as you need) and submit your results to your teacher through TEAMS under the assignment posted.

    • Abiotic/Biotic Scavenger Hunt (1 day) Open and view the Abiotic & Biotic Factors powerpoint to review the difference between abiotic and biotic factors. Walk around outside and make a list of as many biotic and abiotic factors you can find. Write them on the worksheet and answer the questions. Submit your assignment through TEAMS under the assignment posted. Abiotic vs Biotic Ppt  Abiotic & Biotic Activity

    • Reading Essentials: Changing Populations (1-2 days) Read the pages and answer the questions throughout. This is a fillable document so you do not need to print and write on it. You can type the answers directly into it and submit in Teams. RE Changing Populations

    • BrainPop: Food Chains (1 day each) Watch the BrainPops. This can be accessed through ClassLink. If there are any issues with the link, you can go directly to BrainPop and log in. Our user name is deerlakeand the password is bucks. Take the Graded Quiz (as many times as you need) and submit your results to your teacher through TEAMS under the assignment posted.

    • Arctic Fox Food Web (1 day) Click on the link to go to the Antarctica Marine Food Web. Read the introduction and the information on each tab. Then click on the “Food Web Game” and complete the food web. Click check answers. Keep working until you have them all correct. When done take a screenshot of your completed web and submit through TEAMS under the assignment posted. Antarctic Food Web

    • Reading Essentials: Communities (1-2 days) Read the pages and answer the questions throughout. This is a fillable document so you do not need to print and write on it. You can type the answers directly into it and submit in Teams.RE Communities

    • BrainPop: Symbiosis (1 day) Watch the BrainPop. This can be accessed through ClassLink. If there are any issues with the link, you can go directly to BrainPop and log in. Our user name is deerlakeand the password is bucks. Take the Graded Quiz (as many times as you need) and submit your results to your teacher through TEAMS under the assignment posted.

    • Symbiotic Relationship Activity (1 day) Research and create an example of each type of symbiotic relationship (commensalism, mutualism, parasitism). You may draw pictures, cut and paste pictures from the internet, write words to show the relationships. These can be entered in the blank word document or powerpoint attached or you can take pictures of your paper. Be creative! Submit to your teacher through TEAMS under the assignment posted. Word Document   Powerpoint

    ***Extra Credit*** Choose ONE of the color by number pictures. Answer the questions. Print and color the picture according to your answers. Submit to your teacher through TEAMS under the assignment posted. Symbiosis  Food Web  Organisms & Environment

     

    Learn at Home -Week 5 & 6 April 27-May 8

    ***Please check your grades in Focus. You may have missed assignments during the first three weeks. If you do not know how to complete an assignment or are unable to, due to technology restrictions at home, please let me know. You can contact me through Teams or email.    
    ***Don't forget to check in on Teams for attendance. Find the assignment for Attendance and click on the blue "turn in" at the top. You don't need to attach anything. This is required for ALL students in order ot be marked present for the week!

    Topic 8:Change Over Time
    Overview:  
    Reading Essentials: Natural Selection, Fossil Evidence, Biological Evidence (1-2 days each)
    Practice: Natural Selection (Beetles), Peppered Moths, Camouflage PowerPoint/activity (1 day each)
    BrainPops: Darwin, Natural Selection, Extinction (1 day each)
    BRAINPOP LOGIN INFO: username - deerlake      password - bucks

    Below, I have provided a guide to help students pace their work.    

    • Reading Essentials: Natural Selection (1-2 days)
      Read the pages and answer the questions throughout.  This is a fillable document so you do not need to print and write on it. You can type the answers directly into it and submit the in Teams.   RE Natural Selection-Fillable
    • BrainPop: Natural Selection (1 day)
      Watch the BrainPop on "Natural Selection." This can be accessed through ClassLink. If there are any issues with the link, you can go directly to BrainPop and log in. Our user name is deerlakeand the password is bucks. Take the Graded Quiz (as many times as you need) and submit your results to your teacher through TEAMS under the assignment posted.
    • Natural Selection with Beetles Activity (1 day)
      Read the information on how evolution occurs and the example experiment. You do not need to do the experiment on your own, but you may choose to do your own version of this with M & M’s or Skittles. After reading the information complete the questions. This is a fillable document so you do not need to print and write on it. You can type the answers direction into it and submit the assignment in Teams. 
      Beetles-fillable


    • Reading Essentials: Fossil Evidence (1-2 days)
      Read the pages and answer the questions throughout.  This is a fillable document so you do not need to print and write on it. You can type the answers directly into it and submit in Teams.      RE Fossil Evidence-fillable
    • BrainPop: Exctinction (1 day)
      Watch the BrainPop on "Exctinction." This can be accessed through ClassLink. If there are any issues with the link, you can go directly to BrainPop and log in. Our user name is deerlake and the password is bucks. Take the Graded Quiz (as many times as you need) and submit your results to your teacher through TEAMS under the assignment posted. 
    • Camouflage Activity (1 day)
      Go through and look at the examples of camouflage in the powerpoint. You can also use the internet to look up some examples. Find something from around your house and camouflage (hide) it somewhere inside or outside. It needs to be visible to the naked eye. Meaning you can't put things on top of it to hide it. Take a picture of your camouflaged item and submit in the assignment in Teams. Bonus points if your teacher can’t find it in the photo!


    • Reading Essentials: Biological Evidence (1-2 days)
      Read the pages and answer the questions throughout.  This is a fillable document so you do not need to print and write on it. You can type the answers directly into it and submit in Teams.          RE Biological Evidence-fillable
    • BrainPop: Darwin (1 day)
      Watch the BrainPop on "Darwin." This can be accessed through ClassLink. If there are any issues with the link, you can go directly to BrainPop and log in. Our user name is deerlakeand the password is bucks. Take the Graded Quiz (as many times as you need) and submit your results to your teacher through TEAMS under the assignment posted. 
    • Peppered Moths Activity (1 day)
      Read the information about peppered moths. Follow the directions to color the trees, lichen, and moths appropriately. You may use your pencil, colored pencils, crayons, markers, or even color it in the Paint program on a computer or mark it up on your phone.  Submit your completed activity in the assignment
    Learn at Home Weeks 3 and 4   
    Topic: During weeks 3 and 4 students will be working on genetics and biotechnology. All notes come from the PowerPoint and also Videos. We will have a live lesson on *Thursday, April 16 (Changed from April 14) and Tuesday April 21 at 10:30 am to review note/major concepts, genetic problems and students can text questions. 
    Overview: Notes: Genetics, Genetics Since Mendel, Advances in Genetics (turn in all together on Teams) Practice: Bikini Bottom Genetics (turn in # 1 – 8 together on Teams) Brainpops: Genetics, Heredity, Blood Types, Mutations (turn in quiz scores separately on Teams) Assignments listed above are due by Friday, April 24. Below, I have provided a guide to help students pace their work.
     
    IMPORTANT LINKS/DOWNLOADS: 
    Genetics PowerPoint -Genetics Notes PPT
    Video Link Sheet - Genetics Video Links
    Genetics Fill In NOTES - Genetics Fill In Notes
    Bikini Bottom Genetics Worksheet -Bikini Bottoms Genetic Worksheet
     
    Week 3: 4/13/20 - 4/17/20
    Monday • Notes: Topic 7: Genetics, Page 1: A – C (use the first 11 slides of ppt) • Practice: # 1 – 3 on Bikini Bottom Genetics worksheet (turn in Thursday)
    Tuesday • Join me at 10:30 AM on Microsoft Teams for a live lesson on Mendelian Genetics. *** This event has been moved to Thursday!!!
    Wednesday • Review: “How do I Make a Punnett Square?” This is a guide showing you how to set up a punnett square. (No work needs to be done on this page- it is just for students to reference, if needed) • Practice: # 4 - 5 on Bikini Bottom Genetics worksheet (turn in Thursday)
    Thursday • Brainpop: Genetics – take quiz and submit screenshot of score through Teams assignment. • Practice: # 6 - 8 on Bikini Bottom Genetics worksheet – scan or take pics of work (# 1 – 8) and turn in through Teams assignment.
    Friday • Brainpop: Heredity – take quiz and submit screenshot of score through Teams assignment.
     
    Week 4 : 4/20/20 - 4/24/20
    Monday • Notes: Topic 7: Genetics Since Mendel, Page 3 – 4: A – G (use slides 12 – 23 on ppt)
    Tuesday • Join me at 10:30 AM on Teams for a lesson on Non-Mendelian Genetics.
    Wednesday • Brainpop: Blood Types – take quiz and submit screenshot of score through Teams assignment.
    Thursday • Brainpop: Mutations – take quiz and submit screenshot of score through Teams assignment.
    Friday • Notes: Topic 7: Advances in Genetics, Page 5: A – B (use slides 24 – 30 on ppt) – scan or take pics of notes and turn in through Teams assignment.
     

    Learn at Home - Week 2 (4/6/20 - 4/10/20)

    MONDAY:

    1. Have you completed the "Let's get started" activities from last week yet? If not start there first.

    2. If you have not already, join my remind: text @johnsonk to 81010, or see the directions attached. I will be using Remind to send out notices about assignments and reminders. (5pt homework/classwork grade) Codes for classes are found on Distance Learning page on thhis website...gray box left side.

    3. The county has provided a work packet for week 2 also. This packet is a review of the benchmarks from 6th, 7th, and 8th grade. If you have not completed the Week 1 packet finish that first, then complete the Week 2 packet.

    You can find the packets by going to the Deerlake Home Page and following the links or by clicking below: 7th Grade Science Review Packet-Week 1 7th Grade Science Review Packet-Week 2

    4. There are instructions on how to write on a PDF or using your phone to answer questions below. I've also created answer sheets that you can type directly into, hopefully to make it easier. These are attached to the assignments in Teams as well. Packet download directions (at the top of the page) Week 1 Packet fillable form Week 2 packet form is on Teams in the assignment if you'd prefer to use it instead.

    If you are unable to view it online, you can pick up a printed copy at the school if you don't already have one.

     

    Tuesday: Continue working on Week 2 of your packet.

    - Complete ReadWorks questions numbered 1-2

    I am available through email and Teams if you need any help.

     

    Wednesday: Continue working on Week 2 of your packet.

    - Complete the ReadWorks activity, questions 3-4

    I am available through email and Teams if you need any help.

     

    Thursday: Continue working on Week 2 of your packet.

    - Complete the ReadWorks activity, questions 5-6

    Please see the Distance Learning tab to the left or check in Teams under files for instructions on how to turn it in.

    I am available through email and Teams if you need any help.

     

    Friday: How to Split a Screen

    1. Click on one of the following links for your specific device and watch a tutorial on how to split screen. This is helpful when trying to work in multiple windows like Google and Microsoft Word. Windows 10 Windows 8.1 Macbook iPad Android iPhone

    2. Split your screen between this webpage and your science class Teams page.

    3. Screenshot your split screen. You can use your phone to take a picture of the screen, screenshot it from your device, or use the snipping tool on a computer.

    4. Submit the screenshot through Teams in the assignment. (5pt homework/classwork grade)

    -I am available through email and Teams if you need any help.

     

    Submit the week 2 packet in Teams under the Review Packet Week 2 assignment. If you haven't submitted the Week 1 packet yet please do so and add them into the separate assignments.  Thank you!!

     

    If you have ANY questions about your packets or anything in general please don't hesitate to contact me through email or  Teams!

    Wishing you a healthy and safe week! 

     

    Learn at Home - Week 1 (3/30/20 - 4/3/20)

    MONDAY: Let's get set up!

    1. If you have not already, join my remind: text @johnsonk to 81010, or see the directions attached (5pt homework/classwork grade)

    Remind Directions

    2. Go to ClassLink and click on "Teams." Find your science class and reply to my message. Just say "hi" so I know we are all connected. (5pt homework/classwork grade)

    3.  Have you read the on-line etiquette guidelines? Remember that everything you put online is there forever. Think before you type! 

    Directions for Online Etiquette

    Watch the BrainPop on "Digital Etiquette." This can be accessed through ClassLink. If there are any issues with the link, you can go directly to BrainPop and log in. Our user name is Deerlake and the password is Bucks. Take the Graded Quiz (as many times as you need) and submit your results to Ms. Johnson through TEAMS under the assignment posted. (5pt homework/classwork grade)

    4. Go back into teams and reply to the message about online etiquette with a "thumbs up" AND share 1 thing you learned about etiquette. (5pt assessment grade)

     

    Great! If you have gotten this far, you are all set up and ready to go! If you are having issues, please email me or send me a message on Remind or Teams. Don't worry! We will figure this out together :)

     

    Tuesday: Let's get started! 

    1. The county has provided a work packet for the next two weeks. This packet is a review of the benchmarks from 6th, 7th, and 8th grade. 

    You can find it by going to the Deerlake Home Page and following the link or by clicking here:

    7th Grade Science Packet Week 1

    2. There are instructions on how to write on a PDF or using your phone to answer questions:

    Packet download directions (at the top of the page) 

    If you are unable to view it online, you can pick up a printed copy at the school. 

    3. Today there will be a message on Teams asking if you were able to find and download the packet. Please respond with a "thumbs up." If not, please email me or send me a message on Remind or Teams so I can help you out. (5 pts homework/classwork grade)  

    Wednesday: Please start working on Week One of your packet. 

    - Complete Questions numbered 1-4.

    I am available through Email, Remind and Teams if you need any help. 

     

    Thursday: 

    - Complete the ReadWorks activity. 

    I am available through Remind and Teams if you need any help. 

     

    Friday: 

    - Complete the Skill Activity 

    Please see the Deerlake webpage or check in Teams under files for instructions on how to turn it in.

    I am available through Remind, Teams or email if you need any help. 

     

    You may go ahead and submit this week's packet in Teams under the Review Packet Week 1 assignment (like you did for the BrainPops) or you can wait until next week and submit both weeks at the same time. 

     

    If you have ANY questions about your packets or anything in general please don't hesitate to contact me through Remind, Teams, or email.