Living Earth SH Assignments

Hi kiddos!

Here is your LAST ASSIGNMENT for Living Earth for this year!

Next week your Final Product is due (nothing due this Friday!). Next week you'll also have a Final Reflection Assessment posted to Google Classroom on Tuesday.

do your doggon best work cause what ya got to lose?!

<3 OBrien

Hello scholars!

Here is your final final reflection assessment for 2020 science :) Please respond thoughtfully and thoroughly. I will be looking at your responses in detail (as I do all of them).

It has been an honor to serve as your science teacher this year. Stay curious, and always notice, wonder, connect, and predict <3

Join us on Wednesday 6/3 at 1:00 pm on Zoom for a lil farewell party :) I'll be doing some cool science!

Hello! You are doing great :). Please remember that I am so proud of you for all your focus and effort!

Ask me your questions as you go!

See you Monday and Wednesday for zoom class <3

Go listen to this album: "What Kinda Music" by Tom Misch :)

And do your quiz <3

Helllllooo!

This morning I looked at the sun and said "Again?" She replied "Again." You know what to do! These last few weeks are ALL ABOUT HUMANS AND WHAT WE GOTTA DO TO MAKE THIS WORLD BETTER THAN WE FOUND IT :) <3

You know what to doooooo!

Work through one of the daily science options from the tic-tac-tie board. Can you get 3 in a row?

Let me know of your questions :)

We are 7 weeks into shelter-in-place! We have 5 weeks of distance learning until the end of school.

Please complete the following midway reflection! Let me know of your questions :) - Ms. O'Brien

Hey nerds!

Here's Week 6 work. Through this you will be able to:
* explain why your genes at birth are not the gene you are "stuck" with over your lifetime
* explain why identical twins are not identical later in life
* define epigenetics
* predict how the environment and your ancestors experiences affect the genes you have today

Please continue to help your brain and skills grow by completing the work in these activities! Ask me your questions on Remind or email.

Remember, I grade your final product :)

<3

Please complete the quiz for your week 5 work!

:)

Hello! Please sign up for Remind alerts for our class.

Send a text to the number 81010 with the message @joine2.

Or, click this link: remind.com/join/joine2

Thank you! :)

Please complete the following assignments this week :)

You can complete the work in two ways:
1. Type directly into this document assigned to you
OR
2. Write in your notebook.

I will be grading the FINAL PRODUCT of this week's work. Take a photo of your Final Product, and attach it to the assignment before you turn it in on Google Classroom.

At the END of the week, you will answer a quiz on Google Classroom. This quiz is REQUIRED. This is how Ms. O’Brien will know how much you understand about the topic.

Remember, Ms. O’Brien is available via email, Remind, or ig (ms.o.brien) to answer any questions :)

Please complete this quiz! I will assess your answers and put your scores in the gradebook.

Let me know if you have any questions. Email me, send me a message on remind, or dm on instagram. :)

1. Open the folder with photos of the SLz garden plants.
2. Find the photo of your plant! If it's not there, tell Ms. O'Brien. If the photo really sucks, tell Ms. O'Brien - but do your best!!
3. Complete an observation AND a sketch in your notebook as you would if you could go see it.

The observation sheet is attached here too. Use it as a template for what to make noticings about. :)

SUBMITTING YOUR WORK: When you finish, attach a picture of your work to this assignment, then turn it in. See "Update Letter" on how to do that.

SPRING IS POPPIN Y'ALL!!! SO MANY CUTE LITTLE FRUITS ON YOUR TREES!!! SO MUCH NEW GROWTH!!! How did I get into the garden to take photos?! I *may* or *MAY NOT* have had a key. Where there's a will, there's a way.

Love and miss you all. And so do your plants. They told me so.

Work your way through this week’s assignment.

You can complete the work in two ways:
1. Type directly into this document assigned to you
OR
2. Write in your notebook. Take a photo of your work, and attach it to the assignment before you turn it in on Google Classroom.

At the END of the week, you will answer a quiz on Google Classroom. This quiz is REQUIRED. This is how Ms. O’Brien will know how much you understand about the topic.

Remember, Ms. O’Brien is available via email, Remind, or ig (ms.o.brien) to answer any questions :)

Log in to your NewsELA account: https://newsela.com/

1. Complete 3-4 of the readings in your Binder.
2. For each reading, write down and look up words you do not know.
3. Complete the quiz at the end.

Hello!

Please complete the attached work. You may:
1. Type your answers directly into the document.
2. Write your answers in your notes.
3. Print the paper and fill in the worksheet.

Ask me any questions! I'm here for you :)

Hi scholars!

Please complete the following survey by Sunday night 3/22 at midnight (11:59 pm). YES, YOU HAVE TO! <3

Ms. OBrien

Complete the Google Form.

Watch the following videos. Write down 3 facts that help you explain artificial selection (or breeding).

Watch the following 2 videos.

Take notes on:
1. What is the direction of water transport in plants?
2. How does the water get from the roots to the top of the plant?
3. What are the main properties of water?
4. How do those properties help it move in plants?

Draw out a model of a few water molecules. Label the atoms. Label the forces that connect water molecules to one another.

Write down 2 unanswered questions you have after watching the videos.