Category: Science

Creating Your Own Lessons Learned
Nov 20

Creating Your Own Lessons Learned

Students, you listen to my lessons learned each week but today it’s your turn to tell me your lessons learned so far this school year. Your assignment for today is to create a blog post using our social network reflecting back on your school year to this point. In your post make sure that you…

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Virus Talk
Nov 12

Virus Talk

Basic information about viruses in four minutes (mini-lesson). Above is a mini-lesson about the basic information of viruses. This information includes characteristics, structure, and how they reproduce. Mr. McClung

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Using a Dichotomous Key
Nov 8

Using a Dichotomous Key

Students, on Monday we will be using a Dichotomous Key to identify various forms of Protozoa. You will use the key that has been provided to you to identity the ten mystery Protozoa in the videos below. Please watch each video (in order) and use your key to properly identify the organism in the videos….

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Video Lesson for 7th Period
Nov 4

Video Lesson for 7th Period

Above is a video lesson that I shot last night for my 7th period science class. This video was shot to provide a lesson to my students while I’m out for a dentist appointment Wednesday afternoon. Mr. McClung

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Identifying Protista
Nov 3

Identifying Protista

Today in science we continued our use of the microscopes by locating organisms in pond water. Students were given instructions on how to prepare a wet mount to make these microscopic organisms visible and were turned loose. Students were asked to find 8 different organisms and describe their movement and structure. Here is what they…

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Microscope Lab
Nov 2

Microscope Lab

Elodea leaf viewed at 100x on a microscope. The past several days in my science classes we have been performing multiple microscope labs. These labs are in continuation of our discussions about cells and organisms. The picture above is from our class lab on Friday, as you can see the cell walls and structure of…

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The Letter “E”
Oct 29

The Letter “E”

Above is a picture of a clipping of the letter “e” from a newspaper….it is being projected using an Eyeclops. That’s right….today’s science lesson is brought to you by the letter “e”. In continuation of our talk about living organisms, today I introduced microscopes to my students to become familiar with their functions. In order…

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Classification Webquest Assignment
Oct 22

Classification Webquest Assignment

Part 1: We are going to take a different look at the ANIMAL KINGDOM.  Along the way, you will see a variety of creatures….be sure to keep watch for them.  By the end of this web quest: You should know of different ways to classify living things You should be able to compare the characteristics…

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