Transcript Mrs. Salvi Agenda for 8/25/2011

Mrs. Salvi
Agenda for March 17, 2015
Science 7:
• Health Objective: Scientific American Articles on
Alzheimer's disease
• Engage: What is Alzheimer's disease? Discussion
• Explore: Students will read the articles independently
• Explain: http://www.nia.nih.gov/alzheimers/publicatio
n/alzheimers-disease-fact-sheet
• Elaborate: Students will discuss their articles within a
small group
• Evaluate: Groups will report out to the class
Mrs. Salvi
Agenda for March 17, 2015
Science 6:
• Objective: The student knows how nitrogen cycles
through an ecosystem.
• Engage: Question of the day? What is Earth's air
made of? (Formative Assessment)
• Explore: The Nitrogen cycle - Brainpop!
• Explain: Free and fixed nitrogen
• Elaborate: Diagram of the Nitrogen Cycle
• Evaluate: Brainpop! Quiz
Mrs. Salvi
Agenda for March 17, 2015
Science 5:
• Objective: The student understands that geological
features result from the movement of the crust of the
Earth.
• Engage: Question of the day? How do mountains form at
plate boundaries?
• Explore: Make a model of the ocean floor
• Explain: Model must include: continental shelf, slope and
rise, trenches, ridges, and rifts.
• Elaborate: Students will label and define each of the
features
• Evaluate: Model, labels and definitions
Mrs. Salvi
Agenda for March 17, 2015
Science 8:
• Objective: Describe what force is. Explain how balanced and
unbalanced forces are related to an object's motion.
• Engage: Question of the day? What are the two
characteristics that describe motion? (Formative Assessment)
• Explore: Brainpop! Isaac Newton
• Explain: Net force, balanced and unbalanced forces
• Elaborate: Tug of war Activity (Teaching the Fun of Science pg 36)
• Evaluate: The Nature of Force Guided Reading and Study
(Summative Assessment)
Mrs. Salvi
Agenda for March 17, 2015
Science 4
Objective: Chapter 7 Test