Download Unit of Study S.O.L.s Resources

Length of
Unit
5 days
LS 1, 2, 3, 12
Chapter 1 – Cells: The Building Blocks
of Life
6 days
LS 1, 2, 3
Chapter 2 – Cell Processes and Energy
6 days
LS 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 13
Chapter 3 – Genetics: The Science of
Heredity
6 days
LS 1, 2, 3, 13, 14
Unit of Study
Introduction to Science
S.O.L.s
Resources
Labs – Penny Drop Lab, paper towel
comparison lab, bubble gum comparison lab
Brainpop – Scientific Method
QUIA Activity
PowerPoints
Monty Python scientific method video clip
Portaportal site
Labs – Microscopes, Wetlands samples, Cell
Cookie
Brainpop – Living Things, Microscopes, Cell
Specialization, Cells
QUIA Activity
PowerPoint
United Streaming Videos – “Life Science:
Cells”, “Assignment Discovery: Cells”
Labs – Eggsperiment, DNA Replica, chicken
incubation, carbon dioxide/yeast
demonstration
Brainpop – Diffusion, Active Transport,
Passive Transport, Photosynthesis, Cellular
Respiration
QUIA Activity
SmartBoard Activity
Video – www.cellsalive.com – “Mitosis”
Lab – Class Survey and Paper Pet Project,
protein synthesis kit
Brainpop – Genetics, Probability, RNA,
Heredity
QUIA Activity
PowerPoint
Chapter 5 – Changes Over Time
6 days
LS 1, 2, 3, 12, 14
Chapter 6 – Bacteria and Viruses
6 days
LS 3, 4, 5, 12
Chapter 7 and 8 – Protists and Fungi
Introduction to Plants
6 days
LS 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14
Chapter 10 – Sponges, Cnidarians, and
Worms
4 days
LS 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10
Chapter 12 – Fishes, Amphibians, and
Reptiles
6 days
LS 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 12, 14
United Streaming Video – “Case Closed”
Lab – Making a Fossil
Brainpop – Charles Darwin, Natural Selection
QUIA Activity
PowerPoint
SmartBoard Activity
Brainpop – Classification, Six Kingdoms,
Bacteria, Asexual Reproduction, Viruses, Flu
and Flu Vaccine, Swine Flu, Vaccines
QUIA Activity
PowerPoint
Lab – Moss and Fern Microslide, microscope
identification for algae, lichen, and fungi.
Plant examples of these items also.
Brainpop – Photosynthesis, Plant Growth,
Natural Resources
United Streaming Video – “World of Plants”
QUIA Activity
PowerPoint
Brainpop – Vertebrates, Invertebrates,
Sponges, Cnidarians
United Streaming – “Life Science:
Invertebrates”, “Biology: The Science of Life:
The World of Animals”
QUIA Activity
PowerPoint
Lab – From Tadpole to Frog Microslide
Brainpop – Vertebrates, Fishes, Amphibians,
Reptiles, Dinosaurs
United Streaming – “Animals Around Us:
Fish: What Are They?”, “Animals With
Chapter 13 – Birds and Mammals
6 days
LS 3, 4, 5, 7, 8,10, 11, 12,
14
Chapter 22 – Populations and
Communities
6 days
LS 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Chapter 23 – Ecosystems and Biomes
6 days
LS 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14
Chapter 15 – Bones, Skin, and Muscle
6 days
LS 3, 10
Chapter 17 – Circulation
6 days
LS 2, 3
Chapter 18 – Respiration and Excretion
6 days
LS 3, 4
Review
7 days
Backbones: The Vertebrate Story: Fish and
Amphibians”
QUIA Activity
PowerPoint
Guest Speaker – Bay’s Mountain
Labs – Bird Lab, The Chick Embryo Microslide
Brainpop – Birds, Penguins, Mammals,
Monotremes
QUIA Activity
PowerPoint
Brainpop – Ecosystems, Symbiosis
QUIA Activity
PowerPoint
Lab – Animal Cracker Biomes
Brainpop – Food Chains, Carbon Cycle, Water
Cycle, Plate Tectonics, Land Biomes,
Underwater, Desert, Savanna, Taiga, Tundra,
Rainforest, Climate
QUIA Activity
PowerPoint
Video - Rainforest
Webquest - Biomes
Brainpop – Homeostasis, Cells, Stress, Human
Body, Skeleton, Broken Bones, Joints,
Muscles, Skin, Acne
QUIA Activity
Brainpop – Heart, Blood, Blood Types, Blood
Pressure, Circulatory System
QUIA Activity
SmartBoard Activity – Circulatory System
Brainpop – Respiratory System, Cancer,
Excretory System
QUIA Activity, review Jeopardy, SOLPASS
exercises