Ciencia espectacular del tercer trimestre: Ciencia integral de la escuela secundaria de 7.º y 8.º grado

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Sparkology Education by Elizabeth Pope

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Videoconferencias en vivo

1 x por semana, 8 semanas

3-11 alumnos por clase

55 min

Acerca de Descripción general del aprendizaje Maestro Reseñas

Qué está incluido

8 reuniones en vivo

7 horas 20 minutos horas presenciales

Tarea

1 hora por semana. 🟡 Students will receive access to 1-2 homework assignments each week throughout the course. These are small tasks that I feel would be more suitable as an individual activity rather than an in-class activity. 🟡 We will also complete two projects. These projects can be as time/labor-intensive as your student wants to make them, the purpose of the project is to give students an opportunity to show their understanding of the topic. I will give them several ideas to choose from, but they also have the option to come up with their own project idea for consideration. 🟡 A vocabulary quiz and a unit test are also provided for those that would like to test their knowledge in this way. 📣 We let all students know that assignments, projects, and tests are optional based on what the adult in charge of their education requires them to do.

Evaluación

📒 We grade and/or give feedback on all work completed by the student, and a report card will be available for each student. 📒 We also informally asses students by using Nearpod during lessons, and by using their verbal or chat box responses to questions and discussions during the live lesson. 📒 Adults can access assignments and grades at all times through the link given at the beginning of the course.

Calificación

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Experiencia de clase

Nivel de inglés: desconocido

Grado de EE. UU. 5 - 8

These "Spectacular Science" courses are a fantastic way to meet your student's science curriculum needs!  This class is part 3 of a 5-part series designed to cover an entire year of science for your 7th or 8th grader. Students will meet live once a week and be provided with optional assignments to complete outside of our live class time. Classes and assignments will include activities designed to capture every type of learner including illustrating, organizing, reading, writing, watching, researching, exploring, and game-style activities!  I'm a firm believer in creating quality, engaging learning experiences, and I know middle school students will look forward to each class. 
 

📍This specific course will focus on diving deep into Ecosystem interactions. Objectives Include 👇
✔️ Describe producer/consumer, predator/prey, and parasite/host relationship as they occur in food webs. Describe these relationships as they occur in the following environments: marine, freshwater, and terrestrial.
✔️ Describe how biodiversity contributes to the sustainability of an ecosystem.
✔️ Identify the basic characteristics of a symbiotic relationship, including mutualism, commensalism and parasitism, and list examples.
✔️Identify the basic characteristics of a symbiotic relationship, including mutualism, commensalism and parasitism, and list examples.

📍Course Outline:
          🌎 Class 1 - Organism Relationships
          🌎 Class 2 - Organism Relationships Continued & Biodiversity
          🌎 Class 3 - Biodiversity Continued
          🌎 Class 4 - Review Game Day!
          🌎 Class 5 - Symbiosis- Mutualism, Commensalism, Parasitism
          🌎 Class 6 - Symbiosis Continued & Natural Selection
          🌎 Class 7 - Natural Selection Continued
          🌎 Class 8 - Review Game Day!
          
📍We will explore this topic in 8 live class periods. Students will be provided with at least 10 optional assignments, 1 optional vocabulary quiz, 1 optional unit test, and one optional project. (Projects can be as time/labor-intensive as the student chooses) 

📣📣📣  Courses can be taken in any order!  📣📣📣

❔❔❔  If you have any questions about this course feel free to message me. I would be happy to try to accommodate your child's schedule if one of my current class times does not meet your needs. ❔❔❔


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Q1- Biomes / Abiotic & Biotic Interactions
Q2- Planets / Seasons
Q3- States of Matter / Properties of Water
Q4- Cell Theory / Plant & Animal Cells
Q5 - (4-Week Class) Lunar Cycle

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Q1- Body Systems - Emphasis on Nervous System
Q2- Conduction, Convection, & Radiation / Energy Transformations
Q3- Weather Maps & Air Pressure / Convection Currents
Q4- Plate Tectonics / Volcanoes
Q5- (4-Week Class) Hurricane Formation

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Q1- Structure of Life - Genetics
Q2- Intro to Chemistry
Q3- Ecosystem Interactions - Organism Relationships, Biodiversity, Symbiosis, Natural Selection
Q4- TBD
Q5- (4-Week Class) TBD

Metas de aprendizaje

NGSS MS-LS2-2 Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
NGSS MS-LS1-4 Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.
NGSS MS-LS-2-1 Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem
NGSS MS-LS-2-3 -Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among
living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
NGSS MS-LS-2-5 Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.
NGSS MS-LS-4-6 -Use mathematical representations to support explanations of how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations over time.

Otros detalles

Orientación para padres

Kahoot will be used during our last class only as a review tool. It does not require an account. Nearpod will be used during our first three classes as an interactive presentation tool. It does not require an account. Google Classroom will be used to distribute activities and materials that can be used outside of class. However, all private messages will remain on Outschool. This does require a google email to use as a log in.

Lista de útiles escolares

Learners may need to print a few handouts throughout the course, or have access to view handouts on a separate device during class. (Less than 5 pages per unit.) We typically used Nearpod, Kahoot, and Google Classroom for these courses, but take the time to clearly explain and provide support for each of these!

Recursos externos

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Sparkology Education by Elizabeth Pope

Se unió el January, 2020

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Experiencia y certificaciones del docente

I am a certified middle school science teacher, and have been teaching middle school science both in the public school setting, and  online since 2014. It is very important to me that students enjoy the experience of learning about science and consequently, much effort is put into making lessons interactive, varied, and memorable. My experience allows me to focus on the importance of building relationships with my students and use those relationships to tailor lessons to their interests and abilities. I grow and become a better teacher every time I interact with my students!