Ciencias de la escuela secundaria (tercer semestre): diversión con Nearpod, laboratorios y proyectos (animales/humanos)

**TRY THE FIRST CLASS FREE WITH COUPON CODE: NEWTOFNAJN18

*THIS CLASS MEETS LIVE BUT IS ALSO AVAILABLE AS A SELF-PACED/PRE-RECORDED CLASS* (message me if you can't find the link)

This is a fun, interactive, and rigorous 16-week course which meets once each week! This class can be taken as a stand-alone course (the learners are not required to take all 4 semesters of this curriculum). This course is based on national science standards and includes many hands-on activities. 

Course Structure:

*1 live meeting per week (45 min each); part lecture/part interactive slides and labs
*Optional homework or projects will be assigned in the Outschool Classroom and can be turned in within the classroom, or be sent to me in a private message. We will try to do/start these assignments during class as often as possible.


COURSE SYLLABUS:

Week 1: Animal Behavior
Nearpod slides and activities
Pet Behavior Show and Tell

Week 2: Animal Behavior - PART 2
Nearpod slides and activities
Animal Behavior Storyboard (Comic Strip)
Quiz

Week 3: Invertebrates
Nearpod slides and activities
Invertebrate Crossword and Matching

Week 4: Invertebrates -PART 2
Nearpod slides and activities
Invertebrate Crossword and Matching
Quiz

Week 5: Vertebrates 
Nearpod slides and activities
Vertebrate Foldable

Week 6: Vertebrates - PART 2
Nearpod slides and activities
Human Body Systems Webquest, Parts 1 & 2
Quiz

Week 7: Human Body Intro - Homeostasis
Nearpod slides and activities

Week 8: Nervous System 
Nearpod slides and activities
Nervous System Pictionary
Human Body Systems Webquest, Part 3
Quiz

Week 9: Cardiovascular System
Nearpod slides
Heart Rate Lab

Week 10: Cardiovascular System - PART 2
Nearpod slides
Blood Lab
Human Body Systems Webquest, Part 4
Quiz

Week 11: Respiratory System
Nearpod slides and activities
Lung Lab
Oxygen's Journey Storyboard (comic strip) 

Week 12: Digestive System
Nearpod slides and activities 
Digestive System Crossword
Human Body Systems Webquest, Parts 5 & 6
Quiz

Week 13: Skeletal System
Nearpod slides and activities
Label the Skeleton Virtual Activity

Week 14: Muscular System
Nearpod slides and activities
Label the Muscles 
Bingo
Human Body Systems Webquest, Parts 7 & 8
Quiz

Week 15: Endocrine, Integumentary, Excretory, Lymphatic/Immune, & Reproductive Systems
Nearpod slides and activities

Week 16: Body Systems Review 
Nearpod slides and activities
Human Body Dice Game
Virtual Brain Games
Body Systems Pictionary
Quiz


I also have Sem 1, Sem 2, and Sem 4 of this class available. These are the topics covered in each of my middle school curriculum semester classes:

Sem 1: Scientific Method, Living Things, Light and Matter, Plant/Animal Cells, Organization of Living Things, Photosynthesis, Cell Cycle.
Sem 2: Mendel/Genetics, Punnet Squares, DNA, DNA Mutations, Hybrid Organisms, Classification, Intro to Plants, Photosynthesis.
Sem 3: What is an Animal?, In/Vertebrates, Skeletal System, Circulatory System, Respiratory System, Nervous System, Digestive System. 
Sem 4: Rock Cycle, Fossils/Fossil Layer, Plate Tectonics, Clouds, Meteorology, Weather, and Natural Disasters.