Be A Scientist Course Syllabus

Be A Scientist
Course Syllabus
Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
Monday (Day 1, Week 1)
Time of Day
Morning 1
(9 – 10:15a)
Topic/Activity
Description
Materials Needed
Introductions
(45 min)
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Cup Challenge
(15 min)
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Students will design their own crests to introduce themselves to the class.
Includes: 1. Name 2. Favorite things to do 3. Favorite subject in school. 4.
Favorite type of science
Students will then share crests (time permitting)
Students will work collaboratively to stack 6 cups without using hands.
Work in groups of 3-4
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Morning 2
(10:25 – 11:30a)
Afternoon 1
(12:30 – 1:40p)
Afternoon 2
(1:50 – 2:30p)
Class Expectations
(40 min)
Pre-Assessment
(30 min or less)
Lab Safety
(60 min)
Inquiry Cube
Activity (50 min)
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Paper/Cardstock
Colored
Pencils/Markers
Crest Worksheets
Cups
Rubber bands
String
CTY honor code
CTY technologies
form
Classroom Routines will be reviewed.
Students will help come add to the list of classroom rules that should be
followed.
Students will sign the new and improved classroom rules
Students will review and sign the CTY honor code.
Students will take the BSCI pre-assessment
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BSCI Pre-Test
Students will watch a music video on Lab Safety and then determine what is
needed to be safe in the lab
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJG0ir9nDtc
• Students will then complete and review the Lab Safety???? Worksheet
• Students will review important aspects of the CTY Lab Safety Policy
Observations and Inferences
• Students will first be introduced to qualitative and quantitative
observations.
• Students will make observations on the inquiry cube and try to figure out
what is on the bottom cube.
• Students will independently create their own inquiry cube by first drafting
and then creating a final version of their cubes,. Students will then test their
skills on patterns and observations by trying to solve another’s cube. (25
min)
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CTY lab safety
policy
Lab Safety????
Worksheet
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Inquiry
Cubes/Inquiry Cube
wkshts
Cardstock
Colored
pencils/markers
Tape
Final Syllabus
1
Time of Day
Topic/Activity
Day 1 Homework
Description
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Materials Needed
1. Make 5 qualitative and 5 quantitative observations on the way home from
CTY or explore your neighborhood (w. an adult) and make qualitative and
quantitative observations.
2. Find lab safety don’ts in the Bikini Bottom Lab Safety Worksheet.
3. Finish inquiry cube at home
Tuesday (Day 2, Week 1) – Be a Scientist
Time of Day
Morning 1
Topic/Activity
Description
Materials Needed
Warm Up (15 min)
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Scientific Method
(60 min)
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(9 – 10:15a)
Morning 2
(10:25 – 11:30a)
Afternoon 1
(12:30 – 1:40p)
Branches of Science
(15 min)
Scientific Method
Review (15 min)
Identifying
Variables (30 min)
Identifying
Variables (25 min)
Designing
Procedures
(45 min)
Afternoon 2
(1:50 – 2:30p)
Experimental
Design (60 min)
Students will finish folding their inquiry cubes and give it another students
so they can try and figure out what is on the hidden side.
Students will be introduced to the scientific method and take notes
Students will complete the Penny Drops Lab in order to review and see the
steps of the scientific method
Materials (per student): Penny, Cup, Water, Pipette, Dish soap
• Students will be introduced to the different branches of Science and will be
able to preview which sciences will be covered throughout this course.
• Scholars will match the proper step of the scientific method to the scenarios
provided.
• In this mini lesson students will be introduced to the independent and
dependent variables
• Students will identify each type of variable in the scenarios provided.
• In this mini lesson students will be introduced to the independent and
dependent variables
• Students will identify each type of variable in the scenarios provided.
• Students will write down the procedures for making a marshmallow fluff and
jelly sandwich
• Students will then verbally help the instructor make a sandwich
• Students will review and edit their procedures based on class demo
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Using the Skittles and the scientific method students will carry out the steps
of the scientific method by trying to figure out if skittles’ company claim is
correct that 20% of each color skittle is in each bag.
Materials (per student): 1 pkg of Skittles, Calculator, and Colored Pencils
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Completed
Student Inquiry
cubes
Scientific Method
notes
Penny Lab
Branches of
Science Notes
Scientific method
scenario/worksheet
Identifying
variables notes and
worksheet
Identifying
variables notes and
worksheet
Bread, Jelly, Fluff,
Plate, Knife
Designing
procedures
notes/worksheet
Skittles Lab Sheet
Final Syllabus 2
Time of Day
Topic/Activity
Day 2 Homework
Description
Materials Needed
Middle School Scientific Scenario Worksheet
Wednesday (Day 3, Week 1) Be an Ecologist / Be a Botanist
Time of Day
Morning 1
Topic/Activity
Description
Materials Needed
Warm Up (25 min)
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Students will review materials from Days 1 and 2
Student will go through and correct each other’s answers
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Scientific Tools
(20 min)
Go for the Gold! The
measuring Olympics!
(30 min)
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Students will take notes on the common scientific tools that scientists use. •
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Students will practice using scientific tools properly. (30 min)
Materials (for class): 6 Graduated cylinders of various liquids), 3 TBB or
electronic scales, 4 thermometers, Classroom Supplies for measuring
and weighing.
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Microscope
Introduction
(15 min)
Microscopic
Observations
(40 min)
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Students will take notes on the parts of the microscope and their function.
(15 min)
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Students will use the microscope to make observations.
Materials: Prepared Slides, 6 microscopes, Colored pencils
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Microscopic
Observations
Worksheet
Intro to Ecology
(15 min)
Lecture on the basics of ecology will be given
• Concepts to be reviewed (abiotic and biotic, producer, consumer,
carnivore, herbivore, omnivore, food chain, and food web).
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Basic Ecology
notes
Web of Life Game*
(20 min)
Cats of Boreno an
Ecology Drama
(35 min)
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Web of life cards
Yarn/String
Boreno Handouts
Boreno Story
(9 – 10:15a)
Morning 2
(10:25 – 11:30a
Afternoon 1
(12:30 – 1:40p)
*Time permitting
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Game to help students review the concepts of food chains, food webs, and
the flow of energy
Cause and effect relationships will be explored. Students will understand
that humans are a part of their ecosystem and that they can impact it.
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Day 1 and Day 2
Review
Scientific tools
notes
Measuring
Olympics Activity
Pencil, Staples,
paper clip, Marker,
Glue Stick,
Forceps, Pipette
Parts/Function of
Microscopes Notes
Final Syllabus
3
Time of Day
Topic/Activity
Description
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Afternoon 2
(1:50 – 2:30p)
Adaptations
(20 min)
Woolybooger Lab
(40 min)
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Students will use context clues to figure out the order of events for the
Island of Boreno
Students along with TA will read through the Ecology drama
Review concepts of how adaptation can allow an organism to survive in its
environment
Which woolybooger adaptation is best for the environment?
In this lab activity students will compete with one another in different
environments to survive.
Materials Needed
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Adaptations Notes
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Woolybooger Lab
Utensils
Aluminum pie
plates
Seeds
Calculators
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Day 3 Homework
Food Chain/Food Web Worksheet
Thursday (Day 4, Week 1) – Be a Botanist / Be a Zoologist
Time of Day
Morning 1
Topic/Activity
Description
Materials Needed
Warm Up (15 min)
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Students will complete the Woolybooger lab write up.
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Woolybooger Lab
Owl Pellet Dissection
Intro
(15 min)
Owl Pellet Dissection
Lab
(100 min)
Plants (15 min)
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Purpose of the lab will be explained
Lab Safety will be reviewed
Students will be given time to change into lab appropriate attire
Students will complete the owl pellet dissection lab
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Owl Pellet Lab
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Owl Pellet Lab
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Importance of plants in an ecosystem will be reviewed
Requirements for plants to live will be reviewed
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Plant Notes
Experimental Design
(20 min)
Experimental Design
(35 min)
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Students will design their own experiment looking at the factors that can
affect plant growth,
Students will design their own experiment looking at the factors that can
affect plant growth
Students will create a lab write up in Notebook. Includes: Title, Question,
Hypothesis, Materials, Procedure, Data, and conclusion
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Plant growth EDD
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Plant growth EDD
(9 – 10:15a)
Morning 2
(10:25 – 11:30a)
Afternoon 1
(12:30 – 1:40p)
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Final Syllabus 4
Time of Day
Topic/Activity
Plant Growth
Experiment Setup (35
min)
Afternoon 2
(1:50 – 2:30p)
Flower Parts and
Functions (15 min)
Zoology Intro
(15 min)
Description
Materials Needed
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Plant growth EDD
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Parts of a Flower
Notes
Zoology Notes
Procedure needs to be approved before materials are given to students.
Students will follow through on their EDD and set up their plant growth
experiments (Day 0)
Materials Per Student: 3-4 planters, Soil/Sand, Graduated Cylinder,
Germinated Kidney Beans
• Class notes will be taken on the parts of a flower
Lecture on the basics of zoology will be given
• Concepts to be covered: Overview of the animal kingdom, classification,
observations of behavior, animal adaptations
• Read Pages 25-27 from Text
• Draw a diagram of a flower and label parts on pack of homework sheet
• List 3 interesting facts, List 3 things you didn’t know before completing
the reading.
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Topic/Activity
Description
Materials Needed
Warm Up (10 min)
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Day 4 Homework
Be a Marine Biologist!
Time of Day
Morning 1
(9 – 10:15a)
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Day 4 Homework
Review (10 min)
Intro to Marine
Biology (15 min)
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Students will create a word for the word wall to review concepts from the
previous day.
Students will make observations about their plants and record
findings/observations in lab notebook (Day 1)
Review of Day 4 Homework
Lecture on the basics of Marine Biology will be given
• Concepts to be covered: Characteristics of Marine Biomes and
Ecosystems, Classification of Marine Organisms
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Half sheets of
paper
Markers/Colored
Pencils
Day 4 Hmwk w.
Answers
Marine Biology
Notes
Final Syllabus 5
Time of Day
Morning 2
(10:25 – 11:30a)
Topic/Activity
Description
Materials Needed
Properties of Salt and
Freshwater Lab
(45 min)
Chesapeake Bay an
Aquatic Ecosystem
(20 min)
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Properties of Salt
and Freshwater
Lab
CB Notes
Chesapeake Bay an Estuary
• What is an Estuary?
• What is a watershed?
• Problems in the Chesapeake Bay
• Classification of an organisms using a dichotomous key
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Comparing density of freshwater and salt water Lab
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Ed on Half Shell
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Density Lab
Density (10 min)
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Finish the Comparing density of freshwater and salt water Lab
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Density Lab
Problems w. the Bay
(30 min)
Problems with the
Bay PSA (20 min)
Problems with the
Bay PSA (40 min)
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Students will conduct internet research on the problems of the
Chesapeake Bay and come up with possible solutions
Students will create PSA posters on their selected issue on the
Chesapeake Bay
Students will finish PSA posters on their selected issue on the Chesapeake
Bay
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P w. CB Research
Guide
P w. CB Research
Guide
Poster Board
Markers/Colored
Pencils
Education on the Half
Shell (20 min)
Density (30 min)
Afternoon 1
Properties of Salt and Freshwater Lab will be completed
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(12:30 – 1:40p)
Afternoon 2
(1:50 – 2:30p)
Day 5 Homework
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Complete Density Lab Write-Up
Friday (Day 5, Week 1) – Be a Geneticist!
Final Syllabus 6
Time of Day
Morning 1
Topic/Activity
Description
Materials Needed
Warm Up (20 min)
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Students will make observations about their plants and record
findings/observations in lab notebook (Day 2)
BSCI Review #2 will be given to check progress on Days 3-4/
Students will identify the parts of a flower by completing a flower
dissection
Students will mount their dissections in the lab
Materials Per Student: 1 flower, paper plate, magnifying glass, Tape
Inventory of Traits (20
min)
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Students will see if some of the traits they have are genetic
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Inventory of traits
worksheet
Intro to Genetics
(35 min)
Lecture will be given on genetics
• Concepts to be covered: Genes, DNA, Dominance, Heredity
• Students will review dominance by starting the Bikini Bottom Worksheet
Mealworms Observations Lab
• Students will make observations about the behavior of Earthworms and
Mealworms
• Virtual Lab: Link to Virtual Lab
• Students will review the concept of Dominance by flipping coins to
determine
Materials Per Group of 2 students: 2 coins, Pencils, Colored Pencils
Structure of DNA will be reviewed
• Base Pair Race
• Candy Models of DNA
Materials Per Student: 4 different colored gummy bears, 6 of each color, 2
twizzlers pull and peel, 12 toothpicks
No Homework - Weekend
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Genetics Notes
Bikini Bottom
Worksheet
Mealworm
Observation Lab
(9 – 10:15a)
Flower Dissection (50
min)
Morning 2
(10:25 – 11:30a)
Afternoon 1
(12:30 – 1:40p)
Observing Organisms
(50 min)
*Computers
Create a Baby Lab
(30 min)
Afternoon 2
(1:50 – 2:30p)
Day 5 Homework
Deciphering the Code
(40 min)
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Graduated
Cylinders
Rulers
Plant Dissection
Lab
Create a Baby Lab
Colored
Pencils/Markers
DNA notes
Gummy Bears
Twizzlers
Toothpicks
Final Syllabus 7
Monday (Day 6, Week 2) – Be a Physiologist!
Time of Day
Morning 1
Topic/Activity
Description
Warm Up (30 min)
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(9 – 10:15a)
Deciphering the Code
(45 min)
Morning 2
(10:25 – 11:30a)
Afternoon 1
(12:30 – 1:40p)
Strawberry DNA
Extraction Lab
(60 min)
Physiology Intro (20
min)
Reaction Time Lab
(50 min)
Afternoon 2
(1:50 – 2:30p)
Day 6 Homework
Materials Needed
Students will make observations about their plants and record
findings/observations in lab notebook (Day 3)
• Students will begin working on Creating a picture of their babies from
their Create a Baby Lab (will complete for homework).
Structure of DNA will be reviewed
• Candy Models of DNA
Materials Per Student: 4 different colored gummy bears, 6 of each color, 2
twizzlers pull and peel, 12 toothpicks
• Students will extract DNA from strawberries
Lecture will be given on the basic functions of the human body
• What do organisms need to survive?
• Concepts to be reviewed: Respiratory, Circulatory, Muscular,
Digestive, Excretory, Nervous, Skin
• Students will test their own human body and reflexes in this reaction
time lab
Grossology and You
Reading (10 min)
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Sneeze Reading
Grossology and You
Reading (10 min)
Human Body Systems
Foldable (20 min)
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Guts Reading
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Students will create a foldable to help them review the body systems
covered in class
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Ruler
Writing Utensil
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DNA notes
Gummy Bears
Twizzlers
Toothpicks
DNA extraction Lab
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Body Systems
Notes
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Reaction Time Lab
Rulers
Stopwatch
Grossology and You
Copies
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Construction Paper
Foldable Template
Class Notes
Complete Human Body Systems Foldable
Bring in a snack with nutrition facts
Tuesday (Day 7, Week 2) – Be a Food Scientist/Nutritionist
Final Syllabus 8
Time of Day
Morning 1
Topic/Activity
Description
Materials Needed
Warm Up (15 min)
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Homeostasis
(10 min)
Heart Rate Lab
(50 min)
Food
Pyramid/MyPlate
(15 min)
Lecture on Homeostasis
• Students will see the connection between body systems
• Students will see the connection between 2 body systems and
homeostasis by completing this lab
Lecture will be given on the Food Pyramid
• Concepts to be reviewed: Grains, Vegetables, Fruits, Legumes and
Soy, nuts and seeds, vegetable oils, dairy, eggs, and sweets
• Nutrition guidelines for 8 and 9 year olds
• Students will learn how to read food labels on snacks to see which
choices are the healthier choices
• Students will record what selections they made for lunch
• Students will identify which food groups each of the items they ate for
lunch belong to
• Students will rate their lunch as either balanced or unbalanced
• Students will find out what they should be eating daily and how much
based on their individual weight, height, gender, and physical activity
(Choose myplate)
• Students will use their personalized “Daily MyPlate” to create a menu
(3 meals, 2 snacks) for a day
• Students will understand the science behind a meal by watching Bill
Nye the Science Guy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j7VwLhMIlQ
Nutrition Label Homework
(9 – 10:15a)
Morning 2
(10:25 – 11:30a)
Afternoon 1
(12:30 – 1:40p)
What’s really in that
snack?! (70 min)
Healthy Lunch?!
(10 min)
*Computers
Daily MyPlate
(15 min)
Menu Plan (40 min)
Afternoon 2
(1:50 – 2:30p)
Day 7 Homework
Bill Nye “Nutrition”
Students will make observations about their plants and record
findings/observations in lab notebook (Day 4)
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Ruler
Half sheets of paper
Markers/Colored
Pencils
Homeostasis Notes
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Stop Watches
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Nutrition Notes
Basic Nutrition
Guidelines
Top 10 lists
Food labels lab
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Identifying the food
groups from lunch
Rating meal sheet
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Computers
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Poster Board
Art Supplies
Bill Nye
Final Syllabus 9
Wednesday (Day 8, Week 2) – Be a Forensic Scientist
Time of Day
Morning 1
Topic/Activity
Description
Materials Needed
Warm Up (10 min)
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(9 – 10:15a)
Students will make observations about their plants and record
findings/observations in lab notebook (Day 5)
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Intro to Forensic
Science (20 min)
Power of Observation
(5-10 min)
Fantastic Fingerprints
(10 min)
Sticky Fingers
(30 min)
Morning 2
(10:25 – 11:30a)
Afternoon 1
(12:30 – 1:40p)
Afternoon 2
(1:50 – 2:30p)
Day 8 Homework
Sticky Fingers
(60 min)
Mystery of the
Christmas Cookie (70
min)
No Bones About It (40
min)
Ruler
Half sheets of
paper
Markers/Colored
Pencils
Basic Forensics
Notes
Lecture will be given about the basics of Forensic Science
• Concepts to be reviewed: Physical Evidence, Trace Evidence,
Fingerprinting, Footprint analysis
• Students will see if they are good eyewitnesses by participating in this
activity.
• Lecture will look closely at common patterns in fingerprints
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• Pencils
• Paper
• Tape
Magnifying Glass &
Fingerprinting Wksht
Students will examine their own fingerprints to find common patterns.
Students will then try to solve the mini mystery by examining fingerprints
of suspects and the criminal
• Students will examine their own fingerprints to find common patterns.
• Students will then try to solve the mini mystery by examining fingerprints
of suspects and the criminal
• Students will complete a powder analysis to determine which mystery
cookies is Mrs. Clause secret cookie recipe.
Materials per group of 2: Baking Soda, Baking Powder, Baby Powder,
Powdered Sugar, Cornstarch, Vinegar, Water, Iodine, Bunsen Burner,
Aluminum Foil, Tongs
• Students will determine a person’s height by measuring the longest bone
of the body.
• Students will then look at evidence at a crime scene to determine who
committed the crime
Begin Research for Final Project
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Fingerprint Notes
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Worksheet
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Worksheet
Ruler
Calculator
Thursday (Day 9, Week 2) – Be a Forensic Scientist!/Be a Chemist!
Final Syllabus 10
Time of Day
Morning 1
Topic/Activity
Description
Materials Needed
Warm Up (20 min)
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Students will make observations about their plants and record
findings/observations in lab notebook (Day 6)
Students will reflect and discuss the Mystery Cookie Crime
Fingerprint Challenge
(20 min)
A House/Divided
(30 min)
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Students will work in pairs to match fingerprints
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Students will become real forensic scientists to put a document back
together (shredded destroyed evidence) to figure out who committed
fraud.
Intro to Chemistry
(15-20 min)
Explore the Periodic
Table (45-50 min)
Lecture on basic chemistry will be given
• Concepts to be covered: Atoms, States of Matter, Types of Elements
Students will complete multiple activities that will introduce them to the
organization of the periodic table.
• Periodic Table coloring
• Periodic Table Bingo
(9 – 10:15a)
Morning 2
(10:25 – 11:30a)
Afternoon 1
(12:30 – 1:40p)
Which state is it?
(30 min)
Slime (60 min)
Afternoon 2
(1:50 – 2:30p)
Day 9 Homework
Slime (60 min)
Students will review the states of matter by completing:
• States of Matter Identification Worksheet
• Class Demos about the properties of Matter
• Students will create slime and try to identify the state of matter it is in
Materials Per Student: Aluminum Pie Pan, 1tsp borax, 1 cup of water, ½ cup
of glue, ½ cup of water, food coloring, large bowl, plastic bag, Plastic
Gloves, Stirring Rod
• Students will create slime and try to identify the state of matter it is in
Ruler
Half sheets of
paper
• Markers/Colored
Pencils
Footprint Notes
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Shredded loan
documents
• Baggie
A House/Divided
Worksheet
• Notes worksheet
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Periodic Tables
Periodic Table
Coloring Guide
Periodic Table
BINGO worksheets
Bingo Chips/Beans
States of Matter
Notes
Changes
Identification
Worksheets
Borax and Glue
recipe
Continue researching for final project
Friday (Day 10, Week 2) – Be a Chemist/Be a Geologist
Final Syllabus 11
Time of Day
Morning 1
Topic/Activity
Description
Warm Up (10 min)
Students will make observations about their plants and record
findings/observations in lab notebook (Day 7)
Students will design their own lab investigation to test the rate of reaction of
an alka seltzer tablet under varying conditions.
• Student supplies vary based on which experiment their group chooses
• Materials: Hot, Cold (ice), and Room Temp water, Beakers, Hot
plates, plenty of alka seltzer, and graduated cylinders
Lecture on basic rock types and formations will be given
• Concepts to be covered: Lithosphere, Rock Types (Rock Cycle) and
geological formations
Students will travel through the rock cycle and transform from one rock to the
next
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Rulers
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Rate of
Reaction Lab
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Lecture Notes
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Rock Cycle Comic
(30 min)
Students will create comics based on their journey through the rock cycle.
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Crystals and Gems (10
min)
Borax Crystals Lab
Activity (35 min)
History of Ice Cream
(10 min)
Ice Cream in a Bag
(30 min)
Lecture on how gems and crystals are formed will be given
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Dice (7)
Rock Cycle
Game
Worksheet
Rock Cycle
Comic
Worksheet
Lecture Notes
Students will complete a lab activity on best conditions to grow crystals.
Materials Per Student: 1 cup of boiling water, 3 tablespoons of borax
Students will watch videos on the history of ice cream
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(9 – 10:15a)
Morning 2
(10:25 – 11:30a)
Rate of Reaction Lab
(90 min)
Rate of Reaction Lab
(90 min)
Getting to Know a
Rock (15-20 min)
Afternoon 1
(12:30 – 1:40p)
Afternoon 2
(1:50 – 2:30p)
Day 10
Homework
Rock Cycle Game (20
min)
Materials Needed
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Borax Crystals
Instructions
History.com
Students will create their own ice cream and explain the chemistry behind the
process.
Materials Per Student: 2 cups of rock salt, large ziplock bag, small ziplock bag,
1 tsp of vanilla extract, ½ cup of milk, ½ cup of heavy cream, and toppings.
No Homework – Weekend
*If project was NOT approved keep researching. A final project needs to be
approved by Monday
Monday (Day 11, Week 3) – Be a Physicist!
Final Syllabus 12
Time of Day
Morning 1
Topic/Activity
Warm Up (20 min)
(9 – 10:15a)
Description
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Students will make observations about their plants and record
findings/observations in lab notebook (Day 8)
Students will complete BSCI Review #3
Materials Needed
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Ruler
Half sheets of
paper
Markers/Colored
Pencils
N/A
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Computers
EDD
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Computers
EDD
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Class Notes
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Scientific Method
Review (5 min)
Final Project
(70 min)
Morning 2
(10:25 – 11:30a)
Final Project
(70 min)
Intro to Physics
(30 min)
Afternoon 1
(12:30 – 1:40p)
Afternoon 2
(1:50 – 2:30p)
Day 11
Homework
Balloon Rocket Lab
(100 min)
Balloon Rocket Lab
(100 min)
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Students will review the scientific method process by watching a
video (Study Jams)
• Students will have time to research and begin typing up their
experiments
• Students who do not have a project can finalize a project for approval
• If students finish typing early the can get their Borax Crystals
• Students will have time to research and begin typing up their
experiments
• Students who do not have a project can finalize a project for approval
• If students finish typing early the can get their Borax Crystals
Lecture on basic concepts of physics will be given
• Concepts to be covered: Newton’s Law’s
• Mini Class Demos will be used to introduce newton’s laws
Newton’s 3rd law will be seen in action as students complete this lab.
Materials (per Group of 3 students): 1 Balloon, 1 straw, 1 stopwatch, one
large piece of string, masking tape, large space
Rocket Lab continued
Balloon Rocket Lab
Balloon Rocket Lab
Finish typing up the first half of the final project: Title, Question, Hypothesis,
IV, DV, Materials, and Procedure
Tuesday (Day 12, Week 3) – Be a Physicist!
Final Syllabus 13
Time of Day
Morning 1
Topic/Activity
Description
Warm Up (10 min)
Students will make observations about their plants and record
findings/observations in lab notebook (Day 9)
Conclusion questions will be completed
•
Rulers
•
Lecture on Forces will be given
• Concepts to be covered: Gravity and Friction
Students will put Newton’s 3rd Law into action by observing the activity of a
pendulum
Materials (Per Pair of Students): Ring Stand, Ring Clamp, 15,25,30,35,55mm
of string, paper clip, 3 washers, and a pencil.
•
Balloon Rocket
Lab
Notes
•
•
Pendulum Lab
Desk Space
Students will see how the opposing force can change with various forces.
Materials (Per Pair of Students): Friction Board, 2 blocks with hooks, spring
scales
•
Friction Lab
Lecture on basic engineering will be given.
• Concepts to be covered: Importance of strong shapes, Physics and
engineering, and types of engineers
Students will design a bridge with just gumdrops and toothpicks to see which
designs hold the most weight.
Materials Per Pair of Students: 50 Gumdrops, 100 toothpicks
Bring in Supplies for final project
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Class Notes
(9 – 10:15a)
Morning 2
(10:25 – 11:30a)
Afternoon 1
(12:30 – 1:40p)
Afternoon 2
(1:50 – 2:30p)
Balloon Rocket Lab
(40 min)
Learn the Force
(15 min)
Get Into the Swing of
Things (90 min)
Get Into the Swing of
Things (90 min)
Is Friction Good or
Bad? (60 min)
Is Friction Good or
Bad? (60 min)
Intro to Engineering
(10 min)
Gumdrop bridge
Challenge (45 min)
Day 13
Homework
Materials Needed
Final Syllabus 14
Wednesday (Day 13, Week 3) – Be an Engineer!
Time of Day
Morning 1
Topic/Activity
Description
Warm Up (10 min)
Students will make observations about their plants and record findings/observations
in lab notebook (Day 9)
Students will finish friction lab and discuss the lab questions
• Students will discuss the analysis questions of the Pendulum Lab
•
Ruler
•
•
Friction Lab
Pendulum Lab
Students will be introduced to the Egg Drop Challenge
•
Students will engineer a proper vessel that will allow their egg to survive a deathdefying drop.
Materials Per Pair of Students: 4 straws, 1 cup, 1 meter of string, 1 meter of tape,
4 sheets of newspapers, 10 popsicle sticks, 1 plastic bag, 1 egg
Students will tested their engineered designs to see if the egg survives the deathdefying drop.
Students will review the concepts of this course by completing the BSCI Jeopardy
Review
Post assessments will be administered for the course
•
Egg Drop
Challenge
See Materials
(9 – 10:15a)
Friction Lab (40 min)
Pendulum Lab (25 min)
Morning 2
(10:25 – 11:30a)
Afternoon 1
(12:30 – 1:40p)
Afternoon 2
(1:50 – 2:30p)
Day 13 Homework
Intro to Egg Drop
Challenge (5 min)
Egg Drop Challenge (55
min)
Egg Drop Testing (20
min)
BSCI Final Review and
Jeopardy (40 min)
Post – Assessment (40
min)
Draw a data table in your notebook in order to collect your data for your final
project.
Materials Needed
•
•
High place to
drop eggs
Jeopardy Review
•
BSCI Post
Assessments
Science notebooks
Final Syllabus 15
Thursday (Day 14, Week 3) – Be a Scientist!
Time of Day
Morning 1
(9 – 10:15a)
Morning 2
Topic/Activity
Description
Warm Up (10 min)
Final Project
Students will make observations about their plants and record
findings/observations in lab notebook (Day 10)
• Students will test their final projects and collect data for their experiments.
• SPEs on the course will be conducted
• Students will practice rotations
• If all students finish early Gum Drop Bridges will be built and tested.
Materials Needed
•
Ruler
Varies
Final Project
(10:25 – 11:30a)
Afternoon 1
(12:30 – 1:00p)
Afternoon 2
(1:50 – 2:30p)
•
•
Day 14 Homework
Students will finish typing up their labs and print their lab write-ups.
Students will begin designing and creating their poster presentations.
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•
•
•
•
Computers
Printers
Poster board
Glue Sticks
Scissors
Finish typing up your final project if you did not finish in class.
Friday (Day 15, Week 3) – Be a Scientist!
Final Syllabus 16
Time of Day
Morning 1 &2
Topic/Activity
Description
Final Project
Students will co
• Glue Sticks
• Scissors
• EDDs
• Students will finish up final posters and final EDD (2 of each)
• Computers
• Printers
• Poster board
(9 – 11:30a)
Afternoon 1
(12:30 – 2:00p)
Final Presentations
•
Materials Needed
Students will prepare and present final presentations to
parents/guardians and guests
Final Syllabus 17