optional grade 8 daily science activities and record sheet...
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Optional Grade 8 Daily Science Activities and Record Sheet Each remote learning day allows students to complete work assignments at home as opposed to attending a day at school. Keep this record sheet and completed student work until collection procedures are determined. Instructional packets will be graded according to effort, participation, and completion. Record the activities and lessons on the Daily Log of Activities.
Log of Activities Parent/Guardian
Initials for Completion
Date(s) Completed
Example Log of a Science Activity Completed: Lesson 1.1 - Bookwork JN 5/1/20
Activity Log of Activities Completed
Parent/Guardian Initials for
Completion
Date(s) Completed
Grade Appropriate Activities: Attached are grade-appropriate activities based on the Grade 8 textbook. Activities include links to videos to introduce the topics. Students may attempt any of these lessons as appropriate learning for content covered in the last part of the school year. The Grade Appropriate Activities are found on the following pages.
Lesson 2.1 1. Bookwork
Lesson 3.1
2. Bookwork
3. Define & Draw
4. Word Search
Lesson 3.2
5. Bookwork
6. Define & Draw
7. Genetics Word Search
Lesson 3.3 8. Bookwork
Lesson 3.4 9. Bookwork
10. Worksheet: Review & Reinforce
Lesson 4.1 11. Bookwork
12. Puzzle-DNA Code
Lesson 5.3
13. Bookwork
14. Define & Draw
15. Worksheet-Review & Reinforce (Advanced students: do all the work in this packet, plus the additional work on the very last page)
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Grade 8 Activities
1. Lesson 2.1 Bookwork Instructions:
● Read the following pages from the textbook, and answer the questions located on the pages. ● When finished, you can additionally search for “Flu Attack! How A Virus Invades Your Body ” and watch the 4
minute video
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2. Lesson 3.1 Bookwork Instructions:
● Read the following pages from the textbook, and answer the questions located on the pages. ● When finished, you can additionally search for “khan mendelian ” and watch the 5 minute video
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3. Define & Draw Instructions:
● Pick 5 vocabulary terms from the box below. Define each term using the bookwork pages above, then make a 2-minute drawing that represents each term. The drawing does not have to be in color.
● When finished, you can additionally search for “amoeba sisters An Intro to Heredity” and watch this 8 minute video
Term Definition 2-Minute Drawing
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4. Word Search Instructions:
● Complete the word search below. ● When finished, you can additionally search for “khan acquired inherited ” and watch the 10 minute video
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5. Lesson 3.2 Bookwork Instructions:
● Read the following pages from the textbook, and answer the questions located on the pages. ● When finished, you can additionally search for “professor dave mendelian ” and watch the 7 minute video.
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6. Define & Draw Instructions:
● Pick 5 vocabulary terms from the box below. Define each term using the bookwork pages above, then make a 2-minute drawing that represents each term. The drawing does not have to be in color.
● When finished, you can additionally search for “khan theoretical probability ” and watch this 8 minute video.
Term Definition 2-Minute Drawing
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7. Word Search Instructions: Complete the word search below.
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8. Lesson 3.3 Bookwork Instructions:
● Read the following pages from the textbook, and answer the questions located on the pages. ● When finished, you can additionally search for “khan multiple alleles ” and watch the 3 minute video
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9. Lesson 3.4 Bookwork Instructions:
● Read the following pages from the textbook, and answer the questions located on the pages. ● When finished, you can additionally search for “bozeman mitosis and meiosis simulation ” and watch the 12
minute video
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10. Worksheet- Review & Reinforce Instructions: Complete the worksheet below.
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11. Lesson 4.1 Bookwork Instructions:
● Read the following pages from the textbook, and answer the questions located on the pages. ● When finished, you can additionally search for “stated clearly what is dna ” and watch the 5 minute video
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12. Puzzle-DNA Code Instructions:
● Complete the DNA puzzle below. ● When finished, you can additionally search for “khan the genetic code ” and watch the 9 minute video.
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13. Lesson 5.3 Bookwork Instructions:
● Read the following pages from the textbook, and answer the questions located on the pages. ● When finished, you can additionally search for “ted wolpe ” and watch the 20 minute TED talk
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14. Define & Draw Instructions:
● Pick 5 vocabulary terms from the box below. Define each term using the bookwork pages above, then make a 2-minute drawing that represents each term. The drawing does not have to be in color.
● When finished, you can additionally search for “wikipedia GMO's” and read about genetically modified animals and food.
Term Definition 2-Minute Drawing
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15. Worksheet-Review & Reinforce Instructions:
● Complete the worksheet below. ● When finished, you can additionally search for “amoeba sisters karyotype” and watch the 8 minute video.
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Additional work for Advanced science students
Lesson 2.1 ● Research 2 viruses of your choice. One of them can be COVID-19. For each, write a one page paper full of
essential facts taken from Wikipedia. Lesson 3.1
● Search for “khan mendelian”. Take ½ page of notes as you watch this 5 minute video. ● As you do the bookwork for Lesson 3.1, draw one illustration on each page that summarizes what the text is
saying. Lesson 3.2
● Look up color blindedness on Wikipedia and take ½ page of notes while you read. Then draw 2 sets of punnet square crosses that show the probability of an offspring being colorblind.
● As you do the bookwork for Lesson 3.2, draw one illustration on each page that summarizes what the text is saying.
Lesson 3.3
● Give 2 additional examples of incomplete dominance, codominance, and polygenic inheritance besides the ones listed in the book. Draw and illustrate them with some simple sketches.
Lesson 3.4
● Search for “wikipedia chromosome”. Halfway down the page is a table that links each chromosome, by number, to its page. Pick 2 chromosomes to study. For each- take ½ page of notes describing the genes it carries on it and the disorders associated with it. Write down things you actually understand.
Lesson 4.1
● Search for “phet gene expression”. Play with the sim for a while until you begin to understand it. Write ½ page describing what’s going on.
Lesson 5.3
● Search for “crispr hhmi” and launch the interactive sim. Play with the sim for a while until you begin to understand it. Write ½ page describing what’s going on.
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