Weston Middle School

Life Science Course Materials

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General Information

• Day One Questionaire-jd
• Back-to-School Night-jd
• Syllabus-jd
• Biology Binder Guidelines-jd
• Complete Schedule of Assignments-jd
• Lesson Plans- Unit I- jm
• Lesson Plan Blank-Unit I-jm
• Do Now: Top 5 fun game-jm
• The Truth About Homework
• Test Taking Skills

Lab Safety

• Safety Contract-jd
• Handout: Lab Safety-jm
• Handout: Lab Safety Rules-jd
• Do-Now: Safety rules boggle-jm

Observation

• Drawing Techniques-jd
• Activity-A different point of view-jm
• Activity: Observation of Shell-jm
• Activity-Enlightening your senses-jm
• Do-Now: Getting to Know You-jm
• Do-Now: Optical pictures-jm

Inquiry Skills

• Lesson Plan: Introduction to Scientific Inquiry-jm
• Activity: Inquiry- What do You Observe and Infer-jm
• Lab: Measurement-jd
• Homework: Practice With Variables-jm
• Homework: Practice with Variables-II-jm
• Homework: Identifying Constants and Scenarios-jm
• Handout: Identifying Variables-jm
• Handout: Writing a Hypothesis
• Hand-Out: How To Write A Scientific Paper-jd

Microscope Skills

• Notes: How Microscopes Work-jm
• Lab: Introduction to Microscope-jm
• Handout: Parts of a Microscope-jm
• Quiz: Parts of a Microscope-jm

What is Life?

• Handout: Classification- What is Life?
• Handout: International Space Station-jd

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