Earth’s History Follow-ups Fall 2016
Week
Lesson
Follow-up work
The purpose of follow up work is to deepen your
understanding of the subject. Get started early, be
creative, and ask for help if you need it.
8/22/16
Timelines
Personal Timeline
9/6/16
Clock of Earth’s
History
Make a clock with 10 significant events in Earth’s History
9/12/16
Lava to Life
Select a card and illustrate an event, include the date and
a caption
9/19/16
Recap of Earth’s
History Timeline
Select one
1. Make a timeline using Our Planet Our Home.
Document layout in science notebook.
2. Lay out event cards from Lava to Life to create
timeline. Document layout in science notebook.
3. DIY: Create your own follow-up in order to deepen
your understanding of Earth’s History
9/26/16
Scientific Method
Make 3 focused 10 min observations on the farm and
make a list of at least 5 questions per observation (15
total questions).
9/29/16
Mammals That
Morf
Select one
1. Select a card and illustrate an event, include the
date and a caption.
2. DIY: Create your own follow-up in order to deepen
your understanding of Earth’s History
10/3/16
Experimental
Design
Do ​all ​of the following:
1. Complete Identifying variables worksheet
2. Measure leaf area for a high and low leaf
3. Ask 3 testable questions about the farm and
identify the 3 variables for each question
10/6/16
Sapiens Timeline
1
Do ​both ​of the following: (Due in 2 weeks)
1. Lay out timeline
2. Write the story of Earth’s History from the big
bang through early humans 2 mya.
10/10/16
Data Tables
Do ​both ​of the following:
1. Make a proposal for your actual science
experiment
2. Create a data table ready to document the
measurements of your dependent variable
Done?
10/17
Lab Report
1. Background Research on science topic
2. Write materials list for experiment
3. Write method for experiment
10/20
SDL
Follow steps of planning, exploring, interpreting,
creating, and sharing
10/24
Graphing
1. Keep going with experiments & lab report
10/27
Sapiens Timeline
2
1. Explore the fossil evidence of human history and
make a model to explore human development
11/1
Experimental
Design Workshop
1. Write Introduction
2. Continue carrying out experiment
3. Final Lab Report Due 11/15
11/3
Brain Models
1. Reading from Sapiens (pg 11-13)
2. Annotate reading
3. Write 3 questions about the reading
11/7
Microscope
Lesson
No assigned follow-up....but if you are interested try
● How to use a microscope lab
● Cheek cell lab
● Examine prepared specimens
● Make your own slide & draw observations
11/9
Animal of No
Significance
Seminar
Select one of your, or someone else’s, questions to
reply to in a paragraph, drawing, or model.
11/29
Levels of
Organization &
Holons
OR
DIY- do your own follow-up to deepen your
understanding of early humans
1. Select your favorite plant or animal and Illustrate with
an example how life on Earth is organized into
hierarchical levels.
2.Define the following 5 vocabulary words in your
notebook
● Ecosystem
● Hierarchical
● Cell
● Atoms
● Holon
3. Meditate on the idea of holons, look for holons in other
aspects of life or human cultures. Select an example and
describe the nested holons.
4. What do you know about cells? What do you want to
learn about cells?
12/5
Cells
Complete all of the following and select one additional
item from below
Read the first four pages of T
​ he Complex Cell,​ a
chapter from L
​ ife Ascending, use the reference
sheet, SCIENTIFIC ROOT WORDS, PREFIXES,
and SUFFIXES to figure out science vocabulary
terms.
● Color the animal cell, color code the names of the
organelles to match
● Complete the cell factory analogy, listing each
organelle and its function
Select​ one​ of the below to deepen your understanding
about cells.
● Build a cell model selecting different objects to
represent each organelle.
● With a partner, conduct the Cell Membrane
Bubble Lab and complete the Student Analysis
sheet.
● Vocabulary- Select 15 cell science vocabulary
words to break down and define using the
SCIENTIFIC ROOT WORDS, PREFIXES, and
SUFFIXES
● DIY- Select your own questions about cell to
research and document your findings
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