Wednesday, May 13, 2020
10:00 -11:00, 60 min. -
Biology:
TEAMS: Taxonomy / Animals - Chordata
GT was given an comprehensive exam on Invertebrates. We then watched the final ‘Shape of Life’ video, this one illustrating the evolutionary changes and advantages of the Phyla Chordata, which includes all animals with a notochord, a dorsal nerve chord, at tail, a mouth and anus, and pharyngeal slits. We set up GT’s notebook to prepare for this next unit. We briefly talked about the two ‘invertebrate chordates’ and the truism: all vertebrates are chordates, but not all chordates are vertebrates’.
GT and I discussed different types of business organizations (ie. sole proprietorship, partnership, and corporation) and the pros/cons of each. He learned what a franchise model is and we talked through a real-life example.
GT and I talked through the next segment of "Think & Grow Rich" that we read having to do with "knowledge" and knowing when and how to use information we learn.
Then, we talked through different business options he's deciding between for his final project. We broke each of them down to understand costs, structure, and USP.
GT is close to completing his vocabulary book. We worked diligently in the book today. We studied two lessons of words. We also discussed the words, studied them and completed activities that use the words in a variety of ways. We discussed the section of the novel that GT had read for homework. We discussed in detail the author's purpose. We pre-viewed the essay quiz for that section. We also answered the essay questions accompanying that section. GT will read more of the novel for homework.
GT and I discussed his final project, what would be included, and how it would be graded. He's going to have 2 weeks to create a presentation about a product/service/business he's creating and include learning concepts from our time together to prove his understanding of the topics.
GT and I discussed the part of the book that he had read for homework. We discussed the development of theme and the motifs presented throughout. We also discussed author's purpose and the use of death as the narrator. GT answered in detail the essay question as an assessment of that section of the novel. GT did an excellent job; he also used textual evidence to support his answer. GT will read the next section of the book for homework.
TEAMS: Taxonomy / Animals - Shells and skeletons -
Lesson Outline
Wednesday, May 06, 2020
12:00 -01:00, 60 min. -
Biology:
TEAMS: Taxonomy / Animals - Shells and skeletons -
I showed GT a collection of amazing mollusc shells, including the horse conch, abalone, the cocks-comb oyster, a large clam, a cone snail, and the nautilus. We examined how the inside of the nautilus shell shows sections that the animal seals off trapped air, used as a buoyancy compensator, and marveled how, as the animal grew in mass, it added more ballast. GT noticed that the nautilus was not a member of the classes I had presented in class, as it was a cross between a gastropod and a cephalopod. We discovered it belonged to a sub-class of cephalopods called Nautilida. Homework: review invertebrates.
Wednesday, May 06, 2020
09:00 -11:00, 120 min. -
Biology:
TEAMS: Taxonomy / Animals - Echinoderms
We examined the phyla: Echinoderm, which consists of four classes: Crustacean, Chelicerata, Insects, and Myriapod including starfish, sea cucumbers, and urchins. GT watched the shape of life introduction to the class: Echinoderms. GT was given a text to read about the internal structures of the starfish, and we watched a dissection of a starfish on-line. We talked about how sea cucumbers and sea urchins are similar to each other, and how all echinoderms are based on the shape of a pentagon star. We watched film about a virus that has become epidemic among starfish and is still a deadly issue for the phyla.Homework: review invertebrates.
Monday, May 04,, 2020
09:00 -11:00, 120 min. -
Biology:
TEAMS: Taxonomy / Animals - Review
After a review of the Taxonomic process for invertebrate animals that have been part of this class to date, we examined the specific characteristics for the different classes. We watched a video of an octopus protecting her brood for four and a half years, without eating. We also watched video from the underwater ROV showing a large hydra, some extraordinary cephalopods, and arthropods that live on deep sea vents where temperatures exceed 700 degrees. Finally GT was given a comprehensive exam of worms, molluscs and arthropods. Homework: review invertebrates.
