Wednesday, 26 November 2014

Designing a health lunch bar


Thursday, 20 November 2014

Are you what you eat? Weekly planner

Timeline
Week 1-2












3-4









5-6









7-8



9- 10






11-12



13
Topics
Introduction of the unit
What is a balanced diet?
How healthy is your diet?
What macro nutrients do foods contain?
What are the deficiency disease?
How can you read a food label?








What are the health problems with over eating and under eating?
What is BMI? How can you measure BMI?
What are other methods of measuring  if you are healthy?
What are the health problems with over eating and under eating?
What relationship does our diet have on our health? What influence does culture have on people’s diet?
Are some diets better than others?



What are the parts of the digestive system?
How do the different parts of the digestive system work?
How is the food broken down by mechincal and chemical digestion?






What are the problems with the digestive system?
What are some of the caused of digestive problems?
Myth busting – Are all the old wives tells about food and sicknesses true?

Are some diets better than others?
Does the media give misinformation about food?
What is food dressing? How does this trick people in advertising?




Debates and essay writing



Review – final test – unit reflection
Teaching experiences
WIK, WILK, WIL
Think pair share – of the major food groups.
Pre knowledge quiz – food facts.
Powerpoint – note taking – major food groups and the uses in the body.
Labeling and matching activity – food plate
Planning a healthy eating plan for a typical day.
Lab – food testing
Reading and research tasks – food deficiencies
Food label reading exercise

Video task – problems with obesity and eating disorders.
Calculating energy in and energy out put.
Measuring of BMI - calculating
Reading task on obesity
Lab – energy content in different foods.
Research about the different diets around the world

Labeling exercise – parts of the digestive system
Class demo – model digestive system
Making a model gut lab – to show diffusion
Video – journey through the guts.
Assessment task 1 – comic strip
Formative test – key words quiz

Computer research – digestive problems and causes
Video – treatments of digestive problems

Video – food dressing and advertising.
Reading task – advert games – tricks used to get children to eat junk food.
Advertising task – producing a poster
Photoshop video

Researching for debate topics
Carry out the debate following debating rules – groups of 3
Write argumentative essay in class

Refer back to wik, wilk, wil
- Summative assessments
Outline of summative assessment task(s) including assessment criteria:

1.     Create a cartoon strip detailing the journey of food through the digestive system.
Criteria D
 iii. apply communication modes effectively
 iv. document the work of others and sources of information used. 

2.     Criteria D - iii. apply communication modes effectively 
Debating task – Groups of 3 debating various questions.
Junk food and soda’s should be banned from Binus.
Fast food restaurants are responsible for people becoming obese
Fast food commercials should be banned 
Unrealistic advertising leads to eating disorders
3.     Criteria D (all)
Argumentative essay (using the same question from the debate write an argumentative essay.
Written in class
4.     End of unit test – Criteria A

Are you what you eat? Inquiry questions

Statement of Inquiry

A person’s  diet and health are influenced by the media, culture and changes to diet. 


Factual—What are the parts of the digestive system?
How do the different parts of the digestive system work?
What are the main parts of a healthy diet?
What is BMI? How can you measure BMI?
What are other methods of measuring  if you are healthy?
What are the health problems with over eating and under eating?
What is a balanced diet?
What are the deficiency disease?
What is a fad diet?
How to read a food label?
What macro nutrients do different food contain?
How much energy do different foods contain?
Is there a healthy fat?

Conceptual—
What relationship does our diet have on our health? 
How does the media and our peers influence our food choices?
What influence does culture have on people’s diet?
Are some diets better than others?
Does the media give misinformation about food?
What is food dressing? How does this trick people in advertising?
Would you be healthier if you were vegetarian?

Debatable—
Are all diets as good as others? Why or why not?



Tuesday, 4 November 2014

Friday, 26 September 2014

The eye

Eye dissection time :)

What are the structures of the mammalian eye and how do they function?
The mammalian eye consists of many specialized cells and tissues that make up several different structures. In this investigation, you identify the structures of a cow eye and learn their functions.

Materials
• Safety goggles • Paper towels
• Preserved cow’s eye • Vinyl or latex gloves
• Forceps • Dissection tray
• Dissection probes • Dissection scissors


Parts of the eye





Tuesday, 9 September 2014

Conclusion and Evaluation Guide

Conclusion
Paragraph 1: Purpose, procedure and hypothesis:
1st  sentence: Summarise what you found.     In this lab the researchers found that…

2nd sentence: Summarise the procedure (what you did)
The experiment was completed using … to see what happened when…
OR The experiment was performed by… in order to ….

3rd sentence: Summarise your hypothesis and say whether your hypothesis was proved correct. (NOT Yes my hypothesis was right but the hypothesis was proven correct or incorrect)
  The researchers predicted that… because….   OR The researchers predicted that if … then…
And if your hypothesis was correct:
This confirmed (or contradicted) our hypothesis

Paragraph 2: Background information - the science behind the experiment including vocabulary about the lab. (Think about the amount of light that is being blocked)

Paragraph 3: Summarize your results
1.       The experiment showed that....... DO NOT list EVERY bit of data just the main points or the overall patterns.
 Eg -What happens to the shadow as the light source gets closer to the block?
Explain the pattern (trend seen)– use examples from your results
Were  there any results that did not fit the trend/difference in the shadow? Suggest why this may have happened?
EVALUATION
What went well in your experiment
What went wrong, what happened  - how may it have affected your results?
EBI: How would you change this?
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2.
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What is a new research question that you would like to investigate further after you did this experiment?

Friday, 22 August 2014

Reflection



Go to the link to see the Class powerpoints and worksheets

Refraction



Can you help Professor Sangkot? Explain why they might not be catching the fish - hint it's to do with refraction.

KEYWORDS:
Refraction        dense        incidence         ray           medium            angle

Here are some resources to help you.
Refraction resources


Wednesday, 20 August 2014

Keywords - Light and Sound

Light
Luminous - source of light (produces it's own light)
Non-luminous - an object is un-able to produce its own light or just reflect the light.
Ray- the thinnest possible form of light which we can still see.
Beam - collection of rays 

Incidence ray

Reflected ray

angle of incidence

angle of reflection

Normal line

Medium 

refraction

ray of refraction

ray of emergence

angle of refraction

angle of emergence

dense/ density 










Sound

frequency - the number of waves (vibrations) in a second

Hertz (Hz) - measurement of frequency

pitch - high or low pitch - what you hear

loudness - volume of sound measured in decibels (dB)

amplitude - the height of the sound wave showing the loudness

Decibel (dB) - unit of loudness

Wavelength - Distance between matching points on the wave (m)

Longitudinal - Vibration at right angle to direction of travel

Transverse - Vibration parallel to direction of travel


Tuesday, 19 August 2014

SMART Goals

:Goal: What do you want to achieve this semester?





Questions
Responses
Specific
·   Who? What? When? Where? Why?




Measurable
·  How many?
·  How much?
·  How often?



Achievable
·  Is it achievable by me now?


Relevant
(and Realistic)
·  Is it important to what you want to ultimately achieve?


Timed
·  By when?













Potential resources? (Identify 3-5)









How will you check your progress? (Identify 3-5 measures)



 







What actions do I need to schedule in my diary?  (daily, weekly, monthly?)





 







Freezerays

Interactive light models. 

Sounds Amazing

This is a great website resource from the University of Salford for sound.
Sounds amazing self study resources

Welcome to grade 7 Science - Unit 1

The Wonders of Light and Sound. 

Statement of Inquiry
Enhanced understanding of relationship of the transformation of energy has driven the development of scientific and technical innovation.
Inquiry Questions
  • Factual How does light and sound travel?
  • Factual What are the differences and similarities between how light and sound travel?
  • Factual What are the properties of light and sound?
  • Factual How do we perceive light and sound?
  • Conceptual What is the relationship between the behaviour of energy and how we transform it into different uses?
  • Conceptual What drives the innovation of light and sound technology?
  • Conceptual How has enhanced understanding of energy transformation driven technological advancements?
  • Debatable Should we continue to advance light and sound technology?
  • Debatable What limits the development of light and sound technology?
  • Debatable Do technological advancements cause more harm than good?

Weekly Planner. 


Week
Topic
Tasks
1 (11th August
Introduction and setting goals
Pre test and WIL, WILK, WIL – creating debatable, conceptual and factual questions for the unit.
2 (18/8-22/8)
Introduction to light and sound.
Where does light come from?
How does light travel?
How is sound produced?
Can sound be produced without a vibration?
What are the differences between how sound travels?
Starter video – Sound multi station to investigate how sound is produced.
How can you change the pitch and volume of different instruments?
Worksheet about musical instruments – what is vibrating?
How can you change the pitch and the volume?
Class demo to prove that light travels in a straight line
Drawing a light diagram and labelling simple reflection diagram.
3 (25/8-29/8)
How is light reflected?
Can light bend?
What happens when light travels through different materials (mediums)?
- Laws of reflection – investigation into the laws of reflection
- Write an evaluation using the writing strategies:
WWW- what went well
EBI: Even better if
- Refraction investigation. – passing light through different mediums
- Writing activity - writing a letter to explain how refraction works in a real life situation.
4 (1/9-5/9)
How is the reflection of sound used in nature and technology?
How do the acoustics change in different environments?
-  Use the ripple tank demo and interactive computer models to investigate how sound waves behave (echo, reverberation, absorption)
Sounds amazing sound lab
How is the sound affected when using different materials?
Can sound be heard in space?
     Investigation about how sound travels through different materials: String telephones – Selecting IV, DV and control variables and carrying out the investigation. Displaying findings in poster form.

Demonstration using a vacuum jar – make observations and apply your knowledge about how sound travels using particle theory  
5 (8/9-12/9)
How are shadows formed?
Which materials allow shadows to form?
How can the size of shadows be changed?


·         Investigate how much light can pass through different materials – opaque, transparent and translucent.
What type of shadows are formed?
·         Planning formative task – Planning and carrying out a shadow investigation - application -Wayang puppet show.
·         Introduce the criteria – B and C
·         Group roles to help organisation
·         Keyword quick quiz
6 (15/9-19/9)
How do we hear?
Are 2 ears better than one?
How do we measure the loudness of sound and pitch?
How can our hearing be damaged?
-         - Learn about the structure of the ear and how the vibration travels through the different parts of the ear – matching and labelling worksheet
-      -    Confuse a phone video – Class investigation to see if 2 ears are better than one.
-       -   Measure how loud different parts of the school are using the decibel meter.
-       -   Matching activity from chapter 11 – threshold of hearing to levels that damage your ears
7 (22/9-26/9)
Can we improve our hearing?
Super Pinna
-       Formative task B and C (focusing on conclusion and evaluation writing)
Self assessment how to improve your score?
8 (29-9-3/10)
Setting a timeline
What is the light spectrum?
What is white light made from?
What are the primary colours of light?
-Introduce the Criteria D assessment. Plan a timeline for the complement of the assessment.  
·         Dispersion of light experiment to introduce the light spectrum.
·         Primary colours of light – how different colours are reflected or absorbed.
Use of filters – whole class investigation
9 (6/10-10/10
How does the eye perceive light?
How do lenses help to correct vision?
Why can some people not see the same as others?
·         Parts of the eye and colour blindness
·         Eye dissection and lenses
10 -11(15/10-24/10)
Technical uses and implementation
Reading and selecting the appropriate information about  an inventor of an invention that uses light and sound.
12 (27/10-31/10) - 13 (3/11-7/11)
Assessment B and C
How can we transform headphones into a speaker?

What is the relationship between the behaviour of energy and how we transform it into different uses?
Designing a headphone speaker.
- Planning and completing a full lab report.
14 (10/11-14/11)
Review and reflection of the unit
Due date for Criteria D assessment
- Reflection task
- Practice test