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8th Grade Life Science

Textbook Glencoe Life Science Textbook Link of the Week Neuroscience For Kids: The Nervous System
Multimedia Foss Brain & Senses Website User Name: wtbscience Password: bloomingdale
Foss Lab Worksheets Textbook Online User Name: Life Password: z8bRAfezeY

Week 4

Date Objective/ Procedure Handouts/ Labs Homework
9/22

Sense Organ: The Eye TSWBAT

1. Prepare for the cow eye dissection with this virtual cow eye dissection cow eye dissection website & Foss Brain & Senses website

2. Define and label the parts of the eye: sclera, cornea, aqueous humor, pupil, lens, vitreous humor, retina, tapetum, iris, optic nerve, blind spot

NJCCCS 5.1  & 5.5

7. Eye Dissection/Eye Diagram

 

 

Quiz Tuesday: Mnemonic Devices & Association, Learning strategies & memory, Helen Keller

 

 

 

 

 

 

9/23 Learning & Memory Quiz TSWBAT

1. Demonstrate knowledge on a Quiz: Mnemonic Devices & Association, Learning strategies & memory, Helen Keller

3. Class Reading & Discussion: Human Brain and Senses: The Mammalian Eye p. 29-30 to understand the structures and functions of the eye

NJCCCS 5.1  & 5.5

8. Section 2 The Senses/ Enrichment Making Sense

Read p. 610-617 Life Science Text: The Senses

Complete 8. Section 2 The Senses/ Enrichment Making Sense

 

9/24 Virtual Cow Eye Dissection TSWBAT

1. Prepare for the cow eye dissection with this virtual cow eye dissection cow eye dissection website & Foss Brain & Senses

2. Define the parts of the eye: sclera, cornea, aqueous humor, pupil, lens, vitreous humor, retina, tapetum, iris, optic nerve, blind spot

NJCCCS 5.1  & 5.5

 

  Finish Virtual Cow Eye Dissection diagram and definitions:  Eye Dissection/Eye Diagram

 

9/25 Cow Eye Dissection-1 TSWBAT

1. Examine the external structures of the human eye and then draw and describe the features

2. Go over the interior structures of the eye and prepare for tomorrow's dissections

3. Determine how pupils respond to differing light levels

NJCCCS 5.1  & 5.5

 

2. Eye Exam/ Diagram of the Eye

 

9/26

Cow Eye Dissection-2 TSWBAT

1.Dissect a cow eye to find out about the internal structures of the mammalian eye

2. Explain how the human and cow eye are similar and different

3. Describe the relationship between structure and function of the mammalian eye

NJCCCS 5.1  & 5.5

  Science Current Event due October 3rd

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