Monday 4/29

"Perfect World Instructions"

1.  Complete your conclusion on your Digestion and Nutrition Prezi.
2.  Paste the text of your conclusion into a microsoft Word document.
3.  Check the reading level of you conclusion.  Edit your conclusion by adding detail and more specific language until the readability is at least 10th grade, and you have at least 200 words.  I know that sounds high, but science vocabulary words make the readability automatically higher. 
4.  Copy your  new conclusion and paste it into your prezi, in a NEW text box.  I want to see both conclusions - the before and the after.
5.  Go to Wordle.net and create a wordle from your conclusion.  Paste your conclusion into the box, and generate an image you are happy with.  To get it into your prezi, you need to save it as a jpg first.  To do that, press the button on your keyboard "Prt Sc" and then open up PowerPoint.  On a new blank slide, press "Ctrl" and "v" at the same time to paste your screen shot on the Ppt slide.  Crop the image and enlarge it.  When it looks good, "Save As" and choose jpg as the file format.  Now you are ready to upload it into your prezi.

"Plan B Instructions"

1.  Write a conclusion for your unit on nutrition and digestion.  If you can't get on a computer, write it on paper.  Use a textbook if you need something to refer to and can't log in to your prezi.  Here is the prompt, as it was included in the template for your prezi:  "Please reflect on this project and your own learning.  Did you meet the learning goals?  Do you feel your work is Advanced, Proficient, or Partially Proficient?  Please explain.  How will you benefit from what you have learned about nutrients and digestion in your day-to-day life?  Do you have any new questions for further study?"

Answers to Frequently Asked Questions:

Q:  We are dissecting frogs??
A:  Only if you want to.  First come, first served.  The first 20 kids to bring me a blue note signed by a parent will be allowed to stay after school on May 11.  Kids can ride the 3:10 bus, or be picked up by a parent.

Q:  What is on the final?
A:  5 vocab words from each chapter we have studied this year.  Physical Science Chapter 3, Earth Science chapters 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and Life Science chapters 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 14, 17, 18.  I will pick the 5 words I would expect EVERY 7th grader to now own as part of their vocabulary.  For example, I would pick estivation, but not pharyngeal pouches.  You can go through your words and throw out anything really hard.

Q:  What can I use to study if I lost my vocab cards?
A:  Go to quizlet.com and search for a stack on the chapter you are missing.  For example, search "Glencoe Life Science Chapter 17."  I guarantee someone has already made some.

Q:  What if I wasn't here for part of 7th grade?
A:  You were in 7th grade somewhere, right?  (-;  This is an end-of-7th-grade assessment, and all 7th graders need to take it.