A Group:

Finish Biodiversity Study - Part 2.  You must turn this in on Tuesday, September 7th!

B, C, and D Groups:

You must finish the two Alien Invaders stations you worked on during your afternoon class in science this week.  (Week of August 30th)  These two stations are due on Tuesday, September 7th for B, C, and D groups.

If you need to review the article again click here: Alien Invaders Article

If you need the station questions click here: Alien Invaders Stations

C and D Groups:  If you were not able to finish Biodiversity Study - Part 2 in class, the questions and graphs are also due on Tuesday, September 7th.

Email me (medgar@kiheicharter.com) if you have any questions.

A, C, and D Groups Morning Class:

1. Finish up Biodiversity Study - Part 2.  You will need to complete your tables and graphs before you can answer the questions.

2. Go outside for a test review game.  There will be prizes so study up!

3. Take test.  This is an open notes test.  Please remember to organize your notes and find any work you were missing when I did your binder check last week.  Students who finish the test early will use the extra time to work on Biome Project - Part 1.

B Group Morning Class:

1. Binder check.  Please make sure you have the following items neatly organized in your binder:

• Notes on the seven characteristics of life
• Notes on each of the six kingdoms  (Five kingdoms should be notes from group presentations, one kingdom should be your notes from when you did research for your kingdom.
• Kingdoms of Life Hunt
• Intro/Review of Field Tools
• Biodiversity Study - Part 1
• Biomes of Maui

2. Travel to Iao Valey to complete Biodiversity Study - Part 2

Afternoon Class for ALL GROUPS:

1. Class reading an discussion of Alien Invaders Article.

2. Individual work on the Alien Invaders Stations

This week, science will go as follows:

AM Class:

• Binder Check
• Field and computer lab work to complete Biodiversity Study - Part 2

PM Class:

• Continue to work on the research questions for Biome Project - Part 1

For your binder check I will look through your notebook/folder/three-ring binder to make sure you have the following:

1. Notes on the 7 Characteristics of Life
2. Kingdoms of Life Hunt and Sketch classwork
3. Notes on the 6 Kingdoms of Life (you should have your group's notes and the notes you took from the five other group presentations)
4. Intro/Review of Field Tools classwork
5. Biomes of Maui classwork
6. Biodiversity Study - Part 1 classwork

You will earn one point for each item you have in your binder for a total of 6 points.  Your work must be organized.  I will not wait for you to find and organize your work before I grade it.  If you are missing any of these items print them out and redo them on your own.  You may have to ask a friend for data.

This week in science we are going to take a closer look at biodiversity.  The goal is for you to begin making connections between the different types of biomes and the species/biodiversity we observe there.

This is what science should look like this week.

AM Class:

• Fieldwork and making Excel spreadsheets - Biodiversity Study - Part 1

PM Class:

• Wrap up 6 Kingdom Presentations for groups who were not ready to present last week (Six Kingdoms Presentations Rubric) 
• Research - Biome Project - Part 1

This week in science will look like this:

AM Class:

• Intro/Review of Field Tools commonly used at KCS
• Practice scientific drawing
• Six Kingdoms Presentations  (Please keep these rubrics in mind - Six Kingdoms Presentations Rubric and Six Kingdoms Peer Evaluation Forms

PM Class

• Discovering the Biomes of Maui
• Introduction to Biome Project - Part 1

We will be in the field for AM science so please remember to bring water and dress appropriately.