Welcome to the RMS Open House Meet

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Welcome to the RMS Open HouseMeet Greet 2015

• Mrs. Nicole Snipes
• Life Science 7th Grade

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Background Information

• Kennesaw State University B.S. Elementary
  Early Childhood Education
• State of Georgia Certified in Middle School
  Science Math
• 10 years of management and leadership experience
  prior to teaching
• Fifth year teaching middle school in Paulding
  County

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What To Expect At School?

• Opening (10 15 minutes) - warm up,
  mini-review, clarify lesson, clarify questions,
  state standards and/or elements of the work, lead
  small group, set the stage for learning,
  communicate expectations for learning, provide
  feedback
• Work Period (25 30 minutes) - Activity period,
  conference question, provide feedback, lead
  small group guidance, connect standard and/or
  elements to work, prepares for sharing, provide
  feedback (oral and/or written)
• Closing (10 15 minutes) Summary, Share work
  and strategies, connect work to standards and/or
  elements, identify misconceptions, clarify
  learning goals assess students understanding,
  provide feedback (oral and/or written)

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What To Expect At Home?

• Homework Monday Thursday
• Remind Text Messages
• Completion work
• 10 15 minutes of independent reviewing/studying
  of notes
• Student Agenda to be signed by parent nightly
  as you talk with the student about his/her day at
  school.

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What Materials Are Needed In Class?

• Interactive Science Notebook (composition book)
  should be kept in class daily but can be taken
  home to review or study.
• Agenda signed nightly
• Binder with a section for Science
• Loose leaf paper
• Pencil and hand held pencil sharpener or Pen
• Glue Sticks
• Colored Pencils

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What To Expect This Year?

• Unit One Biomes
• Characteristics of Science
• Six Land Biomes Desert, Tundra, Savannah,
  Mountain, Taiga, Temperate Tropical Rain Forest
• Aquatic communities freshwater, marine,
  estuaries

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What To Expect This Year?

• Unit Two Ecology
• Interdependence of organisms
• producers, consumers, decomposers
• Food Web Food Chains

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What To Expect This Year?

• Unit Three Cells (Structure Function)
• Cell structure cell membrane, cell wall,
  mitochondria, chloroplasts, nucleus, cytoplasm
• Cell Functions diffusion, osmosis,
  photosynthesis, respiration
• Levels of cellular organization cells for
  tissues, tissues form organs, organs form organ
  systems, organ systems form organisms.

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What To Expect This Year?

• Unit Four Organization of Life
• Classification of living things into six kingdoms
  based on common characteristics Eubacteria,
  Archabacteria Fungi, Protista, Animal, Plant
• Dichotomous keys for classification

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What To Expect This Year?

• Unit Five Body Systems
• Digestive, respiratory, circulatory, excretory,
  muscular, skeletal, nervous, immune, and
  reproductive systems
• Each organ system has a specific function and
  interact with other organ systems.

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What To Expect This Year?

• Unit Six Biological Traits Heredity
• Roles of genes chromosomes
• Inheritance of specific traits
• Abnormalities can be inherited
• Dominant and Recessive traits

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What To Expect This Year?

• Unit Seven Evidence of Evolution
• Physical characteristics of organisms have
  changed over successive generations
• Species on Earth have evolved due to natural
  selection
• Survival of the Fittest

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What To Expect This Year?

• Unit Eight Health/LifeSkills Training
• Health promotion and disease prevention
• Influence of outside factors on health behaviors
• Refraining from drug use
• Decision making skills Goal setting skills to
  enhance health

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Questions?

• Paulding County Website