Monday, March 30, 2015

Garden Rubric

“Eradicating Food Deserts through School Gardens”
Essay
DUE DATE: TUESDAY March 31, 2015
(Southern Lab Wednesday April 1, 2015)

During this entire school year we have met weekly to discuss the importance of gardening. Now is a chance for you to display what you have learned in your own words. Please complete a one-page essay using the following as your guide.

Evidence of garden participation and garden indoor lessons (2 points)
Listening to instruction both in the classroom and in the garden is important. Please display in this section of the essay what you have absorbed from indoor classroom lessons and hands-on gardening experiences.
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No evidence that attention was paid to indoor classroom lessons and hands on experience in the garden
Minimal evidence that attention was paid to indoor classroom lessons and hands on experience in the garden. Too vague.
Essay makes it clear that you comprehended  indoor classroom lessons and participated in hands on experiences in the garden







Sharing Garden Knowledge (2 points)
Your essay should explain if you have been able to share the gardening knowledge and life skill information with any one in your life. If so, please give details on how this was done.
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No sharing of garden knowledge
Attempted, but weakly executed sharing garden knowledge  –OR- has been done but description lacks how the knowledge was shared/taught
Essay contains ample evidence of sharing garden knowledge to friends or loved ones.  Also describes exactly how the knowledge was taught to loved ones.

               





Relevance of the knowledge ( 2 points)
This section of your essay should describe in your own words and opinion the importance of growing your own food. Also it should include in your own opinion, utilizing lessons we have learned throughout the school year the importance of teaching others how to grow food.
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No evidence of the importance of growing and teaching how to grow food.
Minimal evidence of the importance of growing your own food and teaching others to do the same.
Essay contains ample evidence of the importance of growing your own food and teaching others to do so. Shares innovative ideas why this is so.

Social Justice through gardening (2points)
Your essay should define what the terms “social justice”, “food justice” and “food desert” means. It should also include any social change that can come with gardening and farming (think not only about Baton Rouge, but about the whole country and the whole world).
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No evidence of the term social justice or what growing your own food has to do with this term.
Minimal evidence of the term social justice and its relation to  growing your own food –OR- description of one but the connection not made.
Essay contains ample evidence of the term social justice and its correlation to farming, gardening, and growing your own food. Also describes effects of doing so and a vision of food justice for all.








Quality of writing (1 point)
                Your essay should be well-organized, clearly written, and free of spelling and/or
grammatical errors.   Innovation (describing an inventive idea, something different than others) is encouraged.



Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Life Science Edmodo Instructions

1. Go to: http://www.edmodo.com/
2. Click on the link titles "I'm a student"
3. Enter in the user code: ocrt1m
4. Make the username your first initial and last name (if possible). (for example: sslavich)
5.Pick a password that you will remember and write it down.
6.Select an email address that you check, preferrably one you use only for school.
7. Make sure that you enter in your complete name.
8. Reply to the post titled, "Comment Here!"

Earth Science Edmodo Instructions

1. Go to: http://www.edmodo.com/
2. Click on the link titles "I'm a student"
3. Enter in the user code: z5190d
4. Make the username your first initial and last name (if possible). (for example: sslavich)
5.Pick a password that you will remember and write it down.
6.Select an email address that you check, preferrably one you use only for school.
7. Make sure that you enter in your complete name.
8. Reply to the post titled, "Comment Here!"

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Life Science Additional Semester Exam Study Guide Material

Additional Study Guide Material for Life Science
1.       The first step of the scientific process begins with a question.  Following that an experimenter should research others work on the topic to help get ideas of how to continue. 
2.       The independent variable is the one that the experimenter is changing and the dependent is the one being changed as a result of the experiment.  (Ex: Your teacher wants to know which class does the best on a test, so he gives three classes the test and looks at the results.  The class would be the independent variable and the grades would be the dependent variable.)
3.       The cell wall not only provides shape and structure for a plant cell, it also keeps those things constant.
4.       Meiosis ONLY produces gametes for sexual reproduction.
5.       Mitosis reproduces cells for GROWTH, REPAIR, and REPLACEMENT.
6.       When water moves out of a cell its called OSMOSIS.  SALT can pull water out of a cell.  Remember just because it says water is involved, doesn’t mean that it’s what is moving.
7.       Respiration is responsible for the production of energy and requires oxygen to take place.
8.       When trying to calculate the volume of an irregular object you can use a graduated cylinder.  Just measure what the water level is before placing the object in the cylinder and after the object is in the cylinder.  The difference is the volume.  BEFORE – AFTER = VOLUME
9.       Remember the process of osmosis deals with water moving into or out of a vacuole and is how vegetables get full (big) or empty (small).

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Life Science Possible Constructed Reponse Questions for Semester Exam

Life Science Edusoft Constructed Response Questions
1.       An egg is placed in vinegar to remove the shell.  It is then dried off and placed in a beaker containing a solution of corn syrup.  The egg is left in the beaker and solution for 2 days afterward.  Afterwards, the egg is removed and observed.  The egg has decreased in size.
LAB Results:
Before                                                                                                  After



LARGE                                                                                              SMALL



In this experiment, a process is occurring to the egg.  A. Name the process.  B. Explain why the process occurred.  Be sure to draw picture(s) to illustrate your answer.

2.       A plant gets larger when water is added to it.  What organelle would get larger (where is water stored)?  Why would a larger plant be wanted by a grocery store trying to sell vegetables? What is the process called allowing the plant to get larger?

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Life Science Chapter 5 Lesson 2 Key Concept Builder

Key Concept What determines the expression of traits?
Directions: The ozmox is a fictional creature with a variety of traits. Study the list of ozmox alleles for the seven
traits below. Then look at the genotypes of a particular ozmox named Glork. Using that information, write Glork’s
phenotype for each trait on the lines provided.

Ozmox alleles:
Hair—shaggy (S); short-haired (s)
Nose—orange (O); green (o)
Tail—long (L); stubby (l)
Teeth—pointed (P); rounded (p)
Claws—curved (C); straight (c)
Eyes—red (R); blue (r)
Ears—big (B); small (b)
Glork’s genotypes: Ss, oo, LL, Pp, cc, rr, BB

1.  Hair:                                                                                                                                 

2.  Nose:                                                                                                                                

3.  Tail:                                                                                                                                  

4.  Teeth:                                                                                                                                

5.  Claws:                                                                                                                               

6.  Eyes:                                                                                                                                 

7.  Ears: