Entry & Exit Prompts
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| Entry & Exit Prompts | ||||
| Day | Date | Entry Question |
Exit Task | |
| WEEK #19 | ||||
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Monday |
1/20/2025 |
No School | No School | |
| Tuesday | 1/21/2025 | What do you know about fossils? | What is a fossil? | |
| Wednesday | 1/22/2025 | What could you tell about an animal from looking at only part of the jaw? | Which specimen would you be most afraid of meeting on a forest trail? Why? | |
| Thursday | 1/23/2025 | What kind of modern animal do you think each numbered specimen could have come from? | What was the most interesting thing you learned from the Paleontologist for a Day lesson? | |
| Friday | 1/24/2025 | How did you perform academically in 2nd quarter science compared to what you are capable of? | None - Turn in your paper | |
| WEEK #18 | ||||
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Monday |
1/13/2025 |
Draw a pedigree chart or a Punnett square to show the possible outcomes for offspring with one parent that has two working p53 genes (A) and another parent with Li Fraumeni Syndrome (one non-functional p53 gene [B])? | Why might someone choose not to treat their cancer? | |
| Tuesday | 1/14/2025 | If a parent has a pair of chromosomes with a non-functional p53 gene [B] on one chromosome and a non-functional BRCA1 gene [D] on the other, what genes could they pass on to their offspring? Explain! | What questions do you have about cancer treatment? | |
| Wednesday | 1/15/2025 | A child is born with the same genetic conditions as the father and looks just like the father. How much genetic information do you think the child received from each parent? | What are you going to do to prepare for the test tomorrow? | |
| Thursday | 1/16/2025 | What questions do you have before the test? | NONE - TEST | |
| Friday | 1/17/2025 | What was the most challenging part of the CIV [Cancer] FINAL test? | NONE - Have a good weekend! | |
| WEEK #17 | ||||
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Monday |
1/6/2025 |
What is your New Year’s resolution for 2025? Or What resolution have you made in the past? | NONE | |
| Tuesday | 1/7/2025 | If both parents have Li Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS), what are the chances that their offspring will also have LFS? |
What is meiosis? |
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| Wednesday | 1/8/2025 | Why is knowing the genotype for certain genes important? | What is variation? | |
| Thursday | 1/9/2025 | Besides random gene mutations and inherited gene mutations, what else could cause cancer? | What do you think is a bigger factor in getting cancer: environment, inheritance, or random mutation? Why? | |
| Friday | 1/10/2025 | If you could ask a cancer expert one question that we have not been able to answer (or another question), what would you ask? | How do doctors treat cancer? | |
| WEEK #16 | ||||
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Monday |
12/16/2024 |
What question(s) have we been able to answer about cancer so far? (Whiteboards up front have your questions) | What do you need to do to be prepared for the CIV Mid-Unit Test? | |
| Tuesday | 12/17/2024 | What is the best present you have ever received or given? | How ready are you for the CIV Mid-Unit Test? | |
| Wednesday | 12/18/2024 | What questions do you have before the test? Cancer? Study Guide? Other? | None -- CIV-Mid-Unit Test | |
| Thursday | 12/19/2024 | How is the CIV Mid-Unit test going so far? What questions do you have before continuing your test? | How can cancer be more common in some families? | |
| Friday | 12/20/2024 | What is your favorite part about winter break? | Merry Festivus! Have a great break!! | |
| WEEK #15 | ||||
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Monday |
12/9/2024 |
What is the next thing we need to find out about cancer? What do you most want to know about cancer? | What were you able to figure out about cancer from the simulation? | |
| Tuesday | 12/10/2024 | What is your favorite holiday tradition? | What was the most interesting thing you saw/learned from the simulation? | |
| Wednesday | 12/11/2024 | What are Chromosomes? | What is a mutation? | |
| Thursday | 12/12/2024 | How are you doing filling out your CIV [Cancer] Progress Tracker? How helpful is the progress tracker for keeping track of learning in the unit? | What does the p53 molecule do during the DNA replication process? | |
| Friday | 12/13/2024 | What is your favorite holiday movie? | Why are there different versions of p53? | |
| Week #14 | ||||
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Monday |
12/2/2024 |
What is the appropriate date to start decorating and playing Christmas music? |
How are cancer cells different from normal, healthy cells? |
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| Tuesday | 12/3/2024 | Where does cancer come from? | What did you figure out from playing the Cell Game? | |
| Wednesday | 12/4/2024 | What was the goal of the cell game yesterday? | How do you “win” the Cell Game? | |
| Thursday | 12/5/2024 | What stage of the cell cycle is most likely to result in a cell changing into cancer? | What is the role of p53 in an organism? | |
| Friday | 12/6/2024 | What is your favorite Christmas song? What Christmas song do you never want to hear again? | What do we need to figure out next about cancer? | |
| WEEK #13 | ||||
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Monday |
11/25/2024 |
If you could mutate one of your genes which gene would you mutate and why? |
How accurate do you think the science in the movie was? |
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| Tuesday | 11/26/2024 | What is your favorite Thanksgiving food? | How are cancer cells different from normal, healthy cells? | |
| Wednesday | 11/27/2024 | What do you think is going to happen to Vincent? | None - Have a Happy Thanksgiving! | |
| Thursday | 11/28/2024 | No School - Thanksgiving Break | No School - Thanksgiving Break | |
| Friday | 11/29/2024 | No School - Thanksgiving Break | No School - Thanksgiving Break | |
| WEEK #12 | ||||
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Monday |
11/18/2024 | What question(s) do you have about radioactive decay before today’s test? |
NONE - TEST |
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| Tuesday | 11/19/2024 | What was the most confusing or most difficult part of the Atoms and Radioactive Decay test? | What is the most interesting thing you learned about atoms and radioactive decay? | |
| Wednesday | 11/20/2024 | How did the boat end up on the building? | Which is more powerful–lasers or lightning? | |
| Thursday | 11/21/2024 |
What is cancer? |
What is one question that you have whose answer will help us make progress on our lesson question: Who gets cancer and why? | |
| Friday | 11/22/2024 | If you could change one thing about State Street, what would you change and why? | What question should we work on next that will help us make progress on figuring out Who gets cancer and why? | |
| WEEK #11 | ||||
| Monday | 11/11/2024 | No School -- Veteran's Day | ||
| Tuesday | 11/12/2024 | What is your goal for this week? What will you do to make sure you meet your goal? |
What is an alpha particle? When are they released? |
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| Wednesday | 11/13/2024 | What will U-238, atomic number 92, beta decay into? | What is the difference between fusion and fission? | |
| Thursday | 11/14/2024 | What parent isotope will alpha decay into, Po-213? | How did you do on the QUIZ? What do you need to review or study or learn before the test (Monday)? | |
| Friday | 11/15/2024 | At what point do radioactive isotopes stop decaying? [Make an educated guess] | How did you do in meeting your goal for this week? | |
| WEEK #10 | ||||
| Monday | 11/4/2024 | What is your goal for 2nd Quarter? [Could be science-specific or a more general school goal] |
How well did you do as a student in class today? | |
| Tuesday | 11/5/2024 |
How many protons are in the nucleus of a Lithium atom? [Hint: Use your atomic structure notes from yesterday] |
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What are two types of radioactive decay? |
| Wednesday | 11/6/2024 | What do you think the parts of the universal symbol for radiation represent? | Why do the protons in the nucleus repel each other? | |
| Thursday | 11/7/2024 | Which type of radioactive decay emits an electron? | How are you feeling about this content 0-4? Why? (What do you need to be at a “4”?) | |
| Friday | 11/8/2024 | Which type of radioactive decay emits an electron? | How are you feeling about this content 0-4? Why? (What do you need to be at a “4”?) | |