Scientific Information

"The Chef Floyardee Science Curricula"

I've taught several different classes over the years, but the main courses that The Chef has directed have been Middle School Life Science, Middle School Physical+General Science, and High School Environmental Science (with a focus on the PA Envirothon!)! I've poured my heart and soul into creating the most engaging, interesting, and exciting lessons possible for these courses, and in doing so I've essentially created my own Science Curriculum which I call "The Chef Floyardee Science Curricula"! I've had to adapt part of this over the years to align with changing standards and district policies but the heart and soul (and thus all of the FUN things we do to LEARN SCIENCE in MR. FLOYD'S CLASS!) of what I do has remained the same, so HERE IT IS!

Note! Each course is divided up into 30 Academic Weeks, which is equivalent to 150 School Days allowing me to allot and allocate ≈30 School Days for standardized testing, weather events, school events, etc! EVERY SINGLE SECOND of EVERY SINGLE ACADEMIC DAY is utilized in Mr. Floyd's Class as well since we, always and forever, WORK BELL 2 BELL, so each School Day is thus jam-packed with a DO NOW, a QP, some HW (Herework/Homework), and a daily $CI FACT (to MAKE SURE that NO MATTER WHAT you LEARN at least ONE NEW THING on EVERY SINGLE DAY!) related to the day's TOPIC!

Middle School Life Science

Unit 1 = What is Life? + What is the MICROSCOPIC WORLD?!

DO NOWs (DNs), Qualitative & Quantitative Prompts (QPs), and Dismissal Questions (DQs): Life Science Unit 1

Week #	Academic Objective aka AO: (What We Are Going To LEARN!)	Academic Objective Accomplisher aka AOA: (What We Are Going To DO To Help Us LEARN!)
1	Intro to You + Intro to Mr. Floyd and his Classroom Procedures + Life Science Vocab	Quick Lab #1 (Intro Poster Slidez) + Game-Town #0 (Floyd Camp + Randomly Generating & Getting Your Mini-Floyardee NICKNAMES!) + Vocab Lab/Volab #1 (The Virtual Vocab Lab)
2	What does it mean to be ALIVE aka what is LIFE? + What are the Characteristics of Life? + What is Homeostasis?	Quick Lab #2 (Photo UP^s Outside) + Quick Lab #3 (The Scavenger Hunt To Our Life) + Quick Lab #4 (Findin’ Your Happy Place)
3	How can we MEASURE really SMALL and really BIG stuff? + What is the Scale of Living Things and our Universe?	Math Lab #1 (Learning to Listen to Akila aka LETTING THE UNITS GUIDE YOU!) + Vid City #1 (The Powers of 10) + Quick Lab #5 (Scale Models and Slap Jax)
4	How can we SEE very small things? + How do we use a Microscope?	Demo Down #1 (Lenses and Lasers: The Laser Microscope) + Quick Lab #6 (The Microscope Scavenger Hunt: Part 1)
5	How do we use a Microscope EVEN BETTER? + How do we create Microscope Slides?	Quick Lab #6 Part 2 (The Microscope Scavenger Hunt: Part 2) + Quick Lab #7 (AH Onion/Cheek Cell Staining Lab)
6	What kinds of Microscopes are there? + What are Protists, one of the main types of Microorganisms?	Vid City #2 (The Microscopic World) + Tech Chex #1 (Microorganism/Protist ZOOM Virtual Scavenger Hunt)
7	What are Fungi, "sometimes" one of the main types of Microorganisms?	Bring-In’s Lab #1 (Petrified Mold)
8	What are Bacteria, another main type of Microorganism?	Tech Chex #2 (Go Microbial or Cry Trying) + Quick Lab #6 Part 3 (The Microscope Scavenger Hunt: Part 3)
9	What is the Microbiome?	Science Artwork #1 (Microbial Super Heroes & Villains + PRESENTATIONS!)
10	Assessment Time!	Game-Town #1-3 + Quizzez #1-10 Due + Post-Test Collage/SCIENTIFIC SHORT STORY (Scientific Names; Smurf Fungi Village, Plant People, Animals, Protist People ETC Based off of Scientific Names is the Requirement for this particular one!) #1

Unit 2 = What is the Biochemical Makeup of Living Things? + What are CELLS?!

DO NOWs and QPs: Life Science Unit 2

Week #	Academic Objective aka AO: (What We Are Going To LEARN!)	Academic Objective Accomplisher aka AOA: (What We Are Going To DO To Help Us LEARN!)
11	Intro to Biochemistry Vocab + What are the Chemicals of Life?	Vocab Lab/Volab #2 (The Biochemical Terms) + Competition Quick Lab #1 (Name That Chemical!)
12	How can we use “Food Science” to learn about Biochemistry?	Bring-In’s Lab #2 (Making An OMAD) + Demo Down #2, 3, & 4 (Burnin' Food + Electrolytic Lyte + Enzymes: SPIT it OUT, TAPE it UP, and HAND-PENNY-FLIP it IN!)
13	What does “You Are What You Eat” and “Feeling Good/Bad” really mean about your CELLS?	Quick Lab #8 (Whose Cryin’ Now?) + Tech Chex #3 (Digital Diagnosis & Stem Cells)
14	What are the main types of CELLS? + What are Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis?	Vid City #3 (Prokaryotes VS Eukaryotes) + Vid City #4 (Animal VS Plant Cells) + Demo Down #5 (COLORED CELERY HEADZ!) + Vid City #5 (Photosynthesis VS Cellular Respiration: AH/BRSD)
15	What is Cell Theory?	Quick Lab #9 (Turtle Theory)
16	What are the parts of Cells?	Science Artwork #2 (THE CELL SAGA)
17	What is the Cell Cycle? + What is the type of Cell Division called Mitosis?	Vid City #6 (My Toe Sis!) + Science Artwork #3 (Mitosis MCs)
18	What is the type of Cell Division called Meiosis?	Demo Down #6 (Chenillin with some Chromosomes) + Bring-In’s Lab #3 (Cereal Box/Paper Plates BE Discrepant!)
19	Are larger Organisms made of MORE Cells or BIGGER Cells (and WHY is the former TRUE?!)?	Quick Lab #10 (Fast Data: What Does Taller Mean) + Demo Down #7 (Diffusion Spray, Cubes & Food Coloring, Dialysis Tubing, Osmosisand the Egg, and Area Calcs!) + Record That #1 (Diffusion/Osmosis Gummi Bears!)
20	Assessment Time!	Game-Town #4-6 + Quizzez #11-20 Due + Post-Test Collage/SCIENTIFIC SHORT STORY #2

Unit 3 = What are Heredity and Genetics? + How do we Organize the Diversity of LIFE?

DO NOWs and QPs: Life Science Unit 3

Week #	Academic Objective aka AO: (What We Are Going To LEARN!)	Academic Objective Accomplisher aka AOA: (What We Are Going To DO To Help Us LEARN!)
21	Intro to the Diversity of Life, Heredity, and Genetics + How could ALIENS be REAL?	Vocab Lab/Volab #3 (The DLHG Terms) + Demo Down #8 (All Teachers Keep Jars of Dead Animals In Their Rooms AKA The Chef's Classroom Museum) + Science Artwork #4 (Alien Earth: Part 1!)
22	How does DNA truly relate all Life? + How does Life change over Time? + How old is Life?	Quick Lab #12 (3-25 AH Fast Data + Genetic Facts and Fallacies) + Vid City #7 (The SIMPSONS Gif!)
23	What is the History of Life on Earth? + What is Evolution and Natural Selection?	Tech Chex #4 (Time Travelin' Student Scientists!) + Tech Chex #5 (SIM EARTH + Extinct $ci Facts!) + Science Artwork #5 (Gelogic Time Scale Flip Books) + Quick Lab #13 (Modelin' Darwin's Giraffes & Crabs with PLAY-DOH!)
24	How do we Classify all of the Living Things on Earth? + How can something (Viruses!) be both DEAD and SORTA ALIVE?	Vid City #8 (NAME THAT SPECIES with CHEF FLOYARDEE) + Quick Lab #14 (Rapid Fire Review: Classifying All We've Learned with Graphic Organizers + sPoNgE EXPANSION + Animal Dancin': Form and Motion Interpretive Dances + Create your own BEASTZ!) + Vid City #9 (What is a VIRUS?!)
25	How have Humans affected Biodiversity in the Past and Present? + What kinds of roles do Organisms use to Survive? + What is Ecology?	Tech Chex #6 (Citizen Science: Tree-Versity) + Vid City #8 (I Lichen That!) + Vid City #9 (Vicious Beasts) + Quick Lab # 15 (Eco Spheres!)
26	What is the Hierarchy of Life? + What is the true importance of DNA?	Quick Lab #16 (Pokémon Floyd GO!) + Vid City #10 (AH Mutants and Epigenetics)
27	What actually are Heredity, Genetics, Genes, Genomes, and MUTANTS?!	Quick Lab #17 (E&D Zone – Determining Genotypes from Phenotypes + AH Tongue PTC Taste Tests!) + Math Lab #2 (Punnet Cubes...I MEANT SQUARES!)
28	What does the "Family Tree of Life" l👁👁k like?	Science Artwork #6 (Family Shrubs)
29	What is Bioengineering?	Tech Chex #7 (DNA vs RNA: What they're MADE of and how they COPY and WORK!) + Science Artwork #7 (Alien Earth: Part 2!)
30	Assessment Time! + The Finale QP	Game-Town #7-10 (GAME TAMERS!) + Quizzez #21-30 Due + Post-Test Collage/SCIENTIFIC SHORT STORY #3 + End of the Year Events: Rocks to Say Goodbye, Records in the Books (Blue Marks and HOF Work), and Writings on the Wall (Going over the Parking Lot Questions + The Idea Club) + End of the Year Blue Games (Floyd Bounce, Zip Zap Zop, and Whose Chef?!)

Middle School Physical+General Science

Unit 1 = What is Science + How do we become STUDENT SCIENTISTS?!

DO NOWs and QPs: Physical+General Science Unit 1

Week #	Academic Objective aka AO: (What We Are Going To LEARN!)	Academic Objective Accomplisher aka AOA: (What We Are Going To DO To Help Us LEARN!)
1	Intro to Mr. Floyd and his Classroom Procedures + Basic Science Vocab	Quick Lab #1 (Intro Poster Slidez) + Vocab Lab/Volab #1 (The Virtual Vocab Lab Mega Eco Size) motyka flip book idea very chef esque idea to add, stop motion eyy! also oreo lab/licks to tootsie roll pop?!
2	What is Science? + What are the 5 main things that Scientists do?	Quick Lab #2 (The Scavenger Hunt To Our Life) + Demo Down #1 (Scientific Tool Time)
3	What are the two main types of Observations (Qualitative VS Quantitative), how are each done, and which involves Units of Measurement?	Quick Lab #3 (Your Body is a Ruler!) + Unique Units of Measurement Quick Lab Add-On HW + Scientific Math SLO + Mini-GIF-Making-Field-Trip
4	What are some of the most important and famous Scientific Discoveries of all time and who made them?	Tech Chex #1 (Discovery Zone!) WOAH WHERE DO I ADD THE TUNK SCIENTIFIC MATH ASSESSMENT akila QUIZ I MADE I FORGOT ABOUT THAT!!!
5	What are some problems Humans face that can be solved with Science?	Tech Chex #2 (MORE Science LESS Fear!)
6	How do Scientists conduct Experiments? (Practice Scientific Experiment #1 for FORCE)	Bring-In’s Lab #1 (Reject Sports-Balls)
7	How do Scientists conduct Experiments? (Practice Scientific Experiment #2 for SCALARS/VECTORS and MOTION/SPEED/VELOCITY)	Quick Lab #4 (Veloco Vector Speed Scalars)
8	How do Scientists conduct Experiments? (Practice Scientific Experiment #3 for MATTER/DENSITY)	Bring-In’s Lab #2 (Toy Space Rocks/Slam Dunk Density)
9	What is Scientific Inquiry and how do Scientists use the Scientific Method?	INQUIRY PROJECTS + PRESENTATIONS! (2 ROUNDS, ONE I GIVE, ONE THEY DO + VIDEO FILM IDEA ADD!)
10	Assessment Time!	Game-Town #1 + Test #1 + Post-Test Collage #1

Unit 2 = How did our Universe Begin + How canwelearnmoreaboutFORCES&MATTER?!

DO NOWs and QPs: Physical+General Science Unit 2

Week #	Academic Objective aka AO: (What We Are Going To LEARN!)	Academic Objective Accomplisher aka AOA: (What We Are Going To DO To Help Us LEARN!)
11	Intro to Physical Science Vocab + What happened after the Big Bang?	Vocab Lab/Volab #2 (The Physical Terms) + Science Artwork #1 (Pioneer Plaque Encoded Unit Measure Message Project essentially how to tell “them” what “we” know!)
12	What is EVERYTHING (Matter!) made of, just what are ELEMENTARY PARTICLES and ATOMS, and how do we KNOW what these LOOK LIKE?	Science Artwork #2 (Subatomic Saga) + Quick Lab #? Turtle Theory (cover as a QP re-do?) OR Demo Down #2 Marble/Phys Sci Tech Chex Theories/Poster?
13	What are the different TYPES of Atoms aka ELEMENTS and MOLECULES?	Vid City #1 Ptable SongS + AH E&D Zone – The Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt + Name That Chemical Comp QL/All Matter Matters Tech Chex
14	How can we MODEL the STRUCTURE of an ATOM and of MOLECULES?	Candy Chemistry (can do for ATOMS ala Bohr or MOLECS 3-D or BOTH, never realized this until now I did!) Sci Artwork/Bring-In’s Lab and/or Element Heroes/Villains? Both!
15	How are PROPERTIES of Matter due to being made of different TYPES of ATOMS and how does TEMPERATURE determine the STATE of MATTER?	Phys vs Chem Change Paper Clip (flesh this out some more!)! + Temperature (of Matter) = Measure body temp, convert lab with the probe/thermometer! + Phys Science Boiling Point Bring-Ins Lab!
16	What is PRESSURE and how is it related to both FORCE and the TEMPERATURE of MATTER?	Pressure of Particles/Macroscale Objects = Balloon Lab + Paper Airplane Bernoulli
17	What are the 4th and 5th States of MATTER and how do IONS relate to PLASMA?	Ions and Isotopes = Ionic Solids Rock plus maybe some Nuclear questions for Isotopes?! Isomers?!
18	What happens when we MIX different kinds of MATTER and CHEMICALLY COMBINE different kinds of Atoms/Molecules?	Solutions DUH!, Balancing Chemical Equations MATH LAB! Check SMILEY FACE smellvin logic!, AH June 13th Quick Lab – Mystery-Mixture, AH What’s My Name Tech Chex – What’s…my NAME! June 8th!?
19	What are Polymers/Advanced Molecules/Organic Chem Logic?	Slime Dump Film Me for POLYMERS!, Drug Chemistry Science as warning/guidance before high school?
20	Assessment Time!	Game-Town #2 + Test #2 + Post-Test Collage #2

Unit 3 = APPLIED SCIENCE; SIMPLE SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS OF SCIENCE IN ANCIENT HUMAN HISTORY (SIMPLE MACHINES, BUILDING STUFF, ETC?!)? + PSSA PREP!

DO NOWs and QPs: Physical+General Science Unit 3

Week #	Academic Objective aka AO: (What We Are Going To LEARN!)	Academic Objective Accomplisher aka AOA: (What We Are Going To DO To Help Us LEARN!)
21	Intro to Applications of Science Vocab + Machines, Music, and the Technological World of 2020+!	Vocab Lab/Volab #3 (The Applied Terms) + SIMPLE (ancient!) MACHINES
22	Singh	Sound
23	Optics/Electronics/Electricity	41
24	Sharma	Eco Esque Board Games/Eco Spheres (save for Env Sci?) + SCI FAX ROCK omg great name here!
25	PSSA REVIEW	PSSA REVIEW
26	PSSA REVIEW bouncy ball collison lab idea, SCIENTIFIC UNITS CARD GAMES YUGIOG STYLE IDEA N TO KGM/S2, DECANTING?! PAPER CLIPS?!	PSSA REVIEW zzzzz FLOYARDEE THROWING STARZ M= LAB FOR PRECISION AND ACCURACY, MAKE PAPER AIRPLANE ESQUE THROWING STARS, HAD IDEA FROM 12-16-21 DREAM AFTER THAT CEILING TOSSER PUSHPIN!
27	PSSA REVIEW spectral tubes diffraction lab CAPA light lite stuff?! + other student teaching stuff? ice corres for ENV sci?!	PSSA REVIEW
28	PSSA REVIEW add bowerman trash bball to fooyd camp + music instruments from trash janelle idea for sound trash lab #trashlab + make your own game-town game ala make your own floyd house for 8th psa review logic yeah 11-16-21 idea!	PSSA REVIEW
29	PSSA REVIEW go thru more 8th Tunk Eco ideas since they could be used in Diversity of Life for 7th Logic 12-10-21 idea!	PSSA REVIEW floyd's law f=loyd fame or fun or find or figure learn only or out or ongoing your dreams? TRUST NO-ONE = BIG BROTHER FLOYD HOUSE 2021 EDITION SLOGAN YOU KNOW WHY AND WHAT I MEAN!
30	PSSA Assessment Time! Finale QP/Parking Lot Q’s/Idea Club go over?! End of the year BLUE GAMES, Bounce, Zip Zap Zop, HOF Blue Marks etc entered, etc!	7th + 8th Grade GAME-TAMERS REPLAY + SCIENCE PSSA JEOPARDY!

High School Environmental Science (PA Envirothon Focus)

Unit 1 = What is Environmental Science and the Envirothon (Forestry and Wildlife)?!

DO NOWs and QPs: Environmental Science Unit 1

Week #	Academic Objective aka AO: (What We Are Going To LEARN!)	Academic Objective Accomplisher aka AOA: (What We Are Going To DO To Help Us LEARN!)
1	Intro to You + Intro to Mr. Floyd and his Classroom Procedures + Environmental Science Vocab	Quick Lab #1 (Intro Poster Slidez) + Math Lab #1 (RE-Learning to Listen to Akila aka LETTING THE UNITS GUIDE YOU!) + Vocab Lab/Volab #1 (The Mega-Enviro Virtual Vocab Lab)
2	What is Environmental Science and the Envirothon?	Tech Chex #1 (Enviro Research)
3	What is Forestry?	Science Artwork #1 (Leaf Sketch Books)
4	Forestry	Science Artwork #2 (Selfie Leaf Journals + Copy-Cat Tree Posters)
5	Forestry	Quick Lab #2 (Tree People)
6	Forestry	Quick Lab #3 (Dendro-Chro)
7	Forestry Assessment Time!	Forestry Lab Practical
8	What are PA Wildlife?	Science Artwork #3 (Wildlife Sketch Books) + Tech Chex #2 (TrailCamz)
9	Wildlife	Demo Down #1 (Skulls 'n' Furs) + Vid City #1 (Wildlife Vidz: Dove Banding Patterns, Aging Deer Jawbones, & What Is CWD?!)
10	Wildlife	Science Artwork #4 (BIRDSONGZ) ecd4halloweenlogic!

Unit 2 = What is Environmental Science and the Envirothon (Wildlife and Aquatics/Current Issues)?!

DO NOWs and QPs: Environmental Science Unit 2

Week #	Academic Objective aka AO: (What We Are Going To LEARN!)	Academic Objective Accomplisher aka AOA: (What We Are Going To DO To Help Us LEARN!)
11	Wildlife	Science Artwork #5 (BEAST VIDZ)
12	Wildlife Assessment Time!	Wildlife Lab Practical
13	What is Aquatics?	Tech Chex #3 (Aquatics Review)
14	Aquatics	Bring-In's Lab #1 (ECO SPHERES)
15	Aquatics	Science (Aquatic!) Artwork #6 (AQUATI-COMIX) + Vid City #2 AQUA-VIDZ (Videos, Videos, Vidz! Watch all of the Aquatics, Soils, etc. Recommended Vids throughout this! Lots of Vid Cities bein' done!)
16	Aquatics	Demo Down #2 (How Much Water Is In A Drop [IN THE WORLD?!]?!)
17	Current Issue	Tech Chex #4 (PDP: Present Day Problem #1)
18	Current Issue	Science Artwork #7 (THE HEART BEASTS)
19	Current Issue	Science Artwork #8 (EARTH READS Project + Presentations)
20	Aquatics/Current Issue Assessment Time!	Aquatics/Current Issue Lab Practical

Unit 3 = What is Environmental Science and the Envirothon (Soils and Independent Study)?!

DO NOWs and QPs: Environmental Science Unit 3

Week #	Academic Objective aka AO: (What We Are Going To LEARN!)	Academic Objective Accomplisher aka AOA: (What We Are Going To DO To Help Us LEARN!)
21	What are Soils?	Tech Chex #5 (Soils Research) + Soil Survey Slidezzz/SoilFertilityTestGrowingFlowersForMother'sDay (#Makin'SoilsInterestin'!)
22	Soils	Quick Lab #4 (Ternary Diagrams + Soil Corezzz)
23	Soils	Bring-In's Lab #2 (Soil Parameters Practice Lab: Density/Porosity/Permeability)
24	Soils	Inquiry Project #1 (Soils Inquiry Projects)
25	Environmental Science	Inquiry Project #2 (Environmental Science Inquiry Projects)
26	Soils and Envirothon Pre-Prep Assessment Time!	Soils and Envirothon Pre-Prep Lab Practical
27	Envirothon Prep	INDEPENDENT ENVIROTHON STUDY (INDOORS AND OUTDOORS!) + Enviro Class Quizlet Mania (Envirothon Mega Review Project = 50QKahoots/Etc!) + GAME-TOWN (Making Board Games To Help Review For The Envirothon AND Advertise It To Younger Grades Since 3D Board Games are Really Cool/Helpful For Doing This!)
28	Envirothon Prep	INDEPENDENT ENVIROTHON STUDY (INDOORS AND OUTDOORS!)
29	Envirothon Prep	INDEPENDENT ENVIROTHON STUDY (INDOORS AND OUTDOORS!)
30	Envirothon Prep FINALE	INDEPENDENT ENVIROTHON STUDY (INDOORS AND OUTDOORS!) with GAME-TOWN GAMES! + End of the Year Log Slice Signings!

GAME-TOWN RANDOMIZER

Students, WOAAAAAAAHHHHH!!@! Is it time for a QUIZ already?! Not sure which GAME-TOWN Game you want us to PLAY in CLASS?! Well worry no longer, since we can use the GAME-TOWN RANDOMIZER to CHOOSE which GAME-TOWN GAME we will PLAY to REVIEW!!!!

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