The American Museum of Natural History

7th and 8th grade classes visited the American Museum of Natural history. Students visited exhibits based on their current curriculum. 8th graders visited the Hall of Human Origins that is aligned with Unit 1: Reproduction, Heredity and Evolution. While 7th graders visited the Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth aligned with Unit 1: Geology and their Green and Sustainable Exit Projects

Hall of Human Origins

Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth

8th grade Heredity: Breeding Critters-More traits

Students modeled the diversity of offspring possible from two parents and discovered patterns of inheritance other than strict dominant/recessive traits.

Lab worksheet
Using data to assemble our critters

Recording data

Scientific drawing for Lab report

How did our critters compare? Did they have the same characteristics? Explain.

7th grade Geology: Mineral Identification Lab

12 unknown minerals

Experimental Set-up

Collecting data

Sharing data

Streak test

Using references

Recording data

Lab worksheet



What tests can we perform to identify unknown minerals?

7th and 8th grade: Green and Sustainable Exit Projects

Post your Exit Project website here. Only one post per group.
Reminder: Make sure you are journalling everyday!!!

Why is it important to create a website for our Exit Projects?

8th grade: Heredity Virtual Lab

How are traits passed from parents to offspring?

What is the difference between a genotype and a phenotype?

What was the ratio that we observed in the third generation?

8th Grade: Gene Combo

Students used a coin-tossing simulation to model the pattern of inheritance exhibited by many single-gene traits, including the critter tail-color charcteristic.

Students posted their reults on the SALI page of the SEPUP website and compared their results with students from other classes around the country.

Click the link to view our results:
http://lawrencehallofscience.org/sepup/activity_data/results/resultsTable59.php