Thursday, April 28, 2011

Start your 4th quarter off on the right foot

1 - Science Notebook
a) Mini-Lab p. 227
b) Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species memorization key
c) Bonus Point online-game (see below)

2 - Lab Notebook/Manual
a) Lab #20 - The Microscope parts 1 and 2

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

**BONUS POINTS**

Go check out this website and play 1 game for 1 point, 2 games for 2 points or 3 games for 3 points that will be added to your next Test score.  Write a brief summary of each game played in your notebook.

http://myhomelearning.com/directory/science/biology

Monday, April 4, 2011

Science Notebook, Lab Notebook/Manual, and Portfolios

Your Science Notebooks must contain the following:
1) Water Cycle drawing and summary
2) Chapter 6 VMI and Chapter Review
3) Science Fair Project reviews
4) Chapter 7 VMI and Chapter Review
5) Chapter 8 Section 1 and 3
6) Vocabulary for Chapters 6,7,8
7) Reading/Writing In The Curriculum multiple choice answers and written pieces (full page)
8) Do Now and any other HW

Your Lab Notebooks should contain information for the following Labs:
1) Lab #15 - Heating Earth's Surface
  a) 2 graphs, one with light on and one with light off
  b) Conclusion

2) Lab #16 - Tracking Hurricanes
  a) Hurricane Tracking Chart
  b) Conclusion

3) Lab #18 - Celery Experiment
  a) Conclusion

4) Lab #19 - Gel Cell
  a) Conclusion

You must complete the following in your Lab Manuals: Hypothesis, additional observations, Results, and Analysis questions.

Science Portfolios
Your Portfolios should have the following:
1) 3 Science Articles (weather, science fair project, and organism)
2) Reading/Writing in the Curriculum multiple choice and writing piece
3) Heat/Temperature Quest, Weather Quest, Living Things Quiz, Organism Creation
4) Organism Creation
** Put these assignments on the right hand side of the Portfolio and put older assignments on the left had side**

Friday, April 1, 2011

HW - Chapter 8 Section 3

pp. 229-238
Vocabulary, blue question, reading check, self check # 2-5