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Thursday, May 26, 2011

Notebook Check

1.  Ch 9.1 – vocabulary, blue Q/A, reading check, self check #1-6


2.  Ch. 9.2 - vocabulary, blue Q/A, reading check, self check  # 2, 4, 5


3,  Ch 9.3 - vocabulary, blue Q/A, reading check, self check #1-4


4.  Ch. 9 Review -   p. 275 Visualizing Main Ideas
pp. 276-277 - #1,2,4-12,15,17-20,22-25,27,28,32




5.  Ch. 10.1 - vocabulary, blue Q/A, reading check, self check # 1-3


6. Ch. 10.2 (pp. 292-293 only) -  vocabulary, blue Q/A, reading check, self check # 1,2 


7. Ch. 10.3 -  vocabulary, blue questions,reading check, self check #1-4


8. Ch. 10 Review -  p.305 Visualizing Main Ideas

pp. 306-307 -  #1,4,6-15,17-19,23,29

 

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

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Cells Alive!!!

1) http://www.neok12.com/Cell-Structures.htm
- "Online games and puzzles" - 1 jigsaw, 1 slide
- "Watch Videos" - Pick 3 videos and watch them; summarize each one.

2) http://www.surfnetkids.com/cells.htm

3) http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/3dcell.htm

4) http://www.biology4kids.com/files/cell_main.html
- Take the quiz on cells and take the quiz on organelles

Monday, March 21, 2011

Organism Creation

You are a mad scientist that has the ability to create an organism by mixing DNA from other organisms. 
1)Name your organism
2)From what other organisms did you collect DNA from to create your own?  What characteristics does it still have?
3)Draw a picture of your creation
4)Write a description of your organism and link it to the traits that determine what it means to be alive: 1) Living things are organized, 2) Living things grow and develop, 3) Living things respond, 4) Living things maintain homeostasis, 5) Living things use energy, 6) Living things reproduce
5)In your description, tell us about how your organism acquires its “needs” i.e. food, water, shelter

Chapter 8 - The Study of Living Things and their Interactions in the Environment - HW

HW – pp. 222-225; reading check, blue Q/A, vocabulary, self check # 1-4

Friday, March 18, 2011

Chapter 8 - The Study of Living Things and their Interactions in the Environment

Living things, or organisms, have an incredible amount of diversity.  Unicellular bacteria live in our intestines whereas multicellular blue whales swim in the oceans.  No matter the differences that separate the vast array of organisms, we share some common traits.

1) Living things are organized; the smallest unit of an organism that carries on the functions of life is a cell.

The single celled yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is used in baking bread.



Here is a picture of nearly a dozen Saccharomyces cerevisiae clumping together.  Each one of these is an organism.





In this image, pig cells connect with each other to form tissue in the pig's nose.



Billions of cells working together are the basic unit of organization that gives form to the multicellular pig.



2) Living things grow and develop



Salmon eggs


Full grown adult salmon


3) Living things respond to a stimulus



4) Living things maintain homeostasis




5) Living things use energy




6) Living things reproduce




All living things need food, water and shelter


1) Living things need food




2) Living things need water






3) Living things need shelter