Essential Question: Why is a cell the basic unit of life?
Reading Essential Question: What are the essential skills of good reading?
Guiding Questions: How do cells make new cells?
How are cells organized into more complex structures?
This week is conference week and I look forward to meeting all of Dickerson's wonderful parents.
Monday- Cell Division Quiz / Word Puzzle / Article Reading
Tuesday- Read p. 473 - 475 / Make 4-tab book of Organization of Living Things
Wednesday- Organization of Living Things Powerpoint
Thursday- Human Body Graphic Organizer and Vocabulary / Human Body Notes
Friday- Human Body Video / Article Reading
We will be having our 2nd vocabulary quiz on Friday the words will include autotroph, heterotroph, producer, consumer, decomposer, eukaryote, prokaryote, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, and organism.
We will also have a notebook quiz this week, most likely on Wednesday.
Science: The observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of phenomena.
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I Grew up in Michigan and received a degree in Biology from the University of Michigan. I also received a second degree in Middle Grades Math and Science from Kennesaw State University. I married Brad Nix in June of 2004 on the beach in Florida. We have a house in Marietta with our 100 lb pet dog named Mason. Some of my interests include playing volleyball and tennis, spending time with family and friends, singing, listening to music, reading, and going to concerts and plays.
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Science: Knowledge, especially that gained through experience