Week Thirty-One

Protists and Fungi...Oh my! Time to look more closely at two important kingdoms that we tend to forget exist.

A tentative schedule for the week includes:

Monday - Introduction to Protozoa /Amoeba and Paramecium
Tuesday - Introduction to Algae / Euglena / Eutrophication
Wednesday - Introduction to Fungus-Like Protists / Video
Thursday - Review Microscopes / CRCT Review
Friday - Microscope Lab with Protists and Pond Water

Homework this week includes the Eubacteria Lab, final write up, due Monday, the Protist worksheet due Tuesday, Algal Bloom Worksheet due Wednesday, Protist Vocabulary 1 - 27 due by Thursday.

Helpful Websites for Protist Study:

Kids Net on Protists
Links for Amoebas
Links for Paramecium
Virtual Pond Dip
Pond Life
Protozoa
Protists in the Encyclopedia
Geocities Info

Week Thirty

This week we will continue our study of Bacteria, and by the end of the week we will make our way into the Protist Kingdom.

A tentative schedule for the week includes:

Monday - Bacteria PowerPoint / Begin Eubacteria Lab
Tuesday - Lab / Bacteria Fact Sheet / What is a Bacterium W.S.
Wednesday - Lab / Bacteria Quiz / Reading CRCT Review
Thursday - Lab / Science CRCT Review
Friday - Complete Eubacteria Lab / Begin Protist Study

Homework this week includes the Keying Bacteria and Bacterial Shapes Worksheets due Monday, the Bacteria Study Guide due Tuesday, studying for the Bacteria Quiz on Wednesday, the Binary Fission and Budding Packet due Wednesday, Eubacteria Lab due Monday (3/26), and Read 7.1 in text and to the Protists Worksheet by Monday (3/26)

For helpful websites on Bacteria, please refer to last week's entry.

Week Twenty-Nine

We will finish up the study of ecology at the beginning of this week, and begin our study of the first of 5 kingdoms; Bacteria, also known as the Moneran Kingdom.

A tentative schedule this week includes:

Monday- CRCT corrections / Succession Questions
Tuesday- Survivor Biome Posters and Presentations
Wednesday- Notebook Quiz / Getting to Know Bacteria
Thursday- Bacteria, Good or Bad? / Bacteria Video
Friday- Bacteria Microslides / Bacteria PowerPoint

Homework this week includes the Succession Worksheet due Tuesday, the Kingdom Chart due Wednesday, the Getting to Know Bacteria Worksheet due Thursday, the Bacteria Vocabulary 1 - 19 due on Friday, the Keying Bacteria and Bacteria Shapes Worksheets due on Monday (3/19), and the Bacteria Study Guide due on Tuesday (3/20).

Helpful Websites for Bacteria:

Moneran Introduction
Microbe World
All About Germs
Bacteria Rule
Dividing Bacteria
Growing Bacteria
Movies of Bacterial Mobility
Food Detectives

Week Twenty-Eight

Biomes are the focus of this week's lessons.

**The Chapter 23 Test will be this Friday!!**

A tentative schedule this week:

Monday- Biome Table and Biome Videos
Tuesday- Biome Survivor Activity
Wednesday- Succession Questions / Continue Biome Survivor Activity
Thursday- Review Chapter 23 / Biome Presentations
Friday- Chapter 23 Test / Silent Reading

Homework for the week includes the 23.4 Biome Worksheet due Tuesday, the 23.5 Succession Worksheet due Thursday, the Chapter 23 Study Guide due Thursday, the Chapter 23 vocabulary due Friday, and the Chapter 23 Test on Friday.

Websites for Biome Survivor Activity:

What's it Like Where You Live
Earth Floor: Biomes
Blue Planet Biomes
World Biomes
Mission Biomes
Lists of Biomes
National Geographic: Wild World
Rainforest
Habitats and Biomes
Desert
Introduction to Biomes
Polar Biome
Antarctica