Week Thirteen

Continuing our unit on cells we will be looking closely at the process of making food through photosynthesis and getting energy through respiration this week. Students need to start reviewing now for the Cell Test that will include the functions of the cell parts, the history of cells, the differences between animal, plant and bacterial cells, how cells get nutrients and get rid of wastes (diffusion, osmosis, active transport), and how cells make and use energy (photosynthesis and respiration). Cell reproduction (mitosis and meiosis) will be covered on a separate quiz.

A tentative schedule this week includes:

Monday - Student Holiday
Tuesday - Student Holiday
Wednesday - Photosynthesis and Respiration Notes / Video
Thursday - Photosynthesis Mystery Activity
Friday - Finish Photosynthesis Mystery Activity / Photosynthesis and Respiration W.S.

Homework this week includes:

Photosynthesis and Respiration Worksheets due Tuesday 11/13
Cell Test Study Guide Due Monday 11/12
Start Preparing for Cell Test Thursday 11/15

Helpful Websites:

Basics of Chemistry
Ingredients for Life
Passive and Active Transport Explained
Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration and Fermentation
Animation of Photosynthesis

Week Twelve

This week we move into Chapter 2; a look at what chemicals make up cells, how cells get nutrients and get rid of wastes, and the important life processes of photosynthesis and respiration. This week students need to focus on completing their cell analogy project by this coming Friday!

A tentative schedule this week includes:

Monday - Graphic Organizer for Chemicals in a Cell / Chart on Chemicals
Tuesday - Movement of Molecules in and out of Cell Notes / Starch and Iodine Demo
Wednesday - Carrot Lab / Review Diffusion, Osmosis, Active Transport
Thursday - Finish Carrot Lab / 2.2 Worksheet / Photosynthesis and Respiration Comparison Chart
Friday - Video on Photosynthesis/Respiration

Homework this week includes:

Rough Draft of Cell Analogies for Project due Monday (MUST GET PROJECT SHEET SIGNED by MONDAY)

Cell Analogy Project due Friday

2.1 Worksheet (front and back) due Wednesday

Read 2.3 and 2.4, while filling in Photosynthesis/Respiration Comparison Chart by Wednesday 11/7

Finish 2.2 Worksheet by Wednesday 11/7

Helpful Websites:

Basics of Chemistry
Ingredients for Life
Passive and Active Transport Explained
Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration and Fermentation
Animation of Photosynthesis

Week Eleven

This week we will continue to look inside cells and analyze the major differences between plant and animal cells.

A tentative schedule this week includes:

Monday - Plant Cell Lab
Tuesday - Cell Song / Cell Riddles / Cell Video?
Wednesday - Virtual Cell
Thursday - Cell Parts Quiz / Cell City Analogy
Friday - Cell Video? / What Cells are Made of Graphic Organizer

Homework this week includes:

Vocabulary Cards (Golgi Bodies/Lysosomes/Vacuole/Cytoplasm/Mitochondria/Cell Wall/Chloroplasts) due Thursday

Cell Parts Quiz Thursday

Cell Analogy Project due Friday 11/2

Helpful Websites:

Cell Information
Parts of Cells
The Virtual Cell
Touring a Cell
Labeling the Cell Quiz
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