Week Thirty Four

This week we will continue our look at bacteria and begin our study of protists. CRCTs begin on Wednesday of this week, so rest up!

A tentative schedule this week includes:

Monday - Eubacteria lab (unless sub)/Ecology Quiz if sub/Begin "What to Know About Bacteria"
Tuesday - Ecology Quiz if no sub Monday/Read "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" and fill in chart/Finish "What to Know About Bacteria"
Wednesday - Begin Bacteria PowerPoint with fill in the blank notes
Thursday - Finish Bacteria PowerPoint with fill in the blank notes
Friday - Last day for Eubacteria Lab/Introduction to Protists if time remains

Homework this week includes:

Eubacteria Lab write up is due Monday 4/28

Helpful Websites:

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

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

Week Thirty Three

The CRCTs are only a week and a half away! Please use the on-line access that was sent home with you in homeroom to practice taking the test in all subject areas. This week we will spend some time reviewing and learning about bacteria.

A tentative schedule this week includes:

Monday - Begin Galapagos Food Web Activity
Tuesday - CRCT Review
Wednesday - Finish Galapagos Food Web Activity/Kingdom Charts and Vocabulary
Thursday - Kingdom Charts Continued/Intro to Bacteria
Friday - Notebook Quiz/Looking into Bacteria

Homework this week includes:

Binary Fission/Budding Packet due Friday

Notebook Quiz Friday

Kingdom Vocabulary Due Monday 4/21

Helpful Websites:

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

Week Thirty Two

Spring Break is only one week away! We will have a test on Thursday covering
Chapter 5: Changes Over time.
Start studying Monday!!

A tentative schedule this week includes:

Monday - Finish Evolution PowerPoint/Part I: Fossils and Part II: Evidence Of the Evolutionary Process
Tuesday - Explorations Through Time/Whale Evolution if time remains
Wednesday - Complete Whale Evolution if time/Go over study guide
Thursday - Chapter 5 Test/Article/Video
Friday - Galapagos Video and worksheet

Homework this week includes:

Morning Review Session is CANCELED due to Mrs. Nix's illness

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Sheet Due Tuesday

Study Guide for Chapter 5 Due Wednesday

Videos to watch at home and at school for review

Test over Chapter 5: Changes Over Time on Thursday

Links for Geologic Time Scale:

Explorations Through Time

Whale Evolution
Earth Floor: Geologic Time
Fossil Time Line
Enchanted Learning Geologic Time Line
Timescale
Berkley's Geologic Time Info

Helpful Websites:

Stories from the Fossil Record
Fossil Formation
Understanding Evolution
Life History
Understanding Geologic Time
Who Was Charles Darwin?
Evolution Games
Burying Bodies
Exploring Dinosaurs
Who is Sue?
Fighting Dinos
Geologic Time Review
Continental Drift During Earth's History

Week Thirty One

This week we continue studying Chapter 5; Changes Over Time. The students will learn more about the connection between genes and evolution, and other evolutionary relationships.

A tentative schedule this week includes:

Monday - Mantis Shrimp Article Questions/Breeding Bunnies Lab/Evolution PowerPoint Continued
Tuesday - Finish Breeding Bunnies/Work on Chapter 5 Vocabulary and 5.1 - 5.2 Worksheet
Wednesday - Begin Life-Changing Relationships Lab
Thursday -Evolution Video and Questions/Finish Galapagos Conservation Sheet and Letter/Work on Chapter 5 Vocabulary/Read Chapter 5 Section 2 of text and work on 5.2 worksheet "Evolution of the Horse"
Friday - PowerPoint on Fossils and Dating/Fossil Formation Activity

Homework this week includes:

Evolutionary Thought Questions are due Monday for 4th period ONLY (due to classroom behavior)

Genetic Advancement Chart and Persuasive Paper due by Monday (including rough draft) - This was originally due last Wednesday, but date was extended upon student requests

Read Mantis Shrimp Article for Monday, there will be a short quiz over article

Breeding Bunnies Lab will need to be completed by Wednesday

5.1/5.2 Worksheet "Darwin's Voyage and Two Theories of Evolution" Due Thursday

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Sheet will be due Tuesday 4/1

Study Guide for Chapter 5 will be due Wednesday 4/2

Test over Chapter 5 will be Thursday 4/3

Helpful Links:

Stories from the Fossil Record
Fossil Formation
Understanding Evolution
Life History
Understanding Geologic Time
Who Was Charles Darwin?
Evolution Games
Burying Bodies
Exploring Dinosaurs
Who is Sue?
Fighting Dinos
Geologic Time Review
Continental Drift During Earth's History

Links for Geologic Time Scale:

Earth Floor: Geologic Time
Fossil Time Line
Enchanted Learning Geologic Time Line
Timescale
Berkley's Geologic Time Info

Week Thirty

** Due to the number of people out on Friday, I have extended some of the due dates and changed the schedule around***

This week we will continue looking into genetic advancements, and by Wednesday we should be moving onto our study of "Changes Over Time", Chapter 5. One of the biggest pioneers into the theory of evolution, Charles Darwin, is pictured on the right.

A tentative schedule this week includes:

Monday - Genetic Advancement Research
Tuesday - Genetic Advancement Research
Wednesday - Begin Evolution Power Point/Evolution of Evolutionary Thought Activity
Thursday - Evolution of Evolutionary Thought Activity/Continue Evolution Power Point
Friday - Galapagos Discussion/Video/Vocabulary 1 -9/5-1 worksheet on Darwin's Voyage

Homework this week includes:

Final Draft of Persuasive Paper for Genetic Advancements due MONDAY 3/24

Read Mantis Shrimp Article by Monday 3/24, there will be a short quiz over article

Breeding Bunnies Lab we will work on in class on Monday 3/24 and Tuesday 3/25

Helpful Websites:

Natural Selection On-line Activity Link
Stories from the Fossil Record
Fossil Formation
Understanding Evolution
Life History
Understanding Geologic Time
Who Was Charles Darwin?
Evolution Games
Burying Bodies
Exploring Dinosaurs
Who is Sue?
Fighting Dinos
Geologic Time Review
Continental Drift During Earth's History

Websites for Advances in Genetics:

Genetic Disorder Library
Your Genes: Genetic Disorders
Genetic Disorders
Specific Genetic Disorders
Karyotyping Activity

What is Cloning?
Click and Clone
Cloning Issues
Cloning Fact Sheet
Therapeutic Cloning Article
Cloning Conundrum
Therapeutic Cloning Questions Answered
To Clone or Not to Clone
Therapeutic Cloning Animation

Human Genome Project
Human Genome-Careful
About the Project

Fundamentals of Gene Therapy
Ethical Issues with Genetic Therapy

What is Genetic Engineering?
Say No to Genetic Engineering
What is Genetic Engineering and what are the Dangers
Genetic Engineering
Pros and Cons of Genetic Engineering

Week Twenty Nine

This week the students will have a challenging test in Genetics on Wednesday. We will spend time in class reviewing, but students need to be studying at home each night also! Another morning review session will be held on Wednesday at 8:10 am. We will end the week by looking into more of the genetic advances that we are using in our day and age.

A tentative schedule this week includes:

Monday - Finish Karyotyping Lab/Cloning on-line lab /Review
Tuesday - Practice Problems for Genetics Test and Review
Wednesday - Genetics Test
Thursday - Cloning Article and Questions/Cloning Video
Friday - Advances in Genetics (Selective Breeding/Genetic Engineering/Human Genome)

Homework this week includes:

Genetics Test Study Guide Due Monday

Study for Genetics Test Wednesday

Websites for Advances in Genetics:

Genetic Disorder Library
Your Genes: Genetic Disorders
Genetic Disorders
Specific Genetic Disorders
Karyotyping Activity
What is Cloning?
Click and Clone
Cloning Issues
Cloning Fact Sheet
Cloning Timeline
Monkey Clone
How Cancer Cells Grow and Divide

Helpful Websites:

Mitosis Review
Human Genome
Interactive Animations for Genetics
DNA Basics
Genetic's Games for Kids
Interesting Facts
Genetics Activities
Understanding Genetics
DNA from the beginning
DNA interactive
Human Genome Project

Week Twenty Eight

Last week we looked at the basics of Mendelian Genetics. This week we will take our studies even deeper and research the complexities of Non-Mendelian Genetics. Toward the end of the week we will also look into advances that have been made in Genetics, including pedigrees, karyotyping, cloning, hybridization, inbreeding, cloning, the human genome project and genetic engineering.

A tentative schedule this week includes:

Monday - Dihybrid Cross Practice/Ch.3 Essential Questions/Begin discussion on Non-Mendelian Genetics
Tuesday - EARLY RELEASE/Non-Mendelian Genetics Powerpoint
Wednesday - 4.1 and 4.2 Worksheet/Pedigrees/Mutations and Genetic Disorder Chart
Thursday - Karyotyping Activity/Cloning Article and On-line Activity
Friday - Continue with Advances in Genetics Videos, Articles, and On-line Activities

Homework this week includes:

Punnett Challenge Questions Due Wednesday

Finish Genetics Vocabulary 15 - 25 Due Friday

Finish Genetic Disorder Chart on-line or from textbook Due Thursday

Genetics Test Study Guide Due Monday (3/10)

Genetics Test Wednesday (3/12)

Websites for Advances in Genetics:

Genetic Disorder Library
Your Genes: Genetic Disorders
Genetic Disorders
Specific Genetic Disorders
Karyotyping Activity
What is Cloning?
Click and Clone
Cloning Issues

Helpful Websites:

Human Genome
Interactive Animations for Genetics
DNA Basics
Genetic's Games for Kids
Interesting Facts
Genetics Activities
Understanding Genetics
DNA from the beginning
DNA interactive
Human Genome Project

Week Twenty Seven

We ended last week with some new notetaking skills in Chapter 3 section 1 of Genetics. This week we will continue our look at Genetics and the studies of Gregor Mendel.

A tentative schedule this week includes:

Monday - Powerpoint to introduce Genetic Terms/Observable Traits/Genetics Vocabulary
Tuesday - Punnett squares
Wednesday - CRCT Practice Test/AR Test
Thursday - Reebop Baby Lab
Friday - Dihybrid Crosses/Video and Article

Homework this week includes:

Human Body Chart Due Monday

Gregor Mendel Questions Due Monday

Genetics Vocabulary 1-14 Due by Wednesday

Punnett square Practice Due Thursday

Chapter 3 Essential Questions Due Friday

Helpful Websites:

GSK Genetics
Genetics Activities
Human Genome
Kids Genetics
DNA Basics
Understanding Genetics
DNA from the beginning
DNA interactive
Human Genome Project

Week Twenty Six

This week is a short one. We will be finishing up our introduction to Classification that we will be returning to in April. On Friday we will begin to look at our next unit on Genetics by starting with Chapter 3 notetaking skills.

A tentative schedule this week includes:

Monday - No School
Tuesday - Teacher Work Day
Wednesday - Kingdom Notes/Classification Review
Thursday - Classification Quiz/Human Body Chart/Finish Beanie Baby Lab
Friday - Mrs. Rowell Visiting Class to teach Cornell Notetaking

Homework this week includes:

Classification Study Guide Due Wednesday

Study for Classification Quiz Thursday

Human Body Chart and Beanie Baby Lab Due by Friday

Read Chapter 3 section 1 (p. 86 - 91) and answer Mendel Questions Due Monday

Helpful Websites:

Kingdoms and Classification
Adaptation and Competition
Feeding Relationships
Kids do Ecology
Classifying Critters
Classifying Living Things
Examples of Kingdoms
Links for the Kingdoms

Week Twenty Five

Last week we studied our last body system, so this week we will spend some time summarizing all of the important human body information. We will also begin looking at how all living things are organized through taxonomy. At the end of the week we will begin reviewing our 5 Kingdoms and learning how to use dichotomous keys (taxonomic keys) to identify an unknown organism.

A tentative schedule this week includes:

Monday - Notes on Classification/Human Body Organizer/Finish Lung Capacity Lab and Taxonomy Article
Tuesday - Notebook Quiz/Classification Continued/Using Dichotomous Keys/Human Body Organizer
Wednesday - Feb. Book Check/Using Dichotomous Keys/Reviewing Kingdoms
Thursday - Beanie Baby Lab/Human Body Organizer
Friday - Finish Beanie Baby Lab/Reviewing Kingdoms

Homework this week includes:

Book Check on Wednesday (must have a Level 4 and 4 points or higher AR book)

Notebook Quiz Tuesday

Human Body Organizer Due Friday

Why Scientists use binomial nomenclature? Due Friday (work on at home)

Kingdom Worksheet Due Wednesday 2/20

Classification Study Guide Due Wednesday 2/20

Classification Quiz Thursday 2/21


Helpful Websites:

Kingdoms and Classification
Adaptation and Competition
Feeding Relationships
Kids do Ecology
Classifying Critters
Classifying Living Things
Examples of Kingdoms
Links for the Kingdoms

Week Twenty Four

This week we will delve into the Respiratory System and begin preparing for our test on Friday that covers circulation and respiration!

A tentative schedule this week includes:

Monday -Respiration PowerPoint/Circulation Video Questions
Tuesday - Lung Capacity Lab/Labeling the Respiratory System/Media Center for pleasure reading book
Wednesday - EARLY RELEASE/Respiration Video
Thursday - Review for Test
Friday - Test over Circulation and Respiration

Homework this week includes:

Begin Reading February Pleasure Reading Book (AR Test will be held at the end of the month for a GRADE)

Respiration Vocabulary due Wednesday

Circulation and Respiration Study Guide due Thursday

Study for Circulation and Respiration Test Friday


Helpful Websites:

National Geographic: Human Body

Please refer to last weeks post regarding links to circulation
The Respiratory System
Looking at your Lungs
Quick Questions Answered
Oxygen Delivery System
Inside the Respiratory System

Week Twenty Three

This week we will continue our look at the circulatory system. Monday is still considered part of conference week, so don't forget it's an early release day!

A tentative schedule this week includes:

Monday - (EARLY RELEASE) Heart worksheets/Your Heart, Your Pump Activity
Tuesday - Blood Vessel PowerPoint/Workbooks with Power Notes/Heart, Circulation worksheet
Wednesday - Heart Articles/Workbooks with Power Notes
Thursday - Blood PowerPoint/Blood and Lymph worksheet
Friday - Circulatory System Power Notes Quiz/Circulation Video and Create, Trade Questions

Homework this week includes:

Power Notes over 17.2 (p.543 - 547) due Tuesday

Circulatory System Vocabulary due Wednesday

17.1 and 17.2 worksheet due Friday

Power Notes over 17.3 (p.549 - 554) due Friday

Helpful Websites:

EKG
Heart Beat
Cardiovascular System
The Heart: An On-line Exploration
Quick Questions Answered
The Circulatory System
All About the Heart
The Electric Heart

Week Twenty Two

This week is conference week, and I look forward to meeting with some of your parents. As you probably already know we have no school on Monday, and early release days for the remainder of the week. We will finish up the digestive system this week, and begin our tour of the circulatory system on Thursday.

A tentative schedule this week includes:

Monday - NO School
Tuesday - Digestive Man/Digestion Review
Wednesday - Quiz over Digestion
Thursday - Introduction to the Circulatory System/Power Notes on 17.1
Friday - PowerPoint on Circulation/Workbooks with PowerNotes

Homework this week includes:

Digestion Study Guide due Tuesday

Digestion Paper Doll due Wednesday

Study for Quiz over Digestion Wednesday

Chapter 17.1 (p.536 -542) Power Notes due Friday

Chapter 17.2 (p.543 - 547) Power Notes due Tuesday (1/29)

Circulatory System Vocabulary due Wednesday (1/30)

Helpful Websites:

Cardiovascular System
The Heart: An On-line Exploration
Quick Questions Answered
The Circulatory System
All About the Heart
The Electric Heart

Week Twenty One

We ended last week with our first test over three systems of the human body; the skeletal system, the muscular system, and the skin. This week we will begin our tour of the digestive system. Don't forget to complete your power notes on Sections 2 and 3 of Chapter 16 by Tuesday!

A tentative schedule this week includes:

Monday -Digestive System PowerPoint/Saliva Solution/Dr. Beaumont Article
Tuesday - Finish Digestive System PowerPoint/Digestive System Power Notes Quiz/Digestion Packet (highlight and color)
Wednesday - Digestive System W.S./Mouthing Off/Alimentary Canal/Intestines/Digestive System Article and Vocabulary
Thursday - Nutrient Chart/Digestion Helpers/Digesting What You have Learned/Digestion Paper Doll
Friday - Digestion Paper Doll/Study Guide for Digestive System Quiz

Homework this week includes:

Power Notes for Chapter 16 Sections 1 and 2 due on Tuesday

Digestive Process Begins and Final Digestion and Absorption Worksheet due Friday

Dress Digestive System Paper Doll by Friday

Digestive System Article Vocabulary Due Friday

Digestion Paper Doll Due Tuesday (only if you did not finish in class) (1/22)

Study Guide for Digestive System Quiz Due Tuesday (1/22)

Digestive System Quiz Wednesday (1/23)

Helpful Websites:

Digestive Track Tour
The Real Deal on Digestion
Your Digestion System
Digestive System for Kids
Human Body Adventure
Stomach Gurgles

Week Twenty

Welcome back! I hope that all of you have had a wonderful New Year so far. This week we will conclude Chapter 15 with the last section on the skin. The test over all of Chapter 15 will be this Friday.

A tentative schedule this week includes:

Monday - No School
Tuesday - Quiz over Muscular System Power Notes /Quick Muscle Lab/Finish Building your Skeleton
Wednesday - Lesson on the Skin /Quick Skin Sensing Lab/Skin Video
Thursday - Review for Test
Friday - Chapter 15 Test

Homework this week includes:

Chapter 15 Study Guide due Thursday

Study for Chapter 15 Test Friday

Power Notes on Chapter 16 section 2 (p.518 - 523) due on Tuesday of next week

Helpful Websites:

The Whole Story on Skin
The Lowdown on Skin
The Power of Skin
Skin, Cut View
Parts of the Skin
Virtual Skeleton
Gross and Cool Body - Skeleton
Human Body Adventure - Skeleton
Kids Health - Bones
Human Anatomy: Skeleton
Healthy Skeleton
Gross and Cool Body - Muscular
Human Body Adventure - Muscles
Kids Health - Muscles
Human Anatomy - Muscles

Week Nineteen

One week left until winter break! I hope that everyone has a safe and exciting break. This week we will continue in chapter 15 of the textbook. Not only will we learn about the skeletal system, but we will begin to learn about our muscular system.

A tentative schedule this week includes:

Monday - Making Connections/Video on Bones/Functions of Skeletal System
Tuesday - Quiz using Skeletal System Power Notes/Bones Song/Skeleton Labeling
Wednesday - Joints and Pairs of Muscles Activity/Video on Muscles
Thursday - Begin Skeletal System Activity
Friday - Complete Skeletal System Activity

Homework this week includes:

Power Notes on Section 2 of Chapter 15 (Skeletal System) due Tuesday

Chapter 15 Vocabulary Chart due Thursday

Power Notes on Section 3 of Chapter 15 (Muscular System) due Friday

No Homework for the Break!!

Helpful Websites:

Gross and Cool Body - Skeleton
Human Body Adventure - Skeleton
Kids Health - Bones
Human Anatomy: Skeleton
Healthy Skeleton
Gross and Cool Body - Muscular
Human Body Adventure - Muscles
Kids Health - Muscles
Human Anatomy - Muscles

Week Eighteen

It's hard to believe we are almost finished with our unit on cells. On Tuesday we will complete the unit with a quiz over Cell Reproduction. Just because we've completed the cell unit, don't think you can forget all that wonderful information you've learned...You will see it again soon! At the end of this week we will move into our first chapter of human body study. We will begin with the skeletal and muscular systems, which are covered in chapter 15 of the textbook.

A tentative schedule this week includes:

Monday - Review for Cell Reproduction Quiz
Tuesday - Cell Reproduction Quiz
Wednesday - Reading and 4-Tab book
Thursday - Learning about the Skeletal System
Friday - Special Guest Teaching of Power Note Taking

Homework this week includes:

Study Guide for Cell Reproduction Quiz due on Monday

Study for Cell Reproduction Quiz on Tuesday

Finish 4-Tab book by Friday (Direction Sheet for 4-Tab Book)

Helpful Websites:

Cells Alive: Cell Cycle
Cells Alive: Mitosis
Cells Alive: Meiosis
Mitosis Animation
Meiosis Animation
Gross and Cool Body - Skeleton
Human Body Adventure - Skeleton
Kids Health - Bones
Human Anatomy: Skeleton
Healthy Skeleton

Week Seventeen

This week we begin our study of the cell cycle and the similarities and differences between mitosis and meiosis.

Some of you asked me to post the link of the cell animation we watched in class, so here it is:

The Inner Life of a Cell

A tentative schedule this week includes:

Monday - Mitosis Notes
Tuesday - Mitosis Activity
Wednesday - Meiosis Notes
Thursday - Compare and Contrast Mitosis and Meiosis
Friday - On-line Cell Reproduction Lab

Homework this week includes:

Cell Test Corrections due Monday

Franklin/Watson and Crick article questions due Monday

Bring 3x5 Cards all this week

Stages of Mitosis W.S. due Tuesday

Mitosis / Meiosis W.S. due Wednesday

Cell Reproduction Flashcards due Friday

Cell Reproduction Quiz Tuesday 12/11

Cell Reproduction Study Guide due Monday 12/10

Helpful Websites:

Cells Alive: Cell Cycle
Cells Alive: Mitosis
Cells Alive: Meiosis
Onion root cells in cell division
Biology in Motion
Mitosis Animation
Meiosis Animation

Week Sixteen

This week we continue our journey into DNA to discover how it copies itself and makes proteins. We will also begin to discover the secrets to cell reproduction through mitosis and meiosis.

A tentative schedule this week includes:

Monday - DNA Replication and Protein Synthesis Notes/ DNA video
Tuesday - Finish DNA On-line Lab / Article on Franklin, Watson, and Crick / Work on DNA Study Guide
Wednesday - DNA Review / Finish Article / DNA video
Thursday - DNA Quiz / Mitosis Reading in Textbook
Friday - Mitosis and Meiosis Notes

Homework this week includes:

Get Progress Reports signed by Friday

DNA Essential Questions due Wednesday

DNA Study Guide due Wednesday

Study for DNA Quiz Thursday

Helpful Websites:

Watson Video

DNA Replication and Protein Synthesis Workshop
Protein Synthesis AnimationWeb Quest in Class Lab
Mitosis and Meiosis in Action
Cells Alive: Cell Cycle
Cells Alive: Mitosis
Cells Alive: Meiosis
The Division of Plant and Animal Cells
Onion root cells in cell division
Biology in Motion
Mitosis Animation
Meiosis Animation

Week Fifteen

So far you have learned about what makes up a cell, all the parts of a cell, how a cell functions, how a cell brings in nutrients and releases wastes, how a cell gets gets energy and how some cells make their own food. What else is left to learn about cells?? REPRODUCTION, how does a cell make new cells? It all starts with the DNA! So this week we will take a closer look into the structure and function of DNA.

A tentative schedule this week includes:

Monday - Making DNA Lab
Tuesday - DNA Computer Lab
Wednesday - No School
Thursday - No School
Friday - No School

Homework this week includes:

Bring in your Twizzlers and Jellybeans MONDAY if you signed up to bring them!

DNA History and Structure Article with Questions due Tuesday

Helpful Websites:

Journey into DNA
Looking into DNA
DNA Structure Animation
DNA - The Secret of Life
DNA From the Beginning
DNA Interactive
Human Genome Project