March 23-27

This week we will finish up Plants AND start Body Systems!!!!

Your plant project was assigned last week. If you lost the paper given to you in class it is here: Plant Scavenger Hunt project . It is DUE April 5!

The written portion of your project is due Friday, March 27. It must be typed.

The power point containing the answers to the questions, which was shown during tutorials is here. Plant Scavenger Hunt Research....answers HERE!!!!


This week we covered 10 body systems:
Body Systems PPT
Body systems Guided Notes
Body Systems IP
Body Systems Interactions Charts...Homework


Be sure to check with someone to see about the additional notes that were given in class.

March 18-22

Welcome BACK!!!!

We are in the home stretch before EOCs!!!!

This week:

Monday/Tuesday
We will continue plants. Remember photosynthesis and cellular respiration? No, well...we will review it along with completing a plant disk lab measuring oxygen production or consumption.

Photosynthesis Review PPT and Lab instructions
PhotosynthesislabGN

Wednesday/Thursday
We will finish up plants.

Plant PPT
GN get from me or take your own notes.

Friday
You will have a quiz on plants and we will being on body systems!!!!

You were assigned your plant scavenger hunt project...the document is HERE! (If you lost the one given to you in class.)

Remember, the research (20 questions) is DUE next Wednesday in typed format. The final project is due 2 weeks from today April 5th!  

Remember, I have tutorials M-F now everyday after school until 5pm!!!!!

March 4-8

5 days until Spring Break!!!!

Monday: Plants and six weeks test review.

Plants
Plants PPT
Plants Day 1 GN
Test Review: offered before school 7:45-8:45 also EOC tutorials start this week...4:10-5:10pm.

Wednesday and Thursday: TEST for six weeks, also finishing up animal classification project presentations.

Friday: Plant LAB!!!

Remember to bring your plants or 4 different types of leaves.

Feb 25-March 1

A busy week this week:

We covered:

You were to create an animation as a group project using lapse-it or imotion-HD. Make sure your group finished and emailed me the final products. Be sure to check out the "Wall of Fame PAGE" of the blog to see some of the classes' projects.

Endosymbiotic Theory PPT
Guided Notes for Endosymbiotic Theory

Based on our test scores, we revisited Kingdoms/Classifications and types of selection (graphs)
Types of Selection REVIEW and Kingdoms/Classification Review PPT
Types of selection review Guided Notes and Independent practice/ HOMEWORK
Kingdoms Guided Notes
Kingdoms IP/HOMEWORK

This week we also wrote a science passage. If you did not, please see me!!!

Projects DUE Wednesday for "A" day and Thursday for "B" day. You will present in class. Animal Classification Project outline and RUBRIC...in case you needed it again

In class Wednesday and Thursday, we took notes on Cladograms and Phylogentic trees.

Phylogenetic Trees and Cladograms PPT
Phylogenetic Trees and Cladograms Guided Notes

Friday:
We will start learning about plants on Monday and Tuesday next week. So, Friday you need to fill out a
K-W-L  chart (in your science journal) Plant KWL chart HERE
Also, you were to complete the following vocabulary work (DUE next class) either using the frayer model, table, or crossword puzzle with the following words:

Dermal Tissue, Ground Tissue, Epidermis, Vascular bundle, Stomata, Xylem, Phloem, Taproot, Fibrous root, Adventitious root, dicot, monocot, endosperm, mesophyll, transpiration, gymnosperm, angiosperm, anther, stamen, pistil, pollination, stigma, gametophyte, sporophyte, tropism

We will have a test next week.....Wednesday and Thursday STUDY!!!!
Morning study sessions Tuesday Morning and Wednesday morning from 7:45-8:30.