Monday, September 9, 2013
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Study these things for Test on Friday!
Hey 7th graders! Your test on invertebrate phyla will be Friday. The day after tomorrow.
Please study your workbook, your phylum chart, dissection handouts, and the powerpoint presentation from class.
This is the link to the powerpoint presentation:
Invertebrate Phylum Presentation
Please study your workbook, your phylum chart, dissection handouts, and the powerpoint presentation from class.
This is the link to the powerpoint presentation:
Invertebrate Phylum Presentation
Monday, April 8, 2013
Lessons and Homework April 8-12, 2013
Whoa! The school year is just about over and I am already packing up my house getting ready to move to Georgia. Jamie took my Fit to GA last week, the end of the year is finally feeling real. I just hope that we can make our last month together as productive, educational, and fun as possible! Remember to stay up on your assignments and to stay focused in class!
What are we up to this week?
Monday: Today we finished reading and discussing chapter 11, section 2. We discussed recessive disorders, sex determination, sex linked traits such as color-blindedness and hemophelia, and pedigrees. Homework is the section assessment on page 314, questions 1-7. There was also an extra credit assignment to look up problems associated with pure bred dogs. A hint is to think about recessive orders and what we discussed about breeding with siblings and first cousins. The more related you are to someone, the more likely they carry the same recessive alleles that could cause disease.
Tuesday: Today we will finish chapter 11! We will read section 3 and discuss advances in genetics and how they will affect humans in the future. There are a lot of implications that genetics will bring in the health and medecine fields as well as conservation and reproductive health. Homework is to finish the section 3 assessment, questions 1-7 (#7 can be handwritten) on page 317. In addition, please research a genetic disease and prepare to share what you have learned on Thursday!
Wednesday: I will not see you today :( But, enjoy your field trip!
Thursday: Today each of you will present what you have learned about the specific genetic disorder you have researched. I can;t wait to see what you have found out! Afterwards, we will play family feud with new teams! Exciting! Please study like crazy tonight! I would love for you to FINALLY win the
Shark Test Tube Award!!!
Friday: Test Day! Time to celebrate knowledge! I can hardly wait :)
Enjoy your weekend! No science HW!
What are we up to this week?
Monday: Today we finished reading and discussing chapter 11, section 2. We discussed recessive disorders, sex determination, sex linked traits such as color-blindedness and hemophelia, and pedigrees. Homework is the section assessment on page 314, questions 1-7. There was also an extra credit assignment to look up problems associated with pure bred dogs. A hint is to think about recessive orders and what we discussed about breeding with siblings and first cousins. The more related you are to someone, the more likely they carry the same recessive alleles that could cause disease.
Tuesday: Today we will finish chapter 11! We will read section 3 and discuss advances in genetics and how they will affect humans in the future. There are a lot of implications that genetics will bring in the health and medecine fields as well as conservation and reproductive health. Homework is to finish the section 3 assessment, questions 1-7 (#7 can be handwritten) on page 317. In addition, please research a genetic disease and prepare to share what you have learned on Thursday!
Wednesday: I will not see you today :( But, enjoy your field trip!
Thursday: Today each of you will present what you have learned about the specific genetic disorder you have researched. I can;t wait to see what you have found out! Afterwards, we will play family feud with new teams! Exciting! Please study like crazy tonight! I would love for you to FINALLY win the
Shark Test Tube Award!!!
Friday: Test Day! Time to celebrate knowledge! I can hardly wait :)
Enjoy your weekend! No science HW!
Genetics Review!
These videos on genetics from the Khan Academy are a great review of what we have been covering in class! Check them out!
Introduction to Heredity: Heredity and Classical Genetics. Dominant and recessive traits. Heterozygous and homozygous genotypes.
Sex-Linked Traits: Chromosomal basis for gender. Sex-linked traits.
Genetics 101 Part 2: What are SNPs?: Learn about the variations in human DNA called SNPs, and how they can be used to understand relationships between people.
Introduction to Heredity: Heredity and Classical Genetics. Dominant and recessive traits. Heterozygous and homozygous genotypes.
Sex-Linked Traits: Chromosomal basis for gender. Sex-linked traits.
Genetics 101 Part 2: What are SNPs?: Learn about the variations in human DNA called SNPs, and how they can be used to understand relationships between people.
Monday, March 11, 2013
Spring Break and Next Week
Hey kiddos! I am on my layover in Dallas en route to the British Virgin Islands. I am absolutely ready to spend a week and a half at the beach, but I am a little sad to be missing regionals and 3 days of school. For my regionals kids: HAVE FUN! Bilal, enjoy your vacation.
When I am out of school, please behave for your substitute and work hard!
Monday: read and take notes on chapter 10 section 2. Write down all vocabulary words and definitions and answer reading checks in full sentences. The section assessment is Mondays homework.
Tuesday: Read and take notes on chapter 10 section 3. Again, write down vocabulary and reding checks. Section assessment in homework.
Wednesday: Answer all question in the chapter review in the textbook. It will be collected on Thursday.
We will do several activities and labs with this chapter when I return. We will also make sure that I answer any questions you have from reading on your own.
Some pic from last week :)
When I am out of school, please behave for your substitute and work hard!
Monday: read and take notes on chapter 10 section 2. Write down all vocabulary words and definitions and answer reading checks in full sentences. The section assessment is Mondays homework.
Tuesday: Read and take notes on chapter 10 section 3. Again, write down vocabulary and reding checks. Section assessment in homework.
Wednesday: Answer all question in the chapter review in the textbook. It will be collected on Thursday.
We will do several activities and labs with this chapter when I return. We will also make sure that I answer any questions you have from reading on your own.
Some pic from last week :)
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
March 4-8 Lessons and Homework
Last week before spring break and the regional science fair! I can't wait to be on the beach, but I also can't wait to hear all about regionals!!
Thursday: We will start chapter 10 Regulation and Reproduction with a launch lab and a free write. Homework will be a vocabulary foldable for all of chapter 10.
Friday: We will read chapter 10 section 1. Homework is the section assessment.
Have a great break and have fun at regionals!!
Monday: Today was the review game, and it was a lively one! Layla and Caleb won the game and get an extra point on their test! Good work!
Tuesday: AHhhh Test day! I can't wait to grade them!
Wednesday: Today, we are going to participate in an experiment, a big idea in education!
Sugata Mitra is an educational researcher that promotes SOLEs Self Organized Learning Environments. He has asked educators around the world to try this technique in their classrooms and submit data to him. The students will work together to learn about a topic on their own and report on what they learned and what the experience of leading themselves was like. Audio, pictures, and video will be posted. Homework is to have your tests signed and to write out corrects for the questions you get wrong.
Thursday: We will start chapter 10 Regulation and Reproduction with a launch lab and a free write. Homework will be a vocabulary foldable for all of chapter 10.
Friday: We will read chapter 10 section 1. Homework is the section assessment.
Have a great break and have fun at regionals!!
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Feb 25-March 1st
Things are getting complicated in science class. Our current chapter is all about mitosis, meiosis, and DNA. There are a lot of new words to learn and mitosis, meiosis I, and meiosis II can be confusing, but I know you guys are fully capable of understanding these important topics!
Monday: Today we finished reading chapter 8 section 2 on Meiosis and Sexual Reproduction. We reviewed mitosis and meiosis and compared these two processes. Remember, mitosis creates two cells that are clones with 46 chromosomes each. Meiosis creates 4 cells that are not clones and each has 23 chromosomes. Homework was to finish the section assessment.
Tuesday: Today we read chapter 8 section 3, DNA. We learned about the differences between RNA and DNA: different sugars, 1 stranded and 2 stranded, different nitrogen bases. We also learned about the 3 types of RNA, mRNA, tRNA, and rRNA and what each of their jobs are. Homework is a review handout.
Wednesday: Today we will finish reading chapter 8 section 3. We will discuss protein synthesis in more detail and learn about the codons that code for the amino acids building blocks of proteins. Homework will be the section assessment and a short handout.
Thursday: Today we will build a model of DNA by folding paper. By making this model of DNA we will gain a deeper understanding of the structure of DNA. Homework will be a review handout.
Friday: Today we are playing Codon Bingo. I will read a 3 base codon, and you will put a bingo marker on the space on your board that has the amino acid represented by the codon. Winners get extra points on the chapter test! Homework is a review handout and to study.
* Review game will be Monday and chapter test will be Tuesday *
Here are some pictures from the last two weeks:
Monday: Today we finished reading chapter 8 section 2 on Meiosis and Sexual Reproduction. We reviewed mitosis and meiosis and compared these two processes. Remember, mitosis creates two cells that are clones with 46 chromosomes each. Meiosis creates 4 cells that are not clones and each has 23 chromosomes. Homework was to finish the section assessment.
Tuesday: Today we read chapter 8 section 3, DNA. We learned about the differences between RNA and DNA: different sugars, 1 stranded and 2 stranded, different nitrogen bases. We also learned about the 3 types of RNA, mRNA, tRNA, and rRNA and what each of their jobs are. Homework is a review handout.
Wednesday: Today we will finish reading chapter 8 section 3. We will discuss protein synthesis in more detail and learn about the codons that code for the amino acids building blocks of proteins. Homework will be the section assessment and a short handout.
Thursday: Today we will build a model of DNA by folding paper. By making this model of DNA we will gain a deeper understanding of the structure of DNA. Homework will be a review handout.
Friday: Today we are playing Codon Bingo. I will read a 3 base codon, and you will put a bingo marker on the space on your board that has the amino acid represented by the codon. Winners get extra points on the chapter test! Homework is a review handout and to study.
* Review game will be Monday and chapter test will be Tuesday *
Here are some pictures from the last two weeks:
Here we are studying respiration and photosynthesis by placing the water plant Elodea in test tubes with carbonated water and bromothymol blue. Bromothymol blue is yellow green in the presence of an acid. The tubes started out greenish yellow, but the vials that had the green plant and access to sunlight turned clear after a week. Vials that had the green plant but no sunlight turned a darker green because the plant was undergoing respiration, but not photosynthesis.
To get a better understanding of the organs of excretion, we dissected kidneys from sheep. Students identified the renal veins and arteries, the medulla and cortex of the kidney, and where urine is drained from the kidney.
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