Final

Study guide for the Science Final was given to the kids yesterday. If you don't have a copy of it, you can download it from my webpage.

I think I figured out a way to post it. You can click on this link and see the document in google docs.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eGEnV3vgLnikl14cHl9FKoGz45DZFiV9VdFiW0KUd6Y/edit?hl=en_US&authkey=CLvWsKEK

Perseverance

Protists

Today and yesterday in class we focused on the question "What are protists?" The protists we have been studying are (mostly) single celled organisms. Students should now be able to answer the above question on p. 164 of their notebook discussing characteristics of protists, how they acquire food/energy, and how they reproduce.

Originally, their green warm up sheets were going to be due on Wednesday, but I had to change my approach to the week and they will be due on Friday.

Homework tonight

Tonight, students should prepare for their quiz. Also, a worksheet called "The Big M--Mitosis and Meiosis" should be completed for homework.

A quiz and some links.

For the past week we have been studying cells. We will have a quiz on Thursday. Students were given the questions in class.
This includes:

• parts of a cell (NB p. 155).
  
• what do cells need to survive?
• how do cells get what they need? (diffusion, osmosis, passive transport, and active transport)
• how do cells get energy? (p. 160-161--photosynthesis and cellular respiration)
• how do cells reproduce themselves? (p. 162-163)

Here is a link to site to help students get more information. http://www.cellsalive.com/
Mitosis videos from class.
http://www.hybridmedicalanimation.com/work/animation/the-stages-of-mitosis/


Coming up, we will be studying other microbes, such as bacteria and protists, as well as fungi.

• http://bacteriamuseum.org/cms/
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Coming in the next couple of days.

How do cells create other cells? Maybe this will help!

Monday's class.

Today we went to the computer lab and we learned about plate tectonics. Here is a link to the website we used. http://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/index.html There will be a quiz about this material using questions pulled from the "Test Skills" portion of the interactive site.

Test Tomorrow

Tomorrow there will be a test about our current unit of geology, paleontology, and studying the earth's history. This is Ch. 15 in the textbook (http://my.hrw.com username: student9490 password: j9m7j) and p. 140-150 in students' notebooks.

As part of our review, students worked on "Chapter Review" sheets which we went over the last 20 minutes of class. However, we did not get a chance to go over the last 5 questions and will discuss them before the test tomorrow. We will also be able to take about 15 minutes for questions and clarifications about the material.

In addition, students received a vocabulary skills sheet to help them prepare for the test. I am not requiring this to be completed, but the answers will be posted on my bulletin board for students to check when they come into class.

Interactive website for radioactive decay and dating.

Click to Run

http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/radioactive-dating-game

Tuesday, April 5 homework.

Tonight's homework is a concept map about Geologic Time. Although the guided reading has much of the information, students may find it useful to look at the on-line book. There is a table where information is much better organized.

http://my.hrw.com

username: student9490 password: j9m7j

OBX trip photos

OBX 2011 NCMS

This is a link to a bunch of the pics that I took of our trip. I haven't really gone through and edited out blurry or poor quality photos, but here they are anyway.

Kitty Hawk--Wright Brothers Memorial

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More from Somerset Place

Cleaning cotton, making brooms, listening to the stories of Somerset Place.

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Cape Hatteras

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Somerset Place

First stop, a plantation. http://www.nchistoricsites.org/somerset/somerset.htm

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Benchmark coming up

Next Monday will be the benchmark test for 8th grade Science. Students should be reviewing their notes for the entire year as well as our EOG warm-ups (on mint green paper).

replacement lab/bonus assignment.

Today, I will be giving students a sheet titled "How do you stack up?" This can be used as a replacement for a missed lab or for bonus, if all labs have been completed. It will be due on Tuesday, April 29.

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edit: I have been told that some students have been having problems understanding the directions for the lab. I am wondering if this stems from the fact that steps 1-4 are somewhat incorporated into the second sheet titled "Color + cutout". They don't need to worry about redrawing the outcrops, they only need to color them and cut them out.

Students did not complete homework and 3rd quarter coming to a close.

Second period--10/24 students did not attempt the assignment.
Third period--12/24 students did not attempt the assignment.
Fourth period-- only 6 students did the assignment.

This assignment had only 5 questions on it. I hope this is not a sign of what is to come for the rest of the year.

The quarter is coming to a close. I will be trying to have my grades done before we go to the outerbanks next Wednesday, March 30. This means I need all work from absences by this Friday. Any work not not turned in becomes a zero in the grade book.

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homework.

Unconformities worksheet. I know, it is tough. Make your best attempt...

Test corrections due by end of week.

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