Survival of the Fittest at its best

The fastest person inside the house wins the right to survive!

Agenda March 29 and March 30

Agenda for both A-block and B-block

1. Warm-up - What do you know?

2. Correct What do you Know questions?

3. Variation Lab/ re-teach activity 4. Darwin's Map Homework

Workbook page 121 to 124

Week of March 21

Since I have been out sick this week I have not updated the blog. Students should have visual terms for section 7-1 and 7-2 completed. They should also have Cornell Notes Completed for 7-1 and 7-2. They have been assigned Workbook pages 112 to 119 so far. We have also cleaned out the binders this week by stapling all the work to each of the three table of contents for quarter 3. If students have not turned in all of the completed work yet they can go to my stpeter.pbworks.com site and print out the INB TOC, here is the link to the page http://www.snix.me?k. We have started discussing Evolution and have talked about who Charles Darwin was from a historical perspective and his contribution to the biological science community. We will continue to explore his ideas from a scientific point of view. The California State Standards from the Science Framework is what is required on the topic of Evolution. Biological evolution accounts for the diversity of species developed through gradual processes over many generations. As a basis for understanding this concept:
a. Students know both genetic variation and environmental factors are causes of evolution and diversity of organisms.
b. Students know the reasoning used by Charles Darwin in reaching his conclusion that natural selection is the mechanism of evolution. c.Students know how independent lines of evidence from geology, fossils, and comparative anatomy provide the bases for the theory of evolution.
d. Students know how to construct a simple branching diagram to classify living groups of organisms by shared derived characteristics and how to expand the diagram to include fossil organisms.
e. Students know that extinction of a species occurs when the environment
changes and the adaptive characteristics of a species are insufficient for its survival.
Have a great weekend.

Agenda March 16 and 17

Agenda for A and B Blocks

1. Warm-up - textbook pages 198, 203, 210

2. Finish Presentations

3. Bloodtype Worksheet

4. Discuss Chapter 6-2

5. Family Puzzle Lab

Homework

Finish pages 198, 203, and 210

Agenda March 10 and 11

Agenda for A and B blocks

1. Warm-up Review for Benchmark Test. This benchmark will be for this grading period

2. Quarter 3 Benchmark 3. Presentations

Homework = NONE

need another scooter jungle form

scooters jungle team field trip info letter 2011_merged.pdf Download this file

Make sure you turn this in two Ms. Norton with all of the required information.

Science Benchmark and Study Guide

March 10 For A -block and March 11 for B-Block

Study Guide Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 will be the content that is covered on the 3rd quarter benchmark (25 questions)

1. Define Cell Cycle
2. Be able to tell what the cell is doing at each phase of the cell cycle. Be able to identify the pictures of the cell cycle.
3.What results from the cell cycle.
4. What is the difference between Mitosis and Meiosis
5. If you start with one cell how many cells would you have after 5 rounds of the cell division
6. What are sex cells and how many chromosomes do they have compared to body cells in humans
7. Where do we get how chromosomes from
8. define diploid 9. how much genetic material does the sperm and egg pass on to the offspring
10. what is a gene, what are chromosome, what is the relationship between the two. Where are chromosomes located in the cell.
11. define genotype, phenotype, heterozygous, homozygous, hybrid, purebred
12. make sure you understand how to use Punnett Squares and get the percentages
13. What is dominant, recessive (how do we represent them with letters)
14. What does DNA and RNA stand for and what are they, what shape are they
15. What is genetic material
16. What is Differentiation and stem cells
17. Why don't plant root cells have chloroplast
18. What is cellular respiration and photosynthesis I hope this will help you for the science benchmark- keep up the hard work

Public Speaking tips for your Presentation

http://stpeter.pbworks.com/f/Public+Speaking+tips+for+your+Presentation.pdf

Science Project Conclusion

This is the most important section of your research report. This section
is where you can make
inferences and draw conclusions about what you found in your
experiment. Interpret your data from your
analysis.
● Did you prove or disprove your hypothesis? Explain how you know.
● How did you analyze your data? If you used formulas include them.
● What did you learn?
● What problems did you encounter and how did you overcome those
obstacles?
● What errors in your experimentation may have caused inaccurate
result ( Call them “Source of
Error”)
● What questions do you have now as result of your research?
● If you could continue your research how would you expand, apply and
clarify your work?
● How would you change the experiment to make it better?

March 3 and March 4

Agenda for A and B block

1. warm-up - review for test

2. Chapter 5 Test

3. Visual Terms chapter 6-1 to 6-3

4. Cornell Notes Chapter 6

Homework

Finish Science Project - Due March 9

Agenda for A and B block

Feb. 28 and March 1

1. Warm-up- Discuss INB check and test. Test for A block is now Thursday and B block is now Friday. INB will be checked Wednesday, which is tomorrow for all the classes. 2. Finish Baby Face Lab

3. Correct Workbook pages 86 to 100 (72 points)

4. Review Chapter 5 for test

Homework
1. INB Check
2. Study for Test
3. Science Project - Due March 9 (which is next week!)