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HOMEWORKLast modified May 22
FIELD TRIP: If you took pictures at the zoo, look through and pick out your 5 most favorite and send to me...I'll put together a slide show. PROPOSED FAMILY LIFE SCHEDULE Curriculum starts Wed/Thurs. I will try to update this site daily at the end of the day to indicate what we actually accomplished during the day. Day 1: SLCT Days Ground rules, comfort zones, overview of reproduction and development, life cycles Basic human male and female reproductive anatomy Wednesday and Thursday: we covered the topics listed above, reminding students about internal vs external fertilization, sexual vs asexual reproduction Day 2: Mrs. G will be out of the classroom and the students will watch a video about circulation (unrelated to topics in Chapter 16) with the substitute. Day 3: Hormones, puberty, menstruation Day 4: Pregnancy and the human life cycle, Day 5: NOVA video “Life’s Greatest Miracle” fetal development Day 6: Second half of NOVA video “Life’s Greatest Miracle” (with birth sequence) Abstinence, birth control, safe haven law Day 7: Infectious disease and AIDS vocabulary; Video “AIDS, Facts for Young People” Day 8: Sexually transmitted diseases: Disease agents, symptoms, treatments Day 9: Identifying risky behaviors, refusal skills, video “Saying No to AIDS” Day 10: Catch-up, Questions Assigned: Tuesday, May 22 Due: Friday, May 25 Read about the endocrine system in Chapter 16-1, pp. 640-645 and complete the workbook pp. 306-308 for FRIDAY. Assigned: Monday, May 21 Due: Tuesday, May 22 STUDY for the test tomorrow. Part of studying should be getting together all your materials from the unit and going over them. Please turn them in as a packet on Tuesday to show me that you kept your materials and could locate them. Staple them in the order below: Workbook 13-1, 13-2, 13-3 Pretest on skeleton Bill Nye/Tissues Clever Lever Types of Levers The Bone Zone Objectives/Scrambled Bones Assigned: Wednesday, May 16 Due: Friday, May 18 Complete the "Bone Zone" worksheet for Friday. Assigned: Monday, May 14 BE SURE YOU ARE PREPARED FOR THE ZOO!! SEE LIST ABOVE. Assigned: Wednesday, May 9 Due: Friday, May 11 Read 13-3 about Muscles. Complete the workbook for Friday. (NOTE: we will not be doing section 4 of the workbook). Assigned: Monday, May 7 Due: Wednesday, May 9 Fill out your Zoo Animal Research paper (which you started in the computer lab Monday). Try to make it as complete as you can. Use the www.sfzoo.org and http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html sites. You may search for more information online or in the library. Be sure to evaluate carefully and write down your citation information (or use Noodle Tools). Assigned: Monday April 30 Due: Th ( periods 1-5) Friday (periods 6 & 7) (If you don't have the work on TH, bring it by on FRI for credit.) Read Section 13-2, pp 518-525. Complete workbook pages 251-254. The Radioactive Dating simulation that was demonstrated in class today can be accessed by most computers by going to Mr. Robertson's website and clicking on the picture of the screen. Explore the first three tabs and then try your skills at "The Dating Game" tab. https://sites.google.com/a/saratogausd.org/mr-robertson/home/simulations Assigned: Wednesday, April 25 Due Friday, April 27....Changed to Monday, due to Musical Read Chapter 13-1, pp.508-517 Complete the workbook #246-249 (Level B 207-210) Assigned: Tuesday, April 24 Due: Wednesday/Thursday (next time I see you!) Read Section 8-3, pages 279-282...on Radioactive Dating Assigned: Thursday, April 12 If you have a few spare moments, do something to make your timeline go easier on Friday...look through Chapter 8 and find the date of an "extra" event to put on your timeline...or go on the internet and search for it using "when did XYZ first appear on earth"...or draw or print a picture that you can glue on to represent one of the events. Assigned: Tuesday, April 10 Look at the document under the Worksheets icon...this is a compilation of most of the work you did today in class. Use it as a study guide with the review sheet, reviewing your workbook pages and notes. Assigned: Monday, April 9 Study for the test Wednesday. Complete as much of the review sheet as you can. You will go over it in groups Tuesday and build a study guide for one of the 9 objectives. We will share out at the end of the period...and on this web site. Assigned: Wednesday, April 3 Due: Friday, April 5 Complete the reading for Chapter 7. Fill out the workbook 129-131. Assigned: Thursday, March 29 Due: Wednesday, April 4 Read and complete the workbook for Chapter 7 sections 3 and 4. (Workbook pages 121-128). Have your workbook with you in case there's time in class to work on it. Assigned: Wednesday, March 28 With the unusual schedule this week, we didn't have time to go over homework on Wednesday. Look over your vocab words, add in adaptation and habitat (words that were well-illustrated in yesterday's assembly!), and study for a vocab quiz on Friday. The quiz will be filling in blanks using a word bank with all the words. We will go over 7-1 and 7-2 on Thursday. Assigned: Monday, March 26 Due: Wednesday, March 28 Read the first two sections of Chapter 7 and complete the workbook (pages 112-119). Assigned: Monday, March 19 Due: Friday, March 23 THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT...NOT A GROUP ASSIGNMENT. On Wednesday we will take time to look at your rough draft if you have it ready! Compose a 3-paragraph essay about the genetic disorder your group researched. Your final copy should be typed OR written legibly IN PEN. The first paragraph should be a summary of the disorder. Use your group notes on Noodle Tools to help you remember details. In the second paragraph explain what you think life would be like for either someone WITH the disorder OR the family of someone with the disorder. In the third paragraph, think back to the presentations you listened to in class. Should research on the disorder you researched be a priority for our society, or are there other disorders that you think should be higher priority? Provide your reasoning. (Refer to your notes in your notebook to help you remember the presentations.) Rubric can be found under Worksheets. Assigned: Tuesday, March 13 Due: Friday, March 16 Read the last two sections of Chapter 6 and complete workbook pages 106-110 (B level 89-95). No homework on Monday due to math MARS testing. Assigned: Tuesday, March 6 Due: Friday, March 9 Read the first section of Chapter 6 and complete the workbook. Practice your genetic disorder presentation.No homework for Monday...get a good night's rest for the STAR writing exam. STUDENTS WHO DID POORLY (<70%) ON GENETICS TEST: Come see me about your test. Do the review for Chapter 5 and complete any homework for that chapter that you were missing. Assigned: Wednesday, February 29 Due: Monday. March 5 Using Google Maps to give you estimates of distance (yes, you can use miles instead of kilometers), try to estimate how many miles cars are driven in an average week specifically to support YOUR activities. Assume a regular 5-day school week. Remember to add in the miles your "driver" has to drive to get you or to get home after dropping you. If you carpool, you can divide your miles by the number of students in the car. Don't forget to add in music lessons, sports practices and games, etc. SHOW YOUR WORK. Please put it on a piece of paper that can be turned in so we can do the tally of the entire team. Assigned: Monday, February 27 Due: Wednesday, February 29 As background for your genetic disorder project, read the content on the web site below. Part will be review; part will be new. Part will be difficult for you to understand. Read through it and get the parts you can. It will help you as you start your research on Tuesday to know the wide range of topics you might encounter. Assigned: Tuesday, February 14 Due: Thursday, February 16 Finish reading the chapter and do the workbook for Section 4 (pages 97-100). There will be some time in class to work on this as well. Wednesday we will finish the paper model which makes protein and then we will review. Thursday will be review as well. Assigned: Wednesday, February 8 Due: Tuesday, February 14  Complete the "Garfunkle Worksheet." The three problems are worth 5 points; your creation is worth 10 points. I expect high quality work. LOSE YOUR WORKSHEET? CHECK UNDER THE WORKSHEET ICON FOR A DOWNLOAD. Assigned: Monday, February 6 Due: Wednesday, February 8 Read Section 5-3 in your textbook (pp. 170-174) and complete the workbook (pp. 94-95). Assigned: Tuesday, January 31 Due: Friday, February 3 Complete the Crossword Puzzle and study for the vocab quiz Friday. (Period 2...yes, we forgot to get you crosswords...tomorrow) Assigned: Monday, January 30 Due: Tuesday, January 31 Finish the Dominant/Recessive Worksheet for Tuesday. Assigned: Wednesday, January 25 Due: Monday, January 30 Read Section 5-2 (162-167) and complete the workbook (90-92). Make a list of questions you have about the reading. Interested in the complexities of tongue rolling? See this: http://www.thetech.org/genetics/ask.php?id=125 Assigned: Monday, January 23 Due: Wednesday, January 25 Read Section 5-1 in the textbook (149-159)and complete the workbook (86-88, B level 69-72). No homework for Thursday January 19th. We will be starting Chapter 5 tomorrow. Want something to do? Watch this Quest video: http://science.kqed.org/quest/video/why-i-do-science-kandis-elliot/ It's just 3 or 4 minutes about a woman who has mixed art and science in her profession. Assigned: Tuesday, January 17 Due: TOMORROW, Wednesday, January 18 Complete both sides of the review sheet given out in class. If you are on of the ten or fifteen students today who did not bother to put it in your backpacks, you can access the worksheets on the online textbook...Review and Reinforcement sheets for 4-3 and 4-4. Print them out, fill them out! Objectives for the quiz will be posted later today. Mitosis Quiz on Thursday...study the animations, your handout and notes. You need to know the order of events and the structures which participate in mitosis Mitosis Animation Web Sites: Cells Alive: mitosis and U of Arizona mitosis There is also a good active art for Section 4-3 of your textbook at the online site. Assigned: Monday, January 9 Due: Thursday, January 12 Read the rest of Chapter 4 (Sections 3 and 4, pp. 129-141). I recommend doing section 4 first...it's straightforward...Section 3 has lots of vocabulary and is difficult to understand. We will take notes on it Tuesday. Complete the workbook (pages 83-84 and 77-81). National Institutes of Health Web Site on Stem Cells: http://stemcells.nih.gov/ Click on the Promise of Stem Cells for basic information. <><><><><><><><><>< LAST SEMESTER BELOW THIS LINE><><><><><><><><><><><><><> FOR NICOLE AND ANYONE ELSE WHO's INTERESTED: These are the youtube videos of protists we looked at last month. Amoeba; Paramecium ; Amoeba eating Paramecium . NO NEW HOMEWORK to turn in this week. Go over quiz objectives and come with questions. If you did not finish your yeast graph and questions, bring it completed on Tuesday. Assigned: Thursday, December 15 Due: Friday, December 16 The objectives for next Wednesday's quiz were handed out today (and are posted under worksheet icon). On the back, make a diagram or other DETAILED study guide for objective #7. When you're finished, use the rest of your time to look over the others, to see if you have questions. Bring those questions to class Friday. OOPS...on the objectives it directs you to pg 128...should be 126! Assigned: Monday, December 12 Due: Wednesday, December 14 Read 123-127 on Cellular Respiration and Fermentation. Complete the workbook (pp. 73-75, B level 58-60). Assigned: Tuesday, December 6 Due: Friday, December 9 Read pages 113-122 and complete the workbook (pages 69-71). B level = 55-57 Assigned: Wednesday, November 30 Due: Friday, December 2 In your notebook, complete the Chapter 3 review (pages 109-110). Do problems 1-12, 14-20, 22, 25-27. You should write out complete sentences...and complete thoughts for #1-5...not just a letter or one word answer. You will be given time in class Wednesday to begin work on this assignment. Assigned: Wednesday, November 16 Due: Friday, November 18 Go to http://www.cellsalive.com. (Click on the link when you're ready.) 1) Look at the models of plant and animal cells. Make a chart in your notebook comparing the organelles in these cells...similarities and differences. (You may use a Venn, 3-column chart, etc.) Also, find the description of CYTOSKELETON and add it to your notes in your notebook. 2) Do the "How Big Is It?" activity. Make a 2-column chart with the names of the different structures (human hair, dust mite, ragweed pollen,lymphocyte, red blood cell, baker's yeast, E. coli, Staphylococcus, Ebola virus and rhinovirus) in left column, your estimate of their sizes in the right column. Estimate the size by comparing the scale bars on the drawing with the cell/organism. Assigned: Monday, November 14 Due: Tuesday, November 15 Read pages 88-95 (Section 3-2). Complete the workbook, pages 58-60 (B level 44-47) Assigned: Monday, November 7 Due: Thursday, November 10 STUDY FOR THE MICROSCOPE TEST (see above). Read Chapter 3 (pages 75-85). Complete the 3-1 workbook, pages 54-56. (B level = 41-43) For next Tuesday...read and do workbook for 3-2. Assigned: Thursday, November 3 Due: Monday, November 7 Read pages 65-69 (Section 2-5). Complete the workbook, pages 50-52. (pages 38-40 in the B level book). This should take 20 minutes. Due to a fairly dense test day tomorrow, we will check this on Monday. Assigned: October 17(officially...handout given out 12th) EMR PROJECT Description on handout in the worksheets. Links: As requested by 6th period, here are links to amoeba and paramecium videos we showed in class Amoeba: http://viewpure.com/7pR7TNzJ_pA ; Paramecium contractile vacuole: http://viewpure.com/4z98WIeNtjM ; Amoeba:Paramecium : predator:prey http://viewpure.com/aWItglvTiLc Assigned: Monday, November 21 Due: Wednesday, November 30...more than a week away First Check-in: Wednesday, October 19...Make decision as to type of project All experiments are to be approved by Mrs. G. BEFORE you do them. If you have a different idea for a project, you must get approval from Mrs. G prior to starting. Second Check-in: Wednesday, October 26...Show significant progress or produce a parent signature indicating there is progress towards the goal. DUE DATE: Wednesday, November 2 Be prepared to present to class. STUDY for the test! Use the objectives to guide your study. Go over your notes, workbook and worksheets (EMR and optional vocab sheet). Use online assessments and review section in the book. I'll post answers to relevant questions on Wednesday. Assigned: Wednesday, October 12 Due: Friday, October 14 Read Chapter 2, Section 4 on the eyeball. (pp. 62-64). Complete the workbook (pp. 47-48). Monday, October 10 : Study for the vocabulary quiz tomorrow. You MAY complete the front of the worksheet you received Friday, as part of your practice. You should also consider going to the online textbook and looking at the self assessments there. Assigned: Monday, October 3 Due: Friday, October 7 Read Chapter 2, Section 3 about Reflection and Refraction. Complete the workbook, BUT do NOT worry about understanding virtual vs. real images, where the focal point is and the types of images created by different lenses and mirrors. We will work with them in class to show you differences, but we will NOT test you on this...it's beyond 7th grade standards. When you're finished, try playing this mirror/lens game (click on "game")! The other sites we used Monday in class can be found at this address: Assigned: Wednesday, September 28 Due: Monday, October 3 Read about Visible Light in Chapter 2, Section 2, pp. 46-50. Complete workbook pages 39 and 40. Assigned: Wednesday, September 21 Due: Wednesday, September 28 FINISH reading the first section of Chapter 2 (all the way to page 45). Finish writing the definitions of new words and then complete the workbook pages for this section (pages 30-37) Remember this is a long, information packed chapter. We will be introducing waves on Monday and EMR on Tuesday...so if you're having trouble understanding, wait until Monday and Tuesday to fill out the workbook. MAKE SURE you have your Chapter 2 workbook with you in class so that you can take advantage of extra time in class to do this work. Assigned: Tuesday, September 20 Due: Wednesday, September 21 Start reading Chapter 2. Read the introductory pages and then pages 38-41. Write down all the new vocabulary words in your notebook and their definitions (the words that are in bold and highlighted in yellow. It would be great to put the definitions in your own words, but using the book's words is fine. NO HOMEWORK ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19). STUDY for your test Friday. Review your work. Finish the 2nd side of the review worksheet as practice. Assigned: Monday, September 12 Due: Wednesday, September 14 (Thursday for periods 5-7) Review objectives # 1-6 ( refer to pages 7-9 and 18-22 in your textbook) Answer questions #19-26 found on page 30 of your textbook. Use complete sentences. Put the answers in your notebook. Assigned: Thursday, September 8 Due: Friday, September 9 Correct your answers to Chapter 1, Section 3 workbook by comparing with the answers I've included below. Put a mark next to any question you are unsure about and BE SURE to ask your question in class Friday. Look over the entire section and make sure you understand the main ideas and vocabulary. Answers to Chapter 1, Section 3 1. Scientific inquiry refers to the processes we use to find out about the natural world. 2. TRUE 3. a, b; c and d, much less likely since c would be hard to control and d involves personal tastes. 4. A hypothesis is a possible explanation…. 5. False. If a hypothesis is supported by lots of testing, it might achieve “fact” status. 6. A testable hypothesis is one that allows scientists to collect evidence that either supports it or disproves it. If you can’t test it, it’s not considered a worthwhile scientific explanation. 7. To test a hypothesis, a scientist designs a controlled experiment. 8 D 9 a 10 b 11 e 12 c CONGRATS TO ISABELLE TSENG FOR NOTIFYING ME OF THE ERROR :-) 13. TRUE 14. An operational definition makes it clear how you are going to measure your variable. Thinking back to the “Case of the Sleeping Frog,” Kara would have to figure out how to measure the temperature of her chambers. She probably decided something like she would measure “8 cm below the top rim of the jar” or “6 cm from the base of the inner jar.” She might define frog activity, one of her responding variables as “the number of times it shifted position in 2 minutes.” These are all operational definitions. 15. Facts, figures…are called data. 16. a and c are valid statements about graphs. 17.. A conclusion is a summary…. 18. You might ask yourself if the findings support the original hypothesis, or not. 19. Pose a question. 20. Form a hypothesis. 21. Draw conclusions. 22. Scientific inquiry is a process with many paths because anywhere in an investigation you can think of a new of different questions, make an observation that makes you reconsider your hypothesis or experimental design, find information in the library or online or in interviews that changes the way you are thinking about your question. 23. Communicating is sharing your inquiry with others. Letting others see your data and conclusions, novel experimental designs, interesting observations, etc. helps the scientific community work efficiently and invites discussion and interpretation by the whole community. 24. a and b are ways scientists can communicate. Due: Thursday, September 8 Read Section 3 of Chapter 1 (we're doing section 2 in class). This is pages 18-22. Complete the workbook pages 21-24. On page 21, put the definitions into YOUR OWN words. Remember to look at the pictures and read about the examples. Assigned: Thursday, September 1 Due: Friday, September 2 Finish the lab questions from the Pinto Bean/Gummy Bear lab. The questions were: 1) How did the measured volume and the calculated volume of the bean/bear compare? PART TWO 2) Was your hypothesis correct? Explain. Give supporting details using your data. 3) Which change is greater, volume or mass? Explain. 4) Was there a change in density? Why? 5) How do your results compare to those of others in your group? If you couldn't make a second day of measurements, comment on why that was. Be sure you made qualitative observations! Assigned: Tuesday, August 30 Due, Thursday, September 1 Read Chapter 1 Section 1 (pages 6-12) in your textbook. Answer questions 1a, b,c in your science notebook . Assigned: Thursday, August 25 Assigned: Tuesday, August 23Due: Tuesday, August 30 Go to the online balance practice. Use the top link under the "Links" icon of this site. Practice reading the scales of the triple beam balance. Record your readings in a table in your science notebook (or on a piece of lined paper) as shown in class. (Left column = numbers 1 through 10; second column is the reading you typed into the computer; 3rd column = OK, light, heavy...what the computer tells you) Read at least 10 different unknowns. Remember that this site rounds down for the tenths place. In one class today, we saw the computer make a mistake on a weight that was less than ten grams...let me know if you see this as you're doing the exercise...the numbers are random, so you won't get the same thing as your other classmates. Due: Thursday, August 25 Complete the student profile worksheet. Did you lose it? Get another copy from under the Worksheets icon at this web site. Assigned: Tuesday, August, 23 Due: Friday, August 26 Read the Class Guidelines. Give them to your parents to look over. Then, both of you should fill out the form at the bottom of page 3 and you should bring it back by Friday. Thanks for setting up the communication link between your parents and myself! Did you lose your guidelines? Get another copy from under the Worksheets icon at this web site. |
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