Welcome back from break - sleeping-in is over, but at least you don't miss out on science class anymore! To start off the week, we'll be finishing up the Energy Use lab and playing Jeopardy to prepare for the Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration test on Wednesday. The Jeopardy game will be posted on the science home page Tuesday afternoon, so you can play at home to prepare. On Thursday, we will be starting the next unit - Digestion! It can be a little gross, but it's great to talk about because you're body is doing it right now (without even needing to think about it). Stay curious and keep looking for answers!
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When will this snow stop - this week will go by quick! To start off we'll be checking out how plants exchange gases with their environment during photosynthesis. On Wednesday, we will be playing Jeopardy to review for the Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Test on Thursday. Work hard this week, study your flashcards, stay curious, and keep looking for answers!
Back to school after way too much snow! This week you'll be creating your own student portfolio using a Google Site. The purpose of a student portfolio is to not only post projects, classwork, or lab reports. It's also to reflect on how well you completed the task, ask what you could have improved on, and to see if you met the Massachusetts state standard for that particular topic. This Google Site will be yours to use, design, and update - so have fun with it! Next Wednesday (2/11) will be the 4 bar Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Test... so make sure to continue studying those flashcards out loud and with another person. Stay curious and keep looking for answers!
This week we will be finishing up the Egg Lab Report and starting our next unit - Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration. Tuesday will be the last in-class day to work on the lab report and it will be turned in during the beginning of class on Wednesday. Then we will jump into the Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration unit by checking out an interactive prezi (aka - fancy notes) and be investigating Louis Pasteur's discovery of fermentation. Grades close at the end of the week, so make sure you are up to date with all of your assignments (especially is you haven't handed in your animation!) Stay curious and keep looking for answers!
This week we're going egg crazy! We'll be looking at eggs as a model of a cell this week, and we'll put it in different solutions to see how it reacts to them. This past weekend, I soaked our eggs in vinegar. The acid in the vinegar helped breakdown the egg's shell, so only the thin membrane underneath the shell was left behind. This membrane will allow the egg to exchange molecules with its environment - so we can see examples of diffusion, osmosis, and plasmolysis. We will put the eggs in six different solutions and observe the changes over 2 days. This is also a FULL lab report. So it'll be a lot of work this week, but this is one of the best labs of the year - so it will be worth it! Stay curious and keep looking for answers!Happy New Year and welcome back! This week you'll be finishing up your membrane transport animations, recapping on the unit, then having a quiz. Monday will be your last day to work on your project in class. We will present the animations on Thursday and Friday, so be uploaded to your period's Google folder by then. Tuesday you will be watching a movie called Hemo (as in hemoglobin) in the auditorium with the other clusters. Wednesday will include a group challenge question and time for study guide questions. Thursday will be the Transport Across the Membrane Quiz (2.5 bars). We will also be watching all of the membrane transport animations on Thursday and Friday. I will be here after school on Tuesday and before school on Wednesday and Thursday. Stay curious and keep looking for answers!
To start off the week, we'll finish up any Seaweed Osmosis videos and then jump right into the other types of membrane transport - some that use ATP and others that don't. Tuesday's class will be dedicated to introducing a drawing project on protein channels, endocytosis, and exocytosis for which you will be using Hyperlapse and iMovie. Wednesday and Thursday's classes will be used for working on this in-class project. We are due to be spooked by Jacob Marley's ghost on Friday, so no class! Stay curious and keep looking for answers!
To start off the week, you will be taking your Chemistry of Life Quest (3 bars) on Monday. Then on Tuesday, we will begin our new unit - Movement across the membrane. We will be doing some notes this week on the various ways molecules can move across the cell membrane and be applying some of these concepts to seaweed during a short lab activity. Stay curious and keep looking for answers!
This week we will be finishing up the Chemistry of Life unit with a 3 bar quest on Friday. On Monday, you will finish your potato enzyme lab report - working on your conclusion and finishing touches in class. Then on Tuesday, we will finish up our notes on lipids, nucleic acids, and ATP. Lastly, Wednesday and Thursday we both be review days before the test on Friday. If you work hard in class this week and ask questions when they come up, you will do well on the quiz. Stay curious and keep looking for answers!
This week will start a new unit called Chemistry of Life - where we learn all about the molecules that make up the parts of the cell, and how important it is to eat right. The old saying,"You are what you eat" is completely true. Your cells are made of every protein, fat, and sugar found in the foods you eat. You have to make sure you get enough of each type of food, so your cells will work efficiently - performing as many chemical reactions as it can in the shortest amount of time. If you don't get enough food, you tend to feel tired - that is your body begging for the proteins, fats, and sugars it needs to build its membranes; copy its DNA; make its ATP (energy); and even move food in and waste out! (Who ever is reading can now take a breath) Don't just eat anything, eat what you know your body needs - your 100 trillion cells depend on you!
In the beginning of the week, you will be learning the basics about the different elements, molecules, and macromolecules that make up your cell. Then later in the week, you will be doing the Potato Enzyme lab (and your first REAL lab report), to give you a better understanding of how enzymes function. Stay curious and keep looking for answers! |
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