Agenda May 18- June 5, 2009

This is an Agenda that runs from May 18 until the test on the human body. I reserve the right to change homework prior to the date it is assigned. This will give us flexibility as we move through the next three weeks of school. For the Human Body test, I will give a study guide at least a WEEK ahead of time, in order to give students a chance to adequately prepare. Wow... time flies...

Monday May 18:
In class: Phenology!
Home-learning: none


Tuesday May 19:
In Class:Ch 23, Lymphatic and Respiratory system
Home learning: None

Wednesday May 20: Ch 24, Digestive System
In class: Chalk-talk =)
Home-learning: none

Thursday May 21:Ch 24, Digestive System
In class: "Assemble" YOUR Digestive System
Home-learning: Handout from class: Choose either option 1 or 2 to write a story about the path of the digestive system, BE CREATIVE.  DUE MAY 26

Friday May 22:
In class-- Ch 24, Urinary System
Home-learning: have a great weekend! 
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Monday May 25: Happy Memorial Day-- No School


Tuesday May 26:
In class: CH 25 Nervous System/Endocrine system
Home-learning: Answer questions 13-16 and 19-21 on p 606

Wednesday May 27:
In class: CH 26 Animal Reproduction
Home-learning: Do review questions 1-4 on p 615

Thursday May 28:
In class: Human Reproduction
Home-learning: Write a question that you have about the human reproductive system. Fold the paper in half and write a three digit number on the outside. (don't forget your number) This will be an anonymous question. I will try to answer all your questions by Monday.

Friday May 29:
In class-- The miracle of Life! (What you all have been waiting for!!!!)
Home-learning: have a great weekend!
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Monday June 1:
In class: Intro to Frog Dissection
Home-learning:

Tuesday June 2:
In class: Frog Dissection
Home-learning:

Wednesday June 3:
In class: Frog Dissection
Home-learning:

Thursday June 4:
In class: Review for the Human Body Test
Home-learning: Study for Human Body Test~

Friday June 5:
In class--Human Body Test
Home-learning: have a great weekend!

Agenda May 11-14 2009

Monday:
Review for the quiz! YEAH!

Home-learning: Study for the quiz tomorrow using the handouts from last week!

Tuesday:
Celebration of learning!!!! YahoO!
---four tissue types
---Skeletal System
---Muscular System
---Integumentary System

Wednesday:
Cardiovascular System Introduction and Lab

Thursday:
Cardiovascular System


Friday:
PHENOLOGY! (YESSSS!)

Agenda: April 27-May 1

Life Science Agenda: April 27-May 1 2009
“Cells Processes: Cell Energy”

Monday 27
IN CLASS LEARNING
PS/CR Lab

HOME-LEARNING
Draw out the phases of mitosis—explain what is happening in each Phase.


Tuesday: 28
IN CLASS LEARNING
Intro to Cell Cycle
Online Onion Root Tips:
www.biology.arizona.edu/
cell_bio/activities/cell_cycle/
activity_description.html

HOME-LEARNING
Study for Quiz: Chapter Review p 98
Complete questions 1-23

Wednesday: 29
IN CLASS LEARNING
Mitosis

HOME-LEARNING
Take home QUIZ OVER CHAPTER FOUR


Thursday 30
IN CLASS LEARNING
-Renaissance Man
Presentation




Friday May 1
IN CLASS LEARNING
Medieval Faire

HOME-LEARNING
Have a lovely Weekend!

Agenda: April 20-24

Life Science Agenda: April 20-24 2009
“Cells: The Basic Units of Life—and Cell Processes”


Monday:4/20
IN CLASS LEARNING
Structure and Function of Cell organelles

HOME- LEARNING
To review for the quiz tomorrow, complete Chapter Review questions 1-22 on page 78-79


Tuesday:4/21
IN CLASS LEARNING
-Quiz over Chapter Three
-Intro to “Exchange with the Environment”
*Cornstarch/Iodine Demonstration
-Define diffusion and osmosis-- Demonstration

HOME-LEARNING: NONE!


Wednesday: 4/22
IN CLASS LEARNING
Continue with “Exchange with the Environment”
-Passive Transport
-Active Transport
-Endocytosis
-Exocytosis

HOME-LEARNING: None!


Thursday: 4/23
IN CLASS LEARNING
Intro to Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
PS/CR as a cycle—compare with Fermentation
*Start PS/CR Lab

HOME-LEARNING
Chapter 4
Read p 88-91
Assignment: Create a diagram that compares photosynthesis and cellular respiration. What is the connection between these two processes?


Friday: 4/24
IN CLASS LEARNING
Finish PS/CR Lab

HOME-LEARNING
In the morning, right after you wake up, go to your spot and sit for 15 min. Record how many different birds/bird sounds you saw/heard.

Life Science Agenda: Week of April 13-17

Life Science Agenda: Week of April 13-17

Monday:
Intro To Cells!
Set up Notebooks for 4th Quarter
Start Microscope Lab

HW: Read Chapter 3 section 1:
Order the following words according to the reading and then explain why you ordered them that way:
Population,Organs,Communities, Cells, Organ systems, Tissues, Ecosystems Organisms,


Tuesday:
Continue Microscope Lab

HW: Read Chapter 3 section 2
Draw a Eukaryotic cell WITH COLOR on nice blank sheet of paper


Wednesday:
Finish up Microscope lab
Notes on Cells--Draw Plant Cell

Thursday:
Review differences between Plant and animal cells
Get ready for a quiz over Chapter three on Tuesday, April
Organize phenology notebook- get it set up for Friday's Phenology day!


Friday:
Phenology Day!!
Find one thing in your spot to sketch. Be as detailed as possible! Take some rough measurements of what you are drawing-- be sure to include Date and Time.


HW: Have a great Weekend!
Use your notes to study for a quiz on Tuesday!

Stem Cells Talk, Thursday March 12

STEM CELL RESEARCH and DISEASE:
WHERE SCIENCE, CULTURE and
POLITICS MEET

MARCH 12, 2007
7-8 PM
Co-sponsored by the Teton Science School and
Teton County Library
Location: Library's Ordway Auditorium.
Contact: Adult Humanities Coordinator,
733-2164 ext. 135
Free and open to the public

Zach W. Hall, Ph.D.

Why have human embryonic stem cells excited the imagination of scientists and raised the hopes of those with chronic disease or injury? Research on stem cells has proved to be ethically controversial as well as a potent political issue.

This talk will address a number of stem cell research issues:
What are stem cells and why are they important?
Why is their use controversial?
Do new scientific developments make the use of embryonic stem cells obsolete?
Will we continue to need state programs if the federal policy changes?
Most importantly, how can stem cells be used for new therapies and how soon can we expect them to be developed?


Dr. Zach W. Hall is currently a member of the Board of the New York Stem Cell Foundation and was the founding President of the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine, the state agency established to fund stem cell research in California. Previously, he was the director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Most of his career was spent in research on the nervous system at the University of California, San Francisco. He is now retired and lives with his wife, Julie Giacobassi, in Wilson, Wyoming.

Evolution

Evolution

The American Association for the Advancement of Science says that By the end of eighth grade students should know:

• Small differences between parents and offspring can accumulate (through selective breeding) in successive generations so that descendants are very different from their ancestors. 5F/M1
• Individual organisms with certain traits are more likely than others to survive and have offspring. 5F/M2a
• Changes in environmental conditions can affect the survival of individual organisms and entire species. 5F/M2b
• Many thousands of layers of sedimentary rock provide evidence for the long history of the earth and for the long history of changing life forms whose remains are found in the rocks. 5F/M3a
• More recently deposited rock layers are more likely to contain fossils resembling existing species. 5F/M3b
• Most species that have lived on the earth are now extinct. Extinction of species occurs when the environment changes and the individual organisms of that species do not have the traits necessary to survive and reproduce in the changed environment. 5F/M4** (NSES)
• Reproduction is necessary for the survival of any species. 5F/M5*

Wyoming State Science Standards:

Evolution as a Theory: Students explain evolution as a theory and apply the theory to the diversity of species, which results from natural selection and the acquisition of unique characteristics through biological adaptation.

SYLLABUS: February 23-27

Monday-- In class: Genetics-- Larkey Breeding!

Tuesday-- In class: Larkey Breeding continued/ Mendelian Genetics

Wednesday- Formal intro to Punnett Squares

Thursday--More genetics with Punnett Squares-
Homework: Study for Quiz tomorrow!

Friday--Quiz on Adaptations/genetic variation/ Mendelian Genetics!

TETON SCIENCE SCHOOL!

Tuesday and Wednesday February 17-18: Teton Science School Field Trip
We will leave school by bus around 8:00 am. We will depart from the Science School in Kelly, around 4:30 pm, so plan on picking your child up at JHMS around 5 pm. (Could be 5:10-5:15)

Gear Checklist:

___Warm layers: Snow boots, Snow-pants, hat, gloves, warm puffy jacket, thermal underwear etc.
___Water bottle
___Backpack
___Pencil
___LUNCH! (delicious extra snacks too!!)-- You will be more hungry than usual!
___Paperwork (if you haven't already turned it in)

OPTIONAL:
___Sunscreen
___Sunglasses
___Lip Balm

AGENDA: January 26-30th

This week we will be resuming our "Regularly scheduled programming." We will begin this week, with exploring populations and limiting factors. Next week, we will move into adaptations in populations.


Monday:
In Class: Hand back Science Fair Project Grades, announce winners to go to SF Competition
Get Eco Vocab Sheet from Quarter One, and review terms
Milkweed Bug Reproductive Potential and Limiting Factors

Tuesday:
In Class: Milkweed Bug Limited Factors: Computer simulation

Wednesday:
In Class: Algae and Brine Shrimp experiment Discussion

Thursday:
In Class: Limiting Factors Reading and question sheet

Homework: SQ3R the Mono Lake Reading

Friday:
In Class: Mono Lake 6.3

Homework: TAKE HOME QUIZ ... "On My Honor..."

SYLLABUS: January 5-9 2009

Happy New Year! Welcome back to school everyone. I hope that restoration occurred over the past two weeks and everyone is ready to dive back into SCIENCE! Yahoo! We are finishing up the last leg of the science fair projects and students will be putting together their presentation boards shortly! Here is a rough outline for assignments due this week

Monday-- In class: Work on graphs/tables and Charts in Excel

Tuesday-- In class: Work on graphs/tables and Charts in Excel

Wednesday- Charts are DUE: Today, I will introduce how to write a conclusion for the experiments.

Thursday--Conclusion writing

Friday-- Conclusion writing--

Homework: Conclusions due on MONDAY January 12!