Week of 10-19

This week's topics are: Stream Study Finale, Cells, Cell Theory and Organelle

10/19 Field Trip- Dress for weather, waterproof shoes or old shoes, new pair of socks and dry shoes

10/20 Field Trip data entry and debriefing. (Picture Day)

10/21 Cells Start- Looking at our own cells and comparing to a plant. New Vocabulary Start

10/22 Cell Theory and Cell Analogies

10/23  Cell Foldable Start

Tentative and dependent on students understanding concepts

10/26 Mitochondria and Chloroplasts

10/27 Nucleus and ER

10/28 Cell Organelle Quiz- Cell Foldable End

10/29 Vocabulary Championships- Month of October

This week's vocabulary 2 sets

Electronic Vocabulary Cell membrane Chloroplasts Cytoplasm Mitochondria Nucleus Organelle

Electronic Vocabulary Organ Tissue Cell wall Endoplasmic Reticulum Protista Nucleus Vacuole

   

This Week's Homework is

Cell Organelle Quiz Wednesday October 28

Science Events

White House Astronomy night- October 19th.

http://view.exacttarget.com/?j=fe6317747161007d751c&m=ff2e16777762&ls=fdc1157474620c7f711173716c&l=fe551578706d047a711c&s=fe2a1576736c027f751371&jb=ffcf14&ju=fe25107472670c7e741078

Delaware Section of the American Chemical Society- Celebrating National Chemistry Week

October 18-24

Event is on October 31

http://www.delawareacs.org/apps/calendar/showEvent?calID=6897213&eventID=259790837&next=showMonth%3fcalID%3d6897213%26year%3d2015%26month%3d9

-----------> Poetry/Chemistry Contest

            http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/outreach/ncw/ncw-illustrated-poem-contest.html

Contests, Contests, and more Contests.

Interested in science competitions to really hone your skills? Like to work with others. Check out the following contests and let me know if you are interested.

Delaware Technical Community College Science Fair- New Castle county region.

http://www.dtcc.edu/about/news/events/science-fair

The Dupont Challenge

http://thechallenge.dupont.com/

Shell Science Lab Challenge

http://www.nsta.org/shellsciencelab/

Inaugural Bright Schools Competition

http://brightschoolscompetition.org/

Exploravision competition

http://www.exploravision.org/

American Computer Science League- Junior Division 6-9

http://www.acsl.org/