Friday, October 30, 2015

Week of 11/2

Topics- Levels of Organization and starting Kingdoms of life on Friday.

11/2 Ribbon of Life (Levels of organization) Fold-able and Song
11/3 Cell: The Basic unit of Life. Reading and Think questions
11/4 Ribbon of Life pink pages 28 and 29
11/5 Quiz and Response sheet pink page 19
11/6 Shoe sorting, classification worksheets, and kingdoms of life reading.

This week's vocabulary 
Organ
Tissue
Cell wall
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Protista
Nucleus
Vacuole

This Week's Homework is

Levels of Organization Quiz Thursday November 5th

Ribbon of life Fold-able due Thursday November 5th

This just looked interesting.
https://www.challenge.gov/challenge/quantifying-drift-invertebrates-in-river-and-estuary-systems/

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

10/28/15 Resources.


Before the quiz-

Cell Vocabulary
https://quizlet.com/_wdiwz
      Flashcards- https://quizlet.com/54378755/flashcards

      Learn- https://quizlet.com/54378755/learn

       Quiz yourself https://quizlet.com/54378755/test

      Scatter- https://quizlet.com/54378755/scatter

      Space Race https://quizlet.com/54378755/spacerace

      Gravity https://quizlet.com/54378755/gravity

Cells Alive- Interactive Website
http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/cell_model_js.htm

Inside-a-Cell- Interactive Website
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cells/insideacell/

http://www.edline.net/pages/RCBrandywineSprings/Classes/8889-0006/Cell_Puzzle


Cell poster and marker board pen



Today's quiz


Type the following into the URL line. I will give you the rest of the URL in class. If you know keyboard short cuts- Highlight, control C, click on the URL line above, and finally Control V. After the quiz- prepare for vocabulary championships tomorrow.

http://tinyurl.com/

After the quiz- prepare for vocabulary championships tomorrow.




Friday, October 23, 2015

Week of 10-26

Week of 10/26

10/26 Mitochondria and Chloroplasts
10/27 Nucleus and ER
10/28 Cell Organelle Quiz- Cell Foldable Due today (classwork)
10/29 Vocabulary Championships- Month of October

This week's vocabulary 2 sets

Cell membrane
Chloroplasts
Cytoplasm
Mitochondria
Nucleus
Organelle
Organ
Tissue
Cell wall
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Protista
Nucleus
Vacuole

This Week's Homework is

Cell Organelle Quiz Wednesday October 28th
Links to our Cell-a-bration

Link to a Cell Puzzle


Vocabulary Championships
This Month’s Sets
Cells
More Cells

Stream Study

Microscopy

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Its a Cell-a-bration!

Happy Mole day!
http://www.moleday.org/



A short  vocab pretest. You will see this again in the spring. Completion grade only.
then lets Cell-a-brate

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1akccJS6ezWnTEY___9fcn5D8Ah6xE8F08bvd0G7TiwY/viewform





Let's Cell-a-brate!

Explore the cell in your own way. Choose at least one of the following and if it has an audio function, be kind and use headphones. Thank you.


Cell Vocabulary
https://quizlet.com/_wdiwz
      Direct Instruction- Flashcards- https://quizlet.com/54378755/flashcards

      Quiz yourself- Learn- https://quizlet.com/54378755/learn

      Quiz Yourself- Test (multiple formats) https://quizlet.com/54378755/test

      Gamer and competitive students- Scatter- https://quizlet.com/54378755/scatter

      Gamer and competitive students- Space Race https://quizlet.com/54378755/spacerace

      Gamer and competitive students- Gravity https://quizlet.com/54378755/gravity

Gamer and Techies- Cells Alive- Interactive Website
http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/cell_model_js.htm

Gamer and Techies- Inside-a-Cell- Interactive Website
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cells/insideacell/

Musician -Cell Song 1- "Cells"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRZthGlzEUc

Musician Cell Song 2 "Cells from other cells" (Cell theory is amazing)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTicXXxzQA4

Musician Cell Song 3- "Let me tell you about the cell"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c5nR_XhsXI

Tactile/ spacial- Cell Puzzles are available to solve- http://www.edline.net/pages/RCBrandywineSprings/Classes/8889-0006/Cell_Puzzle


Cell poster and marker board pen



Friday, October 16, 2015

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

Cell membrane
Chloroplasts
Cytoplasm
Mitochondria
Nucleus
Organelle
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.


Delaware Section of the American Chemical Society- Celebrating National Chemistry Week
October 18-24
Event is on October 31

-----------> Poetry/Chemistry Contest





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.
The Dupont Challenge
Shell Science Lab Challenge
Inaugural Bright Schools Competition
Exploravision competition
American Computer Science League- Junior Division 6-9