MAY 25TH- There will be a pre-quiz on the new unit "Ecology" on Tuesday for Periods 4,6,and 7. On Wed Period 3 will have the same pre-quiz :)

May 24th- All classes will need to complete chapter questions from the Ecology chapter review worksheet. Numbers 1-7 only after re-reading pages 704-709. There is a vocabulary pre-quiz planned for May 29th after we complete the next two sections. The words are on the same worksheet. The quiz for the three sections will be on Friday June 1st.

May 17th- There will be a quick pre-quiz tomorrow on the frog anatomy and functions. See the flashcard options. Students filled in the worksheet yesterday in class and we will review today and they will need to study for homework tonight. (matching format on the pre-quiz)

May 16th-  Complete the Amphibians packet. All classes. Read the summary page and use the textbook to answer the questions.  Students are preparing the next three days to complete the frog dissection next week.

May 10th-  Students were given a review packet #5 to study for the Evolution quiz on Tuesday. All classes were to complete section 6-3 "The Fossil Record" for homework.

May 8th-  Students were given a writing assignment today on the topic of Charles Darwin and Evolution. They were all given a packet and have till May 24th to complete the assignment. It is an outside project and will be considered homework to complete over the next two weeks.

There is a quiz on MAY 15th from Chapters 6-1 and 6-2. We will be taking notes the rest of the week. See the downloads for chapter information.

May 3rd- Pre-quiz tomorrow !! 10 vocabulary words and 2 multiple choice questions about Charles Darwin. Reviewed in all classes tody. See flashcards.

May 2nd-  All classes took notes today for the Darwin's Theory chapter; we will finish tomorrow.  Key terms for this chapter will need to be studied for the next two nights and a pre-quiz will be on Friday. See flashcards for the words. Pages 172- 179 in the text.

May 1st-  Complete the "Darwin's Theory" packet. Students were given the class period to begin the reading and questions and it must be completed for homework. (not available in a download)

April 27th-  Continue to study the 6 exam questions to be completed as a separate test grade on Monday. They are listed on the bottom of the exam guide and students prepared them earlier in the week and corrected them in class. HOWEVER, many students chose not to prepare them. Check the MMS grading program to see if it was completed as a homework grade.

April 26th homework it to study like you mean it !!! Exam on Friday and Monday all classes.

April 25th- All classes will need to have a rough draft of the essays on the genetics exam complete to review tomorrow.Perod 4,6,7 were checked today.  They are the 6 essays at the bottom of the study guide. Period 3 only must complete 4 of the 6 for homework. Some students in this class already completed.

April 23rd- All classes need to complete the Genetics Review crossword as well as write out the definitions for the Key terms for chapter 5:3 "Advances in Genetics". Use the glossary in the textbook. Study the review guide for the exam on Friday and Monday. See downloads for worksheets and use flashcards on this webpage.

April 12th-   Announced an Exam for the Genetics Unit Friday April 27th and Monday April 30th. The Content topic list is in the downloads section and the flashcards for the remaining sections will be  updated soon. Students should be preparing the essay questions ahead of time so that we can review them on the Monday and Tuesday we get back from vacation.

April 9th- All classes will need to complete assignment #24 "Human Genetic Disorders". Read the chapter 151-155 then complete the comprehension worksheet. Study how to complete a pedigree chart in order to work on an assessment tomorrow. 

April 2- Period 3 must study the vocabulary for Punnett Squares (assignment #16) for an assessment tomorrow.

Period 4- Memorize the colorblindness chart from the notes today to finish an assessment tomorrow. Complete assignment #22 Using Blood Types for Identification which will be a pre-quiz grade.

Period 6 and 7- Memorize the Blood Type chart from assignment #20 on Human Inheritance. It can be found on page 146 also.

March  28 : Period 3- students who were working on the retake test for chapters 4:1 and 4:2 need to complete up to number 26.  In addition all students need to complete assignment #21 "Should this dog be called spot?"  

Period 4- Study the Human Inheritance blood type alleles and colorblindess alleles to complete the Punnett Square assessment tomorrow. Re-read pages 144- 150.

Period 6- Complete #20 Human Inheritance worksheet. Use the textbook and read pages 144-150 first.

Period 7- Complete #21 "Should this dog be called spot?"

March 27- period 4 and 6 only have to complete the worksheet #20   "Should this dog be called spot?".

Periods 3 and 7 should study genetics vocabulary and punnett squares.

March 22- All classes need to complete reading on pages 136-137 about Genetic Mutations. Complete questions 3a and 3b on page 137 in your notebook. In addition copy the information from figure 18 on page 136 about gene mutations giving details for all three types.

March 21- All classes are planning their presentations for the last poster project called "Wanted" about a disease. In addition we are two chapters into the Genetics unit and completed a quiz either yesterday or today for period 3. Tonight periods 3 and 7 ONLY will need to complete the Punnett Square LAB for homework. It will be collected tomorrow. Period 4 and 6 LAB sheets were collected today. See downloads for the LAB sheet.

March 20- (Posted on 3/21 A.M.)  There was homework last night for Periods 4 and 6. Punnett Square Graded Lab assignment #19. They were given this worksheet after their quiz yesterday. Period 3 has the quiz on 3/21. Period 7 had no homework.

March 16th-  All students should be studying for the quiz on Tuesday 3/20. Assignments #12,13,14,16,and 17. Assignment #17 should be completed over the weekend which is a Punnett Square Lab worksheet. All 8 questions need to be completed.See downloads.

March 15th- Wanted posters are due for period 4,6 and 7.

All classes NEED to study for a QUIZ on Tuesday 3/20 which will cover chapters 4:1 and 4:2. Assignments #12,13,and 14 will be included on the quiz.

March 12- All classes continue working on the Wanted poster.

All students need to study the 10 vocabulary words from assignment #12. They can be found on page 110 also. Check the flashcard option on this webpage to print them out.

March 9-ALL STUDENTS need to work on the "Wanted" disease poster project that is due next week. Periods 4,6,7 due on Friday and period 3 on 3/19.

March 7th=  All students should be working on the "Wanted"poster project which is due in approximately a week and a half by all classes.

All students should begin studying the 10 definitions for chapter 4:1 Genetics Unit page 110.

Periods 3 and 6- Read and complete part 2 of worksheet #12.

Check downloads section and flashcards for all information.

March 6th- All classes

Students were given their research documents for the disease project "Wanted" poster which will now be due Friday 3/16 for periods 4,6,7 and Monday 3/19 for period 3 only. This is the final project for the Fighting Disease unit and will need to be completed on their own time or after school. Documents for this project can be found in the downloads section.

All classes started a new unit on Genetics today and have a homework page to complete. Periods 4 and 7 need to complete parts 1 and 2 of assignment #12. Period 3 and 6 need to complete part 1 only. The worksheet can be found in the downloads section.

Feb 13th  - students are required to have the crossword review page for part 2 and 3 of the take home quiz completed for tomorrow. 

Feb. 9th- All classes will have a take home quiz which will be part of a study guide for a future test in the Disease unit. This take home quiz will first count as a homework check for the completion of part 1 . When all four parts have been assigned and corrected it will count as a quiz grade. Students will complete the questions 1-22 using their binder papers and textbook for homework tonight. Computers are also allowed. The worksheet is in the downloads section.

Jan 30th- There is a quiz tomorrow that was posted on the 26th. The information is now available in the downloads. Notes and study guide.

There is an essay due this Friday as well and information and rubric is also in the downloads section.

Jan 26th- The cell posters were due today. This is a test grade for quarter 3.

Notes were taken for the new unit: Fighting Disease and can be found in the downloads section (pgs. 592-596). In addition an ESSAY assignment was announced in class yesterday and the rubric with information is in the downloads section as well. There will be a quiz next Tuesday 1/31/12 on the notes taken up until Friday this week. We will cover pages 597-601 today and tomorrow. The essay assignment is due next Friday Feb. 3rd.

Jan 18th- Homework on Tuesday night was not posted. All classes had to complete all or part of assignment #19. Period 3 had to complete the back part 2 ONLY and all the other classes had to complete both sides. Many students did not complete the homework last night.

Homework for tonight is to work on "The Cell" poster page for the Big Book of Life project. This page is due on January 26th. This is an outside project.

Jan 13th- All classes have been working on the next page of "The Big Book of Life" project called "The Cell". This is an ongoing project that students are creating a poster page for each unit of information they learn this year. We are currently finishing the cell unit and therefore the poster will be due on Thursday January 26th. Students already had three in-school class periods to begin the posters and the finished product will need to be done at home. Posters were sent home today. ** Please see the downloads section for a checklist and rubric for this page.

Jan. 3rd. 2012 -  All classes will have a quiz on Thursday on the cell unit. Study assignments #9, #11, Notes and graphic organizer #12.

Dec 19th- Periods 4,6,and 7 ONLY have a cell coloring activity. Students will be coloring the animal cell drawing only and will need to color only the organelles discussed in class. DO NOT use marker. Colored pencil or crayons only.

Many students did not hand in the Classification of Living Things poster page. If you did not hand this assignment in you must finish it for homework or stay after school Tuesday.

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Dec 12th and 13th- Study for Cell Unit Quiz- First two chapters will be on Wed. Dec. 14th. Pages 50-57 and Pages 60-67. Assignment #'s 3, 4 8 and 9 will be on the quiz.

**Please refer to the flashcard option for parts of the cell/functions information.

NOTE: Poster Project due on Dec.19th, there will be 3 in-school days to continue working on criteria #4. Posters were checked for the other criteria on Friday.

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Dec 7th and 8th-

1. All classes are working on the Big Book of Life project for homework the next 2 nights. Due on Friday are the first three criteria on the checklist. See Downloads for a copy of the checklist. Make sure the paper is in Class on Friday with the three items completed.

2. Study for Cell Unit Quiz- First two chapters will be on Wed. Dec. 14th. Pages 50-57 and Pages 60-67. Assignment #'s 3, 4 8 and 9 will be on the quiz.

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Dec. 5th and 6th- homework was to complete assignment #"s 8:Parts of a Cell  AND  9: Looking at Cells packet

Nov. 29th- Began working on the next project page for "The Big Book of Life". This page is worth a TEST grade. Students will be working on parts of this page in school and will be finished at home and DUE on Dec. 19th. ***See the downloads section for the Classifcation Big Book page checklist. STUDY STUDY STUDY for Quarter 1 EXAM this Thursday and Friday !!!

Nov 21st to Nov. 30 All classes will complete the following review assignments for the Quarter 1 Exam packet: Begin studying the vocabulary listed on the study guide, read the Inferences worksheet and complete the reading checkpoint, Complete the predicting page 1-6, Read the Metric Measurements summary page and complete the back "Measuring Length" 1-7.  ** Make sure you look back at the Nov. 18th posting about the Quarter 1 Exam.

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Nov 18th- All classes received a study guide for the Quarter 1 Exam which is cumulative. It covers the first 4 topics taught during quarter 1.

1. What is science/Scientist Skills
2. Scientific Inquiry/ Experiments
3. Classification of Living Things
4. Tools of Science and The Metric System

* See downloads for a copy of the study guide.  Students will receive their quarter 1 binder papers if they were organized, and all students will get review sheets over the next 2 weeks to prepare. The Exam will be two days on Dec. 1st and Dec. 2nd. We will spend some class time reviewing and preparing, however, we have begun quarter 2 work starting with the Cell Unit and most time preparing for the Quarter 1 Exam will be homework time.

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Nov 16th-  ALL classes have a take home pre-quiz assessment. It is a reading guide for pages 50-57 and they will use the textbook to complete.  ** A copy can be found in the download section.

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Nov. 15th- Periods 3, 6, and 7 : Some students did not complete the classwork from Monday and need to finish for homework if you did not turn it in during class. Read pages 50-57 and complete the 4 key concept questions on the top left margin on page 50. Write the answers on white paper and turn it in tomorrow.

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Nov. 8th- We regrouped science classes today for periods 3,6 and 7. Many students in these three classes are finalizing their bean growth labs. Some have turned them in but many will need to use class time tomorrow to finish. Students were asked to work on them at home tonight.

Period 4- LBGL group;   Started the Cell unit today. Read pages 50-57 and complete the Key Concept questions on the top left of page 50. Complete the questions in your notes.

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Nov. 7th- All classes have been working on a formal lab report for the past week in school to finish our Bean Growth Lab. Students were given rough draft templates as well as a rubric for completion. The due date for Periods 4 and 7 will be on Wed. Nov.2nd. I have extended the date for completion for Period 3 and 6 until Thursday. This will be worth 2 LAB grades for quarter 2.   HOMEWORK: Students were asked to complete the conclusion section of the rough draft template and this will be checked tomorrow.   

We start our unit on "Cells" for Periods 4 and 7 tomorrow and Periods 3 and 6 will start on Monday next week.

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10/28 Weekend homework thru Tuesday night- ALL classes are required to finish "The Big Book of Life" Title pages. This is a poster project and you can find the checklist in the downloads section. All classes were given 2 full periods of CLASS TIME on Wed. and Thurs. this week to begin the project. The project is due next Wed. Nov. 2nd. This is worth a TEST grade.

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H.W. 10/21 through 10/24-       Periods 4,6 and 7 will have a TEST on Tues. 25th on the Metric System/Tools of science information. Please look at the calendar. Period 3 will have the TEST on Friday 10/28.

( SEE FLASHCARDS to help you study)

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All classes should study this weekend. Notes and worksheets #21 and #22.

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H.W.: 10/18-  Periods 4 and 6 complete both sides to assignment #22 Tools of Science/ Metric System

                         Period 7- Complete questions 4-12 only on the front side of #22. Do NOT complete conversions on the back.

                         Period 3- quiz tomorrow: Classification

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H.W.: 10/17  Periods 4,6,7 complete the microscope worksheet #21.   Period 3- Review the study guide #18 for the quiz on Wednesday.

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 H. W. :    10/13-  Periods 4,6,7 Study for QUIZ on Friday     /PERIOD 3 - study assignments #15 and #16 plus the vocabulary quiz you were given back today.

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H.W. 10/12 - All classes study

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Homework 10/11 - Periods 4,6,7 complete assignment #18 Study Guide

Period 3 - Study for Vocabulary quiz on 10/12

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HOMEWORK   10/7 through the extended weekend             **This is a new postponed date due to NECAP

All classes should study the vocabulary words (key terms page 42 plus additional words on assignmnet #15 that were highlighted and discussed in class) for a vocabulary quiz on Tuesday 10/11  for periods 4,6,7 Period 3 will be on Wednesday 10/12.ALL WORDS can be found in the flashcards section on this webpage.

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Homework 9/29

All classes have begun an experiment involving plant growth ! We will be tracking the growth over the next 4 weeks and a formal lab report will be completed at the end.

Periods 4,6 and 7 received textbooks today and will keep them at home for the schoolyear. The homework tonight is to read pages 42-49, complete assignment #15 Classification NOTES (outline format) by filling in the blanks as they read. Begin studying the vocabulary key terms that are on page 42 and the additional words that are on the second page of the notes.

PERIOD 3- FINAL COPY of the TEEC science writing prompt is due tomorrow. 8-10 sentences total.

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Homework 9/28 Wed.   Period 3 ONLY has to begin writing the final copy of the science writing prompt in the TEEC format and it is due on Friday this week.

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Homework 9/26 Monday:   Period 3- complete the two warm-up activities #3 and #10 for tomorrow.  TEEC writing assignment final copy is due Thursday.

Period 4- NO homework     Period 7- Final copy of writing assignment due tomorrow.

Period 6- Complete the Bar Graph assignment #12 for tomorrow. Graph paper was given with the worksheet.

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Homework 9/23 due Monday Period 7 ONLY. Two warm-up activities #3 and #10 need to be completed and turned in. TEEC writing assignment FINAL Copy due on Tuesday 9/27.

Period 6- TEEC FINAL Copy due on Wed. 9/28.

Period 3- TEEC Rough Draft 8-10 sentences due on Monday.

Period 4- NONE

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Homework 9/22

Period 4 and 7-  BAR Graph needs to be completed.

 Period 6- TEEC Rough Draft is due tomorrow 10-12 sentences.In addition Warm-ups #3 and #10 need to be finished for tomorrow.

Period 3- Continue working on the science TEEC writing prompt from class today (8-10 sentences)

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 Homework 9/21

Period 4- Final copy of TEEC writing prompt due tomorrow. Complete Warm up's #1 and #2 for tomorrow.

Period 7- Rough draft for the TEEC writing prompt due tomorrow.

Period 6. Work on the rough draft for TEEC writing prompt. Rough draft is due Friday 9/23.

Period 3- NO Homework

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Homework 9/20 Tuesday-  Period 4 Group should work on their final copy of the TEEC Writing Prompt which is Due on Thursday 9/22. In addition, the Observing packet assignment # 6 should be completed for tomorrow.

Period 7- Complete the Observing packet  AND start the rough draft for the TEEC Writing Prompt  in your notes. The rough draft is due on Thursday 9/22.

Periods 3,6- Complete the Observing packet assignment #6 including the Reading Checkpoint on the back of the first page.

For all classes, question #7 on the Observing packet you need to change the question to read:  Describe the difference between observations and inferences in 2 sentences.

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Homework 9/15-9/19: Announced a quiz for ALL  classes for Tuesday Sept. 20th. What is Science vocab., Scientific Inquiry worksheet with questions and vocab., Forming good scientific questions and hypothesis statements. ***SEE FLASHCARD option on this webpage to study the 16 vocab words.            

In addition there are two classes who have assignments to finish.

Period 4 group- TEEC writing prompt rough draft due on Monday Sept.19 / Final copy Thurs.22nd.

Period 7 group- If you did not finish "Developing a Hypothesis" worksheet in class you NEED to finish over the weekend.

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HOMEWORK Tues. 9/13

Sorry for the last post today. Hopefully all students wrote down their homework today! Periods 3,4,and 6 ONLY are to complete assignment #5 Posing Questions.  Read the examples on the front and complete the Reading Checkpoint question as well as all questions on the back. (Including #8)

Period 7 should review the vocabulary from today's notes.

**All classes will have a quiz next Tuesday based on notes, worksheets and vocabulary covered from the first two topics: What is Science? and Scientific Inquiry.

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HOMEWORK   Monday 9/12/11

All classes today are required to read assignment #4, Scientific Inquiry Worksheet. Complete all questions on the back and the vocabulary fill-ins. Use the information on the front to fill in the back.