Weekend Homework and Agenda

This weekend you need to complete Vocab 4 on the cells content map and the ok chart for transport. I have the links for both of these below. Remember if you get bored or have nothing to do you can always work on the review guide below.

Week Nine Agenda

Transport Vocab (highlighted in yellow)

TC OK Chart 4.1

CP OK Chart 5.1

9 weeks Review and Exam Schedule

From SchoolLoop Announcements:
The mid-term exam schedule is:Thursday, Oct. 4 - 1st and 3rd Friday, Oct. 5 - 2nd and 4th We will be on regular bell schedule.Parents and Students - please remember that this ONE test is 20% of the 9 weeks grade. For many students, this test will determine pass/fail for the 9 weeks. Do not be absent and PLEASE set aside time to really prepare for the tests.

In our classes there will be two days of exams. The day your exam is scheduled you will take the multiple choice portion. The other day you will take the Discussion portion with the use of all of your book and notes, (including your old tests). The link below is the review guide for the Multiple choice portion. It will also be handed out in Class on Monday, but for those of you that want it over the weekend, here it is.
Nine Weeks Review Guide

Please comment with questions, problems, or concerns,
Ms. Smith

Cells Review Guide with answers

The link below is the Cells Review Guide. There are some answers already there, but more will be coming.


Cells Review Guide

OK Charts with Answers fro Cells

The links below are for the OK charts with the answers. Use these to check your OK charts and to complete them. The chapter work that includes these will be due on Friday before the test.

TC OK Charts

CP OK Charts

Agenda Week 8

Below is the link for the week Eight Agenda. A few highlight from the week are that the Cell Organelle Project is due on Wednesday, we have lab Wednesday and Thursday, and our Cells test is on Friday.

Please remember to dress appropriately for lab on Wednesday and Thursday and STUDY for your test on Friday!

Week 8 Agenda

Cells OK Charts and SRQ's

Below are the blank links for cells OK Charts and SRQ's

TC OK CHART

CP OK CHART 4.1-4.2
CP OK Chart 4.3

TC SRQ's

CP SRQ's

Cell Orgnelle Model Project

The link below is for the Cell Organelle Project. Remember you are not making a model of how it looks you are making a model of how it WORKS!!

Cell Organelle Project Rubric

Chemistry of Life Review Guide with answers

Below you will find the link for the Review guide for Chemistry of Life. This was a pretty simple review guide, but make sure to answer these questions completely.

COL Review Guide

SRQ's for Chemistry of Life

Below are the links for the SRQ's for Chemistry of Life with the answers.
Remember we have this test on Friday. Now is the time to be studying.

TC SRQ's with answers

CP SRQ's with answers

Chemistry of Life SRQ's

The blanks for the chemistry of life SRQ's are below. The answers for these will be up tomorrow night .

TC SRQ's

CP SRQ's

Chemistry of Life OK Charts with answers

Below are the links for the OK charts with answers for the CP and TC classes.

TC OK chart 1
TC OK Chart 2

CP OK Chart 1
CP OK Chart2

Monday, September 17, 2007

Today was the test over animals. There was no bell work in either classroom. After the test you were to begin working on Chemistry of Life vocab and OK charts. The content map is below. The OK charts are in a separate post.

Chemistry of Life Content Map

Week 7 Agenda

Below is the link for week seven's agenda. Note that we have two tests this week, one on Monday over Animals and one on Friday over Chemistry of Life. There are no Labs that you need to dress for. If you need to make up a test or a Lab please inform Mrs. Smith or myself. We will be having a make up frog dissection sometime this week.

Week 7 Agenda

Chemistry of Life OK Charts

Here are the blank OK charts for Chemisrty of life they will be due on Wednesday. I promise they are much shorter than the ones you are used to getting.

CP OK Chart Day 1
CP OK Chart Day 2

TC OK Chart Day 1
TC OK Chart Day 2

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Today was the first day we covered animals. The bellwork in 305 was to compare and contrast Sponges with Cnidarians. There was no bellwork in 301. In most classes we finished the invertebrate presentation in 301 and you began working on your invertebrate frayer models in 305.

The homework tonight was to complete vocabulary 3&4 for invertebrates and to complete the Earthworm drawing on pg 673 TC and 734 CP. You may work on your Frayer models as well, though you will have time in class tomorrow to work on them as well.

Remember we will be disection in lab tomorrow so please dress appropriately.

Please commment with any questions or concerns.
Ms. Smith

Monday, September 10, 2007

Today we took the test over plants. The bellwork in 301 was to finish the collection lab from Friday and the bellwork in 305 was to write one paragraph describing the movement of water and sugar in vascular and nonvascular plants.
Homework for tonight was to complete Invertebrate Vocab 1&2 from the content map below. Tomorrow's homework will be Vocab 3&4.

Invertebrate Vocab Content Map

Plant Review Guide Answers

The link for the review guide answers is below. If you need further clarification please comment and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

Plant Review Guide Answers

Plant Scrapbook Extra Credit Project

This project in not required. If it is completed it can replace a low project or test grade. What you need to do for the project is create a book. The first parts should have drawings (many you should have completed in class). These drawings should have their parts labeled and the functions for each of their parts listed. Next you should have a sample of moss and a fern sample with their parts labeled and part functions listed. Then you need two flowers with their scientific and common names. Finally you need 10 leaves with their scientific name, common name, shape, edge, and vein structure. The rubric should be attached at the back. There is the potential for 10 extra points if you go above and beyond the requirements.
If there are other questions or clarifications please comment with them and I will help.


Plant Scrapbook Rubric

Week six Agenda

The week six agenda is below. A couple of important points on the agenda are that we are dissecting twice this week. Please come to class prepared to go into lab (ie dress appropriately). The test over plants is going to be Monday and the test over animals will be next Monday.

Week Six Agenda

Plant SRQ answers

The plant SRQ answers for both TC and CP are below. Work on completing your review guides this weekend that answers will be available tomorrow afternoon. Remember you have a test Monday and all Chapter work will be due at that time as well.

SRQ's for plants TC
SRQ's for plants CP

Study hard and look for the review answers tomorrow
Ms. Smith

Changes on the Blog

Starting next week anything we give you that we made (aka OK charts, SRQ's, Content Maps, etc) will be available here and on school loop. There will be an attached link to any assignment that can be electronic. So what that means is that blank materials will be available from both the website and school loop. So your parents will know exactly what you are doing and not doing.

Thursday, September 6th 2007

Today was the third day we spent on plants. The bellwork in 301 was to draw, label and list the functions for the leaf cross section diagram. The bellwork in 305 was to compare and contrast a Fruit with a mushroom. There was technically no homework, but there is an extra credit project, and extra credit workbook pages you could be completing. Answers to the SRQ's will be available soon (probably Friday night).
Please comment with questions or concerns you may have.

Ms. Smith

OK Chart Answers for plants

TC OK Charts
CH 24
CH 25
CH 26
CH 27

CP OK Charts
CH 29
CH 30
CH 31
CH 32
CH33

Extra Credit Plant Scrapbook

The rubric for the extra credit project is below. It will count as an extra test grade that can replace a project you did not do or a bad test grade.

Plant Scrapbook Rubric

Wednesday, August 5, 2007

Today was the second day of plants in class. The Bellwork in 301 was to draw and label the three seed types and list the functions for each of their parts. The bellwork in 305 was to draw and label a flower. We listened to the CD for some of the section is 301. In 305 we finished the PowerPoint slides for plant structures. Tomorrow we will finish the power points.

Remember that tomorrow is a lab day, please dress appropriately.

The links for the OK charts and SRQ's with the answers will be up later tonight.

Blank OK Charts for Plants

TC OK Charts
Ch 24 TC
CH 25 TC
CH 26 TC
CH 27 TC

CP OK charts
CH 29
CH 30
CH 31
CH32
Ch 33

Tuesday August 4th 2007

In class today we started plants. the bell work in room 301 was to compare and contrast Vascular and non-Vascular plants in two paragraphs. In room 305 it was to complete an acrostic about plants for the guide word FLOWER.
The Agenda for the week was given out and can be viewed here :
Week 5 AGENDA.
Tonight all classes need to finish their OK charts and SRQ's to turn in tomorrow. I will be updating later tonight to post all of the blank OK charts for plants.


Check back later for updates.
Ms. Smith