Mr. Bailey's Science ClassroomDearborn Public Schools

Feb 1st End of 3rd Card Marking/1st Semester Grades

Students, for those of you curious about how your grade will look for the 3rd card marking, I encourage you to check Student Connect this evening around 4pm. I should have everything put in that you have done up until this point. If you have any questions please email me directly, the Blog notifications make it more difficult to have a conversation.

Thank you, and enjoy your half day. You are officially half way through 7th grade!

-Mr.Bailey

Jan 27th Thursday Quiz

Sorry for the short post class, I’m making it from my phone before my class starts!

For the Quiz tomorrow, be sure to study your organelle notes in your interactive note books. You could also look at your CellsAlive worksheets if you have them, as well as page 18 in your text books!

Email me with any questions!

-Mr. Bailey

Jan 22nd Cell Organelle Constructed Response

Hello students,

I want everyone to enjoy their weekend, but do not forget you have your 2 paragraph constructed responses that you need to begin working on. The final paper will be due on Wednesday, January 27th.

I hope to use this blog post to give you a step by step guide on how to work toward your end product.

*FIRST*

You will want to complete This Sheet to help you organize ideas. Remember, for this sheet I want everyone to choose 6 organelles and make a real world connection for each one.

This part of your assignment needs to be completed by Monday, January 25th

*SECOND*

Upon completing the organization worksheet, you need to choose 2 organelles to write your constructed response about.

Each organelle comparison should be written in one paragraph. This will give you a total of TWO paragraphs for your assignment, one for each chosen organelle.

Instructions can be found here.

Please make sure your spelling and grammar is correct. Although this is a Science assignment, it is also writing and I will be grading as such.

However, the primary score for this assignment is still going to be based on your scientific knowledge. I simple rubric showing the scoring system can be found here.

*NOTE*

Although we started working on ideas in class, I have had students ask me for a sample paragraph.

As an example, HERE is a pretty good comparison of a nucleus to a heart provided by a student in class. Please do not copy this student’s work, there will be consequences!

*CLOSING*

Please, do not stress about this assignment, it is a simple 2 paragraphs of your own ideas. You are not required to cite any sources, as it should all be your own independent thoughts.

Remember, this is due on Wednesday, January 27th. 

I want to include these scores on your third card marking report cards, and need to be given time to grade them.

Please contact me with any questions. As always, email me directly for the fastest response.

-Mr. Bailey

Jan 20th CellsAlive.com project

Students,

Remember to continue working on your “CellsAlive” worksheets. You will need to have access to the internet to work on this assignment.

THIS IS DUE ON FRIDAY JANUARY 22

www.CellsAlive.com

Remember to click on each cell type underneath “Interactive Cell Models.” If you need help, I can link each cell below.

Bacteria

Animal/Plant Cell (Switch Between Animal and Plant at the bottom of the window)

Remember, for each organelle you are only summarizing it’s function, bot copying the whole description. 

If you were absent or lost your paper, you can find it below.

Front Page

Back Page

Please email me with any questions!

-Mr. Bailey

Jan 19th Tuesday, January 19th

Hello everyone,

Just a reminder for the homework:

On Page 33A

Write 5 observations about the picture of the Eukaryotic Cell we looked at in class. This should also be glued on page 33A and labeled. 

If you were absent, or somehow lost the picture, you can print of another copy HERE (Eukaryotic Cell (Blank))

Email me with any questions!

-Mr.Bailey

Jan 14th Life Science, Section 1.1 Study Guide

Happy Thursday everyone,

Students, a number of you wanted me to upload a blank study guide from class today, to give you additional practice.

Here is the blank guide

For those of you who need to fill in answers, check your own answers, or need a completed study guide to study off of, I will also link that below.

Please, excuse my hand writing

If you have any questions, please contact me. However, this should be just about all of the information you should need for the test!

Take care,

Mr. Bailey

Jan 13th Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Hello everyone!

I am happy to let everyone know that our Life Science books are now able to be accessed online.

To access, please use the same method you used for our previous books. This information can be found on the side bar to the right.

Remember to hover over the link for the username and password!

Students:

Remember your homework for today!

Page 11. First you need to draw the picture above question 9

Then, please answer questions 9 and 11, skip number 10. 

After doing those questions please do the definitions for the following words:

Nucleus

Prokaryotes

Eukaryotes

Before I sign off, for those of you convinced that we will have a snow day tomorrow:

Maybe next time!

Take care everyone, and see you tomorrow!

-Mr. Bailey

Jan 11th Homework for Monday, January 11, 2016

Hey everyone, just wanted to give you a reminder for the homework.

On page 31B of your interactive homework, please answer questions 1 and 3 from the Section 1.1 review on page 11 of your text books.

Also, I am working on getting the new textbook accessible online but I am running into issues. Please be patient and I will update ASAP

-Mr. Bailey

Jan 4th Monday, January 4, 2016 Quick Post

Hello families and Happy New Year!

I just wanted to clarify the test scores that your child will be brings home today.

On the paper it will say their number correct over 20 possible. This is because of the 20 questions on the test. However, I only scored it out of a total of 15 points, due to the difficulty of some of the questions. If you see a score of 15/20, it is treated as a 15/15 or 100%. Likewise, a 12/20 is only treated as a 12/15 or an 80%. If you are curious about their actual score, you may check either the online grade book (link to the right) or just divide their number correct out of 15.

If you have any questions, pleas email me.

-Mr. Bailey

Dec 18th December 18th, 2015

It is hard to believe we just finished the last school day of 2015! You have all been working incredibly hard up until this point of the year, let’s keep it rolling all the way until June and beyond!

I just wanted to take a moment to wish everyone a Happy Holiday, enjoy time with your families. Take a moment to just enjoy a break from the day to day, just give yourself some time to relax and refresh.

Happy holidays, and a happy New Year to everyone!

See you in 2016,

-Mr. Bailey