Today students are preparing and presenting biogeochemical cycles.

Tuesday: off

Today students are working on a worksheet on the cycles of an ecosystem.

Pages 371-374

Students are asked to draw, label and define key terms of each cycle

In class today we constructed a energy pyramid with ecosystem organisms.  Showing the energy transfer and the 10% rule

Tomorrow we will discuss and do an activity that shows bio-magnification of herbicides, pesticides and other pollutants in an ecosystem

Wednesday we will quiz on ecosystems and continue with matter recycling

Exam Retakes:  If you wish to improve your grade please take a review sheet from the front of the class and complete.  This must be done by Tuesday if you wish to retake the exam on Wednesday.

Lab Report – Pillbugs – Redo:  If you wish to improve your score, rewrite the lab using the rubric that follows it on iLearn.  Print out your lab and sit with me to discuss your improvements.  If you need assistance please see me. Due by Friday.  

Today in class we finished collecting data on 6 forest ecosystem organisms.  Home work consisted of a worksheet:  Ecosystems, Niche, and Habitat reading with 5 questions.  Due tomorrow.

Tomorrow we will describe the interactions between each organism and describe how a change in one population can and will effect all the rest.  Homework will be “Food Web”  worksheet.

Students were informed of the Inquiry Scientific Method Retake scheduled for next week.  They should of taken a review sheet if they are interested.  They can also redo the Lab write up on Pill Bugs.  They need to see me for details.

February 28th,

Today we handed in our “Understanding Cancer” papers and graph

Worked on our Review that is due on Monday

Test Monday

Students are learning about cell size and cell diversity section 2 in chapter ch. 4

Making cell cubes and comparing surface area to volume

Wed – moving on to organelles and functions

Thursday – small group /presentation on a certain organelle

Friday – prokaryote vs. eukaryote cells – concept map

Students will be learning about the scientists that contributed to the cell theory.
They will create biographies of one scientist in a small group and present them
Using the information from all the groups they will create a timeline of the historical importance of each discovery that led to the cell theory

Finishing up with macromolecules.

Students will complete an online activity that examines how diet and exercise interact.

Looking specifically at nutrition:  carbohydrates, proteins and lipids