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Cell city project

Homework due Thursday 8/16/18 Facebook-getting to know you page

Homework due 8/17/18
1.) Get supplies on supplies/materials list
2.) Parent survey located on website
3.) Parent signature on syllabus

Project due Tuesday 8/21/18 Instagram summer activity
attach rubric and citation page 
3 sources
​typed or handwritten


Project due 8/30/18 Scientific Method Comic Strip 
Follow directions on the rubric
Attach rubric 
Students may NOT use the same example that they used for their Instagram Assignment
WORTH 24 POINTS


Homework for 9/4/18- parent signature for pig heart dissection
Test scheduled for the END of next week or week of 9/17.
Topics include: light, microscopes, steps in the scientific methods, mirrors, lenses and vocabulary (variables, control group etc.)

9/5/18 Microscope homework 1/2 sheet

Microscope in class onion and cheek cell lab scheduled for the week 9/11-9/14 with lab report

Test scheduled for 9/13/18
​Pig heart dissection scheduled for October 5, 2018.


Week of 9/10-9/14 in class onion and cheek cell microscope lab

9/17- 9/21 Characteristics of living things (chapter 2) 
Living Things booklet due Friday 9/21/18


Update week of 9/24/18-9/28/18
Homework due wed. 9/26/18 read pages 114-118 answer questions #1-9 all
Read the pages carefully before answering the questions, do not "skim" the section!
Use complete sentences restating the question



Homework for 10/1/18 Color heart, write summary- blood flow through the heart.
 
10/4 Heart Disease Myths article classwork finish for homework


Pig Heart dissection is Friday 10/5/18

Lab report due 11/12/18 typed with rubric attached (assignment was assigned on Monday students had class time on Tuesday to work on report).

Cell city project due 11/9/18 (project assigned 10/12/18)
project must include:
map
3D model
career day
list of organelles with how the organelles relate to the city/store etc.

Test next Thursday 10/25 (students were told on Monday 10/15)
Concepts include:
organelles and function
plant cell vs. animal cell
Heart parts (no valves)
circulation
prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
cell theory 
defining a cell


DNA article homework will be assigned Monday 10/29/18

Students are currently studying Mitosis and presenting their cell city projects.

Homework due 11/26/18 Mitosis worksheet

11/27/18 in class Oreo Mitosis Lab

Test scheduled for Monday 12/10 
Concepts inlcude:
Cell cycle
Mitosis
Meiosis
Genetics


12/5/18 in class Doohickey bug activity
(Students are currently working on Genetics)

In class activity Monster Babies due 1/7/18.
Week of 12/10-12/14 Genetics and the science of snow and snowflakes

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Healthy lungs

Microscopes