Last Weekly Science Article Report - Period 5

This week, you will put together our last weekly science article report of the year!

Your reflection should be at least 250 words long (you can use the Word Count feature in Word to keep track of this -- it's under the Tools menu).

Since this is our last weekly science article report of the year, I expect this to be your best work all year.

So, your assignment is:
1) Find an article an do our regular weekly science article report (look back on the blog to find a description if you don't remember).
2) Makes comments on the reports of 3 other students.
3) This is all due by next Monday, June 1st.

Last Weekly Science Article Report - Period 4

This week, you will put together our last weekly science article report of the year!

Your reflection should be at least 250 words long (you can use the Word Count feature in Word to keep track of this -- it's under the Tools menu).

Since this is our last weekly science article report of the year, I expect this to be your best work all year.

So, your assignment is:
1) Find an article an do our regular weekly science article report (look back on the blog to find a description if you don't remember).
2) Makes comments on the reports of 3 other students.
3) This is all due by next Monday, June 1st.

Top 10 New Species for 2008

I thought you might like this article. It talks about the top 10 new species for 2008.
Some examples:
caffeine-free coffee
a pea-sized sea horse

Enjoy!
Let me know what you think.

Ecology Notes/Study Guide

I have put together the note packet/study guide for our unit on Ecology.

You can download it here:
Ecology Study Guide

Regents Review Resources

Another science teacher has put together a really good set of resources to help you study for the Regents exam.

You can find it here:
Regents Study Resources


Let me know what you think.

Living Environment - The Year in Review

Here is a presentation I made that covers the whole year to help you get ready for the Regents.

Le Year In Review

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Reflection on Researching your Organism

I want you to do two things with this blog assignment:
1) Reflect on what you learned by researching your organism.
-what did you learn?
- what surprised you?
- what was cool?
- what would you like to know more about?

2) Have a discussion with your fellow science students about what you learned


This assignment is due by Friday, May 15th.

I look forward to your discussions.

New Species of Bacteria

 

I just saw this article about a newly discovered species of bacteria.

It can live (and thrive) in very hot places with high pressure.

Take a look:

New Species Thrives In Extremely High Temperature And Pressure

Evolution Test

Our test on Evolution will be given on Friday, May 15th.

Also, note that there will be questions about the Dogs and More Dogs video on the test, based on the notes I ask you to take.

Here's the study guide:
Evolution Study Guide

And here's a slideshow that has all the key points of evolution:

Evolution

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Researching an Organism Project

We are about to begin our study of ecology, which is all about how living things relate to each other and their environment.

You are going to do some research to get us started. For this project, you are going to pick an organism and research it and the environment in which it lives. You are going to discover how it performs its life processes (MRLSTRNGER).

Your goal is to become an expert on your organism.

Here's the important part: The organism you pick has to be one YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE!

Here are a couple of good places to start:
Tree of Life Project
Encyclopedia of Life


You can show your research in a number of ways:
1) A Google Docs presentation
2) A Word/Google Docs document with pictures
3) A video of some kind
4) A poster (Glogster or on paper)
5)  Scratch Animation
6) A model
7) Something else -- please talk to me about your ideas.

This assignment is due Monday, May 11th.

I am really looking forward to what you come up with!