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!

Cell Project Assignment - 7th Grade

I thought it might be helpful to post the cell project assignment here, so you have it for handy reference. You can download it here:

Cell Project Assignment

Remember that the following three pieces are due by Friday, February 13th:

1. The model of your cell. It needs to be 3-dimensional and should be a scale model. Remember it NO LONGER has to be 1 meter big.

2. The presentation which will teach others about your type of cell. This should include which organelles perform which characteristic of life.

3. The story/song/journal entries that tell the life of your cell from the cell's point of view.

If you have questions about the project, you can post there here.

Have fun!

Interesting Science Article

I saw this on the NY Times website. It is a story about how middle school students in Bayonne New Jersey are trying to raise oysters in order to restore part of an ecosystem.

Take a look by clicking here.