LIFE SCIENCE BLOG, OCTOBER 31 TO NOVEMBER 4, 2011

This week the students are going to learn about:

CHAPTER 7; VIRUS, BACTERIA, PROTISTS, AND FUNGI

·        Protists

     -        What Is a Protest?

            -        Animal-Like Protists
            -        Plantlike Protists
            -        Funguslike Protists

     

 ·        Fungi

            
             -        What are Fungi?
             -        Reproduction in Fungi
             -        The Role Of Fungi In Nature

STUDENTS WILL START WORKING IN CLASS AND WHATEVER THEY DO NOT FINISH, THEY WILL TAKE HOME.

 Classwork / Homework:

Section 3, Assessment, p235

Section 4, Assessment, p241

Friday, November 4, we will have our
Second Evaluation for Second Quarter (chapter 7, Virus, Bacteria, Protists, and Fungi)

 The students can practice for the test online, visit PHSchool.com Web code: cha-2070

LIFE SCIENCE BLOG, OCTOBER 24 TO OCTOBER 28, 2011

6^th Grade Honor Roll Students
        Congratulation

·       Joshua Afflerbach

      ·       Rebeca Blalock
      ·       Ian Glynn
      ·       Sebastian Muñoz
      ·       Elena Sanchez

Monday October 24; NO SCHOOL

 To evaluate the Chapter 5, students must submit for Friday October 28:

·        Family Puzzle             50%

·        Guilty or Innocent?    50%

This week the students are going to learn about:

CHAPTER 7; VIRUS, BACTERIA, PROTISTS, AND FUNGI

      ·        Viruses

   -        What Is a Virus?

           -        How Viruses Multiply
                -        Viruses and Disease

·        Bacteria

 -        The Bacterial Cell

             -        Obtaining Food and Energy
             -        Reproduction
             -        The Role Of Bacteria in Nature

STUDENTS WILL START WORKING IN CLASS AND WHATEVER THEY DO NOT FINISH, THEY WILL TAKE HOME.

     Classwork / Homework:

Section 1, Assessment, p215
Math Analyzing Data, p221
Section 2, Assessment, p225

 Friday, October 28, we will have The UN DAY CELEBRATION, Early Dismissal

LIFE SCIENCE BLOG, OCTOBER 17 TO OCTOBER 21, 2011

Monday; NO SCHOOL

The rest of the week the students are going to learn about:

CHAPTER 5; MODERN GENETICS

       ·        Human Inheritance

             -        Patterns of Human Inheritance

-        The Sex Chromosomes

             -        The Effect of Environment

      ·        Human Genetic Disorders

             -        Causes of Genetic Disorders

-        Pedigrees

             -        Managing Genetic Disorders

        ·        Advances in Genetics

         -        Selective Breeding

             -        Cloning

             -        Genetic Engineering

-        Learning About Human Genetics

STUDENTS WILL START WORKING IN CLASS AND WHATEVER THEY DO NOT FINISH, THEY WILL TAKE HOME.

Classwork / Homework:

Section 1, Assessment, p150

Section 2, Assessment, p155

Math Analyzing Data, p159

Section 3, Assessment, p162

Friday October 21; NO SCHOOL CLASSES, Student Led Conferences.

Monday October 24; NO SCHOOL

LIFE SCIENCE BLOG, OCTOBER 10 TO OCTOBER 14, 2011

This week the students are going to learn about:

 CHAPTER 4; GENETICS: THE SCIENCE OF HEREDITY

·        The DNA connection

-        The Genetic Code

         -        How Cells Make Proteins
         -        Mutations

STUDENTS WILL START WORKING IN CLASS AND WHATEVER THEY DO NOT FINISH, THEY WILL TAKE HOME.

Classwork / Homework:

     +Section 4, Assessment, p137

     +Study Guide

Tuesday and Wednesday; we will review all the content seen last week to be ready for the test (Chapter 4).

Thursday, October 13, we will have our
Fourth Test (chapter 4, Genetics: The Science of Heredity),

The students can practice for the test online, visit PHSchool.com Web code: cea-3030

FRIDAY OCTOBER 14, END OF THE FIRST QUARTER 

Monday October 17; NO SCHOOL

LIFE SCIENCE BLOG, OCTOBER 4 TO OCTOBER 7, 2011

Monday; NO SCHOOL

The rest of the week the students are going to learn about:

CHAPTER 4; GENETICS: THE SCIENCE OF HEREDITY

·        Probability and Heredity

         -        Principles of Probability

-        Probability and Genetics

-        Phenotypes and Genotypes

-        Codominance

·        The Cell and Inheritance

             -        Chromosomes and Inheritance

-        Meiosis

-        A Lineup of Genes

·        The DNA Connection

         -        The Genetic Code

-        How Cells Make Proteins

-        Mutations

STUDENTS WILL START WORKING IN CLASS AND WHATEVER THEY DO NOT FINISH, THEY WILL TAKE HOME.

 Classwork / Homework:

Math Analyzing Data, p122

Section 2, Assessment, p123

Section 3, Assessment, p130

Section 4, Assessment, p137

On Friday October 7, students will attend the OPERA presentation; we will live the school campus at 8:30 a.m. and will return to the school at 1:00 p.m.

Students must wear FORMAL CLOTHES. (No tennis shoes or jeans).  Students must have a very good breakfast because we won’t be allowed to eat at the theater.