LIFE SCIENCE BLOG, OCTOBER 1 TO OCTOBER 5, 2012

This 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:

Section 1, Assessment, p115

Math Analyzing Data, p122

Section 2, Assessment, p123

Section 3, Assessment, p130

Section 4, Assessment, p137

MAP Test on Tuesday, October 3, 11:40- 12:55pm

LIFE SCIENCE BLOG, SEPTEMBER 24 TO SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Monday and Tuesday; we will review all the content seen last week to be ready for the test (Chapter 3).

Wednesday, September 26, we will have our
Third Test (chapter 3, Cell Processes and Energy),

The students can practice for the test online, visit PHSchool.com Web code: cha-1030

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

CHAPTER 4; GENETICS: THE SCIENCE OF HEREDITY

·        Mendel’s Work

 

-      Mendel’s Experiments

-      Dominant and Recessive Alleles

·        Probability and Heredity

-      Principles of Probability

-      Probability and Genetics

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

Classwork / Homework:

Section 1, Assessment, p115

Section 2, Assessment, p123

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

- MAP Test on Tuesday, September25, 1:15- 2:30pm

- Wednesday, September 26, early dismissal, A.M. schedule

LIFE SCIENCE BLOG, SEPTEMBER 18 TO SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

 This week the students are going to learn about:

CHAPTER 3; CELL PROCESSES AND ENERGY

·        Chemical Compounds in Cells

    -      Elements and Compounds

-      Carbohydrates

-      Lipids

-      Proteins

-      Nucleic Acids

·        The Cell in Its Environment

        -      Diffusion

-      Osmosis

-      Active transport

  

·        Photosynthesis

            -      Sources of Energy

-      The Two Stages of Photosynthesis

·        Respiration

            -   Fermentation

·        Cell Division

        -      Interphase

-      Mitosis

-      Cytokinesis

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

Classwork / Homework:

Section 2, Assessment, p85

Section 3, Assessment, p90

Section 4, Assessment, p94

Section 5, Assessment, p102
Math Analyzing Data, p100