LIFE SCIENCE BLOG, OCTOBER 29 TO NOVEMBER 2, 2012

To evaluate the Chapter 5, students must submit for Friday November 2:

·       Family Puzzle             50%

·       Guilty or Innocent?  50%

This week the students are going to learn about:

CHAPTER 6; CHANGES OVER TIME

·        Darwin’s Theory

-      Darwin’s Observations

-      Galápagos Organisms

-      Evolution

-      Natural Selection

·        Evidence of Evolution

-      Interpreting the Evidence

-      Inferring Species Relationship

-      How Do New Species Form?

·        The Fossil Record

-      How Do Fossils Form?

-      Determining a Fossil´s Age

-      What Do Fossils Reveal?

-      Unanswered Questions

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

Classwork / Homework:

Section 1, Assessment, p179

Section 2, Assessment, p187

Math Analyzing Data, p192

Section 3, Assessment, p197

Wednesday October 31; Early dismissal, a.m. Schedule.

SCIENCE FAIR; Monday, November 5th, Project Proposal Due

COSTUME DAY BAKE SALE – Our Senior students will have a Bake Sale this Tuesday, October 30, during snack and lunch recess. 

LIFE SCIENCE BLOG, OCTOBER 22 TO OCTOBER 26, 2012

This week the students are going to learn about:

CHAPTER 5; MODERN GENETICS

·        Human 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 2, Assessment, p155

Math Analyzing Data, p159

Section 3, Assessment, p162

To evaluate the Chapter 5, students must submit for Friday November 2:

·        Family Puzzle             50%

·        Guilty or Innocent?    50%

Thursday October 25; UN Day Celebration, Early dismissal, p.m. Schedule.

  

Friday October 26; NO SCHOOL, Students led Conferences.  

LIFE SCIENCE BLOG, OCTOBER 15 TO OCTOBER 19, 2012

Monday 15; 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

SENIORS 2013 U.N. DAY CASH RAFFLE –  To raise funds for their community service, our Seniors are selling tickets for a CASH price raffle that will be held during our U.N. Day Celebration(Thursday, October 25). The first prize is L5,000.00, the second prize is L3,000 and the third prize is L2,000.00 Please support our Seniors by purchasing tickets (only L50 a piece).

LIFE SCIENCE BLOG, OCTOBER 8 TO OCTOBER 11, 2012

 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

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

Thursday, October 11, 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

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

Classwork / Homework:

Section 4, Assessment, p137

Study Guide

NO SCHOOL; Friday October 12 and Monday October 15.

October 11, End of the 1st Quarter.

SENIORS 2013 U.N. DAY CASH RAFFLE –  To raise funds for their community service, our Seniors are selling tickets for a CASH price raffle that will be held during our U.N. Day Celebration(Thursday, October 25). The first prize is L5,000.00, the second prize is L3,000 and the third prize is L2,000.00 Please support our Seniors by purchasing tickets (only L50 a piece).