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previously assigned:  p. 560 q. 1-5 in text; p. 563 p. 1-3.

New assignment:  p. 569 q. 1-3

Glass sponge article

All previous late work should be completed and handed in ASAP

BE sure you have completed the chapter 18 review (textbook pages 404 and 405), multiple choice and concept mastery questions.

Complete the case study on vaccines and autism (block 2-1 only).

Be sure all article summaries have been submitted (see earlier blog post for assignment details). The articles include:

https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/explainer-what-vaccine

https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/vaccines-help-everyone-even-unvaccinated

https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/why-some-people-think-they-know-more-vaccine-experts

https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/numbers-how-infectious-measles-and-other-diseases-spread

https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/measles-can-harm-childs-defense-against-other-serious-infections

https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/explainer-what-autism

https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/scientists-say-microbiome

https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/belly-bacteria-can-shape-mood-and-behavior

https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/bacteria-are-all-around-us-and-thats-okay

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/human-genome-recovered-5700-year-old-chewing-gum-180973801/

 

Complete the protist web/immune system handout.

Complete the protist package/handout (colouring, labelling and answering questions is required for full marks). For blocks 1-2 and 1-3, protist postcard is due on Monday, 20 January (extended from 16 January). Protist package is due Wednesday, 22 January.

For Block 2-1, protist postcard and protist package are due 27 January 2020.

Protist video, in case you wish to watch it again, is here.

Begin reading chapter 18 in test (Protists).

Protist postcard project – Research a protistan species to feature on a postcard. Include the information listed below (based on the chart handed out in class, but also found through online research):

Protist postcard information

Due Thursday – we will have time in class on Tuesday to work on it.