If you haven’t finished the article questions, please do so at home:
https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/hotter-air-may-lead-planes-carry-fewer-passengers
article flight global warming questions.
If you haven’t finished the article questions, please do so at home:
https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/hotter-air-may-lead-planes-carry-fewer-passengers
article flight global warming questions.
Have a nice long weekend!
Please complete the cladogram practice handout to the best of your ability. Use pencil, in case you need to make changes.
Review all the blog posts here for our class, and be sure you are up-to-date with all the assigned work and readings.
Finish watching the Bozeman (Mr. Anderson) video on cladograms . Complete the accompanying video guide questions given in class.
This video may also be helpful.
Finish the mind map/web of the 6 important characteristics of living things. Be sure it is neat and presented well (colour or outlines, etc).
Read p. 2-3 in workbook. Do questions on p. 3. Do p. 1, 3, 6, and 7 of the handout given in class.
Complete the dichotomous key(s) given in class.
On an 8.5″ X 14″ piece of paper (legal size), make a web/mind map of the 6 big questions to ask about an organism (based on our classification notes). Do this by hand (do not use a digital mind-map maker/tool). Include the following: cell type, cell number, cell wall (present/absent/composition), nutritional mode, reproduction, motility. For each, give an explanation and an example. This must be in a web or mind map format, not simply a list. Check out this resource for some guidelines.
Finish safety handout.
study for first assessment next week (safety, scientific method, measurement, unit conversions).
Review the 6 big ideas on p. 4 of workbook. Do the remaining questions in Unit B of the workbook (Taxonomy).
Finish the taxonomy handout to the best of your ability. Finish the scientific method crossword to the best of your ability.
begin reading ch 15 in text. Chs 1 and 2 already assigned.
Be sure you have finished the measurement lab and handed it in. You should have finished the “Mars” handout (scientific method) and “safety test” (not a real test) handout, and gone over the answers with the substitute teacher.
Finish the “getting to know lab equipment” handout and bring to class with you.
You should have completed the safety section in the workbook, and gone over the answers with the substitute teacher. Be sure the measurement lab has been completed and handed in. Complete the “get to know lab equipment” handout and bring to class on Monday 30 Sep.
Unit B in workbook and do the questions on p. 8 as well as the multiple choice questions on p. 10.
Watch the Mr. Anderson video on taxonomy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYL_8gv7RiE
Be sure you have been working on the scientific method crossword, the “safety test” (not a real test), and have completed the measurement lab (due 30 Sep/01 October unless you were on the mini school trip).