Week of April 26

This week we are studying senses and frogs. Day one, you will be adding new vocabulary to your science dictionary and answering the questions for Section 6-3. Day two, you will be doing a lab on senses. Day three, there will be a quiz on frog anatomy in preparation for the the frog dissection on day four.

Homework:
Book Questions 6-3: Due Friday

There will be no SNA, but that does not mean you can't still read science articles. One came out just today about how US college students are showing actual addiction to text messaging and social networks. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20954/20100426/ustudents-suffering-from-internet-addiction-study.htm

Week of April 19

We are charging ahead. This week in science we are studying digestion and circulation. Day one will be vocabulary on the digestive system. Day two will be a lab about chemical digestion and time for the section questions. Day three will be vocabulary on the circulatory system and a lab about the same system. Day four will be a vocabulary quiz over the sections on nerves, digestion and circulation, so make sure your science dictionaries are up to date. Scanned copies of the textbook sections are on the student server and available from any computer in the school.

Homework:
SNA: Due Friday
Book Questions Page 65: Due Friday

Vocab Quiz: On Friday

Please read one of the posts about Science News Articles (Is it Science?). I am still seeing articles that are not science.

SNA Alert

Think whales are big? How about a colony of microbes the size of a country?

http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=mat-of-microbes-the-size-of-greece-2010-04-18

Week of April 12

This week in science we are studying the Nervous System. Day one, you will read the section in the textbook and add vocabulary words to their science dictionaries. Day two, you will answer the section questions and take notes on a part of the section as a small group. Day three, we will do a lab activity on reaction time. Day four, you will present their notes to the whole class and take a short quiz.

Homework:
Book Questions Page 180: Due Friday
Lab Questions from Day three: Due Friday
SNA 4-16: Due Friday

Make sure that you FULL NAME is on everything you turn in.

Scanned copies of the textbook are available on the school server, which can be accessed from any computer in the school.

Is it Science? (Repost)

I have seen a few SNAs come in that are not about science articles.

When selecting an article, ask yourself these questions:

Was something invented?
Was something discovered?
Is it about someone doing research?
Does it explain natural phenomena?
Is it about some new technology?
Is it happening in outer space?
Does it involve an organization like NASA or NOAA?
Does it look like something that might be featured on the Discovery Channel?
Is it an article provided by Mr. Gumpert?

If the answer to all of those is a definitive NO, keep looking. There are a bunch of links on the right side of your screen. If you are unsure, ask me.

SNA Alert!

New kind of wearable body armor puts a whole spin on the term "tank top."

http://news.discovery.com/tech/t-shirt-body-armor-tank.html

Week of April 5

This is SBA week, so there will only be three meetings. This week, we are finishing the muscular system. Day one, you will have two coloring sheets and a crossword puzzle to complete. Day two, we have a lab on counting pushups and working with percentiles, as well as a review worksheet for section 1-4 in the textbook. Friday, we have a lab on muscle fatigue and a quiz. Completion of the worksheets from day one will make the quiz much, much easier. There is no SNA this week.

Homework
Due Friday:
Muscle Coloring Sheets (2)
Skeleton/Muscle Crossword
1-4 Review Sheet (Muscular System Review)
“Arm Yourself” Lab (Pushups)

The graph for Friday's lab will be due on Monday.

Mid quarter reports will be here soon. Make sure you check your Power School grades on a regular basis to make sure you are not missing anything, but do not disrupt class to do it.

Miss the Chicken Wing Lab?

Use this pdf document to draw a the chicken wing. Label the bones and at least two sections of muscle.

www.classjump.com/jwhite/documents/3067219914.pdf

Then write a brief summary of each of the six sections on this page about muscles.

http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/body/pg000123.html

Turn in by Monday April 5.