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October 10, 2011

   Posted by: Mr. Hodder   in Daily Blog 2012

Assignment/Activities Today

7th Grade

  • Discuss Results to Chapter 4 Quiz – Cells: The Basic Units of Life
  • Lab: Cell Organelle Poetry
  • Vocabulary Review: A Cell Crossword Puzzle

8th Grade

  • Section 3 – Chemical Properties
  • Read and Discuss pgs. 90-95
  • Chemical Changes Form a New Substance
  • Flammability
  • Differences Between Chemical and Physical Changes
  • As a Group View Brainpop – Measuring Matter
  • Choose 10 of the Q&A questions and Answer Them.  To be Collected

Standards Covered Today

7th Grade – #1: Cell Biology, #5: Structure & Function in Living Systems
8th Grade – #5: Reactions, #8: Density & Buoyancy

Items of Note

Tuesdays at 2:00 – Opportunities to retake any quiz from the trimester

Previous Brainpop Quizzes

7th Grade

  • Cell Structures
  • Bacteria
  • Cells
  • The Scientific Method
  • Vaccines

8th Grade

  • Graphs
  • Measuring Matter
  • Metric vs. Customary
  • Microscopes
  • NASA: International Space Station
  • The Scientific Method
  • Ozone Layer

Chapter Vocabulary Terms

7th Grade

  • Chapter 4 – Cell, Cell membrane, Organelle, Nucleus, Prokaryote, Eukaryote, Cell wall, Cytoskeleton, Ribosome, Endoplasmic reticulum, Mitochondion, Chloroplast, Golgi complex, Vesicle, Lysosome, Organism, Function, Structure, Tissue, Organ, Organ system
  • Chapter 2 – Cell, Homeostasis, Sexual reproduction, Asexual reproduction, Metabolism, Producer, Consumer, Decomposer, Protein, Carbohydrate, Lipid, Phospholipid, ATP, Nucleic acid
  • Chapter 1 – Life science, Scientific method, Hypothesis, Controlled experiment, Variable, Mass, Weight, Technology, Area, Temperature, First aid, Theory, Law, Volume, Model, Scale, Compound light microscope, Electron microscope

8th Grade

  • Chapter 3 – Matter, Meniscus, Weight, Physical property, Physical change, Chemical property, Chemical change
  • Chapter 2 – Mass, Volume, Density, Temperature, Model, Theory, Law, Independent variable, Dependent variable, Axis, Mean, Median, Mode, Slope
  • Chapter 1 – Science, Scientific method, Observations, Hypothesis, Data, First aid

Previous Student Presentation Criteria

7th Grade

  • Cell Organelles
  • Slide 1: Title and Student Name (Title Slide)
  • Slide 2-10: (Title, Bullet & Photo Slide)
  • Title – Cell Organelles
  • Bullet – Organelle name, Description of Said Organelles’ Job,  i.e., Nucleus
  • Photo – Picture of the Organelle i.e. A Picture of the Nucleus
  • Organelles listed: Cell Wall, Cell Membrane, Nucleus, Ribosomes, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Mitochondria, Chloroplasts, Golgi Complex & Vacuole
  • Vocabulary Terms
  • Slide 1: Title and Student Name (Title Slide)
  • Slide 2+-: (Title, Bullet & Photo Slide)
  • Title – Vocabulary Term i.e. Life Science
  • Bullet – Definition of Vocabulary Term i.e. The Study of Living Things
  • Photo – Depiction of Vocabulary Term i.e. A picture of a Frog

8th Grade

  • Vocabulary Terms
  • Slide 1: Title and Student Name (Title Slide)
  • Slide 2+-: (Title, Bullet & Photo Slide)
  • Title – Vocabulary Term i.e. First Aid
  • Bullet – Definition of Vocabulary Term i.e. Emergency medical care for someone who has been hurt or sick
  • Photo – Depiction of Vocabulary Term i.e. A nurse providing care for an injured studentDiscuss Answers