Assignment/Activities Today

7th Grade

• Chapter 5 Quiz – The Cell in Action
• If Incomplete and Time Allows Keynote on Mitosis (see below for details)

8th Grade

• Chapter 4 – States of Matter
• Section 1 – Four States of Matter
• Read and Discuss Pgs. 110-113
• Differences in molecular motion between Solids, Liquids, Gases
• Chapter 4 Vocabulary Terms (see below)

Standards Covered Today

7th Grade – #1: Cell Biology, #2: Genetics
8th Grade – #8: Density & Buoyancy

Items of Note

Tuesdays at 2:00 – Opportunities to retake any quiz from the trimester
Monday October 31, 2011 – Final opportunity of Trimester 1 to turn in any missing work
Tuesday November 1, 2011 – Final opportunity of Trimester 1 to retake a quiz

Previous Brainpop Quizzes

7th Grade

• Mitosis
• Cellular Respiration
• Photosynthesis
• 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 5 – Photosynthesis, Cellular respiration, Fermentation, Cell cycle, Chromosome, Mitosis, Cytokinesis, Cancer
  
• 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 4 – States of matter, Solid, Liquid, Gas, Plasma, Change of state, Melting, Evaporation, Boiling, Condensation, Sublimation
  
• 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

• Mitosis
  
• Slide 1: Title and Student Name (Title Slide)
• Title – The Cell Cycle
• Slide 2+-: (Title, Bullet & Photo Slide)
• Title – The Phase of Mitosis i.e., Interphase
• Bullet – Description of Phase  i.e., Before mitosis begins….
• Photo – Picture of the Phase
• Cell Organelles
• 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