Happy Monday

when we got to class we settled after picking up a note card and new unit packet then mrs stein passed back our grade reports. then we talked about the science contest! if you participate you can get extra credit but don't ask how much because mrs. stein hasn't decided. pretty much its a contest on how well you answer a few questions relating to science on april 14th. only one period that you sign up for to go to the advent is when you will be competing. you create a team of four people and freshman are more valuable because we haven't taken as many science classes as upperclassmen (yay us!) if you want more details read the website: https://webmail.glenbrook225.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=caf88c51729148829a2f662a0033e31e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.glenbrook225.org%2fsouth%2fdepartments%2fscience%2fPages%2fhome.aspx. after we talked about getting new seats when people return from spring break. also we filled out a post card about how comfortable we felt with dissection and if we wanted to do a lot of dissecting or not and who we worked well with. these will help mrs. stein determine new lab groups. new we talked about what we already know about our new unit! 

- teeth and saliva break down food

- layer of mucus protects stomach from acid which would destroy the stomach

- small intestine is 30ft?

- large intestine is 10ft?

- our bodies take all nutrients from food and give it to the blood then the blood transports the nutrients (this happened in the small intestine)

- waste is released

- nutrients: 

         1. protein   2. fat   3.carbohydrates   4. water   5. vitamin   6. minerals 

goals of digestion:

         breaking stuff down, absorbing nutrients and releasing waste

HOMEWORK: 

30.3 with flow map (starting with mouth ending with anus) 

see mrs. stein to talk about the last quarter for a homework pass by tuesday

extra credit if you enter the science contest and if you place top 4 you get even more extra credit!

Happy Valentine's Day

when we walked in the door we were to pick up the unit 8 packet, animal of the day and a calendar of the upcoming assignments 

next we took a reading check quiz on 18.1

after we learned about a new profile project which is due on the 22nd

then we took notes on the animal of the day which is a Hagfish in the Agantha class

next we took a few notes on...

Classifying and Animal Diversity 

- based on

evolutionary relationships

biochemical and DNA similarities 

- Taxa means a group

Naming Systems

- binomial nomenclature (genius and species name)

- developed by Carolus Linngeus

- examples: Homo sapin, Felis domesticus 

  *remember to underline when writing*

lastly we worked on an exercise involving categorizing aliens into groups based on what they look like.. more to come tomorrow

Homework: 

- read 18.3 cornelle notes (due tomorrow)

- profile (due 2/22)

- TV ad (due 2/28)

Olivia is our next scribe

Happy Friday:)

In Class:

when you walked in the class you should have picked up a new stamp sheet. if you did the previous homework (UP pages 4/5) you got a bat stamp.

1st we got a little side tracked (big surprise) and watched a youtube video on cooties..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6ylxWcwkUM

2nd we talked about the "postcard project" due 11/8

3rd we watched a movie called "Disease Warriors" for the rest of the period

The Postcard:

Grandma Gertrude lives in a very remote area where she doest have any contact to the outer world other than receiving mail. you are very worried about you grandma because there is a deadly disease that she could possibly come into contact with so you decide to send her a postcard. you need to chose a current disease, (options on UP 2) design a 5x7 postcard, write a message including..

- biological info about the disease

- a heading and closure

- dates of breakouts

- body of postcard in the form of a letter

- stamp and fictional address

- drawing or photo related to the disease

*note: you can NOT choose AIDs as your disease*

... for more info read page 2 of your UP

Next we asked questions we had about the cancer paper which is due this monday!

... the biggest question we had was about in text citations, if you need help look under Cell Unit Resources. the link is called MLA Citations

The Cancer Paper: DUE THIS MONDAY

it needs to be turned into turnitin.com by monday morning and you need to bring in a hard copy to class. if you are having trouble uploading it to turnitin.com you have a few options...

-email Mrs. S at dstein<at>glenbrook225<dot>org

- go to the TLC for help

- find her Mon. morning in her office, (not our science room) with your paper on a flash drive

The Homework: - postcard due 11/8

- read section 20.1 and write "6 types of questions" and answer them. be sure to label which type of question you are trying to write so it is clear to Mrs. Stein.

- cancer paper due monday

the next scribe is Melissa