Monday, December 19, 2011

You had plenty of time to finish the questions/coloring on flowering plants/reproductive organs. Now if you were one of the students that socialized instead of working in class today, please finish this by tomorrow.

Friday, December 16, 2011

Today we took the test on photosynthesis and cellular respiration. If you missed the test, then the make-up is Tuesday December 20th, during A lunch.
After the test, you picked up the IR on plants/nutrients. If you did not complete this in class, please finish it over the weekend.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Today we reviewed some homework sheets and discussed how the process of Photosynthesis and Cellular respiration are related to one another. We also filled in a graphic organizer to help us study for the test.
No homework tonight.
Tomorrow we will do the unit test review in class.
Friday is the unit test

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Today we finished our notes on cellular respiration.  We saw that cellular respiration can be quite complicated and it has 3 steps. Cellular respiration can be done with or without oxygen, however when it takes place in the presence of oxygen, the process can make up to 36 ATP for the cell to use as energy! Below you will find the Cellular Respiration notes.

Homework:Please finish the DR on cellular respiration (use your textbook) and the word scramble if you did not complete them during class today.


Monday, December 12, 2011

No homework. Tomorrow we will finish cellular respiration.

Friday, December 9, 2011

Hopefully the video today on Photosynthesis helped you review the process of photosynthesis. We are now ready to move on to Cellular Respiration. Remember this is when living organisms break down glucose into a useable compound called ATP.

I hope you finished the photosynthesis questions in the packet in class because I do not want you to have homework. Remember, you only had to do Part 2. Not part 1. If you did not finish, pleae do so by Monday.

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Today we reviewed photsynthesis and conncentrated on what you need to know about it.
Homework: finish the review sheet on section 91 and 9-2 using your textbook.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Now we are ready to learn about photosynthesis and cellular respiration in more detail.  Today we took notes detailing what happens in the light dependent and light independent reactions (Calvin Cycle) in photosynthesis.
Tonight: Finish the DR on Photosynthesis. You will need to use section 9.2 in your textbook to find the answers.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Homework: Finish the chapter 9 section 1 outline that you started after the benchmark today. Include 3 summary sentences for each heading/subheading where appropriate. Also define the vocab from this first section.

Below are the BM2 study notes for the kids that were absent yesterday. Benchmark make-up is Wednesday A lunch.


Friday, December 2, 2011

Please finish part 2 of the Benchmark 2 review for homework. Soory for the weekend homework, but
the benchmark is fast approaching (December 6).
If you have any questions about content please make sure you ask me Monday or come and see me B lunch Monday. Also, I am available A lunch Tuesdays if you have the benchmark after lunch.

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Finish Part 1 of the Benchmark II review that you picked up in class today.
Tomorrow I will collect it and go over it. We will also be reviewing the transport test.
Then we will start part 2 of Benchmark review. Oh what fun!
Benchmark II is Tuesday December 6th.

Benchmark II Topics:
scientific method
scientific method/notation
water
biomolecules
enzymes
vitamins and minerals
cells organelles
eukaryotes, prokaryotes, archaea bacteria
Transport (Osmosis ad Diffusion)