This week we'll finish Never Cry Wolf, and use it to talk about The Scientific Method.
Tuesday we do a Prezi on Sci. Method, and Wednesday you all will do a Scientific Method lab, where you hypothesize things about yeast.
Homework coming this week:
Monday-- read Ch 2 Section 1
Tuesday-- Sci Method Homework; essay on Never Cry Wolf (HW due tomorrow, essay due Friday). Look at Chrysalis under dissecting scope.
Wed-- lab; turn in Sci Method HW: READ CH 2 SXN 2.
Thur: Journal entry; discuss lab results; Statistics. Essay due tomorrow.
Fri: Essay due. Pond dip. Make sugar water for butterflies. HW: worksheet on statistics.
NEXT WEEK: We will finish up chapter 2 (short chapter!), take a test, and move on to some fun stuff on how the earth began.
Monday, September 19, 2011
Thursday, September 8, 2011
TONIGHTS HOMEWORK THURSDAY SEP 8TH:
BRING US THE NAME OF AN INVASIVE SPECIES.
ALSO: find these answers:
MADELINE: find out about Stericycle Charlotte. What do they do with waste? At what capacity are they working? (Times News or Blue Ridge Environmental Group).
RILEY: Who do we contact at Stericycle about talking to our class? [may involve a phone call]
ANDREW: who passes the laws that govern what Stericycle can do in our county? [names adn offices]
ALSO: find these answers:
MADELINE: find out about Stericycle Charlotte. What do they do with waste? At what capacity are they working? (Times News or Blue Ridge Environmental Group).
RILEY: Who do we contact at Stericycle about talking to our class? [may involve a phone call]
ANDREW: who passes the laws that govern what Stericycle can do in our county? [names adn offices]
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Tonight's Stericycle homework Questions:
1. What good is Stericycle doing for Alamance County? (Be specific and name at least two things)
2. Are people overreacting to Stericycle's pollution issue?
HINT: you should find a source that talks about Stericycle's Charlotte location. Is it being used effectively?
2. Are people overreacting to Stericycle's pollution issue?
HINT: you should find a source that talks about Stericycle's Charlotte location. Is it being used effectively?
Sunday, September 4, 2011
calender updates available
Hi everyone,
Take a look at the calendar, which is mapped out through the next 3 weeks. Here's what's coming up: a movie, three pond dips, making a model, and an experiment with yeast. AND we've got our caterpillars to follow.
Note that you have a TEST ON CHAPTER 1 SEPTEMBER 13, and a TEST ON CHAPTER 2 SEPTEMBER 27. You also have a couple of quizzes and a handful of homework assignments thrown in there too.
Don't forget to research Stericycle and to identify some pond critters this weekend.
Get ready for a fun, busy month!
EDITED 9/5 TO ADD: Y'all, our caterpillars are HUGE! They look like this:
Take a look at the calendar, which is mapped out through the next 3 weeks. Here's what's coming up: a movie, three pond dips, making a model, and an experiment with yeast. AND we've got our caterpillars to follow.
Note that you have a TEST ON CHAPTER 1 SEPTEMBER 13, and a TEST ON CHAPTER 2 SEPTEMBER 27. You also have a couple of quizzes and a handful of homework assignments thrown in there too.
Don't forget to research Stericycle and to identify some pond critters this weekend.
Get ready for a fun, busy month!
EDITED 9/5 TO ADD: Y'all, our caterpillars are HUGE! They look like this:
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