Seventh Grade Life Science (Period B) Assignments

Vocabulary quiz on word bank words, Thursday, 5/26

1. uniformitarianism
2. Pangaea
3. plate tectonics
4. lithospheric plates
5. geologic time scale
6. mass extinction
7. absolute dating
8. half-life

Word Bank 12

1. uniformitarianism
2. Pangaea
3. plate tectonics
4. lithospheric plates
5. geologic time scale
6. mass extinction
7. absolute dating
8. half-life

Darwin Newspapers - optional for periods B,C,D, and required for honors period F - are due on Tuesday, 5/24.

Your science notebook is due for the Q4 check. Make sure that it is complete, has a table of contents, and numbered pages. Any blank left sides can be completed for extra credit.

Complete the Benchmark 2 study guide. You do not need to answer in complete sentences, however, make sure that you answer completely! In other words, include ALL of the information needed to answer the question. A copy is attached.

Complete the cut out of the Gonwandaland map we started in class. This is the next left side. Answer the questions from the second page of the handout you received in class. Attach this to the right side.

Study for the benchmark test!! It covers everything we have studied in second semester.

Left Side and summary for Sec 11.2 and 11.3 notes, due Fri, 5/16

Vocabulary quiz:

1. artificial selection
2. natural selection
3. mutation
4. genetic variation
5. isolation
6. differentiation
7. extinction

Word Bank 11.2-11.3

1. artificial selection
2. natural selection
3. mutation
4. genetic variation
5. isolation
6. differentiation
7. extinction

Level Guide 11.2 and 11.3 due Monday, 5/16. Copies are available in class

Test Corrections.

Your quiz on Heredity must be corrected. Staple your answer sheet to correction sheet. You must write the complete question as well as the complete correct answer (not just the letter).
You will receive a 10% addition to your test grade, but remember, your corrections must be CORRECT! :)

Your Crazy Traits lab is due on Friday, May 6th. Most of you should have completed this lab already. All questions in Section 4 (a,b,c,d,e, and f) on page 3 should be answered.

Word Bank 11.1

1. adaptation
2. evolution
3. ancestor
4. cladogram
5. homologous structure
6. analogous structure
7. fossil
8. fossil record

This assignment is due on Thursday. Remember that you must use the vocabulary word in a sentence. Your picture must relate to the word AND be in color to receive credit.

The following assignments are due on Monday, May 2 if you did not finish them in class:

1. Level Guide Chapter 9
2. Mendel Reading

Level Guide for Chapter 9, due Monday, April 19.

9.1 Section Review, page 176, Questions 1-7, due Wednesday 4/20.

Word Bank 9.1

1. trait
2. genetics
3. gene
4. alleles
5. dominant allele
6. recessive allele
7. phenotype
8. genotype

If you have not finished your study guide for the common assessment test in class, that work is due on Wed, 3/30.

Level Guide 14.3. A copy is attached.

Word Bank 14.3 is due.

1. flower
2. pollination
3. stamen
4. pollen
5. pistil
6. stigma
7. ovary
8. ovule

All test corrections are due for both the Sec 14.2 and Sec 8.2 quizzes.

Your science notebook is due on Thursday, 3/24. Make sure your table of contents is up to date, you have numbered pages correctly (odd numbers on right, even numbers on left), and you have summaries for all of your Cornell notes.

Science quiz on Sec 8.2.

The study guide for sec. 8.2 is due. One is attached if you need it.

The left side and summary of the Cornell notes for Sec 8.2 are due. I will stamp these assignments in class.

Vocabulary test on word bank words. Know the words, the correct spelling, and the definitions.

1. reproduction
2. asexual reproduction
3. sexual reproduction
4. meiosis
5. diploid
6. haploid
7. fertilization
8. zygote

Test corrections for the quiz on Sec 14.2 are due on Friday, March 18th.

Word Bank 14.2 due Friday, March 18

1. reproduction
2. asexual reproduction
3. sexual reproduction
4. meiosis
5. diploid
6. haploid
7. fertilization
8. zygote

The Left Side is due for our notes on Sec 14.2, pages 286-289.

On one half of the page should be a diagram of roots, in color, with the parts labeled.
The other half of the page should be a diagram of the stem (p. 288) for both monocots and dicots. Again, it must be colored and labeled.

Remember, as well, to complete the summary and left column headings on your right page.

This assignment is due on Tuesday, March 8

Study Guide for Section 14.2

This assignment is due on Friday, March 9.

A copy is attached for those of you who may need one.

Left Side and Summary for Section 14.2 notes covering roots, stems, and leaves.

Quiz on Section 14.2. STUDY!

Complete the Level Reading Guide for Section 14.2. Due on Monday, March 7. If you have lost or misplaced yours, you can download a copy.

Test Corrections - must be completed and turned in by Friday. Staple your test to your correction sheet. Remember - you MUST write the complete question AND the complete CORRECT answer.

Example:

1. Non-vascular plants do NOT:
a. have tissues to transport water

Remember there will be a quiz on Friday, covering pages 282-283 for those who scored less than an A or B on our last quiz.

Word Bank 14.2 - due Thursday, 3/3

1. xylem
2. phloem
3. epidermis
4. herbaceous stem
5. woody stem
6. stomata
7. transpiration
8. tropism

Monday, Feb 28th: Quiz on Sec 14.1, pages 281-284. Anything on these pages or in your notes may be on the test.

Left side and summary for Cornell notes called "More About Plants" covering pages 281-284. Due Monday. All left sides must have color to receive credit!

Monocots and Dicots. The worksheet that we began in class must be turned in on Monday, Feb 28th. Your worksheet should include the microscope slides of monocots and dicots from class on Friday. All pictures must be in color. This is also your study guide for the quiz.

Study guide for Sec 14.1 quiz 2, covering pages 281-284. This assignment is optional and will receive 5 points of extra credit if it is turned in on Monday, Feb 28th. You do not have to use complete sentences, but you must answer ALL questions to receive the extra credit.

Left side for George Washington Carver video notes. Left sides must have color to receive credit.

George Washington Carver Reading

Read the article on George Washington Carver and highlight what you think are the main ideas and important parts.

Answer the following questions in complete sentences:

1. How did Carver manage to complete his education?

2. What major contribution did Carver make to improve farming in the South?

3. What are some of the uses that Carver found for peanuts?

Summary and left side for Tuesday's notes on Plant Evolution. (Page 280 in your textbook). If you were absent and missed the lecture, take Cornell notes using your textbook. The left side is the cladogram on page 280. Remember, all left sides must have color to receive a stamp. This assignment is due on Thursday, 2/17.

Left side of your choice for Bill Nye video "Plants." Due Wednesday, 2/16.

Left side for Cornell notes on vascular and nonvascular plants. The left side is a brace map containing the information in your notes. ALL left sides MUST have color to be stamped. You must also have a summary (2-3 sentences) for your notes.

Complete Lab 8A: Observing the Cell Cycle.

This includes answering all questions on pages 2 and 3 and constructing the graph on page 3.

This assignment is due on Monday, Feb 14th.

If you have not finished your counts on a slide in class or from the projected slide, you must come in during nutrition or after school to complete it.

Level Guide Chapter 14. Read directions carefully. Remember to correct all statements that are false. The assignment is attached if you have lost your paper or left it at school. This assignment covers pages 278-286 in you CPO textbook.

Attach Film Notes for Plants to right page in notebook.

Create a left side using the information in the video.

Due Friday, Feb 11th.

Word Bank 14.1

1. cuticle
2. non-vascular plants
3. vascular plants
4. seed
5. gymnosperm
6. angiosperm
7. monocot
8. dicot

ALL of the words can be found in Sec 14.1 if you look through the unit, pages 278-284. All pictures must be in color. The form is attached, if you did not pick one up at school.

Create a left side for the bubble map you created for the video, "The Unknown World." This assignment will be stamped in class tomorrow, Tuesday, Feb 8.

These homework assignments are required of all students who have not taken the Sec 8.1 quiz #1, or took the quiz and scored less than a 9. All three are due tomorrow.

In your CPO textbook:

1. Sec 8.1 Review, p. 157, #1-4

2. Vocabulary Section 8.1, p. 167, #1-6

3. Concepts Section 8.1, p. 167, #1-2

Write the complete question and the answer. Be prepared to take, or retake the quiz on material covered on pages 152 and 153 (as well as the top of page 154) on Tuesday.

Left side, summaries, and left column notations are due for the Cornell notes on Sec 8.1.

Complete Word Bank 8.1. Remember you must include a picture in color to receive full credit.

Word Bank 8.1

1. cell division
2. chromosome
3. cell cycle
4. interphase
5. mitosis
6. cytokinesis
7. asexual reproduction

Complete the Section 8.1 Reading Anticipation Guide.

Be sure to ask for help if you have questions.

If you have lost the paper, it is attached and can be downloaded.

Complete your Extreme Explorer article.

You must also create a left side which must have color!

You may check out magazines in class if you need them to finish your work.

For those of you who may want to start preparing for the benchmark test to be given on Friday, Jan 14, I have attached a study guide that you may use to begin your review. It will give you an idea of what you need to study and where it is found in your CPO textbook. This is an optional assignment.

Word Bank 5.2, due Friday, Dec 10

1. nucleus
2. mitochondria
3. vacuole
4. endoplasmic reticulum
5. ribosomes
6. Golgi bodies
7. lysosomes
8. chloroplast

Complete Sec 5.2 - Cells: A look inside notes. This includes summaries, left column entries, and a left side of your choice (must have color and WORDS!)

Complete double bubble map for prokaryote/eukaryote cell notes. You must also complete the summaries and left column notes.

Extreme Explorer notes, left column entries, summaries, and left side. Remember your left side must have color to receive credit.

Cornell notes for Characteristics of cell notes (Similarities among cells). Summary, left column notes, and 4 door book. Due Friday, 12/3

Due Wednesday, Dec 1st

Word Bank 5.1 (CPO Sec 5.1, pp. 92-96)

1. cell theory
2. cell membrane
3. organelle
4. cytoplasm
5. prokaryotic cell
6. eukaryotic cell

Must have word correctly spelled, definition, picture, and the word used in a sentence to receive full credit. Remember your picture must relate to the word and be in COLOR!

Complete 2.2 Section Review on page 36 in your CPO textbook. Answer questions 1-6. These will be done in place of journals, so set them up in your science notebook as questions on the right and answers on the left. All answers must be in complete sentences.

Complete the Section 2.1 Review on page 32 in your CPO textbook. Answer questions 1-3. These questions will be done in place of journals, so you will set them up as questions and answers in your science notebook. All answers must be in complete sentences.

Complete Level Guide for Chapter 2. Be sure to correct all false statements. You will not receive any credit for marking a statement false unless it has been corrected to make it true.

Word Bank 2.1-2.3

1. organism
2. stimulus
3. response
4. cell
5. tissue
6. organ
7. organ system
8. homeostasis

Study guide for the scientific method. Remember that there is a quiz on MONDAY, November 15. Copy is attached

Review study guide.

Complete the "left side" in your notebook for the video we watched about Fleming and Florey. You are completing a double bubble map comparing the work of Fleming and Florey. Remember to use color.

Complete the Bikini Bottom Controls and Variables worksheet. A copy is attached.

Complete the Penny Lab we started in class on Tuesday.

Bikini Bottom Experiments Worksheet. A copy is attached.

Complete the Scientific Method Booklet you began in class. The cover sheet explaining the requirements is attached.

Complete the D & T paste in activity in your science notebook.

Complete the Dr. Birdley Scientific Method worksheets. Read the first page and answer all questions. All questions should be answered in complete sentences.

Complete the hypothesis practice worksheet. Due Wednesday for period B and C, Monday for periods C and F.

Complete Dino Lab. Answer all questions in COMPLETE sentences. Attach a graph showing either time v mass or time v length. Attach your graph to the lab.

Your science notebook is due on Monday, Oct 18. Be sure your table of contents is up to date and accurate for YOUR notebook. Check your page numbers! All left side pages should have even numbers, all right side pages have odd numbers. Every right side of notes must have a heading showing what is there. Make sure that all Cornell notes have 2-3 left column entries and a summary for EVERY page of notes. Left side pages should be original, have detailed information (not just a picture), and have color. They should fill up the page. Neatness counts for your entire notebook.

Remember, your notebook is 20% of your grade!

Complete Cornell notes on graphing. You must do the left columns and summaries. You must also complete a left side of your choice. Your left side must have color.

Word Bank 1.2

1. scientific method
2. hypothesis
3. experiment
4. variable
5. experimental variable
6. control variable
7. theory
8. trial

All test corrections for the Metric Conversion quiz must be completed. If you received a D or an F on this test you MUST make corrections and retake the quiz. If you received an A, B, or C you can make corrections for extra credit.

Complete test corrections. You must use a separate sheet of paper and write the complete question and the complete correct answer. Look up the answer. Do not make another guess. Staple your quiz to the corrections and turn them in to the homework basket.

CPO Section 1.3 Review, page 21, questions 1-6 and the "Solve It"

This is in your textbook. You do not have to write the question, but you do need to answer in complete sentences.

Complete the Level Guide for Section 1.3. You started this assignment in class last Wednesday. Make sure it is complete, including the graph.

Conversion Challenge Worksheet. For this week, ALL classes must complete this assignment by Wednesday.

Complete all sections of the mass lab we have been working on in class.

Study for test covering measurement and metric conversions. All notes and Sec 1.1 in your
CPO textbook should be used to study for the test.

Create a left side for the video we watched in class, Ape Genius. Remember, you must have more than a picture. The list in the notebook gives some ideas that you can use. Your left side must have color. This assignment is due for all classes on Monday.

Complete Equivalent Lengths worksheet.

Length Measurement Practice Worksheet.

Word Bank 1.3

1. graph
2. line graph
3. bar graph
4. pie graph
5. independent variable
6. dependent variable
7. direct relationship
8. inverse relationship

Word Bank 1.1

If you have just joined my class, you need to complete this assignment. You can use the form in class or download the attached files. You will use the following words:

1. measurement
2. unit
3. length
4. volume
5. meniscus
6. matter
7. mass
8. matter

For each word listed:
1. Write the word on the line in the box with the corresponding number.
2. Write the definition of the word.
3. Draw a picture that represents the word. The picture must be in color to receive credit.
4. On the line with an "S:" use the word in the sentence.

You As a Scientist at Work:

Using your knowledge of the work that scientists do and the knowledge you obtained in class about the fields of science, draw a picture of yourself as a scientist. Be sure to identify your field of science.

Create a "left side" for the powerpoint notes titled "How to Get an A on Your Science Notebook." You may use the list on page 6 in your notebook or use an idea of your own. If you plan to draw a picture, that is not enough. You must have text as well. All left sides MUST have color.

When you have completed your left side, be sure to make sure you complete your Cornell notes by adding the summary (one for EACH page of notes) of 2-3 sentences. Then complete your headings or questions in the left column.

This is a good time to review your notes and highlight the most important ideas.