Life Science (Period E) Assignments

Please complete the checkpoint review. We'll go over it in class tomorrow.

Complete Level Guide 12. Due on Monday, April 29th.

Remember, your Darwinian Times newspaper project is due on Friday, April 19. Do not be late or you lose 10% per day!!

Complete the 11.3 Section Review on page 231, #1-7. Due Thursday, 4/18.

1. Level Guide 11.2-11.3
2. Complete all sections of the Crazy Adaptations Lab
Both assignments due Friday, 4/12

Functions of Adaptations worksheet. Due tomorrow.

Word Bank 11.2-11.3 - due tomorrow

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

Complete the Darwin reading and answer the questions. Due Thursday.

The left side for your evolution sec 11.1 notes is to copy the drawing from page 216 in CPO. This assignment is due on Monday, 3/25.

Complete Level Guide 11.1 if you did not finish it in class on Friday. This assignment is due on Monday, 3/25.

Word Bank 11.1 is due tomorrow
1. adaptation
2. evolution
3. ancestor
4. comparative anatomy
5. homologous structure
6. analogous structure (in italics)
7. fossil
8. fossil record

Find the definitions for the first 12 words on the Checkpoint Review sheet. Write them on a separate sheet of paper.
1. asexual reproduction
2. sexual reproduction
3. meiosis
4. haploid
5. diploid
6. sex cells/gametes
7. body cells/somatic cells
8. fertilization
9. zygote
10. stamen
11. filament
12. anther

Genetics Flashcard Assignment. Due on Wednesday March 6th. Don't forget that it needs a parent or teacher signature to get full points.

Complete the questions on page 3 of the Crazy Traits lab.

Your plant model is due on Monday, March 4. Please remember that this project was assigned 4 weeks ago. The rubric (must be turned in with the test) and instructions are attached.

Continue working on the genetics practice worksheet. The first sheet must be completed (vocabulary and chromosome). Begin working on the second page. We will go over in class on Monday.

Read Sec 9.1. Answer the questions in the Section 9.1 Review on page 176. Due tomorrow.

Complete the table on page 3 by calculating the frequencies. Complete a bar graph using this information. Due tomorrow.

Please complete Level Guide 9. A copy is attached if you have lost your own.

Complete Word Bank 9
1. trait
2. heredity
3. gene
4. alleles
5. dominant alleles
6. recessive alleles
7. phenotype
8. genotype

Due tomorrow. Remember, all pictures must be in color to receive credit. Your sentences must show me that you understand what the word means. Read them over to make sure that they make sense!

Complete level guide 14.3. Remember to correct all answers that are false.

Complete Word Bank 14.3. Remember pictures must be in color to receive credit.
1. flower
2. pollination
3. stamen
4. pollen
5. pistil
6. stigma
7. ovary
8. ovule

Asexual and Sexual Reproduction worksheet.
Quiz on Sec 8.2 tomorrow. Study using your book, study guide, level guide, and notes to help you.

Study Guide for Sec 8.2 is due tomorrow. Study for quiz tomorrow.

Number of chromosomes worksheet. We'll go over in class tomorrow.

Complete Level Guide 8.2. Due on Friday, Feb 1. A copy is attached.

Word Bank 8.2

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

Complete the study guide for Sec 14.1 that we began in class. A copy is attached if you have lost yours. This assignment is due tomorrow. Use the study guide to study for your quiz tomorrow.

On the left side of your Sec 14.1 notes create a brace map using the information on the bottom of page 279. REMEMBER, ALL LEFT SIDES MUST HAVE COLOR. You must also complete a 2-3 sentence summary for each page of Cornell notes that you have.

Complete Level Guide 14. Due tomorrow. Remember you MUST correct all statements that are false.

Word Bank 14.1 Words

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

Work on your left side for the Extreme Explorer article you are reading. Check out page 6? in your science notebook for ideas or come up with one on your own. Remember - all left sides must have color!

Check through you science notebook to make sure all of your Cornell notes have summaries. Remember that I am collecting them tomorrow.

Review for checkpoint test.

Complete both sides of the cell theory/type of cell review sheet. This assignment is due tomorrow.

Complete the Sec 8.1 study guide to help you study for the quiz tomorrow. I will collect the study guide before the test. Note that the information about cell differentiation (the last 3 questions) is on page 162 in your textbook.

The study guide is attached.

CPO Textbook. Page 167
Please complete the questions under the headings Vocabulary 8.1 and Concepts 8.1 on a separate sheet of paper. NOT in your science notebook.

Your model of a plant or animal cell is due today. Remember, you are responsible for completing and turning it in on time. Late projects will lose 10% per day. A copy of the project requirements is attached.

Level Guide 8.1 is due on Thursday, December 13.

Complete photosynthesis/cellular respiration foldable if you did not finish it in class.
The photosynthesis/cellular respiration crossword is also due on Tuesday, 12/11.

Word Bank 6.2

1. photosynthesis
2. color
3. pigment
4. chlorophyll
5. cellular respiration
6. ATP

Complete Level Guide 5.2. Due on Tuesday, 12/4. Remember, you MUST CORRECT ALL FALSE STATEMENTS to receive credit for those questions.

Quiz on Sec 5.1 and 5.2. Know the cell organelles and their functions. Be able to identify them in the cell. You should also know the difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Remember to study the differences between animal cells and plant cells. Use your cell organelles review sheet to help you study.

Complete the Cell City worksheet. Due on Monday, 12/3.

Complete the cell city comic worksheet.

Color the pictures of the plant and animal cells. Write a short description of the function of each part.

Word Bank 5.2 - Remember, all pictures must be in color to receive credit.

1. mitochondria
2. vacuole
3. endoplasmic reticulum
4. ribosome
5. Golgi body
6. lysosome
7. chloroplast
8. cell wall

Word Bank 5.1

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

Your living organism project is due today. You must complete not only the foldable, but also the last sheet in the instruction packet to receive full credit.

On the left side (across from today's science notes) draw the diagram which represents the five levels of organization (cell, tissue, organ, etc.). It must be neat, in color, and labeled correctly.

Level Guide 2.1 is due on Tuesday, 11/6.

Quiz on the Microscope.

Word Bank for Chapter 2 is due.

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

The history of the microscope time line on the left hand side of your history of microscope notes is due on Thursday, 10/25. Please remember that your left side MUST have color to get stamped.

Study for Quiz on Monday, 10/22!

8th grade: Density and Buoyancy
7th grade: Graphing

Turn to the section Review on page 25 and 26 of the CPO textbook.

Complete the following:
1.  Vocabulary section (page 25) - complete problems 6-11.  Write the complete sentence and underline the vocabulary word.  Use Section 1.2 (starts on page 11) to assist you if you have questions.

2. Concepts section (page 26) - complete problems 4,5,and 6.  Use complete sentences for problem 6. Refer to Section 1.2 (starts on page 11) to assist you if your have questions.

3.  Math and writing skills (page 26) - problem 3.  Use complete sentences and be sure to answer all of its parts.  Refer to Section 1.2 (starts on page 11) to assist you if you have questions.

Students who started in my class at the switch.  Word Bank 1.2 is due on Monday, Oct. 1

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

You must have a definition, color picture, and sentence for each word.

All students who have been in my classroom since the beginning of school must complete this assignment by tomorrow.

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

You must have a definition, color picture, and sentence for each word.

Students who came into my classroom at the switch:

Complete the conversion challenge worksheet.  This is due tomorrow.

If you came to my class at the switch and have not learned metric conversions, complete the problems on the metric conversion homework.

Review worksheet that was homework for Thursday. Front page only.  If you understood it did a good job you are through.  If you didn't understand, go through the problems again and try to correct them.  Most of you did a great job in class today and I think you get it, but I want to make sure.Due tomorrow.

Complete coverage page of science notebook.  Due tomorrow.

Complete your Greek and Latin Root words fish.  Remember your fish must 3 characteristics chosen from the direction page and must be in color.

Lab Safety Quiz on Friday 8/24.

This quiz will cover the material in Safety Skills handout.