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Check out this document [[file:Exam Review.doc]]
The most important thing you can do is get a GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP! Studies show that in order to learn information you have to sleep to commit the material to long-term memory!

====Try to answer as many questions as you can on the handouts you received today. Your exam covers Chapter 2-5 of Cells and Heredity and Ch. 1-3 of Bacteria to Plants. ====

====**Quiz on protists and fungi** **on 6/4**: Look over your notes, power points on protists and fungi (see below) and catalysts. Check out this review sheet! If you know these things you will do well on the quiz!====

BRING BOTH TEXTBOOKS TOMORROW! CELLS and HEREDITY & BACTERIA TO PLANTS

====**Homework for Tuesday, May 26th**: Watch the remainder of the powerpoint on Protists. Using sections 1 and 2 of chapter 3, create a __concept map__ that will help you understand protists ( how they are unified, how they are differentiated). Make sure you cover each of the three groups and the smaller groups under them.====

====**Study for your quiz (Monday, 5/25)** Charateristics of life. Classification (Ch. 1) and Bacteria and Viruses (Ch. 2) Use powerpoints from below, your textbook, catalysts and handouts! ====

**Homework for Friday, May 15th**: Read section 2 (Ch. 2) on bacteria (pages 56-65). Use the powerpoint on Bacteria to fill in the worksheet that
was handed out. Outbreak! lab simulation: Try to answer all the questions as best you can.

Virus powerpoint: Be sure to read over your project sheet to ask any questions on Friday! Project due on Monday, the 18th!

**Homework for Tuesday, May 12:** Complete the shark lab including the analysis questions. Extra credit will be given for those who can create a key for the fish on the back!

 * Homework for May 8th: Read section 3 (pages 28-37) of the book, Bacteria to Plants. Stay tuned for other work.

Quiz for Ch. 4:Modern Genetics --> May 6**:

====**Homework for Wednesday, April 29:** complete the two worksheets handed out in class.To answer "A continuous process" use the Earth's Changing Surface text (Ch. 4 section 3). Other 3 sides, use Cells and Heredity (Ch. 5 section 2 and 3).====

Continue to work on your project for geologic time line.
Want to see that video again about the octopus or maybe show your family? Here it is: http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/206
 * Homework for April 24th**: You should be finding information related to your era in the geologic time project. __It will be due on the 30th of April.__

====__**Homework due Wednesday, April 22nd**:__ **Read Chapter 5, section 2 (pages 151-158) in the book titled** __**Cells and Heredity.**__ **Be sure to bring both books (Cells and Heredity and Earth's Changing Surface) on Wednesday and for the following week. **====

**Homework due Tuesday, April 21st: Complete the following assignments.**
1. You may work on your Darwin journal by adding additional writing to your entry(ies) or an illustration (simple sketch). You will have one more entry to complete on Tuesday. Remember that this counts as 20% of your Evolution test! 2. Complete the "Beaks of the Finches" lab that you finished today. Answer all the questions- put some thought into your answers! 3. You should have received a handout for the "Peppered Moth Simulation". If not I have attached the document. ;-D Follow the instructions on the lab to enjoy a fun simulation! __Answer the questions on the back side.__ Peppered moth simulation: ***It may take a minute or two for this simulation to load*** Use Firefox instead of Safari to open the program! (Thanks Peter Suh) Use this website for the Peppered Moth simulation. There is an error in the handout! It works for both Safari and Firefox. Thanks to all of you e-mailed me with your concerns! http://www.techapps.net/interactives/pepperMoths.swf

====**Today's classwork assignment (4-13-09**): You will be given a handout in which you will pretend to be Charles Darwin on his famous Voyage of the Beagle. Today, Mr. Greenwood will be telling you some background information about Darwin. **Listen carefully!** After he speaks I want you to write like you think Darwin would as he sails off on what he thought would be a two year adventure. Your writing should be descriptive and in complete sentences. Remember that he was a man of wealth and he spoke the "King's English". Your journal entry should be at least one page.====

===Today's classwork assignment (4-10-09): After the catalyst, you need to complete the 2 handout sheets on chromosomal mutations and genetic engineering. Turn in the assignment into the box when you are finished. If you do not finish, complete it for homework .===

Paper Pet Projects due no later than lunch on Thursday, April 9th!
====**Homework due Wednesday, April 8th**: Complete the handout on sickle cell and cystic fibrosis. Read over the following document so you and your partner can put together a quality project.====

====**Homework due Monday, April 6th**: Genetic disorder table - __follow the directions on the sheet and fill in only the side you were assigned.__ If you have lost your paper, here is an electronic copy.====

[[file:Genetic Disorders Table2009.doc]]
Powerpoint on Complex Patterns of Inheritance:

====**Homework due Wednesday, April 1st** : We are covering section 1, chapter 4 on various types of inheritances and pedigrees. Read pages 92-93 for reinforcement on Codominance (ch. 3). We will be finishing up multiple alleles, polygenic inheritance and sex-linked inheritance next class. Please be sure to read pages 112-117 for reinforcement on these types of inheritance patterns. **Read about pedigrees (pages 117-118) and look at the pedigree power point below. Complete the worksheet handed out in class.**====

Review session on Wednesday, March 3/18 after school!
Complete the Handout titled: The Genetic code. See if you can do the other side using the code for Snork traits. Complete the Ch. 3 test review skipping question 7.

Need help with the codon table?? Check out this powerpoint for instructions :
 * Protein synthesis and mutations powerpoint: [[file:Protein SynthesisModified.ppt]]**


 * Homework due Monday, March 16:** Complete the handout on meiosis. Read section 4 (pages 101-106) Answer the Discover activity on page 101 about "Can you crack the code?". Also answer the questions on page 106, questions 1-5. **Be sure to write out the questions and print it off!

Meiosis powerpoint:

Homework due Thursday, March 12:** complete smiley genetics and study for short quiz. Look for the study guides below. Also complete the homework questions on meiosis (section 3). Read the following section in your textbook (pages 96-100) and answer the following :

Mendel and simple genetics powerpoint:


 * Study guides for genetics quiz on Thursday 3/12**: [[file:Practice for simple genetics quiz.doc]] [[file:genetics vocab flashcards.doc]]


 * Homework due Tuesday, March 10th: Dihybrid crosses (both sides) handout** Sorry guys, I forgot to post this the other day!


 * Homework due Friday, March 6th: [[file:Bikini Bottom Genetics 2.doc]]

Homework due Thursday, March 4th: Two worksheets due on genetics.** //(Mendel's Work/ Test Cross and Solving genetics problems with SpongeBob)

__**Homework due Tuesday, March 3nd:**__ //

__**Study for your quiz on Friday, Feb. 27th.**__ **** Use the following word document to study. I have also included the Cancer powerpoint. A good website for review of the cell cycle is http://www.cellsalive.com

__**Homework due 2-24-09**__: Complete the __**DNA extraction** handout (back side) under 'Observations and Analysis'__.Make sure you read the front side of the lab to help you answer these. You may also go to the website on the front and review the extraction that we did. This is an interactive site that is a good review and will help you understand the assigned questions. __**Answer the questions: 19-21. on page 77. (you must print this out if you are completing it on the computer or you may complete it by hand)**__

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 * __Homework due 2-20-09__**: Complete the onion root tip mitosis activity. It will keep tally of the various cells in each phase. Put this tally onto your table provided. To calculate % you need to divide the number of cells within a phase by the total number of cells counted and then multiply by 100. **Complete the following information on DNA:

Onion root tip mitosis activity:

====**Homework due 2-6-09:** Finish reading pages 58-59 on respiration and answer the remaining questions on the worksheet. Complete the compare/ contrast of photosynthesis and respiration on the back side of the worksheet.====

homework for 2-4-09: New website for the water weed simulation
http://www.saddleworth.oldham.sch.uk/science/simulations/waterweed.htm You will get to the simulator directly and will not have to log in! You may complete this assignment online by plugging in the date onto document and answer the questions online as well if you wish. Otherwise you may write them in on your hard copy and answer the questions on a separate sheet. REMEMBER to complete the other side of the worksheet as well!

===Homework for 1-21-09: Study for your midterm by using the file below that says "Practice for the 7th grade midterm". It has various types of games and just plain ole quizzes to reinforce material you have covered. Look over the 'Potatoes take a Plunge' ; you now have your data so you need to figure out what it is telling you.===








 * [[file:7th grade midterm review.doc]]



Homework for 1-15-09: Page 46, Multiple choice questions, 1-5 and True/ False 6-10. __Write out the questions!__



Homework for 1-8-09:** Write a nice paragraph comparing and contrasting prokaryotic cells vs. eukaryotic cells using the discussion and notes we wrote on the board. Your paragraph should be 5-8 sentences in length and each sentence should be well constructed. A second paragraph should compare and contrast plant vs. animal cells. Use our discussion during class as well as your notes (table) to help you write a well constructed paragraph. **Make sure that you write the 2 paragraphs out in longhand or print off your work. I will not accept them through e-mail.**

Complete this organelle sheet for homework (due 1-6-09, Tuesday)

**HOMEWORK for 12-9** Complete the lab sheet on microscopes. Study over the various microscope parts and their purpose. Answer questions 1-3 on the back using your textbook.
=New Textbook: Cells and Heredity (beginning Dec. 4)=

=Chapter 4 test will be Thursday, December 4th. A test review will be posted this afternoon.=