Reference Materials for Life Science 11

Thursday, 15 February 2018

Science 8

Today we finished off looking at organelles inside Eurkaryotic cells.  We watched crash course in biology video on animal cells.  Next we did the lab on page 15:  Observing living things in pond water.   We finished by taking some notes on Photosyntheis and Respiration.

Book work due tomorrow:  page 39 #16-21
Quick Question Quiz on Friday. 

Wednesday, 14 February 2018

Science 9

Today we looked at physical and chemical properties of matter and took notes on this.  We also discussed physical and chemical changes.   We did two labs:  Recognizing Chemical Change (pg. 169) and Elements, Compounds and Mixtures (pg. 155)

Homework: Read page 157-163 Do #1-9 page 164

Tuesday, 13 February 2018

Science 9

Homework:  Page 156  Questions: 1-5 and 7-13

Friday, 9 February 2018

Biology 11

Today we had a quick quiz on Evolution and Natural selection.  Next we looked and genetics in more detail with Punnet squares.  Make sure the genetics review gets done for homework. 

Science 8

Today we wrote a quick question quiz.  Next we watched a Bill Nye video on cells......and then we built our own plant or animal cell from crafty things in the classroom. 


Science 9

Today we had a quick question quiz.  Next we took some notes on matter: pure substances and mixtures.  Then we went to the IT lab and started some research on "This Week in Science" presentations that we will start next week. 


Thursday, 8 February 2018

Science 8

Today we practiced using microscopes and determining actual size of organisms.  We started by taking notes about cells and cell theory.  We did a big lab on cells by looking at our own cheek cells under a microscope.  How cool is that!   Make sure you finish the lab and the venn diagram on prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.