Science 10

Today we spent some time working on our Energy Unit Review.  This unit review is found HERE (due Tuesday) 

Life Science 11

 Today we finished collecting data for our TWO bacteria labs:  Abundance and Distribution of Bacteria and Antibiotic vs. Bacteria.  The Antibiotics vs. Bacteria lab got turned in with data and discussion questions complete.  We also watched the video below.  Remember that your Bacteria Review is due on Monday and you have a quiz on Bacteria.  REVIEW HERE

Science 10

 Today we worked on RUBE GOLDBERG machines!!  Stay tuned for the exciting prize winners:)

Ours looked exactly like the one below:

Life Science 11

Today we observed our Abundance and Distribution of Bacteria lab.  Some of you grew some weird looking critters!  See Monday's post for a link to this lab.  Next we did another microbiology lab:  Antibiotics vs. Bacteria.  This lab is found HERE.  We started incubating these petri dishes and will observe them on Friday.  

See the video below for a description of bacterial colonies:

Science 10

Today we took notes on Thermal Energy Calculations.  These notes are found HERE.  Next we did some thermal energy practice questions.  These are HERE.  Finally, we prepared for the RUBE GOLDBERG chain reaction.  See the videos below. 

Life Science 11

Today we did the Abundance and Distribution of Bacteria Lab.  We swabbed some areas in the school and started off growing the bacteria.  Next we finished notes and started the review assignment and A/E block watched the videos below:

Life Sciences 11

Today we finished off the notes in the bacteria unit.  These notes are found HERE.   Make sure you take notes on pathogenic bacteria, helpful bacteria and how to control the spread of bacteria.  Next we started to organize for our lab:  Distribution and Abundance of Bacteria.  This lab is found HERE.  Finally we got our bacteria review for our bacteria final assessment on Monday, April 27th.  This is found HERE.