Wednesday, March 16, 2011

VOCABULARY CHART AND GIZMO HOMEWORK

Vocab chart-Due:
A Day-Monday March 21
B Day-Friday March 18

Please fill in all four columns of your new vocabulary chart. The four columns are: word, book definition, your own definition, diagram

The vocabulary words are:
FOSSIL
FOSSIL RECORD
EVOLUTION
THEORY

Gizmo-Due:By Thurs March 24
Student exploration guide and 5 questions for EVOLUTION:NATURAL and ARTIFICIAL SELECTION
you may print out the exploration guide or write all answers on a separate sheet of paper.

REMEMBER: you are required to answer all questions and use complete sentences!!!! For any short response answers, PLEASE PROVIDE EVIDENCE, no one word answers will be accepted!!!!!

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

MINI QUIZ!

A DAY WED MARCH 9
B DAY THURS MARCH 10

We will be having a "mini" check in quiz on the last two lessons that we have covered: Meiosis and DNA

Please review the following concepts:
Mitosis/Asexual reproduction
Meiosis/Sexual reproduction
DNA Structure and function

The Structure of DNA-Homework

A day-due on Friday March 11
B day due on Monday March 14

On a blank or lined piece of paper please DRAW-COLOR-LABEL a DNA molecule that has been flattened. Draw the diagram neatly and large enough so that I can easily see all of the labeled parts. *hint* think about he assignment that we just completed in class!
Write a paragraph to go along with your diagram that fully explains DNA structure.
Include the following words in your writing:
Double Helix
Nucleotide
Base Pairs (Adenine, Thymine, Guanine and Cytosine)
phosphate
sugar