My plan as a student - 8th grade - DUE WEDNESDAY

One of the good things about coming to the end of the marking period is that it gives us a chance to reflect on what we have done well and what we can do better.

I want you to write three goals you have for yourself as a student (notice I didn't say as a science student) for the 3rd trimester. Remember that goals are specific and measurable.

Here's an example:

• Not a goal -- I want to be a better person.
• A goal -- Every day, I will do something nice for someone else and write down what I do in a journal.

I look forward to reading about your goals. Let yourself by inspired by your fellow students.

Asexual Reproduction in the News

Take a look at this article.
It is about cloning and how people (farmers) want to sell cloned animals for meat for people to eat.
As you will see, some people have strong opinions about this.
What are yours?

"Sleep" Reflection - Period 9

You have a different type of blog assignment this week.
Rather than finding an article on which to reflect, I want you to listen to their radio program called Radio Lab. This episode is all about sleep and what it does for living organisms.
You can listen to the episode here. If you prefer, you can download the episode as well.

Once you have listened to it, you will put together a reflection. Your reflection should try to answer the following questions:

• What did you learn about sleep that you didn't already know?
• How does sleep help maintain homeostasis?
• How is sleep related to memory?
• What really struck you as cool or strange (or both)? Why?
• How did you like listening to the story rather than reading it? Was it easier or harder? What did you like about it?
• How did the reporters use humor to tell their story? Did it make the story more interesting?
• What would you like to know more about from what you heard?

If you click here, you can get an overview of the episode.

I really look forward to your reflections.

Summary of Types of Diffusion

Enzyme Presentation from class

Due to popular demand, I am posting a link to the Enzyme Activity we reviewed in class. Feel free to play with it on your own.

You can post any comments or questions you have about it here.

Enjoy!

Link

Incredible Human Machine Reflection - Period 9

The purpose of this assignment is for you to have a chance to reflect on and digest what you saw in the Incredible Human Machine movie.

You are to address two things in your reflections:
1. Name and discuss three new things you learned about the body systems. What impressed you about them?
2. Name and discuss five relationships you saw between how the parts of the systems are built and what they do. Each of these relationships should come from a different system.

Have fun.

Molecular Models Software

Hi guys!

Here is a link to the software I used to show you how molecules work.

There are instructions for how to install and use it.

Weekly Science Article Report - Body Systems - Period 9

Hello all.

Here is the place where you would post your weekly science article reports for this week.

Remember that the focus for this week is an article that relates in some way to the body systems we have been studying.

Please add to your reflection how the article connects in some way to what you have been learning in class.

Have fun!

Digestive System Lab Report (Enzymes)

As we have discussed in class, your lab report for the Digestive System/Enzymes labs is due by next Monday (October 29th).

Just in case, you can download the assignment here.

Period 9 - Explaining Homeostasis

Here is the place where you should post your reflection about explaining homeostasis to someone at home.

Your reflection should include the following:
1. What was the experience like for you?
2. What worked and what did not work in explaining the concept to someone else?
3. What did you learn from the experience?
4. What questions do you now have?

This is due by Friday, October 5th.