More Info For the Test

-Review (study) visual terms #3-5
-Practice Punnett Square problems (know the difference between heterozygous and
homozygous, and how to find the percentages for phenotypes and genotypes.
-Know the cell cycle including mitosis (be able to identify pictures of each stage)
-Chromosomes (how many in body cells, sex cells, where they are, what they are made of
etc..)
-Genes (dominant vs. recessive, codominance)
-Chromosome Theory of Inheritance
-DNA (structure...what pairs with what, official name)
-How sex cells are formed (meiosis).
-What is cell differentiation?
-What is a mutation? Addition? Substitution? Deletion?

See below for study topics for test!!

Last Test of Quarter 2!!

Test Date is Monday 12/16 for A block, or Tuesday 12/17 for B block.

These are the topics that will be covered:

Cell Cycle-Textbook pg 129-136
Cell Differentiation--Textbook pg138-141
Genetics (Punnett Squares, etc)--Textbook pg 154-167
Meiosis--Textbook pgs 170-174
Mutations--Textbook pgs 180-181

**IF YOU WILL BE ABSENT, please plan to take the test THIS FRIDAY during lunch.  

Test Next class! Ch4-3, 4-4, 5-1, 5-2

#62 Visual Terms #3 Quiz

Test Coming on Monday for A Block, Tuesday for B block

I meant for this to come a bit earlier, but it's been a long afternoon/evening, so here goes! 

The two main topics for the test:

1) Cell Division:

-Interphase, Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase, Cytokinesis.

-You should know what is happening in each phase is the cycle, the correct order, and be able to identify a picture or drawing of each. 

2) Genetics:

-know what a gene is

-know how to use and read the information from a punnett square

-know the difference between dominant and recessive genes

-understand hybrid (heterozygous) and purebred (homozygous) genes and how they affect the trait in an organism

Link to Video We Watched in Class Today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0k-enzoeOM

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Benchmark Test Study Guide--Benchmark Test is Wed for A block, Thurs for B block

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Benchmark Q1 Review Sheet/Study Guide

1. What are the three parts of the cell theory.

2. What is a cell wall made of?

3. Name one thing you find in a plant cell, but not in an animal cell.

4. What is the difference between the vacuoles in plant cells and the vacuoles in animal cells?

5. Where is the chromatin found in a cell?

6. What happens during photosynthesis?

7. What happens during respiration?

8. What is another name for the sugar that a plant makes?

9. What is the control center of the cell?

10. What organelle packages and distributes things in a cell?

11. What organelle makes food?

12. What organelle makes energy?

13. What do ribosomes do?

14. What does the cell membrane do?

15. What does the endoplasmic reticulum do?

16. What does the cell wall do?

17. If you were looking at a picture of a cell, how could you tell if it was animal or plant?

Want to Know How the Cell Project Will Be Graded?

For Cell Project Gradesheets, click here


Please note, there are three (very similar) slightly different gradesheets...one for each type of project, be sure you are looking at the one you are doing.

Also, please note:  all work should be done IN YOUR OWN WORDS.  Be careful not to just copy from the book.  Make it your own.

When you think you are done with your project, go through it using this sheet and see if you would give yourself the maximum points in each area.

Projects are due October 10 for Periods 1 and 3, October 11 for Periods 5 and 6.

Quiz next class on Visual Terms #2!!

Apparently there have been some technical difficulties lately with my site. Hoping everything is running smoothly now. Here's one against from last week. Please note the test coming this week!

Back To School Night

Hello Parents,
It was so nice to see all the parents who attended last night's Back to School!!!   I have posted the presentation that I did last night in the digital file cabinet.  To access it, click on the digital file cabinet icon to the right of this page, then choose the Back to School Night Folder, Click on the Power Point Slide, and then click "Open" in the blue box in the lower right hand corner.  You will be able to scroll through the slides.

Also, students, you will notice other folders with notes in them.  If you are ever absent for notes, you can always find them in there!

Quiz on Parts of a Microscope is on 9/4 for periods 1-2, and 9/5 for periods 3-6 (weird schedule next week due minimum day on Wed!

Agenda and Homework 8/28 and 8/29

Agenda:
Collect/correct workbook pages 18-19
Microscope notes
Microscope drawings

Homework:
None!