Science Newsletter 10-14-16

A few science updates...

Students worked on coloring their Cell Pictures (on page 12 in their ISNs) in class last week.  If they are not finished coloring them, they should be finished as soon as possible.  I'll be doing an ISN check next week before the end of the grading period.  The colors are:

Cell Membrane = Black

Cell Wall = Orange

Chloroplast = Green

Cytoplasm = Yellow

Lysosome = Pink

Mitochondria = Red

Nucleus = Purple

Vacuole = Blue

Students will have a test next Tuesday, October 18 over intro to cells information.  The test will be worth 20 product points and has 12 questions.  Students received a list of what to study as well as a study guide in class on Wednesday, October 12. The study guide is due by Monday, October 17, but students are always welcome to turn it in early! This is the list of what to study:

*Prokaryotic - cell without a nucleus, simple, few organelles

*Eukaryotic - cell with a nucleus, complex, many organelles

*Why the cell is the basic unit of life - all living things are made of at least one cell

*Example of multicellular organism (animals, plants...)

*Example of unicellular/single-celled organism (bacteria, paramecia...)

*Example of prokaryotic cell (backteria)

*Example of eukaryotic cell (plant cell, animal cell, paramecia...)

*Nucleus is control center of cell, like a brain

*Animals are always multicellular, bacteria are unicellular

*Organelles help the cell carry out the characteristics of life

(Students have several pages of information in their ISNs that will help with this too!)

We worked on a webquest over cells on Tuesday and Wednesday in a computer lab this week.  Many students finished their webquests in class.  However, if any students did not finish these, they are to be finished and turned in by Wednesday, October 19.

Next Friday, October 21 is the end of our first grading period!  It's gone by so fast!  Be sure that you are checking your child's grades online.  If he or she is missing anything, please be sure to encourage them to check in with their teachers!  Students are welcome to turn in any work to me before the end of the 9 weeks to help improve their grades.  Next week's test will be counted towards this grading period; students will have a chance to work on test corrections in class next week after they get them back.

As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.  Have a wonderful day!