Cockroach Lab

We completed our annual cockroach lab last week!  It's one of my favorites of the year!  I took a bunch of pictures during each class and posted each period's pictures on my website.  They can be found on the My Slideshows tab.  The password for each is "cockroach" if you wish to view any!

Organelle of the Year Award Projects

We had another successful year of completing the Organelle of the Year Award projects!  Students worked in groups and had to convince the rest of us that their assigned organelle was the most important and should win the award.

All of the groups did an excellent job!  These were the winners in each class:

1st Period: April, Emma, Jordyn - Chloroplast

2nd Period: Nora, Marley, Alana, Sophia - Cell Wall

3rd Period: Vanessa, Sydney, Maddie, Eva, Lauren - Nucleus

4th Period: Alanna, Olivia, Mackenzie, Audrey - Cell Wall

8/9th Period: Casey, Joseph, Thomas, Michael, Aaron - Cytoplasm

11th Period: Taylor, Emma, Jessica, Emma - Lysosome

Science Newsletter 11-8-16

Good afternoon!

A few science updates...

Students will have a test over cells on Thursday, November 10.  They received a list of what to study as well as a study guide last week.  The study guide is due by tomorrow, November 9 when we'll go over the answers in class.   This test is a combination of topics from the Organelles Quiz and Intro to Cells Test.

This is the list of what to study:

**Organelles

*Know the function of each

*Nucleus is the control center of the cell, contains DNA

*Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell, gives it energy

*Lysosome gets rid of waste

*Cell Membrane surrounds the cell like skin, controls what goes in and out

*Cell Wall surrounds the cell, gives it protection and shape

*Chloroplasts conduct photosynthesis, are green

*Cytoplasm is the gel/liquid that fills up the cell

*Vacuoles store water and waste

*Be able to look at picture and identify the organelle

**Paramecium

*Unicellular

*A protist

**Animal & Plant Cells

*In multicellular organisms

*Animal Cell contains: cell membrane, cytoplasm, lysosome, mitochondria, nucleus, vacu0les

*Plant Cell contains: cell membrane, cell wall, chloroplast, cytoplasm, lysosome, mitochondria, nucleus, vacu0les

**Cell Division

*Cells grow larger, copy organelles, and then split in half to reproduce

*This means there is one parent

*Makes exact copies, offspring are identical to the parent

We finished our Organelle of the Year Award Projects last week and they were really great!  I think the classes really had fun with them too!  Here are the winning groups from each class:

1st period - April D, Emma F, Jordyn M (chloroplast)

2nd period - Nora J, Marley K, Alana L, Sophia M (cell wall)

3rd period - Maddie A, Lauren B, Eva M, Vanessa P, Sydney R (nucleus)

4th period - Mackenzie C, Alanna M, Audrey M, Olivia R (cell wall)

8/9th period - Thomas C, Joseph D, Casey L, Michael M, Aaron W (cytoplasm)

11th period - Jessica C, Emma E, Taylor S, Emma W (lysosome)

We've been doing some activities in our ISN this week.  Students will need to finish these if they did not finish them during class.  Our next ISN Check will be sometime in the next week or two.  On page 14, students glued in charts with the organelles on them; they had to fill in the charts about the organelles.  On page 15, students had to write a brief summary of cell division and add an illustration of what happens when cells divide.

Thank you to everyone who donated food to our food drive!  We had an incredible amount brought in and our BTG club will be able to help a lot of families in the area!

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!  Have a wonderful day!