Monday, January 21, 2008

It's A Foldable

Monday through Friday 01/21-25/2008


Create a "foldable" that covers the following:

  • Protists (txtbk 334)
  • Fungi (txtbk 344)
  • Plants (txtbk 362)
  • Animals (txtbk 410)

Each "fold" will cover the following:

  • Define each kingdom
  • Examples of each major phyla within the kingdom
  • Define the phylum
  • illustrate with drawings or photos
  • Cover two or three classes
  • Define
  • Examples with illustrations
  • Cover three or four Orders/Families/Genus/species
  • Start with a species and work backward to complete the definition
  • Illustrate with a written explanation

Helpful links:

Pearson SucessNet: http://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com/snpapp/login/login.jsp
You need to have an account in order to use this site. If you don't see Mr. Thorne to help you.

Kidzone: http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/

NetVet: http://netvet.wustl.edu/pix.htm

Online Biology Book Glossary: http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookgloss.html

Monterey Bay Aquarium: http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/living_species/default.asp?hOri=0&hab=9&inhab=182

Plant definition: http://www.answers.com/topic/plant?cat=biz-fin or http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Plant

Plant Phylum: http://www.perspective.com/nature/plantae/index.html or http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761568511/Plant.html

Plant Classes: http://www.crescentbloom.com/Plants/Classis/default.htm or http://pbr.ipaustralia.optus.com.au/journal/app7.html

Animal Phylums: http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/Science/Animals/Animals.htm or http://animals.about.com/od/identifyinganimals/p/animals.htm or http://ebiomedia.com/gall/awob/index.html

Animal Classes: http://mclibrary.nhmccd.edu/taxonomy/animalia.html or http://waynesword.palomar.edu/trnov01.htm#animals or http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/animal_classes.htm

Species:

  1. Fungi: http://www.perspective.com/nature/fungi/ or http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0504.htm
  2. Protists: http://133.25.19.145/PDB/images/phylum_classE.html or http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/P/Protists.html
  3. Plants: http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/D_search.html or http://www.crescentbloom.com/plants/Ordo/default.htm (click on the order)
  4. Animals: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extant_animal_genera_represented_in_the_fossil_record (fossils) or http://www.animalinfo.org/spec_ind.htm or http://www.sp2000.org/

More good websites:

Taxonomy-Animal: http://lib.colostate.edu/wildlife/taxonomy.html (animal)
Taxonomy-Plantae: http://www.bihrmann.com/caudiciforms/div/tax-col.asp
Taxonomy-Protists: http://101science.com/Taxonomy.htm
Taxonomy-Fungi: http://bugs.bio.usyd.edu.au/Mycology/Taxonomy/taxonomy_intro.shtml (college level)
Taxonomy-General: http://www.new-ecopsychology.org/en/taxonomy.htm

More Fungi Species: http://www.perspective.com/nature/fungi/index.html or http://www.lincstrust.org.uk/species/fungi/index.php or http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/F/Fungi.html

More Protista Species: http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio106/protista.htm or http://waynesword.palomar.edu/trmar99.htm#protista (about half-way down the page)

Good luck.

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Life Science 1/14/08

Monday 1/14/08 MLK Holiday
TuesdayWednesday 1/15-16/08
  • Grade 314, 316, 318
  • Grade RNTG 153, 154, 155-157
  • Assessment Txtbk 323 (open book)
  • Homework: RNTG 158 (hi-lite, answer questions on page 333 with the hi-lite)
  • Homework: Txtbk 325-333 (Cornell Notes)
  • Homework: RNTG 159 - Venn diagram (use the Cornell Notes from 325-333)
  • Homework: RNTG 159-161 (use the Cornell Notes from 325-333)

ThursdayFriday 1/17-18/08

  • Txtbk 329: Analyzing Data
  • Txtbk 333: Assessment (Cornell notes only)

ThursdayFriday cont.

For those who have completed all work and passed the assessment: Use of the computer.

All others: Current Science-Answer all questions.

Monday, January 7, 2008

Monday, 1/07/08:
Sec. 4: Classifying Organisms, 248-254
  1. Define Key Terms (Cornell note style, textbook page 248)
  2. RNTG: page 125: hi-lite (compare your highlighted sections to the assessment questions on page 254, Do they match?
  3. RNTG + textbook: pages 126/248-254. Carefully read the directions on the top of page 126.
  4. RNTG: 126-128
  5. Reading Checkpoints: 249, 250, 253. You don't have to copy the questions.
  6. Section 4 Assessment, page 254. Do it all, including the vocabulary questions
  7. Extra credit:
    1. Classification Chart
    2. Domain Chart
    3. Binomial Nomenclature: 20 organisms
Tuesday/Wednesday 01/08-09/2008
  • Textbook: page 258 Study Guide (20 minutes)
  • Textbook: pages 259-260, Review and Assessment (45 minutes)
  • Textbook: page 261, Standards Practice (10 minutes or less)
  • Lab Prep: Yeast-Pretzel (20+ minutes)
Thursday/Friday 01/10-11/2008
  • Lab and Lab Report

NOTES:
The transfer to Ms. Bailey's class will occur on Jan. 28, 2008. Bring your textbook (the big one) to Ms. Bailey's class.