1st Quiz and Lab

We had our first quiz today, and it wasn't so bad was it? We also performed our first lab. You had the opportunity to observe prepared slides of organisms from 4 different kingdoms (sorry protists, I didn't have any slides of your group today) the plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria.
Have a great weekend!

Homework: Complete questions 1-4 on the lab packet for Monday.

The Ten Themes and Microscopes

We have completed our outline of Chapter One, exploring the ten themes of Biology. We also took a look at the parts of the microscope. Tomorrow we will be having our short quiz on vocabulary terms and parts of the microscope. The second half of class will be devoted to working on looking at prepared slides of cells from plants, animals, and fungi.

Homework: Chapter review questions from page 20 numbers 1-10, 12, 15.

Day 2 - Friday

Today, we began outlining Chapter One. The key vocabulary words I defined for you were: biosphere, ecosystem, organism, cell, DNA, and species. We also looked at the characteristics of a mythical creature, the Whizzer, to determine if other unnamed organisms belonged to its species.
Homework: Read Chapter One, and log into the textbook website and register for the class (http://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com/) using the instructions on the colored sheet I gave you on the 1st day of class. Please let me know if you have any troubles. If you are able to get into the site, complete the WebQuest Activity for Chapter 1.