May 05, 2008

7th grade

Currently we are working on the kingdoms in detail

We will cover fungi, protists, and begin plants this week

We should be able to finish up with animals

There will be one more test and a final.

The final will be the Tuesday of the last week of school.

We are going to have a great week. Ms S   

April 29, 2008

7th grade

Test Thursday on bacteria and viruses

Due today

bacteria  article, fossils on line, viruses worksheet, viruses article, viruses visual

April 23, 2008

7th grade

CRCT practice packets due on the 28th, the day of your science  CRCT.

The test on May 1st will cover bacteria and viruses.

Be sure you have completed and turned in your bacteria article.

Fossils on Line (April 16th) due by the end of this week.

Worksheet on viruses due as soon as you complete it.

April 21, 2008

7th grade

CRCT packets due on April 28th

Test on fossils, geologic time, and bacteria on May 1st

have a great week Ms s

April 17, 2008

7th grade

Test on fossils and geologic time on May 1st

Work on practice CRCT Ms s

April 16, 2008

7th grade websites on fossils

7th grade

Websites; do all and follow directions for each.

1http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/evolution98/evol6-e.html Scroll all the way down the site and click on "footprint puzzle" under the PDF activity heading; on a separate sheet of paper, write at least two explanations for the footprint pattern, why you think this is so, and evidence you would look for at the site of the footprints to support your hypothesis.

2http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/fossil/index.html                  Click on "Student Level 2" on the right hand side. Note: Make sure you do everything it tells you to do; sometimes you have to click on something to advance. At the end, do the review and write the answers to the questions on a separate sheet of paper.

3http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/stories/index.html                             Click on "Students"; you should now be on the main page. Choose two of the four stories, read through them, and write three main ideas from each on a separate sheet of paper.

April 15, 2008

7th grade

Today we are working on  bacteria and the geologic time line. Try and work on some practice CRCT tests at home Ms s

April 14, 2008

7th grade

We are working on bacteria today.  We saw a very good movie about the good and bad of bacteria.

We will also work on the six kingdoms in more detail.

We still have to look at the geologic time line.

It will be a good week. Ms s

March 31, 2008

7th grade

Due this week (no grace period until after spring break)

Explorations through time

workbook pages 47-56

understanding evolution- homology and analogy

The great fossil find (done as a group)

Thinking about evolutionary thought

The record of time article

test on evolution on Thursday April 4th

March 27, 2008

7th grade

We are completing our Galapagos Island Project.

we will have an evolution test on Thursday April 3rd

Workbook pages 47-56 are due on April 3rd

Next week we will be looking at the geologic time line

Earth Science Textbook

Life Science Textbook Online

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