Sept 4, 5 - course outline overview - get parent's email address
- lab safety - get contract signed
- lab safety - get contract signed
Sept 6, 9 - Listed 6 characteristics of living things
- Living Earthworm lab
- Living Earthworm lab
Sept 10, 11 - go to library, sign out textbooks, check out this wicked website and complete contact form
- do "What are the Characteristics of Living Things" sheet. (see handouts)
- do "What are the Characteristics of Living Things" sheet. (see handouts)
Sept 12, 13 - Complete "What are the Characteristics of Living Things" sheet
- Use a microscope to look at pond water
- Use a microscope to look at pond water
Sept 16, 17 - complete microscope worksheet (what are the parts and their functions?)
- begin "Activity: Using a Microscope" (if you miss this class, see me to get a handout)
- begin "Activity: Using a Microscope" (if you miss this class, see me to get a handout)
Sept 18, 19 - Finished "Activity: Using a Microscope" (How wide is the filed of view on low and medium power? How can you estimate the size of a microscopic object/specimen?)
- looked at onion cells under the microscope
- looked at onion cells under the microscope
Sept 20, 23 - Finish Lab 1.4: Comparing Plant and animal cells (view onion cells and human cheek cells under the microscope) (text pages 14-16/see me for lab report outline)
Sept 24, 25 - Finish/correct/review lab 1.4 (Comparing Plant and Animal Cells)
- Learn the parts of the cell. Draw and label diagram of animal cell and plant cell. See handouts for list of cell parts and diagrams.
- Learn the parts of the cell. Draw and label diagram of animal cell and plant cell. See handouts for list of cell parts and diagrams.
Sept 26, 30 - Learn the functions of each cell part, give an analogy for each part (compared to a pizza business), and come up with a way to remember what that part does. Complete the handout "Cell Structures". See handouts for a copy.
- Set up Gummy Bear experiment. find the mass of a gummy bear and set in water until next class. predict what will happen.
- Set up Gummy Bear experiment. find the mass of a gummy bear and set in water until next class. predict what will happen.
Oct 1, 2 - Looked at results of gummy bear in water and did follow-up experiment.
- Came up with "memory aids" for cell parts and wrote down in Cell Structures handout
- Came up with "memory aids" for cell parts and wrote down in Cell Structures handout
Oct 3, 4 - Observed 2nd gummy bear experiment and shared results.
- Did experiment with mixture of sand, sawdust, copper sulphate, and water: "How Permeable is Filter Paper?"
- Did experiment with mixture of sand, sawdust, copper sulphate, and water: "How Permeable is Filter Paper?"
Oct 7, 8 - Reviewed cell structures and memory aids.
- put food colouring in water and saw how it spread out
- discussed diffusion and osmosis; notes; worksheet! (see me to get worksheet)
- put food colouring in water and saw how it spread out
- discussed diffusion and osmosis; notes; worksheet! (see me to get worksheet)
Oct 9, 10 - Cell Quiz
- Experiment more with food colouring
- Review diffusion and osmosis, complete worksheet
- Experiment more with food colouring
- Review diffusion and osmosis, complete worksheet
Oct 11, 15 - Review diffusion and complete the worksheet
Oct 16, 17 - Do Lab 1.9: Observing Osmosis and Diffusion pages 29-31, analysis questions p.31 #b-f, h
Oct 18, 22, 23 - Finish Lab 1.9 (analysis questions page 31#b-f, h)
- Finish the Chapter 1 Review sheet
- Finish the Chapter 1 Review sheet
Oct 28, 29 - Finish Chapter 1 Review sheet
- see power point on micro-organisms
- begin library research on a disease caused by a bacteria, virus, or fungus
- see power point on micro-organisms
- begin library research on a disease caused by a bacteria, virus, or fungus
Oct 30, 31 - Research Disease in library
Nov 1, 4 - Correct Chapter 1 Review
- finish research on disease
- begin "presentation" of information
- finish research on disease
- begin "presentation" of information
Nov 5, 6 - Ch 1 Test
- disease project in library
- disease project in library
Nov 7, 8 - grow bacteria in agar
- finish disease project. Project due Nov 14 (Bl E, H) or 15 (Bl B)
- finish disease project. Project due Nov 14 (Bl E, H) or 15 (Bl B)
Nov 12, 13 - See bacteria. Make observations and conclusions.
- Correct Ch 1 Test
- intro to our body's defences
- Correct Ch 1 Test
- intro to our body's defences
Nov 14, 15 - Our body's defenses: read pages 81-84, and complete question sheet. (see me for sheet)