Last day for ANY work / make up semester exams

Today is the last day of the quarter and semester 2.

Any semester 1 packets MUST be turned in by 3:30 today.  NO EXCEPTIONS

Also any late work for quarter 4 grade or extra credit must be turned in by noon today

Have a great summer!!  Congrats on making through 10th grade and welcome to becoming an UPPER CLASSMAN!!!!  see we knew you can do it.

exams

Students are to turn in the Biology Study Guide packet:  Semester 2 Biology Study Guide
This packet is due the day of the exam:
Bell 1 and 6 due Monday May 23rd
Bell 2 and 5 due Tuesday May 24th
Bell 3 and 4 due Wednesday May 25th

Lockers need to be cleaned out by this Thursday to not be charged the Locker clean out fee.

Exams

Students are to turn in the Biology Study Guide packet:  Semester 2 Biology Study Guide
This packet is due the day of the exam:
Bell 1 and 6 due Monday May 23rd
Bell 2 and 5 due Tuesday May 24th
Bell 3 and 4 due Wednesday May 25th

Lockers need to be cleaned out by this Thursday to not be charged the Locker clean out fee.

Exams

Students are to turn in the Biology Study Guide packet:  Semester 2 Biology Study Guide
This packet is due the day of the exam:
Bell 1 and 6 due Monday May 23rd
Bell 2 and 5 due Tuesday May 24th
Bell 3 and 4 due Wednesday May 25th

Lockers need to be cleaned out by this Thursday to not be charged the Locker clean out fee.

Study guide day 5

Students this week are to work on the Biology Study Guide packet early found here:  Semester 2 Biology Study Guide This packet is due the day of the exam:
Bell 1 and 6 due Monday May 23rd
Bell 2 and 5 due Tuesday May 24th
Bell 3 and 4 due Wednesday May 25th

Study guide day 4

Students this week are to work on the Biology Study Guide packet early found here:  Semester 2 Biology Study Guide This packet is due the day of the exam:
Bell 1 and 6 due Monday May 23rd
Bell 2 and 5 due Tuesday May 24th
Bell 3 and 4 due Wednesday May 25th

Study guide day 3

Students this week are to work on the Biology Study Guide packet early found here:  Semester 2 Biology Study Guide This packet is due the day of the exam:
Bell 1 and 6 due Monday May 23rd
Bell 2 and 5 due Tuesday May 24th
Bell 3 and 4 due Wednesday May 25th

Study guide day 2

Students this week are to work on the Biology Study Guide packet early found here:  Semester 2 Biology Study Guide This packet is due the day of the exam:
Bell 1 and 6 due Monday May 23rd
Bell 2 and 5 due Tuesday May 24th
Bell 3 and 4 due Wednesday May 25th

Biology Study Guide for Semester exam

Students this week are to work on the Biology Study Guide packet early found here:  Semester 2 Biology Study Guide This packet is due the day of the exam:
Bell 1 and 6 due Monday May 23rd
Bell 2 and 5 due Tuesday May 24th
Bell 3 and 4 due Wednesday May 25th

Photosynthesis foldable

Today students completed the photosynthesis foldable model if they did not go on the field trip Wednesday.  A link can be found here:  Photosynthesis Foldable

Those students who did go on the Floating Classroom field trip got to start the semester exam review packet early found here:  Semester 2 Biology Study Guide This packet is due the day of the exam:
Bell 1 and 6 due Monday May 23rd
Bell 2 and 5 due Tuesday May 24th
Bell 3 and 4 due Wednesday May 25th

Frog Dissection Day 3

Today we completed the digestion system and then took a look at the reproductive and nervous systems.   This completed our dissection of the frog.

Floating Classroom

Today we went on our field trip to the floating classroom!!!

We had a wonderful time learning about the Ohio river while taking samples from several different locations.

THANK YOU ORSANCO

Frog Day 2

Today we cut open the frog and looked at the digestion system.  Tomorrow we will be on our field trip so we will complete this dissection on Thursday.

Frog Dissection Day 1

Today we started to dissect the frog.  Students were in groups of two, they completed the external Frog dissection sheet and turned it in as well as received points for safety during the frog dissection.

Notebooks Due

Today is the 10th and final day for the four stations students received last week in their stations folder.  This should be in their composition notebooks and updated their TOC.

This is our LAST assignments for our notebooks!!!!  CHEERS!!

Reminder Permission Slips for my field trip are due MONDAY!

Stations Day 9

Students were to work on stations.   Some students had some trouble with the video link so I have added the links here as well.

Enzyme Video 1
Enzyme Video 2

Composition notebooks due TOMORROW
Floating classroom Field Trip due MONDAY

Stations Day 8

Students were to work on stations.   Some students had some trouble with the video link so I have added the links here as well.

Enzyme Video 1
Enzyme Video 2

Composition notebooks due TOMORROW
Floating classroom Field Trip due MONDAY

American History AIR test

Today students took the American History AIR test.   Afterwards students were to work on stations.   Some students had some trouble with the video link so I have added the links here as well.

Enzyme Video 1
Enzyme Video 2

Reminder notebooks with these 4 stations due FRIDAY

Permission slips for the Floating Classroom Due Monday

Biology Air Test

Today students took the Biolgy AIR test.   Afterwards students were to work on stations.   Some students had some trouble with the video link so I have added the links here as well.

Enzyme Video 1
Enzyme Video 2

Reminder notebooks with these 4 stations due FRIDAY

Permission slips for the Floating Classroom Due Monday

AIR review

Today we did a Kahoot for the AIR Biology test review.

Reminder that stations are due NEXT week.

And permission slips for the Floating classroom!!

Stations day 4

Students were to work on stations.   Some students had some trouble with the video link so I have added the links here as well.

Enzyme Video 1
Enzyme Video 2

AIR make ups and stations

Today I ran the AIR make up tests in another room.

Students were to continue to work on their stations due May 6th

stations day 2

Today students took the Algebra I test if they didnt not earn enough points last year on the test.   Afterwards students were to work on stations.   Some students had some trouble with the video link so I have added the links here as well.

Enzyme Video 1
Enzyme Video 2

Stations

This week and next students will have 4 assignments to complete.

The assignments can be found on Google Classroom as well as here:

Enzyme Notes
Enzyme Cornell Notes

Enzyme Video Sheet

   Video: Video One   and Video Two

Enzyme Cut out Activity

Frog Anatomy Paper Dissection

These should be taped into your notebooks as seen here:

Notebooks Due

Today students completed any of this weeks work and turned in the composition notebooks to be graded.

Today was also AIR English Make ups.

AIR testing Day 3

Same as yesterday as some students took the 9th grade ELA AIR test.

Students then worked on the Composition Notebook work as stated yesterday

AIR Test Day 2

Same as yesterday with students completing the 10th grade ELA part 2 AIR test.  Then students went to bells 5 and 4 in the afternoon.  

Students should have the following activities completed by Friday as composition notebooks are due Friday 4/22.

Students are to complete the EGGCELLENT lab with the graph and questions 1-4 answered

Students are then to log into Google Classroom to complete the Cell membrane Cornell Notes.   Cell membrane Cornell Notes Sheet  Cell Membrane PPT


Lastly Students are to do the Cell Tonicity Foldable.  Cell Tonicity Foldable.

Day 1 AIR testing

Today students started their morning taking Part 1 of the English 10 AIR test.
Warm Up Notebooks were handed back by Mrs Spenny

In the afternoon we had bells 1, 2, and 3.

Students completed the Egg lab from last week.   With completing their graph and taping that into their composition notebooks and then answering the Conclusion Questions #1-4.   Their Composition notebook should look like

this:

Egg Day 2

Today students remeasured their eggs after 24 hours in their variable.  Students then completed the notes from earlier this week

Next week student will create a graph of their data and write their conclusions.  Here is a link to the lab:  Eggcellent Lab

Diffusion Osmosis Eggcellent Lab Day 1

Today students wrote their hypothesis and measured their eggs circumference.  Then added their chosen variable.  Tomorrow we will measure again.

We then worked on more of the Cell Membrane notes.

REMINDER WARM UP NOTEBOOKS collected TOMORROW

Practice on the AIR site

Today we practice on the AIR site, getting sound and understanding how to scroll etc.
The link can be found here again:  AIR testing practice portal

Video link of how to log into the AIR test:  AIR TUTORIAL and AIR Tutorial Part 2
Practice using the online AIR platform here:  Practice makes perfect
Students were given a helpful sheet for using the AIR platform found here:  AIR Test helpful hints

Then we completed the notes started yesterday.  Cell Membrane notes

Prep for lab

Today students started the prep work for our lab on Thursday and Friday.   We put our eggs in vinegar to allow the shell to be dissolved.
After that we set up for the lab for next week by taking putting an egg in a mason jar and covering it with vinegar to dissolve the shell over our three day weekend.

We set up the lab in our notebooks as follows:  Title (TOC), Purpose, Hypothesis, Chart.

A link to the lab can be found here: Eggcellent Diffusion/Osmosis Lab

Completing the Photosynthesis vs Respiration

Today students had a chance to finish any of the work from this week and students TURNED IN THEIR LAB NOTEBOOKS.

The TOC should look like this:

Chemical Relationships of Plants and Animals

Today we started comparing the relationship between Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis after observing the results of our lab.  We completed the notes as seen here:
 The student notes can be found  here:  Photosynthesis CN   These notes came from the powerpoint here:  Photosynthesis PPT.  This was also put in their Table Of Contents as Photosynthesis.

Completing Lab

Today students completed the lab in their lab notebook and then did the cut our for photosynthesis.