Last reading assingment

Finish up reading the module from 387-391

Do "On Your Owns" Ill checking them on Friday. We will have open discussion about all the bad stuff that's going into our oceans.

Love you all!!!!

Homework for May 11

Great job kiddos!!! I'm so proud of all of you. I've always known how smart you kids are, but this week you have really shown me. All the judges were blown away with you guys. Thank you for your hard work and dedication to your studies.

Your home free now. Start reading Mod. #16. It's another sad one about all the bad stuff happening to our oceans. Read pg. 377 - middle of 387. Stop at Other Tonic Chemicals.

Science Fair on Friday

Everyone did a great job. Please use my notes and comments to improve.
We will have Christian and Megan go on Friday.

Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks

Rubric for Science Fair

Homework for April 24

Work on your SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT!!!!
I will scan the Rubric on Sunday and place it on the blog!!!!!

Homework for April 20 - Friday

Hey Guys & Gals,

• Read to the end of Mod. 15
• Work on Science Fair Projects
• Those of you that did do your Oral Presentation on your Creature, you will do it on Friday!
• I'm calling your parents to give them the heads up about Science Fair!

Homework for Tuesday

Read pages 354-369
Do Lab 15.1 on page 357

We will continue the presentations and our discussion on how we can find the balance of marine life and preservation.

Homework for Friday April 13

The Aquarium was awesome. I'm so sorry that some of you missed the trip.
Homework is to do a write up on one creature that you saw at the Aquarium. If you didn't go, I still would like you to go on the website www.scaquarium.org and pick out a creature to write a one page, single space report. You may use one or two small pictures in your report, but don't have a picture that takes up half the page. Also include the Class or Phylum, Characteristic, Origin (where is it from), description of nature (habit. etc.) and why your chose this creature. This will be due on Friday. I will ask you to stand up in class and tell us about your new friend.
See you then,
N

Marine Bio homework due April 10

Hi Kids,

I changed my mind on the test. You will do an open book test by using the Module 14 Summary. You may use your book to do the test. Also, I am going to give you a glow stick to take home to do Experiment 14.1.

Have a great Easter Break!!!

Homework for Friday

Finish reading the Module and all the "ON YOUR OWNS." We will do a chapter review in class. If we have time we will do the experiment 14.1. I'm sorry we didn't do it on Tuesday, but I wanted to share with you those videos about THE DEEP DIVE.
I will give you a test to take home that will be your homework to do over the break. Please complete it this weekend so the info is fresh in your mind and then you can enjoy your break.

Try to work on your Science Project over break. It's coming up sooooon!!!!!

Homework for March 27

Read pages 333 - 343. Do the "ON YOUR OWNS" through 14.6. We will do Experiment 14.3 in class on Tuesday. See ya then.
If you can, look at the video. We will talk about this in class Tuesday.
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/environment/habitats-environment/habitats-oceans-env/james-cameron-mariana/

Friday Combo Class

Hey Kids,
Class will start at 12:45 on Friday. We will be dissecting a Perch fish with the Biology class. I have attached the pages out of the Biology book that I would like read before class. I will be testing you on the fish structure before we do the dissecting. This lab is in place of the shark dissection that we didn't do.
This will count for a grade so please bring your Lab books. It will be stinky!!!!
See you Friday!

Homework March 20

Just read pages 318-329

Homework for March 17

 Read pages 307-317!!!!
Look over your Science Fair project again and make sure its a good one. If you need to start research on it go for it. This isn't a lot of work for the next two days, I would start now. It's only 6 weeks away.

Test Tuesday in class

Study Module 12. Remember there are only 13 questions on the test, so I really want you to do well.

Please type up your Hypnosis and Material list. I will be collecting them on Tuesday.

Homework for Friday, March 9

Easy homework....Finish reading Mod.#12 and finish the "On Your Owns"
We will review on Friday. Test will be in class on Tuesday!!!!

Homework for March 6

Start reading pages 285 - 297 to after the "on your owns"
Do the On Your Owns also please.

No homework!!!!

For those of you that didn't give your oral report, make sure you do a really good job on Friday. For the most part, all of you that went Tuesday did great.

Homework for over Break

The only homework you have is to do your Coral Reef oral project.
Make sure you read over the print outs I gave you so you are guaranteed a good grade.
Have a nice winter break!!!

Homework Feb. 17

Finish reading Module 11.
We will do a science experiment on Coral.
We will also go over your Coral Reef project. Please have your presentation choice ready.
Also have your Science Fair ideas too.

Coral Reef Project

Hey Kids,
Read your Mod. #11 on Coral Reef for Tuesday. We will have discussion time in class.
Below you will find some Coral Reefs in the world that you might want to do your oral presentation on. This presentation will be very much like the last one you had to do.

1. Your presentation must between 8-12 minutes. 
2. Have nice visuals like - poster, power point, books, song, dance etc. 
3. Enjoy your project. Coral reef are one of the most beautiful things God's created for our world. 
4. Remember, this will count as a test grade for Mod. #11. It could really help you or really hurt you.

I will have a Rubric for you on Tuesday. This will help you have guidelines on the grading.

Have fun researching these beautiful Coral reefs. If you find another one you would like to do other then one I have listed, that is find. Just make sure that you have enough information to do a really good presentation!!!!

• The Great Barrier Reef
• Belize Barrier
• New Caledonia Barrier
• Andros, Bahamas
• Red Sea Coral Reef
• Florida Keys
• Jamaican Reef
• Reefs on the Windward Southeast Hawaii
• Mombasa National Marine Park
• Surin Island
• Seychelles
• Scarborough Reef
• Seribu Island

Things to research and talk about.

• Almost every reef has suffer. Find out what has happened to your reef. Dredging, sewage disposal, hurricanes, tourism, over fished....?
• What are all the different types of species that live on your reef?
• Describe your reefs ecosystem?
• If there is really Global warming, is it effecting your coral reef? If not Global warming, what is?
• Is your reef thriving with life or dying off?

Alert about Friday's test

As I was typing the test up and it was becoming really long and hard. So, because I'm SO NICE, (and a little help from Chandler) I changed my mind. 
Study the first 12 questions on summary #9 and all the even number questions on summary #10. Know them well because there are a lot of blanks. You will still have a word bank. The vocabulary is still on the test.
Happy Studying!!!!

Friday Feb. 9 Test

Hi Kids,
Study for Mod. 9 & Mod. 10 by using your summaries.
Your vocabulary words will be:

1. Intertidal zone
2. Sessile
3. Desiccated
4. Vertical zonation
5. Ecological succession
6. Estuary
7. Euryhaline
8. Stenohaline
9. Brackish
10. Wetlands
11. Meiofauna
12. Channels

www.sciencebuddies.org is the website to look up project ideas.

See you Friday!!!!!

Feb. 7 Test Friday

Read Mod.# 10 and do the Summary.
Please have this done by class Tuesday. We will go over on Tuesday the answers.
Remember we will have an in class test on Friday over Mod. 9 & 10.
If you have any questions, let me know! :)

www.sciencebuddies.org - the website has ideas for you for your Science project!

Tuesday, Jan. 31

Read through Module #9 and complete the summary hand out that is in the back of your book.
In class we will continue the Oceans movie. If we have time, we will go over the summary.
Then we will move onto Module #10.

Test

I'm looking over the next to Modules. Not to exciting. For now, just start reading pages 211 - 221.

Hi Kids,
I have a crazy sore throat. Hope I can talk tomorrow.
Make sure you have completed the reading and you have review your Mod. #8.
Looks like we will have the test on Friday for Mod. 8.

Work on your semester end reports.

If you have any questions, please contact me.

I"m looking for "greatness." Don't let me down.

If you feel like taking a break and you want to watch something beautiful, watch this video.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/mcbHKAWIk3I

Homework for Jan.10 and 13th

Homework for Tuesday Jan. 10 is to read pages 187 - 198 and do "On Your Owns"

Remember I will be out of the classroom on Friday. You will be watching a film on the Coral Reefs. Please write a 3-5 paragraph paper on what you can do to help save the coral reef for the future. This will be due Tuesday.

Enjoy the movie.  Love ya all!!!!

Ms. Nicole's has entered Blog World

Hi Kids,
Well, its a new year and we now have a blog up and running for our class!!!!
Your homework assignments will be posted here from now on.
Exciting isn't it?