Please REMEMBER there is a CELLS UNIT TEST on Wed, Feb. 10. for all classes!
Topics:
- Types of cells (eukaryotic vs. prokaryotic; animal vs. plant)
- Structure and function of cell parts (cell wall, cell membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus, chloroplast, mitochondria, vacuole)
- Compare and contrast plant and animal cells
- Describe the observable components and functions of certain organelles of the cell
- Make connections between organelles and the basic life processes (photosynthesis, respiration, fermentation, diffusion, osmosis)
- Justify that the cell is the basic unit of life and carries out life functions
- Make sense of how cells form tissues, tissues form organs, and organs form organisms
- Describe/predict the movement of particles in and out of cells (osmosis and diffusion)
- Describe the processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration/fermentation and justify their importance to life
- Compare and contrast breathing and respiration
- Compare and contrast respiration and fermentation
You should be studying from the following resources:
-All column notes from discussions
-Labs (Microscope, Plant & Animal Cells, Diffusion, Respiration/Fermentation)
-Book (Chap. 1 Sec. 1, 2 (only those structures we have studied), 4 Chap. 2, Sec. 1,2)
Your SAM Animation is due on Monday or Tuesday if you are in Science BLUE. You must have the following completed BEFORE you walk into Science class. If you have questions, please ask Ms. DeCardy.
1. Export your SAM as an MPEG4 or QuickTime movie
2. Put your movie on the portal
3. Embed your movie into your blog
Watch this video for directions on how to do each step above!
Letter from the Admission Office
Dear Parents,
Each semester, we send to you a survey that asks if your child(ren) plan to return to SAS the following semester. In the past, the Office of Admission has sent this paper survey home with your youngest child. With the launch of the Parent Portal, we will “go green” and conduct the survey via PowerSchool. Please click on the survey for each child and tell us whether or not your child(ren) will return to SAS for the fall semester of the 2010-2011 school year.
You will need to complete a survey for each child and it is very important to complete the survey no later than Friday, February 12th. As this is essential information that we use when planning for the next school year, if you do not respond to this request, we will contact you by phone or e-mail after the due date.
If you have any questions, please contact the Office of Admission at tel.: 6221.1445, ext.2525 Daniel Dong, Puxi campus or ext.3305 Eileen Shen, Pudong campus.
Best regard,
T.K. Ostrom
Director of Admission
IMPORTANT PowerSchool Update:
1.Enrollment Survey. All enrollment surveys will be done online in PowerSchool through the Parent Portal. This enrollment survey is for next school year – 2010-2011. We will not be sending the enrollment survey form through your youngest child anymore. You will receive an email from PowerSchool regarding the details.
2.Emergency Contacts – You can now update your emergency contacts in PowerSchool. Just click the Demographics Update and scroll down to see the emergency contacts and where you need to enter the information. It is important for you to provide two emergency contacts.
Today we are going to begin our research for Pompeii Day. Next week, you will be creating videos that re-create the last days of Pompeii, in 79 AD. Here is the assignment that you need to complete to prepare.
Today we are going to begin working on the Unit Project for Earth Science. You will pretend that you are a Junior Engineer, Quakin’ and Shakin’ Geologists, Inc. and that ”our company has been hired by a development firm to research and make a recommendation on building luxury condos in Pompeii, Italy; San Francisco, California; and Reykjavík, Iceland. They have some concerns over the possible geologic processes that might affect their condos and the people potentially living in them and would like us to research and report” on the geologic activity in the area. You will create a Keynote presentation that fulfills the requirements for the assignment. Here is a worksheet that will help you to determine which locations are at what types of boundaries, and the activity that occurs there. Here is a Keynote Plan Page that will help you lay out your keynote presentation and the rubric that I will use to grade your project. Enjoy!
Here is an electronic copy of the “Waves Webquest“. This will make it easier for you to go to the links that are in the document. Also, I have included an example of what the APPLICATION activity should look like. Remember, you can’t use the same even when you complete the activity.