Quiz - Needs and Characteristics of Life - Tuesday, 11/3

On Tuesday, November 3, you will be taking a quiz on the needs and characteristics of living things.

Understand and be able to do the following:

_____Define:

• organism
• stimulus
• homeostasis
• metabolism
• consumer(s)
• producer(s)
• decomposer(s)
• protein(s)
• carbohydrate(s)
• lipid(s)
• nucleic acid(s)
• ATP

_____Identify the needs of living things
_____Describe why water is important for living things
_____Describe why a food source is so important for living things
_____Contrast autotrophs and heterotrophs
_____Identify an example of a nucleic acid
_____Identify the characteristics of living things
_____Describe why DNA is important for living things
_____Determine if material is / is not living based on characteristics of living things

References:
-Chapter 2 Section 1 - Characteristics of Living Things (pp. 38-41)
-Chapter 2 Section 2 - The Necessities of Life (pp. 42-47)
-DO NOW answers
-CW: Directed Reading - The Necessities of Life
-CW: Ch. 2 Concept Map (The Needs & Characteristics of Living Things) 
-HW: Chapter 2 Review
-CW: Is it living?

NOTE: If you have not seen / do not have some of these resources yet, that means this resources are associated with a future lesson.

Yeast Experiment : Balloon Final Pictures

The photos below were taken on Friday afternoon, around 4 PM.
These are all the experimental setups.
Some bottles and balloons started fizzing, so those bottles were put into the sink.
(Look at the back of some of the photos; you will see the sink.)

You can click on each photo to see the photo enlarged in slideshow format.

Remember, your completed yeast lab student record is due on Thursday!

- Mrs. Hong

Parts of an Experiment Quiz - Monday, October 5

Things to know and be able to do:
_____Make observations based 
_____Distinguish between qualitative and quantitative observations
_____Make inferences based on observations

When reviewing an experimental setup:
_____Identify an independent variable
_____Identify a dependent variable
_____Identify a control (or control group)
_____Identify constants

Resources:
#2 DO NOW
#11 Observations in Science
#13 Scientific Processes Vocabulary
#15 The Ancient Puzzle - Closing Questions
#19 Independent Variables & Dependent Variables Practice
#20 Variable Worksheet
#21 DO NOW
#22 Control, Constants, IVs, DVs
#23 Scientific Method - Identifying Variables
#24 Simpson Science
Textbook Chapter 1 Section 2

Please see me with any questions!
- Mrs. Hong

How We See Colors

When reviewing your Variable Worksheet homework, I briefly mentioned some of the physics behind color.

If you are interested in tinkering with "the primary colors of light," check out this simulation:
http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/color-vision/latest/color-vision_en.html

If you are interested in this, please feel free to speak with me about it!
- Mrs. Hong