We are now finishing off our biodiversity unit and, as such we will be finishing our websites. To the other three pages (if not more), add the following:
Selection and Survival
That's it! If you want to include any other interesting facts, do so! Next WEDNESDAY (May 8) we will post the URL for all of the sites on this blog so that your peers can share in your understanding and how you have captured the Biodiversity unit!
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Tomorrow's quiz is on heredity, genetics, and cell reproduction. In addition to your notes and assignments, the following notes can be utilized (Topics 3-5 will be covered on the quiz).
MathWe have progressed from our inequalities unit into polynomials. For last week we covered what a polynomial is (what is a term, monomial, binomial, trinomial, coefficient, degree, variable, and polynomial). This week we will look at grouping like terms and the progress into addition and subtraction of polynomials before multiplying and dividing by a monomial. The ultimate goal is to have the unit exam for polynomials around April 25. After that we will be moving into Circle Geometry. ScienceIn Biodiversity, we will have a quiz on Heredity and Genetics later this week (Thursday April 18). For this, we have been talking about traits being dominant or recessive and will be adding the terms continuous and discrete. Additionally, we are looking at DNA, Chromosomes, Genes, Nitrogenous Bases, Mitosis and Meiosis.
In to next week, we will be finalizing the unit for biodiversity and will write our final exam on approximately the 29th-30th of April. This allows us to start our Electricity unit at the start of May. As we work towards the end of our unit, we will continue to look at our website. The third pages of the website will include the following (below is also a summary of the first 2 pages): Website Information As a recall, we have been working on a website since the start of the unit. This site serves as a repository for the information that we have learned while it also gives us the focus of a local plant or animal. In section 3 of the website, we will do the following: Please include the following on your site: 1. Chromosomes - This page will address the following:
2. Mitosis and Meiosis
If you missed it or want to ensure that all of the first section is complete, the initial assignment is below... Part 1 of our Website: Select an organism that can be found here in Coventry Hills. With this organism in mind, you and one partner are to brainstorm a testable question that you can ask about the organism. A testable question is the type of question found in professional scientific papers and science fairs. They not only involve an inquiry but also have the potential for the scientist (you!) to conduct an experiment. After choosing a question and/or an organism that can be used to focus on your question, set up your homepage. On your homepage the following are required: 1. The name of your organism and an image. 2. The structural and behavioral adaptations of the organism. 3. The variation that can be found within the species. 4. The food web and habitat that the organism exists in. How important is it to the food chain? What happens if it is removed or if another organism is removed from the environment? 5. How does a high biodiversity benefit your organism? How might a low biodiversity harm your organism (relate this to #4). 6. On the page, include a classification of your organism (Kingdom, phylum, classes, order, genus, species) and a breakdown of how the naming system came to be (hint: investigate Carl Linnaeus). Part 2 of our Website: Heritable traits are characteristics that organisms pass on to their offspring. Thinking of your organism, provide examples of heritable and non-heritable traits and publish them, and the following, in an applicable section of your website. In order to pass on traits, organisms need to reproduce. You need to provide a synopsis of reproduction, in general, before summarizing your organisms reproductive capacity. Within this, you need to: · Describe the different modes of sexual and asexual reproduction. · Identify and interpret examples of asexual and sexual reproduction in different species. · Describe examples of organisms that use both sexual and asexual reproduction. · Compare advantages and disadvantages of asexual and sexual reproduction. Checklist that should be included: Describe Binary Fission Describe Meristems Describe Asexual Spores Describe Budding Describe Bacterial Conjugation Describe Plant/ Animal Sexual Reproduction 6 Drawings/ models/ images for each type of reproduction Two organisms that use both asexual and sexual reproduction One advantage and disadvantage of sexual reproduction One advantage and disadvantage of asexual reproduction As we work through our Biodiversity Unit, we will be creating and maintaining a website. The second part of this assignment is as follows:
Part 2 of our Website: Heritable traits are characteristics that organisms pass on to their offspring. Thinking of your organism, provide examples of heritable and non-heritable traits and publish them, and the following, in an applicable section of your website. In order to pass on traits, organisms need to reproduce. You need to provide a synopsis of reproduction, in general, before summarizing your organisms reproductive capacity. Within this, you need to: · Describe the different modes of sexual and asexual reproduction. · Identify and interpret examples of asexual and sexual reproduction in different species. · Describe examples of organisms that use both sexual and asexual reproduction. · Compare advantages and disadvantages of asexual and sexual reproduction. Checklist that should be included: Describe Binary Fission Describe Meristems Describe Asexual Spores Describe Budding Describe Bacterial Conjugation Describe Plant/ Animal Sexual Reproduction 6 Drawings/ models/ images for each type of reproduction Two organisms that use both asexual and sexual reproduction One advantage and disadvantage of sexual reproduction One advantage and disadvantage of asexual reproduction |
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