Review Games for punnett squares

Punnet Square Hoop Shoot Out

Furry Family Game

Lots of Punnett Square games

Thursday's Class 4/26/12

Today the students took notes over and practiced punnett squares.  There is a vocabulary quiz tomorrow over the words we covered Monday.

In case you missed those or need help with the definitions of a few of them here they are:

DNA- The genetic material that carries information about an organism and that is passed from parent to offspring.

Gene- A segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait.

Traits- A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes.

Heredity- The passing of traits from parents to offspring

Genetics- The scientific study of heredity

Chromosome- A threadlike cellular structure that carries the information that controls inherited characteristics.

Sexual Reproduction- The reproductive process that involves two parents who combine their genetic material to produce a new organism, which differs from both parents.

Asexual Reproduction- The production of offspring by a single parent, without the union of a sperm cell and an egg cell.

Allele- The different forms of a gene

Dominant Allele- An allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present

Recessive Allele- An allele that is masked when a dominant allele is present

Monday's Class 4/23/12

Today the students worked on vocabulary for their vocabulary quiz Friday.  The words that they need to know for that quiz are: DNA, Gene, Traits, Heredity, Genetics, Chromosome, Sexual Reproduction, Asexual Reproduction, Allele, Dominant Allele, Recessive Allele.  It will be a matching quiz so you will need to really know these definitions.

Tomorrow and Wednesday the students have the STAAR test.  Get some rest and eat a good breakfast.  Most importantly GOOD LUCK and do your best!!!

Friday's Class 4/20/12

Today the students were to complete questions about the adaptations they simulated yesterday in class during the lab.  There were 4 questions over each they had to discuss in a paper.

Thursday Class 4/19/12

Today the students went through the adaptations lab.  They observed different adaptations and had to pick from a list the adaptation and organism that best fit the adaption simulation they performed at different stations.  Tomorrow they will write about these adaptations.  This lab will count for two grades in the grade book.

Wednesday 4/18/12

Today the students worked on "What caused this" cards that went into their science spirals.  The had to read a passage and figure out what caused the sickness/disease, symptoms the person felt, how did the body respond to the sickness/disease and how do they know that.
It was to completed and put into the science spiral and the spiral were then taken up for a spiral check.

Tuesday 4/17/12

Today in class we discussed Fever and Vomit and how our body adjust itself to homeostasis.  You can find those notes at my school website: Mr. Reynolds' School Website

Don't forget to have your spiral ready tomorrow for the spiral check.

Spiral Check Wednesday

Tuesday we will be having a spiral check.  I will be checking for all the IN's and notes since the last spiral check.  The dates for the IN's I will be checking are 4/16/12, 4/3/12, 4/2/12.  The other information I will be checking for is the "Where are They?" human body notes, the Endocrine crossword puzzle, and the body systems question diagram.

4/16/12 IN:  Define Stimulus and give an example of an external and an internal stimulus.  Answer: Stimulus is a change in an organisms surroundings that causes the organism to react. External stimulus example: temperature  Internal stimulus example: infection/fever

4/3/12 IN: Which gland produces a growth hormone that controls growth and homeostasis?  Answer: Pituitary Gland

4/2/12 IN: List the 5 functions of the skin  Answer: Prevents loss of water, Protects body from injury and infection, regulates the body's temperature, eliminates waste, gathers information about the environment, produces vitamin D

Monday's Class 4/16/12

Today the students watched a video "LIFE" and had to find 10 adaptations from it.

Friday 4/13/12

The students took notes and did a short lab over homeostasis today during class.  The notes have been loaded onto my school website.  You can get to it through this link: School Website

Thursday's Class 4/12/12

Today in class the students finished up their squirrel island activity and turned it in.  They are graded and the grades for them have been entered into the grade book.

Wednesday's class 4/11/12

The students started on a small in-class project called squirrel island.  I gave them the entire class period to work on it in class and will give them the entire class to finish it up tomorrow.  Here is a link to that project so if you would like you may complete some of it at home.

Squirrel island website

Next Unit of Study

Our next unit of study will be over adaptations/homeostasis.

Here are a couple of links to websites to help you with these concepts:
Animal Adaptations Webquest

Tuesday's Class 4/10/12

The students took their exam over the human body systems we have been studying over the past couple of weeks.  They will be graded and entered soon.

Jeopardy Game for human body system

Human Body Jeopardy

Monday 4/9/12

Today the students played a review game covering the body systems.  Their review is a sheet of paper that covers the entire body systems.  If you have trouble with it you can find it on pg. 339 of your textbook.

Bonus: Have your parent/guardian sign your review(human body chart) that should be on pg. 25 of your science spiral for an extra 5 points on the exam.

Wednesday 4/4/12

Today the students finished up their notes over the Reproductive system and then worked on their reviews for the quiz tomorrow over the integumentary, endocrine and reproductive systems.

Here is a little helpful information for that review:

Integumentary, Endocrine, and Reproductive Quiz Review

1)   What are the three major organs of the integumentary system?

Skin, nails, and hair

2)   What is the top layer of the integumentary system?

Epidermis

3)   This type of reproduction is where a piece of the parent becomes detached or broken off and a new piece can grow back.

regeneration

4)   This reproduction is where spores are produced?

Sporulation

5)   List two things that the dermis contains?

Sweat glands, nerve ending, hair follicles and blood vessels

6)   This type of asexual reproduction is where the body of the parent breaks into fragments or pieces that grow into new individuals.

Fragmentation

7)   This gland produces adrenaline in response to physical and emotional stress.

Adrenal

8)   This gland produces insulin, which controls sugar levels in the blood.

Pancreas

9)   This gland produces testosterone used in sperm production and the development of male traits.

Testes

10)                  This gland produces estrogen used in egg production and the development of female traits.

Ovaries

11)                  This gland produces a growth hormone, which controls growth and homeostasis.

Pituitary

12)                  What is the process by which living things produce new individuals of the same type?

Reproduction

13)                  This type of reproduction is where offspring are genetically identical to the parent (clones).

Asexual

14)                  In this type of reproduction is where females produce eggs, but these develop into young without being fertilized.

Parthenogenesis

15)                  Explain four functions of the integumentary system.

Prevents loss of water

Protects the body from injury and infection

Helps to regulate body temperature

Eliminates waste

Gathers information about the environment

Produces vitamin D

Review for Quiz Thursday

Several students have told me they would be out tomorrow.  Tomorrow the students will be receiving a review for their quiz upcoming on Thursday.  Here is the review:

Integumentary, Endocrine, and Reproductive Quiz Review

1)   What are the three major organs of the integumentary system?

2)   What is the top layer of the integumentary system?

3)   This type of reproduction is where a piece of the parent becomes detached or broken off and a new piece can grow back.

4)   This reproduction is where spores are produced?

5)   List two things that the dermis contains?

6)   This type of asexual reproduction is where the body of the parent breaks into fragments or pieces that grow into new individuals.

7)   This gland produces adrenaline in response to physical and emotional stress.

8)   This gland produces insulin, which controls sugar levels in the blood.

9)   This gland produces testosterone used in sperm production and the development of male traits.

10)                  This gland produces estrogen used in egg production and the development of female traits.

11)                  This gland produces a growth hormone, which controls growth and homeostasis.

12)                  What is the process by which living things produce new individuals of the same type?

13)                  This type of reproduction is where offspring are genetically identical to the parent (clones).

14)                  In this type of reproduction is where females produce eggs, but these develop into young without being fertilized.

15)                  Explain four functions of the integumentary system.

Come back to the blog Wednesday night for a review help entry!!!

Tuesday 4/3/12

Today the students took notes over reproduction.  The notes can be found at this link: Mr. Reynolds' School Website

They completed a chart titled "Hormone where and what"  they were to complete the chart and put it into their science spirals.

Monday 4/2/12

Today the students received notes over the endocrine system.  They also received a crossword puzzle they  were told to put into their science spirals.

The Endocrine notes can be found at this link:  Mr. Reynolds' School Website