February
28, 2006
I placed
a new page on the server tonight that should prove helpful to many
of you. It contains the Bird Research Project rubric, the two files
that Mrs. Beck provided for your help in researching and paraphrasing
and a specialized search engine that I linked to for bird research.
All you have to do is type the name of your bird into this search
software and it will take you directly to a very good web site for
factual information that you can use in your paper.
To
access this page just click here!
February
22, 2006
The scoring
rubric for our recently assigned Bird Research project is now available
here on our web site. Just click on this
link to access this file!
February
2, 2006
Second
quarter grades have been posted in our Gradekeeper software. Report
cards will be issued by the office on Friday, February 3, 2006. You
can review your 2nd quarter grades by clicking here to login.
November
15, 2005
Student
illustrations for sponge anatomy are now available on our web site.
I have scanned selected Science Journals from each group to showcase
some of our science art work. You can click on each group below to
see the gallery for their class:
November
8, 2005
Grades
for the 1st quarter marking period have been turned in to the school
network for printing of report cards. I have uploaded the final 1st
quarter Gradekeeper files to the server. You
can access the login page by clicking here. Use your codes that
you were given to access your file.
Keep
up the good work as we move along through the 2nd quarter! As mentioned
on our homepage, we will be holding Parent/Teacher conferences on
Tuesday, November 15th between 6:00 and 8:00PM in Lab 215.
November
1, 2005
The organized
board notes about Flatworms and Roundworms are available on the server
by clicking here. These notes should
prove helpful when we begin tomorrow's open book assessment for all
topics in Chapter 12. You should spend time tonight getting your materials
organized for this assessment. Good luck!
October
30, 2005
This
is the last week before the close of the first quarter. Our goal this
week is to complete all materials in Chapter 12 about Flatworms and
Roundworms (Section 3 - pages 344-349) and finish up the week with
an assessment of all topics contained in Chapter 12. All grades close
out on Friday, November 4, 2005 and report cards will be issued on
Thursday, November 10, 2005.
We will
be holding a Parent/Teacher conference night on Tuesday, November
15, 2005 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Our team will be meeting in Lab 215.
October
28, 2005
We
recently finished an Eyewitness
Video covering seashore environments in our classes. All students
worked on a diagram in their Science Journals of a typical seashore
that covers four zones: Spray and Splash Zone, Tidal Pools, Tidal Waters
(hold-fast habitat) and the Sub-tidal Zone. The
board notes for these four zones are now available here on the server
by clicking on this link.
October
17, 2005
Quiz
#2 will be given on Wednesday, October 19th to all groups. This quiz
will cover all materials covered from Chapter 12 Section 1 (pages
330-335) along with the article about Animal Diversity that was read
and outlined in our Science Journals.
All students
have been directed to spend Monday and Tuesday homework time in preparation
for this quiz!
October
3, 2005
All Gradekeeper
software accounts have been finished and are now operational on
the web server. Students were given their access codes in class today
and directed to bring them home for safe keeping. All parents are
welcome to use this feature as well. Your child has the necessary
information for logging into their account and they should be sharing
this with you.
If you
have any questions or difficulty please let me know. As I mentioned
in class today, I nornmally upload the grade files right before the
quarterly Progress Reports (which are due out this Friday) and then
in about two weeks, and also at the end of each quarter. This should
give everyone sufficient notice as to their current standing in class.
October
3, 2005
Test
#1 has been scored and the results are now available! The following
class averages were attained:
A1 -
75.2
A2 - 78.8
A3 - 75.9
A4 - 77.6
Combined Average = 76.875
I also
plotted the results of individual papers as a function of time spent
on the test. You can see this by downloading
the linked Excel spreadsheet. Note that the row number indicates the
order that the papers were turned in. A few students were absent
on Thursday so the final results may have a slight variation. If
you would like to see one of the quiz formats please click here.
September
26, 2005
Our first
full-period test will be given this Thursday, September 29th. The
test will cover all materials in Chapter 1 including pages 6 through
35. We will be conducting our Seed
Classification Lab Activity this week and reviewing for the upcoming
test. Our Science Journal work this
week will focus on Classification and reviewing for Thursday's test!
I suggest
that students spend HW time with the Study Guide found on page 31
in our book and with the practice questions in the Chapter Review
section on pages 32 through 35. Students
can also use online practice test materials at the Glencoe Web Site
by clicking here!
September
21, 2005
We have
been studying several scientists
that worked on various theories of life's origin. These include; Jean
Baptist van Helmont, Francesco Redi, Lazzaro Spallanzani, John Needham,
Louis Pasteur, Alexander Oparin, Stanley Miller and Harold Urey. You
can find this information in Chapter 1 Section 3 of our textbook!
September
15, 2005
Quiz
#1 has been scored and the results are now available! The following
class averages were attained:
A1 -
83.8
A2 - 75.6
A3 - 71.3
A4 - 69.4
Combined Average = 75.025
I also
plotted the results of individual papers as a function of time spent
on the quiz. You can see this by downloading
the linked Excel spreadsheet. Note that the row number indicates the
order that the papers were turned in. A few students were absent
yesterday so the final results may have a slight variation. If
you would like to see one of the quiz formats please click here.
September
13, 2005
Our first
quiz will be tomorrow! All students are responsible for the materials
that have been covered in Chapter 1 Section 1 up to page 13. Materials
from our Science Journals will also be included in the first quiz
as well. We have been reviewing for the
past few days for this and all students were given a Science Journal
assignment to prepare for this quiz. Results for this quiz should
be available by Thursday or Friday of this week.
September
8, 2005
Open
House will be held tonight from 6:00 to 8:00pm. Our "A"
team will be in Rooms 218 and 217 with the divider open so as to accomodate
all parents for our presentation. Open House is designed for teachers
to inform parents about their curriculum and yearly plans. Individual
conferences regarding student issues will be scheduled at another
time.
After
our presentation I will cover the class web site in Room 215 for those
parents that are interested in the online portion of my Life Science
curriculum.
August
30, 2005
Our message
board sofware has been reinstalled to the server for this current
year but has not been fully tested yet. Most of the links on the site
for this are currently inoperable. The message board is a moderated
forum (by me) and postings do not go "live" until they are
approved by me. If the messages are of value to our classes then they
will be posted. You can preview
this software by clicking here.
August
29, 2005
Our web
site has returned! Much of what you see here is from last and previous
years. We appreciate your patience as we begin to build materials
for the current 2005-06 school year. I hope to have most of the site
current and operational by September 8th for our annual "Open
House", which is being held from 6:00 to 8:00PM. There will be
additional details about this event later.
Thanks
for your patience with the site!
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