Cell Organelle Flash Cards - 7th Grade

To help us learn about the cell organelles, I want us to make flashcards for each organelle we are studying.

For each card, please include the following:
1. The name of the organelle
2. What it does.
3. A picture. Please draw the picture. You can trace a picture, but I want you to make it.

These are due Thursday, April 29th.

Dealing with Data - Part 3 - Period 3

After exploring the Many Eyes site and playing with some of its visualizations, I thought it was time for you to make your own.

Your job for this week is this:
1) Go to the Many Eyes website: Many Eyes
2) Click on the link called "Data Sets."
3) Look at a bunch (between 6 and 10) of different kinds of data sets. As before, there is a search feature, so you can find a topic that interests you, like "sports" or "pets."
4) For the data sets you liked, create a visualization, save it, and post the link here. Then tell us about them on the blog. For each: a) put the link and b)say why you picked it and what you learned by visualizing it as you did.

This is due by Friday, April 30th.

Have fun!

Dealing with Data - Part 3 - Period 5

After exploring the Many Eyes site and playing with some of its visualizations, I thought it was time for you to make your own.

Your job for this week is this:
1) Go to the Many Eyes website: Many Eyes
2) Click on the link called "Data Sets."
3) Look at a bunch (between 6 and 10) of different kinds of data sets. As before, there is a search feature, so you can find a topic that interests you, like "sports" or "pets."
4) For the data sets you liked, create a visualization, save it, and post the link here. Then tell us about them on the blog. For each: a) put the link and b)say why you picked it and what you learned by visualizing it as you did.

This is due by Friday, April 30th.

Have fun!

Cells Alive Webquest - 7th Grade

This week, you will be working with a cool website called Cells Alive to begin to explore the parts of cells and how cells manage those COLs.

Here is a link to the activity:
Cells Alive WebQuest

You job is to put it into a Word document (or GoogleDoc) and work through this. It is due by Friday April 23rd.

Have fun!

Ecology Web Quest

As we begin our study of Ecology, I want you to work through this Ecology Web Quest.

You can download it here:
Ecology Web Quest

This is going to be due by Friday, April 23rd.

Have fun!

Weekly Science Article Report - Cells - Period 5

We are just beginning our study of the cells.

So, for this week's Weekly Science Article Report, please find an article that addresses cells in some way and report back to us about it.

As a reminder:
1) Cite your article
2) Write a brief (no more than 2 sentence) summary of the article.
3) Write a reflection on the article, sharing about what your learned, what surprised you, and what questions you had. You should also add how it connects to what we have been studying in class.


This assignment is due by Friday, April 23.

Weekly Science Article Report - Cells - Period 3

We are just beginning our study of the cells.

So, for this week's Weekly Science Article Report, please find an article that addresses cells in some way and report back to us about it.

As a reminder:
1) Cite your article
2) Write a brief (no more than 2 sentence) summary of the article.
3) Write a reflection on the article, sharing about what your learned, what surprised you, and what questions you had. You should also add how it connects to what we have been studying in class.


This assignment is due by Friday, April 23.

Dealing with Data, Part 2 - Period 3

After exploring the New York Times thingee showing data on cab rides at various times of the day, many of you suggested other data you would want to "see."

IBM has put together a website called Many Eyes, which will let you do exactly that.

Your job for this week is this:
1) Go to the Many Eyes website: Many Eyes
2) Click on the link called "Visualizations."
3) Look at a bunch (between 6 and 10) of different kinds of visualizations. There is a search feature, so you can find a topic that interests you, like "sports" or "pets."
4) Pick the three you like the most. Then tell us about them on the blog. For each: a) put the link and b)say what you like about it.


Have fun!

Dealing with Data, Part 2 - Period 5

After exploring the New York Times thingee showing data on cab rides at various times of the day, many of you suggested other data you would want to "see."

IBM has put together a website called Many Eyes, which will let you do exactly that.

Your job for this week is this:
1) Go to the Many Eyes website: Many Eyes
2) Click on the link called "Visualizations."
3) Look at a bunch (between 6 and 10) of different kinds of visualizations. There is a search feature, so you can find a topic that interests you, like "sports" or "pets."
4) Pick the three you like the most. Then tell us about them on the blog. For each: a) put the link and b)say what you like about it.


Have fun!

Evolution Notes and Study Guide

I have put together some notes that should help in your study of Evolution. You can watch it below:

Evolution

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I have also created the study guide you'll need for our upcoming test. You can get it here:
Evolution Study Guide

Peppermoth Thingee - Period 6

We are just beginning our study of evolution (in case you forgot over the break).

I just found this nice interactive activity that I think you will find useful and fun. You can find it here:

Peppermoth Activity

Play with it, and then report back here as to what you have learned.

Have fun!

This is due by Friday, April 9th.

Peppermoth Thingee - Period 1

We are just beginning our study of evolution (in case you forgot over the break).

I just found this nice interactive activity that I think you will find useful and fun. You can find it here:

Peppermoth Activity

Play with it, and then report back here as to what you have learned.

Have fun!

This is due by Friday, April 9th.

Dealing with Data - Period 3

I found this cool article and set of graphics in the New York times. 

They used data from taxi rides to create graphics that show the behavior of taxi riders over the course of a week.

You can find it here:

Taxi Flows

Your assignment this week is to play with this data and see what you can learn from it. Then, write a brief reflection (two paragraph) that address the following questions:

1) What did you learn from the data about people's behavior or how to display data that you have collected?

2) What type of data would you like to see represented this way?

This is due by Friday, April 9th

Have fun!

Dealing with Data - Period 5

I found this cool article and set of graphics in the New York times. 

They used data from taxi rides to create graphics that show the behavior of taxi riders over the course of a week.

You can find it here:

Taxi Flows

Your assignment this week is to play with this data and see what you can learn from it. Then, write a brief reflection (two paragraph) that address the following questions:

1) What did you learn from the data about people's behavior or how to display data that you have collected?

2) What type of data would you like to see represented this way?

This is due by Friday, April 9th

Have fun!