7th Grade Homework for Wednesday May 26th

You have two pieces of homework for tomorrow:
1) Bring in any gummy candies you promised to bring in.
2) Explain diffusion to an adult at home. Be sure to include the three ways we talked about it.
a) Stuff goes from more to less
b) Stuff goes from higher to lower concentration
c) Stuff moves down a concentration gradient.

Build-A-World Project - 8th grade

Here are the requirements for the Build a World Project.
Build a World Project

Remember, your final projects are due on Thursday, May 27th.

August 2009 Regents Scoring Key

Here is the answer key for the August 2009 LE Regents exam you are working on.
August 2009 Answer Key

As we did before, please complete the test, score yourself, and come in to class with questions.

Please do this by Monday, May 24th.

Living Environment Year in Review

I put together this slideshow which reviews this in Science.

Le Year In Review

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Cell Video

Here is the cell video we watched in class today.
Please use it to review for Monday's test.

June Regents Answer Key

Here is a link to the answer key for the June 2009 Regents exam.
June 2009 Regents Answer Key

Please check your work and make a list of any questions you have about this.

Please do this by Thursday.

Thanks.

Cell Test - May 14th

We will be having a test on cells this Friday.

For the test, you should know:
1) The organelles for plant and animal cells -- what they are, where they are, what they look like, and what they do.
2) Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis -- the formulas in both words and chemical formulas.
3) Cells and the COLs -- how the cell performs the Characteristics of Life.

More Data Visualization - Period 5

You have done such a good job working with visualizing data. And, then, I saw that the folks at Google had developed their own tool.

So, this week, I want you to play with it and then write a two-paragraph reflection on what you did, what you learned, and what you think might make it even better.

You can work with the tool here:
Google Public Data Explorer

This work is due by Friday, May 14th.

More Data Visualization - Period 3

You have done such a good job working with visualizing data. And, then, I saw that the folks at Google had developed their own tool.

So, this week, I want you to play with it and then write a two-paragraph reflection on what you did, what you learned, and what you think might make it even better.

You can work with the tool here:
Google Public Data Explorer

This work is due by Friday, May 14th.

Drawing Contest

I just saw this information about a drawing contest. The task is to design a sun to go packages of 8th Continent Soy Milk.
Winners can get $1000 for their schools' art programs.

Here's the info:
http://www.8thcontinent.com/sun/