Fast Plants-Day 11

On p.195 in your notebook, diagram the flow of water from the watering tray to the leaves of your  Brassica rapa in the quads. 
Label the true leaves and the cotyledon leaves (seed leaves).

Measure and record the height in your data table, as well as any observable changes.  

Based on our lesson about light and photosynthesis, explain why the seeds needed to be under the lights if they weren't doing photosynthesis yet.

End of the Unit Reflection

Due Today: Completed open-note quiz on Protists
After finishing the quiz, please do the following:
1. Read and highlight the lists of infectious disease and some parasitic infections that may interest you.
2. Write your unit reflection with complete sentences.
3. Update your Table of Contents.
4. Complete the Notebook Self-Evaluation Checklist

The Unit Reflection on p.183 should answer the usual question but applied to this area of study.  Answer them with complete sentences to make a paragraph or two.

• What activities did you enjoy? Why?
• What was challeneging? Why?
• What did you find important or useful?
• How can you prevent the spread of these diseases?  Be specific about 
• behaviors that promote or hinder the spread of disease.
• Why do you thnk it's important for students to learn about these?
• Add any questions that you still have at the end.

NOTEBOOKS ARE DUE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4

Plankton Pull

If you ever wondered why it's important to learn about protists, consider that they live in the water everywhere around us.  Let's look at what lives in the water in the harbor in Morro Bay!
Go to Google Classroom to get the guide!

Protozoan Lab Conclusion

Due Today : Comparing Protists Lab and 
Reading/NoteTaking Guide from Text p.334-343

Use the class time today to complete your observations of the protozoans we are studying.  Complete your lab analysis and conclusion. Your homework assignment is in google classroom.

Amoeba

Paramecium

Euglena

Forms of Fungus Lab

After summarizing and printing your notes, please read over the lab. instructions.

We will examine the mushroom stalk, mushroom gills, and yeast at several different levels of magnification today and tomorrow.

Forms of Fungus Notes

We are watching  two short video clips about fungi, sharing the main ideas conveyed; and then you will go to google classroom to create your own notes.

Notebooks Due Today

Due Today:Virus and Bacteria Section of your Interactive Notebook

We are starting a new unit of study! 

All the living things on earth are divided into major groups called Kingdoms.  You may be familiar with the Plant Kingdom, the Animal Kingdom, and now  you know about two Kingdoms of Bacteria-- archaebacteria and eubacteria; but today we will start talking about Kingdom Fungi and Kingdom Protista.  We will examine some strange organisms that are so different from the plant and animal kingdoms that they had to form their own groups.

In class today, there was an interactive lecture about how club fungi, i.e. a mushroom, eat and reproduce.  Hopefully, you left class with a clear idea about hyphae and the difference between fruiting bodies and the main body of a fungus.  We also addressed the different struture of molds and their  hyphae. 

Study your textbook. Take notes from p.344-349, using your guide, and come to class prepared for activites.