After speaking with several students & checking the station work, I have decided to postpone the test until Friday.

We are ahead of schedule, so this delay shouldn't be a problem. Come with all review materials for class tomorrow. We will review dichotomous key and branching diagram more in depth.

Hi class, one of you have emailed me regarding the homework, and I think they are excellent questions so I thought I would make a post. I hope you find this helpful:

Student Email:

Hi,
For the PBS activity, I didn't see where it said Domain or the scientific name.

P.S. Are we supposed to fill out the ther side of the vocab sheet? I did, but what should my re-defined definitions be?

Signed_________________.

My response:
Hi _________,  

Remember from our station work that there are three domains [archaea, bacteria, eukarya]. So according to the definition of those, which domain would animals & plants fall under? [the answer is eukarya]   Also, the scientific name is genus name + species name. For example, the polar bear's scientific name would be Ursus maritimus.   And yes, please complete the back of the vocab sheet as well. If you were to study the kingdoms & domains for the test how would you study  for them? For example, for kingdom Animalia, the defintion is "kingdom Animalia contains complex, multicellular organisms that don’t have cell walls, are usually able to move around,"   but you wouldn't necessary study the definition word-for-word like that. You would say something like, "organisms can generally move, is made up of many cells, don't have cell walls (like plants)"   Have a great weekend as well. Excellent questions.


***IF YOU CANNOT LAUNCH THE PBS ACTIVITY, PLEASE COMPLETE THE ASSIGNMENT ATTACHED BELOW. YOU MAY PRINT OUT & ANSWER OR ANSWER ON YOUR OWN SHEET.

Warm-up: 

Friday Reflection.

Write to the person sitting in front of you in a letter form. Address the prompt below: ›
What is classification? Do you think it’s important to have in science? Why or why not? (at least 3 sentences) ›What did you learn this week that you did not know before? How do you recommend that your friend studies for the new material for test on Wednesday? (at least 5 sentences)

*Exchange warm-up with the person in front of you. Read your friends’ entry, respond with at least 3 sentences.

Classwork:

Work on Classfication stations. 8 out of 10 stations due today.

Homework:

Online Activity: "Classifying Life" ***You must email me by NOON, Monday, if you cannot launch the interactive. I will email you an alternative assignment.

Annoucements: Test on Wednesday!!!
Your vocab sheet is due Wednesday. If you haven't been doing your vocab sheet and currently have a zero for homework grade, you must show me during warm-up on Tuesday for partial credit.