Week 4

Well, week 4 is finished and we are nicely settled in. Everyone worked hard this week and I was pleased with the progress we made in all the classes.

Biology
Today we made slides from pond cultures. We saw good bacterial growth and some amoebas and diatoms, but no other live protozoa. You should finish your lab report including your hypothesis as to which culture would produce the most organisms.
Read to p. 82 in Module 3 making sure to complete the "OYO" and vocabulary list. We will be doing part 2 of our pond cultures hoping to see algae and protozoa.

Chemistry
This week we spent doing quite a bit of review of Modules 1 &2 before briefly touching on Module 3. I gave a test today and I will return those to you on Monday. Good news - no lab write-up!
Finish the reading on Module 3, completing the "OYO" questions. Work on memorizing the 1st twenty elements of the periodic table by name, atomic number and abbreviation. You should also be able to fill those first 20 in on a blank chart. Your quiz on that will be on Wednesday. We will also be completing Exp. 3.2 on Wednesday.

Advanced Biology
We went over the first half of Module 3 this week and completed Exp. 3.1 and 3.2 in class. The coloring exercises are very detailed and will need to be finished at home if they were not in class.
Finish reading Module 3 to the end and complete the "OYO" questions. We will be working with our models and completing Coloring exercises 3.2 - 3.6 in class. They should be easier than today's exercises.

If you missed a day this week then just go by the syllabus to know your assignment. If you missed a test, then I will be mailing it to you. Please try and bring it back to class with you.

Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Matthews