Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Monday, November 1, 2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
The 7 layer system of classifying organisms
Carolus Linneaus is known as the father of taxonomy. He has been credited with the construction of the upside down triangle / pyramid that is widely used to classify organisms.
Layer 1: Kingdom - examples: Animals, plants, monera, protista, and fungi
Layer 2: Phylum - examples: Chordata, mollusca, arthropoda, etc.
Layer 3: Class - examples: Insects, mammals, amphibians, etc.
Layer 4: Order
Layer 5: Family
Layer 6: Genus
Layer 7: Species
Layer 1: Kingdom - examples: Animals, plants, monera, protista, and fungi
Layer 2: Phylum - examples: Chordata, mollusca, arthropoda, etc.
Layer 3: Class - examples: Insects, mammals, amphibians, etc.
Layer 4: Order
Layer 5: Family
Layer 6: Genus
Layer 7: Species
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Science in the 21st Century
I look forward to doing some very interesting things with the various students that I will see this year. We will explore measurements of mass, volume, density, etc.. We will explore our solar system and the Universe. We will, hopefully, have the opportunity to dissect various organisms (rats, fetal pigs, etc.). Force, motion and gravity will also be areas that we will investigate.
As students learn to focus and are disciplined with their behavior, more exploration will occur in the lab and in the classroom.
It will be very important for your child to keep a good notebook. Practically every day there should be some entry made in the notebooks. Most Fridays, students will be given a form of assessment (quiz /test). Students will also have lab reports that will need to be submitted based on the activities that occur in the lab. All of the students have been provided with the rubric for guidance. If your child scores a low grade (below 70%) on the lab report it is most likely because he/she did not keep good notes during the lab activity or he/she did not follow the rubric.
As students learn to focus and are disciplined with their behavior, more exploration will occur in the lab and in the classroom.
It will be very important for your child to keep a good notebook. Practically every day there should be some entry made in the notebooks. Most Fridays, students will be given a form of assessment (quiz /test). Students will also have lab reports that will need to be submitted based on the activities that occur in the lab. All of the students have been provided with the rubric for guidance. If your child scores a low grade (below 70%) on the lab report it is most likely because he/she did not keep good notes during the lab activity or he/she did not follow the rubric.
Friday, February 26, 2010
6th Graders are Focusing on Weather
The sixth graders are learning how weather is "formed" and measured. They are focusing on temperatures in Celsius and Fahrenheit. They are learning how to convert temperatures from Celsius to Fahrenheit using the equation 1.8C + 32 = F. They were given homework on 2/25/10 to finish a table of temperatures to identify and examine the patterns between Celsius and Fahrenheit temperatures.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Testing In March
Starting the Week of March 1, 2010, 6 - 8th graders will be doing Learnia Testing. Testing will be from Monday through Thursday.
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