What was done?

1. We worked on the Section 22-3 & 4 Test Review sheets
2. Period 5 visited the computer lab for Eye/Ear Disease research.
   

What was collected?

1. Nothing.
   

What was assigned?

1. Eye/Ear Disease Report is due Thursday 11/2/06.
2. Light & Senses Test (Sections 22-3 & 22-4) is Thursday 11/2/06.

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The two basic ingredients for a crayon are pigment and paraffin wax, stored in heated 17,000 gallon tanks. The mixture is heated until it melts into a liquid. Crayons melt at 105 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius). The mixture is heated to 190 F (82 C). The liquid is poured into a preheated mold full of hundreds of crayon-shaped holes. Cool water (55 F, 13 C) is used to cool the mold, allowing the crayon to be made in 3 to 9 minutes. A single mold makes 1,200 crayons at a time, weighing a total of about 40 pounds.

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Your report must be one page with one illustration.

View the rubric here to see the requirements.

Research

Eye Diseases

Ear Diseases

Explore and visit many websites for your research and find something that's interesting to you.

You can do your own search at Google, Ask.com, Dogpile.com, Lycos.com etc.

Make sure to WRITE down the information or the website address while doing the research.

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What was done?

1. We reviewed the Eye with a "How do you see?" Worksheet.
2. We learned about the anatomy of the Ear.
3. We wrote down the requirements of the Eye/Ear Disease Report.
   

What was collected?

1. Section 22-2 Checkpoint and Review Questions.
2. Section 22-2 Review Worksheet.
   

What was assigned?

1. Eye/Ear Disease Report is due Thursday 11/2/06.
2. Light & Senses Test (Sections 22-3 & 22-4) is Thursday 11/2/06.

Daily Science Fact
MRI magnetic fields are incredibly strong. Metal objects can become dangerous projectiles if they are taken into the scan room. A watch flying off an arm and into the MRI machine is entirely possible. Credit cards, bank cards and anything else with magnetic encoding will be erased by most MRI systems.

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What was done?

1. We read Section 22-2 (The Nervous System).
2. We answered the Checkpoint Questions and the Review Questions on p. 696.
3. We saw some examples of optical illusions.
   
4. We watched Bill Nye: the Brain.
   

What was collected?

1. Nothing.

What was assigned?

1. Nothing.
   

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There's a whole lot of water on Earth! Something like 326,000,000,000,000,000,000 gallons (326 million trillion gallons) of the stuff (roughly 1,260,000,000,000,000,000,000 liters) can be found on our planet.

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What was done?

1. Period 1 finished the "Eye" Powerpoint Presentation.
2. Period 2 and 5 started the Microscope activities.
3. We started reading Section 22-2 (p. 690-696).
   

What was collected?

1. Microscope Activity Conclusions (period 1).

What was assigned?

1. Workbook pages 229-232.
2. Checkpoint questions p. 691 & 693.
3. Review questions p. 696 #1-4
   

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The hump of a camel does not contain water. It is a giant mound of fat, actually. In a healthy, well-fed camel, the hump can weigh as much as 80 pounds (35 kilograms)! Camels are the only animals with a hump.

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What was done?

1. Microscope activity & the start of "Eye" Powerpoint Presentation (period 1 & 5).
2. "Eye" Powerpoint Presentation (period 2).
   

What was collected?

1. Microscope Extra Credit.

What was assigned?

1. Microscope Activity Conclusions (period 1 & 5).
2. Review Questions for Section 22-3 (period 2).
   

Daily Science Fact
If you fire a gun into the air, the bullet will travel up to a mile high (depending on the angle of the shot and the power of the gun). Once it reaches its apogee, the bullet will fall. Air resistance limits its speed, but bullets are designed to be fairly aerodynamic, so the speed is still quite lethal if the bullet happens to hit someone.

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What was done?

1. Microscope Activity (period 1 only)
2. Microscope worksheets (period 2 & 5)
   

What was collected?

1. Microscope Extra Credit.

What was assigned?

1. Microscope Worksheets.
   

Daily Science Fact
Scientifically speaking, the Egg came before the Chicken.

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What was done?

1. We read Section 22-3.
   
2. We did workboook pages 234-236.
   
3. We watched Bill Nye: Eyeball.
   

What was collected?

1. Microscope Advertisement.

What was assigned?

1. Complete Workbook p. 234-236
   

Daily Science Fact
In human skin, UV penetration depth is actually very slight -- less than 1 millimeter. Ultraviolet radiation usually doesn't make it past the epidermis, the top layer of skin.

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What was done?

1. We worked on the Microscope Mania Extra Credit sheets.
2. We took the Microscope Quiz.
3. We worked on the Microscope Advertisement.
   

What was collected?

1. Nothing.

What was assigned?

1. Microscope Advertisement is due Monday 10/23

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The dreaded ice cream "brain freeze" is actually headache caused by the dilation of blood vessels in the head. The dilation may be caused by a nerve center located above the roof of your mouth -- when this nerve center gets cold, it seems to over-react and tries to heat your brain.

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What was done?

1. We wrote the Microscope Usage Notes from pg 775.
2. We worked on the Microscope Advertisement.
   

What was collected?

1. Nothing.

What was assigned?

1. Microscope Advertisement is due Monday 10/23.
2. Microscope Quiz is Friday 10/20.
   

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You could not see a flashlight beam from Earth on the moon because the photons would be spread to thinly for your eyes to detect. However, a laser beam on the moon could easily be seen from Earth.

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What was done?

1. We looked at the microscope information on p. 774.
2. We labeled a microscope diagram. This should be filed in the Notes section.
   
3. We started working on the microscope advertisement.
   

What was collected?

1. Mr. Kang checked for workbook pages 232-234.
   

What was assigned?

1. Section 22-3 review worksheet.
   
2. Microscope Advertisement is due Friday 10/20.
   

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Just about everyone has seen a television show or movie in which a criminal suspect is questioned while detectives watch from behind a one-way mirror. How does a piece of glass manage to reflect light from one side while remaining clear on the other? The secret is that it doesn't. It has to do mainly with the amount of light in the two rooms.

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What was done?

1. We finished the "Light" Powerpoint notes.
2. We read Section 22-3 (p.698-701).
3. We started Workbook pages for Section 22-3.
   

What was collected?

1. Nothing

What was assigned?

1. Finish the questions and summary for "Light" notes.
   
2. Complete Workbook pages.
   

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How much does the Earth weigh? It would be more proper to ask, "What is the mass of planet Earth?" The quick answer to that is: approximately 6,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (6E+24) kilograms.

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What was done?

1. We corrected Workbook pages 1 & 2.
2. We started "Light" class notes.
   

What was collected?

1. Nothing.
   

What was assigned?

1. Write summary for "Light" notes.
   

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If all the ice at the North Pole melted, how high would the ocean level around the world rise? Not a single centimeter. The ice floats in the Arctic Sea. If it melted, the sea levels would not be affected. Don't believe it? Try adding ice cubes to a glass of salt water and see if the water level changes as the ice melts.

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What was done?

1. Today was a minimum day.
   
2. Workbook p. 1-2
   

What was collected?

1. Cell Maze/Wordsearch Extra Credit
2. Test Questions/Crossword
   

What was assigned?

1. Nothing
   

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The old legend about storks bringing babies got started because the European white stork often nests on the roofs and chimneys of houses in the spring, a time when many babies are born. The bird became a symbol of fertility and was considered good luck.

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What was done?

1. Cell Test (Sections 1-2, 2-1, 2-2, & 2-3)
   

What was collected?

1. Nothing
   

What was assigned?

1. Read Section 1-1
   

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An elephant’s skin is so sensitive that it can feel a fly landing on it.

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What was done?

1. "Making your own test" Review
2. Sections 2-1 & 2-2 Worksheets
   

What was collected?

1. Nothing
   

What was assigned?

1. Study for Cell Test (Sections 1-2, 2-1, 2-2, & 2-3) on Thursday
2. Complete "Making your own test"
3. Complete Worksheets
   

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Lions are the only members of the cat family to have males and females that look distinctly different.

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What was done?

1. Cell Division (Mitosis) Notes
   

What was collected?

1. Nothing
   

What was assigned?

1. Study for Cell Test (Sections 1-2, 2-1, 2-2, & 2-3) on Thursday
   

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In the wild, there are four times as many male Komodo dragons as there are females.

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What was done?

1. Workbook pages 16-17
2. Osmosis Jones - part 2
   

What was collected?

1. Nothing
   

What was assigned?

1. Study for Cell Test (Sections 1-2, 2-1, 2-2, & 2-3) on Thursday
   

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The woodland frog is the only animal able to survive after it's been frozen.

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What was done?

1. Workbook page 15
   
2. Osmosis Jones - part 1
   

What was collected?

1. Workbook pages 11-14 checked
   
2. Cell Brochure
   

What was assigned?

1. Nothing

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Giant pandas are technically carnivores, but they have adapted to live mostly on bamboo. They will eat small mammals if they can catch them, though!

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What was done?

1. Read Sections 2-1 & 2-2
   
2. Workbook pages 11-14
   

What was collected?

1. Nothing
   

What was assigned?
Workbook p. 11-14 checked tomorrow

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A cat's normal body temperature range is 100.5 to 102.5 degrees Fahrenheit.

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What was done?

1. We went to the Computer Center to research for the Cell Brochure
   

What was collected?

1. Nothing
   

What was assigned?
Travel Brochure for a Cell due Friday 10/6

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A giraffe's tongue is 18 to 20 inches (46 to 50 centimeters) long and blue-black. Some people think the color is to keep the tongue from getting sunburned.

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Introduction
You have been hired by the Cellular Tour Company. The company specializes in selling micro-adventures: vacations in a microscopic scale! They need you to design a brochure to showcase a cell tour. Research and make a list of some interesting things you could do or see if you were able to take a microscopic trip into the cell. Choose at least seven organelle tour stop destinations and create a brochure to sell a travel package. Make it interesting. You may treat the cell as an amusement park (Disneyland, Magic Mountain, Knott's Berry Farm, etc) or a national park (Yosemite, Yellowstone, etc) or even a museum (California Science Center, Natural History Museum, etc) if you like. The stops must be informative and exciting, and must accurately reflect the environment.

Organelles

mitochondria
ribosome
nucleus (nucleolus)
lysosome
chloroplast
endoplasmic reticulum
golgi body (apparatus)
cell wall
vacuole
cell membrane

Reseach Websites
Cells Alive
Biology4Kids: Cell Structure
The Virtual Cell
Life Science Safari: Animal Cell
Cell Information
The Biology Project: Cell Biology
Cell Structure & Function
Cellular Biology
The Cell Page

Process

1. Use the website links to research the organelles.
2. Pay special attention to how each of the organelles look and where in the cell they are.
3. You may want to sketch the organelles and write some notes while you are exploring the websites.
   
4. Use the information you have gathered to work on your brochures.
   

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What was done?

1. Daily Starter: Cell Cryptogram
   
2. Travel Brochure for a Cell
   

What was collected?

1. "Relating Plant Cell to School" & Section 1-2 Review worksheet
   

What was assigned?
Travel Brochure for a Cell due Friday 10/6

Daily Science Fact
Land shark? Not quite, but there is a species of shark that can walk on its fins.

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