Wednesday Class (11/25/09)

Today in science class we:
1. Took a quiz on Sand Dune Ecology. Like all our quiz's, this one was not announced.
2. Watched a short video about Wetlands.

Tuesday Class (11/24/09)

Today in science class we wrapped up our dune ecology study. Students worked in their groups to finish their drama/skit presentations. We then watched each groups skit. There is no homework assigned!

Friday Class (11/20/09)

Today in class we continued with the Sand Dune Ecology stations. Have a great weekend!

Thursday Class (11/19/09)

Today in science we started a new set of stations focusing on Sand Dune Ecology of the Great Lakes. Our resource page has information on each station. The previous blog post has the power point presentation that goes with station 6.

There is no homework assigned!

Sand Dune Power Point

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Wednesday Class (11/18/09)

Today in science we:
1. Took a short quiz on invasive species of the great lakes.
2. Introduced Science Olympiad and took Sign ups. Included in this was a short highlight video of science olympiad. If you would like to watch it, click here for the website.

There is no homework assigned!

Tuesday Class (11/17/09)

Today in science class we had a class discussion on invasive species in Michigan. The power point for this discussion can be found on the previous blog posting!
There is no homework!

Invasive Species Power Point

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Monday Class (11/16/09)

Today in science class we did three things:
1. CPS on General Ecology
2. Finished the last station from this grouping of stations on aquatics of the Great Lakes Ecology unit.
3. Gave students time to finish unfinished stations.

There is no homework assigned!

Friday Class (11/13/09)

Today in science we continued the stations on Great Lakes Ecology aquatic topics. There is no homework currently assigned!

Thursday (11/12/09)

Today in class we worked on the stations that we started yesterday. There is no homework due.

Wednesday Class (11/11/09)

Today in science we began a new set of stations that relate to the topic of aquatic ecosystems of the Great Lakes.
Station 1: Mini-Web quest on invasive species.
Station 2: Great Lakes Food Web Exercise.
Station 3: Marsh Organisms/Lake Erie Watersnake DVD
Station 4: Graphing Activity on the Lake Erie Watersnake
Station 5: Fish ID activity
Station 6: A day in the Life of a Frog activity.

We are sorry that many of these activities are not available online.
There is no homework assigned!

Tuesday Class (11/10/09)

Today in class we graphed the data that we collected yesterday in our simulations. We used excel on the computers to graph the data. With left over time we worked on our simulation that we started last Friday. There is no homework assigned.

Monday Class (11/9/09)

Today in science class we went outside and did a predator prey simulation. We ran a 15 year simulation model of a population study of moose vs wolf.
We have information on wolves on our resource page (Great Lakes Ecology and Beyond).

There is no homework!

Friday Class (11/06/09)

Today in science we:
1. Finished the movie that we started yesterday on Wolves.
2. We did a simulation of a wolf pack called, "Survival, Roll of the Dice"

There is no homework assigned! Have a super weekend!

3rd Hour Nutrtion Class

You will complete a two day project in the computer lab.

Day 1: Complete the Webquest on Nutrition. If you finish the webquest you may start browsing local grocery store fliers on the web to get an idea about food budgeting....

Day 2: You will complete a meal for four people with a limited budget! More details to come.

Wednesday Class (11/04/09)

Today in science class we took our Basic Ecology Test!

Tuesday Class (11/3/09)

Today in science class we had a day of review for tomorrows test. In addition to the reviewing that was done, we had a time for quiz retakes or makeups. Students can choose to retake any quiz that they took this year.
Remember, TEST tomorrow! (By the way, there are some helpful links on our resource pages!)

Monday Class (11/02/09)

Science Class today:
1. Handed in Science Collections!
2. CPS quiz
3. Group Work discussion on Carrying Capacity. We used a human population growth activity for this topic. It is available on our resource pages.
4. Spent about 5 minutes going over review items for the TEST ON WEDNESDAY!