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1st Quarter CURRENT HOMEWORK
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9/01/06   

Fastplant terms:         

Assign Vocab:  Quad, cell, water wick, water tray, water mat, & anti - algae squares

Plant your seeds   Fastplant timeline (photos) click here

Assignment:  Start your story on how a root works ?  

Root Vocab:  Germination, Root, Root Hair, Epidermis, Apical Meristem
                        Xylem and Phloem

Top water your plants  and look for root

Plant Booklet Requirement 

Part A

Your Plant Booklet must contain information in Story form  (Once upon a time...) which 
  includes the following sections like chapters in a book:

Here are the words to use in your story.  Start your story with the Root Vocab.

Root Vocab:  Germination, Root, Root Hair, Epidermis, Apical Meristem
                        Xylem and Phloem

Stem Vocab:  Bark, Xylem, Phloem 

Leaf Vocab: Cotyledon, Stoma, Guard Cells, Epidermis, TRUE Leaves

Flower Vocab: Flower Parts ( look these up) , Pollination,  Photosynthesis, Seed Pods, 

                          Fertilization, Bee Stick

Part B

 17 leaves from school and 6 from home

    Include: Common name, Scientific name, tag #, use of tree

By the way, this is your textbook:

   Take a look!
Start growing your Wisconsin Fastplants - Brassica rapa

Fastplant web site : Fast plants

Other Plant:  Links

Record  # of seeds produced so far  at WHS is 13,034 set in 2003

Quiz next week!  YOU MAY USE NOTES

 9/05/06

Look for cotyledons

measure plants, add seeds, print out safety contract, 

work on root outline/story and start leaf vocab

Leaf Vocab: Cotyledon, Stoma, Guard Cells, Epidermis, TRUE Leaves

9/06/06

Top water your plants  and look for leaves and measure height

Work on leaf vocab.

9/07/06

Quiz on Tuesday.  Do you have any notes?

Start typing your root story.  Save to a disk if you have one

9/08/06

( Test on 23 leaves from home using Elmo at the end of the quarter)

  Assign  Vocab:  simple/compound, opposite/alternate 
                         pinnate/palmate, coniferous/deciduous   

Visit the EDZ and start filling out the tree data table

   Find the tags      

    Collect data   Data Sheet

    Use Tree ID to identify   Tree Facts 

or go to these sites for pictures and info on trees: Jordan's Link A  B C

      Others:   Link 1        Link 2           Link 3    Link 4   

 

At home you must also collect these leaves:

Label them   A, B, C, D, E, F on your data sheet

Red Oak, White Oak, Gingko, Mountain Ash, Ironwood, Elm

9/09/04

Assignment:

Draw (you may trace diagrams in textbook) and label diagram of root, stem, & leaf.

Use a ruler when you label.

Why do leaves change color? ==>  LEAF

White Pine - Deciduous or Coniferous ?

       Are the needles falling off ?

  

Sam working on her tree booklet

She is using clear transparent contact paper

Try going to Google and type in name of tree, hit Google Search
then select Images . This will show you a photo of the tree.  Try it! 

9/10/04

You must have your leaf collection system today

Start collecting leaves

For your Booklet:

Fast Plant relatives :

Brassica rapa                  Wisconsin Fast Plants
Brassica chinensis           Pak choi
Brassica narinosa           Tsatsai
Brassica nipposinica       Mizuna, Mibuna
Brassica oleifera              Turnip rape, Toria
Brassica parachinensis   Saichin, Choy sum
Brassica  pekinensis        Chinese cabbage
Brassica perviridis          Tendergreen, Komatsuna
Brassica rapifera           Turnip
Brassica trilocularis       Yellow sarson
Brassica  utiIis                  Broccoletto, Broccoli raab

Add this to your booklet -  Look  up one relative and get some interesting info

9/11/06   

Top water your plants  and look for root

( Test on 23 leaves from home using Elmo at the end of the quarter)

  Assign  Vocab:  simple/compound, opposite/alternate 
                         pinnate/palmate, coniferous/deciduous   

Visit the EDZ and start filling out the tree data table

   Find the tags      

    Collect data   Data Sheet

    Use Tree ID to identify   Tree Facts 

or go to these sites for pictures and info on trees: Jordan's Link A  B C

      Others:   Link 1        Link 2           Link 3    Link 4   

 

At home you must also collect these leaves:

Label them   A, B, C, D, E, F on your data sheet

Red Oak, White Oak, Gingko, Mountain Ash, Ironwood, Elm

 9/12/06

Look for cotyledons

measure plants, add seeds, print out safety contract, 

work on root outline/story and start leaf vocab

Leaf Vocab: Cotyledon, Stoma, Guard Cells, Epidermis, TRUE Leaves

9/13/06

Top water your plants  and look for leaves and measure height

Work on leaf vocab. 

How about a quiz on Thursday?

9/14/06

Quiz

9/15/06

Fair Day no school

Assignment for today: (IF YOU HAVE FLOWERS)

Make a bee stick and Cross Pollinate Fastplants this week      Photos

Measure plants, pollinate flowers when they form all this week

I will demo how to do this. Flower parts you need to know

Fastplant timeline (photos) click here

Start using the Tree ID  if we have time

Homework: 

Work on your leaf story and leaf diagram  page 649ish : (Due: Ask Miss Lundquist)

Leaf Vocab: Cotyledon, Stoma, Guard cells, Epidermis, True leaves

Work on plant vocabulary. They must first define each word using their textbook or computer.

After the get the definition they are to continue writing their plant story.

They already have the root chapter done.

 Germination, Root, Root Hair, Epidermis, Apical Meristem Xylem and Phloem

Flower Parts ( look these up) , Pollination,~ Photosynthesis, Seed Pods,~Fertilization,~Bee Stick

Students can also work on leaf identification using tree ID green book and their leaves.

We collected 17 leaves around the school last Thursday.

Use data collected and the Tree ID book to identify each leaf.

Write down all the page #'s you looked up in order to find the name of the leaf.

(IF YOU HAVE FLOWERS)

Make a bee stick and Cross Pollinate Fastplants this week

Measure plants, pollinate flowers when they form all this week

I will demo how to do this. Flower parts you need to know

9/21

Day 14 Fertilize fastplants

I will demo how to do this.

Flower parts you need to know - Diagram flower photo and label parts

Go here to get diagram of a microscope

Introduction  to microscopes.  Page 1137 in text.

Click here    to study microscope parts 

Copy this photo into notes  Quiz

9/25

Assignment:

Make a slide of a Brassica rapa pollen grain.

Draw a picture of it on a lab sheet 

9/26

Work day.

Due  Thursday:  Chapters 2 and 3

1.  Paragraph (story) how a stem and leaf works

2.  Go over stem and leaf vocab

3.  Work on paragraphs in story. 

9/27

Work on paragraphs in story. 

Identify your leaves.

9/28

Fastplant day # 21.  You know what to do.

9/29

Have you done your 2 hours of environmental community service?

Tucker started sprouting his , have you?

Leaf Booklet Assignment - Due October ??

Bring necessary materials you need like your leaves and booklets !!!!!!!

Work on:

Plant Booklet Requirements due end of quarter: here

Bio flash :  

Have you done your 2 hours of environmental community service?

10/2

Lab on stomas

Look at the leaf diagram on page 649ish.

(remember some of your books have different page #'s)

Note the position of the stoma.

Using page 644ish in your textbook,  Do the Mini Lab.

Title:  What do stomata look like?

  Remember to start in low power and adjust your light

Hints:

Make a slide  using a  leaf from tree #9.  Lab sheet
Look at the underside of the leaf.
Observe under low and high power.
Under high power, draw a stoma and label its parts.

Label :  guard cell, stoma, & chloroplasts

Using page 644ish in your textbook,  Do the Mini Lab.

Answer questions 1-3 on the back of the lab sheet.

Look on page 643 for an explanation on how the guard cells work.

10/3

Can you xplain how a leaf works and is involved in photosynthesis?

  Click on leaf

10/4

Microscope / Tree vocab.  Quiz - NO Notes

10/5

Work on:

Type a letter home to parents about biology  . 
Leave a space for me to include your grade
and a place for them to sign and date.  
Include list of ALL of the 1st quarter projects.

Fastplant day #28.  Last day to fertilize.

10/6

Root,  leaf, and flower diagrams due

Due next Wednesday:

1.  Paragraph (story) how a flower works

Flower Vocab: Flower Parts, Pollination,  Photosynthesis, Seed Pods, 

                          Fertilization, Bee Stick

Plant Booklet Requirements due end of quarter: here

10/09

Why do leaves change color? Try here first 
 Colors explained     or     here

From leaf lab yesterday

Questions:

1.  Where do leaf colors come from?

2.  How do leaves change color in the fall?  List the colors or the other pigments in the leaf.

3.  Why are mostly all of the leaves on trees green in the summer?

4.  Do leaves change color because of weather?

5.  Why do leaves fall? 

6.  Explain the process of  photosynthesis.   Include a chemical formula.

10/10

Start Paper Chromatography Lab photos

10/11

Can you xplain how a leaf works and is involved in photosynthesis?

  Click on leaf

10/12

The 6 leaves from home are due in school on Monday.

10/13

 Workday

10/16

Quiz

The 6 leaves from home are due today.

10/17

Take Fastplants off of water and light

10/18

 Workday

10/19

1.  Paragraph (story) how a flower works

Flower Vocab: Flower Parts, Pollination,  Photosynthesis, Seed Pods, 

                          Fertilization, Bee Stick

10/20

 Workday

10/23

Over 40 days have passed since we planted our seeds.

Today we will harvest the seed from the pods.

Will we reach or beat our goal of 12,414?

Make a seed pod chart with data per seed pod

How many pods per plant?

How long is each pod?

How many seeds per pod?

How many seeds per plant?

Total # seeds you harvested?

Class total = ?

Total for 2006 Biology is = ?

10/24

Update data for this year

Results from Fall Harvest 

Fastplant web site : Fast plants

Leaf and Fast plant booklet check list here   Due 10/30

10/25

Final work day on Plant Booklet

10/26

No School

10/27

No School

10/30 - 11/3

This week the schedule will be interrupted with  State testing

thought out  the week and we will also be having the School Play.

The plan in Biology is to hand in the Plant Booklet and review for

the Big Leaf Quiz

Practice using The Tree Finder for the  quiz 

(Next year: Test on 23 leaves from home using Elmo)

Bio flash :  
Have you done your 2 hours of Environmental Community Service ? Due today

Have you started trying to grow a tree  at home ? Due in May

Have you selected a genetically related novel yet?

TBA

Mid Term Test 

Please answer the following questions:

1.  What is the difference between pollination and fertilization in plants?     

2.  Explain  the process of  photosynthesis using "the formula."

3.  How do you use the Tree Finder book?

     Please include what leaf/tree information you need to know in order to
              use the Tree Finder.

4.  Coming soon to a biology class near you!

Ask if you are interested!