Current Events assignment is due before March 18th.

Assessment on Chapter 1: Chemical Building Blocks - Date TBA

Public Discourse:  Only two more to go for this term!

Essay on the comparison of extinct and endangered bird species is due at the end of the day on Tuesday.

Your first PUBLIC DISCOURSE assignment will be LIVE by tonight.  Post a comment by Friday night.

Continue to work on your Biomes Research Paper during your two, 30 minute homework sessions this week.

Due to the Homework Moratorium, the Adaptive Radiation Final Copy has been pushed back.  You now have a choice of when to turn in the Final Copy:

You may either turn it in sometime before the holiday break OR immediately following the holiday break.

Check your Google Docs for the commented Rough Draft that was shared with you on Monday, Dec 6. 

You will recall that this project was assigned before the homework moratorium was made known, and was worked on with the assumption that the due date would not change.  The due date has now been pushed back.

Ecology Assessment will be given during two class periods next week.  During the assessment, you may have with you one page of normal-sized paper, on which you may HAND WRITE any information that will assist you in answering the three essay questions.

The three essay questions have been shared with you as a google doc called "Ecology Exam"

You will be given two class periods to prepare your notes page and study for this exam, and two periods to take the exam itself.  If you want to, you certainly may study over the weekend and\or loan an ecology text book.

The Rough Draft for the Adaptive Radiation Project is due on Thursday, December 2, 2010.

In order to avoid procrastination, I STRONGLY recommend that you have completed by this Friday, November 5 the following sections of your lab report:

Question
Background Information and Introduction to your experiment
Hypothesis
Materials
Procedure
Variables

We are wrapping up our experiments on Friday.  These sections can be completed before the experiment is completed.  Next week, you must spend time analyzing and interpreting your data, as well as evaluating your experimental design and drawing conclusions.  If the above mentioned sections are not completed by this Friday, you will have twice as much work to do next week!

Use the Lab Report guidelines (found under the Students tab) to assist you in completing this activity.

Complete the Ecological Organization page for your chosen ecosystem for tomorrow's class.


Do not forget to have your three sources cited according to MLA format and your Hypothesis written for the due dates listed below.

Three sources cited according to MLA Format must be compiled and used to create a hypothesis in the "If...Then..." format by your last science class this week.

7V: Thursday October 28

7G: Friday October 29

Use the sources to gather information regarding the specific question you are trying to answer with your plant growth experiment.  Use those sources to educate yourself and create a good hypothesis.