November 17-21
Environmental Science: We are studying waste and waste management this week (Chapter 19). Please pay attention to all plastics you buy. We will be learning what all these numbers mean. We will be testing plastics this week.
Homework:
1. Bring in 3 examples of plastics you use in your home
2. Complete Chapter Review at the end of Chapter 19.
3. Study for SURVIVOR REVIEW.........Don't let your team down!!!
Chapter 19 Test Tuesday.
4. BRING ID FOR COMPUTER LAB
Computer Lab:
How Landfills work?
http://www.howstuffworks.com/landfill.htm
Landfill Quiz
http://science.howstuffworks.com/landfill-quiz.htm
EPA High School Page
http://www.epa.gov/highschool/
http://www.epa.gov/highschool/waste.htm
Hazardous waste materials
http://ohioline.osu.edu/cd-fact/0102.html
Disposal
http://www.co.lake.il.us/swalco/disposal/electronics.asp
Hazardous Household products:
http://ohioline.osu.edu/cd-fact/0102.html
http://www.healthgoods.com/Education/Healthy_Home_Information/Home_Health_Hazards/household_hazardous_products.htm
Alternative Fuel Sources
http://www.beyondfossilfuel.com/alternative_fuels.html
http://ecoble.com/2007/12/02/five-of-the-worlds-weirdest-alternative-fuel-sources/
Biology: This week we test over pro-teee-in synthesis. We will be looking at how traits are expressed in genes.
Homework:
1. Chapter 8 vocabualary and student choice for 8.6, 8.7 and 8.8 due Tuesday November 18, 2008.
2. Strawberry DNA Extraction lab is due Tuesday November 18, 2008. This should be typed.
4. BRING ID FOR COMPUTER LAB
5. Test on Thursday..Turn in Study guide with test.
Websites for Computer Lab
Study DNA and RNA
http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/gene-code/how.html
DNA Lab
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sheppard/analyze.html
http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/dna_double_helix/
DNA Origami instructions
http://www.dnai.org/downloads/origami_b%2Bw.pdf
http://www.dnai.org/teacherguide/pdf/ori_color.pdf
http://www.dnalc.org/dnai/downloads/origami_inst.pdf
http://dnamazing.com/easy-dna-origami-instructions-with-step-by-step-diagrams/
Just for fun Origami
http://www.paperfolding.com/links/pages/
Meiosis Clips: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072437316/student_view0/chapter12/animations.html
Current event web
APA STYLE GUIDE
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
PLACES TO FIND ARTICLES
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/news/nsp.html (contains lots of links to news sites)
http://www.classzone.com (click on biozine)
http://www.kidinfo.com/Science/Science.html
http://www.findarticles.com
http://www.sciam.com/news_directory.cfm
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3033055/
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/default.stm
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