Kellner's -ology Department

Seventh grade:

Final unit: family life

Up next: Sheep eye dissection

Current assignments:

• Human eye lab

 

Past due assignments:

• Color vision lab
• Nervous system handout
• reaction lab
• p.181 Questions and crossword
• Joints and mechanical advantage
• Muscular system
• Vocab 16
• Bones quiz
• Bones diagram
• Heart diagram/Bill Nye: Heart
• Lab:who’s got the beat?
• Bookwork p. 359,363-365,374
• Invention fair survey
• Animals at the zoo project (was due 4/22) Includes:

1. Invertebrate page
2. Vertebrate page
3. Fish/Amphibian page
4. Reptile page
5. Bird page
6. Mammal page
7. Blank book page

• Plankton lab was due 4/15

• Vocab 12 was due 4/15 (Notochord, Vertebrae, Epithelial Tissue, Connective tissue, Ectotherm, Endotherm,)

Eighth grade:

Coming soon:

• Solar viewer
• Astronomy test

Current assignments:

• Moon Observations

Past assignments:

• altitude finder
• p.233 and astronomy crossword
• p. 239-364,372 questions
• Acid+base lab
• Bill Nye: the sun
• Astronomy packet-Includes-

1. Astronomy and distance
2. stars
3. Galaxies
4. Solar system/earth
5. moon
6. Eclipses and tides
7. phases of planets

• Reactions and bonds test
• Acid Base lab was due (4/22)
• Vocab 11 was due (4/22) (Solution, Solvent, Solute, Dissolve, Concentration, Acid, Base

Popcorn is a carbohydrate cooked using a phase change of water. It is literally a miniature steam explosion.

Seventh grade:

Current assignments:

• Animals at the zoo project due friday, 4/22 includes;

1. Invertebrates page,
2. Vertebrates page,
3. Fish/Amphibians page,
4. Reptiles page,
5. Birds page,
6. Mammals page
7. Blank white page

Past due assignments;

• Plankton lab was due  Friday 4/15

• Vocab 12 was due Friday 4/15 (Notochord, Vertebrae, Epithelial Tissue, Connective tissue, Ectotherm, Endotherm,)

7th graders:

Current assignments:

• Plankton lab due this Friday (4/15)

• Vocab 12 due this Friday (4/15) (Notochord, Vertebrae, Epithelial Tissue, Connective tissue, Ectotherm, Endotherm,)

Past due assignments:

• pollenator poster, due 3/29
• invertebrates poster due 4/1
• leaf structure and function lab due 3/24

8th graders:

Current assignments:

• Rocket fuel reaction rate due this Friday 4/15

• Bonds packet Due Monday 4/18

1. Chemical bonds pack (pink)
2. Identifying elements (blue)
3. Ionic Bonds (white)
4. ionic compounds (yellow)
5. Covalant Bonds (white)
6. Molecular structure (blue)
7. Polar and Non Polar (green)
8. Conservation of matter (pink)

Past assignments:

• vocab 10 due this Wednesday (4/13) (Chemical Reaction, Reactants, Products, Chemical Equation, Exothermic, Endothermic, Activation Energy)
• Shedding light on ions lab due 3/24

Invertebrate Webquest instructions and links can be found here:

invertebrate web quest

Introduction: Scientists have identified and named more than 1.8 million species of animals.  It is estimated that there are another 3 million to 30 million more to identify.  Animals are classified into two major groups; vertebrates and invertebrates.  Invertebrates are classified as animals without a backbone and make up about 97% of all animal species.  Simple invertebrates include sponges, cnidarians, flatworms, and roundworms.

Task: Follow the hyperlinks below to answer the following questions

Extension: Make a poster of the anatomy of a representative organism from your phylum complete with labeled parts based upon the answers to your questions.

Sponges:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/sponge/

1. What does “sessile” mean?
2. How many known species of sponges are there?
3. Do sponges have tissues or organs?
4. What do sponges eat?
5. How do sponges eat?
6. What is the name of the specialized cell where food is collected?
7. What Kingdom and Phylum do sponges belong to?
8. What is the “osculum”?
9. Sketch and label the sponge’s external anatomy. Use the links below:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/sponge/label/

1. Write down 2 “fun facts” from the websites below about sponges!

http://www.mcwdn.org/Animals/Sponges.html (systems)

http://www.oceanicresearch.org/education/wonders/sponges.html

Cnidarians (Coelenterates):

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/cnidaria/cnidaria.html

1. What are the stinging cells called?
2. Where does the word Cnidarian come from and what does it mean?
3. Name the four major groups of Cnidarians and list an example of each.
4. Click on the links of each of the four groups of Cnidarians and sketch one example animal from each group.

http://www.oceanicresearch.org/education/wonders/cnidarian.html (too high)

http://animals.about.com/od/cnidarians/Cnidarians_Phylum_Cnidaria.htm

What is the basic form of the cnidarian body?

1. Why don’t jellyfish need a skeleton to support them?

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/Invertebrates/Facts/cnidarians/default.cfm

1. List the body type that anemones and coral have:
2. List the body type that jellyfish have
3. Describe the polyps body form
4. Describe the medusa body form.
5. How does food get into a cnidarian?
6. How does waste get out of a cnidarian?

http://animals.about.com/od/cnidarians/a/tenfactsjellyfi.htm

23.   List 2 “fun facts” about jellyfish
http://www.jellyfishfacts.net/dangerous-jellyfish.html
24.  Are Cnidarians deadly to humans? Why or why not?

List a type of jellyfish that can be deadly to humans.

http://www.mcwdn.org/Animals/Coral.html (systems)

FLATWORMS (Platyhelminthes)

http://www.mcwdn.org/Animals/Flatworm.html (systems)

25.  What is a “parasite”?

26.   About how many species are know in this group?
27.   How does a flatworm move?
28.   What part of a flatworm helps it sense light?
29.   How does a flatworm get rid of waste?

http://www.medfriendly.com/tapeworm.html
30.   How long can an adult tapeworm be?

http://www.earthlife.net/inverts/platyhelminthes.html

31.   Find 2 “fun facts” about flatworms

Roundworms:

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/phyla/ecdysozoa/nematoda.html

32.   How many known species of roundworms are there?
33.   How many eggs can some species of roundworms lay in a single day?
34.   How many unknown species of roundworms are there said to be?

http://www.mcwdn.org/Animals/Roundworms.html
35.   Name three common types of roundworms.
36.   Where do roundworms live?
37.   Describe the body shape of a roundworm.

Ascaris

http://www.parasitecleanse.com/roundworms.htm

38.   Where does Ascaris live?

Go to Life Cycle Diagram near bottom of page
39.   What part of the human body do adult Ascaris worms live?
40.   How many eggs can be produce a day?
41.   How long can adult Ascaris worm live?

Segmented Worms – Annelids

(systems)

http://www.earthlife.net/inverts/annelida.html

42.  How many species of annelids are there?

43.  What is “worm charming”

44.  List 3 organ systems that annelids have.

http://www.mcwdn.org/Animals/Earthworms.html

45.  How many species of Earthworms are there?

46.  How do earthworms help humans?

Arthropods

http://www.angelfire.com/mo2/animals1/phylum/arthropod.html

1. How many species of arthropods are there?
2. How many arthropod individuals are alive today?
3. How many insects are there for every single human?
4. List 3  external characteristics of arthropod bodies
5. List 3 organ systems that arthropods have
6. List some special sensory organs that arthropods have
7. List the old 4-Class taxonomic system groups of arthropods and an example of each

http://www.globio.org/glossopedia/article.aspx?art_id=15

1. How many legs do insects have?
2. What can insects do that no other arthropods can do?
3. How many legs do arachnids have?
4. Give 3 examples of types o arachnids.
5. How many legs do crustaceans have?
6. Where do most crustaceans live?
7. Find 3 fun facts about arthropods

Find more arthropod information at the site below!

http://www.mcwdn.org/Animals/Insect.html

Mollusks

http://www.mcwdn.org/Animals/Mollusks.html (systems)

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/mollusk/Printouts.shtml

61.  How many species of mollusk are there?

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/bivalve/Bivalves.shtml

62.  What is a bivalve?

63.  Give 3 examples of bivalves

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/mollusk/cephalopod/Cephalopodprintouts.shtml

1. What is a cephalopod?
2. What do cephalopods eat?
3. Give 2 examples of cephalopods
4. What does cephalopod mean?

http://answers.askkids.com/Life_on_Earth/what_is_a_gastropod

65.  What is a gastropod?

http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Gastropoda/

66.         Give 2 examples of gastropods

67.         Where in the world do they live?

68.         How many species of gastropods are there?

http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/ga/Gastropod

69.         What does “gastropod” mean?

Echinoderms

http://www.oceaninn.com/the-nature-preserve/echinoderms/

1. What does “echinoderm” mean?
2. How many species of echinoderms are there?
3. Where do all echinoderms live?
4. Give 3 examples of echinoderms:
5. List 3 characteristics of echinoderms.

http://www.mcwdn.org/Animals/Starfish.htm

75.         List 2 “fun facts” about echinoderms

This week the 7th grade Life Science classes will be turing in their Heredity Packets, details in the Assignments section.  The rest of the week we will be learning about various genetic disorders.

Monday: Finish and turn in Heredity Packets

Tuesday: Finish Genetic Disorders Case Study and Information Guideline

Wednesday: Finish Rough Draft of Presentation

Thursday:  Finalize Presentation and Reflection Sheet

Friday:  Make Presentations

8th Grade:

Monday: Finish CSI Blood Splatter Lab

Tuesday: Finsh CSI Density Lab/ start conclusion

Wednesday: Finish Conclusion, turn in by Thursday

Thursday/Friday: Science Movie critique

This week the 7th grade classes will be studying meiosis and how it compares to mitosis.

The 8th grade classes will be studying density with a worksheet, a lab and the Mythbusters!

8th grade homework:  Finish Density Worksheet but Tuesday Nov. 16

Visual Vocabulary due Wednesday November 17

This week’s words are:  Volume     Density    Buoyancy     Archimede’s Principle

This Week in 7th Grade:

• Monday – Cell Division notes and worksheet
• Tuesday – Cell Division and Mitosis Review   —    Homework Due Wednesday: Vocabulary cards set #6                                   Vocabulary Words –  Cell Division   Chromosome   Cell Cycle   Interphase   Mitosis  Cytokinesis
• Wednesday – Vocabulary Quiz
• Thursday – Mitosis Lab
• Friday – Finish Mitosis Lab

This Week in 8th Grade:

• Monday – Jeopardy Review for Forces Test
• Tuesday – Forces Test — Homework:  Visual Vocabulary #5  due Wednesday Atom   Element   System   Energy   Mass   Phases of Matter
• Wednesday – The Nature of Matter
• Thursday – Mass Lab
• Friday – Finish Mass Lab
  

This week the website is back up and current after a long break.

7th Grade is working on finishing their Diffusion and Egg Osmosis Labs, and investigating Photosynthesis and Respiration through a lab activity.

8th grade will explore Newton’s 2nd Law through lab activities and worksheets, and will prepare for our test on Forces this Friday.

This week, our 7th grade class will be investigating the scientific method through plant experiments

• Monday:  we set up our  plant experiments to observe every day for the next week.   Homework will be Visual Vocabulary Set #1.   Due on Tuesday 9/21.
• Tuesday:  We observe our plants and Watch Mythbusters to see how they designed their experiment on talking to plants.
• Wednesday:  We delve into Spongebob Science to see how experiments are designed.  Homework will be Visual Vocabulary Set #2.  Due on Thursday, 9/23
• Thursday:  We answer the question “What is Life?”
• Friday: We examine the levels of organizing Living Systems.

Our 8th Grade classes will be finishing their  Lab from last week and review the scientific method before studying motion.

• Monday: Finish “How fast does it go? Parts 1 and 2.  Homework will be Visual Vocabulary 1, Due Tuesday, 9/21
• Tuesday: We delve into Spongebob Science to see how experiments are designed.
• Wednesday:  We examine the nature of Distance, Direction, and Position.  Homework will be Visual Vocabulary 2, Due Thursday, 9/23
• Thursday and Friday: We examine how walking at different speeds affect our position through time.