Test on Monday [10/20/2014] covers Lab: Food Nutrient Analysis
** If you are participating in the play, you have the option to postpone the test (and take a make up test) due to the time commitment of dress rehearsals this weekend. (Of course, you can choose to take the test with the rest of the class on Monday!) If you choose not to take the test on Oct 20, the make up date is Tuesday Oct 28 at 3pm (during tutorials) in the science room. This will be the only date the make up will be offered. Although the material covered on the test will be the same, the test offered on Oct 28 is not the same test that will be taken on Oct 20. Be aware that new material will be started on Wednesday, Oct 22.
What to study:
(1) Flash cards -- If you did a good job creating these, every fact that is fair game for the test should be on a card. You should have at least forty flash cards.
(2) Lab worksheets -- The set of three pages that were stapled together that should have "correct and important" facts/key words written or marked in red.
(3) Summary chart - Check the file cabinet (right side bar) for a chart that you might want to use as a final summary of much of the info presented in this lab. Once you think you're confident with the material, print out the chart and try to fill it in. When you're done, use your flash cards and the red writing on the worksheets to correct the chart and fill in what you didn't know. Continue studying what you got incorrect and/or didn't know.
You do NOT need to memorize your unknown's results. Think about how I quizzed you and your group during the lab; that's the type of questioning that will happen on the test.
Your objective list in your OneNote notebook will give you a list of skills you should be able to successfully accomplish on the test. (The objectives are listed under Unit 3 ... even though we haven't "really" started Unit 3 Cells.)
Other topics this week:
(1) We will start a new unit on Wednesday. We will start Unit 3 Cells by learning about the cell theory and people involved in its development.
(2) If there's time this week, we will learn about different categories of cells: prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells.
Something else to look forward to:
In the next couple weeks, we will begin using microscopes!
REMINDER: Middle School Girls Only - There is a science opportunity at Wichita State University in November. An email was sent to your parents about this. If you're interested, you need to register online. If you'd like to know a little more, you can see some information about the program in the file cabinet (right side bar). You can go to this link to register online.
