Daily Assignments for the Week of:  February 8, 2010

Monday - Cloze exercises 1 and 8 were completed.  Kingdom questions were distributed and explained.  Any remaining parts of the seed classification lab were completed and the papers were collected.  If the kingdom exercise was not completed in class and will be collected on Wednesday.  The homework is to study the note sheets in your folder and pages 11-31 of the text for the classification quiz that will be fill-ins.

Tuesday – The classification quiz was completed. We then became familiar with a taxonomic key used to identify living things by working with one that names several pine trees.  In doing so, the concepts of observing characteristics, organism identification, classification, binomial nomenclature, and key mechanics are utilized. The homework is to complete the pine tree classification sheet and the kingdom sheet that was started on Monday. 

Wednesday – The classification quiz was returned.  The pine tree taxonomic key sheet and kingdom questions were collected.  Students were introduced to monerans as they began reading Chapter 2.  Efficient use of class time reduces the amount of homework!   The homework is to use the information in Chapter 2 to answer any 10 of the 20 questions on the sheet distributed in class.

Thursday –Students were reminded of any missing tasks to date.  The monerans of Chapter 2, the protists of Chapter 3, and many more examples of organisms we will be covering were the subject of The Unknown World.  We were able to view part of the program and answer some of the questions.  We will finish the video tomorrow.    The homework is to complete the remainder of the 20 questions on Chapter 2 that were distributed on Wednesday.

Friday-The Monera homework questions were collected.  The Unknown World and questions were completed.  With any remaining time, items to be studied for the test on Thursday (2/25/10) were organized and reviewed. No additional homework was assigned over the vacation however any past due assignments should be completed.  The classification test on Chapter 1 (fill-ins, multiple choice, and true/false) will be on Thursday 2/25.

Monday, 2/22/10-Students were reminded of the Chapter 1 test on Thursday and any questions were answered.  We then used our knowledge of a taxonomic key to identify ten bacteria.  In doing so, the concepts of observing characteristics, organism identification, classification, binomial nomenclature, and key mechanics were reinforced.  The homework is to complete the identifications on side 1 and questions on side 2.