This week we have continued our study on cells. We are beginning to understand the parts of the cell and how substances are transported in and out of the cell through osmosis, diffusion, and transport. Next, we will learn how the cells convert food and oxygen to ATP which is the energy for the cells process. We are nearing the end of the chapter and I plan on giving the chapter 2 test next Thursday, Oct. 3. This chapter has a long list of difficult vocabulary words, so students should begin (or continue) studying them for the test.
Life Science
It's a new semester and the students are excited about animals. They have even asked to which phyla lice belong. The answer is Arthropoda. They are in the class Insecta. I did some additional research and learned there are 4 subclasses of lice and they are divided by...