We are continuing to study the different systems of organisms. This chapter we have focused on the skeletal or structural system, circulatory/respiratory systems and the excretory system. We have found that they are quite different among the different type of...
Well, another week has gone by and we had another snow day. I have moved our scheduled test back one day due to the canceled day of school. We will finish chapter 8 on Thursday this week when we cover how the continents are built up. Lesson 4 worksheets will be due on...
This week we began our new chapter on how Earth changes and why. We will be investigating different types of stress and strain on the crust and how this creates different landforms. We will also be related each type of stress to a particular type of plate boundary.
We have begun our chapter on support, control, and movement. We will be exploring differences in animals with the different structures that they have and how this allows them to move in many different ways. We will also be looking at circulation and the different ways...
Chapter 11 tests have been graded and will be returned in their Thursday envelopes. Make sure to save old tests for the semester final in May. We will begin chapter 12 next week but before we begin this, we will dissect the worm. This will be the first of three...
This week we are studying the phylum chordata. This includes all vertebrates and those animals with a notocord but no true vertebral column. This phylum has the most classes that we will spend time studying. We have looked at three classes of fish, amphibians,...