This week we began chapter 4 on meiosis. The students have another booklet to complete showing how the chromosomes divide in haploid division. This project is due on Monday, Nov 4. We will be discussing sexual reproduction in class this week in both plants and...

We have finished our chapter on mitosis and we are taking our test on Thursday. Students will begin working on their vocabulary note cards for chapter 4 and they are due on Monday, Oct 28. Our next chapter is on haploid division or meiosis, where the sex cells divide...

Students have been working on their Cell Cycle Booklet project. These will be graded over the weekend and returned to the students on Monday. They should use this booklet to study the different stages for the test on this material. We will have our Chapter 3 test on...

This week we have begun our study on the cell cycle. This includes how most cells grow and divide creating new cells. Cells go through much growth and replication in the preparation stage and then divide in a process called mitosis. Students will be making a mitosis...

We have finished our chapter on cells. I feel that the students have a fairly good understanding of the organelles and how they function in the cells. They also spent quite a bit of time learning how plants make food in the process of photosynthesis and how animal...

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...