Mr. Byerly's Wi-Sci World

Review for Exam 10/12/06

Review for Exam 1.

The last three posts are the Study Guide for Exam 1, the PowerPoint Lecture for Chapter 2 and the PowerPoint lecture for Chapter 1. You may download these and study at home.

Review for Exam 10/11/06

Review for Exam 1.

The last three posts are the Study Guide for Exam 1, the PowerPoint Lecture for Chapter 2 and the PowerPoint lecture for Chapter 1. You may download these and study at home.

Exam 1 Study Guide

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Bacteria & Viruses PowerPoint

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It's Alive PowerPoint

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Viruses 10/10/06

Virus Lecture

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This week: prepare for Exam #1.

Please wait to do any more on your Science Fair project until we have a chance to discuss the projects in class.

Viruses 10/06/06

Bellringer - List three shapes of viruses and give an example of each.

Virus Reading - Discussion of homework

Viruses - Draw and write a description of four virus types

Interpreting Graphics - Binary Fission

Vocabulary Activity - Microorganisms

Change in Science Fair Plans

Dear Parents,

I have asked our students to stop working on their Science Fair projects.

After discussions with Mr. Gardner (our Principal) and Mr. Young (our Science Department Chair), I think the nature of this project is going to change.

I would like to move this project to spring and weave our science fair project (a detailed exploration of science process skills) into our Plants Unit. I would like to spend the last quarter of the school year experimenting with plant in class.

I think this will be a really valuable educational experience because the whole class will be able to integrate standardized data in our research and we will be able to compare and contrast our experimental findings. I really like the idea of the vast majority of the work being done in the classroom.

Furthermore, instead of winners and losers, we foster a feeling of collaboration. This is the spirit that seems compatible with our seventh grade Pinewood science classroom.

I will be sending home a more complete letter detailing the changes to our seventh grade science fair project, but I wanted you to know what I had in mind.

If any student still wish to compete in the county fiar (SYNOPSYS) they may talk to Miss Robinson or myself and we will help them with their project.

Mr. B.

Change in Plans

Given the fact that we have Monday off of school and we need to prepare for the exam on Friday, October 13th, I have rearranged our schedule a bit.

The Viral lab will be rescheduled for the Block Days, October 16th and 17th.

Bellringer: Is a virus a living organism? How do you know?

Today we went over the section: Bacteria's Role in the World. 

Homework

10/6/06 - Viruses - Reading Homework

10/9 - 10/12 - (Review for exam)

10/13/06 - Chapters 1&2 Exam - Study for exam

11/10/06 - Note cards for Science Fair project - 10 pieces of research (minimum)