1. Bellwork
Mrs. Turner

2. Zoology Monday (10/5/09)
Write the vocabulary words and make notecards for Chapter 29. When completed, work on the directed reading for Chapter 29.
Reminder: Test on Chapter 29 on Wednesday, October 14.

3. Zoology Tuesday(10/6/09) Test Wedneday, October 14 on Chapter 29
Write the question and the answer to the following:
What does the word sessile mean?
What is the difference between ostia and oscula?
What phylum do sponges belong to?
What is cell recognition?
What are choanocytes and where are they located?
What is the mesoglea?
What is the function of amoebocytes?
What organisms are thought to be the ancestors of sponges?
Are sponge cells organized into tissue?
What type of body plan do sponges have? asymmetrical, bilaterally symmetrical, radially symmetrical
Reminder: 
Test Wedneday, October 14 on Chapter 29

4. Zoology Wednesday(10/7/09)
Write the question and answer to questions 2-11 on page 654.
When you are finished with your questions, please work on your directed reading for Chapter 29.
Reminder: 
Test Friday, October 14 on Chapter 29 .

5. Zoology Bellwork-Thursday(10/8/09)
Write the question and the answer to the following questions from Chapter 29, Section 1:
What are the three types of sponges and what are their skeletons made of?
Draw a choanocyte and label the following parts: flagellum, food vacuole, trapped organism, nucleus
Draw a simple sponge and label the following parts: mesoglea, ostia, osculum, amoebocyte, choanocyte.
What is a gemmule and how is it important to the survival of a sponge?
Is self-fertilization possible for sponges? Why or why not?
Summarize how a sponge feeds and distributes nutrients.
Do sponges reproduce sexually or asexually?
Reminder: 
Test Wednesday, October 14 on Chapter 29

6. Zoology Friday(10/9/09)
Objective: Learn about the body plan of Hydra and Sponges.
Pick up a Chapter 29 study notes packet.
Pick up a coloring lab packet and begin coloring the lab sheets. When you are finished with your coloring lab, please put it into the period drawer.
Thank you for talking quietly while you work on your coloring lab.
We will be moving the Chapter 29 test to October 16, 2009.

7. Science Skills Monday (9/28/09)
Write the question and answer to the following:
What is mitosis?
What are sister chromatids?
Why is mitosis important to your body?
What are the job of protein fibers during mitosis?
What happens to the nuclear membrane before, during and after mitosis?
The cells from mitosis…are they haploid or diploid?

8. Science Skills Tuesday(10/6/09)
Write the question and answer to the following:
What is meiosis?
What are the steps of meiosis?
What is puberty?
What is a polar body?
How do the number of chromosomes at the beginning and ending of meiosis compare?
Compare the results of meiosis between human male and female sex cells.
Describe changes in chromosomes during meiosis.

9. Science Skills Wednesday(9/30/09)
Please write the question and the answer to the following:
How do the number of chromosomes in the beginning of meiosis compare with the number at the end?
What is a polar body?
What is the advantage of producing more eggs than sperm?
How many cells result from meiosis?
What are the 8 stages of meiosis?
How many times does the cell divide in mitosis and meiosis?

10. Science Skills Thursday(10/8/09)
Write the vocabulary words from Chapter 23.

11. Science Skills Friday (10/9/09)
Pick up a coloring lab packet and begin coloring the lab sheets.
Thank you for talking quietly while you work on your coloring lab.

12. Silent Reading Time
The first 20 minutes of 4th period is designated as reading time. Please bring reading material to read silently during this period.
If you do not have reading material, I have magazines available on my desk or books on my shelf. Please return them when you are finished using them for reading period.
This period is for reading only. Please do not visit, work on homework, or sleep.

13. Reminders
If you miss a day, remember to go to the makeup folder for your period to see if you have any handouts or worksheets you missed.
If you miss a day, check with your classmates to see what you missed.

14. Coming soon…
Hydra lab
Planarian lab
Grossology
Homecoming
Lots more…!