1. Get your binder! Get a pen/pencil! Sit down! Be quiet!

2. Sept 24, 2010 T – S.W.B.A.T. identify which animals their owl ate A – Vocabulary notecards due Monday, Sept 27th. Test over everything we’ve learned so far on Wednesday, Sept 29th. (Measuring, Density, Scientific Method, Ecosystems, Relationships between animals, etc.)
L – None! E – Study for test!

3. 1st: Write down your TALE 2nd: No homework to put on table today 3rd: BELLRINGER – SEPT 24, 2010
True or False: It’s important for me to keep track of ALL my BellRingers so I can get an easy 100% on my next BellRinger Pop Quiz.
True or False: An owl “pellet” is just another word for owl “poop.”
Happy Friday!

4. 1st: Finish your lab – glue all bones to sheet (NAMES
1st: Finish your lab – glue all bones to sheet (NAMES!!!!!!!) 2nd: You may work on your vocab cards -- If you did not bring your blank vocab cards to class, you will complete your Measuring Up! Workbook assignment 3rd: If you finish your vocab cards, work on a rough draft of your lab report for the Owl Pellet lab

5. Vocab Card Homework Due Monday, September 27th
Control Group
Placebo
Volume
Ecosystem
Predator
Prey
Consumer
Producer
Decomposer
Biomass
Biotic
Abiotic
Do NOT throw these away! You will continue to use past vocab cards to study for tests and final exams!

6. On the FRONT…
THE WORD
Placebo

7. On the BACK… Placebo Characteristics: Not the real thing! Non-example:
Definition:
Something that you give to your control group that looks exactly like what you’re giving to your experimental group, but isn’t really changing anything.
Characteristics:
Not the real thing!
Placebo
Example:
A sugar pill; a pill that doesn’t have any real medicine or chemical in it
Non-example:
A pill that has real medicine/chemicals in it.