When you look at this image you can really see two structures that are unique to plant cells. What are those again? What do they look like inside the cells?
Post a response! These are just like the microscope slides we used recently.
Mr. F :-)
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Glowing Jelly Fish lead to nobel prize!
Read this article...
Click here.
To learn more about the implications of the important work of two japanese and one American scientist!
Mr. Forde :-)
Click here.
To learn more about the implications of the important work of two japanese and one American scientist!
Mr. Forde :-)
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Chia Heads Get Started!
Here are the chias at their earliest stage! Thanks for all of the containers and pantyhose. this controlled experiement will be testing the variables of darkness, sunlight, extra carbon dioxide (talkig to the plants) and a mega dose of miracle grow. Wish us luck as we collect our results over the next few weeks!
Mr Forde :-)
Mr Forde :-)
Plant experiment question.
Look at the picutre above and tell me what you think will happen over the next day or so. How does what is going to happen relate to the process of photosynthesis?
Mr. F :-)
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Pantyhose please?
HI All,
If you have any old knee high pantyhose that we could use for an upcoming project I would really appreciate it! I would like to have 20 pairs to cover all of my classes. We will be using them to learn about photosynthesis and the impact of changing abiotic factors on that process.
Here are a couple of images of chias from last year!
If you have any old knee high pantyhose that we could use for an upcoming project I would really appreciate it! I would like to have 20 pairs to cover all of my classes. We will be using them to learn about photosynthesis and the impact of changing abiotic factors on that process.
Here are a couple of images of chias from last year!
Week of 9/22
HI All,
It was great getting to meet so many Parents on open school night! I hope that you encourage them to stop by the blog every so often to see what we are up to!
On Monday we finished the last of our eco-sphere creations. Hopefully we balenced them appropriately with the right amount of producers, consumers, decomposers and abiotic factors. We'll checking in on them this week and journalling our observations about them.
We then went over our returned lab reports on the mealworm experiments. For the most part they were very good. There were a few issues about graphing and the elaboration ideas that we reviewed. Next we reviewed the HW on testable or researchable questions and caught up on a few cornell notes.
Wednesday and Thursday we conducted "mini-bio-blitz '08!"
We searched the campus for insects, plants, trees and other living things that were not already identified on our pre-existing bio-blitz list for 2007! We did pretty well and had a good time discovering the producers and consumers on our own property! We then used them in the Inspiration food web project being produced in tech class and discussed their role in the Scofield energy pyramid.
Classes on Friday (due to rain) stayed inside and produced powerpoint energy pyramids. Great job!
It was great getting to meet so many Parents on open school night! I hope that you encourage them to stop by the blog every so often to see what we are up to!
On Monday we finished the last of our eco-sphere creations. Hopefully we balenced them appropriately with the right amount of producers, consumers, decomposers and abiotic factors. We'll checking in on them this week and journalling our observations about them.
We then went over our returned lab reports on the mealworm experiments. For the most part they were very good. There were a few issues about graphing and the elaboration ideas that we reviewed. Next we reviewed the HW on testable or researchable questions and caught up on a few cornell notes.
Wednesday and Thursday we conducted "mini-bio-blitz '08!"
We searched the campus for insects, plants, trees and other living things that were not already identified on our pre-existing bio-blitz list for 2007! We did pretty well and had a good time discovering the producers and consumers on our own property! We then used them in the Inspiration food web project being produced in tech class and discussed their role in the Scofield energy pyramid.
Classes on Friday (due to rain) stayed inside and produced powerpoint energy pyramids. Great job!
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Ms. McMInn in the Wilderness!
Click here to hear about a REAL adventure that Ms. McMInn (our 8th grade purple team science teacher) is having in the Tundra!
Drop her a comment on her blog as she researches the northern forest and tundra ecosystems!
Ask her some questions related to biotic/abiotic factors, food webs, and enrgy flow!
Mr. Forde :-)
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Beach Clean up SUCCESS!
Hi All!
Twenty four students and three adults descended upon Cove Island Park from 10 am to 12 pm on Saturday and did a wonderful job improving the beach ecosystem by removing many pounds of dangerous debris and recording it for the International Beach clean-up effort. We were the largest group present at the event. Our group represented an large increase over last year and impressed our Sound Waters host. Here is a picture of our group! Great job!!
Thank you to Mr. Fallon (and his son) and Ms. Sileo and the following students:
8th graders: Anna D., Janet C., Francine B., Nicole C., Daniela R., Stephanie P., Sydney P., Jennifer Y., Gabor K., Nikita J., Harsha B. Deepali P., Alden P. , Erin M.
7th graders: Jineida H, Frank G., Brian D., Jack H., Sirish B., Enesa P., Michael I., Matthew I., Skyler I.
Week of 9/15
Hi All,
It was an eventful week at Scofield! On Monday we finished cleaning up our notebooks. On Tuesday and Wednesday we conducted out our population study (see last posting.) On Wednesday and Thursday we started learning more about food chains and webs and we discussed why we are solar powered. Did you know that we are all really solar powered?
Here are two images from our attempt to make an actual food web using yarn and playing the roles of producers and different level consumers.
On friday our first teams tried their hands at creating their own balanced ecosystems. They carefull measured and then included abiotic factors, producers and consumers. These are sealed up to make them air tight. Let's see how long they will survive! Hopefully they will do well! Here are some pictures from their efforts.
I created a mini-ecosystem of my own. It is a minnow, a water plant, some gravel and a snail. I sealed them up and will observe how long they will work as an ecosystem. What do you think will happen? Why do you feel that way? Respond to these question for extra-credit! :-)
It was an eventful week at Scofield! On Monday we finished cleaning up our notebooks. On Tuesday and Wednesday we conducted out our population study (see last posting.) On Wednesday and Thursday we started learning more about food chains and webs and we discussed why we are solar powered. Did you know that we are all really solar powered?
Here are two images from our attempt to make an actual food web using yarn and playing the roles of producers and different level consumers.
On friday our first teams tried their hands at creating their own balanced ecosystems. They carefull measured and then included abiotic factors, producers and consumers. These are sealed up to make them air tight. Let's see how long they will survive! Hopefully they will do well! Here are some pictures from their efforts.
I created a mini-ecosystem of my own. It is a minnow, a water plant, some gravel and a snail. I sealed them up and will observe how long they will work as an ecosystem. What do you think will happen? Why do you feel that way? Respond to these question for extra-credit! :-)
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