Wednesday, September 29, 2010

WOOOOOOO NEW UNIT!


AGENDA:
1) GRADES/ATTENDANCE/STAR AND WISH
2) NEW UNIT (CELLS + CANCER)
3) REVIEW MICROSCOPE

We started off Biology today by getting back our grade reports. We also received our new unit packet on Cell Theory and Cancer and a new agenda. After that, we briefly discussed our new unit. We then collaborated a small list of ideas/words that we can remember/relate to our new unit.

Here is the list that we came up with:
CELLS:
-BASIC UNIT STRUCTURE OF ORGANISMS
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Organelle (cell parts) have different jobs
-ALL LIVING THINGS HAVE CELLS (BUILDING BLOCKS OF LIFE)
-Phases of mitosis
-Specialization -> Cells do different things and there are different types of cells
-Cell divide/reproduce -> Cells come from cells
-Types of cells -> animal/plant etc.
-Nucleus (Contains DNA)
-Cytoplasm
-Cell membrane
-Golgi Bodies-Nucleolus
-Ribosomes
-Mitochondria
-Chlorophyll/Chloroplast
-Lysosomes
-Vacuole

Not so bad eh?

After we did our mini collaboration, we took notes on the new unit.
LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION
CELL THEORY:
-All living things are composed of cells
-Cells are the basic unit of all living things

CELL SPECIALIZATION:
-Cells develop in different ways to perform different tasks
-Complex organisms have more specialized cells
-Structure determines function

After our note taking, we went on to review how to use a microscope with a partner. We will be having a mini microscope test tomorrow to test your knowledge on how to use a microscope. If you REALLY REALLY aren't confident going tomorrow, talk to Mrs.Stein to postpone your testing on Friday. You will have 45 seconds to get the specimen in focus on high powered objective.

If you need to review or need more practice on a microscope, you could always go here:
VIRTUAL MICROSCOPE

Homework:
1) Read 7.1 Double Bubble Map. "Eukaryotes vs. Prokaryotes"
2) Unit Packet page 8 PRELAB
3) Moodle Forum
4) Extra Credit

Our next scribe is NAWON


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