Week of Jan. 11-15-- HOMEWORK INFORMATION FOR ALL GRADES

I've decided to make the switch here to this site http://currieoconnection.blogspot.com as our class homework information site.

Each week, all classes will be listed in this order-- 7th grade (in orange), 8th grade (in green), 9th grade (in purple) then 11th grade (in blue). Look for your class below...

7th grade PHYSICAL SCIENCE... We are currently studying about ENERGY from Ch. 13--ENERGY TEST WILL BE on FRIDAY, Jan. 29
Monday, Jan. 11--Finish the ENERGY LAB from Friday
Tuesday, Jan. 12--Discuss the energy lab and how electricity is made and delivered to us in Tallahassee...no HW
Wednesday, Jan. 13--Read p. 626-629 -- notes over generators and transformers-- no HW
Thursday, Jan. 14--Read and outline p. 379-385 (must do for HW if not finished in class); HW--answer questions 1-5 on p. 385
Friday, Jan. 15--

8th grade EARTH SCIENCE -- We are currently studying WEATHERING AND EROSION from Ch. 7 and Ch. 8... NEXT TEST WILL BE ON TUESDAY, Jan. 26
Monday, Jan. 11--Discuss the worksheet from Friday on Weathering and Erosion--keep this worksheet as the first page of your study guide-- no HW
Tuesday, Jan. 12 -- Answer the questions on p.166 (1-4); then read the section 7.3 on soils; Discuss from Ch. 8 types of mass movements; no HW
Wednesday, Jan. 13--Using Ch. 8 Sec. 1 draw a diagram of each type of mass movement and write three bullet points of information about each mass movement (turn in for grade); no HW if you finish the assignment
Thursday, Jan. 14--Read p.191-197 about wind- Define suspension, saltation, deflation, abrasion, and ventifact
Friday, Jan. 15--

9th BIOLOGY-- We are currently studying Ch. 23 on HEREDITY and GENETICS
Monday, Jan. 11--Read the first part of Ch. 23 and begin understanding of the vocab. in the section; Go over the semester exams with students -- no HW.

Tuesday, Jan. 12--Use the website linked below and read the MEIOSIS information, watch the two MEIOSIS I and MEIOSIS II animations, read the next two pages, then take the MEIOSIS TUTORIAL questions 1-10. Tomorrow you will have the exact same quiz

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/meiosis/page3.html

Wednesday, Jan. 13--Meiosis quiz today; More notes over meiosis; HW-- p. 607 (answer questions 3 and 4)

Thursday, Jan. 14--Review meiosis and meiosis vocabulary; begin Mendelian genetics by reading p. 607-608 and defining the vocab; HW--study for Meiosis quiz tomorrow
Friday, Jan. 15--Meiosis quiz today including

11th grades -- We are studying the MUSCULAR SYSTEM-- TEST WILL BE ON FRIDAY, JAN. 22 over MUSCULAR SYSTEM
Monday, Jan. 11--Discuss cellular respiration -- aerobic (needs oxygen) and anaerobic (doesn't need oxygen but makes lactic acid that "burns"); no HW
Tuesday, Jan. 12-- continue reading about RIGOR MORTIS and discuss the ways ATP energy is made for muscles (creatine phosphate, fermentation, and cellular respiration) then discuss the neuromuscular junction, and how the message for contraction is transmitted and received by the muscle

Wednesday, Jan. 13--Coloring sheets given of the muscles that students must learn (quiz over muscles on Friday)
Thursday, Jan. 14--Review muscles from yesterday with the A & P Revealed CD-ROM (virtual dissection); New coloring sheet of more muscles to learn; HW--Learn muscles for tomorrow's quiz over muscles
Friday, Jan. 15--Review more muscles using A & P Revealed-- Quiz over the muscles from coloring sheets given out on Wed and Thurs.