After my computer crashed Friday afternoon, I finally got my laptop back from being repaired...
Still a big push to get the electronic version of the textbook distributed.
If you don't have your electronic copy, you need to get it. Download it from our website, save it to a flash drive in class, access it from any school computer on the "qu," or W:// drive, or see me for a CD-ROM if you don't have any of those resources available. You need to have this ASAP. We won't have enough of the next textbook as Mr. Mural is still using it.
Today in class (Learning Target - I can describe the evidence scientists use to classify organisms.):
1. We discussed the difficulties of classification (Science Starter - Make a 3-column table and chose a characteristic to divide your classmates into three categories by).
2. We finished the vocabulary cards for chapter 2 (term, definition, and page number on front; connections drawn on back).
3. We had time to actively read chapter two, writing down the key concepts, main headings (ideas) and summaries, as well as answering the Check Your Reading questions.
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Tomorrow:
We will work with dichotomous keys, look deeper into the Giant Panda controversy briefly mentioned at the end of section one of chapter two, and finish the notes for chapter two.
Still a big push to get the electronic version of the textbook distributed.
If you don't have your electronic copy, you need to get it. Download it from our website, save it to a flash drive in class, access it from any school computer on the "qu," or W:// drive, or see me for a CD-ROM if you don't have any of those resources available. You need to have this ASAP. We won't have enough of the next textbook as Mr. Mural is still using it.
Today in class (Learning Target - I can describe the evidence scientists use to classify organisms.):
1. We discussed the difficulties of classification (Science Starter - Make a 3-column table and chose a characteristic to divide your classmates into three categories by).
2. We finished the vocabulary cards for chapter 2 (term, definition, and page number on front; connections drawn on back).
3. We had time to actively read chapter two, writing down the key concepts, main headings (ideas) and summaries, as well as answering the Check Your Reading questions.
:
Tomorrow:
We will work with dichotomous keys, look deeper into the Giant Panda controversy briefly mentioned at the end of section one of chapter two, and finish the notes for chapter two.