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Final Exam Review Pages

2008-05-27T18:12:00.000-07:00

Biology Final Exam Review Sheet

What Should You Look over?

Mussel Quiz
Crayfish through Honeybee quiz
Starfish and Grasshopper quiz
-make sure for the above you know the functions of the parts you had to locate
Worksheet questions on perch and frog (questions you had to answer)
Pig worksheets (know the following information specifically)
-Introduction (know questions 1-9 as they have to do with what makes mammals unique)
-External features (4,6-12,20-22)
-Respiratory (10-18)
-Digestive (1-9, 19-20)

Practice this information over the weekend and I will let you know on Monday if and what parts you would need to locate. For now, just study the above info!

8th Grade Science Final Exam Review Sheet

What should you study?

Waves Test (be familiar with the math part too)
Two edhelper worksheets (power in music, etc)
Section assessment questions for ch 2 sec 1 and 2 (45,55)
Doppler radar info (42)
How the ear works (54) and poster made
? 1-10 on page 62

Chemistry 10-11th Final Exam

What should you study?

From Packets passed out (various labs we have done in class recently)
-from Ch 8 (8 is in the upper right hand corner)
-know about paragraph on 53 on botulism
-being able to use a chart like the one on 53 to determine if a certain dose is certain toxicity
-From Ch 9
-knowing the difference between a normal and lethal dose (page 55)
-expect questions similar to the ones on the bottom of 55
-know difference between acute and chronic toxicity ( 59 and 55)
-be able to follow a chart similar to the one on 59 bottom and see if there is a relationship between dose given and results seen
-expect questions similar to those on 60

Ch 9 artificial sweeteners
-know why cyclamate was banned
-know concerns of saccharin
-know a problem with aspartame

Most recent packet: (14-18)
-paragraph on top of 87
-know colors from your chart you expect with various indicators given an acid or a base
-paragraph under introduction on page 90
-know how to do a dilution that goes down by 10 (92)
-introduction on page 94
-page 95 information
-review model for acid base neutralization (page 99-100)
-question like #7 on 101
-process to figure out the percent acid or base (activity 17)

Presentations from chem. Book by students
-metabolism quiz
-nuclear radiation qz *I need to copy for you)
-earths water quiz
-atmosphere quiz

7th Final Exam

What should you study?

Test :Elements chapter 1

Rates of chemical reactions (packet we did on class; starts with leaving dye on hair, etc)

Polar bears and penguins packet; know 1,2,12,

Practice balancing equations “balancing equations race”

Crossword on ‘chemical formulas and equations”
Connect words to definitions

From Packets passed out (various labs we have done in class recently)
-from Ch 8 (8 is in the upper right hand corner)
-know about paragraph on 53 on botulism
-being able to use a chart like the one on 53 to determine if a certain dose is certain toxicity
-From Ch 9
-knowing the difference between a normal and lethal dose (page 55)
-expect questions similar to the ones on the bottom of 55
-know difference between acute and chronic toxicity ( 59 and 55)
-be able to follow a chart similar to the one on 59 bottom and see if there is a relationship between dose given and results seen
-expect questions similar to those on 60

Ch 9 artificial sweeteners
-know why cyclamate was banned
-know concerns of saccharin
-know a problem with aspartame

Most recent packet: (14-18)
-paragraph on top of 87
-know colors from your chart you expect with various indicators given an acid or a base
-paragraph under introduction on page 90
-know how to do a dilution that goes down by 10 (92)
-introduction on page 94
-page 95 information
-review model for acid base neutralization (page 99-100)
-question like #7 on 101
-process to figure out the percent acid or base (activity 17)

6th science

What should you study?

Tests:
Bacteria
Protist and fungi

Other recent information:
-notes taken on seedless vascular and non vascular plants
-a fill in page titled “seedless plants” on one side and impt of seedless plants on the other”
-if here wed/tr-study papers given
-Sapodilla times
-know where Spanish moss survives/how
-know how moss absorbs water
-what do trichomes do for Spanish moss
-what do trichomes allow Spanish moss to do
-what did native Americans use it for and why
-what did people use it for during the civil war
-how is it beneficial as far as healing is concerned
-what is it used for in tea?
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January 27-February 1 7th Grade Science

2008-01-26T17:27:00.000-08:00

7th Science- As we finished up muscles on Friday with skits (each group of two had to make up a skit that used and mentioned and described all the muscles we had just learned in class-they were quite amusing!) we now move on to studying our largest organ-our skin! Look for a test coming up probably about Thursday this week!

January 27-February 1 6th Grade Science

2008-01-26T17:26:00.000-08:00

6th Grade-As we will wrap up our lab on minerals on Monday (and hopefully everyone will take home their crystals Monday as well!), we get ready to move on to rocks and the rock cycle. The students will have a chance to polish rocks on their own using a rock tumbler and will be creating games to help them remember the rock cycle.

January 27-February 1 Chemistry

2008-01-26T17:24:00.000-08:00

Chemistry-As we wrap up our unit on 'movie special effects', we get ready to move into an entirely new unit called 'cooking chem.' Again, the Active Chemistry book that we use is very creative in the way that it teaches concepts through labs instead of doing labs to reinforce concepts learned in lecture.

January 27- February 1 Biology

2008-01-26T17:23:00.001-08:00

Biology-After finishing a week of Evolution and Creation, we will finish up Monday discussing the reasons why God has created this magnificent world in 7 real days-not 7 million years! We will dive into the evidence that abounds to support this idea. We will be finishing up creation by Wednesday and moving on to study bacteria and viruses starting on Thursday.

January 27-February 1 8th grade

2008-01-26T17:21:00.000-08:00

8th grade- We have just begun our electricity and magnetism book. Friday was spent making short skits using at least four examples of static electricity as an 'effect'. We also are starting to study all the different ways many animals use electricity as an attractant for prey as well as a deterrant for predators!

Report Cards Home Wednesday

2008-01-20T15:28:00.000-08:00

Just a reminder that all parents should expect to see report cards on Wednesday! Hopefully this is good news you get to bring home. If not, make a decision to make next quarter different! Set goals for yourself! Study an extra 15 minutes a night, make notecards for tests, something that will help improve your grade and most importantly study skills! Best of luck next quarter!

HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELOR TO VISIT

2007-10-01T11:04:00.000-07:00

The counselor from Pinckney High School will be at school Tuesday OCTOBER 2 evening at 6:30 p.m. to talk with high school students about requirements for high school students.

October 1st

2007-10-01T10:46:00.000-07:00

10-11th Bible: We continue to memorize 1 John 3. We have been doing 2 verses per week. These verses are put onto note cards and then memorized. The student must get five signatures on the back of each notcard. Different weeks will require different people's signatures. This week we are currently memorizing 1 John 3: 7-8. Remember, these are cumulative. On Thursdays, pop quizzes may be given to make sure students have their verses memorized.

6th Graders- Studying Symbiosis (played the symbiosis game today!), going over photosynthesis, nitrogen and carbon cycles Tuesday and Wednesday. Friday we will have a review of all of the above and will have a chapter test Monday October 8th.

7th Grades: We are finishing up our quizzes on streams (they made streams in class and had to identify all of their parts) We move onto lakes today, wetlands tomorrow and pollution on Wednesday and Thursday. Friday will be a review day for Chapter 2 test. (with parts on Chapter 1) The test will be on Monday October 8th.

8th Grade: We will be spending the week learning about pressure and volume relationships. We will also spend time on Archimede's principle. With that knowledge, we will be building ships of different shapes and sizes. This will all be followed by a take home test that is due on Friday October 5th.

Biology: We are working through successions, population dynamics, conservation and biodiversity. The students will have a take home test on Friday October 5th that is due Monday October 8th.

Chemistry: As we learn about the specific groups of elements individually, the students continue to work on their videos about the life of Mendeleev. The requirements are as follows:DUE OCTOBER 22

You are responsible for making a 'production' to get across the "LIFE OF MENDELEEV"

You must use information from the Mendeleev packet that was discussed in class.

All commercials must be related to Mendeleev, the elements, or periodic table.

Remember, if someone watched your production, they should be able to know the same amount of information as if they had read the packet on Mendeleev.

It should be fun, interesting, creative, BUT IT NEEDS TO CONTAIN THE INFORMATION FROM THE PACKET.

Simply mentioning Mendeleev and making up information about him will not pass.

The point is to get the packet's information across in a creative way.

Each person needs to have an equal part. The camera person needs to be in the movie as much as anyone else.

Don't make up history! Add whatever you want to this packet but it must be from a valid source. If you use other sources, they MUST BE TURNED in with your video.

Time Requirement: Each person in your group needs to be in the video for at least three minutes. Therefore, WITHOUT commercials, a group of three should have a 9 minute presentation and a group of four should be at least 12 minutes (remember that each person needs to do their own part).

Due Date of Video: OCTOBER 22 MONDAY

SCRIPTS turned in the day of your video! ( do not need for commercials)

September 19th 2007

2007-09-19T07:43:00.000-07:00

10-11th Bible-These next couple of weeks we continue to ask the question "Why is truth truth? Who says it is truth? Where is our truth based?" Using Mark Eckel's insights, we are learning a great basis for what we believe. It is a great foundation to defend your faith!

8th Science- NATURE OF MATTER- We have just completed learning about the atomic structure and the history of the atom. We have also briefly looked at the periodic table of elements and its properties. We now move on to the different states of matter. Many fun experiments lie ahead!

Biology- After finishing up about two weeks of 'what is biology' and learning about the scientific method, we are now prepared to learn more about ecosystems. We are looking forward to learning about competition within an ecosystem as well as the biomagnification of toxins (mercury, lead, ddt, etc).

Chemistry-We started off the year reviewing the metric system, how to weigh different substances, how to measure liquids in different containers, and how to do dimensional analysis! We now are building our own stores using grocery ads and today will try to fill in products in the aisles. What does this teach? We will learn about how a grocery store is very similar in its set up to the periodic table of elements. Students will have to put items in their store (and hopefully have room for them)as well as try to find room for new products. This reminds us of how Mendeleev had to leave spaces in the table for elements he thought would one day be discovered. Smart idea!

6th Grade Science- ECOLOGY-We are wrapping up a lot of work we have done on trophic levels and food webs today. We have been concentrating on various ecosystems in Michigan (Jack Pine Forest, Woodlands Forest, Coastal Dunes, Wetlands, and Rivers) and using them to make our ecosystems. We start a basic competition study today as well as looking at predator prey relationships and their importance.

7th grade science-WATER PLANET-We have just finished up learning about how much water people use individually and as a family. We are currently concentrating on what a precious and unique resource that water is. Today and tomorrow the students will be performing water commercials to promote this precious commodity. Each student is responsible for having 4 demos in their commercial to demonstrate some of water's wonderful qualities. After we finish the wonders of water, we will move on to studying our watershed and its many parts.

Welcome Back

2007-08-30T14:00:00.001-07:00

Is everyone ready? Only four days left! I just wanted to remind everyone to have a great Labor Day Weekend. I will see you very soon!

WELCOME BACK!

2007-08-18T08:46:00.000-07:00

Well the pool parties and days in the sun may be numbered as we approach the start to a brand new school year! I would like to personally welcome everyone back to LCS and send a special invite to those who will be new to us this year! I am very excited to hear about everyone's summer and to see what you have been up to lately! Some of you have had some interesting travels and others have had a good relaxing summer! Others have gone on to get jobs and have kept quite busy! Whatever the case, soon your mindset gets to change slightly and I will have the privilege of helping you to expand your horizons-especially in science! Enjoy these last few weeks of summer and prepare your minds to get in the learning mode! I am looking forward to seeing you and spending my days with each and every one of you! See you soon!

Upcoming events

2007-05-01T13:10:00.000-07:00

Wednesday May 1: This day marks the first day that the biology students begin their fetal pig dissection!
Thursday May 3 and Saturday May 5th: Track meets for the 4-8th grades against Concordia on Thursday and an invitational on Saturday in Monroe
Thursday May 10: All science fair projects are due
Friday May 11: All Science Fair projects are presented to the Kindergarden through 5th grades
May 14th: Career Day from 1-3 pm
May 21-22: Cedar Point Trip for middle and high school

Mysteries of the Deep #3

2007-04-03T08:13:00.000-07:00

April 23rd is the due date for Part #3

Each group will need to turn in.....

First UPDATE
-4-5 sentence minimum describing what has been done so far
-list of what still needs to be accomplished (be specific)
-2-3 sentences to describe what has changed since your original plan
-List of what you plan to do before the next due date

MYSTERIES OF THE DEEP #2

2007-04-03T08:06:00.000-07:00

Don't forget that this Wednesday is the second due date for this year's science fair projects.

From each group, I need the following:
-Sketch of your activity or walk through
-Explanation of your activity or walk through
- List of all materials needed
-Approximate space needed for the fair
-Plan written out with dates on which you will met your partner
Due: WEDNESDAY APRIL 4th

I need to see this before spring break so that it can be approved and you can get started!

Spirit Week!

2007-01-24T06:45:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone! It is spirit week this week and that means lots of fun! Don't forget tomorrow is crazy hat and hair day and friday is school spirit day-wear your school colors!

Class Summaries:

7th: We are finishing up a study on volcanoes and will be doing a 'film canister' volcano lab Thursday of this week. We will have another quiz on the parts of the volcano on Friday and then Tuesday of next week we will have a chapter test on volcanoes. Wednesday is our review day for finals.

6th-We are still working on Magnets and Motors! TOday we will build a compass and we will have a quiz on magnets on Monday of next week. The final for this class was already 'taken'. It was their one minute timers. They will still have a test on finals day but it will count as a regular test grade for this quarter.

8th-We are finishing up human body systems. Today we start watching a movie on how virus and bacteria can do more than make us sick. We will see how some people want to use these types of things to harm others. What can we do about it? Should we be allowed to test with such dangerous substances? We will have a test on immunity and disease on Monday of next week. Review is on Wednesday for the final.

Biology-We are going through a project right now on genetic disorders. We have spent two days in the lab researching 8 different disorders. Each student then picked one to focus on for their project. Powerpoint is encouraged but posters will be allowed for the project as well. We will have a test on Tuesday over meiosis and genetics. Review for the final will be held on Wednesday.

Geography: We are finishing up on Europe and moving into Russia after finals. Students just finished presenting sections and they did a pretty good job. They were each responsible for making notes, an activity and a quiz over their information. We will continue now until finals with issues surrounding the European nations. Review for the final will be Wednesday and a chapter test will be held on Tuesday.

Reviews for Finals

2006-11-03T11:23:00.001-08:00

All 6th, 7th and 8th graders have now received review sheets for their final exams. These are due on Wednesday before final exams. They must use prior tests and quizzes to answer the questions on the review sheet. This will be what they study from for their exams on Thursday and Friday.

Here is the 8th grade review sheet:
Final Exam Review Sheet
Due Wednesday
Use old quizzes and tests to find this information (except for ch 4)

Chapter 1
What percent of the world covered in water?

The following carries the least amount of water on earth.

How much water is indirectly used to make a hamburger?

You are able to find water in all three forms here on earth because

The heat energy needed to change water from solid to liquid is called

During freezing and melting, energy is changing the _____________ of the water but not the ________.

It requires ________ energy to change ice (solid) into a liquid than it does to change liquid into a solid.

The amount of heat needed to change water from liquid to gas is called the

Which of the following are you experiencing if you feel a chill when you get out of the pool?

The amount of mass in a unit of volume is called

Therefore, warm water has a ______ density than cold water and will _____________ if put in a container with cold water.

Therefore, when you go swimming in the summer and dive down to where the water is cold you are feeling the __________________ and _____________ water below.

A polar molecule is ___________.

What caused the water to bubble up on the penny and not spill over?

Water has high specific heat. This means that:

Molecules are farther apart when they are ___________than when they are ___________.

Because of the set up of the water molecules in ice, lakes freeze from the _____________which ______________ .

When we collected the water in the bags on the trees, we are collecting water from _________.

When water finishes penetrating the soil it enters this layer. This is the initial layer of rock that a well penetrates. Spaces here are mostly filled with air.

This makes up the water in lakes, streams, and rivers:

What is the term that describes the water that is found in the pore spaces between rock and soil particles?

What is the term that describes the speed at which water moves through earth's materials and soil particles?

What recharges groundwater?

Through which material does water move the fastest?

How much drinking water comes from ground water in Michigan?

Chapter 2
What kind of pollution can be pinpointed to a certain location such as a pipe?

What kind of pollution can not be pinpointed to a certain location such as a pipe; instead it comes from roads, driveways, lawn runoff, etc?

What was the first attempt to regulate water pollution?

What is one suggestion to help reduce fertilizer use in your yard?

Even though many kinds of pollution have been reduced this kind of pollution still remains in the rivers and streams.

Use these words-fill in the blanks:

Headwaters mouth bar meandering upstream alluvial fan sub-watershed watershed divide floodplain main channel downstream load

1. ______________________ Word for a stream with many curves

2. ______________________ an area that separates watersheds

3. ______________________ name for earth material carried by a stream

4. ______________________ pile of sand and gravel deposited in a streambed

5. ______________________ similar to a delta but they form where streams empty onto flat land

6. ______________________ flat plain adjacent to a stream channel that is periodically covered by flood overflows

7.______________________ towards the mouth of a stream or river

8. ______________________ outflow of a river into a larger river, lake or ocean

9. ______________________ land area surrounding a tributary

10. ______________________ source of a beginning of a river

Wastewater treatment Test:

What are the five stages (in order) for wastewater treatment?

During which stage is the clear liquid on top of the biomass removed from the tank?

What do we call the stage that is in the time after the clear liquid is removed but before the tank is refilled?

Where does the decanter pull liquid from in the tank?

Nitrification- know what order the nitrogen products go in (list below)

Denitrification-know what order the nitrogen products go in (list below)

Plants use a combination of physical and chemical processes . Plants use preliminary treatment to remove ____________ and secondary treatment to remove _______________.
A) large debris and grit; dissolved organic material
B) dissolved organic material; large debris and grit

Put the following in the correct order that leads to eutrophication. Number them 1-4.
____________lake becomes choked with weeds
____________weeds die and decompose causing the lake to fill in slowly with sediment
____________domestic wastes contain a lot of nitrogen and phosphorous
____________wastes discharged into a stream or lake and act as fertilizer; plant growth increased

Activated sludge is made mostly of____________.
a) domestic waste b) microorganisms c) sticks and debris d) air

At the wastewater treatment plant, after the water leaves the reactors it is allowed to return to the ground water. Through what must the water travel through to get to the ground water. (this is something they have made special for the water to penetrate)

When Frank tested for nitrates and phosphorous in the water sample, how did he tell if something was present in the water?

These organisms are characterized by their tail which extends from their round or elliptical cell configuration; mobility by whipping their tail

Apparent when there are a large number of bacteria in the activated sludge; their presence is generally indicated of a process that is approaching the optimum degree of treatment; characterized by rotating hair-like membranes that cover most/all of the cell membrane

With other activated sludge organisms these are the smallest; only aerobic so are only where D.O. is plentiful; may attach to particles or swim freely; most abundant when the activated sludge is older and indicates a high level of treatment; feed on bacteria, algae, protozoa and small particulate matter in the waste

Which of these is correct?
b) physical; where you rely on living organisms to remove pollutants and chemical where you rely on screening, sedimentation, and filtration to remove pollutants
c) chemical; where you rely on living organisms to remove pollutants and physical where you rely on screening, sedimentation, and filtration to remove pollutants

Look at CH 4 sec 1-3 notes, sec 2 quiz, salty seas sheet

When scientists investigated the oceans to see how much salt is going in and leaving, what is the MAXIMUM age the ocean could be?

What do we call the process of removing salts from the water?

What similar idea did your book and Bible share about how the oceans were formed?
Currents that move clockwise would be found where?

What is responsible for the shifting of winds and currents from their expected path that is caused by the earth’s rotation?

East coast currents are _____________ while west coast currents are __________. This is because the east coast currents come from the equator and head north while the west coast currents come from the north and head south.

Which one of the following is a real life example of what we tried to show in class with the saltwater dyed red that slowly crept across the floor of the freshwater in the container?

The highest point of a wave is it _______ while its lowest point is the ________.

The distance between two crests of a wave is called its ___________.

Why do waves break?

What is the primary cause of all waves?

Reviews for Finals

2006-11-03T11:23:00.000-08:00

Week of November 6th

2006-11-01T06:02:00.000-08:00

Finals are this week!

Here is the schedule for my classes:

Thursday:
science 7th
science 6th
Biology

Friday:
Geography 10th
Science 8th

Also, we will have reviews in all of the classes on Wednesday for the finals.
Review sheets will be handed out on MOnday although all of my finals are based off prior tests and quizzes. Review sheets will also be posted on the blog over the weekend of November3-5.

Monday, the 7th graders will be playing their recycled trash games and will be sharing these with the 5th graders on Tuesday.
Next Quarter classes.......
The 7th graders will be studying Earth's Materials and Processes.

The 8th graders will be studying Human Body Systems and we will be receiving help from a very knowledgeable source from right inside the doors of LCS! Stay tuned for details!

The 6th graders will be doing the measuring time science kit (lots of hands on and lots of fun!).

Biology heads into the cycles that take place in a cell, genetics, and then creation vs. evolution.

Geography will be investigating Latin America, Europe, and possibly a little bit about Russia.

Week of October 30

2006-10-25T12:02:00.000-07:00

Reading Assignments/tests/updates:
6th-Continuing to do our Bee/Wasp/Yellowjacket presentations
7th-Began Recycled Game project-Due Monday November 6th
Extra Credit Biome Project Due Monday October 30th
Test Monday October 30th-on Nonrenewable Resources and Renewable Resources as well
as chapter 4 section 2-3.
Wed Read/Quiz- Chapter 5 sec 2
8th- Finished Wastewater Treatment Wednesday with a quiz
Beginning Ocean Currents this week
Wed Read/ Quiz ch 4 sec 2
Biology- Beginning Osmosis and cellular processes
Wed Read/Quiz ch 7.2
Geography- Began Canada last Wednesday
Wed Read/Quiz ch 7.3

Weeks Activities-Oct 9-13

2006-10-11T05:14:00.000-07:00

This week is our Star Lab week so all middle and high school students have the opportunity to be in Star Lab both Tuesday and Thursday during their normal science times. Tuesday we talked about how science actually proves that God created the stars and that they could not have evolved on their own. We also talked about how many different gospel stories can be seen and remembered by the stars. We also started recalling some of the different constellations that can be seen. The 8th graders also had the chance to tell stories of the stars to all the elementary grades.
6th-Beginning a Phototropism (plants reacting to light) lab today and a germination lab on Friday. The students continue to watch their Wisconsin Fast Plants grow taller and grow longer and wider seed pods! Also this THURSDAY they have an interdependent project due. Basically this is a project looking at different animals and plants that have interdependent relationships.
7th-We are finishing up with water systems and wetlands this week.
8th-We are learning about wastewater treatment in preparation for our field trip next Thursday to the Hamburg Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Biology-We have moved into a chemistry/mixtures/solutions chapter. Time for some review and plenty of new information as well!
World Geography-We have begun a unit on the United States and Canada.

Star Lab Week (October 9-13)

2006-10-11T05:04:00.000-07:00

Good Morning Everyone!
On this blog I will post large projects, tests, reading assignments, as well as upcoming events. Daily assignments will normally not be posted here. Also, the best way to get ahold of me is through the LCS school email address. Normally there will be one post for each week. Also, around exam times the reviews will be posted here as well. I hope you find this beneficial and a way to keep both parents and students informed!