05.28.09
Posted in Uncategorized at 7:28 am by slesscience
Sorry Monsters,
I am out again today. Here is what you need to do.
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8th
Finish you topic summaries and post them to the website.
Check out these websites to review some old information
Electron Dot Diagrams for Elements
Electron Dot Diagrams for Compounds
Balancing Chemical Equations
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7th
Complete your topic summaries and post them to the website.
Study the endocrine gland diagram from your textbook.
Review the 11 systems of the human body with this website and by looking at the travel brochure in the hallway.
Review the nervous system using this website and your textbook
post any questions you have to my website. I will do my best to answer them all.
-MR. K
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05.25.09
Posted in 7th Grade, 8th Grade at 9:58 pm by slesscience
Hello seventh and eighth graders,
It is Monday night and both Joey and I are running fevers. Given the high likely-hood that I will not be in tomorrow, I am posting class assignments on the website. I hope to be there tomorrow but please post any questions or comments to the blogs if you have them. I will check from home periodically.
-Mr. K
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- Review the Exam Outline that is posted on the website. If you have any questions, post them to the blog.
- In the groups I assign, complete Topic Review Word Doc.
- In the same groups, post a short blurb (about 5 sentences) to the EXAM SUMMARIES post on my website. Your post should include a short summary of concepts, key terms, BFFs, and any applications for the information.
- Check GradeSpeed to make sure that all of your grades are in order. Do not post grade issues to the blogs, email me at ckremer@sles-sa.org
- Write sample test questions and post them to the blog.
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Posted in 7th Grade at 9:56 pm by slesscience
topic-review-fill-in <– Here is the handout
READ THE DIRECTIONS FROM THE SUB-PLAN Post.
Post your exam summaries here after completing the Topic Review Handout. If your group finishes early, post sample questions related to your topic.
DO NOT PRINT OUT REVIEWS FOR EACH CLASSMATE. THEY CAN LOOK AT YOUR SUMMARY ONLINE AND IT IS A WASTE OF PAPER.
Groups
CELL ORGANELLES – Lilly & Jake
BODY SYSTEMS (non nervous, repro, endo) – Reagan & Jessica
PERIPHERAL NS & PATH OF AN IMPULSE – Ann (sometime E) & Claudia
CENTRAL NS & PARTS OF BRAIN – Henry & Jacob
TYPES OF NEURONS – Matt & Natalie
PREBIRTH STAGES OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT – Emma & Susannah
POST BIRTH STAGES OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT – Regan & Caroline
MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM & PUBERTY (M&F) – Maddie & Anjali
FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM & MENSTRUATION – Ana & Abby
MULTIPLE BIRTHS – Christopher & Steele
GLANDS OF THE ENDOCRINE – Charlie & David
BASICS OF HEREDITY/KEY TERMS – (someone double up please!)
STRUCTURE OF DNA – (someone double up please!)
MITOSIS & MEIOSIS – (someone double up please!)
EVOLUTION – Hope
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Posted in 8th Grade at 9:37 pm by slesscience
topic-review-fill-in <– Here is the handout
READ THE DIRECTIONS FROM THE SUB-PLAN Post.
Post your exam summaries here after completing the Topic Review Handout. If your group finishes early, post sample questions related to your topic.
DO NOT PRINT OUT REVIEWS FOR EACH CLASSMATE. THEY CAN LOOK AT YOUR SUMMARY ONLINE AND IT IS A WASTE OF PAPER.
Groups
OHMS LAW – Catherine, Milla, & Maggie
ELECTRICAL ENERGY AND POWER CONSUMPTION- Enrique, Liz, & Drew
SERIES AND PARALLEL CIRCUITS- Rusty, Konnie, & Ana
BATTERIES/GENERATORS & FUSES/C.BREAKERS- Claire, Rachel, & Lauren
SUBATOMIC PARTICLES- Zack, Brock, & Lucy
BOHR MODEL & ATOMIC STRUCTURE – Jordan, Elisabeth, Jake, & Jennifer
ORGANIZATION/CREATION OF Periodic Table – Andye (or Andie), Emma, & Olivia
METALS (include groups) – Kaisser, Brynn, & Paige
NONMETALS&METALLIODS (include groups) – Embrey, Augusta, & Hilary
IONIC/COVALENT/METALLIC BONDS – Katy, Juaquin, & Hannelore
TYPES OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS – Brynn T & David
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05.21.09
Posted in 8th Grade at 2:57 pm by slesscience
8th Graders,
Here is your exam outline. We will be reviewing in class Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. If you have any questions over the weekend, post them here and I will do my best to answer them. Most likely, Catherine will answer the question before I can check the website!
end-of-year-final-outline
-Mr. K
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Posted in 7th Grade at 2:54 pm by slesscience
7th Graders,
Here is your exam outline. We will be reviewing in class Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. If you have any questions over the weekend, post them here and I will do my best to answer them. We will be reviewing cell structure and Punnett Squares on Tuesday.
end-of-year-exam-outline
-Mr. K
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05.14.09
Posted in 8th Grade at 12:31 pm by slesscience
8th Grade Parents,
The year is coming to end, and your children are transitioning to high school life. At St. Luke’s we strive to send all of our students to high school ready for all of the challenges they will face. Some of those demands are academic in nature while others or social and emotional. One extremely important challenge that many high school students are confronted with is the peer pressure to engage in risk-taking behavior. We feel it is extremely important to prepare our students for post St. Luke’s life by educating them about their bodies. It is vital that all students leaving St. Luke’s have an age-appropriate understanding of their bodies and the risks of sexual activity.
On Wednesday, May 20th, the eighth grade students will be meeting in small groups to discuss sexual anatomy, personal hygiene, sexual outcomes, and Sexually Transmitted Infections. The 8th grade girls will meet with Dr. Catherine Spezia and Cindy Cabello in the youth room. The 8th grade boys will boys will meet with Dr. Michael Lindner and Chuck Kremer in the science classroom. We believe that the most important message for our students to hear while leaving St. Luke’s is that their bodies are a gift from God that should be respected and that abstinence is the only way to completely protect your body.
As always, please contact me with any questions or concerns.
-Mr. K and Mrs. Cabello
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05.09.09
Posted in 8th Grade at 2:32 pm by slesscience
UPDATE!!!
I have added all of my photos to the photobucket now. We have about 400 pictures up already. If you want me to added your photos at school, bring them on a flash drive. Feel free to comment on them or download them. What a great Trip!
I am low on pictures of Dr. B and David so please send me any good ones you have.
LINK TO THE PHOTOS!
-Mr. K
8th Grade Parents,
I created a photobucket album of some DC pics so that you can see what is going on while it happens. I am not the most diligent picture taker so they may be slow coming. Tomorrow I will also try to upload some of the pics that the students take, but we didn’t make it in to the hotel until 10 p.m. so I am too tired to hunt down cameras.
-Mr. K
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05.05.09
Posted in 7th Grade at 10:28 pm by slesscience
7th Graders,
For the rest of the week, you will be studying Charles Darwin and The Theory of Natural Selection.
- Watch the video “Elements of Science – Biological Evolution” as a class.
- Post a reaction to two of the discussion questions to the comment section of the blog. All posts should be unique and well though out. Feel free to use your textbook and my links to answer the discussion questions. (All comments should be at least 4 sentences and should contains new ideas that no one else has posted).
- Complete the Charles Darwin Webquest turn in your data log sheet and quetions to Cinderella.
Discussion Questions
- How do you think natural selection and evolution relate to disease spread (like swine flu)?
- Does evolution ever occur so quickly that it can be easily observed in one species?
- What are some of the struggles of using fossil records to support the theory of evolution? Does this effect how you feel about the theory?
- Geologists think that the earth is roughly 5.6 billion years old. How do you think they arrived at this number?
- Scientists believe that early life first formed in conditions similar to deep ocean hydrothermal vents. Why would life be different there then in our ecosystem?
Helpful Links
-Mr. K
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05.04.09
Posted in 8th Grade at 10:26 pm by slesscience
8th Grade Parents,
I created a photobucket album of some DC pics so that you can see what is going on while it happens. I am not the most diligent picture taker so they may be slow coming. Tomorrow I will also try to upload some of the pics that the students take, but we didn’t make it in to the hotel until 10 p.m. so I am too tired to hunt down cameras.
-Mr. K
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