Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Assignment: There's a Hair in My Dirt
See the homework binder. Pick up the orange sheet and read the book (see Mr. Ong); you can review the pictures at http://sites.google.com/site/ongbiologyws/file-cabinet.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Water Assignment
Draw a picture of water; color it. Write 5 sentences about how the properties of water are important to life.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
IF YOU MISSED CLASS ON 10/14
October 14, 2009
Mr. Ong’s B2-B4. Please me nice to Ms. Freeman. Watch the video and answer the following questions. Please stay on task because this assignment is worth 50 points. It is due the next time we meet (so please finish it up as homework if necessary). For Zoology: Work on your stem cell paper over the break! If you don’t know about the stem cell paper, you can find a blue paper at the front or go to my blog. For Biology: For homework, define: symbiosis, mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism (use our online book or the Internet). Find 3 examples of each (so there will be a total of 12 examples). Remember spelling and grammar is important! Use complete sentences. It is due the next time we meet. This assignment is worth 60 points.
IF ABSENT SPEND 1 HOUR AT http://www.pbs.org/kcet/shapeoflife/episodes/origins.html AND ITS ASSOCIATED LINKS TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS OR SPEND ONE HOUR DESIGNING AN EXPERIMENT FOR THE UPCOMING DISTRICT SCIENCE FAIR.
Mr. Ong
Episode 1:“Origins”(Sponges)
1) What was the first animal group?
What is the evidence for this
c o n c l u s i o n ?
2) How long ago did the first animal
appear on Earth?
3) How are scientists currently defining
the group called “animal”?
4) Should protozoans be considered
animals? Why or why not?
5) What does “multicellular” mean?
What is meant by “specialized” cells?
6) What do sponges eat?
1) What do you think the first animal
looked like?
2) How do you think that first animal
differed from today’s representatives?
3) Why do you think there would even
have been a first animal?
4) What do you think “evolution”
means?
5) What were the little organisms
that were flying along the sponge
tunnels? Learn more about
them by first exploring what
“plankton” means.
5.5) Please be skeptical and question at least two of the conclusions or inferences that were made in this video. How would you debate with the scientists or the videomakers? Write at least 8 good sentences.
6) How have relationships between
animal groups been determined
in the past? How is molecular
and genetic research influencing
our classification of animals into
related groups?
Mr. Ong’s B2-B4. Please me nice to Ms. Freeman. Watch the video and answer the following questions. Please stay on task because this assignment is worth 50 points. It is due the next time we meet (so please finish it up as homework if necessary). For Zoology: Work on your stem cell paper over the break! If you don’t know about the stem cell paper, you can find a blue paper at the front or go to my blog. For Biology: For homework, define: symbiosis, mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism (use our online book or the Internet). Find 3 examples of each (so there will be a total of 12 examples). Remember spelling and grammar is important! Use complete sentences. It is due the next time we meet. This assignment is worth 60 points.
IF ABSENT SPEND 1 HOUR AT http://www.pbs.org/kcet/shapeoflife/episodes/origins.html AND ITS ASSOCIATED LINKS TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS OR SPEND ONE HOUR DESIGNING AN EXPERIMENT FOR THE UPCOMING DISTRICT SCIENCE FAIR.
Mr. Ong
Episode 1:“Origins”(Sponges)
1) What was the first animal group?
What is the evidence for this
c o n c l u s i o n ?
2) How long ago did the first animal
appear on Earth?
3) How are scientists currently defining
the group called “animal”?
4) Should protozoans be considered
animals? Why or why not?
5) What does “multicellular” mean?
What is meant by “specialized” cells?
6) What do sponges eat?
1) What do you think the first animal
looked like?
2) How do you think that first animal
differed from today’s representatives?
3) Why do you think there would even
have been a first animal?
4) What do you think “evolution”
means?
5) What were the little organisms
that were flying along the sponge
tunnels? Learn more about
them by first exploring what
“plankton” means.
5.5) Please be skeptical and question at least two of the conclusions or inferences that were made in this video. How would you debate with the scientists or the videomakers? Write at least 8 good sentences.
6) How have relationships between
animal groups been determined
in the past? How is molecular
and genetic research influencing
our classification of animals into
related groups?
Friday, October 9, 2009
In class assignment
What you need to know about the environment
1. How do the interactions between living things influence the balance of the ecosystem?
2. How do biotic and abiotic factors interact to make an ecosystem unique
3. How might an ecosystem be influenced if variables are changed?
4. How does the concept of balance apply to ecosystems?
5. How do local and global practices influence ecosystems?
Using your online book, find the answers to the following questions. Answer them as completely as possible. Email the answers to jong@alpine.k12.ut.us. The answers are due by Tuesday. You must have at least 300 words in your answer and you will lose 1 points for every misspelled word and every major grammatical error. You will get a zero on the assignment if you copy more than 5 words in a row from the textbook.
1. How do the interactions between living things influence the balance of the ecosystem?
2. How do biotic and abiotic factors interact to make an ecosystem unique
3. How might an ecosystem be influenced if variables are changed?
4. How does the concept of balance apply to ecosystems?
5. How do local and global practices influence ecosystems?
Using your online book, find the answers to the following questions. Answer them as completely as possible. Email the answers to jong@alpine.k12.ut.us. The answers are due by Tuesday. You must have at least 300 words in your answer and you will lose 1 points for every misspelled word and every major grammatical error. You will get a zero on the assignment if you copy more than 5 words in a row from the textbook.
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Thursday, October 8, 2009
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