3/22

Students really impressed me these past few weeks with their diligence and attitudes in science.  I was very happy with the Genetics Project, and also very impressed with the DNA and Genetics Test.  The seventh graders really finished out their third quarter strong.
When students return from break, we will start our quick unit on Evolution, Natural Selection, and Adaptation.
I wish everyone a very safe and relaxing Spring Break.

Review answers correction

Question #15:  How many sex chromosomes do humans have?
Answer: The answer is 2 sex chromosomes, either XX ( female) or XY (male). Though also note that there are 23 chromosomes in sex cells.

Pink Review Packet Answers

Genetics / DNA Review Game Questions.docx

Jeopardy Review Game

Review jeopardy.ppt

3/15

I have been viewing all the students' Genetics Projects over the past 3 days, and I have to say how impressed I am with how well these presentations have turned out.  I think students have really taken ownership on their expert topics, and it has really shown through each time a new student presents to the class.  Well done 7th graders!!  We still have a couple more to view on Monday, see below for the order of presentations on Monday.
Next week the 7th graders are going to be taking their Unit 5 & 6 Test (this will cover Genetics and DNA).  The students were given the orange study guide today in class.  I really stressed that even though they do not have homework in science over the weekend, to make sure they have the materials they need in order to study before the test.  I always like to remind the students that I have extra copies of anything that they might need.  Additionally, I will be here in the morning early Monday- Wednesday if the students should have any questions at all.

Period 2		Period 3		Period 4
1	Iyana	1	Paul & Andy	1	Keiran & Matt
		2	David & Pedro	2	Aidan

Period 5		Period 8
1	Michael & James	1	Tommy & Andrew
2	Marcelo	2	Jennifer & Emily

Order of Presentations 3/15

Genetics Presentations

Order of Presentations for Friday, March 15

**Remember if you are not ready during the time/ day that you signed up, there will be a deduction of 10 points**

	Period 2		Period 3		Period 4
1	Daniel & Tauras	1	Nick & Jack	1	Kailee
2	Sara	2	Mike, Sebastian & John	2	Eloisa & Kaitlyn
3	Viraj	3	Sean	3	Liam
4	Iyana	4	Naomi & Natalie	4	Scott & Kyle
		5	Paul & Jeremy	5	Elijah
		6	Paul & Andy	6	Teddy
		7	David & Pedro	7	Steven & Mark
				M	Keiran & Matt

	Period 5		Period 8
1	Tommy	1	John & Mark M
2	Maddie & Kaitlyn	2	Lauren K & Sydney
3	Mia & Sophia	3	Myles & Jack
4	Taylor	4	Eric & Mark A
5	Gino	5	Ashley & Sarina
6	Michael & James	6	Andrew S. & Tommy
7	Marcelo	7	Jennifer & Emily

Order of Presentations 3/14

Genetics Presentations

Order of Presentations for Thursday, March 14

**Remember if you are not ready during the time/ day that you signed up, there will be a deduction of 10 points**

	Period 2		Period 3		Period 4
1	Matt & Carl	1	Kaelyn	1	Chantalle
2	Stephen	2	Trudy	2	Amy
3	Vincent	3	Nicole & Chrissy	3	Cate
4	Iyanna	4	Matt & Kyle	4	Elena & Josh
		5	Jay & Michael L	5	Kailee
		6	Nick & Jack	6	Eloisa & Kaitlyn

	Period 5		Period 8
1	Declan & Tyler Sm.	1	Lucas
2	Henrietta	2	Kyla & Maggie
3	Tyler Sp.	3	Allie & Eve
4	Natalie	4	Danny & Dylan
5	Adam & Arman	5	John & Mark M
6	Tommy	6	Lauren & Sydney

Order of Presentations 3/13

Genetics Presentations

Order of Presentations for Wednesday, March 13

**Remember if you are not ready during the time/ day that you signed up, there will be a deduction of 10 points**

	Period 2		Period 3		Period 4
1	Molly	1	Ross	1	Aidan
2	Karina & Lindsay	2	Zach	2	Julianna
3	Brandon	3	Samantha	3	Hailey
4	Genevieve	4	Makaila and Enrica	4	Kablan
		5	Drew	5	Damiya
				6	Clayton

	Period 5		Period 8
1	Tamara	1	Max & Jake
2	Jonathan	2	Kailey &Kayla
3	Alec	3	Alex
4	Nick	4	Andrew A
5	Kyle	5	Angela & Lauren
6	Larissa	6	Natalie