9th Grade Biology: Week of Dec. 14-18

Hello,
It is hard to believe that Christmas is in just a few weeks. We will be finishing up Ch. 8: Photosynthesis this week. Most of you did very well on the quiz last week- great job! I will be out of school on Wednesday and Mrs. Clarke will be your substitute. She will be administering the Chapter test. Tuesday we will complete the practice test. So the homework and DUE dates are as follows:

Tuesday, Dec. 15: Section 8-3 Assessment questions, 1-5 (pg. 214).

Friday, Dec. 18: To Be Determined

Have a great week,
-Mr. Pfiester

7th-8th Grade Science: Week of Dec. 14-18

Hello,
It is hard to believe that Christmas is just around the corner. As I mentioned last week, I will be out on Wednesday and Mrs. Clarke will be your substitute. We will dedicate Monday, Thursday, and Friday to working on the invention/science fair. It is very important to remember that after this week, almost all of your work on this will be conducted at home. Tuesday and Wednesday will be dedicated to beginning our new unit: Cell Division and Genetics. So the homework and DUE dates are as follows:

Tuesday, Dec. 15: Submit your Invention/Science Fair Plan. I'll give you the handout for this homework on Monday.

Thursday, Dec. 16. Mrs. Clarke will give out the genetics section assessment questions to be due.

Have a great week,
-Mr. Pfiester

7th/8th Grade Science: Week of Dec. 7-11

Hello,
Tomorrow of course is our Chemical Bonds and Reactions unit test. We will dedicate Tuesday and Wednesday to working on the Invent Idaho/Science Fair (as well as a few days next week) to get you started. Our new unit is Cell Division and Genetics. I'll introduce the new unit on Thursday and Friday. The last day before Christmas break is Friday, Dec. 18 (next Friday!) Have a great week,

-Mr. Pfiester

9th Grade Biology: Week of Dec. 7-11

Hello,
We will continue our study of chapter 8 (Photosynthesis) this week. Hopefully I will be able to get some aquatic plants (such as Elodea) for our study of photosynthesis. Can you think of the advantage of aquatic plants vs land plants? What would aquatic plants visually illustrate to us that land plants could not? Using complete sentences, the homework and the date DUE are as follows:


Wednesday, Dec. 9: Section 8-2 Assessment Questions (pg. 207), 1-5.

Friday, Dec. 11: Section 8-3 Assessment Questions (pg. 214), 1-5.

The last day of school before Christmas break is next Friday, Dec. 18th. Have a great week,
-Mr. Pfiester