9th Grade: Week of January 26-30

Hello,
Next week we will be begin an exciting activity on the Journey North website called Mystery Class. There are 10 real mystery classes hiding around the world. Your class will be divided into 10 groups and be assigned to one particular mystery class. Each week they will send us sunrise/sunset and cultural/historical clues through the Journey North website. Our job is to use those clues to determine the location of each mystery class by the end of April. More information to follow.
We will be continuing our Microorganisms unit this week. I collected some green algae from a thermally-heated stream near Derkes Lake today. We will view the algae under the microscope tomorrow. I have a bread machine so we will be making a few loaves of bread and discussing the role of yeast in making bread. The homework and DUE dates are as follows:

Tuesday, January 27: Read pages 510-511. These pages describe Red, Brown, and Green Algae Phyla. Which group is thought to be the ancestor to modern plants? Name at least three characteristics that this group has in common with plants. Answers need to be in complete sentences.

Friday, January 30: Section 20-4 Assessment Questions 1-5 in complete sentences.

Have a great week,
-Mr. Pfiester

PS. I'm hoping we can eat a type of algae on Friday- sushi.