9th Grade Biology: Week of Jan. 4-8

Hello,
The next few weeks should be quite interesting as we will be conducting our 1st Semester Debates (your performance on the debate will represent your "Project" grade- 10% of your total grade). As we have begun our unit on the human body, the debate topics will on some aspect of the human body. Next Friday (Jan. 15) students will be organized into debate groups of three and given the topic. Research will continue the following Monday and Tuesday (Jan. 18-19) with the five debates completed on Wednesday-Friday (Jan. 20-22). January 22 is the last day of the semester.
We have started Ch. 38: Digestive and Excretory Systems. The homework and DUE dates are as follows:

Wednesday, Jan. 6: Read Section 38-1 pages 971-977.
Thursday, Jan. 7: Complete Section 38-1 Review Questions, 1-5 (pg. 977).
Friday, Jan. 8: Designing a Brochure: Design and create a brochure (single sheet of computer paper made into a tri-fold- one section per nutrient) that explains how the body uses the six nutrients necessary for normal function. You must include at least one drawing or image per nutrient.
Have a great week,
-Mr. Pfiester