THIS WEEK IN SCIENCE

For a more detailed version of this poster click on this link: http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/involved/education/poster_0408_e.pdf

• Considered activities in the National Parks and how those activities might be affecting the Grizzly bear (and the environment in general)
• Continued with Section 4 of our biological diversity unit
• Finished check and reflect questions on page 65 and key terms
• Learned about artificial selection and how it is different than natural selection
• Introduced project on species at risk (click on the above poster to learn more about S.A.R.)
• Spoke about your UNIT test which will be: November 3 - 9e/9b and November 4 for 9h

PLEASE READ THROUGH THIS BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION POSTER CREATED BY THE GOVERNMENT, FOR YOU! JUST CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW!
http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/wildlife/docs/pdf/Biodiversityposter08-e.pdf

SPECIES AT RISK PROJECT:

• follow the instructions carefully
• the project is INDIVIDUAL however you could do the same species as someone else and help eachother research (note that if your final reports are the same, the mark will be split between the two of you!)
• stay after school to work on this in Mr. Mang's room or the library if you need ANY help
• Do a great job because that is what we expect of you
  

Here is the link to help you choose your species and to start your research: http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/

DUE: OCTOBER 31, no lates!

I HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT FALL BREAK!

Before the break:

• We wrote a quiz on section 2 and 3 of our unit
• Began section 4: We learned about genetically modified organisms and held a lively debate to discuss differences in opinion about GMO's
• Read up to page 71 and completed the check and reflect questions on page 65
• Processed data from a wolf study and plotted this data on a chart/graph

WHAT WAS THE HOMEWORK OVER BREAK? Check and reflect page 65, and defintions for all key terms from section 4; due for homework check this week!

YOUR UNIT TEST ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY WILL BE ON THE FOLLOWING DATES:

9E, 9B : November 3rd, 2008

9H: November 4th, 2008

Report card note:
* Biological diversity is an important unit in grade 9 Science that cannot be rushed. We will not finish the unit before the first report card therefor your term 1 report card mark will be based on quizzes, homework checks, and marks on assignments such as the "Our Ecosystem" project.

QUIZ NEXT WEEK!

BE SURE YOU STUDY! USE YOUR TEXTBOOK, NOTES, KEY TERMS AND TAKE HOME QUIZZES!

***Your quiz is on section 2 and 3 of your textbook. So by the end of the weekend you need to understand the basics of genetics, including DNA!

QUIZ IS MONDAY for 9B and 9E and TUESDAY for 9H

Expect a more difficult quiz than our first quiz, but nothing to bad...it is NOT an exam!