Project Blog

Crossword Puzzle
OR
Make-A-Test
Study Blog by Mr. Carrison
Due 3-17-2009
Assigned 3-3-2009

Do not forget the test on Wed on intro to plants and cell reproduction. To prepare I would:

1. Review chemical and pyhsycal properties
2. Know all the bingo words
3. Know all the words listed for the project due Tuesday
4. Review the crossword puzzles handed out in class
5. Check out the DOE's MCAS advanced search page and look for all questions having to do with the words and consepts we are currently covering. There are 18 MCAS questions! google "mcas questions advance search" Then Science and Technology/Engineering and then the strand "Life Science" or "Biology" Look through the questons for topics we have covered. Remember I took 18 of them almost all directly from this source!
6. Review your kingdom definations
7. What is the difference between the plant and fungi kingdom?
8. Know the differences between animal and plant cells
9. What plant and animal organelles are the SAME?
10. Know photosynthesis cold!
11. Review life cycle - you had this in 5th grade and earlier
12. When plants reproduce by budding or by a runner (like straberries or spiderplants) is the new plant different genetically or a "clown?"
13. Will egg & sperm or pollen and oveule in a plant give you an offspring that is exactly the same or slightly differend from the parent plants?
14. Review the differences between instinctive and learned behavior.
15. Review the functions of the popular cell organelles
16. Know the cell, tissue, organ, organ system and complex organism hierachy bit.
17. Can you correctly idenify a monocot or dicot by looking at its flower or leaves? You better!
18. There are MANY 5th grade MCAS questons. PLEASE get them correct or I will HAVE to tease you!!!
19. Review meiosis and miosis
20. When a sperm cell gets inside the egg (or pollen to the ovuel) it is called????
21. Review and know all the other names for gamete and what process makes them

Your Mission:

No later than the begining of your class on 3-17-2009 is due either a crossword puzzle or a Make-A-Test. Your choice! If you choose the crossword puzzle it should have 20 to 22 clues. Should you want to complete another Make-A-Test it should have a total of 16 questions. Ten must be multiple choice.

Some of the Rules:
> Check out your old handouts
> Must be on one side of page
> Formatting must be neat and well laid out
> Check all old handouts for rubricks
> Check out hints and tips on old handouts
> Can have 2 review questions
> Can have 1 fun question
> Must have words from list below

> Late work - 100 points

> 1 copy for me, one answer key and 5 copies for peers

> Must have 2 pictures or clip are PROPERLY formated

> Margins MUST be pushed to less than .7 inch

> Test possible answers MUST be lined up using the tab

Use these words in your project to make questions or clues:

• Zygote


• Fertilization


• Photosynthesis


• Vascular Tissue


• Cuticle


• Non-vascular plant


• Sporophyte


• Gametophyte


• Angiosperm


• Gymnosperms


• Chlorophyll


• Xylem


• Phloem


• Moss Plant


• Cellulose


• Wilt


• Rigid


• Environment


• Transport


• Bristlecone Pine


• Monocot


• Dicot

Check out this site for a semi-cool poem that Mr. Cusack shared with me Tuesday in computer lab. It pokes fun at spell checker programs. http://grammar.about.com/od/spelling/a/spellcheck.htm

Check out these semi-cool sites that we found in computer lab Tuesday. Joe S showed me the http://www.pimpmysearch.com/ site

Might share this site with your parents, friends and relatives.
http://www.bjorgul.com/

Icon Wars -
http://www.xs4all.nl/~jvdkuyp/flash/see.htm

Simpons Pictures Galore!
http://www.synergizedsolutions.com/simpsons/pictures2.shtml

What is an Easter Egg??? (computer software reference) Well they are hidden tricks or surprises in popular software. Open Microsoft Word and type in (or cut and paste) =rand(200,99) then hit enter. Hum.... different or what! Now just change the NUMBER to say one then hit enter. Wonder why this sentence??? Hint: Check out the letters!

Neat Trick in Word (not an E-Egg) - "simply type a colon followed by a right or left parentheses, then press the SPACE bar. Depending on what parentheses you press a circle w/ a happy or sad inside face will appear." Thanks to http://www.eeggs.com/tree/558.html

The webmaster of http://www.hubofgates.blogspot.com/ has persuaded me to once again allow comments! When you see John you might want to thank him and is faithful cow-bladder touching assistant Ariel.

Cheezy coupon: 2.001238943687 points - Bring in one picture of your own or one picture from the web showing an example of one of the 5 kingdoms. Print which kingdom your organism belongs to on the picture. Be creative and have fun!

1/2 extra point if your organism is playing the tuba or has a poka-dotted skirt!

Meg Z gets 2.1159201337 points for being first on the blog!