Friday, June 12, 2009




R-E-L-A-X! It is SUMMER TIME! Yahoo!




This blog is for Team D

students to use to have fun on

and keep in touch with each

other over the summer months!


Post comments below to:



  • Keep in touch with your fellow team mates


  • Show off your personal blogs

  • Network


  • Plot new ways to annoy your favorite Math teacher!


  • Ask questions about other non-science subjects (if there are any?)


  • Post pictures of you and your beloved science book touring the world


  • Just plain have fun


  • Share poetry, creative writing and science analogies

  • Help and advise Hall write science rap for her upcoming album


  • Develop a set of fashion tips for Flash


  • Swap Twinkie recipes


  • Plot new schemes to help Mr. C separate the new 7th graders from their quarters!


  • Design a MCAS test for cats

  • Propose an exercise routine for Flash


  • Explore the wonders of Country Western Science Songs


  • Swap creative schemes to con your parent(s) to take you to the mall for shopping extravaganzas

  • Come up with a variety of ways to annoy the dreaded Typo Police


  • Share pictures of Ms. McLaughlin's many adventures and sky diving high adrelenin activities!


Remember to keep it clean, fun and school appropriate!
Special thanks to John C and his Typo Force for his editing efforts to attempt to keep this site 81.329% error free!







Have fun, be safe and eat lots of Twinkies,


Mr. C and Flash




NO! Ignore Joe K, we do NOT taste like chicken!




JONES!

Friday, June 5, 2009

Intro to Ecology and Energy Flow Pyramid


33 Question test - 19 matching and the rest is multiple guess. I have added some more study questions. Make sure you check the new parts of the study blog.
Last Test of The Year???

Let's Hope So!


Please remember that there is a "voluntary" 200 question final exam that your class can "ask" for via their poor behavior. Let's all work together these last few days of school. It has been an EXCELLENT year, let's keep it that way!

Tues = Fun Science Story due - one copy for me (completed) and at least 5 copies for your classmates.
Wed = Test - YEA!!!
Thur = Human body systems film
Fir = Some film and some glass blowing safety and how to demo's

Mon = Glass blowing - NO OPEN TOE FOOTWEAR.... PERIOD!!! - Long hair must be pulled back as I hate the smell of burring hair.
Tues = Cookout! Yahoo!!! Hat? Sunglasses? Sunscreen? Your choice!
Wed = Thanks for coming, have a fun and safe summer - school is out at 10:20


Study Blog by Mr. Carrison & Flash


More to come Monday.............


1. Flash’s _____________ in my house is to drool and shed all over my house. He also thinks his job or _ (same word as above)_______ is to howl, fertilize my front lawn and to be chauffeured by me in my/our truck! Hum…. 2. Can mate naturally in the wild and produce fertile offspring 3. Mexico has a ___________________ problem as many of their citizens are moving to the USA. 4. When new individuals move INTO an established population or area. 5. All the living and non-living “stuff” in a given area. 6. – example: The (Two words) was 1,039.6 people per square mile (401.5/km2)” for people in Scituate according to the 2000 census. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scituate,_Massachusetts 7. Eaten by carnivores – include mice, rabbits, insects and many young relatively defenseless animals 8. Something that lives in or on another organism. Example is a tick on a dog.



9. Know the words on the blog that has a list of all the words for your Fun Story.



10. Review your worksheet packet



11. Know the energy flow pyramid cold!



12. Name 5 animals from each of the consumer categories in the pyramid.



13. 1st order consumer, apex predator and ..... what was that other
name???
14. Group of animals that eat only plants.
15. Total population of a given species that a given area ecosystem or area can reasonably support.
16. Person who’s job is to study the relationships of organisms to their habitat.
17. Process in which sunlight energy is converted to stored chemical energy.
18. Fancy word for the type of home or area or environment that an animal lives in.
19. Changes in an organism that are passed on to future generations that make it more likely they will survive and thrive. Example – human’s opposeable thumb gave them a definite advantage which allowed them to better compete for food, water and shelter – therefore they thrived and reproduced and passed this valuable trait or ___________________ along to their offspring.
20. Group name for all organisms that can make their own food.
21. Combination of all the living and non-living “stuff” in an area. 22. Many different populations living in a given area.
23. Total number off say all the dogs living in the town of Scituate. The number of individuals of a given species in specific area.
What are some of the biotic factors in the prairie ecosystem?
24. A group of antelope leaving the herd in search of better grassland and travel many miles away. This is an example of ????
25. The largest population that an environment can support is called its
26. An organism’s particular role in its habitat, or how it makes its living, is called its ??????
27. When a jellyfish paralyzes a tiny fish with its poisonous tentacles, the fish is considered the ________________ of the jellyfish.
28. List 8 limiting factors that a squirrel in Scituate faces:
29. The nonliving parts of an ecosystem are called ???
30. All the different populations that live together in an area make up a(n) ???
31. The study of how things interact with each other and with their environment is called ????? 32. When a flea is living on a dog, the dog is the __________
33. The place where an organism lives and that provides the things the organism needs to survive I is called its ____________












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El-Cheapo Coupon - Print out the blog and HAVE YOUR PARENT sign it and you can use it on the test! Print a picture of Flash with a callout box. Print something fun in it and I'll give you 3 points! We will put these up in the windows for the summer. Have fun, study and ace this test so we can play! (callout boxes are found by INSERT - AUTOSHAPE and then look for the saying or callout boxes.)