Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Wednes-Day 2
Link to "Airborne" video from today; note how "PEER REVIEW" is checked in order to support or debunk a claim.
Bio- we discussed TEST-TAKING skills, which were seriously lacking on Tuesday's test. The purpose of test-taking skills is to MINIMIZE errors due to CARELESSNESS as well as to actively take a test so that it is both an applied learning experience and an exercise in memory.
You've heard me go over these techniques dozens of times yet ONLY TWO students regularly apply these techniques. That is both costly to you (due to careless but avoidable errors that result) and sad to me. If you are to grow as students, you should make a serious effort on each exam, for your own pride and sake.
We reviewed how to answer questions about the RELATIONSHIP between independent and dependent variables and how to tell whether a given variable in an experiment is independent or dependent.
We began our new unit on Human Reproduction, a life function made possible by the male and female reproductive systems. We will see that sexual reproduction is responsible for much of the genetic diversity within a species.
We started by learning the proper biological names of the male reproductive organs and glands, noting their structure and respective functions.
Tomorrow, I should have the laptop and Blackboard notes back online!
Chem 7/8- we began our Stoichiometry unit, which is really an application of the mole unit on balanced chemical equations. As you saw, you will be using your compound-naming skills, equation balancing skills, "magic triangle" skills, etc. for this unit.
We discussed FIVE more general types of chemical reactions and noted how the name of the reaction related to what was happening as the reactants turned into products.
We named all reactants and products and then balanced the equations and EVEN did some informal stoichiometric calculations (and you did them correctly).
We then finished our Hydrate Lab discussion.
Chem 9- we began our Stoichiometry unit, which is really an application of the mole unit on balanced chemical equations. As you saw, you will be using your compound-naming skills, equation balancing skills, "magic triangle" skills, etc. for this unit.
We discussed FIVE more general types of chemical reactions and noted how the name of the reaction related to what was happening as the reactants turned into products.
We named all reactants and products and then balanced the equations and EVEN did some informal stoichiometric calculations (and you did them correctly).
Bio- we discussed TEST-TAKING skills, which were seriously lacking on Tuesday's test. The purpose of test-taking skills is to MINIMIZE errors due to CARELESSNESS as well as to actively take a test so that it is both an applied learning experience and an exercise in memory.
You've heard me go over these techniques dozens of times yet ONLY TWO students regularly apply these techniques. That is both costly to you (due to careless but avoidable errors that result) and sad to me. If you are to grow as students, you should make a serious effort on each exam, for your own pride and sake.
We reviewed how to answer questions about the RELATIONSHIP between independent and dependent variables and how to tell whether a given variable in an experiment is independent or dependent.
We began our new unit on Human Reproduction, a life function made possible by the male and female reproductive systems. We will see that sexual reproduction is responsible for much of the genetic diversity within a species.
We started by learning the proper biological names of the male reproductive organs and glands, noting their structure and respective functions.
Tomorrow, I should have the laptop and Blackboard notes back online!
Chem 7/8- we began our Stoichiometry unit, which is really an application of the mole unit on balanced chemical equations. As you saw, you will be using your compound-naming skills, equation balancing skills, "magic triangle" skills, etc. for this unit.
We discussed FIVE more general types of chemical reactions and noted how the name of the reaction related to what was happening as the reactants turned into products.
We named all reactants and products and then balanced the equations and EVEN did some informal stoichiometric calculations (and you did them correctly).
We then finished our Hydrate Lab discussion.
Chem 9- we began our Stoichiometry unit, which is really an application of the mole unit on balanced chemical equations. As you saw, you will be using your compound-naming skills, equation balancing skills, "magic triangle" skills, etc. for this unit.
We discussed FIVE more general types of chemical reactions and noted how the name of the reaction related to what was happening as the reactants turned into products.
We named all reactants and products and then balanced the equations and EVEN did some informal stoichiometric calculations (and you did them correctly).
# posted by C @ 1:36 PM 
