Thursday Assignments

Earth Science:
Download adobe shockwave  This will need to be done just once for the day. Please download shockwave to make the second activity interactive. Thanks.
Arctic Food Activity  This warm up activty is short and should be done as a whole class using the smart board.
Before you start this next activity, get out a sheet of paper. Put your name, date, and period on it. You will need to answer the following questions about the Pond food web.
1. Which animals are involved in this food web?
2. Which are producers? consumers? decomposers?
3. Explain what happens in the food web to the other animals when the number of blue herons is increased.
    (This should be several complete sentences.)
4. Explain the effects of increasing the algae on the food web.
5. How does lowering the population of inverts change the populations of each of the other species in the food web?
Turn your paper into your substitute.

Watch the following video. You'll need information from it for tomorrow.Where the Bay Becomes the Sea

Anatomy & Physiology
I thought you might enjoy a little deja vu experience: We need a celebrity from the audience to act as our person who touches the smartboard. Someone volunteer--come on don't be shy! So go ahead , touch the link and start the fun. Flashback: Heart

Now for Thursday's body system du jour: the nervous system.
Work your way through the Nervous System Tutorial. No short cuts. Then at after the last tutorial click on the review. When finished take the quiz as a class.
Nervous System Quiz 1
Okay so there are two quizzes---you have a second chance to redeem yourself by taking a quiz on another part of the nervous system.Nervous System: Cells Quiz Good luck! Please ask the substitute to add to the note on how your class did. Gracias!

Finally,  I have only one group besides the group that already presented who has sent me a link for their presentation next week. I'll be posting them this weekend so get them in to me by Friday if your group is presenting next week. Great!