Crosswinds Science

Hello Families,

I hope students enjoyed their time of in February. We are going to have a fast paced fun quarter. Please check the class pages for more information.

Life Science

We are studying Ecology, the interactions among living things and their environment. The first week we learned about how plants and animals get their energy. We are now learning about habitats and ecosystems. This week we are looking at the Hare & Lynx population cycles.

Biology

We are finishing our studies of genetics with DNA transcription & translation. The idea of getting the information of in our DNA to a particular trait. Our studies will take us into genetic engineering and the morality of gene manipulation.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.

Gina Doe

The last two weeks both Life Science (7/8th grade) & Biology (10th grade) have been learning about cell division, mitosis & meiosis. It is amazing that one cell underwent mitosis and started the entire process resulting in a human being with 100 trillion cells.

The students are learning on different levels based on the class but the topic is the same!

Click Here to watch a – Mitosis BrainPop Video

Life Science – Project DUE Tuesday, January 26th – DNA Model

Click here for instructions & a rubric! DNA Model Instructions & Rubric

Hello all!

As we near mid-quarter I wanted to give you an update of where we are in all of our classes.

Life Science – Studying DNA and building DNA models, Due Tuesday, January 26th. More details will be posted on the Life Science page this week!

The remainder of the quarter will be studying genetics and forensic science!

Biology – We are currently finishing studying cellular respiration & photosynthesis. We will move on to DNA & genetics for the remainder of the quarter.

Hello Crosswinds Families,

Welcome back to quarter 2!!! This will be a very exciting and fast paced quarter. Here are the topics that are each class are focusing on:

Life Science: Circulatory System – Podcast Assignment, Genetics- DNA & Heredity, Forensics

Biology: Cellular Biology- Cell Structure & Function, Passive & Active Transport, Inheritance & Genetics- Mitosis & Meiosis

Please check out each class page for more information!

As always please contact me with any questions or concerns.

Gina Doe

651-379-2663

gina.doe@emid6067.net

Hello Families,

This is the remaining week of the quarter. Students, thanks for all of your hard work! If you do not receive a passing grade for this quarter feel free to do any of your missing work, I will accept it over break and the first week of Quarter 2 then I will close my gradebooks for good! All assignments will be posted on your class page.

I will be on vacation from November 19th – November 28th but will periodically check my email please contact me with questions or concerns.

Have a nice break!!!

Only two weeks left of the quarter!!!

10th grade Biology – We are finishing our studies of ecology we will have a unit test this week and spend the rest of the time preparing for the Fall Benefit! Please join us on November 6th from 5:30-8:00 for food, fun to raise money for a good cause. All are invited.

Life Science - We have started our studies on Digestion. Please see the Life Science pages for more details. There is a Science Skill this week! All documents including instructions for the Digestion Invitation, due Thursday, are availble on the Life Science page no later than Monday.

Hello CW Families,

This week our 7th/8th graders are learning about muscles & bones while our 10th graders are learning about Ecological Pyramids & food webs.

Heads up:

Life Science: Muscle/Bone Mini-Project – Students will be starting their own small scale choice project tomorrow on bones or muscles. It will be due Monday, October 26th. There will be a quiz on bones & muscles Tuesday, October 27th,

Biology: 6th period students will have science Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and work on a team teaching project for the fall benefit that is put on each year. This year it Heiferfest, Heifer International, here is link to the organization: http://www.heifer.org/

Hello CW families,

As we get into the quarter the work load is mounting! Life Science students have a started an Edible CellModelProject (click for assignment directions) and the 10th grade Biology students are studying Population Biology.

Please check back frequently for assignment posting on the seperate pages as well as blog posts. Please contact me with any questions or concerns.

Thanks,

Gina Doe