I Love It! Or Hate It! Extra Credit Blog for All Those Who have Blogged All Five times!

Welcome faithful bloggers!  It's reward time!  For those of you who have blogged all five blogs this semester, it's time for some extra credit.

1. Which of the five blogs did you like the best and why? (10 Pts)
2.  Which blog did you like the least and why?(10 pts)
3. What can I do to make the blogs more interesting or better.(10 Pts)
4. Only about 50% of all my students blogged, even though they were given three weeks to blog.  Do you think that I should give them less time, say two weeks? Why do you think that they did not do the assignments (blogs) (10 Pts)

I thank you for your time and comments!

Are You Looking at My Genes??

Take a tour of the basics regarding DNA and heredity. 1)There are six tours in total, which did you either like the best or learn the most from?(Answer is required, why did you chose this tour?) 2)What would you like to learn more about genetics? (Answer required, nothing is not acceptable!) 3) Post a web address of a YouTube video or an article related to genetics and 4) comment on another student's web posting. (40 points) Follow all directions to get credit and Blog early for extra credit (By November 5, 2013)

Due by11/19/12, midnight

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/tour/



   

Me Oh Meiosis 2013

Play the meiosis game and check your cell knowledge. http://www.nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/2001/cellcycle.html

1.Go to the second website, compare and contrast meiosis and mitosis

http://www.cellsalive.com/meiosis.htm

2.You must post either a web game or web article about meiosis or a related subject.

3.You must read another students' article or play their game and comment on the game or article.

30 points.

Be sure that you blog correctly, no credit for blogs done incorrectly.

Blog due October 29. 2013.

WHAT'S IN A CELL?

Watch this interactive cell demonstration then make your own cell. When you are done, comment on the activity. 

http://www.wiley.com/college/boyer/0470003790/animations/cell_structure/cell_structure.htm


http://www.wiley.com/legacy/college/boyer/0470003790/animations/membrane_transport/membrane_transport.htm


After you have completed activity 1, go to Activity 2 for the second interactive lab. Follow directions, comment on each lab activity separately.


THIS IS WORTH 30 POINTS! 

Let's See What You're Made Of!

Organic compounds- Do the virtual lab- 1.In the comment box, compare and contrast the virtual lab with the in class lab.
http://www.instructionaltechsupport.com/?p=290

The nature of matter- Follow directions for the activity. Record your data in the data table provided by your teacher.  Answer questions 1-8.
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E17/E17.

The properties of water- Follow the directions for this activity, answer journal questions 1-7 on a separate piece of paper.
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/CT10/CT10.html

Chemical reactions and enzymes-Follow the directions and answer the two following questions in the comment box, following your organic compound comment. 
2. What is the effect of pH on the initial rate of enzyme catalyzed reaction?
3. What is the effect of substrate concentration on initial rate of enzyme catalyzed reaction?
http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/virtual_labs/BL_11/BL_11.html

Turn in data tables and Question 1-8 and 1-7 to Mrs. Snow
This Blog is worth 40 points and due by September 9.

Never can say goodbye...no, no, no!

Well, you made it through general biology with Mrs. Snow.  Congratulations!  I has been my distinct honor to have been your teacher and be part of your education. I will not see any of you in class again, and it saddens me, but so is life.  My little butterflies must fly.  Come by sometime and say hello.  I will never forget you and wish you well in all your endeavors.  Have a wonderful life.  And always spell check and cite properly!

Your last assignment......
No web sites, just a few questions to help me to improve my units and teaching,

1.  Which unit did you like the best?  (either semester).
2.  What did we not cover in class that you had wished we had covered?
3.  What unit taught you the most?
4.  What unit did I do the best in teaching you?
5.  What unit do I need to improve and what are your suggestions?
6.  What was your favorite online lab?
7.  What was your least favorite online lab?
8.  Do you think that there were too many, too few or jussssst right amont of tests/quizzes? and why
9.  What was your favorite project?
10.Would you like to see more or less group projects? why?
11.What was your favorite blog? why?
12, What was your least favorite blog?  why?
13. Did you like all the science songs?  which was your favorite?  (ATP)lol!
14. Suggestions for making biology more interesting...
15. Any final comments.
Thank you for helping me improve and keeping it fresh for my next year's students...you have seen the freshmen, right???????? Pray for me!!!!!!! Oh heck, let's be honest! Pray for them!  Rock in class of 2015!  And some 2016! Sorry about the frosh comment...you are honorary sophomores!
Copy and paste the questions into the comment box and answerthem for 45 extra credit points!  Yay for you!

Last Blog! The next one is extra credit! NoBODY knows the trouble I've seen!

Due April 16th for Extra credit, April 30th for full credit


http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/index_interactivebody.shtml
1. Organs Game
Put together your organs in the 3D jigsaw puzzle. This challenge requires Flash 5 and takes 5-10 minutes.
2. Muscles Game Put the mystery muscles into the right places on the body. This challenge requires Flash 5 and takes 5-10 minutes.
3. Skeleton Game
Get the joints and unusual bones in the right places. This challenge requires Flash 5 and takes 5-10 minutes.

4. Senses Challenge
Put your senses to the test and try not to let your brain be fooled. This challenge has 20 questions, requires Flash 5 and takes 10 minutes.

5. Nervous System Game
Wire up the nervous system and senses. This challenge requires Flash 5 and takes 5-10 minutes.

6. Puberty Demo
Discover the changes that take place during puberty and understand the science. Requires Flash 5.
Play all six games and comment on each one of them. Extra credit if you blog the 1st week.
Possible 70 points, with Extra credit.

WHO'S YOUR DADDY?

FOLLOW ALL DIRECTIONS FOR EACH WEB ADDRESS!
1. Comment on,
All in the Family : try your hand at classification of animals
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/change/family/
2. Comment on,
Riddle of the bones
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/humans/riddle/
3. Describe adaptive radiation in finches,
On Origin of Species
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/darwin/origin/index.html
4. Just because I like it!
The Classification song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnF_UdPbJZ0
5. Play the game, post your score!
Classifying Life Game
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/classifying-life.html
6. Post a youtube song or video about classification.
7. Comment on someone's posted youtube.
Blog by March 26 for extra credit, (45)blog due by April 9th (35)

Some Things Never Change, or Do They?????

1. View information about natural selection and play Darwin's Evolution Game until you survive, how many trials until you survived? What was they key to your survival?

http://science.discovery.com/interactives/literacy/darwin/darwin.html
2. Do the tour, The Evolution of Flight in Birds:
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/reslab/flight/index.htm
Give an explanation how birds have evolved.
3. Play the survival game, how well did you do? What does a species need to do in order to be 'fit'?
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/evolution/what-is-evolution/natural-selection-game/the-evolution-experience.html
Go to all three websites and answer the questions in 1-3, then (4) comment about what site you liked best and why,(5) post a song, artircle, youtube or game and finally (6)read or play someone's game or article and explain their website. Blog before Midnight March 5 for extra credit! 60 points. (70points for early and correct). Blog by the 19th for regular points!

What's renewable with you?

Go to websites A, B,C and D.
On website D, watch all five videos and write a two sentence summary of each video.
0-30 points
Post a related game, youtube, song or article, (5points)
Go to another student's website and comment on it. (5points)
Blog by February 20, 2014 for extra credit (10).
Blog by February 28th for credit.
A)Renewable energy
http://lgfl.skoool.co.uk/content/primary/science/renewable_sources_of_energy/index.html


B)Non-renewwable energy
http://lgfl.skoool.co.uk/content/primary/science/non-renewable_sources_of_energy/index.html


C)Conserving energy
http://kent.skoool.co.uk/content/primary/science/conserving_energy/index.html


D)How much is left?
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=interactive-how-much-is-left

Down in the Dumps!

Are you the Instrument of Change?

Play the Dumptown game and find out what you can do.
1) Did you learn anything? You may be surprised!(5)

2) Comment about how you will personally help the environment (5)

3) Post a web link to ecology related video or song. (10)

http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/index.htm

4) Go to interactive Ecology, read one of the four top articles and write a brief summary of what you have read(3-5 sentences)(5-15)

http://paper.li/saphyreblue/1306436290

45 points total

Blog early by January 22 for extra credit