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Ms. Carroll

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Ms. Carroll's Homework Assignments!


Homework will be given every
day, and will be graded on a three point basis
(see link to the left)

Please see the links to the left for helpful internet resources.

If you get stuck:
- Ask friends, family, the teacher
- Use your notes & text book
- Try the internet or an encyclopedia
If this doesn't work, WRITE what you did to try to figure out
the answer.

Remember: Blank Spaces = Incomplete work

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Thursday 3/22 - Friday 3/23
Due Monday:
Read, take 2 column notes & interact with p. 155 - 163 in the
C & H text book
***Don't forget figures!!!***
Pay particular attention to the figure on p. 160-161
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Wednesday 3/21
Evolution worksheet - due Friday
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Tuesday 3/20
All classes: Read, take 2 column notes & interact with p. 150 - 153 in the
C & H text book

C Class also: Natural Selection of Food Hunters Lab Analysis questions
- answer in your notebook or on a separate piece of paper
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Monday 3/19
1) Read, take 2 column notes & interact with p. 148 - 149 in the
C & H text book

2) Natural Selection of Food Hunters Lab Analysis questions
- answer in your notebook or on a separate piece of paper
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Friday 3/16
All Classes: Cells & Heredity text book p. 145, answer
question 3 a, b, c in your notebook

D Class also... In your notebook: Have your "Food Hunters"
lab results been as you've expects so far?
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Thursday 3/15
1) In your notebook: Have your "Food Hunters" lab results been as you've expects so far?

2) Natural Selection concept map & interaction
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Wednesday 3/14
1) Read the "Natural Selection of Food Hunters" lab packet,
Write a brief description or write questions about what we will
be doing in this lab, and...
Answer the Scientific Questions in the Hypothesis section
- You do NOT need to write these in proper format

2) Bring in any graded work for your SLC portfolio

3) Finish the Self Reflection worksheet and 2 work
reflections for your portfolio
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Tuesday 3/13
Read, take 2 column notes & interact with pages 142 - 145 in the
Cells & Heredity Text book (the book you should have @ home)
*** Don't forget figures! ***

Student led conferences are Thursday & Friday of this week (1/2 days)
Don't forget to sign up on Ms. Ridley's web page!

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Monday 3/12
A, C, D Classes: Finish the Mutations concept map if not finished in class

All Classes: Read, take 2 column notes & interact with pages 138 - 141
in the Cells & Heredity Text book (the book you should have @ home)
*** Don't forget figures! ***
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Friday 3/9
Read, take 2 column notes & interact with pages 102 - 103 in the
Cells & Heredity Text book (the book you should have @ home)
*** Don't forget figures! ***
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Thursday 3/8
Answer the following questions in your notebook:
  1. What do you think Evolution is?

  2. How do you think it happens?

  3. What does it have to do with genes?
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Tuesday 3/7

Heredity Quiz Thursday, 3/2

A Class

Create a study effort for Karyotypes; include:
- What they are and how they are made
- Example(s)
- Uses

B, C, D Classes
Create a study effort for Pedegrees; include:
- What the symbols mean
- How to use it to track traits through families
- Example(s)
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Monday 3/5

Heredity Quiz Thursday, 3/2

A Class

1) Heredity LC 2 corrections - explain corrected answers
2)Heredity & Reproduction Study Guide, questions 6 - 9

B, C, D Classes
1) Heredity Study Guide questions 8 & 9
2) Create a study effort for Karyotypes; include:
- What they are and how they are made
- Example(s)
- Uses
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Friday 3/2

Heredity Quiz Thursday, 3/2

A Class

1)Heredity & Reproduction Study Guide, questions 1 & 2

F2 Monster Baby Picture & F2 results

B, C, D Classes
1) Heredity Study Guide questions 2, 6, 7

2) Heredity LC 2 corrections (unless you have 10/10)
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Thursday 3/1
All students: Heredity & Reproduction Study Guide, question 1

City Lab students / students absent Tuesday also do:
1) F2 Monster Baby Picture

2) F2 results
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Wednesday 2/29
City Lab students:
1) Draw as much of your F1 Monster Baby as you can

2) If all traits have been determined, answer the results
questions (last page of your Monster Baby packet)

Students who were in class yesterday:
1) F2 Monster Baby Picture

2) F2 results
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Tuesday 2/28
Students not in class today - this will be your homework for tomorrow

Students in class today - this is your homework for tonight

1) Draw as much of your F1 Monster Baby as you can

2) If all traits have been determined, answer the results
questions (last page of your Monster Baby packet)
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Monday 2/27
Monster Babies packet

1) 2 column notes & interactions on the vocab
- Write the definitions in your own words
- Don't forget interactions! (pictures, symbols, questions, examples...)

2) Read the entire packet and in your notebook write a brief
summary of what you will do in this lab
- Not sure? Write questions!
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Thursday 2/16
1) Wear your HR Elimination colors tomorrow

2)Bikini Bottom Genetics 2 worksheet, # 1 - 4

3) Text book pages 82 - 83, Analyze & Conclude questions 1 - 3

4) Heredity Learning check 1 corrections - explain new answers!
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Wednesday 2/15
Wish you had handed in the paper work to go to City Lab? There
are still some spaces! Please hand the paper work to Ms. Carroll
1st thing in the morning tomorrow (Thursday, 2/16)


Homework:
1)Bikini Bottom Genetics 1 worksheet, # 6 - 8 (back side)

2) Bring your text book to class tomorrow

3) Elimination colors by homeroom:
  • Mr. Nelligan - Black
  • Ms. Ridley - Blue
  • Ms. Cotillo - Pink / Red
  • Ms. Carroll - Green and/or white


B Class also: Classification quiz corrections, conference and
retake for students with grade of 70% or below all complete by
Monday, 2/27
(which means that corrections and conference w/ Ms. Carroll need
to be done by THIS Thursday or Friday)
__________________________________________________________
Tuesday 2/14
1) Bikini Bottom Genetics 1 worksheet, # 1 - 5

2) City Lab field trip permission slips due to Ms. Carroll tomorrow

B Class also: Classification quiz corrections, conference and
retake for students with grade of 70% or below all complete by
Monday, 2/27
(which means that corrections and conference w/ Ms. Carroll need
to be done by THIS Thursday or Friday)
__________________________________________________________
Monday 2/13
1) Determining Your Genes Packet
- Read all parts and highlight & follow the pieces that tell you
what to do (and do what it says!)

2) City Lab field trip permission slips due to Ms. Carroll by
Wednesday, 2/15 for students who would like to go
__________________________________________________________
Friday 2/10
1) Notes & interactions, pages 76 - 81 in the Cells & Heredity
text book (the one you should be keeping at home)
- Don't forget figures!!!

2) City Lab field trip permission slips due to Ms. Carroll by
Wednesday, 2/15 for students who would like to go
__________________________________________________________
Thursday 2/9
Missing Hiker Lab Results & Conclusion
- Questions / Directions are in the lab packet (you do NOT need
to do formal results & conclusion sections\
- Write in your results & conclusion in your notebook
__________________________________________________________
Wednesday 2/8
1) Karyotype Learning Check corrections
- Explain corrected answers
- Corrections can go on the back or on a separate piece of paper

2) Be sure to have your Missing Hiker lab set up in your
notebook (Title, Background info., Problem & Hypothesis)
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Tuesday 2/7
1) Notes & interactions on Cells & Heredity text book pages 97 - 99
- Don't forget the figures!

2) D Class: Classification Quiz corrections for students with
grade of 70% or below
- Explain all corrections
- Go over corrections with Ms. Carroll before Monday, 2/13
- Take a retake by the end of the day on Monday, 2/13
__________________________________________________________
Monday 2/6
1) Finish editing your Karyotype letter - final due tomorrow

2) Write 2 - 3 things you think you know about INHERITANCE

3) A & C Classes: Classification Quiz corrections for
students with grade of 70% or below
- Explain all corrections
- Go over corrections with Ms. Carroll before Friday
- Take a retake by the end of the day on Friday
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Friday 2/3
Use your note plan for the Karyotype lab to finish writing, edit,
type and save your client letter.

Remember: DO NOT use apologetic language in your letter!

- If you need to email your letter to Ms. Carroll, please follow
the "When Emailing Assignments..." directions to the right
__________________________________________________________
Thursday 2/2
1) Finish your note plan for the Karyotype lab - if you run out
of room, continue in your notebook or on a separate piece of paper
- Use the article for your information!

2) Remember: Students with 70% or below on the Respiratory &
Circulatory Systems and Cell Respiration Quiz must make
corrections, go over the corrections with Ms. Carroll and take a
retake by Friday...
- This means that all corrections & conferencing must be done so
that retakes can happen on Friday
- If you do not do this, your grade will not change!
__________________________________________________________
Wednesday 2/1
1) Read, take 2 column notes & interact with pages 92 - 93 and page
96 in your Cells & Heredity text book (the one you should have at home)
- Don't forget the figures!

2) Remember: Students with 70% or below on the Respiratory &
Circulatory Systems and Cell Respiration Quiz must make
corrections, go over the corrections with Ms. Carroll and take a
retake by Friday...
- This means that all corrections & conferencing must be done by
Thursday H period so that retakes can happen on Friday
- If you do not do this, your grade will not change!
__________________________________________________________
Tuesday 1/31
The Red Queen Hypothesis hand out
- Follow the directions at the top of the page!
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Monday 1/30
Study for the Reproduction & Nervous System quiz tomorrow
- Use your study efforts, study guides, and table of comparison
of types of reproduction
__________________________________________________________
Friday 1/27
1) Must be complete by Friday, 2/3: Respiratory & Circulatory System and Cell Respiration Quiz corrections
- Only students who received 70% or below MUST complete this
assignment; it is optional for students with grades above 70%
- Be sure to explain the newly correct answers
- If your quiz grade is under 70%, you also need a
parent/guardian signature on the quiz, to go over the corrections
with Ms. Carroll and take a retake, all by Friday, 2/3

2) Due Monday (1/30): Go through the Reproduction Project
Study Guides packet, and write 1 -3 questions about or quiz
questions for each study guide
- If you did not learn about the topic yet, look over its study
guide and write questions about it
__________________________________________________________
Thursday 1/26
1) Study your lesson plan / script so you know what you are doing
tomorrow when it is your turn to teach

2) 5 Quiz questions with answers on the back or on a separate
piece of paper due tomorrow
TYPED or NEATLY written in blue or black ink
__________________________________________________________
Wednesday 1/25
Work on the parts of your Reproduction project assigned by your group
- lesson plan, study guide, quiz...
__________________________________________________________
Tuesday 1/24
1. Finish any remaining reproduction project research & notes

2. Divide up the work for and do some work on the
reproduction project lesson plan, study guide, or quiz
__________________________________________________________
Monday 1/23
1. Add anything you can to the Table of Comparison of Types of Reproduction

2. Complete or begin any research for the Reproduction Project that you can
- You MUST take notes, but you may take them however you like (graphic organizer, 2 column...)
__________________________________________________________
Friday 1/20
1. Finish your Reproduction Study Effort - add details about
Asexual & Sexual Reproduction
(and add anything else you may need to add from yesterday)

2. Fill in as much of the Table of Comparison of Types of
Reproduction as you can (you may not be able to add much info,
but add what you can)
__________________________________________________________
Thursday 1/19
1. Fix your Nervous System study effort if needed

2. Create a study effort for the Reproduction topics we
worked on today:
- Top down map
- Importance of reproduction (includes why cells divide)
__________________________________________________________
Wednesday 1/18
1. Write 3 - 5 questions that you have about Reproduction
(questions that you can not answer)

2. Create a study effort for the Nervous System
Include:
- Function (what it does & how it works)
- 3 Main Parts: Brain, Spinal chord & Nerves
- Types of organisms that perform reproduction
- Reaction time & reproduction
__________________________________________________________
Wednesday 1/18
1. Write 3 - 5 questions that you have about Reproduction
(questions that you can not answer)

2. Create a study effort for the Nervous System
Include:
- Function (what it does & how it works)
- 3 Main Parts: Brain, Spinal chord & Nerves
- Types of organisms that perform reproduction
- Reaction time & reproduction
__________________________________________________________
Tuesday 1/17/2012
1. Make a final copy of your graph on graph paper. Be sure it is:
- Neat, titled, clearly labeled & includes a key if needed

2. NOW what do you think it means? Explain! (3 - 5 sentences)
- Has your seeing your data in graph form changed what you
think the data means, as compared to seeing it just in a data
table? Explain why or why not.
__________________________________________________________
Friday 1/13/2012
1. Fill in and organize your data table using the class data
collected today.

All class data can be found in the links to the left (A Class
Data, B Class...). All student names have been replaced by numbers.

- Your data table should organize your data so that it clearly
shows how you are comparing different groups of your sample
(males vs. females, students under 14 vs. 14 and over...).

2. Explain how and why you organized your data this way

3. Once you have organized your data, what do you think it means? Explain! (3 - 5 sentences)
__________________________________________________________
Thursday 1/12/2012
1. Create a date table that will help you to compare reaction
time to your independent variable (assigned or chosen by your group).
- Your data table will organize your data so that it clearly
shows how you are comparing different groups of your sample
(males vs. females, students under 14 vs. 14 and over...).
- You are NOT adding data to the data table, you're just getting
your data table ready

2. What type of graph should you use to show the relationship
between your independent variable and mean reaction time?
- Do NOT make a graph, just write down they type of graph you
think you will make tomorrow (you don't have data yet anyway!)
__________________________________________________________
Wednesday 1/11/2012
The Brain and Spinal Chord packet
- Read the article, and highlight the main idea(s) for each paragraph
- Answer multiple choice questions
- Answer open response questions in full detail, at least 3
sentences each
- Label and color / pattern the diagram
__________________________________________________________
Tuesday 1/10/2012

1) Finish your study effort if it is incomplete (see Ms.
Carroll's note on the pink paper attached to your study effort.
If you have a check mark instead of a pink slip of paper, then
your work is complete.)

2) Write down 3 - 5 things you think you now about the
Nervous System
__________________________________________________________
Monday 1/9/2012
*** Classification Quiz Tomorrow! ***

1) Finish anything you need to on your study effort
- Be sure to include each subtopic:
- 5 types of Organisms and their identifying characteristics
- How we classify organisms (Domain to Kingdom...)
- History of Classification - Carl Linnaeus
- Characteristics of Living Things
- Cell Parts

2) Study!
- Review the most important identifying characteristics (IDCs)
- Look over your notes, learning checks, handouts...
__________________________________________________________
Friday 1/6/2012
1) Finish the Classification Quiz study guide

2) Complete a study effort for the classification topic.
Include each subtopic:
- 5 types of Organisms and their identifying characteristics
- How we classify organisms (Domain to Kingdom...)
- History of Classification - Carl Linnaeus
- Characteristics of Living Things
- Cell Parts

3) Complete any further learning check corrections

C & D Classes - you do NOT have to do the IDC 3 worksheet
__________________________________________________________
Thursday 1/5/2012
All Classes: Classification Quiz Study Guide, # 1 - 22 & #30

A & B Classes also: Finish the "Identifying Characteristics 3 worksheet
- Don't forget to mark up the background info & questions as
discussed in class, and brainstorm (pre-write) your answer!
__________________________________________________________
Wednesday 1/4/2012
1) Classification Quiz Tuesday, 1/10, See main page for details

2) Classification Study Guide worksheet - follow the directions!
- Be sure to include each bullet point in the illustrations!
- Illustrations are basically interactions; they can be drawings,
symbols, questions, examples...
__________________________________________________________
Tuesday 1/3/2012
Based on today's class work, write out 5 - 8 characteristics of
all living things
- The characteristics may be inferences!
__________________________________________________________
Friday 12/23
1) Be safe and make good decisions
2) Do something nice for someone else with out being asked
__________________________________________________________
Thursday 12/22
Bacteria packet - topics, notes & interactions
- Include figures that you can see (the pictures printed well
enough for you to see & understand)
__________________________________________________________
Wednesday 12/21
Create a compare and contrast graphic organize for Fungi and
Fungi Like Protists
- Include at least 4 similarities and 4 differences for each
- See the graphic organizers page of my website for examples and
printable organizers
__________________________________________________________
Tuesday 12/20
1) Fill in pictures for Protist & Fungi on your check list (bottom row)

2) Classification - Identifying Organisms hand out
- Use your notes & check list!
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Monday 12/19
Fungi worksheet
- Be sure to have at least 3 differences and 3 similarities each
for plant and fungi cells
- Use your notes, this sheet, and the check list
- Use the word bank on the back of the Fungi worksheet
__________________________________________________________

Have a question? Comment?
Need to email me an assignment?
Email me!


carrollj@franklin.k12.ma.us


When emailing assignments, please follow these
directions:


1. Paste your work into the actual email - do not just
attach
the document. Some email attachements can not
be opened by the school computers

2. Using the appropriate heading (Name/Class/Date/Assignment) in
the homework document

3. Write your name in the Subject of the email...
example: "Emily Smith's lab assignment"

4. If you must attach your homework document,
please be sure
to include your heading in the actual document,
AND let me know
what I am opening in the body of the email...

Example:
Hi Ms. Carroll,
Bellow/Attached, please find my Chapter 1,
Section 2 assignment for last night's homework.
My name, class, date, and the assignment
title are on the document.

Have a wonderful evening,
Emily Smith

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SEE THE LINKS TO THE LEFT!!!
IMPORTANT STUDY
INFORMATION POSTED!


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Updated: March 22, 2012  



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