This week marks the "official" end to our first quarter with the 1st quarter CSA district test. These tests are the only tests that aren't up for retakes, so we will spend plenty of time preparing for the test.

This week we look into the cell membrane and its function in the cell. This week we have parent-teacher conferences on Wednesday and Thursday from 4:30 - 8:30 pm. 

This week is full of activities demonstrating/explaining the movement of molecules, osmosis and diffusion!

This shortened week we will begin our week on water. Start with the water cycle, properties of water, and microscope practice looking at pond water.

All this week will be our STEM Ocean Clean Up project. Students will be working in groups to come up with a model to clean up as much ocean plastic (floating ping pong balls) as possible.

This week will be a wrap up on our general ecology unit. We will have a ecology quiz on Friday. Next week we will start our next big STEM project.

We continue with our ecology unit discussing how energy moves through food webs/chains and what is leftover for our own use! 

This week we start our first content unit of ecology. We will explore some of the ecological issues facing the world today.

This week we continue exploring scientific method with our Whirly Gig project. 

Welcome back to what is going to be another wonderful year of learning at Papio South. I'm very excited to teach biology this year to this group of freshman.