Hello seventh graders!!!
Tuesday was the day we had to take the entire machine we've been building in class down, while Mr. Boulai filmed us. We had the sixth graders come in to see our creation and a couple teachers, too. The Simple Machines unit is finally finished.
Thursday's class started off with a few reminders. The first one was about blog comments.
All comments for this week must be posted by tomorrow at four o'clock. Please make sure that your comments are longer than one or two sentances. Also, remember that in your comments you must include compliments, suggestions and science!!
Another reminder was that our field trip to Bodies Revealed is coming up, and you have to make sure to bring both the money and the signature by Monday May the 17th, otherwise you will be spending the day with Mr. Houlis.
Finally, today we got the rubric to our new project, which is due Thursday May 13th.
In case you loose the rubric, it will be on moodle.
In our cell project we have to create models of animal or plant cells, which shows the various organelles and their functions. We have to use everyday objects to create a representative model of an animal or plant cell. For each organelle, you should choose objects that symbolize or represent the organelle's function. Then, we must create a table which lists each organelle you have represented in you model. For each organelle, state it's main function, what you used to represent it, and the reason you chose the object you did to represent it.
After we got this assignment, we got a packet about cells. This can also be found on moodle.
This packet talks about the different parts of cells.
We learned that:
A plasma membrane has the job of protecting the inside of the cell from the outside enviornment, and that it controls the movement of water, nutrients and wasts into and out of the cell.
A cytoplasm is everything in the cell except for the nucleus.
A nucleus is the control center of the cell. It is one of the largest organelle and it has DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) which contains all the genetic information.
A nucleolus is located inside the nucleus and is responsible for making ribosomes.
An Endoplasmic reticulum is a network of membranes throughout the cytoplasm of the cell. When ribosomes are attached it is called the Rough ER and when there are no ribosomes attached it is called the Smooth ER.
A ribosome is an organelle that helps make proteins. Some ribosomes are found in the cytoplasm, but most are attached to the endoplasmic reticulum. They also make proteins to be exported from the cell for work elsewhere in the body. Ribosomes are made in the nucleus.
A Golgi complex or Golgi apparatus is an organelle in the body responsible for sorting and correctly shipping the proteins in the ER. This organelle is named after the Italian physician Camillo Golgi, because he was the first person to describe this organelle in the cell.
A Mitochondria is the cell's powerhouse. It packages the energy of the food into special molecules. Every type of cell contains a different number of mitochondria. Mitochondria cells can be leg muscle cells, heart muscle cells and brain cells.A vesicle is a small vessel that help store and transport products produced by the cell. It transports material such as waste, outside the cell in a process called exocytosis.
A vacuole may look empty but it contains large amounts of water and stores other important materials such as sugars, ions and pigments.
Lysosomes are found mostly in animal cells and have the job of digesting things. It might be used to digest food or break down the cell when it dies.
The chloroplast is found only in animal cells and it is a cell organelle where the photosynthesis takes place.
Our homework was to highlight all the important things in the packet. We were allowed to take Ms. D's markers but we are to return them!!!
Next we learned that M r s. G r e n stand for:
M: movement
R: respire
S: sensitivity
G: growth
R: reproduces
E: excerete
N: nutrition/NRG
All living things must have all of these in order to be alive!
This is the easy way of finding out if something is alive or not.
Then, we learned about the six kingdoms:
Animals
Plants
Fungi
Protists
Monerans
Archeabacteria
We also looked at tree man. To see some pictures of him, follow this link:
Next scribe is.......................... Iva
Great job Fabi!
ReplyDeleteI like how you posted the vocabulary that you guys learned! I remember learning all that last year! =P
For some reason though, the link is not working for me.
Overall great job! Nice colors and layout!
-Holly
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Hi Fabi!
ReplyDeleteThis s a very nice post. One of the things i really like is the fact that you used so many colors and spaced it well. it is very organized and due to the fact that i did this last year i find this information very good to read again. One thing however you could improve on is the fact that there are not a lot of links for further reading. But, other than that it was very nice.
-Ines (:
Great Job Fabi I really liked the picture on the top. You explained it well and it was very easy to understand. Your blog was not boring at all. I remember us doing that las year. However you might not want to seperate the paragraphs so much because your reader can eaisly lose track. And you may want some video's or links from websites. All in all good job :)
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Nice job Fabi! I liked your post a lot as it clearly explained everything about cells. I liked your picture as it also showed a detailed picture of what a cell looked like. The things that you need to work on are your paragraph spaceing, as everything is spread out, and you also should add more links so that people can see and learn more about cells. Overall, great job Fabi!
ReplyDeleteNice post Fabi! You have done a nice job in describing all of the individual organelles of a cell. The picture you posted is pretty awesome. There are a few errors in your post. For example, you spelled sentences "sentances" (I just need to put this suggestion in to get credit for the post =P). And Chloroplasts are NOT found in animal cells. They are exclusively found in plants.
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Outstanding Job Fabi!
ReplyDeleteI thought you did great in describing what you had gone through in your science class period. The colors you took use of were also quite appropriate as they were visible and easy to read from. The definitions you gave had also been great as they demonstrated the science part of this blog. The picture you used was quite cool as it demonstrated and gave the background as to what you were talking about in your blog. I do, however, recommend that next time, you do not space your sentences or paragraphs out so much since it just takes up unnecessary space. Overall, awesome job!
-Emma
Sorry about that the chloroplast is found only in PLANT cells and it is a cell organelle where the photosynthesis takes place.
ReplyDeleteFabi - I enjoyed reading through your post as the colors you chose were helpful to determine where you were changing focus. But be careful with your spacing and explanations in places. You should preview your work before posting to make it look more complete. Plus, if you see an error, you are welcome to change it - chloroplasts and vesicle (it's mixed in with mitochondria). You have included a link to the "tree man" that doesn't seem to work, plus you haven't explained why we were discussing him. I think some pictures of animal or plant cells or the six kingdoms or even the "tree man" would have helped this post. Finally, I am not sure what your real-life link is here, it could be clearer. Overall, not bad, just be sure to preview your work before publishing so it looks more like what you want it to look like. ~Ms. D.
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