• Oct272009
    Looking back on cells, the smallest of life...

    POSTED AT 01:11 PM

    Now that you have had some time to look into what cells are, how they behave and what functions the organelles in cells have, lets see what other students thoughts have been.
     
    For this weeks assignment you will be looking at one other students (we will call them your "peer") thoughts on the last three blog postings to assess what they learned about cells. You will be assigned a specific student's blogs to read (the list is below) and you should read all three blogs ( first blog "Glowing Mushrooms... ahhh!!!", second blog "Cells... Take Two!" third blog "Cells: Animal vs. Plant"). Please respond to the following questions AFTER you have read your peer's blogs.
     
    1) What do you think your peer has learned about the functions of cells?
    2) Do you think that your peer understands the difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?
    3) What is one thing that you found interesting about your peer's blogs?
    4) What would be one question you would like to ask your peer concerning his/her blogs?
     
    Good luck with this, and please take your time and be conscious of other peoples feelings when responding.
     
    Thank you for being a great class!
     
    Mr. Stark
     
    Student assignments

    Bobby Anderson = James Bateman
    Jessica Bosse = Raymond Boudreau
    Brody Carlson = Brittany Charlonne
    Mary Curtis = Deyondra Davis
    Brenna Delaurie = Evan El-Qasem
    Justin Goodney = Trevor Gould
    Tristan Gould = Troy Green
    Matt Hall = Alissa Innamorati
    Renee Jardine = Jenna Katinas
    Teddy King = Sam Kowaleski
    Taylor Lemay = Nick Longwell
    Camden Mailman = Matt Morin
    Adam Nguyen = Michael Pantos
    AnnMarie Provencher = Jaclyn Renshaw
    Isabel Richards = Alyssa Russ
    John Sarkisian = Kyra Sarsfield
    Dominic Spinelli = Laura Sullivan
    Kelley Tarani = Desiree Tarasiak
    Ryan Tidwell = Olivia Watson
    Cara Welsh = Brett Willson
    Jeff Wlodarczak = Robyn Wozniak
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    Oct192009
    Cells: Animal vs. Plant

    POSTED AT 02:18 PM

    So here is the low down..
    - Cells are small, really small, in fact they are the smallest components of life or building blocks of life
    - Cells are made up of small organs called organelles that each have a specific function in the cell
    - There are many different types of cells with may different functions
    - Cells are alive, therefore they must, at some point, die
    - No cells = No you
     
    With this said, check out this really cool animation on the size of cells: http://www.cellsalive.com/howbig.htm
     
    Question #1 for your blog
     
    Based on the animation of the cell sizes, what did you find the most surprising?
     
    Now on to the next part of the blog... check out this little slideshow of cells at: http://www.cellsalive.com/gallery.htm
     
    Question #2 for your blog
     
    Based on the pictures you checked out in the "cell gallery", pick one of the pictures you find the most interesting and describe the following:
    1) What is the specific name of the cell?
    2) Why do you find it interesting?
    3) Is it an animal cell or plant cell? How do you know?
     
    That is all!
     
    Hope you all enjoy the info!
     
    Mr. Stark
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    Oct142009
    Cells... Take Two!

    POSTED AT 01:08 PM

    We have seen the glowing fungi and we have even had the opportunity to take some guesses on what this all has to do with cells. Now that you have a better idea of what cells are made up of, lets talk about one of the simplest forms of cells... bacteria and specialized cells in the world.
     
    Follow these directions carefully.
     
    1) Read pp. 41 - 42 in your textbook about bacteria and specialized cells.
    2) Answer the following questiond based on what you have read on pages 41 and 42.
            A) "How do cells of bacteria differ from those of other organisms?"
            B) "Why do you think nerve cells are shaped the way that they are shaped?"
            C) "Why do you think red blood cells are shaped the way that they are shaped?"
     
    That is all!
     
    Mr. Stark
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    Oct062009
    Glowing Mushrooms... ahhh!!!

    POSTED AT 06:49 AM

    Your homework is to do two things...
     
    1) Check out this website and read about Mycena luxaeterna from Brazil, a speices of glowing mushroom. Here is the link  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33179052/ns/technology_and_science-science/
     
    2) After reading the article you should answer the following questions to the best of your ability.
                
                "What did you find the most interesting with this article? Where do you think the glowing is emitted from in the mushroom? Do you think cells have anything to do with this phenomenon?"
     
    This is due on Wednesday 10/7/09
     
    See you soon!
     
    Mr. Stark
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    Oct012009
    7th Grade Shout Out!

    POSTED AT 06:38 AM

    This is just a check in to make sure that we can all use the Blog on my website. All you have to do is this...
     
    1) Say some sort of appropriate greeting to all of your classmates.
    2) Type your first and last name at the bottom of the page so we know who is shouting out to us all.
     
    That is it, hope to catch you on the web.
     
    Mr. S
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