Frequently Asked Questions: This page contains answers to common questions of students and parents.
Do I need to restate the questions in my homework?
Yes, though not word for word. It is excellent practice to restate your questions in your response to let your reader know what question you are answering.Back to Top
Is there a lot of vocabulary in science? Why?
My goodness, YES! There is vocabulary coming out of our ears as scientists. We use very specific words to describe what we are talking about to avoid confusion. Many of these words are scientific names, which means that they are used all over the world to talk about the same organism. An example: dog- english perro- spanish hund-german but using the scientific name "Canis familiaris", every scientist in the world will know what animal you are talking about.Back to Top
Are we going to dissect things?
We don't do a lot of dissection this year. Most of your hands on dissection will happen in high school, especially in advanced biology classes. This year we will take a look at the internal structure of some organisms as a class.Back to Top
How come Ms. Viksne is so crazy?
It's true, I get really excited about science, and I want you to as well. This is all the life on the entire planet we're talking about! From the smallest bacteria inside us, to the giant old-growth trees. why we have blue eyes or brown hair like (or not like) our parents. How we grow, jump, get sick, get well, and eat. We're talking about the who what where and why of our makeup. That's pretty cool to me.Back to Top
That's Richard the Rainbow squid. He's a plastic squid used on many fishing boats to catch large fish like tuna. They belong to the group called cephalopod.Back to Top