Here's some interactive TAKS test for practive. These are actual tests given in previous years, a great resource for immediate feedback on your answers.
TEST #1
TEST #2
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Sunday, April 25, 2010
TAKS review
Play THESE GAMES to review vocabulary for Obj. 1.
Play THIS to review the Scientific Method.
Play THIS to review Obj 2 & Obj 3.
Play THIS to review Obj 4.
Play THIS to review the formula chart and the units used.
Play THIS to review LOTS!
Play THESE GAMES to review ALL topics of Biology!!
Play THIS to review the Scientific Method.
Play THIS to review Obj 2 & Obj 3.
Play THIS to review Obj 4.
Play THIS to review the formula chart and the units used.
Play THIS to review LOTS!
Play THESE GAMES to review ALL topics of Biology!!
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
IPC-Chemistry-Physics TAKS
Visit the following sites by clicking on the link.
Site #1: ChemBalancer
You will be balancing 12 chemical equations. YOU MUST RECORD AT LEAST 6 OF THE 12 FULLY BALANCED EQUATIONS!!!! Just number them 1-6 on your paper.
Site #2: The Alien's Juice Bar
You will be labeling Acids, Bases & Neutrals. Do Challenge 1 first. Once you complete the 1st 3 liquids, record what is seen on the diploma. TEST MORE...were they any that tricked you in the group? Record your answer!!
Next do Challenge 2. Record how many SICK aliens you had...how many did you KILL?
Site #3: Waves
View the four slides on wavelength. Draw an example of a LONG wavelength, and an example of a SHORT wavelength.
Site #4: Density Quiz
Take the quiz. At the end, record what numbers you got wrong!
Bonus Points: Element Quiz
For bonus points (1 point per question)! Guess the elements...I think there's 42 possible problems here on this site. To get credit for bonus simply record the question with the correct answer. Simple as that!!
Just for FUN!! (and MORE BONUS!): If you build, will it work?
Try to build a Roller Coaster THAT WORKS!! Must work start to finish (not as easy as it may sound) - I still couldn't do it after 5 minutes of trying!! If you can get one to run start to finish them PROVE IT!! :) Who knows, if it do such an awesome job, I just might give you a FREE 100!!
Site #1: ChemBalancer
You will be balancing 12 chemical equations. YOU MUST RECORD AT LEAST 6 OF THE 12 FULLY BALANCED EQUATIONS!!!! Just number them 1-6 on your paper.
Site #2: The Alien's Juice Bar
You will be labeling Acids, Bases & Neutrals. Do Challenge 1 first. Once you complete the 1st 3 liquids, record what is seen on the diploma. TEST MORE...were they any that tricked you in the group? Record your answer!!
Next do Challenge 2. Record how many SICK aliens you had...how many did you KILL?
Site #3: Waves
View the four slides on wavelength. Draw an example of a LONG wavelength, and an example of a SHORT wavelength.
Site #4: Density Quiz
Take the quiz. At the end, record what numbers you got wrong!
Bonus Points: Element Quiz
For bonus points (1 point per question)! Guess the elements...I think there's 42 possible problems here on this site. To get credit for bonus simply record the question with the correct answer. Simple as that!!
Just for FUN!! (and MORE BONUS!): If you build, will it work?
Try to build a Roller Coaster THAT WORKS!! Must work start to finish (not as easy as it may sound) - I still couldn't do it after 5 minutes of trying!! If you can get one to run start to finish them PROVE IT!! :) Who knows, if it do such an awesome job, I just might give you a FREE 100!!
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Ecology Activity
Explore the following sites and then answer the questions following each...
Food Chain Game...
1. Define omnivores, state their examples.
2. Define carnivores, state their examples.
3. Define herbivores, state their examples.
4. Write out the Forest food chain. What will happen if you remove the frogs?
5. Write the Northern food chain. What will happen if you remove the fish?
Sunny Meadows...
Food Webs...
Explore the four food webs...
1. Were they really easy to do; what made them tough?
2. What makes a food web more complicated to make (and follow) than the food chain?
Food Webs...
Choose one the three food webs to explore.
1. Name the CONSUMERS in your web.
2. Name the PRODUCERS in your web.
3. Did you have any DECOMPOSERS, if so what were they?
Interactive Food Web...
Choose three (3) organisms...remove one at a time. (will reset in between choices)
1. Tell me the organism you removed, then tell me the organism or organisms that THRIVE in the end (with green plus signs).
***do this 3 times!!***
If you are done before end of period...continue to review past topics on the blog, may play the games for other topics through MY LINKS ONLY!!
Food Chain Game...
1. Define omnivores, state their examples.
2. Define carnivores, state their examples.
3. Define herbivores, state their examples.
4. Write out the Forest food chain. What will happen if you remove the frogs?
5. Write the Northern food chain. What will happen if you remove the fish?
Sunny Meadows...
1. Record the number of Foxes, Rabbits, and Plants that you chose.
2. Run that scenario for at least 30 years (record the time you stop at).
3. Once you've stopped the game, record the final number of Foxes, Rabbits and Plants.
4. Choose the GRAPH view and draw a rough sketch of what you see (label the parts).
5. Choose the BIOMASS view and draw the pyramid you see (label the levels).
2. Run that scenario for at least 30 years (record the time you stop at).
3. Once you've stopped the game, record the final number of Foxes, Rabbits and Plants.
4. Choose the GRAPH view and draw a rough sketch of what you see (label the parts).
5. Choose the BIOMASS view and draw the pyramid you see (label the levels).
Food Webs...
Explore the four food webs...
1. Were they really easy to do; what made them tough?
2. What makes a food web more complicated to make (and follow) than the food chain?
Food Webs...
Choose one the three food webs to explore.
1. Name the CONSUMERS in your web.
2. Name the PRODUCERS in your web.
3. Did you have any DECOMPOSERS, if so what were they?
Interactive Food Web...
Choose three (3) organisms...remove one at a time. (will reset in between choices)
1. Tell me the organism you removed, then tell me the organism or organisms that THRIVE in the end (with green plus signs).
***do this 3 times!!***
If you are done before end of period...continue to review past topics on the blog, may play the games for other topics through MY LINKS ONLY!!
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Classification EXTRA CREDIT!!!!!!!
Visit the following sites and answer these questions...
Plant 'family' tree
1. Name 4 of the plant groups, and state one characteristic of each.
Diversity
2. Define SPECIES DIVERSITY.
3. Define GENETIC DIVERSITY.
4. Define CLASSIFICATION.
It Makes Sense
5. What is one of the world's most preeminent centers of taxonomy?
6. What does Coddington say about taxonomy?
7. Explain the situation of the Gypsy Moth?
Six Kingdoms
8. How are organisms classified into the Kingdoms?
9. What is the largest kingdom?
10. Where was one of the first places that Archaebacteria were discovered?
Chart
11. State the full classification taxa of the Red Maple.
Plant 'family' tree
1. Name 4 of the plant groups, and state one characteristic of each.
Diversity
2. Define SPECIES DIVERSITY.
3. Define GENETIC DIVERSITY.
4. Define CLASSIFICATION.
It Makes Sense
5. What is one of the world's most preeminent centers of taxonomy?
6. What does Coddington say about taxonomy?
7. Explain the situation of the Gypsy Moth?
Six Kingdoms
8. How are organisms classified into the Kingdoms?
9. What is the largest kingdom?
10. Where was one of the first places that Archaebacteria were discovered?
Chart
11. State the full classification taxa of the Red Maple.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Meet DARWIN
Charles Darwin was the more sane of the two evolutionists :) Compared to Lamarck he makes things a little more common sense, right? Charles Darwin was a naturalist that spend a few years on the HMS Beagle.
Most of the time we hear about his studies on the Galapagos Islands
...where we noticed the lengths of the tortoises necks
and the different beaks on finches.
Darwin is best known for his theory of NATURAL SELECTION and for showing that all species of life have evolved over time from common ancestors. In 1859 he published his book "On the Origin of Species: by Means of Natural Selection"
Games to review for midterm
here's a site from another teacher that has links to all of our topics on the midterm...use these 'games' to help in reviewing...much more fun than reading your notes or the textbook, right :)
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Meet LAMARCK
Jean-Baptiste Lamark was the "crazy" one! When thinking evolution he's the one who stated the Law of "Use or Disuse" (aka the Inheritance of Acquired Traits). Lamarck believed that whatever the parent 'gets' during their lifetime, then their children will also 'get' that as well.
In other words..if you became a body builder then you kid your be 'all muscles' too. Or if you lost a limb, then your child would be born without that limb too.
His most common example is the giraffe...he says that the giraffes necks got longer because they slowly "stretched" them out each generation and allowed their babies to be born with longer necks each time.
Remember that 'back in the day' of Lamarck they had NO IDEA of genes, DNA and all that cool stuff. They had yet to discover exactly why we looked like our parents and how our traits were passed along through the generations.
In other words..if you became a body builder then you kid your be 'all muscles' too. Or if you lost a limb, then your child would be born without that limb too.
His most common example is the giraffe...he says that the giraffes necks got longer because they slowly "stretched" them out each generation and allowed their babies to be born with longer necks each time.
Remember that 'back in the day' of Lamarck they had NO IDEA of genes, DNA and all that cool stuff. They had yet to discover exactly why we looked like our parents and how our traits were passed along through the generations.
ahh...MUTANTS!!
MUTATIONS are simply just a change in the normal DNA sequence. Here's an awesome site that tells you ALL things about Mutations.
And here's some unusual mutations...
And here's some unusual mutations...
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