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Welcome to Mr. Skowronski’s website! You will find a lot of useful information on this website, including homework assignments, the syllabus, grades, and important links. |
Homework: 6/11/08:
6/4/08: FFA2 Practice problems for AO, GZH, YN, and LR. 1) Write the relationship between circumference, diameter, and pi in equation form. 2) 17 is 40% of what number? 3) If I have $32 and I know that is 80% of my savings, what is my total savings? 4)
5) Challenge question: I take $90 off a sweater that was originally $237. What percent did I take off? 6) If I want to leave a 15% tip on a $75 bill, how much tip should I leave? 5/27/08: FFA2
practice problem set – Chapter 6 4/15/08: FFA2 practice problems 1) Yolanda is trying to figure out the recipe for trail mix. She knows that there will be peanuts, chocolate chips, and raisins in each serving. There will be 3 times as many chocolate chips as there are peanuts, and there will be twice as many raisins as there are peanuts. There will be a total of 120 pieces in each serving. How many of each – peanuts, chocolate chips, and raisins – will there be in each serving? (REMEMBER TO START BY DEFINING X). 2)
Two consecutive
numbers (Numbers in a row. Like 38 and
39 or 2 and 3) have a sum of 91. What are the numbers? 3) Cable Company A charges a flat fee of $100 and then $25 per month. Cable Company B charges a flat fee of $150 and then $20 per month. After how many months will the amount I’ve paid be equal for Company A and Company B? 4/11/08: FFA2 practice problem set #2 – Chapter 5 4/9/08: Optional FFA2 practice problems – Chapter 5 4/8/08: FFA2 practice problems – Chapter 5 4/7/08: FFA1 practice problems – Chapter 6 4/2/08: FFA1 Accelerated practice problems 3/27/08: SCIENCE: Do lab writeup (except for the analysis questions) by Monday. Formatting is important to me!!! Go to the assignments page to find link to the format. Lab #3 handouts can be found at right. ALL CLASSES -
Schedule for play week 2/27/08: SCIENCE: Assignments due
Monday. You must do one of the following two assignments. If you do two, the second will count as
extra credit. Assignment 1: Read pages 34-35 in Human Brain and Senses Resources (green book). On Monday you will have a mini-quiz on the reading (worth 10 points, or 1 regular HW grade). I may ask you: The name of the problem, what causes it (in terms of focusing light), what can be done about it, how the glasses correct the problem (in terms of focusing the light). You will have time to go over the material for a few minutes with your peers at the beginning of class. The test may just be in this format: A table with the following columns, to be filled in: Name of condition; Explanation and/or picture of condition; Explanation of correction (what happens when classes are introduced) Assignment 2: Alternative or extra credit assignment: Take apart a used disposable camera (these can be easily obtained from stores that do photo processing) to understand how it works and compare it to the mammalian eye. This assignment will be explained further in class, but you basically have to take it apart and explain to your table-mates how it is similar to the mammalian eye. 2/5/08: Links for science “hooks” http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/ http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ Chabot science
center 1/10/08: SCIENCE: Questions on
Plastination (Choose 2): 1. How
do you make a plastinate? (pg 3) 2. How
many hours does it take to make a plastinate? (pg 3) 3. Who
made the first plastinate and in what year did he do it? (pg 3) 4. What
was the original purpose of plastination? (pg 3) Body Worlds Handout FFA1: 43-48. (ED: Add 23-27 unless you have too much work. If that is the case, please email and you can catch up over the weekend). FFA2: Individual assignments ALG: AA: 55-62 and 54. GB: 10-15 GEO: None 1/7/08: FFA1: MP-28 to MP-33 (YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO NUMBERS 34 AND 35!! WILL BE DONE IN CLASS TOMORROW). Amir: MP-109 to MP-119. Alex: MP-3 to MP-5. FFA2: All students have a different assignment. Email me if you don’t know it. ALG: Gal: CB-4 and 5. Carly: 131-139. GEO: Review for quiz SCIENCE: http://www.yale.edu/bass/writing/sources/plagiarism/fair.html 12/9/07: SCIENCE: Study guide for Quiz #2: · ABO Blood types o How many alleles are there? (That is, how many different types of genes are there for blood types?). How many blood types are there and what are they? What combinations of alleles (types of genes) lead to what blood types? o Why is it useful to know what blood type you have? If you have type A blood, what antibodies do you have, and what cell-surface proteins do you have? Know the same for the other blood types. You will be tested on what happens when a person of one blood type donates blood to a person of another (or the same) blood type. Accept or reject and why. · Sex-linked diseases (like color-blindness) o Be able to explain why sex-linked diseases like color-blindness are usually found in males. Make sure you know your vocabulary, because when you explain it, I want it using explicit vocabulary. · Differentiation and stem cells o What does it mean for a cell to differentiate? Can cells turn into a second type of cell once they are differentiated? o Stay tuned for more questions on stem
cells. 11/21/07: SCIENCE: You will be able ask questions about this stuff on Monday when we return. The quiz is now scheduled for Tuesday, 11/27/07. Diagram of the human life cycle. One explanatory note. What are these words “haploid” and “diploid” in the diagram? Simple! In humans, a cell is described as being “haploid” or “N” if it has 23 chromosomes. A cell is described as being “diploid” or “2N” if it has 46 chromosomes. For example, a sperm is haploid (N). A zygote is diploid (2N). ·
Know the life
cycle (the thing that we reconstructed outside at the pond). I’ll publish a diagram of it on the
web. Don’t just commit it to
memory. Try to understand what’s
going on. Know that mitosis is the
normal division of cells and the means through which living things grow. Meiosis is the process by which sperm or
eggs are produced. Know how many
chromosomes are in each cell. ·
Understand why
there are equal numbers of males and females births. What happens with X and Y chromosomes that
causes the numbers to be equal? ·
Know what
heredity is and what is responsible for heredity. ·
Understand how
chromosomes are recombined when two individuals reproduce, as in the Beaker
Babies lab. ·
Know where you
would find DNA. What does DNA do? Vocabulary: 11/15/07: FFA1: 26 and 27 FFA2: As assigned in class. Everyone has something different. Email if you aren’t sure what to do. ALG: 71-73 GEO: Study for Quiz #2 (if you need)! SCIENCE: Outline “What are Chromosomes?” 11/14/07: FFA1: PR-18 to PR-20, AH up to 91, TB up to 105 FFA2: Only if I assigned it to you individually. You can email me if you’re unsure. ALG: None GEO: None SCIENCE: Outline the section “What is DNA?” from the website: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/tour/ 11/13/07: MATH: No HW (Because I want you to concentrate on your science HW). We will pick up where we left off today. SCIENCE: 1) Lab due Thursday! Don’t wait till late Wednesday night! 2) Outline the section titled “What is Heredity?” on the website below: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/tour/ Use Mrs. McTigue’s guidelines for creating outlines. (We also went over the elements of a good outline in class today.) 11/6/07: FFA1: Get quizzes signed FFA2: Up to FT-76 ALG: Through GS-35 GEO: Finish unit you’re on 11/1/07: FFA1: The following concepts will be on the quiz tomorrow: Stem and leaf plots Cover-up method for finding variables Number lines Adding and multiplying integers (like with integer tiles) Absolute value Graphing FFA2: FT-54, 55, and 56 ALG: None, if you finished the work in class. (GS-23, 24, 26-28 GEO: Finish 3.1.4 SCIENCE: None 10/30/07: FFA1: FFA2: ALG: GEO: SCIENCE: Notes and questions (only your section) due Thursday. Consultancy Protocol due Thursday (Remember, you must do a new article.) 10/29/07: FFA1: None FFA2: Finish FT-42 to FT-51 ALG: ONLY GO THROUGH GS-4!!!! I KNOW I SAID GS-6, BUT I’M CHANGING IT. EMAIL ME TO CONFIRM THAT YOU RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE. GEO: None SCIENCE: You can get started on the questions and filling out the notes (due Thursday). Also, consultancy protocol is due Thursday, so get a head start! 10/25/07: FFA1: 67 and 70 (Good work in class today, by the way!) FFA2: FT-39, if you can. (If I spoke to you in class about doing Hotmath for 38c, please do so!) ALG: Arabelle, Gal, and Carly: You should have the rest of that resource page completed by tomorrow. Gal and Carly: Please do 166 and 167 if possible. GEO: None SCI: For Monday (because we don’t have science on Fridays), read through the whole comic book handout. 10/24/07: FFA1: Do GS-74 FFA2: FT-33 to FT-36 ALG: Gal – 166, 167 GEO: None SCIENCE: Lab #1 due tomorrow!!! 10/23/07: FFA1: GS-57, GS-58, GS-65 FFA2: FT-22 to FT-25, FT-31, FT-32 ALG: None GEO: None SCIENCE: Work on lab. Due Thursday 10/19/07: ALG: No HW 10/18/07: FFA1: None FFA2: FT-15 ALG: Re-do 2 of the following: 154, 155, or 156. Also do 163. GEO: Finish unit 2.3.3 10/17/07: FFA1: GS-37 to GS-41 FFA2: FT-4 and FT-8. ALG: Problems AB-150 to AB-156. If you had (or have) any questions or problems with these, you must email me! GEO: Finish the unit you worked on today. Mr. Slater will check problems 2-106 and 2-107 SCIENCE: Each person should write an introduction. Your introduction should cover all of the elements in the handout. A copy of this handout is available under the Assignments page (link to the left). 10/16/07: FFA1: GS-36 FFA2: FT-3, 5, 6, 7 ALG: No HW GEO: Finish the unit you worked on today SCIENCE: None 10/12/07: FFA1: None FFA2: None ALG: None GEO: None SCIENCE: See 10/10/07 10/10/07: FFA1: No HW FFA2: Study for quiz. See 10/9/07 for review ideas. On the quiz, the following topics will be covered: 1) Stem-and-leaf plots, measures of central tendency (mean, median, and mode) 2) Box-and-whisker plots 3) Guess and check tables 4) Diamond problems 5) Scaling axes ALG: No HW GEO: Finish 2.2.1 SCIENCE: Answer the osmosis question from last week. You may answer it on the same page as you used last time. We will be grading this the same way we graded the homework about protists (We will confer in groups, and I will call on one person in the group to answer for the group.) 10/9/07: FFA1: GS-16 to GS-18. Don’t forget to redo last night’s HW if you got less than an 80%. FFA2: You can look on the www.cpm.org website and take a crack at any problem areas under SkillBuilders. This is optional, but a good way to practice for the Quiz on Thursday. ALG: No HW GEO: Finish 2.1.5 SCIENCE: No HW 10/8/07: FFA1: Through GS-14 (TB and AH, GS-75 through GS-77. Remember, I’m going to grade you tomorrow on neatness!) FFA2: Take practice test. Record how long it takes you. The following topics will be covered on the test: 6) Stem-and-leaf plots, measures of central tendency (mean, median, and mode) 7) Box-and-whisker plots 8) Guess and check tables 9) Diamond problems 10) Scaling axes ALG: As assigned in class. GEO: Finish section SCIENCE: 1) Tell your parents and whoever lives in your house that you are practicing for an oral science report so that they don’t think that you’re talking to yourself. ;) 2) Go to a room where you’re alone 3) Say your summary out loud!! I PROMISE, it makes a difference!! I do this whenever I have an important public speaking engagement. I always find that there are places where I really needed to think out what I was going to say in advance. 10/3/07: FFA1: No HW FFA2: Finish your posters. Email me if you have questions. ALG: Plot these points. A separate graph for each. Numbers on axes. Neat, please. 2. (5, 2) and (9, 4) 4. (-2, 1) and (2, -2) 6. (8, 5) and (3, 5) GEO: Finish 2.1.3 SCIENCE: Consultancy protocols. Email me if you have questions about whether an article is considered science-related. 10/2/07: FFA1: Study and letter to parents FFA2: None ALG: Finish red-yellow-green light GEO: 2.1.1 finish SCIENCE:
10/1/07: FFA1:
FFA2:
ALG: None GEO: Finish 2.1.1 SCIENCE: None 9/25/07: FFA1:
FFA2:
ALG: No HW GEO: Finish the chapter you were working on today. SCIENCE: Start memorizing “Directions for using a microscope.” There will be a mini-quiz on this in class on Monday. A copy of the handout is available on the Assignments webpage (link at left). 9/24/07: FFA1: Find 3 problems from the list to rework in the 2-column format I demonstrated in class. FFA2: Through problem GO-88 ALG: No HW GEO: Finish 1.3.5 SCIENCE: No HW 9/21/07: FFA1: FFA2: ALG: GEO: SCIENCE: 9/20/07: FFA1: Through AR-90 (Note: Not all problems have to be completed for notebook check. You should contact a friend if you don’t have those problems noted.) FFA2: Through GO-75 ALG: Through 90 GEO: Finish 1.2.5 SCIENCE: Redo problems from last nights homework if you so desire. I might spot-check tomorrow. 9/19/07: FFA1: AR-80 to AR-83 (AH and TB, go through GS-28) FFA2: GO-66 to GO-69 ALG: 72, 75, and 78 for CG; 65, 66, 71, 72 for AA and GB GEO: Finish 1.2.4 9/18/07: FFA1: AR-70 to AR-72 FFA2: up to GO-62 (BJ and GC, no homework tonight) ALG: AB 57, 58, and 59 GEO: Finish 1.2.3 (Also, Cody, please let your parents know that I would like you to buy some tracing paper by Friday. The sooner the better. Thanks.) SCIENCE: No homework 9/17/07: FFA1: Through AR-59 (GS-12 to GS-13 for TB and AH) FFA2: Through GO-56, skip GO-52 and GO-53 unless you’ve already done them. Awesome if you can do GO-52! It’s a real challenge! (BJ and GC, please go to this website: http://www.gcschool.org/pages/program/abacus/6_2_07.html . Finish as many problems as you can in 25 minutes. Feel free to skip around if one challenges you. Write down your answers and show them to me tomorrow.) ALG: 47 to 49 GEO: 1-63 to 1-67 Science: No homework tonight 9/12/07 (Date assigned): FFA1: FFA2: ALG: GEO: Science:
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Calendars and
Assignements: SCIENCE http://www.xtec.es/sgfp/llicencies/200506/memories/1098/heart_dissection.pdf MATH: Schedule
for week of 3/31/08 |
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