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Hey, everybody, welcome back to school. I thought I would go ahead and post your first window pane word list for the semester and give you a few reminders about supplies you'll need. First the supplies: two notebooks - one should be a composition notebook that you will hand in to me when your "window panes" are due. It should be like one of these:   The second notebook can look like whatever you like :). You need colored pencils (not markers of any kind) to do your drawings in your notebooks. You need regular pencils You need something to keep handouts in. First word list for window panes ( organic compounds/ bio-molecules / macro-molecules). window panes for Organic compounds: 1. Carbohydrates- organic compounds made up of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms whose primary job is to provide a quick source of energy to the organisms that consume it. 2. Lipids- organic compounds made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. It has three main purposes in organisms: provides storage...

Here is the GPS for the water testing location. There will be a small municipal structure there with a gravel roundabout. There isn't an actual physical address but you should see vehicles there- I'll have a grey truck with hippie stickers on it :) Also, it won't take you 32 minutes to get there!! I'm in Lincolnton, your drive should be very short!

Last minute SUMMER extra credit opportunity! WEAR WATER BOOTS/SHOES 10 POINTS ADDED TO YOUR LOWEST TEST GRADE THE FIRST 6 WEEKS OF our CLASS. Water quality testing with Catawba Riverkeepers this Wednesday (July 25th)-meet me at 9:45 at the Goat Island park pier on the side near Floyd and Blackies coffee shop. We will then have to drive to the new testing site. You will need to furnish your own transportation to the new site-I can't drive you.Testing should be done by 1pm.   Please fill in the form linked below to let me know if you are coming. I WILL ALSO PUT AN UPDATE ON MY BLOG!!!! Link to form: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13uTYTOUadCtUSgbyuMoHu1HVWhuYZWa9a9E3HNNydR0/edit?usp=sharing Book club participants:   Any student that participated in our book club meetings from the end of last school year is welcome to meet me at Floyd and Blackies at 9 am on Wednesday July 25th to go over chapters 9 and 10. Please get there a little early if you want to order a fanc...

What's the difference between a scientist's theory and your best friend's "theory"?  Listen to this short interview( 4 minutes) to protect yourself and others from being easily manipulated! https://www.npr.org/2018/07/17/629896546/how-to-be-a-savvy-consumer-of-science-news What's your currency?? Twitter? Snapchat? Time studied and amount studied are key!

    This is the book you will be reading: Here is the link to the assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bR5K1GQOK9hef7LRahec49zlhE1-NaU5g4eE1Ag2LOY/edit?usp=sharing THE STUDY GUIDE HAS BEEN COMPLETED- PLEASE DO NOT PROCRASTINATE

The NINTH BOX!!! WEEKEND HOMEWORK- LISTEN and WRITE out this box! Then copy it 4 times for homework. There are two clips, be sure to watch both! Part one evolution box https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Yo7C195LWoTB-de3BS3LN-dT240eWvo3/view?usp=sharing part two evolution box https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RYz17uiFuVDelweB09eOo0Q1sPU91LCD/view?usp=sharing REMEMBER: INDIVIDUAL WHITE SHEET TEST WILL BE ON TUESDAY!!! PLEASE feel free to spend your lunch with me if you'd like to do this at school tomorrow (Friday) - bring your earbuds! 

First clip covers cell cycle and mitosis https://drive.google.com/file/d/1th6GLykNccFqHYen2IpNGrCi9APHxryf/view Second clip covers meiosis and non-disjunction  issues that can occur with it. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kogpNUr0GbxJwctEWSZB3LlD57BLC4es/view