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The Biology Class of St. Joseph High School, First Semester, 2002-03

The Biology Class of St. Joseph High School, First Semester, 2002-03

 

Internet Lesson # 02 Reproduction and Development

Friday, 9/20/02. This is the second online lesson for a biology class at St. Joseph High School. It is taking place in the school's computer room. The purpose of the lesson is to allow the students to use the SCILINKS for Chapters 6 and 7 in the BSCS Biology, 9th Edition Textbooks. In using scilinks.org students will reinforce and supplement their learning about the content of those Chapters..

 

SPECIAL RULES:

A) Do not use the printer for this class.

B) Do not play games (except for any games you may find in the assignment) on the computer.

C) Do not go to any other websites without permission. If you go to the wrong site by mistake and it is has inappropriate material on it, inform the teacher at once.

D) No email is to be sent and do not go to any newsgroups.

E) Pace yourself. If you are running short on time, then try to visit all of the main sites listed. Also, you may continue outside of classtime.,

F) Keep all of the classroom rules.

 

PROCEDURE:

1) This is Objective B-36. Each student will sign-on to scilinks.org and then go to the online resources and write or sketch what is requested on 2 sheets (4 sides) of loose-leaf paper which are due at the end of class. You must also give evidence that you are using all of your classtime visiting the assigned websites. You should have visited 6 to 8 scilinks and 12 or more websites. Try to go to as many of the websites as possible but do not move through them too quickly as the time is indicated on the class report.

2) The codes will not be listed on this website. You must find the appropriate ones in Chapters 6 and 7 in your textbook.

3) Start by going to the topics of Asexual Reproductiion and Regeneration on Page 146. Take the Cell Division Tutorial. Review Whitefish and Onion Mitosis. Write down the correct answers to the 6 questions.

4) Then go to the topics of Gamete, Egg, Sperm on Page 147. Take notes on the Reproductive System and Cell Reproduction. Go to the Visible Embryo and make a sketch of it. Be careful of ads at the website and do not click on them.

5) Skip the next 2 topics and go to the topic on Page 164. Read about Stem Cells and write a paragraph about them.

6) Go to the topics on Page 165 and choose one or more websites and take some notes on them.

7) Go to the topics of Page 169 and write a description of Sea Urchin Embryo Development.

8) Go to the topic of Cancer on Page 174. Explore the different types of cancer and the questions and answers about cancer. Define the different kinds of cancer. Make 2 sketches of a cell before and after being invaded by an oncogene.

9) If you have time, you can go to the topic listed on Page 153. You do not need to write or draw anything from that topic.

10) If you still have time, go to the topic of Genetics on Page 148 and select websites that will help you to learn Chapter 8. Write a summary of any helpful information you learned.

 

HOMEWORK: B-37 Write the definitions (from the Glossary of the Textbook) for all of the bold-type words in Chapter 8. Be sure to take your textbook home and read and study Chapters 5 - 8 for Unit 2. The Unit 2 test will be on 9/27/02.


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Go to Internet Lesson # 01: Signing on and using scilinks.org and learning more about the structures and functions of cells


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