St. Joseph High
School Second Semester Biology Class Website
Second Semester Biology
students went on a field trip to the St. George Village Botanical
Gardens on Thursday, April 10, 2003. The gardens are across the
highway from the school and are a fantastic resource for the biology
students. The field trip took place on the same date that the Jesuit
Priest, Teilhard de Chardin died in 1955. Fr. de Chardin was a priest
scientist and was able to see God in nature and wrote many profound
books linking science and religion. Perhaps the beauty of the gardens
bought us closer to a realization of the presence of God also.
"At
St. Joseph High School, we are not just talking about it, but making
use of high technology to reach new distances in the vast expanse of
knowledge! " - Quote by Bro. James Petrait, teacher of this biology
class and webmaster.
INTERNET LESSON # 8 -
Aquatic Ecosystems - May 22, 2003 - INTERNET
LESSONS 7 and before are below this lesson.
I) This is Objective
B2-62. Be sure to read and follow the Special Rules from the above
link.
Objective B2-61 homework is
due at the start of today's class.
Each student will sign-on to
scilinks.org and then go to the online resources listed below.
Read, study and write a minimum of 3 lines of notes for the
scilink websites that you visit. The writing part of this objective
is not the complete assignment. You need to spend the time in
silent study of the websites visited. The number of new scilinks and
new websites (and time on each) visited will be considered in
determining the grade for this objective. Be sure to hand-in the
assignment at the end of this class only. Spend most of the classtime
on the scilinks listed above. If any time left, go and visit the
scilinks from the previous 2 Chapters. Be sure to write down your
homework assignment into your assignment notebook.
Go
to
www.scilinks.org
(Use the
back button on the browser to return: to this page.)
II) Go to these SCILINKS
and view as many websites as possible from each one:
A) Page 626
B) Page 628
C) Page 629
D) Page 633a
E) Page
633b
III) Homework: Be sure
to read, study, and know Chapters 20, 22, 23, and 24. The Unit Test
will be on Thuirsday, 5/29/03 and Final Exam will be during the
following week. Do B2-63, Concept Review Questions, Page 620, 1-4
and Page 623, 1-4
INTERNET LESSON # 7 -
Eukaryotes: Animals - May 2, 2003 - INTERNET
LESSONS 6 and before are below this lesson.
I) This is Objective
B2-40. Be sure to read and follow the Special Rules from the above
link.
Objective B2-39 homework is
due at the start of today's class.
Each student will sign-on to
scilinks.org and then go to the online resources listed below.
Read, study and write a minimum of 3 lines answering the
question for the scilink websites. For the fetal pig links, list the
structures and functions of the parts you studied. The writing part
of this objective is not the complete assignment. You need to
spend the time in silent study of the websites visited. The number of
new scilinks and new websites (and time on each) visited will be
considered in determining the grade for this objective. Be sure to
hand-in the assignment at the end of this class only. Spend at least
6 minutes on each of the 11 listed scilinks websites. Then go and do
the fetal pig website links for at least 10 minutes each. If any time
left, then go and visit the remaining scilinks. Be sure to write down
your homework assignment into your assignment notebook.
Go
to
www.scilinks.org
(Use the
back button on the browser to return: to this page.)
II) Go to these SCILINKS
for B2-40:
A) Page 364 - Animal
Adaptations (16 websites listed)
1) The Dinosauria: Truth is
Stranger than Fiction - Are Dinosaurs extinct?
2) Vent and Sea Communities
on the Artic Seafloor - What do Scalebelly Eelpout eat?
3) Black Smokers, American
Museum of Natural History - Describe tube worms and their
environment?
4) Nine-Branded Armadillo -
Describe how an armadillo can cross a body of water.
B) Page 367 - Invertebrate
Animals (8 websites listed)
1) Jellyfish - How are
Jellyfish beneficial to other animals?
2) Leeches - What do they eat
and how do they do it?
3) The Animal Kingdom The
Animal Kingdom - List the characteristics of vertebrates and
invertebrates.
3) Whirling Animals -
Describe how "wheel organs" work.
C) Page 372 - Vertebrate
Animals (5 websites listed)
1) Sharks - How are sharks
adapted to their watery environment?
2) Vertebrates, More on
Morphology - What type of bones are found in vertebrates?
3) How Are Bones Different in
Birds? - How are bones different in birds?
D) Fetal Pig Dissection
Links
III) Homework: (You
need to write this in your assignment book before leaving class
today. Be prepared to show the assignment written down in the
assignment book if you are asked to do so.)
Read and study Chapters 14,
15, 16 and 17 at home - that means you take your textbook with you
and use it during a definite time period of a half-hour or more at
the definite place! The test on this unit will be on Monday, May 12,
2003. The written homework is Objective B2-41. Do complete
definitions for the bold-type words in Chapter 17. This homework
is due at the start of class on 5/5/03 . If you have an internet
connection at home and time on a computer, feel free to continue the
above links. You may also send in your homework by email to your
teacher at sjhs@islands.vi It must be sent before midnight on 5/4/03.
Go
to
www.scilinks.org
(Use the
back button on the browser to return: to this
page.)
INTERNET LESSON # 6 -
Protists, Plants - April 11, 2003 - Previous
Internet Lessons are below or can be found under the Semester 1
Biology Class Website.
I) This is Objective
B2-24.
Each student will sign-on to
scilinks.org and then go to the online resources listed below. Read,
study and write a minimum of 3 lines of notes about the websites
visited unless other instructions are given. The number of new
scilinks and new websites (and time on each) visited will be
considered in determining the grade for this objective. Be sure to
hand-in the assignment at the end of this class only. This is a
combined assignment. Do as much of it as you can during this class.
If you have access to the internet at home do continue the
lesson.
II) Go to these
SCILINKS:
A) Page 308 - Protists (5
websites listed)
1) Sexual Reproduction:
Ciliophora Mating Reaction in Paramecium - What is
conjugation?
2) Biological Diversity -
Protists: Slime Molds then link to "Cells Alive", Read Microbiology
and take the quiz.
3) Flagellated Protists -
Read it and go to Euglena's Home Page.
B) Page 311 - Protozoans
(7 websites listed)
1) Protozoa: Go to the
Microbe Zoo and go to the Snack Bar (virtual food only) and list how
microbes process some foods.
2) Come back later and take a
virtual walk around the rest of the Microbe Zoo.
C) Page 316 - Fungi (5
websites listed)
1) Fun Facts about Fungi:
Read about Decomposition.
2) The Amazing Kingdom of
Fungi: Read about Stinkhorn Fungi and Slime Molds.
D) Page 322 - Lichens (9
websites listed)
1) The Special Biology of
Lichens.
2) The Fungus Meets an
Alga,
3) Desert Varnish and Lichen
Crust. How are dyes related to this website?
E) Page 338 - Plant
Adaptations (11 websites listed)
1) Bryophyta - What are the
names of the diploid and haploid stages? Make a quick sketch of the
life cycle.
2) Angiosperm Anatomy - What
kind of plants are these? Name the 3 basic organs. Click on the 4
parts and read them.
3) Tree Structure and
Function - List the 6 parts and clcik on and read about each
one.
4) Sexual Reproduction in
Angiosperms - List the items in the index and know about
them.
5) Fossil Groups - What are
spores and pollen grains?
6) Flowering - After reading
it, look at the videos if your computer can pick them up.
F) Page 344 - Ferns (10
websites listed)
1) Non-Vascular Plants - Name
some of the mosses and their allies. What makes them
unique?
2) Seedless Vascular Plants -
What Genus are horsetails in?
3) Mosses and Liverworts,
Simple Plants? - Why are the simple plants?
G) Page 346 - Seed Plants
(16 websites listed)
1) Cycad Identification -
Where is E.Munchii found?
2) Seed Plants, More on
Morphology - How is germination triggered?
3) Angiosperm Images -
Choose, list, and look at images from at least 5 familes.
4) Angiosperm of Gymnosperm -
What is the difference?
5) Angiosperm Life Cycle -
What are the main parts of the cycle?
IV) Homework: There is
no written homework so you can review for the test on
Monday.
Read and study Chapters 12,
13, 18, and 19 at home - that means you take your textbook with you
and use it during a definite time period of a half-hour or more at
the definite place! The Unit Test will be on Monday, April 14,
2003.
Go
to
www.scilinks.org
(Use the
back button on the browser to return: to this
page.)
Internet Lesson # 05 THE
CELL
Go to each of the following coded sites and
do what is requested on loose-leaf paper:
A) Enter the first scilinks code in Chapter
5. There are 12 links underneath. Click on 3D CELL and find the 3
cell pictures. Make a quick, labeled sketch of each cell on your
loose-leaf paper. Return to FIND INTERNET RESOURCES.
B) Enter the second scilinks code in Chapter
5. Go to the 4th link down, MEMBRANE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION. Make a
quick, labeled sketch of the Danielli-Dawson Model. Return to FIND
INTERNET RESOURCES.
C) Enter the third scilinks code in Chapter
5. Go to the 2nd link down, THE CELL CYCLE AND MITOSIS TUTORIAL Do
the MITOSIS tutorial and answer the 2 mitosis questions. Write the
correct answers to the 2 questions on your loose-leaf paper. Then go
and try to view the MITOSIS ANIMATION. This is a 480K file and will
take a few minutes to load. Also it will only work if your computer
has quicktime on
Internet Lesson # 04
Coming Soon
Internet Lesson #
03 Communities
and Ecosystems (Internet Lessons # 02 and # 01 follow this
one.)
This is the third online
lesson for the second semester biology class at St. Joseph High
School. It is taking place in the school's computer room. The
students will make use of scilinks.org which is an online resource
from the National Science Teachers Association. Scilinks.org is keyed
to the students' BSCS Biology, 9th Edition Textbooks. The purpose of
this lesson is help the students' learning by supplementing their
readings and activities from Chapter 3, "Communities and
Ecosystems".
PROCEDURE:
1) Each student will read and follow these
directions and then go to scilinks.org and write what is requested on
a sheet of loose-leaf paper which is due at the end of
class.
2) Click on scilinks.org below. Enter your ID
and password.
Go
to
www.scilinks.org
(Use the
back button on the browser to return: to this
page.)
3) When you are at MY SCILINKS. Go to FIND
INTERNET RESOURCES. There, you will be entering a 5 letter/number
code which is keyed to your textbook. There are 3 scilink codes in
Chapter 3 which you must find from the given topics.
4) Go to each of the sets of topics by
entering the correct code. The number of website links are indicated
for each scilink. Explore all of them for the entire 90 minute class
period. Pick out the ones that will help you increase your learning
of Chapter 3 and spend more time on them. Write the name of each
website visited and write several lines about what you learned from
those websites that you spent the most time on. This
is Objective B - and it is due on
loose-leaf paper at the end of class. When you read Internet Lesson #
03 up to here raise your hand and call out your name.
YOU MAY NOT GO TO ANY OTHER
WEBSITE OR PLAY GAMES ON YOUR COMPUTER DURING THE BIOLOGY CLASS. YOU
MAY NOT SEND OR RECEIVE EMAIL OR PRINT OUT ANY TEXT OR GRAPHIC. YOU
MUST FOLLOW THE RULES THAT YOU READ AT THE BEGINNING OR SUFFER THE
CONSEQUENCES.
I) Go to the SCILINKS for
these Chapter 3 Topics:
A) Ecosystem (over 40
websites - spend most of your time here - scan the websites and pick
out the most interesting ones.)
B) Niche (1 website on
birds - interesting niches -spend around 5 to 10 minutes
here)
C) Habitat (3 websites
- 1 may have been in another scilink - spend around 5 minutes
here)
D). If you thoroughly
investigated the Chapter 3 scilinks, go below and continue the
Chapter 2 and 1 scilinks.
2) Homework:
(You need to write this in
your assignment book before leaving class today. Be prepared to show
the assignment written down in the assignment book if you are asked
to do so.)
Read and study Chapters 1,
2, 3, and 4 at home -
that means you take your textbook with you and use it during a
definite time period of a half-hour or more at the definite place! If
you have an internet connection at home and time on a computer, feel
free to continue the above links. You may also send in this objective
(number to be assigned) by email to your teacher at sjhs@islands.vi
The written homework is
Objective B-(to be announced)
Go
to
www.scilinks.org
(Use the
back button on the browser to return: to this
page.)
END OF
LESSON THREE AND START OF LESSON TWO
Internet Lesson #
02 Populations
(Internet Lesson # 01 follows this one.)
Friday, 1/17/03. This
is the second online lesson for the second semester biology class at
St. Joseph High School. It is taking place in the school's computer
room. The students will make use of scilinks.org which is an online
resource from the National Science Teachers Association. Scilinks.org
is keyed to the students' BSCS Biology, 9th Edition Textbooks. The
purpose of this lesson is help the students' learning by
supplementing their readings and activities from Chapter 2,
"Populations".
PROCEDURE:
1) Each student will read and follow these
directions and then go to scilinks.org and write what is requested on
a sheet of loose-leaf paper which is due at the end of
class.
2) Click on scilinks.org below. Enter your ID
and password.
Go
to
www.scilinks.org
(Use the
back button on the browser to return: to this
page.)
3) When you are at MY SCILINKS. Go to FIND
INTERNET RESOURCES. There, you will be entering a 5 letter/number
code which is keyed to your textbook. There are 3 scilink codes in
Chapter 2 which you must find from the given topics.
4) Go to each of the sets of topics by
entering the correct code. The number of website links are indicated
for each scilink. Explore all of them for the entire 90 minute class
period. Pick out the ones that will help you increase your learning
of Chapter 2 and spend more time on them. Write the name of each
website visited and write several lines about what you learned from
those websites that you spent the most time on. This
is Objective B-11 and it is due on
loose-leaf paper at the end of class.
YOU MAY NOT GO TO ANY OTHER
WEBSITE OR PLAY GAMES ON YOUR COMPUTER DURING THE BIOLOGY CLASS. YOU
MAY NOT SEND OR RECEIVE EMAIL OR PRINT OUT ANY TEXT OR GRAPHIC. YOU
MUST FOLLOW THE RULES THAT YOU READ AT THE BEGINNING OR SUFFER THE
CONSEQUENCES.
I) Go to the SCILINKS for
these Chapter 2 Topics:
A) Population (3
websites - spend around 20 minutes here)
B) Carrying Capacity
(no websites were listed for students - spend around 1 minute
here)
C) Human Population
Growth (19 websites - spend around 50 minutes here)
D). If you thoroughly
investigated the Chapter 2 scilinks, go below and continue the
Chapter 1 scilinks - especially on Scientific Investigation for the
remainder of this class. Include the websites in today's written
assignment.
2) Homework:
(You need to write this in
your assignment book before leaving class today. Be prepared to show
the assignment written down in the assignment book if you are asked
to do so.)
Read and study Chapters 1, 2,
3, and 4 at home - that
means you take your textbook with you and use it during a definite
time period of a half-hour or more at the definite place! If you have
an internet connection at home and time on a computer, feel free to
continue the above links. You may also send in your homework by email
to your teacher at sjhs@islands.vi The
written homework is Objective B-12:
Do the following Application Questions from Page 44 - #' s 2, 3, 4,
5. You should write your answers in sentences and paragraphs. Each
answer should be around 1/3 to 1/2 page in length.
Go
to
www.scilinks.org
(Use the
back button on the browser to return: to this
page.)
END OF
LESSON TWO AND START OF LESSON ONE
Internet Lesson #
01 Signing on and using scilinks.org and learning about the web
of life.
Tuesday, 1/14/03. This
is the first online lesson for the second semester biology class at
St. Joseph High School. It is taking place in the school's computer
room. The purpose of the lesson is to introduce the students to the
use of scilinks.org which is an online resource from the National
Science Teachers Association. It is keyed to the students' new BSCS
Biology, 9th Edition Textbooks. In using scilinks.org students will
supplement their learning about the Chapter 1, "The Web of
Life".
PROCEDURE:
1) Each student will sign-on and register to
scilinks.org and then go to the online resources and write what is
requested on a sheet of loose-leaf paper which is due at the end of
class.
2) Click on scilinks.org below. Go to
REGISTER HERE. Register as a student. It is required that it be done
correctly for this class. You need to use your correct first name and
only the initial of your last name. You make up a username ( your
first name and last name initial together) and a password that you
must remember. Then enter the zipcode of the school, 00840 and the
State (Territory), VI. Then enter your teacher's username which is
jpetrait.
Go
to
www.scilinks.org
(Use the
back button on the browser to return: to this
page.)
3) After registering, you should be at MY
SCILINKS. Go to FIND INTERNET RESOURCES. There, you will be entering
a 5 letter/number code which is keyed to your new textbook. There are
4 scilink codes in Chapter 1 which you must find from the given
topics.
4) Go to each of the sets of topics by
entering the correct code. The number of website links are indicated
for each scilink. Explore all of them for the entire 90 minute class
period. Pick out the ones that will help you to learn Chapter 1 and
spend more time on them. Write the name of each website visited and
write several lines about what you learned from those websites that
you spent the most time on. This is Objective B-05 and it is due on
loose-leaf paper at the end of class.
YOU MAY NOT GO TO ANY OTHER
WEBSITE OR PLAY GAMES ON YOUR COMPUTER DURING THE BIOLOGY CLASS. YOU
MAY NOT SEND OR RECEIVE EMAIL OR PRINT OUT ANY TEXT OR GRAPHIC. YOU
MUST FOLLOW THE RULES THAT YOU READ AT THE BEGINNING OR SUFFER THE
CONSEQUENCES.
I) Go to the SCILINKS for
these Chapter 1 Topics:
A) Ecology (2 websites
- spend around 10 minutes here)
B) Food Chain, Food
Web (10 websites - spend around 20 minutes here)
C) Matter and Energy
(6 websites - spend around 25 minutes here)
D). Scientific Investigations
(16 websites - spend around 30 minutes of more here - play the
scrambler game and report your score and take a quiz on the
scientific method - research your project for the science
symposium.
2) Homework: (You need
to write this in your assignment book before leaving class today. Be
prepared to show the assignment written down in the assignment book
if you are asked to do so.)
Read and study Chapters 1, 2,
3, and 4 at home - that means you take your textbook with you and use
it during a definite time period of a half-hour or more at the
definite place! If you have an internet connection at home and time
on a computer, feel free to continue the above links. You may also
send in your homework by email to your teacher at sjhs@islands.vi The
written homework is Objective B-06: Do the following Application
Questions from Page 19 - #' s 1,3,4. You should write your answers in
sentences and paragraphs. Each answer should be around 1/3 to 1/2
page in length
Go
to
www.scilinks.org
(Use the
back button on the browser to return: to this
page.)
SPECIAL
RULES:
A) Do not use the
printer for this class. Sound is not required. If you have earphones
and play your CD music, you are breaking a school rule.
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. If the teacher requests to
view your computer history, do not resist.
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.
This page was designed by the
Webmaster and teacher of this class, Brother James A. Petrait,
O.S.F.S. Comments may be sent to him at the email address
below.
© 2003, James A.
Petrait
Send e-mail to the Webmaster,
Brother James A. Petrait, O.S.F.S.:
sjhs@islands.vi