GIY – Graph it Yourself!
February
10
Bug Lady
Ms. Johnstone Rules!
Graphing is a valuable high school and college skill – the easiest way to talk about science is to visualize your data! Thanks, Paul for making it easier for my students.
Moisaic Tiles – Visual Arts
January
27
Mitosis and Meiosis Animation
January
12
This is a really helpful website – play around with both the mitosis and meiosis animations
http://www.johnkyrk.com/mitosis.html
Cell Reproduction – Mitosis and Meiosis
January
2
Links for Webquest on Mitosis
December
16
Please go to these websites and answer the questions:
1.) – Go to www.brainpop.com
2.) Watch one of these movies to see a real cell going through mitosis!
http://www.contexo.info/DNA_Basics/mitosis%20movie.htm
http://www.bio.davidson.edu/misc/movies/mitosislily.mov
3.) Watch this AWESOME cell mitosis animation!
http://www.hybridmedicalanimation.com/anim_mitosis.html
4.) Play the Mitosis game!! YAY!
http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/2001/cellcycle.html
– Click on the cells while you wait, watch them divide!
– Click on Enter when you are ready, and use the arrows to read the story and play the mitosis game!!
HAVE FUN LEARNING ABOUT MITOSIS!!
Model Cells – Life Science
December
1
We made these cell models with Crayola Model Magic, building the cell from the nucleus out to the cell membrane, and with the understanding of what a cross section is. In other words, from a 3D perspective. Every 7th grader made one with the learning target of 5 identifiable features. I think they hit the mark! Can you tell which ones are plant cells?
Photosynthesis
November
18
This one is pretty cool, too!
November
9
A big shout out to my pal Julian for turning me on to Mr. Parr science videos!
Aahsmosis and Diffusion, not Confusion
November
4
One of the best explanations and visualizations. Check it out! This should help clarify and expand your understanding.
Osmosis Video
November
3
The earliest stage in the lifecycle of the Bug Lady can be traced back to the Midwest in the early 1990s. Elementary students near Illinois State University were introduced to live insects from the ISU Entomology Lab by an inspired graduate student and secondary teacher.
Wings unfurled, she expanded her range as the Associate Director of Education for Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences in Peoria. The Bug Lady appeared frequently in school outreach and after-school enrichment programs, summer camps, senior homes, and occasionally on local news. In 2001, she served as President of the Peoria Academy of Sciences, reviving the Entomology section and encouraging girls to pursue careers in science.
Like the Monarch butterfly, she then migrated to the west coast, basking in the California sun and tending to her newly hatched larva (baby Sophie). “In my mind and my heart, I’ve always been the Bug Lady, not so much for the knowledge I’ve acquired regarding insects, but more for the feeling that I’m in a constant state of metamorphosis – ever changing.”
After a long diapause, the imago of Bug Lady was sighted in Alameda summer programs, along with her assistant, Bug Gurl. She returned to the science classroom in Oakland and taught middle school integrated science for 12 years. is now taking flight in cyberspace to share her love of insects, science, and life in general with enthusiasts of all ages.
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