Cell Membrane Rap
November
3
Bug Lady
Ms. Johnstone Rules!
Osmosis and diffusion
Mosaic Project
October
27
Local mosaic artist Rachel Rodi is leading this project with the visual arts exploratory classes, through the support of our PTSA. The glass mosaics are California native wildflowers, constructed by students from all grades. They will grace the cement wall on the east side of the school courtyard. Parents are invited to help with the installation of the panels on Saturday November 9th.
Compare & Contrast: Eukaryotic Cells
October
27
Amber Is This Girl’s Best Friend
October
27
Andrew gave me a super cool birthday gift. A piece of amber estimated to be 40 million years old (Eocene) with three bees and some plant fragments embedded. These shots were taken with a Sony Cybershot held up to the eyepiece of the dissecting microscope. Oh yeah, he also gave me a Nikon Alphaphot YS microscope. Bug Lady is very happy!
Aboriginal Style Art
October
20
Web Quest Links
October
17
DO NOW QUESTION FOR 10/17 & 10/18
What is Cell Theory? Can you write the four parts of cell theory?
http://www.wiley.com/college/boyer/0470003790/animations/cell_structure/cell_structure.htm Cell Structure Link (For Completing Worksheet)
http://www.carolina.com/teacher-resources/Interactive/online-game-cell-structure-cellcraft-biology/tr11062.tr Cell Craft Link (Second Site – After Worksheet)
http://www.ibiblio.org/virtualcell/ The Virtual Cell (Optional Study Site)
Exit Ticket – We will be doing research papers this year. What is something you like to research about the cell? You cannot write nothing, or IDK. Think stem cells, sickle cell anemia, or Google cell research, cell diseases or types of cells.
Bill Nye – Cells
October
14
Cells, Cells They’re Made of Organelles!
October
7
You know you want to sing it!
Textbook Reading Homework p.92-95
October
7
I didn’t have time to load the images, but click on these links to download the reading pages or the worksheet. You should have your book, and I printed out these worksheets for you. So read about cells and we’ll begin to study them.
“Cells, cells, they’re made of organelles!”
reading guide 92-95
92-95 textbook
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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