* Sea Star Dissection Lab Report completed tonight. 

 

I will either mark it as an incomplete (60% = D-), give it an F (if less than 2/3 of the report was completed, or stamp it so that I can read through the completed lab reports on Monday when I collect the composition books since you'll need it for your earthworm dissection tomorrow.

5:00pm TROUT RELEASE TODAY ... @ La MIrada Regional Park Lake !!!!!!!!!!

Location and Directions:

15105 Alicante Road
La Mirada, CA 90638


La Mirada Lake is located aprox. 20 miles south of the city of Los Angeles. From Interstate 5, exit south on Rosecrans and go East to La Mirada Blvd. Turn Left and go to Alicante, turn Right.


General Info:
This is a small, urban lake located within the La Mirada Regional Park. It is open daily, 6am to sunset. Parking is free. There is a frisbee disc course, playgrounds, tennis and handball courts.

Did you already sign up and pay your deposit?  Come find out all the basic facts about your upcoming trip to Catalina! If you haven't paid your trip off yet, you can pay your tuition at the end of the meeting.  

 

COME! Wed. April 18th @ 3pm in ROOM 25A with Ms. Cordes ~ See you there!

Atypical Animal Research Report

1.  ANIMAL -

     Choose One of the animals assigned to you in March Mammal Madness that is still living.  [No extinct animals may be used for this project.]

2.  TAXONOMY -

     Identify the taxonomy of your animal in the following order WITH Genus and species underlined.

• Kingdom
• Phylum
• Class
• Order
• Family
• Genus
• Species

3.  HABITAT -

• What ecosystem does your organism live in?
• What continent or country is your organism found in?
• What kind of den or home does your animal use?
• What adaptations (physical or behavioral) help it survive here?

4.   FOOD -

• What does your animal eat?
• What adaptations does it have to help it obtain food or eat its food?

5.   REPRODUCTION -

• Does it reproduce sexually or asexually?
• How many offspring are produced at a time?
• HOw often does your animal reproduce within a year or its lifetime?
• What special adaptation help it find a mate?

6.   MOVEMENT -

• How does your animal move around in its habitat?
• What special adaptations help it do so?

7.   PREDATORS -

• What predators does your animal have?
• What special adaptations / behaviors do they have to defend / protect themselves against their predators?

8.   EXTRA COOL INFO -

• Add at least one cool fact about your animal that doesn’t fit in the above categories.

9.   BODY SYSTEM -

• Choose one body system to research for this animal.
• Integumentary
• Muscular
• Skeletal
• Digestive
• Circulatory/Cardiovascular
• Lymphatic/Immune
• Respiratory
• Urinary/Excretory
• Endocrine
• Nervous

• BODY SYSTEM DEFINITION EXPLAINED -
• Define the system and compare the system in your animal to the same system in humans?
• How are they similar?
• How are they different?

• DRAW -
• Create a Comparative Anatomy Drawing of the  system you chose in both your animal and in humans.
• Draw it in your composition book
• Photograph your drawing
• Upload your drawing to this Google Classroom assignment.

• MODEL -
• Design a working model of the system you chose.
• Your model should be able to stand on a table without falling over.
• The model must be able to show how the system functions.

• SHOWCASE -
• This project will be on display at the end of the year RMS Showcase.
• This project may also be on display at the 48th District Agricultural Association Science Fair in May..
• Remember -> The Science Fair is an Individual PBL project / grade.  Students signed up independently on the computer via the 48th District's Agricultural Association application process during class 2 weeks prior to Spring Break.

Please be aware that Missing Assignments & Make-Up Work will be granted scores as follows:

    Qtr 1 (Everything thru Homo naledi) = Full Credit

    Qtr 2 (Everything on Cells & Turtles) = 1/2 Credit