Midterm Exam

Midterm Exam will be held on Thursday, Noviember 10th.

Visit http://www.mrsoto2012.wikispaces.com/ for more information about goals, vocabulary, and resources related to this exam.
Click on "1. Scientific Inquiry"

Garlic Growth Lab-Report Poster

Assignment: Elaborate a Lab-Report on the effect of Miracle-Gro fertilizer on garlic weight. This report will be presented in a poster format. All group members must collaborate with each others to make the poster.
Click HERE to download the Poster rubric.

Credits: 100 points toward Assignments.

Due day: Wednesday, November 2.

Planning for the Second Marking Period

First Assignment: Activate your Schoolcircuit account.
1. Go to www.schoolcircuit.com
2. Click on "Activate your Account" under "Students & Parents"
3. Activate your student account
4. Fill in your name, access code, last name, create password
5. Look for your grades and understand where your First Marking Period Grade comes from.

Credits: 50 credits toward Assignment.

Second Assignment: Goals for the Second Marking Period
Answer the questions below and send a message to the teacher using Schoolcircuit.

1. Do you agree or disagree with your grades for the First Marking Period?
Justify your answer.
2. List 2 goals for the Second Marking Period.
3. How do you plan to get those goals done?
Write 2 things you are going to do different in this class.

Credits: 50 credits toward Assignment.

Review Scientific Vocabulary

Assignment: Select 5 words from the following vocabulary list:

Scientific inquiry, hypothesis, independent variable, dependent variable, control group, experimental group, data, data table, line graph, bar graph, conclusion, theory, inference, bias, research plan.

Then, for each word make a chart that includes the 4 following parts:
•word
•your definition
•use of the word in a sentence
•translate the word in your native language

See the template and example on these pictures.


You can download a Word document template if you wish CLICK HERE

Credits: 20 credits each chart X 5 charts = 100 total credits

Due day: Monday, October 10.

Welcome

Hi everyone and welcome to Mr. Soto’s Living Environment Blog!
Here I will post important information about homework, class notes, and materials regarding the LE class for Living Environment 1.
Visit the blog if you were absent in the class for any reason; or to recall homework, test days, and due assignments.
If you have any questions, please post a comment in response to an entry. Thanks for visiting this blog.

Assignment: Now is your turn. Please, make a welcome comment to your classmates and teacher. Tell us about yourself: your name, a couple of hobbies, what you want to be when you grow up, some of your talents, and two goals for the school year.

Due day: Wednesday, September 26

Credits: 20 points toward your homework grade.

Scientific Inquiry Assignment

Scientific literacy involves applying critical thinking skills to everyday life, particularly to claims related to health, technology, and advertising. At this point we have learned in the class about how to state a problem problem and hypothesis by using a given template.

Asssignment: think about everyday and real life problems that could be answered through an investigation. Ummmm...; then, make a post that includes 3 of those problems and 3 hypothesis. Please, follow the formats "what is the effect of.... on....?" for the problems, and "If.... then..." for the hypothesis.

Credits: 100 homework credits

Due day: Wednesday, September 28

Class Rules & Grading Policy Poster Project

Assignment: Design an attractive poster that depicts the grading policy as well as the attendance and participation rules for this class.

Rubric: (over 100 points)
1. Poster includes accurate information about the grading policy.
(35 points)
2. Poster shows all the attendance and participation rules.
(35 points)
3. Poster is neat, well designed, attractive, artistic, and colourful.
(30 points)
Due day: Monday, October Wednesday, October 3.