Monday October 1, 2007

Today in MATH we:

• Reviewed problem solving & talked about problems with our problems (2.8 & 2.9)
• Read mp9 p86 - talked about Knowledge Based & Expert Systems
• What are they?
• We did Activity 1 #1-2, on mp9 p86 - we listed 3 examples.
• We did Activity 2 #1 on mp9 p87. We had to THINK of good ways to classify birds.
• Why would we do this in Math? What is it a form of?

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Decided what type of cell division was represented on our worksheet & described why.
• Talked about the vocabulary - you should have at least 11 words from section 4.0
• We Reviewed section 3.0, talked about the 3 key concepts:

cell division

DNA, Chromosomes, Genes, & Alleles

Patterns of Inheritance

• Did Activity A-5 on sia9 p44. This presentation is DUE on WEDNESDAY & should not be longer than 2 minutes.
• REMINDER: Quiz Tuesday.

ALL THE REST:

• An independent learner does more than the bare minimum.
• Your teacher doesn't give you a mark, you earn your mark.
• How is your grammar? What is the difference between two, to, & too? There, their, & they're?