grades 7 & 8

Instructors:

Tina White, Social Studies
Eleanor F. Jacobs, Religion
Joanne Davis, English Literature
K.C. Kramp, Math, Science, LEGO League

 Thursday ,February 2  2012

Math: AM worksheet

Science: Study Vocabulary test Tuesday JAn 24th words below

Social Studies: 2/2/12:   TIH Quiz Friday.

 

 

 

WW –100 pts. due on Friday lesson 12 – spelling test on Friday

 

All students- read pages 5-16 in Marching for Freedom- be prepared to answer discussion questions on Monday.

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Today in History

Jan. 30, 1948: Mohandas Gandhi, leader of India's independence movement, was assassinated in New Delhi.

Jan. 31, 1950: President Harry S. Truman announced the development of the Hydrogen Bomb, a weapon many times more powerful than the atomic bmb.

Feb. 1, 1790: The Supreme Court of the US met for the first time in New York City, with John Jay as Chief Justice.

Feb. 2, 1943: German troops in Stalingrad, Russia, surrendered to the Red Army, ending a pivotal battle in WWII

 science Vocabulary

  1. Algae chlorophyll containing plantlike protest that produce oxygen as a result of photosynthesis.
  2.  Ascus saclike. Spore producing structure of sac fungi.
  3. Basidium club-shaped reproductive structure in which club fungi produce spores.
  4. Budding form of asexual reproduction in which a new, genetically-identical organism forms on the side of its parent.
  5. Cilia in protists, short, threadlike structures that extend from the cell membrane of ciliate and enable the organism to move quickly..
  6. Flagellum long, thin whiplike structure that helps organisms move through moist or wet surroundings.
  7. Hyphae mass of many-celled, threadlike tubes forming the body of a fungus..
  8. Lichen organism made up of a fungus and a green alga or cyanobacterium.
  9. Mycorrhizae network of hyphae and plant roots that helps plants absorb water and minerals from soil..
  10. Protest one or many-celled eukaryotic organism that can be plantlike, animal-like or funguslike.
  11. Protozoan one-celled animal-like protest that can live in water, soil and living and dead orgaisms.
  12. Pseudopod temporary cytoplasmic extensions used by some protists to move about and trap food.
  13. Saprophyte organism that uses dead organisms as a food source and helps recycle nutrients so they are available for use b other organism.
  14. Sporangium round spore case of a zygote fungus.
  15. Spore waterproof reproductive cell of a fungus that can grow into a new organism.