3ème Science

IQS - itineraires de questionnement scientifiques

To do every week:  check your email to see if there are documents to print and bring, look over the notes we have taken in class, learn the science ideas and technical vocabulary so that you are ready for possible tests and quizzes.  To help you learn, I suggest you make Flash Cards

For Wednesday 25 November:

• Read the chapter called "Diseases" in Biology for You.
• Bring back your science test signed by a parent - it will be collected in class.

For Monday 23 November:

• Bring your lab coat
• Bring the printout of the "Self and Non-self" experiment. 

For Thursday 26 November:

• Read the chapter called "Diseases" in Biology for You.

Friday 6 November:

• Bring lab coat
• print out and bring lab instructions which were sent by email - it's the one called "Catalase". 

During the Toussaint vacation

• have a look at the Revision List below and start going over your notebook and the book
• check your email for any missing copies of the investigation instructions

During the Toussaint vacation

• have a look at the Revision List below and start going over your notebook and the book
• check your email for any missing copies of the investigation instructions

Exam Revision List for the Compositions Groupées in November 2009 

• The following 3 chapters in Biology For You:
  • Food and Digestion
  • Homeostasis
  • Enzymes
    • Also- the end of the book has some good advice about how to study effectively.
• Look over the investigation instruction sheets and the notes you have been taking about the laboratory work we have done.  Remember, you are not expected to memorize all the results we have collected.  However, you need to know the names of the chemicals we used and why we used them, the types of apparatus we used and how we set up the experiments to prove what we wanted to prove
• Study your notes from class.

Have a look at my compositions groupées revision guide.  It contains suggestions for successful revision and test-taking skills. 

• Bring lab coat.

• Bring lab coat

For Monday 12 October

• Bring lab coat

• Finish reading the chapter on Food and Digestion.

For Friday 2 October

• Bring lab coat.

For Thursday 1 October

• Bring a calculator - we will be doing some calculations in class.

• Using the research you did in class, make a short Power Point presentation with text and images to answer the research question you had.  Email the presentation to me by the due date.  (see the page about emailing homework for how to do it)  You will be marked on the following:
  • quality of your scientific explanations,
  •  the quality of the presentation,
  • how logical the sequence of your presentation is
  • most importantly, your ability to cite your sources in order to avoid plagiarism.  In other words, no copy/paste on your final presentation - use your own words and cite all your sources.  This means that your last slide should have your complete bibliography.
• Also, finish reading the chapter on Food and Digestion.

For Monday 5 October

• Complete the second half of the report on vitamin C and email it to me.  For this, you need to write a conclusion, list some of the major sources of error and suggest improvements for how to avoid those sources of error if you were to do the experiment again.  Suggested improvements need to be specific (not "be more careful next time") and they must use equipment available to us in the labs.   

For Wednesday 30 September

• bring lab coat for new investigation involving microscopes.  Be sure to visit the How to use a microscope page so that you remember all the rules.   
• bring the printout of the document sent by email about nerve cells

for Monday 28 September: 

• Using the research you did in class, make a short Power Point presentation with text and images to answer the research question you had.  Email the presentation to me by the due date.  (see the page about emailing homework for how to do it)  You will be marked on the following:
  • quality of your scientific explanations,
  •  the quality of the presentation,
  • how logical the sequence of your presentation is
  • most importantly, your ability to cite your sources in order to avoid plagiarism.  In other words, no copy/paste on your final presentation - use your own words and cite all your sources.  This means that your last slide should have your complete bibliography. 
• be sure to look at the previous assignments below to make sure you have them in your agenda: 

for Wednesday 23 September:

• Complete and email the second half of the report on vitamin C and email it to me.  For this, you need to write a conclusion, list some of the major sources of error and suggest improvements for how to avoid those sources of error if you were to do the experiment again.  Suggested improvements need to be specific (not "be more careful next time") and they must use equipment available to us in the labs. 
• UPDATED 21  September:  Also, on Wednesday - bring lab coat.  Visit the How to use a microscope page. 

For Monday 21 September

• read the first six pages of Chapter 4 in Biology For You. - all about food and energy. 

• read the first six pages of Chapter 4 in Biology For You. - all about food and energy. 

for Thursday 24 September:

• Bring your lab coat on Thursday
• Email the first half of your lab report about Vitamin C (see the page about emailing homework for how to do it) In your report, I am expecting to see the following:
  • a title
  • a brief introduction
  • the aim of the experiment (the objective)
  • for the method, all you need to do is say "See method sheet called ___" and put the title of the instruction sheet
  • if you want to put a prediction (a hypothesis, you may but it is not necessary for this experiment)
  • the results - here is where you put the raw data with proper units and you show any data processing (calculations and graphs)

for Wednesday 23 September

• Bring your USB key for the 1-period class we have. 

for Thursday 17 September

• bring lab coat
• bring printout of 2nd experiment

for Wednesday 16 September:

• email the first half of your lab report about Vitamin C (see the page about emailing homework for how to do it)
• In your report, I am expecting to see the following:
  • a title
  • a brief introduction
  • the aim of the experiment (the objective)
  • for the method, all you need to do is say "See method sheet called ___" and put the title of the instruction sheet
  • if you want to put a prediction (a hypothesis, you may but it is not necessary for this experiment)
  • the results - here is where you put the raw data with proper units and you show any data processing (calculations and graphs)

for Monday 14 September:

• bring lab coat
• bring printout of Vitamin C experiment
• bring a calculator
• if you have not done so, you need to send me an email (see below).
• double check all the other things on the list below to be sure you are ready for the year. 

To Do for the first week of classes in September 2009

• Send me an email with your name, class and science group so that I can gather everyone's address.  You can find my email address and further instructions on my How to Contact Mr. Damon page.  Note that the address a little different from what I wrote on the board.
• You need to have a lab coat. 
• The book we will be using is Biology for You.  If you did not buy it during a previous year in the science project, you need to get one at the book shop.  Later in the year, you will need Physics for You and Chemistry for You. 
• Each student should have a USB thumb drive.  Be sure your name is on the outside somewhere.  We need to know whose is whose.  Also, if you lose it, we know who to return it to.  If you are buying a new one, I do not recommend the U3 Smart drives in class.  For the moment, they are not compatible with Mac.  Also, 2 or 4 Gb is enough - do not spend more than 25€ for this.

   

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