Roundworm presentation and parasitic worm assignment

 view the presentation on  Nematoda

Watch the video of the Guinea worm, Dracunculus medinensis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd9mvyTcB6A

New York Times Interview of The Guinea Worm Slayer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nOuAUfXjzQ

Comparing parasites ASSIGNMENT:  20 marks: 

1. Create a venn diagram which compares and contrasts platyhelminthes and nematoda. Use the vocab from the nematoda presentation.  Make it in pen and in colour.  Draw your favourite parasite and tell me why it is your favourite. (5 marks)

2. Write a one page summary of the video and the interview in pen. (5 marks)   

3.Draw a pamphlet which educates people on how to avoid the Guinea worm in colour. (10 marks)

PARASITIC WORMS ASSIGNMENT:  

Several Children in Vancouver were sent to your clinic with the following symptoms: In each case:

 

Examine the specimen and attempt to identify the organism.  What phylum of parasitic worm do you think this is?  Furthermore, give evidence for your diagnosis and offer a course of action to cure the patient and prevent further infestation: Also, devise a method to contain any possibility of outbreak.

 

1. Kitty Pride is a young woman who lives in a mansion in Southlands in a special School for gifted youth.  She was experiencing abdominal symptoms of bloating and cramping, and enteritis in general.  She also noticed that she has been feeling unusually anemic, lately. Blood work indicates an elevated white cell count. Sample C was found in her stool sample

                        

2. Walt Chan is a two year old boy, with  two sisters and a pit bull .  He is an active toddler who likes to play in the outdoors.  Walt has recently developed enteritis of unknown origin.  His symptoms included bloating, cramping (which made him cry at night) and mild “car sickness” symptoms.  When Walt went in for blood tests, his white blood cell count was found to be elevated, particularly his eosinophils.  Furthermore, a stool sample yielded the specimen A. 

 

3. Vince Man is a two year old boy who lives in Kerrisdale.  Vince is an active toddler who loves to play in the outdoors.  He lives with his parents but is cared for by his grandmother who loves to cook traditional northern Chinese food for him.  Vince goes to a daycare part time where he plays with other children ranging from age 1-3.  Vince began getting unusual enteritis with an elevated white blood cell count.  His grandma was horrified one day to find sample Z in his stool.

 

4.   Sebastien Slartibartfast is a two year old boy who lives in Kerrisdale.  Sebastien has been complaining of an itchy bum for several weeks.  His scratching is beginning to damage his skin and rectum.He is an only child with many pets: a hamster, a cat and two zebra finches.  Sebastien also attends a daycare that  admits children ages 0 to 3.  Sample E (sample D) was found in Sebastien’s stool sample.  Sebastien’s Dad has noticed that he has similar symptoms as Sebastien. (itchiness).  Sample B was found in his stool.

 

 

Another view of sample C is here the ruler is in cm

 DIAGNOSE THE PARASITE ASSIGNMENT 

Marks:

Drawing of your specimen is clear, labelled      10

Write up is logical and you back up your claims with evidence:   13-15 out of 15

You correctly identify your specimen but it appears that you guessed, because you offer only some evidence  8-10/15

You correctly identify the specimen but offer no evidence           5/15

 

Total :  25

 

Flatworms and parasites

  Review my slideshow on flatworms and parasites

And take a look at this video of a liver fluke:
This liver fluke parasite was found inside a 20 year old man who complained of abdominal pain


Assignment 20 marks
Summarize the key ideas (see vocab words) in a one page drawing or poem or interview a flatworm.
Watch the Shape of Life Video on flatworms. Platyhelminthes,
the first hunter:
https://www.shapeoflife.org/video/flatworms-first-hunter

Cnidaria

    

Read the Cnidaria section of these notes
Read the  Cnidaria notes on these  slides

These notes and slides will be the subject of an open book quiz.

Please examine our specimens of cnidaria in the lab. 

Sponges : Phylum Porifera

 Watch this intro video on how sponges filter feed with their collar cells

 
 Here are your Notes on sponges
 Sponges slide show

ASSIGNMENT :  Create at least three pages out of the following material.  Each page will be evaluated for 5 points for a total of 15 points.  You may use more pages if you want for each section.  Please upload a picture (jpeg) or pdf of your work on microsoft teams

PAGE 1.
Draw a one page cartoon or write a rhyming poem/rap song on the Sponges slide show.

PAGE 2
 Sponges are the earliest animals:
 Watch this video and give me a cartoon or poem about the main points of this Shape of Life video
https://www.shapeoflife.org/video/sponges-origins

PAGE 3
IF YOU PUT A SPONGE THROUGH A BLENDER AND TRY TO MAKE BOBA OUT OF IT...
the sponge will survive!  Sponges are capable of reassembling themselves.  Watch this cool video to observe this phenomenon and summarize the main points in a cartoon or a poem
https://www.shapeoflife.org/video/sponges-time-lapse-sponge-cells-recombining

Evaluation for the cartoon
5.  your cartoon stands out from all the rest.  it is well thought out and work has been put into it. It is       in ink or colour. it includes all the major points.
4  your cartoon is excellent and it includes all the major points
3  your cartoon is quite good. it may be missing a few details but it is well done
0-2. your cartoon is a good start but it is incomplete

Evaluation for the rap or rhyming poem
5.  your writing includes all the major details of the content.  it has good rhythm and it is very clever
4.   your writing is excellent and includes all the correct details.  it rhymes
3.  your content is really good, it is missing a few details but still very entertaining
0-2. your writing is incomplete.

You Animal!

 I would like you to watch some intro videos on animalia and then do the assignments.

Your notes introducing you to Animalia are here.   Please watch these introductory videos which will try to explain a few of the concepts.  I still need to make the one on the primary germ layers though.
See the assignment below:

   


Assignment 1:  Draw a cartoon OR write a poem that rhymes (not both)  to answer these questions and submit them as your first assignment. I want to see that you read the notes and understand the main concepts. 

EVALUATION
12-15 points:  cartoon is brilliant, it stands out, it summarizes the main points in a creative format, it is inked and in colour

10-12  your cartoon is excellent and includes all the main points. inked and in colour

5-10 your cartoon is complete it may not be inked or in colour
1-4 your cartoon is incomplete

Bacterial Wine and Cheese Assignment

 This is our bacterial wine and cheese 

 Read this article: 

Some of My Best Friends Are Germs by Michael Pollan 

We will be looking at a few examples of food microbes that can form your microbiome.

Natto and kimchi 

Euglena minilab - An individual assignment

 1. Observe and draw Euglena. observe how it swims

2.  Write a paragraph on its life history.  Where does it live? What does it eat? What is its body plan?

3. Conduct a mini experiment.  Does the euglena  prefer light or dark conditions? 

4.  Upload an observation on the class observation channel 

18-20 - This lab has great observations and your drawings show care.  All the questions are answered. A brilliant job

15 - this lab is beautifully drawn and your questions are answered.  You are missing a few items but your lab is very well done

10 - this lab is a great start but it needs more time to be complete

Rhizobium bacterium

 We know that plants are important to the ecosystem because they photosynthesize. Did you know that some plants are legumes and these are special because they have ROOT NODULES which are nitrogen fixers.  These root nodules are little rooms where Rhizobium bacteria convert nitrogen gas into ammonium and then Nitrobacter bacterium in the soil  converts ammonium into nitrates. Plants can absorb nitrates to make plant protein.  When those plants are eaten by animals, then animals use the nitrogen to make animal protein.  You can say that all the protein on your body (muscles, enzymes, hair, fingernail etc) was built from nitrogen which was fixed by Rhizobium at some point in time.  

ASSIGNMENT: 15 POINTS

15 points total. Draw a picture of root nodules under the dissecting microscope and also a picture of root nodules under the light microscope. Hand this in on TEAMS

 10 points

Only certain plants contain these root nodules...amongst them are  bean plants and clover plants.   Look at the roots of clover and draw a picture of root nodules. 

This picture is from research done by Tashiro et al on the genetics of clover plants.  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/250119450_Leaf_Trait_Coloration_in_White_Clover_and_Molecular_Mapping_of_the_Red_Midrib_and_Leaflet_Number_Traits

 5 marks 

UPLOAD A PIC OF ROOT NODULES UNDER THE MICROSCOPE and label this drawing. 

http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artfeb01/rhizo.html

Bacteria lab: Sampling bacteria around the school

 

 HYPOTHESIS:

Create a hypothesis about what area of the school will yield the fastest growing bacteria and the most number of colonies. What factors do you think led to growing more bacteria or more different types?

PROCEDURE:

Use agar plates and q-tips to sample different surfaces around our school.  Store the plates UPSIDEDOWN in a secure location in the classroom.  Note where you found the sample

OBSERVATION
 Next, create a data table showing in the following columns

1.  names
2.  a. location of sample
2.b. is this a high traffic location for human contact?
2c.  is this a dry, sticky, wet, warm, cold location, or don't know?

GROW THE BACTERIA

3.a count the number of colonies
3b.  and their relative size of colonies (estimate size of each dot or circle diameter based on petri dish size
4.  colour of colonies
5.  Any mold sample?

Note that a nil result tells you something too!


ANALYSIS
1. Tell me some patterns that you are noticing in the collection of these samples.
2. Which locations are yielding the most samples.
3.Why might some samples yield more bacteria or faster growing bacteria?
4. What are some limitations of this study and some sources of experimental error?

CONCLUSION
Write a well reasoned conclusion based on your observations.

EVALUATION   IS OUT OF 25 IN TOTAL ...create a ppt for this assignment!

5

presentation is out of 5.  for 5/5 it is typed  with illustrations or photos and emailed to for 4/5 it is pretty good but there are a few spelling mistakes.  for 0-3 out of 5 it is in pencil or messy.  

10

Clear writing is out of 10.  for 9/10 or 10/10, it is written with no English mistakes and it clearly communicates each part of the lab report.    7-8/10  it is very well written     for 5-6/10 some parts are not so clear and the reader must guess what you are trying to say.  0-4/10, it is minimally communicating what happened

10

Paragraphs are insightful and your observations are well done. this is out of 10.

             9-10/10,   your observations and conclusions are well written and logical.  It is brilliant

              7-8/10   your observations and conclusions are very well done

               5-6   your conclusions don't really logically follow from your results

                0-4   your conclusions are not relating to your results at all

     

CDC

 SLIDESHOW ON DISEASE

Before you do your CDC simulation next day, read and analyze the following scenarios :  

CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL  CASE STUDIES                             

  

CREATE DISEASE SUMMARY SHEETS WHICH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION in pen. Each worth 15 marks total of 45 marks.  You may work in a group. 

1. case study: covid 19 on a cruise ship in Japan
article on cruise ship in Japan

https://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriaforster/2020/02/07/coronavirus-outbreak-on-quarantined-japan-cruise-ship-spreads-61-passengers-now-affected/#21bb8de328c4

2. case study: Ebola outbreak in North America
watch the video first

 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XCrOde-JYs0

here is the case study: https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/Health/ebola-america-timeline/story%3fid=26159719

3.  Case study: Measles in BC, a resurgence of an old disease

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/measles-in-b-c-how-we-got-here-and-what-you-need-to-know

and a summary of BC CDC response:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/library/publications/year/2019/measles-update-may2019.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwi1yvrT9r7uAhVLHzQIHbIQCLoQFjACegQICRAC&usg=AOvVaw3B1SCyd7RHx_OoGIMdFUln

CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL             

NAMES of group_________________

Name of disease:

Symptoms of the disease: ( 2 marks )

Age, sex and other details of the certain victims who are mentioned in the articles above 

 ( 3 marks )

Possible disease vectors, consider multiple vectors:  (2 marks)             

         Food

         Water

         Aerosol

         Soil

         Animal

         Human contact

                  Blood, mucous, saliva,

                  Feces, sexual contact 

Give  Evidence of this disease vectors                                                                     
(3 marks)

List the major events of the outbreak and the response of CDC in the order that it took place:  

Using drawings in ink and colour:  Number the events and highlight the events.  List measures taken  to contain the outbreak successfully. 

(5 marks)

MIcrobiology

 This is an Introduction to Microbiology Notes, which cover Virus, and Monerans, with a mention of unicellular fungi.  Read this document as an overview. 

Read this Introduction to Viruses and also find out how Viruses can infect their hosts

Viruses can infect cells using the LYTIC CYCLE.  

Review the 

STEPS TO THE LYTIC CYLE: memorize AESAR

• Attachment
• Entry & degradation of host's DNA
• Synthesis of new viruses 
• duplication of virus' genetic material
• creation of new virus parts
• Assembly of parts into new viruses
• Release of new viruses

 video shows lytic cycle




 steps to the lysogenic cycle:  memorize AEIM

• Attachment
• Entry (no degradation of host DNA)
• Integration using integrase enzyme
• Mitosis
• Host+virus DNA duplicated
• cytokinesis
• A virus that uses the lysogenic life cycle is termed either a provirus or prophage. What causes various proviruses to shift to the lytic cycle is not completely understood, but in some cases stress is the stimulus.

COVID-19 is a virus that undergoes a lytic cycle, but it does not explode cells, instead, it simply gets released from a cell

MICROBIOLOGY ASSIGNMENT 1 What is a virus?  out of /10 

make a creative summary of the  Introduction to Viruses .  This summary must include the lytic cycle  and the lysogenic cycle as it is described in the videos above and also in this text   Viruses can infect their hosts.  

MICROBIOLOGY ASSIGNMENT 2 How does Covid-19 infect a human?     out of /10 

Watch the video above and explain how covid-19 infects a human body. Create a creative summary to describe it

CREATIVE SUMMARY CRITERIA. You may make a powerpoint slideshow, a cartoon, a poem, an interview or podcast.  You may also suggest your own format. 

EVALUATION
10 points:  cartoon is brilliant, it stands out, it summarizes the main points in a creative format, it is inked and in colour

8-9:  your cartoon is excellent and includes all the main points. inked and in colour

5-7 your cartoon is complete it may not be inked or in colour
1-4 your cartoon is incomplete


POEM.
10 points: your poem is brilliant and it rhymes and it includes all key points. it stands out
8-9:  your poem is really excellent and it rhymes and includes all key points.
6-7 - your poem doesn't rhyme but it includes all key points.
1-4 your work is incomplete.

PODCAST

10 points - your podcast is humorous, engaging and includes all the key points, it stands out

8-9:  your podcast is really excellent engaging and includes all key points.
6-7 - your podcast  includes all key points.
1-4 your work is incomplete.

CREATIVE SUMMARY CRITERIA. You may make a cartoon, a poem, an interview or podcast

EVALUATION
10 points:  cartoon is brilliant, it stands out, it summarizes the main points in a creative format, it is inked and in colour

8-9:  your cartoon is excellent and includes all the main points. inked and in colour

5-7 your cartoon is complete it may not be inked or in colour
1-4 your cartoon is incomplete


POEM.
10 points: your poem is brilliant and it rhymes and it includes all key points. it stands out
8-9:  your poem is really excellent and it rhymes and includes all key points.
6-7 - your poem doesn't rhyme but it includes all key points.
1-4 your work is incomplete.

PODCAST

10 points - your podcast is humorous, engaging and includes all the key points, it stands out

8-9:  your podcast is really excellent engaging and includes all key points.
6-7 - your podcast  includes all key points.
1-4 your work is incomplete.

xʷməm̓qʷe:m Field Study

 

xʷməm̓qʷe:m is the unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) nation.  We will visit this place to learn about the species here. 

Life Sciences Display cabinet

 Next week we will have the opportunity to contribute to the front glass display cabinet.  

The display will be called: Plants and Animals of our Pacific West Coast Ecosystem: Focus on BOGS 

1.  Create 8.5 x 11 signage that describes what the specimen is.& what adaptations it has.    The signage ought to be large font letters at least 3cm high for titles and 1cm high for writing.  Identify the specimen and state a few interesting facts about the specimen. 

2.   8.5 x 11 drawing: DRAW A COLOURFUL picture of the specimen.   You may reuse the skull diagram that you already made FYI

SPECIMENS:

1.  One group will make a poster: using 3 x paper 8.5x11 inches

a. WHAT IS A BOG? What are the abiotic conditions HOW IS A BOG FORMED?  

b. What is the keystone species of a bog?  Sphagnum moss.   

2.  Labrador Tea and Kalmia : One of these is medicine, the other one poison. Can you tell the difference?

3.   Sundew, a carnivorous plant 

4.  Beaver skull.  How is a beaver adapted to cut trees? Is it predator or prey? coyote skull (confirm this identification). Identify the predator adaptations  bobcat skull : Identify the predator adaptations

5. douglas squirrel and douglas fir cone  

7.  invasive species: Rat skeleton .   Native species: Black Bear 

8.  BOGS PRESERVE THINGS.  Describe how bogs can mummify things that fall into them. 

Bog Artifacts:  

a. Hockey pucks

b. .Jughead jones button hat

c. Coins found in the bog. 

Your display signage is clear, easy to understand, visible from a distance and communicates clearly. It is brilliantly done and is engaging

45-50

Your display signage is clear, easy to understand, and communicates clearly 

30-45

Your display signage is clear and easy to understand

25-30

protozoa notes and lab

Review these protozoa notes    and powerpoint

Observe samples of Protozoa

1. Draw the sample, using a petri dish to draw the circle

2.  Label the magnification

3. Point to any features on your field of view and label what you see.

4. Identify your sample and write  some notes in point form on life history.

5.  Draw carefully with attention to detail, use pencil crayons.

Evaluation:

45-50. Your drawings are carefully done and your labels are accurate.  You did correct identification and your assignment stands out for being thorough and beautifully done 

35-44.   Your drawings are carefully done and your labels are accurate.  You did correct identification.  Excellent, colourful and creatively done. 

15-35.  Your drawings are very well done. There are some missing parts to the assignment. It is not in colour. 

0-14.     You started the assignment 

xʷməm̓qʷe:m, Camosun bog

 Take a look at this BOG PRESENTATION made by the CBRG 

Camosun Bog Restoration Group method for bog restoration:  Watch this video. The teens in this video are my students when I taught at PW.  They learned their plantae unit by joining a work party!

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSrEhGSnhiY

Why  xʷməm̓qʷe:m, Camosun bog , is important: Listen to  Elder Larry Grant talk about  xʷməm̓qʷe:m.  By the way, Elder, Larry Grant's parents are Musqeuam and  Chinese.  In addition to being a speaker of the Musqueam language, he understands and speaks Cantonese.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6K7jASVzl8

Watch Elder Larry Grant's personal story:  He is a language keeper of the Musqueam People.

Watch the creation story of the Musqueam people . Their story begins  in Camosun bog.

The double headed serpent story 

 The Double-Headed Serpent from Deadpixel on Vimeo.

This is a pole carved by a Musqueam artist and related to the fourth video above.  It is  located in UBC and this is what it means 

Transcript of Elder Larry Grant video:

The bog is an integral part of Musqueam. In Musqueam history and the story of Musqueam. So that real connection. When that bog, it’s quite a few things actually when the bog shrinks, that means that people have drained the bog. For urbanization and use of land, removing what western culture called unusable land or unusable space, for I would say non cultural walk to us non-cultural activity to the Musqueam people. Why would you drain a bog, it carries so much life, if it’s drained it’s allowed to shrink even more. That actually erases all the corroborating evidence of the story of Musqueam and it’s eradicating cultural identity, Aboriginal identity, it’s eradicating Aboriginal identity, in that sense where it removes all traces of any of the stories that we will be able to tell or we can still tell the story, but we won’t be able to say that this is where it originates. And if it’s completely drained, that’s just another step in removing all traces of First Nations People. I would like to see it grow actually but that takes a lot of effort, I would like to see it open up a little more and all those Indigenous plants that are there, allowed to expand a bit because then it becomes a teaching tool for all people. About the value of the bog, the biodiversity that’s in there is amazing, yeah, and it’s set up where people can walk though there and have a look and get very close to all the plants and the mallard ducks are still there. They sit in that center pond and just live be around up there and actually be part of the story of Musqueam. There is a mallard duck in there, there’s actually a little family of mallard ducks in there so. 

BIOLOGY ASSIGNMENT 
DRAW a hand drawn cartoon summary of the  videos which you see above as well as the meaning of the pole above.  You should  make at least three pages, one for each video.  In your assignment, try to write in musqueam!  Tell the story of Elder Larry Grant too, who is a Musqueam Elder (and a Musqueam-Chinese Canadian)

OR 

WRITE an illustrated essay using photos like screen captures of the videos and illustrate your essay with photos.  Remember that if you use a phrase from a source, to use quotations and cite the source. 


EVALUATION 
60 -  your work is outstanding and excellent. It looks amazing and stands out. 
50-55 - your work is excellent showing attention to detail.  You summarize the key points and you don't miss anything.  Your drawings tell the story of the videos and links.  Your writing summarizes the key points in an engaging writing style. You cite your sources and also you have posted your work on your blog, which you send to me. You show creativity.
40. your work shows a high standard of quality. your drawings are beautiful or your writing is excellent and engaging to the reader.  You show creativity. you could have included a few more details or you did not cite your sources. You uploaded and handed this in on your blog.

30 - You have a good start

Field Study to Boundary Bay Regional Park

 Safety plan assignment : On a piece of paper or on a digital document, hand in the following:

1.  Names of your group members, both first and last names. Tell me who the group leader is.  Include cell phones and emergency contact  numbers

 2.  Map of Boundary Bay regional park.  

3.  Locate the beach area, the wetland area, pond, washroom facilities. 

4.  Itinerary:  

a.  Meet in front of the school at 10:20 AM.  Board Bus.  Monitor CO2, if higher than 800ppm, wear masks.   Go to Centennial beach. Walk as a group to the beach trails, the wetland, take pictures of plants and animals there.  We may split up into small groups and regroup in a common area.  Stay in your group.  Depart Boundary Bay at 1:30pm 

5.  What is your plan if you cannot find your group member?  Identify hazards.

6.  look up tide tables for Tsawassen. Is the tide going out or in? What are the hazards at the beach area?   

Angiospermae notes

 Read the Angiosperm Review Sheet  

(review sheet copyright Ms. V. Hui)

Here are the notes 

Fruit and Flower lab for Early Spring

  I am giving you a handout which is like a  colouring book showing the structures of flowers, leaves and fruit.  It is from the "Botany Colouring Book", a resource for university level botany courses.

Use this as a reference.

FLOWER and FRUIT LAB
Go into the school garden and find the following specimens.  Bring them back for dissection and observation under the dissecting microscope.

Draw each specimen.  2 marks
Identify the flower type and label the parts.  2 marks
Write one interesting observation you notice  1 mark

 Each drawing should be at least a half page.  

Use a blank paper to draw your observations.

SPECIMENS: FOR EACH NUMBER BELOW, USE HALF A PAGE TO DRAW THE FOLLOWING: 
1.  Find a small HEAD type of flower  and draw it (simlar to a sunflower) . It ought to have a disk flower and ray flower within the head.  Observations:  Count the disc flowers in your specimen.  What is the advantage of this kind of flower? 

2.Draw these specimens

    a.  Find a branching type of flower, such as a SPIKE type of flower
    b.   Find a BRANCHING type of flower like a head type

    c.   Find any other type of BRANCHING type. 

3.  Find a BASIC FLOWER.  Is it hypogynous, perigynous or epigynous?  Draw it and label its parts


4. Fruit specimens:  Classify these according to your colouring book reference.  Examine a sample under the microsope. label any parts you see according to the reference.  Draw the following: (these specimens are located in the Refridgerater next door) 

a. strawberry
b. banana

c. pineapple

d. dragon fruit

5.  Seed specimens:

a. sunflower seed

b. corn on the cob

50 marks for the specimens

15 marks for presentation, completeness, creativity

total: 65 marks

Plant Evolution Webquest

 do  this webquest on plant evolution.     Hand in your work

15 marks for the completed webquest.

Plant Evolution

 

Please look at this Plantae evolution power point

Fill in this worksheet with the main ideas from the powerpoint and hand it in through TEAMS.  5 marks.

News article on Ventilation

 Read this news article on ventilation in public places :

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00642-9

• NEWS FEATURE
• 07 March 2023

Indoor air is full of flu and COVID viruses. Will countries clean it up?

The current pandemic has focused attention to the importance of healthy indoor air and could spur lasting improvements to the air we breathe.

FOSSIL LAB

We will go over these slides on GEOLOGICAL TIME

And this is some background info on how fossils are formed. please do this worksheet    using the link here for finding the answers. 

HERE IS A SECOND LINK

This is 10 marks

Geological Time Lab

USE THE DRAWING PAPER AND MAKE COLOUR AND INK DRAWINGS OF SPECIMENS

Station 1 . ROW 1 THREE drawings  

Draw TWO samples of SANDSTONE 

DRAW ONE SAMPLE OF SHALE

  Answer the following questions
1.  How is sandstone formed?  Explain how a fossil might be formed in Sandstone
2.  How is shale  formed?  Explain how a fossil can form in shale

Station 2.  Known Fossils  THREE DRAWINGS 
A.  COMPARATIVE TEACHING COLLECTION ROW 2
Photograph all  fossils summarize their descriptions 

MAKE ONE DRAWING which includes  one fossil and one modern day equivalent.   Label the drawings with the descriptions shown

B.  FOSSIL BOX and fossil bucket.  ROW 3   Identify 7 and MAKE TWO DRAWINGS

1. photograph  7 fossils from this box and identify them.

2. Make two drawings consisting of: 

a.  a careful drawing of ONE FOSSIL from the box.

b. a drawing of the actual organism that  it came from using an internet search.  

c.   Tell me what era it came from as well as its environmental conditions.  for example, if your fossil is a SHARK TOOTH, then the organism it comes from is a SHARK and it's environment is marine. So your drawing in section 2B b is a drawing of a shark in its marine environment.

Station 3. ROW 4  UNKNOWN FOSSILS. 3 DRAWINGS 

 Choose 3 to draw
CHOOSE 3 fossils to identify.  photograph them and give evidence that you can identify the fossil using the known fossils. 

EVALUATION.   60 marks total

lab portion total 60 marks 

50-60 marks - you photograph all the fossils and you make drawings 

 3 drawings for station 1

3 drawings for station 2 and 

3 drawings for station 3. 

 You complete all your observations.    

30-45 - you completed all the drawings and it is not in colour .  Your drawings look great.  Or, you have beautiful drawings but did not complete all the drawings for each station.  

10-30 - This looks great and you need to complete the work

0-9 - this work is incomplete. 

Lab on Homologous and analogous traits

 Examine the specimens in class.  (6 specimens)

1.  Draw the specimens OR photograph the specimen and add text to your photo to identify

this specimen.   

a.  What is the environment of the specimen?

b. How do the physical traits help the organism survive in this environment? Example, the 

fluid dynamic shape of an orca helps it to hunt in its environment.

2.  Identify homologous traits amongst at least two or more specimens .  Label the traits that are 

homologous. 

3.  Identify analogous traits amongst at least two or more specimens. Label these traits.

4.  Group the specimens and tell me which are more likely to have a common ancestor? Which 

specimens are more closely related and which are most likely not related.

Give evidence for your answer.   

Evolution Lesson

 Your teacher will review these intro notes on evolution,   If time, look at the notes on

How evolutionary change occurs

Watch the videos below on speciation

ASSIGNMENT

DO TWO TASKS
1. WRITE A SUMMARY OF HOW SPECIATION OCCURS, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.
Review THE BIRD video on the steps of speciation and take notes on this, outlining the steps. Also read "How evolutionary change occurs" as a reference
2.  NEXT, write a summary of the human evolution video
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/video/human-origin-101/







Here's the crash course discribing Darwin's journey on the Beagle

Evaluation out of 20 

 18-20    Your summary is brilliant, creative and in a visual format. It is complete and shows that you understand the concepts

14-16.   Your summary is very well done and is complete. You show that you understand the concepts

10-12.  Your work is good so far and needs to be completed

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