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Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Field study to the Vancouver Aquarium April 25


We will go to the Vancouver Aquarium to do the wet lab and explore the galleries. Please fill out the paper consent form.  Cost of this trip is $17  Students will meet at the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre at the following times .  NOTE THAT bus #19 Stanley Park on Kingsway takes you to the Vancouver Aquarium.




Please meet at the entrance of the Aquarium FOR ATTENDANCE

11:15 AM     SECTION 2-4
12:45 PM      SECTION 1-1
1PM              SECTION 1-3

AFTER THE PROGRAM, you may eat lunch and hang out at the aquarium until 230 at which point you will be dismissed.




Field Study to Habitat Island APRIL 6

We will be visitng Habitat Island at Olympic Village. We will take the skytrain down together.

 April 6.  839 to 1130

Please organize your field study teams, select a team leader and  fill out the paper consent form

Monday, March 27, 2017

Animal Kingdom UNIT TEST and Camosun Bog Presentations

Here are some animal notes


IMPORTANT DATES! 
Animal Kingdom Unit test:
Block 2-4 - MONDAY, APRIL 3
Blocks 1-1 and 1-3 - TUESDAY, APRIL 4

The test will be divided into 3 parts:
Multiple choice questions - 10 = 10 points
Short answer questions - choose 4 of 5 options = 8 points
Long answer questions - choose 2 of 3 options = 10 points
Here is the UNIT PRACTICE TEST
Here is the ANSWER KEY to the test

CAMOSUN BOG PRESENTATIONS
Block 2-4 - FRIDAY, MARCH 31
Blocks 1-1 and 1-3 - WEDNESDAY,  APRIL 5
NOTE: Presentations are between 5 and 10 minutes long geared to visitors of the Camosun bog.

Monday, March 13, 2017

Camosun Bog Project

Here is the document of the UNIT PROJECT with the details of the project, how you will be graded and the self/peer assessment.
The self/peer assessment is 15% of your project grade.

Quick outline of the project:
You are an expert BOTANIST that will be conducting a guided tour of the Camosun Bog (www.camosunblog.blogspot.ca) to a group of tourists.
Your Brochure will be used as a key piece of information for visitors; it must be attractive to the eye (colours, font, images, etc.) and easy to read (simple language).
- You can create your brochure using templates from MS Word, or MS publisher.
- Your brochure can be a trifold type or a single letter sized page with appropriate designs (attractive to the eye).

Your presentation (5 to 10 min) should focus on the key points that you would want to get across to the Camosun Bog visitors in order to make your plant memorable (WOW factor) and create a sense of urgency in preserving this unique environment. (Focus on why it is important to conserve this ecosystem).
- For your presentation you can:
  - use the brochure you created as an aid to the presentation (electronic brochure through the projector)
  - create a prezi, power point, haiku, etc.
  - create a voice over video

NOODLETOOLS (www.noodletools.com)
5 sources required, at least 1 printed (book, peer reviewed article, magazine, etc.).
You do not need to print your resources, but they do need to be entered into noodletools.
- Steps: 
 - create your source file
 - you may use the notecards option for organizing your information. Once you have created your source, once you create a new notecard you can choose your source from the drop down menu.



Monday, March 6, 2017

Whoever is interested in helping out at the VSB Sustainability Conference as an artist, sign up below

Do you Doodle in Class? Care about Sustainability? The VSB Sustainability Conference wants you!




Do you doodle in class, during meetings? Can't stop drawing if you tried?  We have once again been requested to do youth artist training for youth to draw for other youth at the VSB Sustainability Conference! on May 5, 2017. We need to find at least 20 youth artists to draw for their peers.

The first of two co-design youth artist training sessions will take place on a date to be announced.
We will also warm up on the morning of the conference so you'll be ready to draw for the planning session!  APPLY TO BE AN ARTIST HERE.

What you will learn:
  • Fast visual storytelling techniques that can be used for planning
  • Sketching warm ups
  • Fundamentals of co-design drawing
  • How to draw fearlessly in front of peers
We will take you step by step to draw for the conference!
Ready, set, DRAW!

Sunday, February 26, 2017

Discovering the Animal Kingdom

CLASS NOTES:
Here is the mind map we created during our first lesson. 
Us and them? how are we (HomoSapiens) related to a tapeworm and all living animals? what gave such large diversity of species? 

Always keep handy your phylogenetic tree of the animal kingdom, we will be using them every class as we move forward from simple (primitive) organisms to more complex (further evolved) organisms. 

PORIFFERA - CNIDARIA (RADIATA) - PLATYHELMINTHES - NEMATODA - MOLLUSCA
→→→→→→→→→→EVOLUTION→→→→→→→→→→→EVOLUTION→→→→→→→→

ANNELIDA - ARTHROPODA - ECHINODERM
→→→→→→EVOLUTION→→→→→→→→


INTRO SLIDES
Porifera, Cnidaria & Platyhelminthes slides
Nematoda & Mollusca slides
Annelida & Echinoderm Slides
Ms. Ng's arthropoda slides

IMPORTANT! - What is a coelom and why we need a coelom? WATCH THIS VIDEO!
Up to minute 7:30, the rest is fun facts.


SQUID DISSECTION

- For Tuesday, Feb 28, 1-1 & 1-3 blocks must bring with you a list of the parts of a squid with their functions.

- For Friday, March 1, 2-4 block must bring with you a list of the parts of a squid with their functions.

We will be doing a squid dissection, without this list you cannot participate in the dissection.

Dissection Write-up TOTAL 30 marks: 1-1 & 1-3 due on Monday, March 6. 
2-4 due on March 7
The write-up for this lab is individual. Now that you have dissected your squid, you can compare your observations with the parts that you discover through your brief research (homework).
- Did it have all the parts you found before the dissection?
- Which parts do you now see if you compare it to a diagram?
OR Which parts did your specimen NOT have that you found in your research?
- IMPORTANT: How are these parts an evolutionary trait and how is it of an advantage or disadvantage to the animal for surviving?

Homework TOTAL 10 marks:1-1 & 1-3 due on Monday, March 6. 
2-4 due on March 7
Answer the following questions:
What phylum does the squid belong to?
What family does it belong to?
Which other 2 families are the cousins or are related to the squid?
Out of the three families, which one is the most primitive and the more advanced and why?
What is are the evolutionary differences between the squid phylum and the roundworm phylum?





Monday, February 20, 2017

UBC Beaty Museum Passport

This activity was a combination of learning about the visible evolutionary traits across and within species like between different bird species, or how food sources shape the animal's physiology (carnivorous vs herbivore teeth).

If you were unable to make it to the museum, you may most if not all answers on the net.

Page 2 (inside cover) - use your class notes from evolution
Page 3 - enter the bit.ly address on the web for the video
Page 4 and 5: find the skulls of these animals and draw or describe their teeth structures
        Hint page 5-  it's a panda bear - what is the diet of a panda bear?
Page 6 and 7-  choose 2 birds of your liking and complete the tables (for Evol +/-) how are these traits an evolutionary advantage/disadvantage to the animal?
       Find the answers for the kiwi
Page 8 - Find the definitions
Page 9 -
Page 10 - this is your personal opinion on using things you might have seen in the museum to adorn homes or to be used as jewellery, etc.
Page 11 - The answers are in this video : http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/stickleback-film-quiz