Hi y'all!

Ok, we have a field trip on Thursday to do reef walk. Here is what I need for you to do. You should visit the website for the Coral Reel Advisory Group of American Samoa. Browse over the site, but pay attention to the section: Coral Reefs in American Samoa.

From your exloration, I want you to make a blog posting and discuss the three most interesting things you learned about coral reefs in American Samoa. For extra quality points, briefly explain what CRAG is. Who is part of it? What does it do? Why does it do what it does?

After you have done this, you know what projects you are working to complete. Get to work!

If you finished everything, everything, then you may have free time.

Have fun!!!

I hope that you enjoyed two days in a row of PE. Now it's time to get back to the fun of using computers to explore and learn.

As I mentioned this morning, we have so much that we still want to accomplish before the end of the year. Whew! I'm exhausted just thinking about it. We have an hour and a half in the computer lab today, and I want us to use our time well. Here is a list of the things that we need to get done:

1. Update your blog. It does not need to be much, but I want everyone to post something. If you cannot think of anything to blog about, you can summarize the book you are reading now.

2. My Samoan Chief reading group, you still owe me book brochures. I want you to make the completion of the brochure a priority.


3. We are continuing our discussion of genetics. Today I want you to learn about karyotypes. Click on this link: Chromosome Hunt. Read the information, and answer the following questions:

What is a karyotype?

What do scientists use karyotypes for?

How many pairs of chromosomes do humans have?

Both males and females have two sex chromosomes. Using the letters X and Y, describe the sex chromosomes of

Males:

Females:

What do you think would happen if a person was born missing a chromosome or with too many chromosomes?

Post your answers on your blog.

Ok, so this is a lot to get done in an hour and a half, but if you are a speed demon, I have one more assignment for you. We still want to make a movie this quarter. I need you to find material for our script. Go online, and try to find examples of the two myths that we discussed in class this morning.

Ok. I'm tired from typing all of this, and I'm excited to get to work. Let's get busy!!!

Have fun!

Mr. Hatcher

I know that you would all rather be outside for PE, but we swapped days with the Explorers. You'll be outside tomorrow, and then you'll have two days of PE in a row.

We've been learning about genetics, DNA and base pairs. Remember that thymine pairs with adenine and guanine pairs with cytosine.

Today, we are going to review a little bit and learn a few new things. Visit the site "Tell Me About Genetics", read through all the and complete the worksheet. You will have today and Thurday to complete this assignment.

People in the My Samoan Chief reading group owe me a book brochure by Wednesday. Quinn, you still owe me a brochure for Julie of the Wolves. Try to finish it today.

You may also take 10 minutes to update your blog.

When you finish, there are some games that you can play.

Have fun and learn!