8th grade Science: Unit 5- Reproduction and Development

General Announcements:

Answer the Reproduction Review Sheet

Reproduction and Development Webquest: Due Tuesday, 3/24

Quiz Thursday- March 19th
Topics: Sexual Reproduction
- Reproductive Strategies ditto (internal vs external fertilization, internal vs external development, relationship between # of offspring produced and survival, relationship between Parental care and survival)
- Sexual Reproduction Notes- advantage and disadvantage, summary of, stages of embryonic development (notes and lab page 25)
- Twins
-This diagram:
 

Quiz Friday- March 13th
Topics:
Cell Division- Mitosis and Meiosis
Know the phases of mitosis and be able to describe what is happening in each phase


Mitosis Webquest can be found HERE.
Links for the webquest:
http://www.cellsalive.com/ Click on “Learn Mitosis, Meiosis and the Cell Cycle”www.johnkyrk.com/mitosis.html
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/activities/cell_cycle/cell_cycle.html
http://www.biologycorner.com/projects/mitosis.html


Quiz Friday- February 27th
Topics:
Types of asexual reproduction- description of the types, examples of organisms (an the kingdoms) for each type
Comparison between sexual and asexual reproduction

Flat as a Worm Research- due at the end of the class period, Friday, 2/13

Mitosis Song!

Mr. W's Mitosis Rap!