The incredible edible cell

أسلم عليكم !

Last Thursday the sixth grade Science class attempted to construct an edible cell.

The class was divided into 3 groups. Each group was asked to choose a cell (plant or animal), and construct the cell parts with foods that were similiar structurally.

Well, we had amazing to ...interesting food choices.

The red jello represents an animal cell.

The orange jello represents a plant cell.

The best part about this lab work, is that the student got to eat their cells afterwards! They were so eager to eat their cells, that some of them started eating the cell parts before the cell was finished! (As a result, I took off a point off of their scores).

Take a look!

And if I did my homework...

أسلم عليكم!

Nous voulons le meilleur pour vous! Croyez nous! 

Il faut que vous fassiez des efforts nécessaires également pour parvenir a vos objectives dans la vie. 

Et le plus grand de nos objectives c'est de réussir la vie ici bas et l'au delà. 

Comment faire?

Il faut réfléchir. En tous cas, nous sommes la pour vos aider...

For those of you who did not do the homework sent by mail, you can find it here:

Read, read, read a book
Read it every day.
Reading and writing are very exciting
Reading is OK!

To improve your reading and writing skills in Science, you must...
start reading and writing!

Click on the below links (or copy and paste)  to find very interesting
articles.

Please answer the following questions after reading the article

1. Who is the author of the article?
2. When and where was the article first published?
3. What is (are) the main idea(s) of the article?
4. Did you enjoy reading it? Why or why not?

For extra credit, you may read the other articles in this list and
answer the questions.

I will alternate reading and writing weeks. Therefore, next Friday
inshaAllah, I will be giving you all a writing assignment.

Here are the articles!

Sixth grade

Have aliens left the universe?
http://www.robertlanzabiocentrism.com/have-aliens-left-the-universe/

Seventh grade

Feathered dinosaurs
http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/f/feathered_dinosaurs.htm

Eighth grade

First ever direct measurements of Earth's rotation
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111222103114.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fearth_climate+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Earth+%26+Climate+News%29

Tenth grade

Fantastic voyage through the body with precision control
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111215135851.htm

Assalamu alaikum!

Please read the following articles and answer the following questions.

1. Who is/are the author(s) of the article?

2. When was the article first published and where?

3. What are the main ideas of the article?

4. Did you enjoy the article? Why or why not?

Please write your answers in complete sentences! Make your answers as
thorough as possible. Please include the title of the article and the
link. (Include the link if you are replying by email).

Sixth grade

How male spiders use eaves dropping to one up on their rivals.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120104115055.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fearth_climate+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Earth+%26+Climate+News%29

Seventh grade

Fish mimics octopus that mimics fish
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120104153747.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fearth_climate+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Earth+%26+Climate+News%29

Eight/Ninth grades

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120104133151.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fearth_climate+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Earth+%26+Climate+News%29

Flipped from head to toe: 100 years of continental drift theory

Tenth grade (my beloved 10)
Smart way of saving lives in natural disasters
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120104111910.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fearth_climate+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Earth+%26+Climate+News%29

Assalamu alaikum!

I hope that you all are well rested and preparing for school this Monday. 

Like I mentioned, you will be receiving a reading or writing exercise every Friday. This Scientific Journaling will count towards 10% of your final grade. It is important that you build good communication skills. By being able to communicate and clearly express your thoughts, reading and understanding Science will be much, much easier.

Today, you have a writing exercise to prepare. You have one week to complete this exercise.

Sixth grade

Pick a scientific discovery or technological advancement and describe how it has affected mankind.

Seventh grade

Choose a scientist (African) and comment on his/contribution to Science. (You can consider any scientific field).

Eighth grade

Do you believe that life exists on other planets? Explain why or why not.

Tenth grade

Many scientific phenomena has been mentionned in the Quran, some of which has been validated, some have not. Discuss three of them.

You can develop your writing in which ever way you wish. 

Plagiarism is strictly forbidden!

The best entries will be showcased.

Your exercises will be graded on sentence fluency, organisation of ideas, presentationm grammar/spelling, voice etc. I will give each of you a hand out of the rubrics that you will stick in your books.