Monday, May 10, 2010

Eighth Grade Week 27

We change gears this week and focus on biology for the last few weeks of school. First, we take a look at the cell, it's parts, and how we study it.

How do even the smallest cells show the characteristics of living things?
What are the functions of specific cell parts?

This section looks at the use of microscopes. I see that the counter that I cleaned off for the chemistry unit has fallen into squalor in my absence. Let's clean that up so I can challenge you to use the microscopes we have to help your classmates to see the small world you are trying to describe in your classwork and contracts.

21 comments:

Steven said...

How can you tell what microscope someone used to look at the cell?

Anonymous said...

Microscopes are very cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

If you look at a leaf under a microscope, the leaf appears to be like 20 times larger. Then you can observe the different cells of a leaf

Anonymous said...

Mitch: What is the most powerful microscope?

Anonymous said...

What is the most powerful microscope?

ebbottbaby said...

Why do plants need chlorophyll if they could use cellular respiration?

Preston said...

Why do we need to learn about the cell cycle.

pania said...

have you ever thought...
what if earth was like a small
cell? and earth gets observed
by a microscope? what if space
is just like a leaf?

but then i think again.
space is never ENDING DUDE.
ur not gana get to the end
of space and feel a black wall.
space is not a box.
but what if it is? (O_O)

will there be aliens TOO?
there shud be because space
is never ending and we
cant be the only things living
in space :D

Unknown said...

how long do it take for a cell to reproduce

nmueller said...

Do plant cells have all the phases before they reproduce?

Jack said...

Mr. Hoopman, what parts can we regenerate?

Anonymous said...

the cell cycle. it's interesting

Delfina said...

The nucleus holds the cell's important DNA and during the first stage of the cell life cycle, interphase, the DNA is replicated or made into two copies.

Jack said...

mr hoopman is it okay that i do clubbed thumbs even though it isnt a disease

Cody said...

How can the offspring of two midgets be normal size hieght.

Unknown said...

why do genes pass on throw family members why dose it not just start over with differant genes

Unknown said...

why do you think that we have genects

Jack Heginbottom said...

how can some modern day animals have the same common ancestor even if they arent the same animals

Unknown said...

why dont we see any bird that look like the do do bird

Anonymous said...

why do you think that the manitee and the bat have the same bone struture in the arm or wing

paniaLOVES2012 said...

DUDE, HAVE A GOOD SUMMER MR.HOOP~