Welcome to LoganAskWhy.com 2.0
LoganAskWhy.com is maintained by jonathan logan a science teacher at Paris Gibson Ed Center located in Great Falls, Montana. Students/Parents/Staff can use this site to check student grades and unit progress, to learn the procedures/methods for earning science units and to view my weekly seminar schedule with Archived Lesson Plans. The Courses Overview page describes the course material and the chapters covered. The Textbook (mp3 format) is available to download and listen to. Here is the link for the entire Biology Textbook online. This site also includes notes/reviews/handouts, class images, and class videos. Follow me on Twitter/loganaskwhy and view videos on my loganaskwhy YouTube Channel. Please e-mail me if you would like to receive cell phone text messages (LoganAlerts) to stay up to date with all the happenings in loganscience.
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"Carl Sagan has been a huge influence in my life. Getting students to always wonder why is a large part of my classroom philosophy. It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness! Much of today's public beliefs are based in psuedoscience...so question everything!"
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| BIOLOGY II: Seminar #1: Chapter 11 Tour Part I "Introduction to Genetics" |
Read Chapter 11 (pages 262-274) before coming to seminar. We will begin Genetics. Gregor Mendel used pea plants to put together a great story of how traits are inherited from parent to offspring. The chemical factors that determine traits are called genes. We will see how the segregation of alleles explains gametes coming together during fertilization to produce new offsrping. Genetics is all about probability. It will be important to use the Punnett Square to understand how homozygous and herterozygous alleles can be used to predict the genotype and the phenotype of offspring. The Chapter 11 Review, the Probability Worksheet, the Punnett Square worksheet, the Meiosis Lab and the Chapter 11 Test need to be completed by the end of the week. Check out BozemanBiology on Mendelian Genetics and Chromosomal Genetics. |
| BIOLOGY II: Seminar #2: Chapter 11 Tour Part II "Meiosis" and "Alien Genetics Lab" |
| The Chapter 11 Review, the Probability Worksheet, the Punnett Square worksheet, Alien Gentics Lab, the Meiosis Lab and the Chapter 11 Test need to be completed by the end of the week. |
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Introduction to Genetics Playlist |
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| BIOLOGY IV: Seminar #1: Chapter 26 Tour "Sponge and Cnidarians" |
Read Chapter 26 (pages 656-675) before coming to seminar. We now begin a 2 month tour through the Animal Kingdom 95% of which are invertebrates. Chapter 26 introduces the animal kingdom and covers the form/function of sponges and cnidarians (hydra, jellyfish, sea anemone, coral). Please review the Sponges and Cnidarians Notes PowerPoint. Check out the Sponge and Cnidarians Webnotes if you do not have PowerPoint. Practice the vocabulary with the Chapter 26 Flashcard Quiz. The Chapter 26 Review, the Embryonic Development Worksheet, the Sponge Lab, the Hydra Lab, and the Chapter 26 Test @70% should be completed this week. Check out the following videos: Sea Sponges, Sponge Feeding, Sponge Reproduction, Super Jellyfish, Cnidarian Eating, Budding Hydra Animation, Coral Spawn, Coral Asexual Reproduction-Budding. |
| BIOLOGY IV: Seminar #2: "Embyronic Development" and Hydra Lab |
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Embryonic Development Playlist |
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| Sponge and Cnidarian Playlist |
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Geology Seminars are Mondays, Wednesday & Fridays @9:45-10:45 |
Here's the Geology Syllabus (The things that need to be completed) |
| Geology Seminar #1: Intro to Geology & Chapter 3 Tour: "Atoms to Minerals" |
Read Chapter 3 (pages 28-417) before coming to seminar. Over the four weeks, we will be studying Geology. While reading chapter 3, students need to restate and answer Chapter 3 Topic Questions #1-15. Students will need to complete the Chapter 3 Worksheet, the Crystal Systems Lab and the Chapter 3 Test @70% by the end of this week. The next few weeks we will be identifying minerals by using an arsenal of observations/tests. Before the Mineral Lab we will do the Specific Gravity Lab. Students will then begin testing and identifying 30 rock-forming minerals. The Mineral Lab as seen on Logan's Mineral Lab website should be completed within two weeks. During the Mineral Lab Reread chapter 4 (pages 53-57) EVERY DAY! Practice the Mineral Notes, and put in lots of time practicing the minerals in your kit. Check out The Mineral Project Website. It has a mineral search, mineral identification notes, and a large database of minerals. Check out Minerals for more information. Each student will need to complete mineral practical test and a mineral written (chapter 4) test within the next three weeks. |
| Geology Seminar #2: "Crystal Systems Lab" |
Read Chapter 3 (pages 28-417) before coming to seminar. While reading chapter 3, students need to restate and answer Chapter 3 Topic Questions #1-15. Students will need to complete the Chapter 3 Worksheet, the Crystal Systems Lab and the Chapter 3 Test @70% by the end of this week. |
| Geology Seminar #3: Chapter 4 Tour "Identification of Minerals" and "Specific Gravity Lab" |
Read Chapter 4 (pages 46-57) before coming to seminar. Students must restate and answer the Topics 1-9 on their own. We will be identifying minerals by using an arsenal of observations/tests. Before the Mineral Lab we will do the Specific Gravity Lab. Images of the Specific Gravity Lab. Students will then begin testing and identifying 30 rock-forming minerals. The Mineral Identification Lab should be completed within 2 weeks. Images of the Mineral Lab. Reread chapter 4 (pages 53-57) EVERY DAY! Practice the Mineral Notes, and put in lots of time practicing the minerals in your kit. Check out The Mineral Project Website. It has a mineral search, mineral identification notes, and a large database of minerals. Check out Minerals for more information. The Chapter 4 Topics, the Specific Gravity Lab chapter 4 worksheet, Chapter 4 Vocab Quiz @100%, Identification of Minerals Lab, Chapter 4 Test and a Mineral Practical all need to be completed. |
| Geology Seminar #4: "Mineral Identification Lab" Take Ch 4 Test and Mineral Practical |
| Read Chapter 5 (pages 62-79) before coming to seminar. Now that we have the knowledge and the skills to identify minerals, it is time to move on to rocks. We will be performing an Igneous, a Sedimentary and a Metamorphic rock investigation. Be sure to read chapter 5 and restate/answer the chapter 5 topics 1-23. Spend some time checking out my Rock Review Trackstar. Check out the images of the Identifying Minerals Lab on my website. The Chapter 5 Topics, the Chapter 5 Worksheet, the Igneous Lab w/Quiz, the Sedimentary Lab w/Quiz, the Metamorphic Lab w/Quiz, the Chapter 5 Test and the Rock Practical need to be completed After Thanksgiving. Your success in this rock section is directly proportional to the time you spend reading and practicing the labs. |
| Geology Seminar #5: Chapter 5 Tour "Rocks and the Rock Cycle" |
| Geology Seminar #6: Work on the Igneous, a Sedimentary and a Metamorphic rock investigation. |
| Take the Rock Practical Test and the Chapter 5 Written Test |
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Minerals and Rocks Playlist |
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| Geology Seminar #7: Chapter 13 Tour "Plate Tectonics" |
With the study of Minerals and Rocks behind us, it is time to continue our geology tour into plate tectonics. We will be covering readings from Chapter 5 topic #4, Chapter 13 topics #1-15, . All topic questions listed will be collected. Please visit the website: Plate Tectonics In A Nutshell to see the big picture. Alfred Wegner's bold continental drift theory got the ball rolling. As evidence mounted, plate tectonics unified much of geology into one simple concept. Different plate boundaries driven by convection currents have and are shaping our Earth's surface. Geologists use earthquake waves, landforms, changes in magnetic polarity and volcanic rock information to piece the puzzle together. Use labs, readings and notes to learn the story. The Plate Tectonic Test will be a three page essay test. Each of the three essays will have topics, notes, links and a lab to help you get the information organized into a good story (the one page essay). Please get to work on the three plate tectonic essays ASAP. |
| Geology Seminar #8: Convection Current Lab, Plate Boundary Activity & 3 Essays Test |
Plate Tectonics Playlist |
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Posted by jonathan logan on Octiber 12, 2017.
