Sunday, February 16, 2014

Weekly update: Tuesday, February 18th to Friday, February 21st

SCIENCE


ALL grade 7's: be able to give the definition and an example of:

  • solute
  • solvent
  • solution
  • mechanical mixture
ALL grade 8's: be able to identify 
  • the basic components of a plant cell, and their function, including:  cell wall, cell membrane, nucleus, stomata, vacuole, chloroplasts, cytoplasm.
  • the definition of diffusion and osmosis, and an example of each.
This week, we will continue on with grade 7's experimenting to create solutions, including super-saturated solutions. Grade 8's will finish plant cells this week and be ready to move on to animal cells.