Review of class: 9-13

Today in biology we did various things. Because of an assembly, though, the class was shortened. The class started off with Mrs. Stein telling us in what rows we are going to be sitting in the auditorium, so that we are not confused about it when we get there.

Next, we silently read through the Duckweed Lab rubric once, so that we could get an idea of what we are being graded on. Mrs. Stein then explained everything on the rubric. She showed us three concepts that we need to research for the duckweed lab. These concepts are:

• Find out more about duckweed!
• Find out more about your independent variable!
• Why is it important to study populations?

These concepts are also posted on Moodle under Duckweed Lab Research Guide.

We then further talked about the last concept, why it's important to study populations. This is the part of the lab where you have to research about certain populations that are currently a problem. Some examples of these problems are: Endangered species, Invasive species, and the rapidly growing human population.

After talking about our lab, we walked down to the IMC. When we got there, we had a discussion about certain sites that are helpful to use in our research. These sites can be found under LibGuides on the GBS homepage. (or take the easy way: http://gbslibguides.glenbrook225.org/scidatabases ) ^_^

The rest of the class we had time to start on our research. Then class ended and we went to the assembly.

The next scribe will be.....ALI :)