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It was a pleasure to meet the parents of my students at Open House on Tuesday night. I hope that everyone has made arrangements to access I-parent by now so you can see how your student is performing in class.

In class on Wednesday, we analyzed our data from our activity "How big is that cell?" and discussed the answers to Part IV questions.
It will be interesting to see how close our estimates are to the actual sizes of the various cell types. (I wonder if any of my students know how to find that information?) In class, we also completed a note taking activity (concept definition map available below) based on pages 18-25 "What is Life?" reading assignment.

For homework:
Please read pages 27-33 "Discovering Cells" and record notes as described... In you notes, State the Cell Theory and create a table to record the contributions made by Hooke, Leeuwenhoek, Schleiden, Schwann, and Virchow to our understanding of cells that led to The Cell Theory.

Student journals should now have several items to be graded: A reflection on the importance of accurate record keeping, Experiment using Gummi candies, activity on "How to use a Microscope", and the activity "How big is that cell?" I will begin checking them today, please make sure that your journal is on the shelf with your class.

Posted by Mrs. Carroll