Buckhorn Homecoming!

Buckhorn Middle School will be joining to celebrate homecoming with Buckhorn High School on October 5^th.  In preparation of the week’s activities, we would like to share a schedule of events that outlines BMS activities. 

Our homecoming theme for the week is “Smash the Senators”.  We will show our school spirit by dressing up on the following days: 

-Monday, October 1^st:  BMS Picture Day (America, Dress Your Best Day)

-Tuesday, October 2^nd:  Twin Day

-Wednesday, October 3^rd: Hippie Day

-Thursday, October 4^th:  Character Day

-Friday, October 5^th:  Crazy Blue/Gold Day

Additional Activities are as follows:

-Thursday, October 4^th:  BMS Pep Rally in the gym.  Parents are welcome! This will be the last county game vs. Meridianville (football-away).  Volleyball will also play away at Monrovia.  Eighth grade volleyball players will be recognized at this pep rally.  Pep Rally will begin at 2:25pm. 

-Friday, October 5^th:  BMS will attend BHS pep rally.  Time-TBA. 

-Homerooms will decorate doors to promote homecoming week.  The winning homeroom class will receive a popcorn party at break. 

-The BMS homecoming representatives will participate in Homecoming festivities during half time on Friday, October 5^th against Sparkman. 

-Note: BMS Band is sponsoring a dance on Friday, October 26^th.   Dance times and details will be announced

Super Duper Cell Webquest

Website #1    http://www.williamsclass.com/SeventhScienceWork/CellTheoryParts.htm

Website #2    http://www.scsc.k12.in.us/SMS/Teachers/Martin/replacementlink.htm
Website #3   http://www.myschoolhouse.com/courses/O/1/70.asp
 
Website #4   http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/3dcell.htm

Website #5   http://www.cellsalive.com/gallery.htm

Finished Early?  http://www.cellsalive.com/puzzles/index.htm 



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Don't Forget - Picture File Due MONDAY!

Picture File Due Monday! 

Scroll down for instructions and example!

Living Organisms Picture File Activity

Objective:  Students will identify real-life examples of living things using their knowledge of the
                     characteristics of living things.

Requirements: 

1.        You must find a minimum of five pictures that show real-life examples of living organisms. (No Cartoons!)  The pictures must be from magazines, books, the internet, or photos that you take. 

2.        Each picture must be placed on a full sized sheet of construction paper or printer paper.

3.       Each page should be labeled with your name and a brief description of how the picture exemplifies a living organism.  Make sure you are specific in your description.  (Use the 6 characteristics!)

4.       The assignment is due Monday, September 24^th and will count as 2 homework grades.  There will be a 5 point deduction for each day that it is late.

Example:

New Unit

Our new unit will cover:

Characteristics of Living Things     - and -     Cells

Microscopes & Scientific Method Webquest

Site 1:  A-Z Microscope History
Site 2:  Microbus
Site 3:  Magnification Module
Site 4:  Scientific Method in Action (scroll down)

Microscopes & Scientific Method Webquest

Choose ONE of the following true situations, and answer the questions that follow.

The Strange Case of BeriBeri
In 1887 a strange nerve disease attacked the people in the Dutch East Indies. The disease was beriberi. Symptoms of the disease included weakness and loss of appetite, victims often died of heart failure. Scientists thought the disease might be caused by bacteria. They injected chickens with bacteria from the blood of patients with beriberi. The injected chickens became sick. However, so did a group of chickens that were not injected with bacteria.
One of the scientists, Dr. Eijkman, noticed something. Before the experiment, all the chickens had eaten whole-grain rice, but during the experiment, the chickens were fed polished rice. Dr. Eijkman researched this interesting case. he found that polished rice lacked thiamine, a vitamin necessary for good health.

1. State the Problem
2. What was the hypothesis?
3. How was the hypothesis tested?
4. Should the hypothesis be supported or rejected based on the experiment?
5. What should be the new hypothesis?

How Penicillin Was Discovered
In 1928, Sir Alexander Fleming was studying Staphylococcus bacteria growing in culture dishes. He noticed that a mold called Penicillium was also growing in some of the dishes. A clear area existed around the mold because all the bacteria that had grown in this area had died. In the culture dishes without the mold, no clear areas were present.
Fleming hypothesized that the mold must be producing a chemical that killed the bacteria. He decided to isolate this substance and test it to see if it would kill bacteria. Fleming transferred the mold to a nutrient broth solution. This solution contained all the materials the mold needed to grow. After the mold grew, he removed it from the nutruient broth. Fleming then added the nutrient broth in which the mold had grown to a culture of bacteria. He observed that the bacteria died.

1. Identify the problem.
2. What was Fleming's hypothesis?
3. How was the hypothesis tested?
4. Should the hypothesis be supported or rejected based on the experiment?
5. This experiment lead to the development of what major medical advancement?

Test Review

Check out these two websites to review the parts of the microscope!

Microscope Labeling Game

Online Microscope Labeling Quiz

Microscopes & Scientific Method

The Microscopes & Scientific Method Test will be Tuesday, September 18th. 

Today:  Students participated in their first microscope lab investigating how a newsprint "e" looks under low and medium power.

Friday:  Students will use the scientific method to investigate M&M candies.

photo from:  http://www1.broward.edu/~ssimpson/letterE.htm




photo from:  http://www.scsastro.co.uk/category/microscopes