The students will have a benchmark exam every six weeks over the material we have covered up to that point. The best way to prepare for each of these exams is a continual review of the science journal.

Date: Wednesday,September 20, 2006

Content Matter included:
Lab Safety and Procedures
Lab Instruments
Life Cycles:
Direct Development
Metamorphosis
Incomplete Metamorphosis
Complete Metamorphosis
Inherited Traits
Acquired(Learned)Traits
Plant Parts and Kinds
Vascular/ Nonvascular Plants
Gymnosperm/ Angiosperm
Photosynthesis
Water Cycle

Date: Thursday, November 02, 2006

Content Matter included:
Ecosystems
Habitats
Niche
Environment
Animal and Plant Adaptations (Structural and Behavioral)
Land Biomes:
Tundra, Taiga, Deciduous Forest, Grassland, Desert, Tropical Rainforest
Water Biomes: Fresh water, Marine (salt water) Biome, and Estuary(Brackish water )
Water Cycle