THURSDAY: Generating Criteria with Students

1/16/2014

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Today, the students completed generating their criteria for their new 'ADAPTATIONS' assignments/projects. We worked through each of the main areas listed below and added details to what would would be required in each category. Students will receive their criteria handouts tomorrow.

Reliable research
Givens
Creativity and Effort
Images
Content
Titles, borders, and labels

In P.E., the students worked on their dribbling skills and their scrimmaging skills. Check out today's video link to see how you can fake out your appointment and drive to the hoop for an easy layup! See how our fellow Canadian, Steve Nash. does it by clicking here!

1.) MATH 6: Any assigned work. Be sure to double check your teacher's website.
MATH 7: The remaining textbook questions from pg 54-55. There will be another assignment over
the weekend. Be sure to check the website over the weekend!

2.) SCIENCE:

Add to your research based on the criteria we generated in class. Do your best to have your first draft of your adaptations paragraphs ready for tomorrow.
You will receive your criteria handout in class tomorrow.

3.) POST A RESPONSE:

If you could create an organism with 3-5 adaptations, what would you call it?
List the 3-5 adaptations your organism would have.
Briefly describe how each adaptation helps it survive in a specific ecosystem. Get creative!

VIDEO LINKS:

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Pancake

1/16/2014 08:08:24 am

First

Gamer

1/16/2014 08:15:01 am

1 I would call it a goul and it would be Resistant to radiation for live in post apocalypse 2 is for it would age slower then people to live longer 3 they live in the dark underground so less things need to get in it,s way and will attack on site of anything.

Mr. Hong link

1/16/2014 10:13:37 am

@ Gamer - Can you revise your post and correct your capitals? Thanks so much! :-)

princesa

1/16/2014 08:15:42 am

Ichigo

1/16/2014 08:29:15 am

The name I would give that animal is a sawrhino. One adaptation it would have would to use its saw shaped horn to cut through their preys before they eat it. This would help the making catching food so much easier. The second one would be using the amazingly unique saw to pull itself through the water in a swimming like movement. This helps them to catch their favourite food, which is fish and great white sharks. Special sawrhinos are born with two saws, but these ones aren't where their horns would be, it would be where there hips are. This allows it to fly. This only works because the sawrhinos only weigh 20 pounds being huge. And their sawwings are 10 feet long.
The last adaption would be to use its saw to climb trees. This helps them hide from their predators.

princesa

1/16/2014 08:36:11 am

It would be called a floogle it would have camouflage to save its self from predators it will also be able to fly and it will survive on low amounts of food that is ether meat or plants and water. it will also be able to live in any weather conditions.

Mr. Hong link

1/16/2014 12:12:40 pm

@ Princessa - Just like we discussed in class today, you need to pay attention to all the 'GIVENS'. Please pay attention to your sentences and your capitals! :-) You need to put periods at the end of your sentences.

Ichigo

1/16/2014 08:54:06 am

@Mr. Hong- Something you really need to check is what you wrote down on the basketball part of the message. You put Check out today's video link to see how you can fake out your appointment and drive to the hoop for an easy layup! If you didn't notice, you put appointment as if you are going to avoid a trip to the doctor. I think you meant opponent.

Ichigo

1/16/2014 08:56:40 am

Heres a better one. See how you can fake your trip to the doctors office and take a drive to go play some hoops to learn to do a layup. :)

Mr. Hong link

1/16/2014 12:10:10 pm

@ Ichigo - Thank you so much for the feedback! That darn autocorrect messes up my spelling/sentences sometimes. hahahaha;-)

I will take the feedback you have given me and I will improve on my work! Thanks so much :-)

Ichigo

1/16/2014 08:57:43 am

@ Mr. Hong - When are you going to put up our websites so we can look at each others?

Mr. Hong link

1/16/2014 12:11:16 pm

@ Ichigo - We have some things planned this week and next. Then, hopefully they will be ready to be published on our class site! We will have a 'FEATURED WEBSITE' section starting on February 1st! I'm so happy you are so excited about it!

Spongebob

1/16/2014 08:59:33 am

If I could create an organanism I would create "Super Humans". Some adaptions would be it can fly, they would have great strength and speed, and they would be super smart. These adaptions would help them to survive because they could fly away from danger (earthquake, fires, etc.) Also they could get to places very fast like work, or emergencies or anything like that. They would also be able to lift heavy things to protect people from being crushed, or hurt. Lastly they would be very smart, and be able to find cures for diseases like cancer, or any disease that's kills people.

ATV BOY

1/16/2014 09:20:59 am

If I were to create a organism it would be called Super Piggy. This piggy could fly, run, and walk on 2 legs. This pig would need to adapt to the wild by hunting its own prey. Also, it would need to adapt to flying away from enemy's and flying into the wind so it does not get tired. One Last adaption is it needs to adapt to its strength to walk on its legs and to run for a distance and how fast it goes.

Butterflypuppy

1/16/2014 09:27:00 am

An Organisms name I wound create would be called Super Fly Pig. Its adaptations would be Camouflage, Kind of clear but flying And a long tongue like a frog. Fly and camouflage would help the organism to live by being able to fly high above the ground or blend in with its surrounding to hide fro predictors. For that organism to live it would also have the long tongue like a frog for catching pray.

Crimson Elite

1/16/2014 09:30:53 am

If I could make any organism I would probably call him a "The Sea Challenger." I would make him have a gigantic volcano type of thing on his head to fizz up soda when a predator/prey is around. The volcano would fizz out up soda and "Challenger Fizz" will run away or try to catch it. Another adaptation "Fizz" will have is stealth mode, he can go back in time or stop time without anyone noticing "The Sea Challenger" at the time. This can be an adaption because then he can put a tree stump in front of a predator that is chasing "The Sea Challenger" for example. One last ability/adaption that will have is swimming. "The Sea Challanger" is the "King Of Tidal" with his trident. Swimming can be a very good adaption because it is a tool of escaping predators when they are on land, "The Sea Challenger" can be both in and out of water because of his human-like body and octopus-like head with gills.

Image drawn by me on Pixlr of "The Sea Challenger": https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0RcoxcQoXLlblVHNEpjMkxGWVk/edit?usp=sharing

Icestone

1/16/2014 09:58:30 am

@ Crimson Elite - Good idea to draw a picture of your organism! I'm going to do that too, if you don't mind.

Mr. HOng link

1/16/2014 12:04:47 pm

@ Icestone/Crimson - Did you guys read my day plan for tomorrow? The plan is to actually draw your creation! You guys are so smart!!! :-)

Crimson Elite

1/16/2014 12:28:17 pm

@Icestone - Well you already did so sure :)
@Mr. Hong - So do we have to do it tomorrow as well?

Icestone link

1/16/2014 09:56:35 am

If I could make up an organism I would make the "Cancer et Mortuus". Just so you know, nothing in the next paragraph is true.

The Cancer et Mortuus, which is the scientific name for the Cancer Killer, (Thanks to google translate to translate to latin) is a tiny organism the size of a blood cell that has lived for thousands of years and have never been given a name. Scientists have thought they were useless until now. But recently a doctor was giving medicine to a cancer patient via needle injection. The doctor accidentally put in Cancer et Mortuus instead of the medicine that the patient was suppose to get. When it cured the cancer from the patient, scientists looked closer and saw that the species of organism had a mineral inside them that they had been looking for for a very long time. They were Cancer et Mortuus, or Cancer Killers! Cancer et Mortuus not only kills cancer, they live for approximately 150-200 years. So they last for a lifetime. Every child is now injected when born with Cancer et Mortuus to stop cancer from coming, and it will last that child's entire life. Same with everyone else, now people are going to local doctor's clinics to get the Cancer Shot.

This organism has adapted to having that mineral inside them to help humans survive.

Icestone

1/16/2014 10:08:06 am

This is my drawing of "Cancer et Mortuus"!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwrgSZ1ABiNwdGY0X3Z2NkhycFE/edit?usp=sharing

Mr. Hong link

1/16/2014 12:15:47 pm

@ Icestone - I couldn't see your picture. Is it an open link?

Ichigo

1/16/2014 10:21:11 am

The Image I made of a SawRhino is here:
https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1DAlkbZP6l9eeo2tvZQTtN9fqgws8Um6EyerRDNNASmU/edit?usp=sharing

Mr. Hong link

1/16/2014 12:16:47 pm

@ Ichigo - You are so creative! I love your drawing! Well done! You combined the skills you learned in art and used it for your science project! :-) BRAVO!

Tarantula

1/16/2014 10:45:39 am

Marasnell would be the name of my organism the adaptations would be instant adaptive camo that changes with its environment, also it would have a shell to protect it from prey lastly it would have four heat sensing eyes.

Mr. Hong link

1/16/2014 12:17:57 pm

@ Tarantula - Did you read the entire criteria for this post? If not, edit and revise please. :-)

Gaia

1/16/2014 11:16:03 am

My organism would be called either Tenshi no ōkami or Densetsu.It would have "angel"wings that would seemingly disappear when not wanted or needed,these wings would also have posion on the tips/ends. It would look exactly like a wolf,(except the wings) so that will perform as camouflage making things think they are a different animal,and they will blend into their surroundings.They will have sharp teeth and claws so they can hunt.Their fur will keep them warm,they will be able to live in all climates(if there in a hotter area they will shed fur if there in a colder are they will grow more)

Gooner

1/16/2014 11:37:52 am

Mr. Hong, This animal is going to be very un-realistic and if you don't want it to be like that than I will do a different one.
FLUFFERNATOR
The fluffernator is an animal that looks like a cute little bunny. But don't let the looks fool you! The fluffernator is a devil on the inside. Some of the adaptions of the fluffernator is :
1.) It can dance around to get their preys attention than will all of a sudden jump on them and eat it
2.) The fluffernator can turn invisible so its preditor can't see the fluffernator.
3.) The fluffernator is the fastest animal in the world so it can run from its preditors.
4.) The fluffernator lives all around the world so they adapt to the weather around them.

Mr. Hong link

1/16/2014 12:04:02 pm

@ Gooner - No problem! It can be totally made up as long as you can explain what adaptations your organism has made to survive!

Mr. Hong on behalf of Judy Moody link

1/16/2014 12:08:37 pm

My made up organism would be a ele-turtle. An Eleturtle is like an elephant but moves slow and has a hard shell to protect itself from predators. The Eleturtle can breath underwater which will help them get their food, which is fish. The Eleturtle also has sharp claws for if oredators come and attack! Last but not least, this organism actually has wings so it can fly.

Crimson Elite

1/16/2014 12:29:49 pm

@Mr. Hong on behalf of Judy Moody - So you are saying you are doing his/her work for her?

Judy Moody

1/16/2014 01:57:56 pm

@crimson elite, no I accedentaly out my name in for the other post.

Cookielover

1/16/2014 12:09:44 pm

THE FUGEO
This animal was thought to live 300,000,000 years ago in Africa, Australia, Antartica and Canada but was recently descovered in Canada, BC by Cookielover.

1.) It flys side ways facing it's prey so it won't run away.
2,) The Fugeo has spines on it's body that will make it look like the back round of any where.
3.) It has the most amazing adaption ever it can breath fire but only when in trobble like when you kid goes to pet it start planning a funarel.

Mr. Hong link

1/16/2014 12:14:29 pm

@ Cookielover - I love the name you chose! How did you come up with the name?

Feedback:
descovered = discovered
back round - background
don't forget to add periods at the end of your sentences.

Cookilover

1/19/2014 09:15:27 am

thanks!

Cookielover

1/19/2014 09:23:16 am

The Fugeo
This animal was thought to 300,000,000 years ago in Africa, Australia, Antartica and Canada but a few mounths ago I Cookielover found this creature in Canada, BC.

1.) If flys side ways facing it's prey so it would not run away and stares intently at it.
2.) The Fugeo has spines on it's body that will make it look like the background of any where.
3.) It has the most amazing adaption ever it can breath fire but only when in trobble like when you kid goes to pet it start planning a funarel.

cloud barston

1/16/2014 12:39:08 pm

THE VOLLTAAR!
This animal is found in northern Canada and northern Russia. it has specialy adapted legs to have strong muscles so they can jump high and far. this adaption helps them get away from predators. a full rown adult volltaar is about 15 inches long. they have adapted to the snowy climate so they have a white fur coat with black stripes. it has adapted to have eyesight to reduce snow glare in the day to prevent snow blindness. it has adapted to have claws to dig their homes into trees.

Pancake

1/16/2014 01:21:58 pm

The Vego
The vego is an animal that lives high up in cold woods. To adapt to they cold it has a large fluffy coat. The coat is so thick it like wearing ten jackets. Another adaptation the vego has is during the winter when there snow the vego coat is white so, it can blend in with the snow. Another adaptation is in the summer it has a brown coat to blend in with the brown and green woods. The last adaption is that it has poisons spit to kill it prey it is very slow so, I can't take down large prey until it adapted and got poison spit. It spits on it's prey to stun/kill them depending on size of the prey because even through the vego is not very big one hunts for a pack/group so, it needs a lot of food.

Juliette

1/16/2014 01:33:19 pm

My animal would be a !!!UNICORN!!!
It can live anywhere in the UNIVERSE
It can fly away from predators.
It can breathe in Space and on Earth.
The Unicorn can also change colours like a Chameleon to blend into its surroundings.
It can run up to 89 miles per hour and fly 99.9 miles per hour.
The Unicorn has hollow hair which keeps it warmer so it can live in any climate.

Teddy bear

1/16/2014 02:05:16 pm

Aye aye
First aye-aye adaptation is their long and thin fingers. Those fingers are used for tapping nuts and bark to finding their food.
Second adaption is they had large front teeth. Those teeth are used for breaking nuts and fruits also they used for breaking nuts for finding insects.
Third Third adaptation is their oversixed ears. They use their ears along with long fingers to find food.
Fourth adaptation is there climbing. When they search for most of their food on the tree tops, they need to be quick to get many food.

Oracle

1/16/2014 02:18:03 pm

1: I would call it a Rocktail since it blends in like a rock and catches its prey while camouflaged, the prey would be a fly or something small that a frog would eat.

2: They would have a really big stomach to fit as many tiny insects as it can, when its full it digests it all from its brownie. And the cool thing is that it has weird eyes that look like full moons.

3: If it was going to survive shelter it would huddle in a rainforest by a lake near a tree, or it would be located at a tropical banana tree hunting for its food.

4: My last one is it would share food with a frog species, cause it doesn't stay with its kind much so it stays with a different habitat of its own.

SAM

1/16/2014 11:52:19 pm

Jungle Penguin:
1.) Jungle Penguins would adapt to being able to fly away from its prey.

2.) Jungle penguins would adapt to be able to have firm grip with their flippers, so they can grasp the jungle vines and swing away from their prey.

3.) Jungle Penguins would adapt to be able to come together and make tribes and spears to ward of intruders from their nests.

4.) Jungle Penguins would adapt to being in warm tropical nests in the forest and would no longer need to huddle around each other.

Fish sticks

1/17/2014 12:11:04 am

1.) I would call the animal Invincible Steve because very few things can kill it.

2.) I.S would be invisible to most predators so they are harder to catch and eat.

3). I.S would be able to create toxic guns to destroy anything they want to protect themselves from danger

4). Sometimes when the invisibilaty wears of then they look really ugly so no predator wants to eat them.

Oracle

1/17/2014 09:51:04 am

Invincible Steve made me laugh, at the same time thinking "WHAT?!?"

Condie

1/17/2014 12:13:36 am

The Alternai
1.) Heat Resistance for hog climates and for finding food in hot coals
2.) External gills used to find its way through and across water
3.) Can eat 5x it's body weight to store fat for long journeys
4.) It can move its head all around, due to its lack of ability to move its eyes far
5.) It's many colors that its breed comes in allows it to find many things to camoflouge itself in

Bobby orr

1/17/2014 12:20:27 am

I would call it BUBBY
1.) these animals could go at least a day without eating and that would be one of there adaptions
2.) Another one would be camoflouge when a prey is a near by there scenes can tell so they camoflouge to the thing behind them
3.) The last thing would be to have sticky feet they would have sticky feet to climb up trees faster.
That would be my adaptions if I could choose

Greg Heffley

1/17/2014 12:33:57 am

My organisms name will be the leemon. (That is my nickname.) Adaptions: it would be able to breath under water with gills. It would be able to fly so it can escape predators. And it would also have the power of camouflage so it can hide.

Yogi Bear

1/19/2014 11:04:04 am

If I could create an organism I would call it a Killerclaw.

Adaptations:

1.) Killerclaws live in the snow and they have wide feet so they can run faster in the snow.

2.) They are able to scare away their predator with their huge size and sharp claws.

3.) Killerclaws eat anything they want to because they are immune to any type of poison and any deadly liquids or solids.

4.) The colour of them is white so they can blend in with the snow and sneak up on their prey.

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