Plants - Leaves

We started by looking at the main parts of a flowering plant:

http://www.cactus-art.biz/note-book/Dictionary/aaa_Dictionary_pictures/flowering_plant.jpg

Then, we focused on the leaves of plants:

Here is a website that talks about photosynthesis: http://www.biology4kids.com/files/plants_photosynthesis.html

Microscopes

We learnt about the parts of microscopes and how to use them to look at slides. On Tuesday, we will get a chance to make our own slides and to look at them under a microscope.

Animal Cells

Today, we looked at the structure of animals cells, then compared and contrasted animals with plants:

Plant Cells

Today, we had to learn about the parts of a general plant cell. On Friday or Monday, we will get a chance to look at plant cells through a microscope.

Introduction to Biology

Today, we compared how we decide if something is living or not with how a biologist decides.

Exodus Earth?

There are a lot of threats to Earth, or to the continuation of life on Earth. Because of these threats, some people have started to think about whether we can (and should) look at "exo-planets" for us to move to; "Earth 2.0".

We started by looking at a short National Geographic video about "Global Warming", which we now call "Global Climate Change": VIDEO

Here are a few other videos that show the effect of Global Climate Change:

Myths About Space

I found this article which has some good facts about space, that Hollywood stretches the truth about in films:

http://geekiez.com/10-space-myths-we-need-to-stop-believing/