USE FIND to search for the data you need
to locate on this page as it might be easier and also reference 1-32 markers on
the left side of this page. Thanks for visiting.
Check your property for invasive plants by going to this
link:
http://www.acb-online.org/pubs/projects/deliverables-145-1-2004.pdf
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I can not make changes at my home so sometimes this page is not as up to date as it could be. I try but there are only so many hours in a day! Thank you.
Student Educational Websites and /or Search Engines: http://school.nettrekker.com/login.epl use SMASD for the username and student is the password.
PRINT OUT YOUR OWN FREE GRAPH PAPER FOR ANY CLASS with many varieties from this site: http://www.printfreegraphpaper.com or www.mathematicshelpcentral.com
What
is rime?
What is graupel?
Last updated on: 25 APRIL 2008
There is a NEW website under construction and due to time
constraints, this site might be eliminated in the near
future. Sorry for the inconvenience.
If you
ever forget your online textbook username and password, just email me at rangerrick75@smasd.org and I will email it to you.
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ENVIROTHON Participants MUST see me soon in room 226! (especially 11th
graders)
Dates are set: 14 May 08 for the local Envirothon at 19 & 20 May 2008 at PSU for the state Envirothon.
1) WEATHER SITE for ELK COUNTY: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/ctp/digital/010afm.htm Be on the alert for the GIANT HOGWEED plant! It is VERY dangerous and should be reported to the GIANT HOGWEED HOTLINE if found in Elk County ! See photos of it at this site: http://www.mass.gov/agr/pestalert/giant_hogweed_photos.htm &
http://www.mass.gov/agr/pestalert/GHW_brochure.pdf & The Hotline number at: http://www.agmkt.state.ny.us/nys_ghw_broch.pdf Fishing Regulations here: http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Fish_Boat/fish_fundamentals.htm
http://birdsource.org/gbbc National Bird Count Data Site.
Dates to Remember:
Interim Progress Reports due December 6 Fri., End of 2nd
Quarter is Jan. 21 Thursday.
Interim Progress Reports due February 21 Fri., End of the
3rd Quarter is Mar 28 Thursday.
Interim Progress Reports due May 1 Thurs., End of the 4th
Quarter is June 5th, 2008.
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16) below.
Biology Games for review of many topics: http://biology.about.com Biology Word Dissections: http://biology.about.com/b/a/257336.htm?nl=1 How to Identify a Bird: http://www.enature.com/articles/detail.asp?storyID=609 Plant Data Base: http://plants.usda.gov/checklist.html Secret questions for the month------
What
is rime?
What is graupel?
What is the difference between white meat and dark
meat on a turkey? Ask Mr. Miller the next time you see him.
2)
Thanks to ALL veterans for allowing us the privileges of today! 
Click here to go DIRECTLY to the CURRENT
ASSIGNMENT SECTION Welcome to Mr.
Miller's Website for Biology!
Site for scientific name identifications is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
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them check this out:
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3) If
you need a 2007 Fishing Regulations Manual:
http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Fish_Boat/fishpub/summary/pdfmenu.html
Keep
an EYE to the SKY!
rangerrick75@smasd.org If you have questions, email. It is checked second
period most days.
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Email: Shortcourse@psu.edu Web site: www.conferences.cas.psu.edu Email for specific content: mjp175@psu.edu **************************************
4) Try saying this
ten times as fast as you can for a study break:
"SURELY WE SHOULD SEE THE SUNSHINE SOON."
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Envirothon Team
took 2nd place in Elk County !
Ranger Rick
We still NEED students to study SOILS, FORESTRY, and other categories. Please
help us! Email me at rangerrick75@smasd.org if you are interested or stop and see me in room 226.
Thank you.
Envirothon
participants:
Each participant needs to provide me their
email address for data. Also email me which date below works the BEST for you
to attend the practice session: Good new site for your use in identifications:
http://www.nenature.com/Index.htm Soil Survey maps from here: http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/
Try www.hippocampus.org Soil Profiles: http://www.hippocampus.org/?course=13 and other Environmental Science help to study from
for the competion.
Competition dates
for 2008 are: Elk County Envirothon will be 14th of May 2008 at the St. Marys
Sportsmen's Club. The PA State Envirothon will be held 19th
& 20th May, 2008 at: THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
campus Ag Progress Location.
Envirothon website
is: www.envirothonpa.org/schedule.shtml
I'm working on the Envirothon materials for 2008. New Site for studying organisms is from the National Park Service http://www.nature.nps.gov/biology/ and www.hippocampus.org .
Newly Elected
Officers of the Envirothon Club are: President - Hunter Stauffer
Vice
President-Lauren Diebel Secretary- Kassi Cheatle
Treasurer - ?
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Current Participants and their topics are: - Aquatics - Kim Latona
Current Topics -
Forestry - Hunter Stauffer, Chloe Stevens, Damian Palumbo
Reptiles & Amphibians - Lauren Diebel, Heidi Pavlikowski
Soils /
Profiles - http://www.soils.usda.gov/ -
Lauren Diebel
Kassi Cheatle, Skulls & Tracks &
Birds
Fishes - Tori Challingsworth, Frank Michelini
Amphibians
sites:
www.enature.com and also http://www.habitatproject.org/frogs/chicagoland_frogs.htm for frog calls.
Skull
Identification http://www.d91.k12.id.us/skyline/teachers/robertsd/mammal1.htm
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Learn
to Identify Trees by using the websites below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://forestry.about.com/cs/treeid/a/100_trees_id.htm
http://forestry.about.com/cs/treeid/a/tree_id_web.htm
http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/view.asp?a=458&q=150657
http://forestry.about.com/library/treekey/bltree_key_id_hardwood.htm
http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/seedid/
http://www.naturehills.com/new/product/trees.aspx
http://www.nps.gov/goga/parklabs/library/wildlifeguide/index.htm Examine site: www.dcnr.state.pa.us
select state forests.
Fish Commission
Site: http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Fish_Boat/mpag1.htm Game Commission Site: http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/ Pennsylvania's Website: http://www.state.pa.us/papower/site/default.asp TREE BARK IDENTIFICATION http://www.backyardnature.net/treebark.htm
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Environmental Information for Pennsylvania http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=3&q=461149&depNav=| Endangered species website: http://www.nwf.org/endangered/ Books to utilize for identifications:
Reader's Digest
North American Wildlife ISBN number 0-89577-102-0 Peterson's Field Guide to
Specific Organisms More to come
5) WORMS
and other GOODIES here:
http://www.micrographia.com/aadirpgs/specall/specgen/freshwaterlink
Click here to go DIRECTLY to the CURRENT
ASSIGNMENT SECTION If you need
to identify a "bug", try the following website:
http://www.projects.ex.ac.uk/bugclub/bugid.html or www.enature.com
Thank you.
END OF ENVIROTHON MATERIALS =======================
6) Best dog treat recipe to help your
dog repel fleas and have fido begging for more treats is: 1 cup flour 1/4 cup
of wheat germ 1/4 cup brewer's yeast 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon garlic
powder ( take out garlic powder and replace with 1/4 cup mint leaves and 1/4
cup parsley for better breath treats) 1 1/2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1/2 cup
Chicken Stock Heat oven to 200 F. Mix ingredients into a dough. Roll out the
dough and cut with cookie cutters and bake on cookie sheet for 30 minutes at
200 F. Turn off oven and allow the biscuits to sit on the cookie sheets until
next morning and they are completely dry. Store in airtight containers or freeze
extra treats. DOGS LOVE THESE and the fleas are repelled by the yeast and the
garlic powder.
7)
Best Woodpecker and bird suet for your feeders: 1 cup peanut butter 1 cup Crisco
or lard 1 cup flour 3 cups of yellow corn meal Melt crisco until liquid. Mix in
all ingredients. Put in plastic molds or shape by hand. Freeze unused blocks in
freezer bags. Eligibility reports due on
Thursday morning 8:00am.
8) PARENT INFORMATION: : Sign up in the main office for
IN-TOUCH ONLINE password to access your student's information and grades.
New diet breakthrough announced
yesterday: eating fewer calories AND exercising regularly will lead to weight
loss! AMAZING.
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16) CURRENT ASSIGNMENTS: Reminder that the extra credit
reports are do NLT (no later than) March
14th, 2008 for 3rd quarter. More details at POST # 21 below.
10 MAR - 14 MAR 08
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Collect vocabulary page 286 if absent. Also complete sheets on Section 3 of chapter 12. |
Punnett Squares for monohybrid crosses. |
Test Prep Pre-Test should be done by now. Dihybrid Crosses |
Sex-linked Traits and sex-influenced traits. |
Finish chapter 12 with Mind Show Quiz Game. |
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Wrapping Your Rod Fishing Video with styles and hints on how to make the best looking rod. |
Last day to submit checks for fishing rods. Order to be placed at the end of the day. Ice Fishing Safety Tips Sheet. |
More rod wrapping techniques. |
Use laptops to continue personal videos of www.mudhole.com and completion steps to your fishing rods. |
Journals Due Fishing rods MIGHT be here today. If so, unpack and check inventory to match what you ordered. |
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Biology Writing Prompts |
Biology Writing Prompts |
Chapter 12 - Introduction Mendel's Heredity |
Mendel's Theory |
Mendel's Three Laws |
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Catalog distributed to order the fishing rods and their parts. Using laptops to insert data for spreadsheet. |
Catalog distributed to order the fishing rods and their parts. |
Catalog distributed to order the fishing rods and their parts. |
Catalog distributed to order the fishing rods and their parts. |
Journals Due |
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I.U. 9 trip for CFF |
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Catalog distributed to order the fishing rods and their parts. |
Catalog distributed to order the fishing rods and their parts. |
Catalog distributed to order the fishing rods and their parts. |
Journals Due |
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Assignments for the week of: 18 FEB -- 22 FEB 08
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Period 1 - Biology |
Meiosis introduction |
TEST PREP pre-test due for chapter 11 Meiosis. Meiosis square dance of chromosome movement. Assignment do vocabulary page 260 due stat. |
Clubs today. LUNAR ECLIPSE tonight between 19:00 and 01:30 hours. Stages of Meiosis I compared to the stages of Meiosis II and Mitosis. |
Pep Assembly today. Karyotypes and building of them. What do they tell us? Why do we use them? How do we use them? |
Review of what's happening when in the stages of Meiosis I and Meiosis II. While in groups, work on the drawings of the various stages of Meiosis I, Meiosis II, and Mitosis. |
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Start thinking about fishing rods and orders. Fish types of skeletons. |
Fishes of PA |
Fish Quiz of PA endangered and regular inhabitants or indigenous fishes. |
Reptiles & Amphibians (distribute fishing rod catalogs when they arrive in the mail.) |
Journals Due |
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04 FEB -- 08 FEB 08
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Period 1 - Biology |
In-Service Day No School for Students |
Cell Cycle Stages - Interphase, Mitosis, and Cytokinesis |
Mitosis and its phases Math calculations of cell numbers. Assign Vocabulary due tomorrow page 238. |
Note Outlines due plus vocabulary too. Cancer and other cell division related problems or oddities. |
Review sheets, mind game quiz show and test prep evaluations. Before MONDAY's Exam. |
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No School In-Service Day |
Identification of Mammal Skulls |
Hands-on Skull work. |
Animal Tracks |
Animal Tracks |
Tentative Assignments for the week of:
11 FEB -- 15 FEB 08