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Life Science
We have been reviewing the cell cycle - Interphase (G1, S, G2) , mitosis (P, M, A, T), and cytokinesis - and DNA replication. Tomorrow, students have a quiz on the cell cycle and DNA replication. We went over the structure of the quiz in class, so there should be no surprises!

Earth Science
Students have been learning about the characteristics of minerals. These characteristics are used to identify minerals easily (instead of sending samples to a lab to be analyzed which is very expensive). This week includes a mineral identification lab to examine the many properties of minerals. For homework, students should be attempting to answer the 50 multiple choice questions that they received on Tuesday. In addition, students should be working on their "Lifecycle of a ??" brochure. Students are selecting an object to research with regard to their design/use, mineral content, location of mines, mineral extraction techniques (mining), manufacturing, packaging, transportation, ultimate use by the consumer, and finally disposal (which may include the reuse or recycling of some parts). Students received the brochure assignment on Tuesday, October 20th. It is due on October 30th as it will be a fairly significant grade.