CSI - Activity

This is an in-class activity...but you need to be ready with the file on your device.
Do not complete it at home please.

To be able to take part in this activity, you need to do the following at home:

1. Click on this link
2. Then download the .zip file to your computer (this might not work on iPads)
3. Once the file has been downloaded, you will need to extract the contents to a new folder
4. To extract the contents, right click on the .zip file on your computer and choose the extract option
5. Select destination folder and confirm extract
6. Once extracted, open the folder and click on the file called: unq_crime_scene_v04.html
7. You will then be able to take part in the investigation in class

Taken from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/CSI_Logo.png

DNA Games

For your homework, have some fun playing the DNA game.
Click on the link and see how you go. DNA game

Tour the Basics - follow the links to complete the tours

You will need to click on the links below to view the tour. You have learned how to take notes from these tours, so be sure to write clear, brief notes to show you understand what you are viewing.
Click on the link to take you to the right tour.
1. What is a gene?
2. What is a protein?
3. What is a chromosome?

Vocabulary Game.

Use this Quizlet game to help you learn your vocabulary for Week One in science.
Try the flash cards, listen to the audio, then test yourself. Use Scatter or Race to see what you know!
Can you get 100%? Click here for the game.

Post your results on the blog comments if you dare!!

Here are some interactive sites where you can see what it is like inside a cell. Our area of focus is the nucleus..but have a look around the other parts too - just for fun!
Click on the link then on each part of the cell to see what it does.

Write IN YOUR OWN WORDS  what the nucleus can do.
Do the same for the following link:
Click here to see what the inside of this cell looks like

What Chromosomes look like - Play the matching game

See if you can correctly match the pairs of Chromosomes to complete the 23 pairs. Look carefully to see the variations and match them up.
Click here to start the game

Record in your science book what your results were. What did you notice about the pairs?

Term Two - The journey of our cells and our DNA.

This term we will be looking at biology and focussing on cells and DNA. We are linking this to the work we have been doing around journeys and using science to help us understand how people, including our ancestors have journeyed to get to Aotearoa/New Zealand.

We will be carrying out some investigations on our own family to see if we can identify traits...Don't worry...it doesn't hurt much! 
We will learn how to conduct a simple scientific investigation, account for variables, hypothesize and explain what we found.


Below is a link to a game that helps us to understand the process scientists took to identify the various parts inside a cell (organelles)
Click here to play the animation game about cells and organelles.


The game helps you understand why we have only recently been able to investigate and understand what happens inside our cells and the jobs that each cell carries out.

WRITE 5 FACTS THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN FROM THE GAME.