What is an Amoeba?

1. What is an Amoeba? Understanding KAAC’s Science Content Derek Stice& Amanda SticeEdmonson County Middle SchoolAssistant Coaches

2. Amoeba • Discovered by August Johann Rosel von Rosenhof • Eukaryotic protozoan • Obtains food through phagocytosis • Single large tubular pseudopod at the anterior end • No permanent organelles or supporting structure • Contains one or more nuclei and a single vacuole • Reproduce asexually via mitosis and cytokinesis

9. Practice • Practice science at least onceper week. • Memorize basic information early • Glossaries • Dates • Inventors/Inventions • Prize Winners • Units • Go over computation • Energy • Forces • Unit Conversions

12. Practice (cont.) • Where do I start in the content? • Start at the beginning • Can’t cover everything in a year • Have to rely on what they learnedin class • Keep stats during quick recall practice • Analyze the stats for trends • Devote time to weaknesses • Keep more stats • Choose materials to address those weaknesses • Give written assessments early • Analyze results by topic not just score

17. Practice (cont.) • “I went over this with you last month!!!” • I have said it too, but you have to goover it multiple times • Come back to the topic often • Write questions (especially students) • Start with glossary for basic clues • Look-up harder clues in upperlevel books or online • Encyclopedia Britannica • Write questions in your format • KAAC questions are pyramid style • Worksheet/Lightning Rounds • Make notes in an Academic Team notebook over misses • Study Guides • Quizzes

28. Study Materials • Textbooks and Textbook Materials • Glossaries • Exam Books • Crossword Puzzles • Hooked On Life Science by Michael Fleming • Flash Cards • Cliff Notes Cards • Exambusters Physics Study Cards • Have students make them • Apps • Periodic Tables • Flashcards

29. Khan Academy – Biology 1

31. Pearson Education

32. Study Materials (cont.) • Questions • Don’t memorize • Subject Area Questions from KAAC • Patrick’s Press • http://www.patrickspress.com/ • Books of questions (Not pyramid style) • Avery Enterprise • http://www.averyenterprises.net/ • Current Events weekly publications • Question sets in various formats • Websites • KAAC Question of the Day Page: http://www.kaac.com/qod/index.html • Knowledge Master Open Sample Questions: http://www.greatauk.com/KMOsampler.html • MIT’s OpenCourseWare: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm • Encyclopedia Britannica: http://www.britannica.com/ • Google Books: http://books.google.com/

33. NAQT “You Gotta Know” http://naqt.com/YouGottaKnow

34. Study Materials (cont.) • Books • The Order of Things byBarbara Ann Kipfer • Campbell Books:http://www.patrickspress.com/index.htm • High School/College Book of Lists • Constant Quiz Companion (Middle/High School) • Lightning Rounds • Question Books • Trivia • Barron’s New Student’s Concise Encyclopedia • Infinity In Your Pocket by Mike Flynn • Science Encyclopedia by Usborne • Illustrated Dictionary of Science by Usborne • The Science Teacher’s Book of Lists by Frances Barhydt and Paul Morgan

36. Questions Derek Stice Edmonson County High School derek.stice@edmonson.kyschools.us http://mrtg.edmonson.k12.ky.us/blogs/derekstice/