Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Pd 1,2 Env Science
This week we will go over chapter review questions. Thursday will be review game and Friday will be test on Non-renewable and renewable energy sources (chapter 17, 18)
Wednesday will be a few short notes on fuel cell technology, which is our last lecture topic before the test.

Pd 3,4 Practical General Biology
This week we will be covering basic genetics. Wednesday we will extract dna from strawberries.
Wednesday's homework will be review questions on page 178-179 (#1-20) . Thursday we will practice punnett squares and have "races" on Friday.

Pd 5 Academic Biology
Tuesday and Wednesday we will be working on cell biology lab. students need to answer questions from lab and hand in on Wednesday. thursday and friday we will concentrate on homeostasis with percent saturation problems and quiz friday.

Pd 6 Biotechnology
We will discuss translation on Wednesday and Thursday we will start the pGlo lab. pGlo lab will continue into next week with us purifying the protein that was successfully produced in the lab.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Pd 1,2 Environmental Science

Tuesday: study for wednesday's quiz on solar energy
Thursday: study for friday's quiz on nuclear energy
study from notes and the book
Friday we will start constructing our solar energy house models

Pd 3,4 Practical General Biology
this week we will be covereing DNA structure
tuesday homework: pge 233 review questions
thurday: study for Friday's quiz on dna structure

Pd 5 Academic Biology
This week we will be covering the structure and function of various cell parts
and completing a cell lab.
Wednesday will be a quiz on cell structures and functions

Pd 6 Biotechnology
this week we will finish replication and transcription. there will be a quiz wednesday on replication, a quiz friday on transcription. By thursday we should be starting our "pGlo" transformation experiment which will continue into next week.

Monday, April 6, 2009

pd 1,2 Env Science

pg 479: #1-5

tuesday: notes on nuclear energy (remember if you are absent for the notes you need to get them from someone when you return)

pd 3,4 Practical Biology

page 137: #1-6 for tuesday
tuesday: quiz on stages of mitosis

pd 5 Academic Biology

we will complete a reading strategy worksheet (rsw) on stem cells
tuesday: notes on cell parts and functions

pd 6 biotechnology
monday: quiz on dna replication; r.s.w. on human genome project
tuesday: video on fruit fly genetics

HAPPY EASTER VACATION!

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Pd 1,2 Environmental Science

This weeks topic will be energy. For Friday: pg 493: #1-2, and 499:#2

Pd 3, 4 Practical General Biology
Review Wednesday for Thursday's test: Cell Biology

Pd 5 Academic Biology
Wednesday will be review for Thursday's test: mendelian genetics
the test will be book-based so reread the sections as well as study notes

Pd 6 Biotech
this week we will review and utilize hands-on models to demonstrate the structure of DNA, replication, and translation