Friday, October 26, 2012

Agenda for Oct 29, 2012

Pd 1,2 Practical Bio

Mon: go over chemistry of life review sheet
Tues:quiz on atoms; notes: cell functions
Wed:cell lab
Thur: finish cell lab: homeostasis notes
Fri:writing prompt: cell is like a city

Pd 3,4 Environmental Science

Mon:lynx vs hare lab
Tues:finish lynx vs hare lab and wksht
Wed:pg 216:#1-6; 223:#1-5
Thur:notes on trophic relationships
Fri:writing prompt" Biotic Interactions"

Pd 6,7 Biotech

Mon:review for biostats test
Tues:biostats test
Wed:notes on food biotechnology
Thur: cheese lab demonstration
Fri:Your World 15(1): obesity with wksht

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Agenda for week of October 22, 2012

Practical General Biology

Mon:review for test on Microorganisms
Tues:test on Microorganisms: Algae, protists, bacteria, viruses, fungi
Wed:start Chapter 2: Chemistry of life
Thur: practice more Bohr's model of the atom
Fri:quiz: life's chemistry

Environmental Science

Mon:notes: threats to forests
Tues: no pd 3 class due to senior pssa retests
Wed: no pd 3 class due to senior pssa retests
Thur: students go outside to model "Oh Deer" activity
Fri:read pg 211-216 (#1-6); pg 217-223 (#1-5)

Genetics and Biotechnology

Mon:practice chi-square problems in class
Tues: more practice chi-square: finish wksht #1, start wksht #2
Wed: go over wksht #2; library to start writing up fruit fly lab
Thur: work on your own fly data to determine an answer to the experiment
Fri:quiz on chi-square, library to work on paper

Monday, October 15, 2012

Agenda for Week Of October 15, 2012

Practical General Biology

Mon:notes: viruses: section review questions: pg 543-545: #1-5; pg 552-554: #1-5
Tues:notes: fungi
Wed:outside trip to identify and discuss fungi
Thur:review packet for microorganism test: bacteria, virus, protozoan, algae, fungi
Fri:microorganism test

Environmental Science

Mon:outside to gather data on succession from late stage forest
Tues:work on writing up the lab in class according to scientific format
Wed: go over review questions pg 125-131, 129, and 132-136
Thur:notes on trophic relationships
Fri:practice drawing food webs on the blackboard


Genetics and Biotechnology

Mon:worksheet #2 binomial theorem problems
Tues:start to wrapup fruit fly lab
Wed:lecture on chi-square analysis
Thur:final lab period for drosophila experiment
Fri:start outling report for drosophila