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.

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.

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!

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

Pd 1,2 Environmental Science

Test Wednesday on Air Pollution, chapters 12, 13
Next topic will be Energy

Pd 3,4 Practical General Biology
quiz wednesday: cell structures and function

Pd 5 Academic Biology
wed: quiz on di-hybrid cross and punnett square
end of the week we will be practicing with pedigrees

Pd 6 Biotechnology
wed: quiz on pcr
for wednesday complete questions at the end of chapter 8 in biotech book

Note: due to PSSA testing there will be no homework assigned or quizzes/tests given within classes on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Pd 1,2 Env. Sci
Thursday the global warming essay is due. should be typed. The test on chapters 11 and 12 is now postponed until next wednesday (3/25)

Pd 3, 4 Practical Biology
This week we will be starting to study the cell, its structures and their functions.

Pd 5 Academic Biology
This week we will do di-hybrid cross punnett squares and finish a lab on genetics of babies.

Pd 6 Biotech
This week we will be busy doing a Crime Scene Investigation- PCR lab. Tuesday night students should copy procedures into their lab notebooks (quik quide only). Science in Motion will be coming into the classroom wednesday with thermocycler and related equipment.

Pd 1,2 Environmental Science

for tuesday: page 339:#1-6
for wednesday: copy pH scale into notebooke (pg 336)
for thursday: page 362: #1-6

Pd 3,4 Practical General Biology

We will finish notes on Fungi on monday. test on all five microorganism groups (fungi, bacteria, protists, algae, viruses) will be Thursday
Tuesday students should complete chapter review questions 569:#11-20, 23, 25-27 and page 603: #12-17, 24, 25, 27-32
Quiz tuesday on fungi
Quiz wednesday on algae


Pd 5 Academic Biology

We will be practicing punnett squares this week to predict genetic cross outcomes.
Friday will be a quiz on punnett squares

Pd 6 Biotechnology

This week we will be covering significant figures. quiz will be wednesday. The end of the week we will start discussing lab on PCR, the polymerase chain reaction which we will do next week.