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.

Pd 1,2 Env. Science

"Be Waterwise" Poster for Schuylkill Conservation District Contest due next Monday. We will work on it in class Monday and Tuesday. Students should also find an environmental article from newspaper and bring it in by next monday. The rest of the week we will continue into our air pollution unit, discussing and demonstrating inversions.

Students will need to do research outside of class on both sides of the global warming debate: is global warming mostly a natural cycle, or mostly caused by people's actions? Students will then write an opinion paper on what they find.

Pd 3,4 Practical Biology

For tuesday: section reviews pg 558:#1-6, 561: #1-5, and 565: #1-6
We will focus on protists and algae this week and conclude our microorganism unit next week . Wednesday will be a quiz on bacteria.

Pd 5 Academic Biology

for tuesday: pg 171: #1-5 and 176: #1-5
Tuesday will be a lecture on meiosis and the week will conclude with Notes on Mendel's genetics and students practicing punnett squares. Friday will be a quiz on meiosis

Pd 6 Biotechnology

This week we will practice unit analysis method of converting units and apply it by converting metric to english units. Another topic this week will be significant figures, with a quiz on that Thursday. Next topic will be modeling DNA structure.