Mr. Slotterback Homework Helpline Week of Oct 11, 2010

Note: No school Monday or Tuesday due to In-Service and Act 80

Pd 2,5 Environmental Science

Wed: students go outside to collect leaves of various types
Thur: students identify leaves using field guides and taxonomic keys
Fri: Notes: succession: quiz on common leaf types

Pd 3,4 Genetics and Biotechnology

Wed: Notes: Mendel's contributions to inheritance
Thur: fruit fly check
Friday: video "Nova: Genes"


Pd 6,7 Practical General Biology

Wed: outside trip to collect aquatic insects
Thur: students view pond organisms under microscope/ practice microscope use
Fri: Lynx vs Hare: Predator/Prey lab; quiz: aquatic insects

Mr. Slotterback Homework Helpline Week of Oct 4, 2010

Environmental Science Pd 2,5

Mon: Notes: into to ecology
Tues: students outside to collect leaves. wear outdoor shoes
Wed: identify leaves in class
Thur: Notes: succession
Fri: quiz: leaf types; video "Aldo Leopold Land Ethic"

Genetics and Biotechnology Pd 3,4

Mon: review for test
Tues: test on intro to biotechnology, mosquitos, ld50, bioethical decisions
Wed: Notes: Mendel's contributions to inheritance
Thur: students check vials for fly development stages
Fri: video: Nova:Genes

Practical General Biology

Mon: "creepy critter" lab
Tues: outside trip to collect leaves (wear sturdy footwear)
Wed: identify leaves in class using taxonomic key
Thur: outside trip to collect aquatic insects (wear sturdy footwear); proper use of microscopes
Fri: identify collected insects in lab; microscope quiz

Mr. Slotterback's Homework and Agenda Week of Sep 27, 2010

Pd 2, 5 Environmental Science

Mon: practice constructing graphs, finish pendulum lab writeup
Tues: Chapter review questions: pg 53: 10-19, pg 54: 21, 25-27
Wed: we will review chapter 1 and 2
Thur: basketball review game
Fri: test on chapter 1,12

Pd 3,4 Biotechnology

Mon: finish setting up fly crosses: quiz: fruit fly basics
Tues: library to write up LD50 lab
Wed: finish writeup and graph of LD50 lab
Thur: Review for test
Friday: test on first part of the course: Bt, mosquito, LD50, serial dilution, what is biotechnology, bioethics, etc.

Pd 6,7 Practical General Biology

Mon: writing prompt: importance of insects; finish grasshopper dissection discussion
Tues: basketball review game for test on insects
Wed: Insect unit test
Thur: Read 518-521, read 533-535: answer questions p521 (#1-6), for p535 (#1-5) weite out questions or answer in complete sentences
Friday: Notes: Classification: making a money key

Mr. Slotterback Homework Helpline Sep 20, 2010

Environmental Science Pd 2,5

Mon: notes: scientific method and experimental design
Tues: Bart Simpson wksht
Wed: Practice handout: question/hypothesis/test situation
Thur: pendulum lab
Fri: quiz: scientific method; graph pendulum experiment

Genetics and Biotechnology Pd 3,4

Mon: quiz: Bt, mosquitos, LD50; discuss serial dilutions
Tues: notes: drosophila (fruit fly) biology
Wed: Practice identifying sex of fruit flies
Thur: Practice setting up fly cultures in vials
Fri: quiz: fruit fly basics; transfer flies

Practical General Biology (Votech) pd 6,7

Mon: library for insect research
Tues: students defend insect orders in court
Wed: grasshopper anatomy worksheets
Thur: Dissection of Lubber Grasshopper (external)
Fri: Dissection of Grasshopper (internal)

Mr. Slotterback Homework Helpline Sep 13, 2010

Tuesday and Wednesday will be 4-Sight Testing with 1 Hr. Delay Schedule

Pd 2, 5 Environmental Science
Mon: students, working in groups construct environmental decision model for Marcellus Shale gas extraction
Tues: students finish decision model;students read pg 33-39 answer critical thinking questions #1-2 (p35) and review questions #1-6 (p 39);
Wed: quiz: marcellus shale: making environmental decisions
Thur: notes on scientific method and experimental design
Fri: scientific method lab: pendulum

Pd 3,4 Genetics and Biotechnology
Mon-Wed: students are in library to research biotech article of their choosing; students will present in powerpoint form to the rest of the class
Thur: students read handout pg 375-379 and use "box-up" plot worksheet to organize ethical decision
Fri: quiz: making environmental decisions

Pd 6,7 Practical General Biology
Mon: students finish labeling and pinning insects
Tues: collect insects outside; quiz on insect metamorphosis; insect collecting techniques
Wed: research in library for insect court activity
Thur: insect court activity : students support and defend importance of their chosen insect order
Fri: student label and color diagrams of insect anatomy

Mr. Slotterback Homework Helpline Sep 7, 2010

Note: No school Monday due to Labor Day Vacation.

Pd 2,5 Environmental Science
Tues: read 9-15, 16-21 in textbook, go over vocab words
Wed: quiz: chapter 1 vocab words
thur: decision-making model for marcellus drilling
fri: continue model


Pd 3,4 Biotechnology
Tues: library: research use of mosquitos
Wed: discussion of scientific method; quiz: intro to biotechnology
Thur: design mosquito control experiment
Fri: explain and report on mosquito experiment


Pd 6,7 Practical General Biology
Tues: practice vocab words
Wed: quiz: vocab words for chapter 1
Thur: go outside to collect insects
Friday: process (preserve and label) collected insects

Mr. Slotterback Homework Helpline Wed Sep 1, 2010

Pd 2, 5 Environmental Science
Tue: Homework assignment: find a news article dealing with a local environmental issue. write a half page summary of the article to hand in with the article.
Wed: students receive books and complete book intro worksheet
Thur: Lecture topic: Intro to Environmental Science
Fri: go over wed worksheet and new vocab words assigned. collect homework (assign. tuesday)

Pd 3,4 Biotechnology
Tues: homework assigned: bring in biotech article with half page summary. hand in both on Tuesday after the holiday weekend.
Wed: students work in class on Biotechnology and You: Marine Biotechnology (Worksheet) as introduction to the broad topic of biotechnology
Thur: Lecture: the Scope of Biotechnology
Fri:go over marine biotech worksheet.

Pd 6,7 Practical General Biology
Wed: concept diagram of Biological Themes
Thur: present concept diagrams. Lecture on intro to Biology
Friday: vocab words assigned