Homework/Agenda for Week of Oct 10, 2011

Practical general biology

Tues:study for quiz on bacteria
Wed:Protist lab
Thur:notes: viruses
Fri:students check bacteria culture

Env. Science Pd 3,5

Tues:practice identifying common leaf types
Wed:practice identifying leaf shapes in class
Thur:quiz: leaf types
Fri:video "aldo leopold"

Genetics and Biotechnology

Tues:fruit fly lab: everyone should have F2 cultures started for today
Wed:notes: mendel's exception. video "photo 151" and wksht
Thur:notes on punnett squares/dihybrid crosses
Fri:fruit fly lab: count F2 generation; review data

Homework/Agenda Week of Oct 3, 2011

Practical Biology Pd 1,2
Mon:work on "creepy critter" taxonomic key; study for taxonomy quiz
Tues:quiz on "taxonomy": study guide for classification test
Wed:go over study guide; review game for classification test
Thur: test on classification
Fri: leaf collection and identification (trip outside)

Environmental Science Pd 3,5
Mon: review hypothesis testing; dependent/independent variables
tues: basketball review game
Wed: test: Chapter 1,2
Thur: Notes: intro to ecology
Fri:trip outside to collect leaves

Genetics and Biotechnology Pd 6,7
Mon:go over Nova video ?'s; fruit fly counting
Tues: review for test on Wed
Wed:test: LD50, mosquito, Bt, Drosophila, etc.
Thur: fruit fly counting; lecture: Mendel's exceptions
Fri:fruit fly counting

Homework/Agenda Week of Sep 26,2011

Practical Biology

Mon:writing prompt: the importance of insects
Tues:read 518-521; 533-535; complete review questions 521:#1-6; 535:#1-5
Wed:notes: classification and taxonomy; making money key
Thur:students construct "creepy critter" key in class
Fri:go outside to collect leaves. bring inside to identify using field guides/keys

Environmental Science pd 3,5

Mon:finish graphs and pendulum reports in library; due wednesday
Tues:quiz on experimental design
Wed:chapter review ?'s 10-19, 21, 25-27 (chapter 2)
Thur: go over chapter review questions
Fri:review game for Monday's test: chapter 1 and 2

Genetics and Biotechnology

Mon:view progress of fruit fly cultures; handout on cloning
Tues: library to write up report on LD50 lab ; quiz: mendel's experiment
Wed: discuss and start outlining opinion paper on animal use in research
Thur: view fruit fly progress
Fri: students watch video "Nova: Genes" and complete worksheet

Mr Slotterback Agenda Week of Sep 19, 2011

Pd 1,2 Practical Bio
Mon:wksht on floods and adaptations; label insect
Tues:students label and color grasshopper anatomy
Wed:work on study guide for friday's test
thur:go over study guide/basketball review game for test
Fri:test on insects

Pd 3,5 Environmental Science
Mon: view flood photos in class; finish wksht for homework
Tues:notes: scientific method and experimental design; wksht
Wed:what is science; bart wksht assigned
Thur:pendulum and weights lab in class
Fri:time to finish graph and report

Pd 6,7 Genetics and Biotech
Mon:practice serial dilution techniques; collect mosquito lab data and analyze
Tues:notes on fruit fly (Drosophila) biology
Wed:students practice identifying the genders of fruit flies; quiz on biotech topics
Thur:students pick fruit fly cross they will work with for their team
Fri:set up fruit fly cross; quiz on fruit fly basics

Homework agenda week of Sep 12, 2011

Pd 1,2 Practical Env Science
Mon: finish insect court project researc
Tues: collect insects (pending good weather)
Wed: pin collected insects; proper techniques/labeling
Thur: insect court presentations
Fri: talk about adaptations, animal and people after flooding;quiz on metamorphosis/insect collecting

Pd 3,5 environmental Science
Mon: notes: making env decisions.
Tues: split into groups and make env. decision model
Wed: work on model
Thur: notes: scientific method; quiz: decision making model
Fri: view slides/articles of flood; discuss animal and people adaptations and the environmental effects

Pd 6,7 Biotech
mon:finish powerpoint presentation
tues:students present report on biotech topic
wed:finish presentations
thur:design an experiment to test mosquito dunks/ exp design notes and handout
fri:perform mosquito LD50 test; quiz on scientific method

Homework/Agenda for Week of Sep 5, 2011

Pd 1,2 Prac. Biology
tues:video "intro to insects" and worksheet
wed:notes: insect metamorphosis; demonstrate insect collecting techniques
thur: outside to collect insects
fri: student pin and label collected insects; quiz: insects and metamorphosis

Pd 3,5 Environmental Science
tues:read 9-15: 16-21. answer review questions
wed:read pg 47-51, copy table 3 (pg 47) into notebook; quiz: intro to env. science
thur:decision making model in group
fri: finish decision making model with your group

Pd 6,7 Biotech
tues:notes and discussion "what is science"
wed:students research biotech topic: quiz on intro to biotechnology
thur: design an experiment to test Mosquito Dunks
fri: perform mosquito LD50 test

Homework/Agenda for Week of Aug 29, 2011

A Big WELCOME BACK! to Everyone.

Pd 1,2 Practical General Biology
Mon:intro activity: what you can do with a biology degree
Tues:rules of the road/ lecture on 7 biological themes
Wed:read page 4-10, break into groups to discuss themes
Thur:students draw concepts maps of themes with groups
Fri:quiz on vocab words (themes)

Pd 3,5 Environmental Science
Mon:overview of course and introduction of local environmental issues
Tues: rules of the road
Wed: books given out, book intro sheet completed
Thur:vocab words defined: page 25
Fri: newspaper/internet article on local environmental problem due along with 1/2 page summary.quiz: vocab words

Pd 6,7 Biotech
Mon: intro to course: your world vol 7(2) complete worksheet
Tues:classroom procedures
Wed: handout with "box-up" sheet due on page 375-379
Thur:biotech survey of their choosing
Fri: complet research for biotech survey in library