Homework/Agenda Feb 6, 2013

Practical Env Science

Mon:lecture: Decision Making Model/ Lavelle Flyash Controversy
Tues:finish flyash 9 X 4; quiz: graphing skills
Wed: chapter review questions pg 23:9-15, 17-19; pg 53: 10-19, 21; quiz on making env. decision
Thur: review game
Fri: test on Chapter 1,2

Environmental science

Mon: article "Enemies Among Us"
Tues: watch video clips on asian carp, delta smelt; quiz: invasive species
Wed: basketball review game
Thur: exam on endangered species
Fri:discussion of Great Backyard Birdcount (coming up president's day weekend)

Genetics and Biotechnology

Mon: identify sex of fruit flies
Tues: pick cross and start Experiment to test Mendel's principles
Wed: notes: Mendel's genetics: quiz: basics of drosophila
Thur:notes on punnett squares; di-hybrid cross
Fri: video "Nova: genes"

Homework/Agenda Week of Jan 28, 2013

Practical Env Science

Tues:graphing wksht, critique experiments
Wed: penny lab; quiz on experimental method
Thur: decision making model notes; start decision model
Fri: finish decision models

Environmental Science

Tues:finish cane toad video and discuss
Wed: quiz on endangered species; notes on how to save endangered species
Thur:notes on invasive species; h.w. "Enemies among us" worksheet
Fri: invasive species of great lakes lab

Genetics and Biotechnology

Tues:present powerpoint topics
Wed:design an experiment to test mosquito dunks
Thur:notes: fruit fly biology
Fri: practice identifying the sexes of fruit flies

Homework/Agenda Week of January 21, 2013

Practical Env Science

Mon:books given out/ rules/ expectations/ book intro wksht
Tues: most students taking 11th grade Keystone Exams
Wed: lecture: What is science/scientific method/ Bart simpson wksht
Thur: finish lecturepg 8: #1-5; pg 15: #1-6
Fri:penny lab/ scientific study posters

Environmental Science

Mon: finish notes on endangered species; bog turtle article and 5 questions for h.w.
Tues: pennsylvania biodiversity lab
Wed: notes: invasive species
Thur: invasive species lab: invasives of the Great Lakes
Fri: quiz: endangered species; start video "Cane Toads"

Genetics and Biotechnology

Mon: class introductions, rules and expectations; Your World 7(2) and wksht
Tues: start biotech report in library (pd 6) then ethics
Wed: notes: use of animals in biomedical research; library pd 6
Thur: finish biotech powerpoint in library (6,7); quiz: intro to biotech
Fri: start presenting student biotech topics.

Homework/Agenda Week of Jan 14, 2013

Pd 1,2 Practical General Biology

Mon:midterm exams
Tues:bill nye "Evolution" video
Wed:nat geo video "Hawaii: Strangers in Paradise"
Thur: students get final course grades
Fri: new environmental class arrives; 1st semester students return to votech

Pd 3, 5 Environmental Science

Mon:midterm exams
Tues:get midterm exams back, see semester grade
Wed: read article "making a difference" e.o. wilson; worksheet
Thur: video clips of delta smelt and desert tortoise
Fri:quiz: endangered species

Pd 6,7 Genetics and Biotechnology

Mon: mideterm testing
Tues: get tests back and go over
Wed: view nat geo video "Hawaii: Strangers in Paradise"
Thur:turkey genetics lab
Fri:new Biotech group arrives; rules of the road

Homework/Agenda for Jan 7, 2013

Practical General Biology

Mon: go over evolution packet; get study guide; quiz on evolution
Tues: finish study guide and go over; bill nye evolution review video
Wed: finish going over stufy guide/ review basketball game
Thur: final exam Pd 1,2
Fri: final exams for pd 6,7

Environmental Science Pd 3,5

Mon: get study guide; go over endangered species project
Tues: internet research on end. species in library
Wed: basketball review game for midterm
Thur: pd 1,2 exam
Fri: pd 6,7 exams

Genetics and Biotechnology Pd 6,7

Mon: finish elisa lab; distribute study guide
Tues: finish writeup on elisa lab
Wed: review for final exam
Thur:pd 1,2 exam
Fri: final exam pd 6,7

Homework/Agenda Week of Dec 17, 2012

Pd 1,2 Practical Biology

Mon:notes on natural selection/evolution; handout pg 3-8
Tues:evolution (thumb) lab
Wed:handout pag 10-14
Thur:paper dot lab/ quiz on evolution
Fri:half day for Christmas Vacation

Pd 3,5 Environmental Science

Mon:go over water quality packet; pg 313: #1-6
Tues:review basketball game for exam
Wed:Exam on Water Pollution
Thur:slide presentation on endangered species work in Hawaii
Fri:half day for Christmas vacation

Pd 6,7 Biotechnology

Mon:histories mysteries video clip/wksht; notes "forensics"
Tues:Who are parents wksht; forensic entomology career wksht
Wed:blood typing lab
Thur:worksheets on determining scale of a line graph
Fri:half day for Christmas vacation

Agenda/Homework Week of Dec 10, 2012

Pd 1,2 Practical General Biology

Mon:no class because of keystone exams
Tues: wkshts on genetics review
Wed:notes: exceptions to mendel's rules, strawberry dna lab
Thur:study guide
Fri:exam on Genetics

Pd 3,5 Environmental Science

Mon:keystone exams testing for 11th grade (no class)
Tues:chapter review questions pg 315: #10-17; pg 316: #18,19,21,23-25
Wed:go over chapter review questions; start video "chesapeake bay"
Thur:notes: how to monitor water quality
Fri:finish video "Chesapeake Bay"
Test on Water Pollution next week (Tues or Wed)

Pd 6,7 Genetics and Biotechnology

Mon:complete lab packet pages 38-42 in study hall
Tues:finish conclusions in lab notebook
Wed:quiz: bacteria transformation
Thur:review for exam on enzymes, restriction enzymes, micropipettes, electrophoresis, standard curve, sig figs, cheese making
Fri:exam