Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Homework/Agenda Week of March 18, 2013

Prac Env Sci

Mon: section review ?s: pg 216:#1-6 pg 223:#1-5
Tues: finish notes on Biotic Interactions
Wed: Notes on predation: lynx vs hare lab
Thur: graphing for lynx vs hare lab
Fri: quiz: biotic interactions

Environmental Science

Mon: section review ?s: pg 523:#1-6; pg 528:#1-6
Tues: go over tests/ global warming essay
Wed: notes: solid waste disposal
Thur: debate on superfund sites
Fri: solid wast quiz


Genetics and Biotechnology

Mon:
Tues: lecture on chi-square analysis
Wed: practice x2 problems (wksht)
Thur:work up data for drosophila report (using chi-square)
Fri:
quiz on chi-square

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Homework/Agenda for Week of Mar 11, 2013

Prac Env Sci

Mon: trip outside to compare two forest areas for succession (wksht)
Tues: notes: Succession, work on biome posters
Wed: library to work on succession webquest assignment
Thur: finish posters
Fri:lynx vs hare predator/prey modeling lab

Environmental Science

Mon: students study the effect of materials on treating global warming
Tues: finish writing lab wksht, assign 341:10-19, 342:22,25,26 and 371:14-18, 372:21,22,26,27
Wed:go over chapter 12, 13 review questions
Thur: basketball review game
Fri: test on Air Pollution (chapt 12, 13)


Genetics and Biotechnology

Mon: summary of two articles from Your World: the world is changing: summarize both articles with respect to how they relate to bioethics
Tues: notes: sum and product rule stats
Wed: check flies; bionomial theorem
Thur:quizon basic stats
Fri: quiz on binomial theorem

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Homework/Agenda Week of March 4, 2013

Practical Environmental Science

Wed: Test on Chapter 10: Endangered Species; writing prompt
Thur: Notes on Ecology; section reveiw questions: 102:#1-5; 107: #1-6
Fri: Succession Lab; video: Old Growth Forests (worksheet)

Environmental Science

Wed: Global Warming argumentive type essay (library)
Thur: finish Global Warming Essay
Fri: Temperature lab

Genetics and Biotechnology

Wed: Caffeine article/ Progeria flow chart on how to approve a drug for market
Thur: Test: Mendel/ Fruit Flies/ LD50/ Bioethics/ Animal Rights
Fri: Notes on basic stats/ practice wksht

Monday, February 25, 2013

Homework/Agenda Week of Feb 25, 2013

Prac Env Sci

Mon: finish endangered species lecture; video "Hawaii Strangers in Paradise"
Tues: notes: why species become endangered; finish video
Wed:invasive species quiz (chapter 10 vocab); invasive species lab
Thur:webquest: hemlock wooly adelgid
Fri:quiz: invasive species

Environmental Science

Mon: section review question #1-6 on pages 330, 335, 339 w.o.q.
Tues: go over review questions; donora article
Wed: air pollution lab
Thur: lecture "acid rain"; quiz on air pollution major types
Fri: pH lab


Genetics and Biotechnology

Mon: finish LD50 lab; graph in library on excel
Tues: notes on Animal Testing
Wed: check fruit fly cultures; quiz: LD50
Thur: notes: mendel's exceptions
Fri:
quiZ: mendel's exceptions

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Homework/Agenda for Week of Feb 18, 2013

Prac Env Sci

Mon:no school
Tues:notes: endangered species
Wed:work on end species brochure in library; PA youth survey 2nd period cafeteria
Thur: finish endangered species brochure. if not done, finish for homework. due feb 27
Fri:finish notes on endangered species; view film "Hawaii: Strangers in Paradise"

Environmental Science

Mon:no school
Tues: quiz on bird id's. view results of GBBC
Wed: why monitoring birds is important writing prompt
Thur:notes: intro to air pollution
Fri: dustbuster research in library


Genetics and Biotechnology

Mon: no school
Tues:notes: what is science, scientific method; check flies
Wed: quiz: Mendel's experiments; experimental design mosquito lab
Thur:mosquito lab; quiz: Scientific Method
Fri: results of mosquito lab;graph, write report

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Homework/Agenda Week of Feb 11, 2013

Prac Env Sci

Mon: jeopardy review for test; intro to great backyard bird count
Tues:exam on chapt 1,2; lecture: how to identify birds
Wed: practice identifying birds
Thur: go outside for great backyard bird count; color and show field marks on a bird species
Fri: no school

Environmental Science

Mon: lecture on how to identify birds
Tues: exam on endangered/invasive species
Wed: practice identifying birds
Thur: go outside for great backyard bird count
Fri: no school


Genetics and Biotechnology

Mon: check fruit fly cultures for eggs
Tues: practice di-hybrid punnetts
Wed: quiz: di-hybrid punnetts
Thur: quiz: drosophila biology
Fri:no school

Monday, February 4, 2013

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"