Homework/Agenda starting Jan 27, 2014

Practical Env. Science
Mon:lecture: scientific method/ simpson's wksht
Tues:go over simpson's, graphing packet
Wed: poster projects
Thur: quiz: scientific method/finish posters/ gallery walk
Fri:penny lab


Genetics and Biotechnology
Mon:copy cheeselab into notebook/ go over sig fig quiz
Tues: teacher demonstration of cheese lab
Wed:students do cheese lab part B
Thur:students do cheese lab part C
Fri:quiz: cheese making; intro to pipettes


Environmental Science

Mon:video wksht "Hawaii: Strangers in Paradise"
Tues:"
Wed:Notes: endangered species/ writeup (paragraph on each of three parameters) on water tests due
Thur:LDC task: eo wilson: biodiversity
Fri:pa biodiversity activity

Genetics and Biotechnology (PD 6,7)
Mon:brochure in library/bioethical decision model
Tues:"
Wed:finish bioethical model and discuss/h.w. scenario #2 in box plot
Thur:read section from book on cloning
Fri: LDC writing task: what is personhood?

Homework/Agenda January 20, 2014

Practical Environmental Science
Mon:no school
Tues:no school
Wed:book intro wksht
Thur:rules: parents sign off page; 18 vocab words defined (chapter 1,2)
Fri:lecture on scientific method; scientific article critique

Genetics and Biotechnology

Mon:no school
Tues:no school
Wed:finish sig fig lecture
Thur:sig fig/exact number practice
Fri:quiz on sig figs

Environmental Science

Mon:no school
Tues:no school
Wed:measure mahanoy creek water samples for nitrate, alkalinity, orthophosphate
Thur:finish measuring samples/ write a summary of results
Fri:endangered species brochure due; video "Hawaii: Strangers in Paradise"

Homework/Agenda for Week of January 13, 2014

This week will be Midterm/Final Exam Week.

All classes will have a full review on Monday, with students being able to ask any question from the study guide.

Students are reminded to bring a pencil along to class as well as notebooks to be graded.

Practical General Biology

Final Exam: Tuesday Jan 14th, 8 am.

Genetics and Biotechnology

Midterm Exam: Thur: Jan 16th, 11 am.

Environmental Science

Midterm Exam: Friday Jan 17th, 8 am.

Homework/Agenda Week of Jan 6, 2014

Practical Biology

Mon:punnett practice/quiz; build DNA molecule
Tues: notes: transcription/translation; genetic disease video/wksht
Wed:study guide for final exam
Thur:study guide for final exam
Fri:go over study guide/ review game

Note: Final Exam for Practical Biology Pd 1 Monday, January 13th

Genetics and Biotechnology

Mon:Notes: food Biotechnology
Tues:quiZ: food biotechnology
Wed:review for midterm
Thur:review for midterm
Fri:review for midterm

Note: Midterm Exam for Biotechnology is 4th pd Wed, Jan 15th


Environmental Science

Mon: Endangered species brochure: library
Tues:endangered species brochure: library
Wed: review for midterm exam
Thur: review for midterm exam
Fri: review game for midterm exam

Note: Midterm Exam for Environmental Science is Pd 5 Thur, Jan 16th

Homework/Agenda for week of Dec 16

Practical Biology

Mon:Test: cells and bioenergetics; notes mitosis
Tues:mitosis wksht
Wed:mitosis/meiosis quiz/ notes: mendel and punnett squares
Thur:punnett square practice and review game
Fri:quiz: punnett squares

Genetics and Biotechnology

Mon:finish C.S.I. video and discuss
Tues:"under your skin" article and activity wksht
Wed: Notes: food biotechnology
Thur: discuss cheese lab
Fri:plan cheese variants

Environmental Science

Mon:2 quizzes: water pollution and marcellus shale drilling
Tues: review game
Wed:test: water resources and pollution
Thur:video "Its happening today on the Chesapeake Bay"
Fri:finish video and discuss

HW/Agenda Nov 20-Nov 26, 2013

Practical Biology

Mon:Act 80 no school
Tues:notes: cell structure and fcn; finish cell like a city paper and cell drawing/label
Wed:graphing pacekt pages 49, 52, 33, 43; study for cell structure/fcn quiz
Thur:go over graph packet; quiz on cell structure/function; start cell lab
Fri: finish cell lab
Mon: Notes: homeostasis/movement across cell membrane; writing prompt on cells
Tues:section review questions: pg 87, 91

Genetics and Biotechnology

Mon:Act 80 No school
Tues:finish rosalind franklin video wksht
Wed:count flies
Thur:Chi-Square practice in class and homework problem
Fri:go over h.w. problem/count flies
Mon:review for test
Tues:test on biostatistics: sum and product rules, pascal's triangle, binomial expansion, X2

Environmental Science

Mon:Act 80: no school
Tues:plan Mahanoy Creek Experiment (to be written up as lab report)
Wed:start notes on "Water is Life"
Thur:finish notes: water is life
Fri:chemical testing of Mahanoy Creek water samples
Mon:library: write up report according to rubric and guidelines
Tues:quiz: water is life

Agenda/Homework Week of Nov 11, 2013

Practical Biology

Mon: finish review packet 2.3-2.5
Tues: finish notes and go over 2.4, 2.5
Wed: quiz:2.3,2.4,2.5; review for test
Thur: test on Chapter 2: Chemistry of life
Fri:start cell unit: draw and label a cell

Genetics and Biotechnology

Mon:finish practice for binomial theorem; quiz
Tues: count F1 fly emergences
Wed: notes on chi-square
Thur:chi-square practice wksht
Fri:fly culture update

Environmental Science

Mon: writing prompt: should wapiti come to Ringtown Valley; argue for your side 5X5
Tues:population wksht; quiz on populations
Wed:review game
Thur:Test on Ecology and Populations: Chapter 4,5,8
Fri:finish leopold video: discussion, go over wksht