pd 1,2 Environmental Science
This week we will finish up water pollution unit. Review on Thursday. Test Friday

Pd 3,4 Practical General Biology
This week we will finish up Genetics Unit. Review Wednesday. Test Friday.
Tuesday's h.w.: pg 217: #1-7
Wednesday's h.w.: pg 195: #12, 26-28; pg 197: #1-3; pg 221: 17, 19, 20

Pd 5 Academic Biology
This week we will finish up unit on bacteria and viruses. Review Thursday, Test Friday.
h.w. tuesday: pg 551: #1-5

Pd 6: Biotechnology
this week we will focus on chi-square analysis
Quiz on Friday. We will also finish monitoring our flys and counting F1 and F2 generations

Pd 1,2 Environmental Science
This week we will study macroinvertebrates as indicators of water quality. homework for wed: page 303: #3,4; pg 313: #1-5

Friday Quiz: macroinvertebrate identification

Pd 3,4 Pract Biology
This week we will practice punnett squares and do a lab on baby genetics. hw. for tuesday: page 182: #1-5
Wednesday will be quiz on punnett squares

PD 5 Academic Biology

We will be focusing on Bacteria this week. h.w. for tuesday: pag 558: #1-6
Tuesday: quiz on bacteria vocabulary

thursday's homework: page 561: #1-5

Pd 6 Biotechnology

we will cover binomial theorem this week with a test on it on Friday.
Tuesday will be the quiz on basic probability questions

Pd 1,2 Environmental Science

Tuesday: quiz on water resources lecture
Homework due after holiday break: water use record for one day at home: lab worksheet


Pd 3,4 Practical General Biology
quiz tuesday: homeostasis vocabulary
tuesday: basketball review game
wednesday: cell biology unit test: structure and function, cell size, homeostasis, mitosis


Pd 5 Academic Bio
tuesday: quiz: evolution; notes on classification of 5 kingdoms



Pd 6 Biotechnology and Genetics
Tuesday: quiz on mendel's exceptions
we will start counting our fly cross results


Happy Thanksgiving!

Pd 1,2 Environmental Science

Tuesday we will start water quality unit with a lecture on water resources homework for Wednesday: pag 190:#3,5 and pg 197: #1-6
Study for a quiz thursday on the material from this lecture
At the end of the week we will start an experiment on eutrophication

Pd 3,4 Practical General Biology
This week we will cover the topic "Homeostasis". This will involve a lecture and lab setup on Tuesday. H.w. for tuesday: page 87:#15. H.w for friday pag 137: #1-6
Study for a quiz friday on homeostasis

Pd 5 Academic Biology
for tuesday: pg 314: #1-6
Review game wednesday in preparation for test on Thursday (Evolution)

Pd 6 Biotechnology
Tuesday a quiz on Mendel's experiments
Hopefully by end of the week everyone will have fruit fly crosses successfully established.
thursday's lecture topic: significant figures

Pd 1,2 Environmental Science
Test on chapters 4,5,8 on Friday. Review Game Thursday

Pd 3,4 Practical General Biology
Monday is test on Microorganisms
Tuesday we will start cell biology lab. tuesday's homework: read 63-65 and complete #1-5; read 66-74 and complete #1-5

Pd 5 Academic Biology
This week we will finish up the unit on evolution. Test will be Friday.
Tuesday's homework: review questions page 309: #1-6

Pd 6 Biotechnology
We will continue our drosophila genetics experiment and will start the topic of significant figures this week.Tuesday's h.w.: read page 9-17 in "human genetics" text and complete reading strategy worksheet

Pd 1, 2 Environmental Science

Final two lessons on population growth and species interactions this week. Tuesday's h.w. assignments will be #136: 1-6.

This week we will review and have ecology test on chapters 4,5, and 8 early next week.

Pd 3,4 Practical General Biology

This week we will finish up notes on algae and fungus. Friday will be our test on microorganisms.
Students should start studying now to do well on this exam.

Pd 5 Academic Biology

We will continue or discussion of evolution with notes on Tuesday, an activity on Thursday.
Tuesday's homework: pg 301: #1-5
Wednesday homework: pg 309: #1-6

Pd 6 Biotechnology

We will be using digital microscopes from science in motion to study the anatomy of fruit flies.
thursday will be fruit fly quiz.

Pd 1,2 Environmental Science
monday night students need to find the cost/ounce and # calories/ounce in order to calculate efficiency of food types. due tuesday. anyone not handing in their notebook monday must have it for tuesday.

Tuesday nights homework is read 132-136. answer #1-6 on page 136.

The end of week will conclude with lab simulation of predator/prey cycles.

Pd 3,4 Practical Biology
This week we will start microorganisms unit. tuesday's homework: read section and answer questions on page 551:#1-5

Thursday's homework: 580: #1-5 and 585: #1,2,4,5 after reading each section

this week we will do a lab to check out where bacteria grow

Pd 5 Academic biology

This week we start the topic of evolution
monday homework: read section and complet 301:#1-6
tuesday: read section and answer 309:#1-6
Thursday: read section and answer 351:#1-6

fossil lab friday


Pd 6 Biotechnology

This week in lecture we will discuss mendel's genetic studies.
The end of the week we will use the digital microscopes on loan from Science in Motion to photograph fruit flies.