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

Agenda for Week of Dec 3, 2012

Practical General Biology

Mon:punnett square practice wksht #2
Tues: Notes: Mendel's Exceptions; pg 195:12-20 and 21-26
Wed:making babies lab
Thur:making babies lab; section review questions 179:1-4, 182:1,2
Fri:video "genetic diseases" and wksht

Environmental Science

Mon:section review ?s: 295:1-6; 303: 1-6
Tues: article and wksht "why the west is burning"
Wed: Lecture notes: Marcellus shale drilling
Thur: group work to come up with solutions to shortage of freshwater
Fri:aquatic insect videos

Genetics and Biotechnology

Mon: notes/practice significant figures; wksht
Tues: prepare for pGlo lab; enter procedure in lab notebook
Wed: complet pglo tranformation lab
Thur:view results of pglo lab; complete lab worksheets
Fri:notes: DNA fingerprinting and forensic analysis

Homework/Agenda Nov 19,2012

Practical General Biology
Mon:mitosis notes; start genetics disease brochure
tues:view mitosis slides in lab; continue brochure
Wed:finish brochure in library
Happy Thanksgiving Break!

Environmental Science

Mon:notes on water resources
tues:design an experiment to test Mahanoy Creek water
Wed:analyze creek water samples for iron/pH
Happy Thanksgiving Break!

Genetics and Biotechnology

Mon:electrophoresis lab/ rare cutter worksheet
tues:electrophoresis lab
Wed:read electrophoresis gels
Happy thanksgiving break!

Agenda Week of Nov 12, 2012

Pd 1,2 General Biology
mon:osmosis lab
tues:finish osmosis lab
wed:calculate percent changes, quiz; review worksheet
thur:review for cell biology exam
fri:cell biology exam

Pd 3,5 Environmental Science
mon:pg 216:#1-6; 223: #1-5
tues:review worksheet (populations)
wed:go over review worksheet
thur: review game for exam on ecology (chapters 4,5,8)
fri:Ecology Exam

Pd 6,7 Genetics and Biotechnology

mon:notes: what are enzymes
tues:pipette and microcentrifuge lab
wed:notes: restriction enzymes
thur:lab: dna scissors
fri:electrophoresis lab/ lambda dna

Agenda/Homework Week of Nov 5, 2012

Pd 1,2 Practical General Biology

Mon: go over page 49, 53, 56 questions
Tues: notes: cell structures and functions, finish plant and animal cell drawing
Wed: finish notes; handout: cell is like a city
Thur: quiz: cell structures and functions
Fri: no school

Pd 3,5 Environmental Science

Mon:notes on biotic interactions
Tues:writing prompt: biotic interactions
Wed:notes: population cycles
Thur:quiz: biotic interactions; design a food web
Fri: No school

Pd 6,7 Genetics and biotechnology

Mon:notes on food biotechnology
Tues: cheese lab
WEd:refined cheese lab
Thur:finish cheese lab writeup; cheese assessment
Fri:no school

Agenda for Oct 29, 2012

Pd 1,2 Practical Bio

Mon: go over chemistry of life review sheet
Tues:quiz on atoms; notes: cell functions
Wed:cell lab
Thur: finish cell lab: homeostasis notes
Fri:writing prompt: cell is like a city

Pd 3,4 Environmental Science

Mon:lynx vs hare lab
Tues:finish lynx vs hare lab and wksht
Wed:pg 216:#1-6; 223:#1-5
Thur:notes on trophic relationships
Fri:writing prompt" Biotic Interactions"

Pd 6,7 Biotech

Mon:review for biostats test
Tues:biostats test
Wed:notes on food biotechnology
Thur: cheese lab demonstration
Fri:Your World 15(1): obesity with wksht