Welcome Back to a New School Year!

Practical General Biology
Thur: Finish concept (balloon) diagram of biological theme; present biological theme
Fri: video: intro to insects; color in grasshopper diagram


Genetics and Biotechnology
due for Tues sept 3: current biotech article (newspaper or internet) along with 1/2 page article summary
Thur: finish notes on intro to biotech
Fri: start independent project on a biotech topic


Environmental Science
due for tues sept 3: current environmental article (preferrably on local topic) and 1/2 page summary
Thur: finish notes on Intro to Environment; books passed out: book intro worksheet
Fri: go over book intro wksht;

Agenda Week of April 22, 2013

Prac Env Sci

Mon:test: air pollution
Tues:lecture: water resources; wkshts page 1-6 from water resources section of the book
Wed:finish water resources lecture: read packet: fisherman's guide to aquatic insects
Thur: outdoor trip to sample stream organisms
Fri:water quality monitoring packet

Environmental Science

Mon:video "saved by sun", worksheet
Tues: finish video; h.w. 499:2,3,4,6,7 and 493:1,2
Wed:lecture: solar energy
Thur:notes: fuel cell technology; quiz on solar energy
Fri: discuss alternative energy: compare/contrast


Genetics and Biotechnology

Mon:finish micropipette lab
Tues: notes: restriction enzymes; quiz on regular enzymes
Wed:lab: dna scissors; micropipette quiz
Thur: finish dna to races lab
Fri:
prepare notebooks for lambda dna lab

Agenda for Week of April 15, 2013

Prac Env Sci

Mon: Acid Rain Notes; pH lab
Tues:video "Ozone Hole"start posters on air pollution
Wed: complete poster
Thur: review and study guide for exam
Fri: Exam: Air Pollution

Environmental Science

Mon:sketch diagram of nuclear power plant (pg 477)
Tues: notes: Nuclear Energy
Wed:Solar energy
Thur: notes: fuel cell technology
Fri:pg 499:2,3,4,6,7


Genetics and Biotechnology

Mon: go over sig fig wksht
Tues: micropipette lab; food biotech quiz
Wed: notes: restriction enzynm=
Thur:lab "DNA scissors"
Fri:
finish estimating dna fragment size

Week of April 3, 2013

Prac Env Sci

Wed:intro to air pollution notes; secton review questions pg 330, 335
Thur:indoor air pollution lab "dustbusters"
Fri:video "Cool It" discussion afterwards

Environmental Science


Wed:handout "Pa's alternative energy"; bring in article dealing with energy costs
Thur:notes "powering Pa"
Fri: discuss fossil fuels


Genetics and Biotechnology


Wed:notes on food biotech
Thur:cheese lab
Fri:
pipette lab

Homework/Agenda Week of March 25, 2013

For Thursday:


Environmental Science

Study for Test on Chapter 19: Waste. Test will closely follow the information in the textbook and on the study worksheets.

Genetics and Biotechnology

Test on Biostats: Remember to study basic stats principles and theory, binomial theorem, and chi-square. There will also be a di-hybrid cross problem included because the punnett square gives us the basic starting ratios (or probabilities) for working with chi-square.

Also, a note to remember: Drosophila report will be due April 12th.

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

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