Welcome Back! First Week of School

Note to all classes: please remember to bring in your signed discipline policy form. Thanks!

Practical Biology (Pd 1,2)

Mon:scope of the course
Tues:finish book intro worksheet
Wed:pseudoscience articles
Thur:CONPTT; talking to the text
Fri:quiz: biological prefixes

Genetics and Biotechnology (Pd 3,6)

Mon:scope of the course
Tues: your world 7(2) worksheet
Wed: intro to biotech notes
Thur:ethical dilemna worksheet
Fri:biotech decision handout

Environmental Science (Pd 5,7)

Mon:scope of the course
Tues: grading policy/rules
Wed:notes: intro to ecology
Thur:section review ?s
Fri: articles on local environmental problem due along with 1/2 page summary

Agenda for Week of May 12, 2014

A few reminders:
Thursday and Friday this week will be Keystone Testing.
Friday will be shortened periods for pep rally.
The end of the year is fast approaching.

Practical Env. Science

Mon: quiz on water resources and on water pollution; notes on Biomonitoring
Tues:practice identifying macroinverts and doing diversity/pollution index; go outside to small stream for macros
Wed: AMD notes and chemical testing of stream samples
Thur:review for Monday's test on Water Pollution
Fri: review for Monday's test on Water Pollution

Genetics and Biotechnology

Mon:Histories Mysteries video clip and wksht
Tues:fingerprint lab
Wed: c.s.i game
Thur:mock crime scene
Fri: c.s.i. game

Environmental Science

Mon:nuclear energy notes
Tues: solar/fuel cell notes; quiz on nuclear
Wed: coal: bootlegger video; quiz on solar/fuel cell
Thur: finish coal/bootlegger
Fri: start reviewing for final

Genetics and Biotechnology (PD 6,7)
Mon:test: biostatistics; notes PCR
Tues:quiz PCR; notes on C.S.I.
Wed: fingerprint/blood lab/ history's mysteries wksht
Thur:quiz c.s.i. /c.s.i. game
Fri: start reviewing for final exam

Agenda for Week of April 21, 2014

Practical Env. Science

Mon: experiment to test material solutions to global warming
Tues:quiz: global warming; library to start essay on global warming
Wed:notes: acid rain and smokestacks of montour
Thur:libary: finish global warming essay
Fri:video "Ozone Hole" and wksht; air pollution test early next week

Genetics and Biotechnology

Mon: ELISA wrap-up and post-lab focus questions
Tues:quiz: ELISA; notes: c.s.i.
Wed:histories mysteries intro to forensic science
Thur: fingerprint practice
Fri:fingerprint/ blood typing

Environmental Science

Mon: discuss results of cleanup; what can we keep out of landfills?
Tues: quiz: waste disposal; lecture Hazardous Waste
Wed:
Thur: Earth Day cleanup project (upper student parking lot)
Fri: quiz: hazardous waste

Genetics and Biotechnology (PD 6,7)

Mon:finish discussion of lambda dna; generate standard curve
Tues:quiz: lambda dna; lecture pGlo
Wed:lab: pglo prelab questions in notebook
Thur: grow bacteria for pglo lab
Fri:complete pglo lab

Agenda Week of March 31, 2014

Practical Environmental

Wed: notes: succession
Thur: review
Fri: test on Ecology

Pd 4 Biotech

Wed: Gattaca
Thur: discuss Gattaca
Fri: notes: immunoassays

Pd 5 Env Science

Wed: start coolit; quiz on air pollution
Thur: finish coolit; quiz on acid rain
Fri: ldc task

Pd 6,7 Biotech

Wed: start cheese lab
thur: continue cheese lab; quiz on food biotech
Fri: finish cheese lab; Drosophila report due

Agenda March 27 and March 28

Practical General Biology

Thur: Lecture "Population Dynamics"
Fri:go over populations review packet; bingo game
Note: test next Friday on Ecology chapters 4,6,7

Biotech Pd 4

Wed: pGlo lab
thur: observe the results of pglo
Fri: finish pGlo packet

Env Science pd 5

Wed: Notes on Global Warming
Thur: pH lab and wksht
Fri: video "Ozone: The HOle Story" and wksht

Biotech Pd 6,7

Wed: finish chi-square practice; quiz
Thur: work on fruit fly data to put into chi-square model
Fri: type up fruit fly paper in computer lab (Dr. L's room)

Homework/Agenda Week of March 17, 2014

Practical Env. Science

Mon: section review questions from chapter 4
Tues: notes: Intro to Ecology
Wed: video "Aldo Leopold: Prophet for all seasons"; start food web poster project
Thur:finish leopold video; continue work on food web project
Fri:quiz: intro to ecology quiz; finish and present poster project

Genetics and Biotechnology

Mon:finish summary of electrophoresis in lab notebook
Tues:copy pGlo lab into lab notebook; get tests back
Wed: lecture: pGlo
Thur: quiz: genetic transformation
Fri:prepare setup for PGlo lab next week

Environmental Science

Mon: complete section review questions pg 333, 335, 339 (all)
Tues:note: intro to air pollution
Wed:library: research and complete worksheet on dustbuster assignment
Thur: finish dustbuster lab and report on it.
Fri:donora article

Genetics and Biotechnology (PD 6,7)
Mon: mendel's genetic book wksht chapter 1
Tues: notes on sum and product rule stats; practice wksht
Wed: quiz: basic stats; bioechnology and you explorer magazine wksht
Thur: notes: binomial theorem as applied to basic stats; practice wksht
Fri:quiz: binomial theorem

Homework/Agenda Week of March 3, 2014

Practical Env. Science

Mon:lecture: endangered species, pa diversity activity
Tues:wksht"impotance of biodiversity"; vocab words from chapter 10 definitions
Wed:quiz: endangered species; lecture: what makes species go extinct; bog turtle wksht
Thur:notes: invasive species; wkshts "Enemies among Us" or "invasives" wksht
Fri:invasive species lab

Genetics and Biotechnology

Mon:start lambda DNA lab; prepare gel
Tues:load and run gels
Wed:destain and interpret results of gel
Thur:draw standard curve, finish questions in lab packet and hand in
Fri:quiz: lambda DNA/electrophoresis/restriction enzymes

Environmental Science

Mon:lecture "what makes species go extinct"
Tues:chapter 10 section review questions: read first, then answer the questions: p259-262: 1-5; p263-269:1-6; p270-275: #1-7
Wed:invasive species lab
Thur:lecutre on invasive species
Fri:Video "Cane Toad" and wksht

Genetics and Biotechnology (PD 6,7)
Mon:collect papers on animal research; count drosophil flies (F1 results)
Tues:start mosquito LD50 lab
Wed:finish mosquito LD50 lab
Thur:finish counting flies for Drosophila lab
Fri:elements of experimental design practice: Bart Simpson wksht