Tuesday, November 18, 2008

WEEK of November 17 2008

BIOLOGY
This week we will wrap up the study of Taxonomy. Our quiz is scheduled for Wednesday.We have to complete lecture on the development of the kingdoms and interpreting cladograms. A worksheet activity on cladograms will be due for Friday. Next week ,Monday, will be jeopardy review and crossword. Which means test will be Tuesday. So plan ahead and start studying.

AP BIOLOGY
Isn't evolution a fascinating topic? Our class discussions have been great! I appreciate your enthusiasm. We will broaden our topic to now include ...what constitutes a species and how behaviors influence patterns of evolution. We have one more lab...probably for Thursday which brings our 2 lecture topics to life. I'm planning a TEST for next Tuesday and will collect lab notebooks before break. Be sure to have a conclusion as well as analysis questions for each!

Monday, November 10, 2008

WEEK OF NOVEMBER 10

BIOLOGY
This week starts off with our big unit test on Chapter 11. Hopefully everyone will wow me with their knowledge. I'm planning on starting our new topic ...Classification on Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday we will work with a scientific classification tool called the "dicotomous key". There is a lab and a worksheet due on this topic for Friday. We will finish off the week researching cladograms and evolutionary trees. No tests or quizzes this week!

AP BIOLOGY.
We will be moving into our new topic of Natural selection. Starting Monday with Intro lecture and lab..Biochemical evidence in supprt of evolution. Lots of labs this week mixed in with our lectures. Orgami birds will demonstrate survival of the fittest, and fishy frequencies will explain why recessive traits aren't lost from a population. No tests this week but I will collect notebook next Monday.