Monday, April 26, 2010

Week of 4/26

Biology
Monday test review.... Tuesday test on ecology. The material isn't difficult but there is a lot so study!Wednesday makeup tests and intro to the animal kingdom. If all goes well with Thursdays lecture we will be ready to focus on the jelly fish in lecture Friday and lab Monday.

Ap Biology...
We will finish with evolution this week. Monday is a Quiz and lab on beaks. Tuesday we will lecture odds and ends to wrap up our topic and check review worksheet. Wednesday will be review day and Thursday we will begin our new topic in lecture. Friday will be a test on Genetics and Evolution. It's a big one so be ready!

Monday, April 19, 2010

Week of 4/19/2010

BIOLOGY
Our mini-unit on ecology is moving along nicely. Monday this week will start with a lecture on population sampling and an activity on random sampling that will finish the period. We probably won't have time to finish the analysis questions so they become homework. TuesdayPopulation curves lecture asnd activityon survivorship curves. Wednesday succession lecture with worksheet on predation verses starvation. Thursday in honor of earthday we will focus on our ecological footprints ending the week with natural resources and pollution. Test is scheduled for Tuesday next week!

AP Biology
This week will continue evolution. Monday will be lecture on speciation with some worksheet time. Tuesday we get to bring a little math to our class with Hardy Weinberg problems. Lab notebooks are due ! Wednesday will be our Fishy frequency lab.Thursday' discussion will be on the evolution of behavior. Friday"s lab will be "Feeding Frenzie"Make sure you are working on the Who came to Dinner assignment.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Week of April 11,2010

Biology
Lecture Monday will be cycles in nature including predator prey. Tuesday is a lab on competition that will go into Wednesday ...Lab report must be finished for Thursday which is also our quiz day.If we have any time Survivorship curve and a work sheet will close out the week.

AP We are working with natural selection this week, There are several labs and workshhets and Quiz scheduled for Thursday.

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Week of 4/5/10

BIOLOGY
We enter the last marking period with the topic of ecology. It will be a 2 week mini lesson which we will start with lecture on Monday. Follow up will include a worksheet on food webs due Tuesday.Tuesday our focus will be biomes and natural cycles.Wednesday's activity will test your biome knowledge.Thursday and Friday will follow the same lesson worksheet format with a Quiz scheduled for early next week.

AP Biology
We introduced DNA last week with the development of the Double Helix Model. This weeks lecture and activities will take us through Replication AND protein Synthesis. We will schedule a quiz for Friday this week.