Friday, October 28, 2011

week of 10/31/11

Biology
This week ends the marking period. Hopefully everyone turned in their cell portfolios. You'll be happy to know that we are still working on cells. Transport and the cell cycle will be our topics for the week. Due for Friday will be a cell cycle lab report and work sheets on the processes of mitosis and meiosis. Quiz will probably be Thursday.



AP Biology
We'll begin Monday with the cell cycle. A brief lab simulation on stage identification will follow. Tuesday will be meiosis...stage identification and comparison to mitosis. Later in the week we will focus on DNA composition and discovery. Photo 51 movie will reinforce this topic.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

week of 10/24/11

Biology. We will close our first marking period by ending our discussion on cellular organelles. This week included a quiz on Wednesday and the big cell portfolio assignment due Friday. Remember this counts as a test so be sure you complete it!

AP BIOLOGy.
I was pleased with how well our discussion of photosynthesis went. You really seemed to understand the process. Let's hope respiration goes as well. This will be our topic for the week. The last for the marking period. Quiz will be Thursday and lab notebooks will be due Friday.

Friday, October 14, 2011

week of October 17 2011

Biology.
Onward to chapter 3...Cells are probably a more familiar topic and that is how we will end our 1st marking period. Monday we will still be struggling through the CDT testing so our intro lecture to cells will be Tuesday. Wednesday we will talk organelles getting us ready for our lab on Thursday and Friday. I have a quiz scheduled for Thursday so be ready!


AP BIOLOGY.
We are leaving cells behind and moving into our 2 most difficult topics...photosynthesis and respiration. This week is photosynthesis. Lecture Monday and Tuesday followed by Pigment lab on Wednesday.Remember Lab Notebooks are due on Friday this week!

Monday, October 3, 2011

Week of October 3 2011

BIO
Sorry for all the interuptions last week. Unfortunately this week doesn't look much better.Our topic is the chemistry of life. and we begin our week with a quiz and lab on the properties of water. Lab report will be due Wednesday. Tuesday we will finish off the lab and introduce Organic chem. That lecture will cover Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday will probably be a worksheet daythat will carry over onto Friday.

AP Biology.Because of my unexpected kidney stone our schedule sure has been a mess. Hopefully Things can get back to normal soon.We are working with cells again this week with a focus of transport and enzymes as catalysts. Lab Tuesday onto Wed and again on Friday if everything goes according to plan