Week of 9/2/14

BIOLOGY- Short week this week... Hope everyone had a good week. We are continuing to work with scientific method and variables. The week should go something like this... Tuesday- Lecture how to distinguish between independent and dependent variables. Worksheet practice that will be finished for homework. Wednesday- In class poster activity ...Using scientific method to problem solve. Thursday- We'll start the day with a quiz followed by time to complete the posters. Friday- Each class will do a gallery walk to critique the posters. We will also spend some time practicing dependent and independent variables. AP Biology Tuesday- Cabbage lab due! Full day lecture introducing organic chem. Wednesday- We will start class a quiz on themes and properties of water. Second period will be spent continuing lecture on organic compounds critical to life. Remember water potential lab is due on Thursday. Thursday- Hand in water potential lab- complete lecture with nucleic acids and begin polymer labs. Friday complete polymer labs. Due next week.