Friday, September 25, 2015

Week of 9/28/15

Biology- Our focus is properties of water. Monday will be a lab Day continuing what we started from Friday. The finished lab report is due Tuesday which will also be a quiz day. If there is any time left we will continue with our discussion of properties of water. Wednesday lecture on pH. it will be a full period discussion getting us ready for a pH activity on Thursday. Report due Friday. Friday is a scheduled work day to complete lab and a RS on pH and the environment.

AP Biology Monday lecture how are enzyme rxns regulated? This will be followed by some work time to share lab results and complete calculations.Tuesday will be an enzyme quiz followed by a discussion on theories of how life began. Wednesday coacervate lab will be run and enzyme lab repot is due. Thursday 2 period lecture on membrane composition, active and passive transport and the sodium potassium pump. Have a great SPIRT WEEK

Sunday, September 20, 2015

Week of September 21, 2015

Biology- We start our week with unit 1 test. 100 pts covering scientific method and tools of the biologist including the microscope. Tuesday Lecture will compare atoms molecules, and compounds. Wed we will work on Bohr models which includes a WS Thursday will start with a quiz followed by our new topic of water's role in living things. Friday discussion on the properties of water.
AP Bio-Jeopardy review on Monday covering Themes, properties of water and organic chem. Anyone who is out for the student council breakfast you are on your own be ready for test Tuesday. Tuesday test 1 Wednesday lecture intro the role of enzymes in living things. Thursday and Friday labs on enzymes report due next Tuesday.

Friday, September 4, 2015

Week of 9/8/2015

Ap Biology Will begin the week with a lecture on water potential and rate of osmosis. Remember your water research questions are due today! A water potential lab will be set up on Tuesday 2nd period and we will read results on Wednesday. There are lots of graphs and calculations so I will make that lab due Monday 9/14. Wednesday is also our first quiz on properties of water and Themes of Biology. Thursday will be a lecture on Organic Chem focusing on Carbs and fats. WS Molecule identification to be done in class. Friday complete lecture on proteins and nucleic acids followed by a polymer lab activity.Have a great week.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Biology Will start the week (Tuesday)with a Lab activity on experimental design. There is a quiz Tuesday for 7th period only! The lab report is to be completed by Wednesday. Wednesday we will begin our lecture on the microscope which will be completed on Thursday If time allows we will start the lab activity following lecture and continue it through Friday................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................BIO II Water Lab due Tuesday. We will lecture pH then as well which will get us ready for our lab on Wednesday. Quiz is scheduled for Thursday followed by time to complete the lab. Friday we will lecture water potential and osmosis.

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Week of August31 2015

Welcome back everyone. The summer went much too quickly! Biology- This week we will introduce the importance of scientific method in the study of biology. Tuesday will be lecture followed by a worksheet on observations and inferences due Wednesday. Wednesday lecture on scientific method worksheet on dependent and independent variables. Thursday Lab experimental design Friday quiz followed by time to complete lab report. AP biology We are hitting the ground running. Monday lecture on Themes of biology with worksheet due Wednesday. Tuesday lecture properties of water followed by reinforcement lab activities. Wednesday complete lecture water as a solvent and pH some class time to finish lab. Thursday will be a research day because of class meeting 2nd and 3rd. Friday lab using red cabbage as a pH indicator. Water lab due today.