Tuesday, December 22, 2015

1/4/2016

Happy New Year everyone! I wanted to give you a heads up on what we will be doing between now and exams so you are prepared.
Biology- Monday review to refresh our memories on the light reaction followed by Lecture the steps of the Calvin Cycle. Tuesday comparison of C3 and C4 plants. Wednesday Photosynthesis Quest followed by intro to respiration lecture.
Thursday anaerobic respiration lecture and Friday aerobic respiration lecture. Monday the 11th and Tuesday the 12th will be exam review days Exams start Wednesday 1/13. Since I have 5th and 6th periods each day we will used that time to complete a muscle fatigue Lab.7th period will do the lab on Wednesday 1/20.

AP Bio-We will wrap up evolution before exams sticking to the following schedule(I Hope!) Monday Lecture cladograms followed by a practice worksheet due Tuesday. Tuesday the evolution of behavior followed by how females pick their mates WS due Wednesday. Wednesday the beaks of finches lab due Friday. Thursday Introduce Hardy Weinberg with some practice problems. Friday Fishy frequency Lab due Monday1/11. Monday lecture on speciation poster activity. Tuesday The color of my skin are there different species of humans? followed by review for evolution test which will be Wednesday.

Monday, December 14, 2015

Week of 12/14/15

Academic BIO- We are starting one of the toughest topics of the year this week...photosynthesis and my goal is to have everything wrapped up before break next week. Here's the plan:
Monday: lecture the electromagnetic spectrum. There will be a research assignment handed out that is due Wednesday. I hope to have some class time on Tuesday to work on it. Tuesday- Lecture why we see color and make up of a chloroplast. Extra time can be used for spectrum research. Wednesday- This is our big lecture on the light reaction of photosynthesis remember research is due. Thursday chromatography lab completed report due Monday. Friday lecture the Calvin Cycle complete lab as needed. Monday 12/21 Lecture C3 verses C4 plants review for Quest. Tuesday Quest Day! Wednesday wrap up as needed.

AP Bio We start our study of evolution this week and it is going to be a busy one. MOnday- Lecture on Theories of evolution and supporting evidence of. Period 2 will be Nutall Precipitation lab completed lab is due Wednesday. Tuesday Lecture Natural Selection. Start orgami bird activity Work sheet on Homologies involves research due Friday END OF CLASS. Wednesday- complete orgami bird lab with fly off use any spare time to work on homologies research.Bird Lab due 12/21.Thursday Lecture Cladograms and evolutionary trees followed by in class worksheet that may need to be finished at home. FRIDAY WORK DAY TO BE USED AS NEEDED.


BIOII- Monday is test day on cell divisions. Tuesday will introduce DNA, history of and structure. Wednesday complete structure discussion followed by Photo 51. Thursday- Lecture replication. Friday ws on replication. Monday Quiz on replication. Tuesday lecture protein synthesis with practice worksheet on Wednesday. Have a nice holiday!