4/25/16

Ap bio- Our topic for the week will be bacteria and virus. Monday is slated as a 2 period lecture. Tuesday we will set up our culture plates and complete lecture on requirements for bacterial growth. Wednesday intro lecture to virus followed by lab time to add test products to culture plates. Thursday Bacteria quiz Lab work day prepared slides and Gram staining. Friday will be a test prep day.
Biology. we will finish off our classification topic Monday in lecture. a worksheet will follow. Tuesday will be a cladogram activity. Wednesday will be a quiz day. Thursday intro to ecology with terms from biosphere to populations. Friday we will lecture food webs and chains followed by a worksheet due Monday.

Week of April 17, 2016

Academic Bio Classes are beginning the topic of classification. It will be our focus for the next 2 weeks.
Monday- Lecture intro to taxonomy. Followed by time to complete activity started on Friday. Tuesday- Completed activity due. Lecture Karl von Linne. Wednesday lecture the Kingdoms supported by WS On classification. Thursday worksheet due. Lecture topic dichotomous Keys. Practice worksheet using salamander key. Friday will be a quiz, salamander key due and an opportunity to make your own key using buttons.
AP Biology- Monday lecture the evolution of behavior. Lab the beaks of Finches...Due Friday. Tuesday lecture speciation. Poster activity as teams. Wednesday- continue working on speciation poster, article the color of my skin and remember How females choose their mates is due. Thursday-Test Evolution. Friday Lecture Genetic manipulation.

Week of 4/11/16

Biology is working on evolution Monday we will work on and organism design activity that includes a 5x5. Tuesday Lecture Artificial Selection. Review for test on Wednesday with test on Thursday. Friday we will start our new topic of classification.
AP bio starts the week with a quiz on gene expression and natural selection. Tuesday we will finish watching GATTACCA and lecture Hardy Weinberg if time allows. Wednesday will be practice problems with Hardy Weinberg Thursday will be our gold fish lab Report due Monday. and Friday we will introduce evolution of behavior and beaks of finches lab. Report due Wednesday.
Bio II. We will complete the poster assignment Monday. Review for test Tuesday and be ready for our Test Wednesday. Thursday and Friday will be lecture on bacteria and the development of antibiotics

Week of 4/4/16

Academic bio classes will start the week completing their Natural selection Lab. It's due Tuesday. Tuesday will start with a QUIZ and follow up with lecture on supports for evolution. We will complete our discussion of evolution supports on Wednesday and start an activity called the most intelligent mammal. This activity will take 2 days and the finished report is due Friday We will wrap up our week and our evolution topic with Natural and artificial selection a supporting worksheet will be started in class and finished for homework. I'm planning a review on Monday 4/11 followed with a TEST Tuesday that week.

AP BIo will begin the week with a mini lesson on gene regulation...Including the lac operon. There is a ws that accompanies our discussion. Tuesday lecture will introduce Evolution and evidence used to support it. If time allows we will start a lab using Nuttell Precipitation. If not that will be our starting point on Tuesday followed by a discussion on patterns of evolution. Nuttell Lab will be due on Friday. Orgami bird lab will fill Wednesday and most of Thursday with the flyoff on that day. Friday lecture what are cladograms and some practice on reading evolutionary trees. No tests or quizzes this week.

Bio II Our week is filled with evolution based articles, research and activities. all will be due by the end of the week. Thursday will be a review day and Friday we will have our evolution test. HAVE A GREAT WEEK!