week of 12/10/2018

Two weeks to go until Christmas break...Don't forget your pet food donations!
Biology- Monday Review cell cycle cancer connection read and answer questions on the "Radium Girls" due Tuesday. Tuesday Intro lecture meiosis. Wednesday lecture how diversity is introduced into a species. Thursday RS meiosis. Friday ws meiosis
Academic Bio-Monday lecture meiosis in males verses females. Tuesday lecture how diversity is introduced in a species. Wednesday-Rs meiosis due Thursday ws cell cycle meiosis comparison. Friday test review Monday test day.
AP Bio- Monday quiz photosynthesis Tuesday lecture respiration. Wed- set up respirometers. Thursday read lab results lecture anaerobic respiration. Friday work on lab reports.

Wek of 12/3/18

Biology...Make up tests will be given on Tuesday for those absent Friday 11/30. Monday in class lecture intro to the stages of the cell cycle. Tuesday complete discussion of the stages of mitosis Followed by lab ID stages of cycle. Completed lab due by Friday. Wednesday continue with lab calculations. Thursday ws review of cell cycle. Friday Quiz and complete worksheets.

Academic Bio- Monday complete lecture on stages of cell cycle. Lab on ID of stages/ calculations of time in stage. Tuesday continue with lab complete calculations and analysis. Wednesday ws review of stages due Thursday. Thursday Quiz lecture the cell cycle cancer connection. Friday RS The radium girls.

AP Biology- Monday lecture the light reaction of photosynthesis followed by time to complete lab measures. Tuesday- research questions due Monday 12/10 Wednesday lecture the calvin cycle extra time can be used to work on research questions. Thursday. Lecture variations in the calvin cycle. Friday Photosynthesis quiz.

Week of 11/26/18

Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving break. Here's the plan for the week
Biology- Tuesday and Wednesday will be a mix of lecture and time to complete reinforcement worksheets on the topics covered. Thursday will be a jeopardy review and Friday will be our test day on organelles and transport processes.

Academic Biology. Tuesday will be Jeopardy review and Wednesday will be Test day on cell organelles and transport. Thursday we will introduce our new topic in lecture the cell cycle. Friday Lecture on the stages of the cell cycle and how to identify them.

AP Biology- Tuesday welcome back quiz on variations in reproduction and stages of development. Wednesday and Thursday Lecture on electromagnetic spectrum, why we see color and the light reaction of photosynthesis. Friday- set up lab on pigment extraction using chromatography.

Week of 11/12/18

Short week that will probably be short week thanks to the predicted snow for Thursday and Friday so this weeks plan is prone to change.,,,stay tuned.
Biology. Tuesday -cell worksheet time I will need the cell chart and fill in the blank yellow paper by Thursday.Wednesday finish off cell microscope lab. Thursday cell city worksheet Friday Quiz on cells microscope lab due.

Academic Bio- Tuesday intro lecture to transport processes. Wednesday worksheet on cells due end of class Thursday.Friday transport Quiz...?We will hold off on lab till next week when the weather looks better.

AP Bio- Monday lecture will focus on alternation of generation in plants and algae. Thursday lecture of alternation of generation in fungi. Friday review for test...scheduled for Monday. Test will include some on divisions with majority on variations in repro and development.

Week of 11/5 2018

This is confused week with lots of assemblies and drills that will disrupt class schedules.
Biology- Monday we will lecture on organelles in cells. Tuesday- no class Veteran's Day Program Wednesday-complete lecture on organelles and start lab on cells which will take the rest of the week. Quiz on organelles scheduled for Friday.

Academic Biology- This week will focus on identifying organelles and understanding their functions. Monday we will repeat Robert Hookes cork lab. Tuesday focus will be on plant cells we will have a variety of samples to observe and draw ranging from onions to potatoes and tomatoes. Wednesday no class for period 4. Others will continue with plant cells Thursday Human cheek cells will complete the lab samples on cells and time will be given for analysis questions. Labs are due Friday. Friday we will begin lecture on transport processes.

AP Bio. Monday quiz day on division processes. Tuesday and Wednesday- no class due to assemblies. Thursday- lecture on reproductive methods and patterns of development.

WEEK OF 10/29/18

BIOLOGY- Monday we will wrap up our organic topic with Jeopardy review in prep for Tuesdays Test Day. Wednesday well begin the 2nd marking period with a focus on cells. Lectures Wednesday Through Friday interspersed with a few worksheets along the way. Quiz this week is Thursday.
Academic Biology-Monday begins our work for the second marking period. We will focus on cells their structure and function. Monday through Thursday will be a mix of lecture and worksheets as we cover the organelles that keep cells alive. Quiz will be Thursday. Friday Plan on a lab involving microscopes and you guessed it cells.

Week of 10/22/18

Biology.- We will begin our week with a quiz on organic chem. Followed by a completion of our lecture on Nucleic acids and proteins. Tuesday lecture on enzymes. Wednesday enzyme lab which will be completed on Thursday. Friday work sheet/study guide workday.

Academic biology- Monday and Tuesday enzyme lab. Wednesday jeopardy review Thursday organic chem test day. Friday intro to cells lecture.

AP Biology. Monday lecture intro to controls and stages of the cell cycle To be completed on Tuesday. Tuesday will also be a cell cycle identification activity which will be due Friday end of class. Wednesday review worksheet on stages of the cell cycle. Thursday Test Day. Friday complete lab and research day.

Week of 10/15/18

Biology- we will start our week with a continuing discussion on organic chemistry specifically carbohydrates. Tuesday we will try a taste test lab that will take us into Wednesday. Thursday organic quiz. Friday Lecture lipids.

Academic Biology- We will finish off our artificial sweetener lab on Monday. Report due Tuesday. Tueday Quiz on notes up to carbs. Wednesday Lecture Lipids continue into Thursday with RS Butter wars. Friday Lecture nucleic acids and proteins.

AP Biology-Monday complete lecture on cytoskeleton. Tuesday Quiz on transport and cellular organelles. Wednesday Intro lecture to cell division. Thursday complete lecture and reinforcement worksheet cell fractionation lab due. Friday stages of cell division lab.

Week of 10/8/18

Biology- Guess what...it's test time! Tuesday we will jeopardy review properties of water and Bohr models. Test will be on Thursday because of Psat testing on the 10th. Friday we will introduce organic chem with a reading strategy that will be done in class.

Academic Biology- Tuesday will be our introductory lecture on Organic Chem. Wednesday PSAT Testing Thursday Lecture organic compounds essential for life...starting with sugars. Follow up RS and research on artificial sweeteners to be completed in class on Friday.

AP Biology- Tuesday double period lecture on cellular organelles, structure and their functions in cells. Wednesday we will complete lecture with time to complete review worksheet. Thursday Lab cell fractionation. Friday work day for Lab and review sheet

week of 10/1/18

Biology- Monday we will continue our discussion of properties of water by looking at what it means to be an acid or a base. Tuesday pH lab which will be due Wednesday end of class. Thursday worksheet review to be done during class. Friday act 80 day review.

Academic Biology- Monday worksheet on the properties of water. Tuesday Jeopardy review Chapter 2 Chem and properties of water. Wednesday- Test Day Thursday-Intro to organic chem. Friday scategories.

AP Biology- Monday lecture makeup of the plasma membrane Tuesday lab why are cells so small? Followed by passive transport lecture Wednesday- Lecture focus on active transport Thursday- college fair trip no class Friday ws transport problems...

Week of 9/24/18

Biology- We will begin our week wit a continuation lecture of properties of water. Tuesday we will take what we have learned about water and attempt a lab that will allow us to see the properties in action. Wed- complete lab Thursday finish lab report and lecture on properties of water. Friday Rs Rivers on Rolaids due Monday.

Academic Bio- Monday and Tuesday will be a properties of water lab. Completed report due Wed. wed- lecture pH. Thur- Lab determining the pH of solutions. Friday work day to complete analysis and new RS Rivers on rolaids due for Monday.
AP Biology- We start our week with a tests on chapters 1-3...a 7 on the Bio meter. Tuesday lecture on the origin of life.organic research due. Wed- Coacervate lab. Thursday enzyme lab due. Intro to cellular structure and function lecture. Friday work day to complete Lab analysis and newly assigned cell research which will be due 9/28

Week of 9/17/18

Biologu- Friday was our test. There were 6 people absent so you will be taking your test first thing on Monday! Bee There! For the rest of us...Monday Intro lecture chemistry of life. Tuesday- ws reading the periodic table. Wednesday Intro Bohr Models Thursday Bohr Model worksheet. Fiday Quiz complete chem intro info.

Academic Biology- Monday lecture intro to the chemistry of life. Tuesday Worksheet on the periodic table. wednesday- Lecture Bohr Models Thursday Practice worksheet on Bohr Models Friday Quiz complete lecture on chem intro material.

AP Biology- Monday- Continue lecture on organic molecules(amino acids to proteins) Tuesday Complete organic lecture with nucleotides to nucleic acids. Followed by reinforcement worksheets on molecule identification. Wednesday lecture enzymes plastics lab due. Thursday-Lab effect of concentration on enzymes action. Friday Free response brainstorm day.

Week of 9/10/18

Starting our week with a soggy Monday good news is since there are no windows in our science rooms we can't see how miserable it is outside.
Biology- Monday we will start our microscope lab working with a prepared insect part and a wet mount letter "e". Tuesday we will continue the lab with pond water samples. Completed lab report will be due Wednesday. Wednesday we will lecture history of the microscope and other tools used by scientists. Thursday will be Jeopardy review with our chapter 1 test scheduled for Friday.
Academic Biology- Monday we will look at living microorganisms in pond water there will be a little time to complete the lab Tuesday if you still need to completed reports due end of class Tuesday. we will also lecture a few additional tools used by biologists. Wednesday ws on the microscope. Thursday jeopardy review with chapter 1 test scheduled for Friday.

AP biology- Monday will be our first quiz of the year on properties of water second period will be for you to continue working on either the pH lab or the one on water potential both of which are due on Friday this week. Tuesday lecture intro to organic chem. Wednesday plastic identification lab. Report due next Wednesday 9/19.Thursday and Friday lecture 4 main organic compounds in living things. Ws Identifying organic molecules by formula.

Week of 9/4/18

Welcome back hope everyone had a nice labor day weekend. We had a great start last week lets keep it going...
Academic Biology- Tuesday complete lecture on characteristics of life WS Characteristics of life due wed. Wed.-Quiz will start class followed by a lecture on history of the microscope. Thursday hands on with compound microscopes. lecture/ interactive parts and what they do. Friday - microscope lab that will continue into next week.
AP Biology- Tuesday Lecture water potential verses osmotic pressure. Practice AP questions on properties of water due at end of class. Wed-set up water potential lab. Thursday read water potential results and run red cabbage lab. reports due 9/14.Friday graph and calculations for lab results.
General Biology- Tuesday activity on observations report due Wednesday. Wednesday Quiz to start class followed by intro lecture to characteristics of life. Thursday-complete characteristics of life lecture ws characteristics of life due Friday. Friday lecture history of the microscope/ parts of the microscope and how they are used.

Week of 8/27/2018

Welcome back everyone! Summer went by so quickly it seems hard to believe we are back already! We are going to hit the ground running so here goes...
General Bio...
Academic Bio...Monday welcome back. Tuesday Lecture what is biology Wed. Lecture what is life Ws characteristics of life due Thursday. Thursday observations and inferences lecture followed by reinforcement worksheet due Friday. Friday importance of scientific method graded worksheets due for Tuesday.

AP Biology- Tuesdays lecture properties of water we will start water lab if time allows and complete procedures through Thursday Completed report due 9/5. Friday lecture pH. Don't forget your water research questions which are due Monday 9/10.

Week of 5/7/18

This week all of my classes will be focused on reviewing for the keystone biology and AP biology tests Please reinforce
class activities at home...You can do it! All of our tests are on hold until after next week.

4/30/18

Aca Bio- Monday lecture supports for evolution. Tuesday ws on evolution due Wednesday. Wednesday lecture patterns of evolution. Thursday Quiz evolution. Friday Lab the most intelligent mammal.

AP Biology- Monday and Tuesday- Lecture biotechnology. Wednesday-Friday worksheet interactive on biotech Quiz will be on Thursday

Bio II - Monday-Wednesday lecture Biotech worksheet Wednesday due Thursday. Thursday quiz.

week of 4\23\18

AP Biology- this week is test day for Bacteria virus and immunity...Tuesday for 1/2 and Wednesday for 2/3. we will review for all on Monday. Our lecture topic for the week is Biotechnology. It will be our last new info before the AP test we will start reviewing next week.
Aca Bio- This week we will start evolution Lecture Tuesday through Thursday with a ws Wed. Natural selection lab will run Friday. Quiz early next year.
Bio II- we are in the middle of our biotechnology topic Lecture Monday followed by an interactive on electrophoresis. Tuesday ws electrophoresis. Wednesday lecture gene therapy. Thursday video gene therapy Friday Quiz

Week of 4/16/18

AP Biology- This week will focus on Immunity and immunotherapy as a means of controlling cancer. Right now Test on virus bacteria and immunity is scheduled for Monday 4/23. Don't forget biointeractive on west Nile and virus research is due this week.
Academic Bio- We will complete lecvture on Human genetics Tuesday with sex linked and polygenic inheritance. We will close our topic with 2 RS that will be worked on in class Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday Jeopardy review and Friday Test day Human Genetics.
Bio II-Biotechnology is our topic. Monday will be a discussion on bioethical issues. Tuesday lecture GMO's with follow up on GMO's due Wednesday. Wednesday lecture other types of biotech. Thursday paper activity on DNA fingerprinting. Friday Quiz Biotech.

Week of 4/9/18

AP Biology...Tuesday lecture life cycles of virus and how they are named. Wed and Thursday work on Bio interactive on west Nile virus and research questions on virus. Interactive due Friday and Research due Tuesday. Quiz Friday on virus.

Aca bio- week focus on blood . Tuesday lecture blood history. Wednesday Lecture Rh factor begin worksheet on blood type Punnett squares...Due Friday end of class. Thursday Blood Typing Lab Friday complete lab analysis and worksheet. both due end of class. Quiz will be Monday 4/16
Bio II Mon-Wed. Movie GATTACCA. Thursday lecture biotechnology Friday lecture genetic engineering RS GMO's due Monday.

Week of 3/11/18

Biology-This week we will focus on Gregor Mendel and the Punnett Square. Monday-Wednesday will be lecture Thursday we will practice our square technique with a worksheet by Friday we will be ready for a quiz.
AP biology Quiz this week on Thursday or Friday focused on evolution of life and cladograms. Research questions will be due 3/20 Monday( you are welcome)Biology II we are working with the evolution of behavior. Notes will be wrapped up Monday Tuesday worksheet Wednesday review Thursday Test and Friday introduce Hardy weinnberg theory.

Week of 3/5/18

AP Biology- Monday we will reinforce cladistics with a worksheet due Tuesday. Tuesday lecture on the origins of life. Thursday Quiz Friday. Intro Bacteria
Academic Biology- Monday WS on mutations due Tuesday. Tuesday lecture causes of and testing for mutations. Wednesday or Thursday Quiz mutations. Followed by Lecture on Early theories of offspring formation leading to genetics.

Biology2- Monday WS how organisms choose mates as part of our study of behaviors. Tuesday design a bird to suit your beak. Wednesday Lab beaks of finches. Thursday Lab analysis and Friday Quiz on behavior.

week of 2/26/18

AP Biology. we are wrapping up our discussion of evolution and speciation. Monday will be the test day for 1/2 and Tuesday for 2/3. We will be using the alternate days for time to complete the analysis of the poster activity. Remember you have research questions due for Friday .

Aca Bio- We will start our week with jeopardy review on DNA. Our test is scheduled for Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday we will lecture our next topic which is mutations Friday will be a ws reinforcing lecture topics.

Bio II Monday we will review Natural selection in prep for Tuesdays quiz. Wednesday and Thursday we will lecture evolution of behavior. Friday a RS on How females choose mates.

Week of 2/12/18

Academic Biology- we are continuing our study our DNA this week. Monday will be a RS on Chimeras(due Tuesday) Tuesday & Wednesday Lab on DNA extraction along with analysis questions due Thursday. Thursday is quiz day and intro to replication. Friday Lecture replication.

AP Biology. Monday lecture population genetics Tuesday & Wednesday lecture Hardy WEINBERG START PRACTICE SHEET AND fishy FREQUENCY LAB. Thursday quiz periods 2-3 Friday Quiz periods 1-2 work Worksheet how female choose their mates day opposite quiz. Beaks of finches lab due Friday.

BiologyII Monday and Tuesday- No class because of class meetings. Wednesday quiz on patterns of evolution. Thursday Lecture supports for evolution. Friday lecture patterns of evolution

Week of 1/15/18

Ap Biology- Tuesday and Wednesday this week will be the final test of the marking period. Lecture will focus on intro to evolution and our lab for Friday will be Nuttall Precipitation.

Academic Biology- we are in the middle of our 2 most difficult topics, photosynthesis and respiration, we will wrapup photosynthesis lecture Monday Jeopardy review Tuesday, Test Wednesday, reading strat Thursday and Intro to respiration on Friday.

Bio II- Lecture topic is Fungi. we will be ready for a quiz on Wednesday.

Week of 1/2/2018

AP Biology- we will be getting back into the groove of things with some work with Punnett squares Tuesday and Wednesday. They are all types we did in 10th grade so we will be moving quickly. Wednesday we will learn how to use the additive and product rules to solve a square without the square. Thursday Lecture and WS on gene mapping to be completed on Friday.

Biology. Welcome back worksheet on the electromagnetic spectrum due Wednesday. Wednesday-lecture pigment verses color and how our eye interprets color. Thursday- lecture leaf coloration and fall...followed by parts of a leaf. Friday Quiz and problems with the photosynthesis formula.

Bio II- We will spend the week using microscopes to identify a variety of Protists as part of our protest lab which will be due Monday 1/8