Week of 12/16/19

Bio II- This week our focus will be on Biotechnology. Monday Lecture What is Bio tech. Tuesday video Biotech and the future. Wednesday lecture plasmids. Thursday RS Plasmids.

AP Bio Take Home test on DNa due Monday. Tuesday- Food Lab. Wednesday Mutations and DNA. Thursday Volleyball game Friday 1/2 day

Academic Bio - Monday WS cell cycle Tuesday Open notebook test with a pet food donation. Wednesday Lecture electro magnetic spectrum. Thursday RS electromagnetic spectrum. Friday 1/2 day

Week of 12/3/19

Bio II will spend the week working with Punnett squares. Tuesday Wednesday will be practice worksheets with a quiz scheduled for Thursday. Friday will be new material lecture on the additive and multiplicative rule for solving probability.
AP Biology. Tuesday will start with lecture wrapping up aerobic respiration and finish with a review of the history of DNA. Wednesday Meselson / stahl experiment activity. Due Friday. Thursday Quiz respiration time to complete activity.
Friday lecture replication.
Academic Biology- Tuesday Intro lectue Cell Cycle. Wednesday complete cell cycle notes. Thursday activity stages of the cell cycle identification. Friday complete lab & Quiz

Week of 11/25/19

Bio II Monday lecture intro to genetics. Tuesday and Wednesday practice problems Punnett Squares. Happy Thanksgiving!
AP Bio- Monday-Wednesday complete labs on seed respiration and muscle fatigue. Due Wednesday after Thanksgiving
Academic Bio- Jeopardy review Monday, Test cell organelles and Transport processes Tuesday. worksheet Wednesday

Week of 11/18/19

Biology II- Monday complete lecture on allergies Tuesday Rs Allergies Wednesday RS Research antivaxers...presentations on how why and concerns Thursday- Jeopardy review Immunity Friday- Test immunity>>> all reading and research assingments due today.
AP Biology- Monday Test Photosynthesis. Tuesday - Lecture respiration aerobic and anaerobic. Wednesday Lab set up seed respiration. Thursday no class Mac Beth performance. Friday record lab results clean up calculate % variation graph. Report due Wednesday.
Academic Bio- Monday Lecture Passive Transport. Tuesday/ Wednesday lecture active transport ...sodium potassium pump with follow up worksheet due Friday. Thursday Macbeth 4/5 Period 6-7 will work on transport worksheet due Friday.

Week of 11/11/19

Bio II we will be wrapping up immunity this week schedule as follows... Monday- no school Tuesday Lecture 3rd level immune response. Wednesday- Worksheet levels of response due Monday. Thursday lecture when the immune system goes wrong
Friday I won't be there but continue working on levels of response work sheet.

AP Bio- Photosynthesis is our topic Tuesday lecture light dependent reaction. Wednesday- board meeting no class Thursday- lecture the Calvin Cycle follow up worksheet. Chromatography lab due. Friday- complete worksheet due Monday

Academic Bio- we are still working with cells Tuesday- Thursday cell lab/ microscopes. Friday complete lab report due Monday.

Week of 11/4/2019

Bio II- Monday lecture Intro to the immune system. Tuesday Veterans program Wed.lecture 1st and 2nd levels of immune response Thursday-worksheet immunity Friday RS cold vaccine?
AP Bio- Monday lecture electromagnetic spectrum Tuesday- Set up chromatography lab and finish discussion of makeup of the eye and chloroplasts. Wed read Rf from lab results Thursday- lecture light reaction of photosynthesis complete Rf. Friday- lecture Intro to calvin cycle.
Aca Bio- Monday and Tuesday- lecture cell organelles. Wed-Friday complete lecture as needed Begin lab on Robert Hooke and cell organelles. Quiz on Friday on cell theory and organelles

week of 10/27/19

Bio II- we will wrap up our study of virus this week Monday RS on The 1918 flu in Schuylkill County. Remember research is due. Tuesday virus discovery video. Wednesday jeopardy review RS from Monday due. Thursday test Day Virus. Friday Intro to Immunity.
AP Biology- Monday lecture alternation in Angiosperm. Research due on Wednesday. Tuesday complete topic of reproduction and development with fungi. Wednesday- quiz prep...free response practice and jeopardy review Thursday-Quiz repro and development Friday lecture on photosynthesis...review of waves and design of the human eye.
Academic Biology- Monday- jeopardy review organic chem. Tuesday- TEST DAY Wednesday- ws on catalysts. Thursday- Lecture Intro to cells discovery and cell theory. Friday Rs Robert Hooke due Monday

Week of 10/14/2019

Bio II- This wee we start wit a review worksheet on bacteria due Wednesday. Wednesday will be jeopardy review for our test Thursday. Friday Intro to virus lecture.

AP Biology- Tuesday wS cyclins and kinases. Wednesday-1 period lecture how differences are introduced from parents to offspring/ 2nd work time for cell cycle lab and cdk worksheet due Thursday. Thursday lecture stages of meiosis. Friday worksheet/ research on meiosis.

Aca bio- Tuesday lab natural verses artificial sweetners. wed- PSAT's-periods 6-7 complete lab. Report due Thursday. Thursday lecture fats. Friday RS hydrogenation and Margarine. due Monday.

Week of 10/7/19

BIO II- We will start our Monday with a quiz on bacteria followed by lecture on factors affecting bacterial growth. Tuesday continue lecture followed by project work time. Wednesday- complete factors affecting growth lecture Thursday RS Bacterial disease. complete projects. Wanted poster due Friday.

AP Biology- Quiz on cellular organelles Monday. Tuesday review test lecture chromatin verses chromosomes. Wednesday lecture cyclins verses kinases...WS reinforcement
Thursday Lecture stages of the cell cycle followed by cell cyclr Lab on Friday.

Bio- Moday Test on Bio Chem. Tuesday RS intro to organic chem. Wednesday lecture What is organic chem Thursday lecture focus carbs Friday Kahoot day.

Week of 9/29/19

Biology II- this week is devoted to our study of bacteria. Monday we will use microscopes and prepared slides to become familiar with identifying and naming bacterial samples. Tuesday we will prepare Gramm stain slides from our culture plates drawing and naming samples observed. Wednesday lab will focus on zones of inhibition plates will be measured and drawn to scale...products evaluated for their ability to control bacterial growth. Thursday work in class to complete analysis questions lab due Friday. Friday lecture How antibiotics control bacterial growth.

AP Biology- Monday continue lecture on cellular organelles, coacervate lab due. Tuesday work day organelle connection worksheet. Wednesday continue lecture cytoskeleton and junctions , Why are cells so small lab due. Thursday lecture plant organelles...college fair. Friday quiz organelles.

Academic Bio- Monday lecture pH scale. Tuesday Quiz followed with RS rivers on rolaids due Wednesday. Wednesday- lab testing pH to be completed For Thursday Friday Test day Biochem.

Week of 9/23/19

Bio II- This week we our topic will be bacteria. We will introduce classification of bacteria on Monday in lecture Tuesday a short lecture on Archae bacteria followed by a reading strategy, due Wednesday. Wednesday lecture shapes and naming of bacteria and set up culture plates. Thursday continue lecture- characteristics of bacteria Friday zones of inhibition lab work

Biology-Monday lecture properties of water followed by a quiz on bohr models. Tuesday and Wednesday water lab...report due Thursday Friday quiz.

AP Biology- This week we focus on the cell membrane Monday lab coacervates due 9/30.Tuesday lecture membrane structure. Wednesday- lecture why are cells so small? followed by lab. report due 10/2

Week of 9/16/2019

Biologu- Friday was our Quiz scores ranged from A to D if you aren't happy with what you got see me and we can discuss strategies. Monday Intro lecture Classification of life/ cladograms Tuesday - Introduce terms and design of cladograms Wednesday Cladogram practice worksheet. Thursday RS Classification Fiday Quiz .

Academic Biology- Monday - Work sheet on additional tools of the biologist Tuesday lecture intro to the chemistry of life. 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 enzymes) Tuesday Lab Enzyme concentration and rate of reaction. Plastics lab due. Research due Wednesday-brainstorm day for test Thursday Test Day- Chem topics Friday-

Week of 9/9/19

Bio II our week is focused on fossils. Monday we will lecture different types of fossils and how they form. Tuesday lecture introducing absolute and relative age of fossils with a supporting in class activity. Wednesday RS day one on where fossils are found and what types are most common the other on Tulland Man. Both will be due Thursday. Thursday activity...The Great Fossil Find due end of class Friday. Friday we will complete our fossil find activity and take a quiz on Fossils.

AP Bio....Monday lab on the identification of plastics due 9/16.Tuesday lecturePropertis of Lipids. Wed finish lecture on organic compounds in life work time Thursday and Friday ws review , identifying molecules by their formula and research on organic chem topics...Due Tuesday9/17. Quiz organic Chem on Friday 9/13.


Academic Biology- Monday- Wednesday microscope lab. Completed report due Friday. Thursday jeopardy review chapter 1 Test on Friday 9/13.

Week of 9/3/2019

Bio II- This week we will explore the breakdown of earths history and the evolution of plant and animal life associated with each era.Tuesday - Lecture Age of earth Wednesday- Research questions on evolution of life due Friday .Thursday lecture- types and formation of fossils. Friday Quiz and RS fossils due Monday.

AP Biology-Lecture osmotic pressure and water potential. Set up water potential lab. due Tuesday 9/10. Wednesday read lab results use graph to determine estimated molar concentration. Thursday Intro lecture to organic chem...time to complete lab graph and calculations Friday Quiz water properties.

Academic Biology- Tuesday-Complete lecture on characteristics of life. Start ws.Wednesday- QUIZ what is science and scientific method.... complete characteristics of life ws. due Thursday. Thursday Lecture tools of the biologist...parts of the microscope. Friday- complete microscope discussion start microscope if time allows.

Week of 8/26/19

BIO II- Monday welcome back Tuesday- Lecture origin of life and coacervates Wednesday and Thursday-Coacervate Lab report due Friday. Friday- Lecture History of earth


Academic Biology- Monday- welcome back Tuesday- Lecture What is science- worksheet on inferences and observations due Wednesday. Wednesday lecture scientific method. Thursday worksheet on variables and controls due Friday. Friday lecture what is life.

AP Bio- Monday welcome back. Tuesday Lab properties of water due Tuesday 9/3. Wednesday lecture pH Thursday red cabbage lab. Friday free response practice

Week of 5/20/19

Bio classes will start ecology this week our final topic for the year. I can't really put in definates about what will happen when because of Spartan Games and all the other things going on this week so we will go with the flow. Each day will follow the same format with a short lecture followed by a worksheet/activity that reinforces the topic. Quiz Friday.
AP Bio will devote the week to the study and dissection of a Leopard frog

Week of 5/13/19

GOOD LUCK ON KEYSTONE EXAMS THIS WEEK!

Week of 4/29/19

Bio classes Monday- complete notes on evolution. Review worksheet Tuesday I'll miss morning classes so continue working on review and study for Wednesday evolution test Wednesday- test day Thursday Intro lecture classification Friday what are dichotomous keys?
AP Bio- Monday assign presentation topics complete lecture on immunity Tuesday-Library time to research for presentations Wednesday- begin presentations Thursday test- bacteria, virus and immunity Friday complete presentations.

Week of 4/22/19

Bio- Hope you enjoyed your long Easter break...Now it's back to work. Monday we will reinforce the concept of Natural Selection with our Lab on fish. This Lab usually takes more than one day so we will continue on Tuesday as needed...Remember Tuesday has a quiz o. spontaneous generation and evolution. Wednesday- Lecture on supports of evolution....All evolution worksheets are due today! Thursday-Lecture patterns of evolution activity...Start Opposable thumb lab- complete Friday, analysis due Monday.
AP Bio- Monday Intro lecture to immunity (levels 1 & 2) Research assignment Tuesday- lecture Level 3 Wednesday Ws Immunity Thursday Lecture problems with the immune system Friday Test Bacteria/ virus/ immunity

Week of 4/15/19

Short week this week...our one day of Easter break.
Bio classes- We will introduce our new topic of evolution on Monday with Lecture. Tuesday- Lecture theories of evolution followed by a ws survival of the fittest, due Wednesday. Wednesday lecture Natural selection/ Patterns of NS. Thursday Natural selection lab continue/ complete lab Monday following Easter. There will be a quiz Monday as well.
AP Bio- we are focused on virus-Monday lecture how virus spread followed by Pink disease simulation. write up due Tuesday. Tuesday lecture viral life cycles. Wednesday-complete viral lecture with viroids and prions. West nile viral activity. Thursday virus quiz.

Week of 4/8/19

Bio- we will be finishing up our focus on human genetics this week with a lecture Monday on genetic engineering Tuesday RS GMO's pro or con due Wed. Wednesday - jeopardy review Human genetics Thursday Test day. Friday Intro lecture Origin of life.

AP Bio- Monday complete bacteria lecture and measure zones of inhibition on agar plates. Tuesday double period 1/2 Bacteria quiz 1/2 Gram staining and bacteria ID, Wednesday no class college fair at Martz Hall Thursday- research assignments on virus due. Begin lecture on virus run activity on Pinks disease. Friday continue virus lecture...work on lab analysis virus, bacteria lab report due.

Week of 4/1/19

Welcome to the 4th marking period!
Bio- This week is devoted to the study of blood. We start the week with a lecture day on blood type history. Tuesday we will work on Punnet squares with blood types they will be due Wednesday. Wednesday - Lecture why does blood clot and Rh factors blood typing due Thursday-Blood typing lab report complete and submit for Friday Friday- Quiz on human genetic studies complete lab analysis

AP Biology- Monday lecture shapes of bacteria and steps involved in culturing/ Lab set up with petri plates. Tuesday Quiz speciation and the evolution of life on earth. Wednesday- lab day zones of inhibition and Gramm stain. Thursday lecture requirements of bacterial growth complete bacteria topic lecture info Friday.

Week of 3/25/19

Last week of March and the 3rd marking period So here we go...

Bio- Monday we will introduce human genetics in lecture... Tuesday How to work with pedigree charts WS will be due Wednesday.... Wednesday RS on pedigrees and the royal family due Thursday... Thursday- Lecture twin types and studies complete on Friday FRIDAY IS A QUIZ DAY!

AP Bio- This week we wrap up evolution. Lecture cladogram set up Monday. Tuesday lecture division of earths history
followed with work time for analysis for our species poster and rs. on bottle necks both of which are due Wednesday.
Wednesday-Thursday continue lecture on evolution of life on earth...ws cladograms. Friday cladograms due Quiz evolution

3/18/2019

Biology- We are working on punnett squares and will continue this week. Monday- review dihybrids and introduce incomplete dominance. Tuesday- quiz ws practice squares. Wed- continue worksheet. Thursday Jeopardy review and Friday Test...Genetics
AP Biology- Monday complete fishy frequency lab and lecture speciation Tuesday- ws speciation Wednesday/ RS the color of my skin. Thursday and Friday- poster

Week of 3/11/19

Academic Bio- This week we introduce Gregor Mendel and Punnett Squares. Our plan will be: Monday- lecture Mendel and his experiments Tuesday- Introduce Punnett Squares. Wednesday & Thursday coin Toss Lab Report due Friday. Friday practice worksheet Monohybrids.

AP Bio- Monday finish GATTACCA. Tuesday- Test Day Evolution part 1 Wednesday intro Hardy Weinberg lecture with practice problems. Thursday Gold fish Lab Friday finish lab and intro speciation in lecture.

Week of 3/4/2019

Biology- Monday we will complete our lecture on mutations with causes and tests for. Mutation worksheet due. Tuesday jeopardy review DNA- 4 note packets included. Wednesday test day DNA. Thursday I will be on a field trip so students will have a worksheet assignment. Friday will will introduce the study of heredity.

Week of 2/25/19

Biology- Our topic this week is mutations. Monday will be a work day on transcription/ translation worksheet due at the end of class. Tuesday lecture types of mutations focus on genes. Wednesday lecture chromosome mutations RS Mutations due. Thursday-worksheet on mutations due Friday. Friday - pre birth tests for mutations lecture. Jeopardy review Monday 3/4 and test Tuesday 3/5 DNA.

AP Bio- Monday Lecture intro to Natural Selection. Tuesday Orgami birds lab. Wednesday Bird fly off lab due 3/6 and lecture Artificial selection. Thursday evolution of behavior lecture start design a bird if time allows Friday- Bird Lab. Report due 3/8.

Week of 2/18/19

Biology- our topic is DNA. we are scheduled for a quiz on the history of DNA for Monday. Tuesday- lecture from DNA to protein with intro to RNA Wed.- Lecture protein synthesis Thursday Quiz Replication Friday WS protein synthesis

AP Biology- Monday- complete lecture on patterns of macroevolution..ws follow up Due Wednesday. Anyone who still owes me chi square or corn lab Monday is the last chance to turn it in! Tuesday Lecture extinctions...video mass extinctions Timeline due. Wednesday Supports for evolution Thursday- worksheets on homogenies. Friday Nutall precip lab due

Week of 2/11/19

Sorry guys it has been very difficult trying to keep the blog current with all of the delays and interruptions so I will try for the next 3 days....Thursday 2/14

all bio classes are on the same topic...DNA. Thursday will be lecture on replication with a review of enzymes involved. Friday will be a worksheet day on anything DNA. Monday 2/18 will be a DNA quiz 1st packet not including replication.

AP Bio- we are focused on evolution a topic with lots of lecture and even more labs and assignments so stay current.
Thursday lecture Patterns of evolution Friday Lab Nuttall precipitation. Monday continue lecture on patterns of evolution Tuesday Quiz on operons, gene mapping and chi square

Week of 1/27/19

Academic Bio- So we finished off our discussion on respiration and the muscle fatigue lab should be in my sink( Put it there Monday if you forgot) Our respiration Test will be Tuesday weather permitting. Monday we are starting our new topic DNA with a lecture on the DNA protein debate. Wednesday will be lecture on the nature of DNA Thursday complete any lecture with wrap up worksheet. Friday video Photo 51.

AP Bio- Monday- review of product rule and additive practice. worksheets due. Tuesday lecture gene mapping w/ practice ws.Wed- Quiz Punnett squares. Thursday Intro lecture to Chi Square...Friday chi square problems. Schedule prone to change based on weather.

Week of 1/14/2019

Can you believe its the end of the second marking period already? So this week we will wrap up photosynthesis and start the new period with respiration in Bio and finish from DNA to protein in AP

GEneral Bio- Monday lecture the light and dark reactions of photosynthesis. Tuesday worksheet on photosynthesis Wednesday Photosynthesis test. Thursday Lecture intro respiration Friday muscle fatigue lecture start lab if time.

Aca Bio- Monday- read chromatogram results complete analysis questions Tuesday-Lecture Calvin Cycle Chromatography lab due Wednesday- Comparison C3 with C4 plants worksheet/ study guide Thursday Test photosynthesis Friday-Intro lecture respiration

AP Bio- Monday- Lecture from DNA to protein, Tuesday- lecture mutations follow up practice worksheet. Wednesday - lecture operons with reinforcement worksheet due Friday Thursday- Test DNA Friday Practice test questions

Week of 1/2/19

Welcome back! Hope everyone had a good break with only 16 days left in the marking period we have tons to get through so...
Gen Bio- Wed lecture electromagnetic spectrum Thursday- Lecture why we see color follow up RS On eyes of mantis shrimp Friday Lecture pigments in leaves and why leaves turn color and fall...Quiz Monday 1/7
Academic Bio- Wednesday- lecture how our eyes see color. RS eyes of mantis shrimp(due Friday) Thursday- Lecture Pigments in leaves and why leaves change color and fall. Friday- Start class with a Quiz up to design of the eye followed by lecture-layers in a leaf
AP Bio- Wed- lecture possible mathods of replication in DNA. Thursday activity Meselson/stahl(due Monday) Friday- lecture replication