Monday, October 13, 2008

Week of 10/13/2008

Biology
Hope everyone enjoyed their Columbus Day off and used it productively to prepare for Jeopardy Review. Wednesday will be our test on cellular transport and the cell cycle. Be prepared to draw! Thursday we will begin our new topic of the origin of life and evolution...Chapter 12 in you text. I won't be in school on Friday so the in class assignment is 12-28 from the chapter 12 review. Hand it in Monday at the latest.

AP
We will continue our discussion of Respiration this week. Tuesday we will record and evaluate the results of our cellular respiration seed lab. Hopefully the long weekend didn"t cause too many problems. we will also lecture anaerobic respiration and complete the review sheets. Thursday will be a respiration quiz. Friday we will start the stages of the cell cycle.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Week of October 6, 2008

BIOLOGY
We are continuing our work with cells this week focusing on the stages of the cell cycle. Tuesday will be a quiz on cellular transport processes(last weeks topic) after the quiz we will begin a lab on stage identification which will be due on Thursday. Thursdays lecture topic will be meiosis and srudents will construct Ven diagrams to compare mitosis and meiosis. We will end the week with a movie on the stages of division.

AP BIOLOGY
Our focus this week will be the processes of photosynthesis and respiration. wednesday will be a quiz on the light reaction and the calvin cycle.We will set up our respiration lab on Thursday and read results Friday. I'm planning on collecting lab notebooks early next week

Monday, September 29, 2008

Week Of September 29, 2008

Biology...
We are continuing with our topic of cells. In class on Monday we will complete the cell lab with reports due on Tuesday. Remember cell portfolios are due on Wednesday. Each needs to include:organelle worksheet, cell parts worksheets, & chapter review 12-28. Tuesday we will begin lecture on transport processes. There will be a lab on Wednesday and Thursday with report due Friday. No quiz this week ...but expect one early next week.

AP Biology
Most of Monday was spent on our makeup test...Bio/Chem topics. Tuesday we will complete our work on enzymes while exploring their reactions to a variety of environmental properties. Cell quiz on Wednesday.Notebooks will be collected on Thursday they must include...coacervate lab, cellular fractionation, Catalase,Membrane worksheet and enzyme research questions. Thursday will also be our introduction lecture to photosynthesis..we will set up chromatography lab and read results on Friday.

Friday, September 19, 2008

WEEK OF: September 21 2008

Biology

This week we continue our discussion of cells starting Monday with our team reports on amusement park designs.(Hope it was fun). Tuesday will be quiz day focusing on cellular organelles and the cell theory.Wednesday we will have a short lecture then begin lab which will continue for 2 days.Lab reports will be due Fridayat the end of class. Everyone should be staying current on their cell portfolios. They will be due Monday 9/29 at the earliest.



Ap Biology
We are continuing our focus on cells this week and will be covering topics of cellular transport and metabolism. I will collect lab notebooks on Friday...Looking for coacervates, fractionation, osmosis/diffusion and enzymes. Friday will be a quiz on all cell topics.

Monday, September 15, 2008

Week of September 15, 2008

Biology
Luckily we planned our chapter 1 test for last Thursday and not Friday when the lights went out! This week we will be starting our new topic CELLS...Chapter 3 from your text. I've assigned 12-28 from the chapter review for this Friday... answer in a complete sentences please. Everyone will start a "cell portfolio" which will replace a major chapter test on the topic of cells.(Something a little bit different) It is on going and will be due approximately the 29th of September. I'll explain more as the week goes on. Quiz this week scheduled for Friday which will also be the day we start our lab.


AP Biology
What a way to start the week...with a test. Hopefully the extended weekend gave you time to study! This week we are leaving Organic chem behind and moving into the amazing world of cells.There are several labs that accompany the topic... Lab notebooks will be due early next week.

Monday, September 8, 2008

Assignments for week of September 8, 2008
Biology Classes
We will be finishing off chapter 1 this week. Tuesday will be our last lecture for the upcoming test on biotechnology. We will be reading articles from a biotech magazine while completing a worksheet.Worksheet must be completed by Wednesday. Wednesday will be Jeopardy review chapter 1 and Chapter 1 test will be Thursday.
Friday we will Introduce our new topic CELLS which is chapter 3 from text.



Ap Biology
We will continue our current topic of organic compounds(chapter 3 from text).Tuesday will be lecture on lipids, proteins and nucleic acids. Wednesday will be review worksheets on polymers. Thursday will be test day on chapters 1-3. Friday we will intro cells in lecture.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Week of September 2nd-5th 2008

Biology Classes:
This week our topic will be Chapter 1 from the text entitled " the microscope". A worksheet, due Wednesday, will require parts be named and functions provided. Thursday and Friday will be spent in lab reinforcing what we have learned about the scope and its use. Lab Report will be due for Monday 8/8. Our quiz this week will be Friday.

AP Bioogy
We will continue reviewing properties of water covering pH and osmosis. Lab notebooks will be collected on Thursday. Our new lecture topic will be organic chem. and will take us into next week. I am planning a quiz on intro material and properties of water for Friday. Be ready!!!