BIOLOGY
Hopefully you all survived the midterms! Now it's time to start the second 1/2 with Genetics. Lecture will start on Wednesday with an intro to DNA (we're going to start on the molecular level and work our way up.). You will get a homework time line on genetic progress due for Friday. In class we will extract DNA from cheek cells and make a paper model of the Double Helix but of which require lab reports which will be due Monday1/25.
AP BIO
Starts on Thursday with a new section so it will be like the first day of school all over again! Be prepared for a 2 period lecture on Themes of Biology and properties of water.Our first lab report will be on water and due Monday..
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
week of 1/11/10
AP BIOLOGY /General Biology and Academic Biology..
Ready or not it's.... MIDTERM EXAM WEEK!!!
We will review Monday and Tuesday. Testing will be according to the following schedule. Wednesday-Periods 1-2
Thursday- Periods 6-7
Friday- Periods 3-4
Tuesday 1/19- Period 5 following a 2 hour delay schedule
Remember these tests count as 10% (20%for AP)of your semester average. Make sure you put in enough study time and get plenty of rest so you can WOW me with your biological knowledge. Be warned, I got 2 new boxes of red pens just in case!!!
Ready or not it's.... MIDTERM EXAM WEEK!!!
We will review Monday and Tuesday. Testing will be according to the following schedule. Wednesday-Periods 1-2
Thursday- Periods 6-7
Friday- Periods 3-4
Tuesday 1/19- Period 5 following a 2 hour delay schedule
Remember these tests count as 10% (20%for AP)of your semester average. Make sure you put in enough study time and get plenty of rest so you can WOW me with your biological knowledge. Be warned, I got 2 new boxes of red pens just in case!!!
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Week of 1/4/10
BIOLOGY
What a fast vacation! Hope you didn't go through Bio lecture withdrawl. We have a short topic for our short week...Virus and Immunity!We will hit the ground running with a full period lecture covering virus structure and life cycles. Tuesday will be a short lab and lecture will continue with topics including viral variations, transmission and control. Wednesday I'm scheduling a quiz and we will explore some epidemics that made history...including our current issues with swine flu. Friday we will wrap up our disease discussion with immunity. Hope you have learned a lot and found our discussions interesting! Friday and Monday we will spend our time reviewing for our midterm!
AP BIOLOGY
Well it's almost over, hard to believe 1/2 the year is almost up. We have one more topic IMMUNITY before your midterm. I'm going to try to fit in 1 more quiz...Maybe Wednesday. Which will give us Thursday and Friday for review. Right now I would like to test 3rd period Thursday and Dissect starfish 4th. I'll keep you up dated!
What a fast vacation! Hope you didn't go through Bio lecture withdrawl. We have a short topic for our short week...Virus and Immunity!We will hit the ground running with a full period lecture covering virus structure and life cycles. Tuesday will be a short lab and lecture will continue with topics including viral variations, transmission and control. Wednesday I'm scheduling a quiz and we will explore some epidemics that made history...including our current issues with swine flu. Friday we will wrap up our disease discussion with immunity. Hope you have learned a lot and found our discussions interesting! Friday and Monday we will spend our time reviewing for our midterm!
AP BIOLOGY
Well it's almost over, hard to believe 1/2 the year is almost up. We have one more topic IMMUNITY before your midterm. I'm going to try to fit in 1 more quiz...Maybe Wednesday. Which will give us Thursday and Friday for review. Right now I would like to test 3rd period Thursday and Dissect starfish 4th. I'll keep you up dated!
Friday, December 18, 2009
Week of 12/21/09
BIOLOGY
A short week guys but a busy one. Monday will be worksheets on "bacteria" which you can use as a study guide. Tuesday is our Bacteria test...open notebook for those who choose to take part in our food drive. Look over your notes before the test so concepts are fresh in your mind! I'm planning an intense game of Biology Scategories on Thursday as we get ready for Ho HO. See you there!
AP BIOLOGY
I know this short week is a mess with activities and performanceses...but I still plan on lecturing virus on Monday.I want to get one more test in before exams start. Bacteria lab report will be due at the end of class on Monday!
A short week guys but a busy one. Monday will be worksheets on "bacteria" which you can use as a study guide. Tuesday is our Bacteria test...open notebook for those who choose to take part in our food drive. Look over your notes before the test so concepts are fresh in your mind! I'm planning an intense game of Biology Scategories on Thursday as we get ready for Ho HO. See you there!
AP BIOLOGY
I know this short week is a mess with activities and performanceses...but I still plan on lecturing virus on Monday.I want to get one more test in before exams start. Bacteria lab report will be due at the end of class on Monday!
Monday, December 14, 2009
Week of 12/14/09
BIOLOGY...
Ho ho ho, we are anxiously waiting to see how much bacteria covers the cafeteria tables and nurses doorknob. We are knee deep in our study of one of my favorite topics...Prokaryotes, all of which must be done before Christmas. The entire week will be a mix of lecture and lab work starting with prepared slides on the shapes of bacterial cells on Monday. Tuesday we will Gram stain and identify our own bacteria as well as prepare our plates with antibacterial products. Wednesday quiz and lecture and Thursday we will identify zones of inhibition(hopefully) and evaluate our products for effectiveness. Friday we will finish off our lecture topics and hand in the completed lab reports. Sounds like a full week! Enjoy!
AP Biology.
Monday is our Natural Selection Test! New topic is Bacteria and virus...we will be tying these topics together and finishing before Christmas. Our Lab is high tech ...using ENTEROTUBES to identify specific bacterial species. These tube combine 12 lab test in 1 culture tube..fast and accurate but alittle difficult to read. Tuesday will be 2 period lecture, Wednesday and Thursday will be combined lab and lecture. Friday will be quiz and finish off bacterial discussion. Have a good week.
Ho ho ho, we are anxiously waiting to see how much bacteria covers the cafeteria tables and nurses doorknob. We are knee deep in our study of one of my favorite topics...Prokaryotes, all of which must be done before Christmas. The entire week will be a mix of lecture and lab work starting with prepared slides on the shapes of bacterial cells on Monday. Tuesday we will Gram stain and identify our own bacteria as well as prepare our plates with antibacterial products. Wednesday quiz and lecture and Thursday we will identify zones of inhibition(hopefully) and evaluate our products for effectiveness. Friday we will finish off our lecture topics and hand in the completed lab reports. Sounds like a full week! Enjoy!
AP Biology.
Monday is our Natural Selection Test! New topic is Bacteria and virus...we will be tying these topics together and finishing before Christmas. Our Lab is high tech ...using ENTEROTUBES to identify specific bacterial species. These tube combine 12 lab test in 1 culture tube..fast and accurate but alittle difficult to read. Tuesday will be 2 period lecture, Wednesday and Thursday will be combined lab and lecture. Friday will be quiz and finish off bacterial discussion. Have a good week.
Friday, December 4, 2009
Week of 12/7/09
BIOLOGY
We've finished our discussion of Taxonomy and you know what that means....TEST time!
I'm planning Jeopardy review for Monday and test for Tuesday. Be ready it's a killer!
Wednesday will start our new(and one of my favorites ) topics bacteria and virus. My goal is to finish with this topic before Christmas break so we have to move quickly. Three days of lecture (power point)will be needed to get ready for our bacterial growth lab.Prepare yourselves! We will culture our plates Friday so they have the weekend to grow and Monday 12/13 should start our lab!
AP BIOLOGY
We will use this week to finish our discussion of Natural Selection. Lecture will focus on evolution of behavior and we have one more lab on Tuesday to support our topic. Hopefully your lab notebooks are up to date or you are going to be overwhelmed on Friday when you notebooks are due! There will be 4 labs graded...Biochemical Evidence, Origami Birds,Fishy Frequencies, and and Beaks of Finches. All require Conclusions! I'm planning review for Thursday and Test for Friday. Start studying early there's a lot of info!
We've finished our discussion of Taxonomy and you know what that means....TEST time!
I'm planning Jeopardy review for Monday and test for Tuesday. Be ready it's a killer!
Wednesday will start our new(and one of my favorites ) topics bacteria and virus. My goal is to finish with this topic before Christmas break so we have to move quickly. Three days of lecture (power point)will be needed to get ready for our bacterial growth lab.Prepare yourselves! We will culture our plates Friday so they have the weekend to grow and Monday 12/13 should start our lab!
AP BIOLOGY
We will use this week to finish our discussion of Natural Selection. Lecture will focus on evolution of behavior and we have one more lab on Tuesday to support our topic. Hopefully your lab notebooks are up to date or you are going to be overwhelmed on Friday when you notebooks are due! There will be 4 labs graded...Biochemical Evidence, Origami Birds,Fishy Frequencies, and and Beaks of Finches. All require Conclusions! I'm planning review for Thursday and Test for Friday. Start studying early there's a lot of info!
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Week 12/1/09
BIOLOGY
Hopefully everyone had a great vacation and all the Meleagris gallopavo (turkey) you ate didn't cause you to forget of your knowledge of classification. I'm scheduling a quiz for Thursday just to make sure. The Quiz won't include Tuesdays lecture information on cladistics. (It's on power point)! Cladistics is one of the most difficult concepts of classifying so if you were absent for or just confused by the lecture let me know. Wednesday will be a worksheet and cladogram activity. With Thursday looking like review after the quiz, with test on Friday. All this is prone to change based on progress, assemblies etc.
AP Biology.
Hopefully you had a great vacation...but now you are back and the big day is at hand. The BIRD FLY OFF!!!! Oh the suspense is overwhelming. Who will win the grand prize? The activity was fun but I hope saw the underlying purpose and you are able to make the needed connections to natural selection and survival of the fittest. Tuesday we will review and patterns of selection and introduce Hardy Weinberg equilibrium. it's MATH so get ready! There is a bright spot... Wednesday's lab involves food which always make things more bearable.I'd like to toss in a quiz, to keep you focused on Thursday.While Friday will be a short lecture on speciation with some time to work on lab reports. See you there!
Hopefully everyone had a great vacation and all the Meleagris gallopavo (turkey) you ate didn't cause you to forget of your knowledge of classification. I'm scheduling a quiz for Thursday just to make sure. The Quiz won't include Tuesdays lecture information on cladistics. (It's on power point)! Cladistics is one of the most difficult concepts of classifying so if you were absent for or just confused by the lecture let me know. Wednesday will be a worksheet and cladogram activity. With Thursday looking like review after the quiz, with test on Friday. All this is prone to change based on progress, assemblies etc.
AP Biology.
Hopefully you had a great vacation...but now you are back and the big day is at hand. The BIRD FLY OFF!!!! Oh the suspense is overwhelming. Who will win the grand prize? The activity was fun but I hope saw the underlying purpose and you are able to make the needed connections to natural selection and survival of the fittest. Tuesday we will review and patterns of selection and introduce Hardy Weinberg equilibrium. it's MATH so get ready! There is a bright spot... Wednesday's lab involves food which always make things more bearable.I'd like to toss in a quiz, to keep you focused on Thursday.While Friday will be a short lecture on speciation with some time to work on lab reports. See you there!
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