Week of February 19, 2013

Biology Hope you had a great long weekend. This week our focus is blood. I hope no one is squeamish! Tuesday-Lecture Blood type history.Why does blood clot? Quiz tomorrow!!! Wednesday QUIZ....Donor recipient blood chart demonstration. Followed by Punnett square session on blood type Inheritance. Thursday-lecture History of Rh and blood types-Practice problems on blood types. Completed blood type worksheets due Friday. Friday-Lab Identifcation of blood types based on antigen antibody clotting response.Lab will be due end of class Monday. AP Biology Tuesday-Lecture- active from passive transport mechanisms providing specific examples of their role in maintaining homeostasis Don't forget polymer Labs are due tomorrow. Wednesday-Lecture Understand the role of enzymes as catalysts, controls on enzyme action and account for denaturing of enzymes.We will reinforce with a worksheet on enzyme action which will be due on Thursday. Thursday and Friday will be enzyme lab/ activities to demonstrate the role of enzymes in chemical reactions.

Week of January 14, 2013

BIOLOGY We start the week finishing midterms. Tuesday we will start right in with a discussion on mutations. Wednesday will include a little talking to the text followed with analysis questions they will be collected on Thursday. Thursday worksheet on mutations to be finished on Friday. AP Biology This week wraps up our time together. We will check over tests on Tuesday and finalize paper work. Wed and Thursday we will do a lab or 2 that we didn't get to. Friday ia a welcom day to the new AP class and we will start right in with lecture.

WEEK of December 16 2012

Biology Hope you all did well on the open notebook Christmas Test! I'll post grades as quickly as I can. This week we start our new topic DNA. This will take us well into the 3rd marking period. Monday- Lecture on the history of DNA Tuesday-Lecture on the Double Helix Model and movie photo 51 Wednesday- lecture DNA structure activity the 3D model Thursday Quiz worksheet on DNA that Must be finished for homework Friday Check DNA worksheet MERRY CHRISTMAS AP BIOLOGY Monday- What constitutes a species is our lecture for today.We a begin a project on speciation that will take us into Wednesday. Be creative with your evolving humans. Make sure changes are practical.Thursday lecture on the evolution of humans Friday worksheet Merry Christmas!

Week of 12/10/12 Biology- This week in biology we will focus on cellular respiration we will start our lecture on Tuesday ...Sadly I won't see you Monday with the Junior review day schedule. Wednesday will be a lab on muscle fatigue and fermentation, report due Thursday. Thursday complete lab reports and reinforcement worksheet. Worksheet must be completed for homework if not finished in class. Friday is our chapter test on photosynthesis and respiration.Be Ready! Have a Great week! AP Biology Tuesday-Lecture Hardy Weinberg and work on practice problems. Wednesday - Fishy frequency lab. This lab and beaks of finches due next Wed. Thursday test Evolution Friday Evolution of Humans Lecture

Week of 11/27/12

Biology Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. It is never easy to get back to work after a vacation but this is a busy week. Tuesday- Academic classes will be given cell cycle flip books that will count as a quiz grade. They are due Friday. Wednesday will be Jeopardy review as a prep for Thursdays test on cells. We've been working with cells for 4 weeks so the test is a big one start studying early! Thursday- Test Day Friday- Intro lecture to photosynthesis...Flip books due for Academic AP Biology We are smack dab in the middle of our discussion of evolution. Tuesday we will try to demonstrate survival of the fittest with orgami birds Lab.that will carry over at least in part to Wed. Thursday and Friday in adition to lectures on importance of diversity and evolutionary design we will reinforce with a lab on Beaks of finches that demonstrates survival of the fittest

WEEK of November 19, 2012

BIOLOGY Short Week Guys HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL. Monday-Lecture on the cell cycle and meiosis/ a comparison make sure you have the transport lab handed in! Tuesday & Wed.- Today you will have a chance to test your ability to identify cells in the various atages of the cell cycle and do some calculationg as to how long they stay in each stage. We will finish the activity on Wednesday and the finished lab report will be due before you leave. AP BIOLOGY This week we start with Evolution a topic that will take us through Christmas. Good news labs start up again. Monday lecture on Darwin and the theory of Natural selection along with some supporting evidence of the process. Tuesday Lab Chemical evidence for evolution Lab Wednesday Lecture patterns of evolution followed by a start on lab beaks of finches.

Week of November 4 2012

Biology... Monday is a big day in Bio! Cell portfolios are due along with all of the requirements as listed on the direction page. Be sure you are ready to hand it in 20 points off for each day late. Tuesday Reading strategy on synthetic cells. Time to talk to the text. Wednesday we will watch a movie on clls to tie all our topics together. Thursday Quiz on cells and time to work on the word wall. AP Bio Monday- DNA lab followed by work sheets on protein synthesis and replication. Be ready for tomorrows Quiz Tuesday- Quiz Day. Followed by Meiosis Lecture Wednesday-Comparison of cell cycle and Meiosis worksheets Thursday-Quiz cell cycle Meiosis Lab notebooks due