Week of 10/ 27/14

Biology- The first 3 days of this week will be lab days. We are working with our microscopes and viewing cells from a variety of plants, animals and fungi. The finished lab is due at the end of class Wednesday. We will be using Wednesday as a work day for anything that needs your attention...portfolios, labs, research or organelle worksheets. Thursday we will introduce and lecture cellular transport...passive. We will follow up with a worksheet. Friday lecture will be active transport with time to complete the worksheet. If time allows we will set up a lab that we will read on Monday. AP BIOLOGY DNA is our focus for the week. Monday will be lecture on Replication followed by a reinforcement worksheet due Tuesday. Tuesday lecture on protein synthesis. Wednesday will involve DNA research. Thursday we will watch the movie GATTACA very appropriate for our lecture topic. It will take a little extra time on Friday So after the quiz we will finish it as a nice way to head into the weekend.

Week of 10/13/14

Well guys we made it through the organic chem topic and are now heading into more familiar topics on cells. This unit will take us aprox. 4 weeks and includes a lot of labs ,research etc. so I hope you are up for the challenge! More info will follow but for now... Tuesday- Lecture History of cell discovery and the cell theory. Time line assignment( due Friday) Wednesday- Most students will be taking the PSAT...those who are with me will have class time to work on their timeline. Thursday- Lecture cell organelles- Portfolio assignment will be discussed. Friday- complete organelle discussion for animals-WS organelle chart(to be included with portfolio. AP BIOLOGY Topics this week will revolve around cell reproduction...No tests or quizzes are scheduled. Tuesday-Lecture Binary fission. Work sheet on the cell cycle. WEDNESDAY- Lecture Meiosis...Research questions assigned Thursday I will be at honor society induction practice. Students in class can continue with research questions. Friday review for test scheduled for Monday!

Week of September 29, 2014

Hey everybody, Hard to believe we are half way through the first marking period already. I hope things are going well. We are right on track with our topic of biochemistry and our week in Bio will look something like this... Monday-Jeopardy review for Properties of water test Tuesday- Test Day- Chemistry of life from atoms to pH Wednesday-Introduce organic compounds follow up with RS on organic compounds due Thursday Thursday Lecture organic compounds and life Friday- Pep rally schedule complete lecture-ws organic chem due Monday AP BIOLOGY- Monday-Lecture the Calvin Cycle- time to complete calculations on Rf and chromatography...Lab report due Tuesday. Tuesday- Lecture Anaerobic respiration...Lab Muscle fatigue Wednesday Start with a quiz on photosynthesis some time to finish lab as needed lecture aerobic respiration Thursday-Set up lab on seed respiration Friday read seed lab...Muscle Fatigue lab due

Week of September 22, 2014

Biology- We are working with biochemistry topics this week ranging from properties of water to pH. Monday and Tuesday we will discuss properties of water and reinforce our topics with a hands on lab activity. The finished report is due Wednesday. Tuesday will also be a Quiz on elements, and compounds( be sure you know how to complete a Bohr Model. Wednesday we will lecture Intro to pH. We will then do a short in class activity applying pH to everyday solutions from coffee to bleach. The activity sheet that goes with the assignment is due Thursday. Thursday we will complete pH topic and worksheet. Friday will be Jeopardy review for Mondays Test. AP Biology. We wrap up our discussion of cell this week with a test scheduled for Wednesday. The enzyme lab report is due Tuesday. Notes have been sent for the next topic, photosynthesis, which we will start Thursday. We will set up Chromotography lab Thursday and read results on Friday.Lab report and calculations will be due Next Wednesday.

Week of 9/15/14

BIOLOGY- We start our week with a TEST on Chapter 1. Be sure to study! Tuesday we begin our new chapter " THE CHEMISTRY OF LIFE" This will be a lot of review of concepts covered in 8th grade. We will begin with lecture on matter and the periodic table. We will end class with a worksheet on how to read the table. Wednesday will start with a worksheet check and follow with a discussion on compounds and how they form. Worksheet on Bohr models to be completed at home if needed. Thursday-Our discussion will be on properties of water and the importance of water for living things. Friday We will start a 2 day property of water lab with report due next Tuesday. AP BIOLOGY-Mondays lecture focus will be Enzymes. Follow up enzyme labs Tuesday and Wednesday. Tuesday the coacervate lab is due. Our enzyme labs will be due next Tuesday in notebooks with conclusion! Thursday lecture on composition and function of the cell membrane. Including active and passive transport. As we lecture there will be a surface area to volume demo using potatoes with conclusion for the activity due Friday end of class. Friday's lecture will be the sodium potassium pump with 2nd period for lab calculations and analysis.

Week of 9/8/14

Biology- This week we will see how scientists improve their ability to make observation by using tools such as microscopes. Monday- Lecture-history of the microscope. Follow up with RS on scope development. Lab report from Fridays activity due. Tuesday- Begin working with the microscope...worksheet on parts and their functions. Begin working with microscopes if time allows. Wednesday- complete microscope lab...letter "e" and pond water. Completed lab report due Thursday. Thursday Wrap up lab Friday- Jeopardy review for 1st test. Monday will be test day AP BIOLOGY Monday will wrap up our discussion of organic compounds. Follow up with worksheets and molecule identification, Tuesday-Lecture Theories on the origin of life. Follow up jeopardy review for test. Wednesday-Test Day Chapters 1-3 Thursday Coacervate Lab...Begin cell research. Friday- Lecture/ discussion cellular organelles and functions. Completed Polymer Labs Due.

Week of 9/2/14

BIOLOGY- Short week this week... Hope everyone had a good week. We are continuing to work with scientific method and variables. The week should go something like this... Tuesday- Lecture how to distinguish between independent and dependent variables. Worksheet practice that will be finished for homework. Wednesday- In class poster activity ...Using scientific method to problem solve. Thursday- We'll start the day with a quiz followed by time to complete the posters. Friday- Each class will do a gallery walk to critique the posters. We will also spend some time practicing dependent and independent variables. AP Biology Tuesday- Cabbage lab due! Full day lecture introducing organic chem. Wednesday- We will start class a quiz on themes and properties of water. Second period will be spent continuing lecture on organic compounds critical to life. Remember water potential lab is due on Thursday. Thursday- Hand in water potential lab- complete lecture with nucleic acids and begin polymer labs. Friday complete polymer labs. Due next week.