week of 5/18/15

Hope everyone is prepared for your final exam!!! Study ~!

Week of 5/11/15

This is a big week Keystone Bio Exam Wednesday and Thursday! We will spend Monday and Tuesday reviewing for the test. Good luck to everyone! Friday and next week we will cover a variety of ecology topics that you will need for the final exam. Have a good week. AP Biology...AP exam Monday stay calm and do your best! Good luck to all! I plan on watching a video on virus Monday and then starting animal related topics including 2 dissection before the end of the week. Monday and Tuesday next week we will review for the final!

Week of 5/4/15

This week starts with a lecture on cladograms and a worksheet to reinforce how to read them. Quiz this week is Tuesday on dichotomous keys and cladograms. Worksheet is also due. We'll start ecology lecture on Wednesday and get as much covered as we can before the keystone exams which are scheduled for Thursday the 13th and Friday the 14th. I plan on using Monday - Wednesday next week as review for keystones.

Week of 4/26/15

This week we begin the topic of classification. Wednesday will be a full period lecture on the history of taxonomy. Thursday we will introduce dichotomous keys and follow up with a worksheet. Friday will be a short lecture on cladograms followed by time to finish the key worksheet and start one on cladograms.We will have a 25 pt quiz Friday only on Taxonomy lecture from Wednesday. Next week Monday will be a wrap up day and Tuesday will be test day. AP Biology we will spend the week focused on bacteria, virus and the immune system. No tests or quizzes are scheduled.

Week of 4/20/15

biology- We will start the week with the last of our notes on natural selection verses artificial selection. Tuesday will be Jeopardy review to get ready for the Evolution test scheduled for Wednesday. On Thursday we will introduce classification with a lecture which leads us to a dichotomous key activity for Friday. AP Biology... Monday speciation activity...Poster Island. Tuesday test on evolution notes up to this point. Wednesday Lecture classification and dichotomous keys. Thursday...lecture using cladograms supported by practice worksheet.

Week of 4/13/15

Biology... This week we are going hard core evolution. Monday will have time to finish off the fish lab plus a worksheet on natural selection. Both are due by the en of class. Tuesday we will lecture supports for evolution followed up with a RS on fossils. Wednesday lecture natural selection verses artificial selection. Thursday Lab evolution of the opposable thumb. Lab will be completed Friday analysis due Monday.

4/7/15

Biology- Evolution is our topic for the week with a plan that should go something like this... Monday- Lecture Darwin and Natural selection Tuesday- Activity on fish selection.Due Thursday Wednesday-lecture supports for evolution and finish fish lab. Thursday Activity...The Great fossil Find Friday Quiz and complete Lab AP Biology will continue with the topic of Evolution Monday lecture-Population Genetics follow up with Natural selection activity Tuesday-Lecture the history of biodiversity....cladogram activity...Planning a Genetics Quiz for today! Wednesday- Lecture the evolution of behavior...Lab beaks of Finches.