Monday, January 9, 2017

Week of 1/9/2017

Bio- we will start our week with a video reinforcing Rosalind Franklin and the race to DNA. Tuesday is quiz day on DNA history and composition. Wednesday will be a lab day on DNA extraction. There will be a lab report Due for Thursday. Thursday is review day for exams and Friday is the day you have all been waiting for ...Bio midterm. Have a great week
AP Biology- Monday we will review our evolutionary trees in prep for Tuesdays quiz. On bot Monday and Tuesday there will be time to work on the skits that will be presented Wednesday. Thursday we will lecture sea stars followed by a dissection lab and report that will carry into Friday.

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Week of 1/3/17

Biology- Welcome back everyone! Hope you had a great vacation. We start our week on Tuesday with review for our quiz on Wednesday. The focus is cellular respiration and you have had all the notes since before break.You will also be getting a reading strategy on fermentation that will be due end of class Wednesday. Thursday is Lecture day on our new topic of DNA with a lab scheduled for Friday. That report will be due on Monday1/9.

AP Bio Tuesday will be lecture on classification. There will be 2 worksheets due end of class Wednesday. Wednesday lecture4 on the evolution of plants. Thursday lecture the evolution of animals. Quiz Friday on the weeks info.

Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Week of 12/19/16

Bio classes this week will be working on cellular respiration. We will start the week with a lecture on aerobic respiration on Monday followed by an anaerobic lecture Tuesday. Wednesday will be a lab on muscle fatigue that will continue on Thursday The completed lab report is due Friday. Have a happy holiday everyone!

Monday, December 12, 2016

Week of 12/12/16

Academic Biology- Monday we will review the light reaction of photosynthesis and introduce the Calvin cycle. Tuesday we will lecture the Calvin cycle. Wednesday lecture C3 AND C4 plants. Thursday will be a 50 point test on photosynthesis...you will have 20 minutes of open notebook time if you bring in a pet food donation for the SPCA. Friday we will introduce respiration.

AP biology Monday Quiz on Hardy Weinberg. Tuesday Lecture Natural selection verses artificial selection worksheets on homologies and analogies. Wednesday Lecture on the origin of species Begin poster activity Thursday complete poster assignment the color of my skin. Fr4iday research questions on speciation.

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Week of 12/5/16

Academic Bio
Welcome to the beginning of the 3 toughest weeks in Biology. We will be focusing on photosynthesis and respiration. Starting with a lecture on the electromagnetic spectrum Monday. A research assignment will also be assigned which will be due Friday. Tuesday we will explore color and its role in photosynthesis. Wednesday will be a lab day on pigments of photosynthesis. Thursday Quiz and finish off lab. Friday research is due and we will work or a RS on photosynthesis.
AP bio will spend the week practicing Hardy Weinberg and learning the application of Chi Square. Quiz will be Thursday.

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Week of 11/28/16

Hope you enjoyed vacation we will start back up on Tuesday with a lecture on how variations are added to sperm and egg.
Wednesday Jeopardy review day and Thursday will be test day on the cell cycle and meiosis. Friday we begin our most difficult topics of photosynthesis and respiration with a lecture on how organisms get the energy they need to survive.
APBIOLOGY- TUESDAY LECTURE EVOLUTION OF BEHAVIOR. WEDNESDAY LAB OF BEAKS OF FINCHES-WORKSHEET ON NATURAL SELECTION AND LAB ON ORIGAMI BIRDS ARE DUE.THURSDAY WE WILL HAVE A QUIZ ON PUNNETT SQUARES FOLLOWED BY LECTURE ON CHI SQUARE. FRIDAY PRACTICE WORKSHEET ON USING CHI SQUARE DUE MONDAY.

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Week of 11/21/16

Short week... Hurray for Thanksgiving break! Bio Classes Monday we will have time to complete the reading of the Radium Girls article and finish up the worksheet turn it in before you leave. Tuesday Lecture Meiosis. Wednesday- practice questions for the keystone exam. No homework over break!
AP BIOLOGY- MONDAY WE WILL WORK ON THE NATURAL SELECTION LAB USING ORIGAMI BIRDS. OUR FLY OFF WILL BE TUESDAY WITH THE WINNING TEAM EARNING AN EXEMPTION FROM THE LAB REPORT.TUESDAY WILL ALSO HAVE TIME FOR SOME PRACTICE PROBLEMS AND WORK TIME FOR THE BIRD LAB AND THE NATURAL SELECTION WORKSHEETBOTH OF WHICH ARE DUE TUESDAY AFTER THE BREAK.