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!
Friday, December 18, 2009
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!
Friday, November 13, 2009
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 16, 2009
BIOLOGY
Well, our discussions on evolution are a thing of the past ( HA HA ). Now it's time to impress me with what you have learned. Monday 11/16 will be Jeopardy review and Tuesday 11/17 is TEST DAY!!! Make use of the study guide I provided. Our new topic will be classification and will start with lecture on Wednesday. Thursday and Friday we will learn how to use dichotomous keys and actually make our own. Monday 11/23 is our trip to Body World a movie on classification awaits you and the luckey sub that will cover my classes that day. Tuesday and Wednesday we will lecture Cladograms while trying our hand a interpreting them.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING VACATION EVERYONE!
AP BIOLOGY
We have been working with the processes of replication, transcription and translation and are now ready for our test on thoses topics plus modern genetics/ biotechnology applications.
Monday 11/16 will be Jeopardy review and your opportunity to ask any questions you might have pertaining to Tuesdays big TEST. Evolution is our next topic and we will hit the ground running Wednesday with a lecture followed be a lab. This lecture / lab format will be used for the remainder of this week and next topics will include Biochemical evidence for evolution,Orgami Birds, Hardy Weinberg , and bird beaks. Good thing Thanksgiving break will give you an opportunity to get caught up on all your lab reports.!
Well, our discussions on evolution are a thing of the past ( HA HA ). Now it's time to impress me with what you have learned. Monday 11/16 will be Jeopardy review and Tuesday 11/17 is TEST DAY!!! Make use of the study guide I provided. Our new topic will be classification and will start with lecture on Wednesday. Thursday and Friday we will learn how to use dichotomous keys and actually make our own. Monday 11/23 is our trip to Body World a movie on classification awaits you and the luckey sub that will cover my classes that day. Tuesday and Wednesday we will lecture Cladograms while trying our hand a interpreting them.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING VACATION EVERYONE!
AP BIOLOGY
We have been working with the processes of replication, transcription and translation and are now ready for our test on thoses topics plus modern genetics/ biotechnology applications.
Monday 11/16 will be Jeopardy review and your opportunity to ask any questions you might have pertaining to Tuesdays big TEST. Evolution is our next topic and we will hit the ground running Wednesday with a lecture followed be a lab. This lecture / lab format will be used for the remainder of this week and next topics will include Biochemical evidence for evolution,Orgami Birds, Hardy Weinberg , and bird beaks. Good thing Thanksgiving break will give you an opportunity to get caught up on all your lab reports.!
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Week of November 9, 2009
BIOLOGY
We ended last week looking at humans as the most evolved mammal. We have the opposable thumb lab to finish Monday before we move on to Charles Darwin and NATURAL SELECTION. This section has 2 labs that I think do a really good job demonstrating Natural selection in action.Completed lab reports will be due Tuesday,Wednesday and Friday for this weeks activities. Thursday looks like a good day for a QUIZ so be ready!
AP BIOLOGY
This week we go beyond Punnett Square and explore the make up of DNA. This by itself is quite an accomplishment but we aren't going to stop there. We will take the extra step and find how DNA ultimatelycopies itself and directs the cell in its' goal of protein production. Can you imagine how excited Mendel would have been to learn all this! Labs will include DNA extraction from cheek cells and somme paper model building to demonstrate replication, transcription and and translation.
We ended last week looking at humans as the most evolved mammal. We have the opposable thumb lab to finish Monday before we move on to Charles Darwin and NATURAL SELECTION. This section has 2 labs that I think do a really good job demonstrating Natural selection in action.Completed lab reports will be due Tuesday,Wednesday and Friday for this weeks activities. Thursday looks like a good day for a QUIZ so be ready!
AP BIOLOGY
This week we go beyond Punnett Square and explore the make up of DNA. This by itself is quite an accomplishment but we aren't going to stop there. We will take the extra step and find how DNA ultimatelycopies itself and directs the cell in its' goal of protein production. Can you imagine how excited Mendel would have been to learn all this! Labs will include DNA extraction from cheek cells and somme paper model building to demonstrate replication, transcription and and translation.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Week of November 2,2009
BIOLOGY
Early theories of evolution will start our fun filled weektrying to make sense of the various ideas as to how different forms of life began.. Each days notes will be followed by supporting worksheets and/ or lab activities all of which will be due the day following the activity. That means anything not finished during class becomes a homework assignment. Monday Worksheet;Charles Darwin, TuesdayLab Grasping the idea of Evolution Wednesday/Thursday Lab The most intelligent mammal. Our evolution quiz will be Thursday. Be sure to study!
AP Biology
Well you all survived "CYCLES" and can breathe a sigh of relief as we move into the more familiar topics of classical genetics. I'm planning a quiz for Tuesday just on Punnett so you can wow me with your square skills! Wednesdays Lecture will cover both classical outcomes of and genetic oddities associated with heredity. Thursday we turn our attention to DNA for at least 4 days we will delve into the mysteries of DnA including, but not limited to, replication and Synthesis,the steps that take us from DNA to protein. Bet you can't wait!
Early theories of evolution will start our fun filled weektrying to make sense of the various ideas as to how different forms of life began.. Each days notes will be followed by supporting worksheets and/ or lab activities all of which will be due the day following the activity. That means anything not finished during class becomes a homework assignment. Monday Worksheet;Charles Darwin, TuesdayLab Grasping the idea of Evolution Wednesday/Thursday Lab The most intelligent mammal. Our evolution quiz will be Thursday. Be sure to study!
AP Biology
Well you all survived "CYCLES" and can breathe a sigh of relief as we move into the more familiar topics of classical genetics. I'm planning a quiz for Tuesday just on Punnett so you can wow me with your square skills! Wednesdays Lecture will cover both classical outcomes of and genetic oddities associated with heredity. Thursday we turn our attention to DNA for at least 4 days we will delve into the mysteries of DnA including, but not limited to, replication and Synthesis,the steps that take us from DNA to protein. Bet you can't wait!
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