Monday, April 26, 2010

Week of 4/26

Biology
Monday test review.... Tuesday test on ecology. The material isn't difficult but there is a lot so study!Wednesday makeup tests and intro to the animal kingdom. If all goes well with Thursdays lecture we will be ready to focus on the jelly fish in lecture Friday and lab Monday.

Ap Biology...
We will finish with evolution this week. Monday is a Quiz and lab on beaks. Tuesday we will lecture odds and ends to wrap up our topic and check review worksheet. Wednesday will be review day and Thursday we will begin our new topic in lecture. Friday will be a test on Genetics and Evolution. It's a big one so be ready!

Monday, April 19, 2010

Week of 4/19/2010

BIOLOGY
Our mini-unit on ecology is moving along nicely. Monday this week will start with a lecture on population sampling and an activity on random sampling that will finish the period. We probably won't have time to finish the analysis questions so they become homework. TuesdayPopulation curves lecture asnd activityon survivorship curves. Wednesday succession lecture with worksheet on predation verses starvation. Thursday in honor of earthday we will focus on our ecological footprints ending the week with natural resources and pollution. Test is scheduled for Tuesday next week!

AP Biology
This week will continue evolution. Monday will be lecture on speciation with some worksheet time. Tuesday we get to bring a little math to our class with Hardy Weinberg problems. Lab notebooks are due ! Wednesday will be our Fishy frequency lab.Thursday' discussion will be on the evolution of behavior. Friday"s lab will be "Feeding Frenzie"Make sure you are working on the Who came to Dinner assignment.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Week of April 11,2010

Biology
Lecture Monday will be cycles in nature including predator prey. Tuesday is a lab on competition that will go into Wednesday ...Lab report must be finished for Thursday which is also our quiz day.If we have any time Survivorship curve and a work sheet will close out the week.

AP We are working with natural selection this week, There are several labs and workshhets and Quiz scheduled for Thursday.

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Week of 4/5/10

BIOLOGY
We enter the last marking period with the topic of ecology. It will be a 2 week mini lesson which we will start with lecture on Monday. Follow up will include a worksheet on food webs due Tuesday.Tuesday our focus will be biomes and natural cycles.Wednesday's activity will test your biome knowledge.Thursday and Friday will follow the same lesson worksheet format with a Quiz scheduled for early next week.

AP Biology
We introduced DNA last week with the development of the Double Helix Model. This weeks lecture and activities will take us through Replication AND protein Synthesis. We will schedule a quiz for Friday this week.

Monday, March 29, 2010

Week of March 29 2010

BIO.
We have finally come to the end of our topics on Human genetics. That means its time for a test!!! Monday will be a review day and Tuesday will be the test.Wednesday & Thursday we will make "Reebops" as our final lab, giving you a chance to show off what you have learned this marking period. The end of the 3rd Marking Period!

AP Bio.
After our brief refresher on Punnett squares last week we are ready to move beyond Mendel and explore some more unusual patterns of inheritance. We will end the week with DNA structure and function. No Tests or quizzes this week.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Week of March 22 2010

BIOLOGY.
We will continue or topic of human genetics focusing on blood types. Monday a worksheet on inbreeding in the royal family as a possible starting point for the mutation that caused Hemophelia. Tuesday we will lecture Rh factor and end class with some Punnett squares with blood types. This paper has to be finished for homework. Wednesday we will do the blood type lab activity. Report due by Friday. Thursday we will quiz on blood types and lecture additional types of inheritance. Friday we will focus on prebirth testing and genetic screening techniques.
We're almost in the 4th marking period!

AP BIOLOGy
The worst is behind us clear sailing with the familiar topics of the cell cycle and meiosis which will start our week. Reinforcement will come from the Biology Corner site and involve the internet. Quiz will be Friday. Wednesday we will introduce DNA from a historical viewpoint. Thursday we will watch the movie Photo 51 about Rosalind Franklins role in DNA. Friday Replication how and why will be covered with a worksheet reinforcement.

Monday, March 15, 2010

Week of March 15, 2010

BIOLOGY,
We will continue with our discussion of human genetics this week. There will be 3 lectures on Twin types and Blood typing with a quiz on Thursday. Karyotype labs are due Tuesday and Pedigree analysis Wed, and blood type worksheets for Friday. Have a good week.

Ap Biology,
Lecture Monday will introduce aerobic respiration and cover the steps of the Calvin Cycle.
Tuesday we will set up our seed respiration lab and read results on Wednesday. Second period Wednesday wil be lecture on anaerobic respiration. Thursday will be worksheet and lab report day with Quiz on Respiration Friday. Meiosis and Mitosis will be our next topic.