Week of September 2nd.

Biology We continue working with scientific method this week and will be building on the framework we developed last week.Hope science is going well and you are feeling comfortable. Tuesday=+ Wednesday-Today in class you will be assigned a "Problem"that needs solving.Thank heavens you know scientific method! Working in a team of 3-4 your challenge is to create a poster demonstrating steps of scientific method that would be required to solve the problem.Remember to STUDY FOR YOUR QUIZ. Thursday- QUIZ today followed by dependent and independent variable worksheet due Friday. Friday will end our week with a full day lecture on Characteristics of life. AP BIOLOGY Our week starts with a continuation of Properties of water, specifically pH. Tuesday- Lab using red cabbage to establish a pH scale. Wednesday- We are wrapping up our discussion on properties of water focusing on Movement of water across a cell membrane. Lecture will be Followed by lab set up on osmosis. Thursday we will read lab results determining sugar concentration based on % mass change. We will also be calculating water potential based on these results. Friday will be our first quiz on Themes of Bio and Properties of Water.