Week of 9/15/14

BIOLOGY- We start our week with a TEST on Chapter 1. Be sure to study! Tuesday we begin our new chapter " THE CHEMISTRY OF LIFE" This will be a lot of review of concepts covered in 8th grade. We will begin with lecture on matter and the periodic table. We will end class with a worksheet on how to read the table. Wednesday will start with a worksheet check and follow with a discussion on compounds and how they form. Worksheet on Bohr models to be completed at home if needed. Thursday-Our discussion will be on properties of water and the importance of water for living things. Friday We will start a 2 day property of water lab with report due next Tuesday. AP BIOLOGY-Mondays lecture focus will be Enzymes. Follow up enzyme labs Tuesday and Wednesday. Tuesday the coacervate lab is due. Our enzyme labs will be due next Tuesday in notebooks with conclusion! Thursday lecture on composition and function of the cell membrane. Including active and passive transport. As we lecture there will be a surface area to volume demo using potatoes with conclusion for the activity due Friday end of class. Friday's lecture will be the sodium potassium pump with 2nd period for lab calculations and analysis.