Week of 3/30/15

Biology- This week our focus is human genetics from blood types to GMO's. Monday-Lecture the history of blood typing followed up with a Punnett square worksheet on blood types Tuesday- Blood type lab Wednesday- Compete blood type lab report and blood worksheet both due by the end of class. Thursday- Lecture sex linked conditions Quiz AP Biology. Our topic for the week is Genetics and Punnett squares We will be doing practice problems interspersed with lecture. Remember Tuesday is our big DNA test.

Week of 3/.23/15

Biology- Because of the snow day Friday we will have our Punnett square test Monday. Be ready! Tuesday we will introduce going beyond Mendel in the study of Genetics starting with family pedigrees. Tuesday will be blood type heredity followed up with a work sheet and a lab which will run Wed and part of Thursday with report due Friday. Friday we will talk about twins and follow up with a video on the topic. Ap Bio Monday will start with reading lab results if there is anything left after the long weekend. Our respiration quiz is going to be Tuesday. Our topic for the week is DNA history, replication and protein synthesis. No labs this week but respiration report will be due Thursday.

Week of 3/16/15

BIOLOGY Hard to believe we made it through a full week! And what a great week it was with our intro to Punnett squares and the coin toss activity. We will build on that foundation this week with dihybrids and incomplete dominance on Monday and Tuesday. Each new type of square will be reinforced with a worksheet. Wednesday we will have Punnett Square races at the board in preparation for the Test which is scheduled for Friday. Thursday I will be out on a field trip but my sub will have a crossword review sheet to help you get ready for the test. AP Bio- So how are you loving photosynthesis? I know the topic is difficult but I have faith in you! Monday we complete lecture on the topic by introducing 2 variations from the norm. We will check our worksheet from last Thursday and get ready for Tuesdays quiz. Tuesday our quiz will start class followed by a lecture introducing respiration. We will begin our muscle fatigue lab if we have time and complete it on Wednesday.Remember Tuesday the Chromatography lab is due. Thursday most of us will be on the field trip if you are staying behind you can use the time to complete the muscle fatigue lab. Friday we willlecture aerobic respiration and set up our seed lab for Monday.

Week of March 9 2015

Wow last week was a disaster! We got little to nothing accomplished so we have to make up for lost time this week. Biology Friday 3/6- We will lecture Gregor Mendel and the science of genetics in class today. Monday- Introduce and practice Punnett square problems Tuesday& Wednesday- Coin toss lab on probability. It will take 2 days and the report will be due Thursday. Thursday we will Introduce Incomplete dominance and dihybrid crosses. Friday we will work on practice Punnett square problems. No tests or quizzes this week. AP Biology- Friday 3/6- Complete lecture on Meiosis and binary fission. Monday Lecture electromagnetic spectrum- set up chromatography lab. Tuesday- quiz on How cells divide followed by reading results from chromatography lab. Wednesday Lecture on the light reaction of photosynthesis Follow up worksheet as reinforcement. Thursday-Lecture the Calvin cycle Friday quiz PHOTOSYNTHESIS