Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Week of 2/7/16

Snow days Monday and Tuesday have set us back a little so here is the new improved schedule for the week.
AP Biology- Wednesday Lecture on homeostasis with time to set up water potential lab. Thursday we will start class with a brief review of pH followed by reading lab results and calculating water potential for our fruit samples. The Lab will be due Tuesday next week. Friday Red Cabbage as a pH indicator lab. Report Due Wednesday 2/3. Remember we have a quiz scheduled for Monday 2/1on properties of Water.
Biology- Wednesday is a lecture day on DNA replication. Thursday we will watch Photo 51 and complete a review sheet on DNA structure. Sheet needs to be finished Friday we are going to try DNA extraction from cheek cells. Lab will be due on Monday. Remember there is a quiz on Monday!

week of 2/15/2016

Short week this week with a lot to cover...
Academic Biology- Wednesday and Thursday you will have time in class to work on your Karyotype project. I would like the completed map and research to be handed in for Friday. Friday will be a review worksheet on DNA with Jeopardy review for Monday and Test Tuesday 2/23.
AP Biology- Our focus is the cell and transport processes. Lecture all day Wednesday. Thursday there is a field trip but those left behind will have an prganelle worksheet. Any remaining time can be used for cell research. Friday we will complete active transport lecture and surface area to volume ratio of cells. Followed by an activity.
Bio II Wednesday Lecture supports for evolution. Friday will be nuttall Precipitation lab.

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Week of 1/20/16

Well we are starting the 3rd marking period today. Hard to believe how quickly time is passing.
Biology- Our 3rd marking period is devoted to genetics and evolution. I think the material is exciting I hope you do too. Wednesday- Intro lecture to what controls heredity. Thursday lecture on the people involved in developing the double helix model of DNA. Friday movie Photo51.

AP Biology- Welcome to my new class. We start day one with Lecture on the properties of water Friday lecture topics will be reinforced through a series of demonstrations of the properties of water.

Bio II- Lecture how can Mendels laws of genetics apply to punnett squares? Friday-Practice Punnett square problems.

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

1/4/2016

Happy New Year everyone! I wanted to give you a heads up on what we will be doing between now and exams so you are prepared.
Biology- Monday review to refresh our memories on the light reaction followed by Lecture the steps of the Calvin Cycle. Tuesday comparison of C3 and C4 plants. Wednesday Photosynthesis Quest followed by intro to respiration lecture.
Thursday anaerobic respiration lecture and Friday aerobic respiration lecture. Monday the 11th and Tuesday the 12th will be exam review days Exams start Wednesday 1/13. Since I have 5th and 6th periods each day we will used that time to complete a muscle fatigue Lab.7th period will do the lab on Wednesday 1/20.

AP Bio-We will wrap up evolution before exams sticking to the following schedule(I Hope!) Monday Lecture cladograms followed by a practice worksheet due Tuesday. Tuesday the evolution of behavior followed by how females pick their mates WS due Wednesday. Wednesday the beaks of finches lab due Friday. Thursday Introduce Hardy Weinberg with some practice problems. Friday Fishy frequency Lab due Monday1/11. Monday lecture on speciation poster activity. Tuesday The color of my skin are there different species of humans? followed by review for evolution test which will be Wednesday.

Monday, December 14, 2015

Week of 12/14/15

Academic BIO- We are starting one of the toughest topics of the year this week...photosynthesis and my goal is to have everything wrapped up before break next week. Here's the plan:
Monday: lecture the electromagnetic spectrum. There will be a research assignment handed out that is due Wednesday. I hope to have some class time on Tuesday to work on it. Tuesday- Lecture why we see color and make up of a chloroplast. Extra time can be used for spectrum research. Wednesday- This is our big lecture on the light reaction of photosynthesis remember research is due. Thursday chromatography lab completed report due Monday. Friday lecture the Calvin Cycle complete lab as needed. Monday 12/21 Lecture C3 verses C4 plants review for Quest. Tuesday Quest Day! Wednesday wrap up as needed.

AP Bio We start our study of evolution this week and it is going to be a busy one. MOnday- Lecture on Theories of evolution and supporting evidence of. Period 2 will be Nutall Precipitation lab completed lab is due Wednesday. Tuesday Lecture Natural Selection. Start orgami bird activity Work sheet on Homologies involves research due Friday END OF CLASS. Wednesday- complete orgami bird lab with fly off use any spare time to work on homologies research.Bird Lab due 12/21.Thursday Lecture Cladograms and evolutionary trees followed by in class worksheet that may need to be finished at home. FRIDAY WORK DAY TO BE USED AS NEEDED.


BIOII- Monday is test day on cell divisions. Tuesday will introduce DNA, history of and structure. Wednesday complete structure discussion followed by Photo 51. Thursday- Lecture replication. Friday ws on replication. Monday Quiz on replication. Tuesday lecture protein synthesis with practice worksheet on Wednesday. Have a nice holiday!

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Week of 11/16/2015

Biology- Our topic is transport and our week should play out something like this... Monday-Lecture passive transport and collect organelle WS from Friday. Tuesday. Set up Gummi bear osmosis lab and complete passive transport notes. Wednesday make day 2 readings and observations on Lab- Discuss the sodium potassium pump. Thursday make final measurements and observations on lab clean up and work on analysis questions. Completed lab report due Friday. Friday is Quiz Day followed by notes on endo and exocytosis.



AP Bio we introduce DNA this week. Starting with background lecture on Monday. Tuesday will be a work day on Meselson and stahls experiments on DNA replication. Completed research due Wednesday. Wednesday we will discuss replication. Thursday lecture on how we get from DNA to protein Friday will be quiz ON REPLICATION FOLLOWED BY A TRANSCRIPTION/TRANSLATION ACTIVITY.

Monday, November 9, 2015

Week of 11/10/ 2015

Short week this week with a lot of special schedules. We will stay as close to this schedule as we can.
Bio- Tuesday we will complete our labs. Finished reports are due for Wednesday. Wednesday we will follow a 2 hour delay schedule for the board meeting. Class time will be a worksheet on cellular organelles to be completed for homework if not finished. Thursday will be a Quiz on cellular organelles followed by an intro lecture on cellular transport. Friday will be a work day for your folders so be sure to have them with you.
AP Bio- Tuesday we will lecture on how diversity is introduced into gametes. Wednesday we will lecture some history of DNA followed by a short review for our test on cell division which is scheduled for Thursday. Friday will be a movie...Photo51. Bio II Lecture Tuesday Lecture the Calvin Cycle.Chromatography lab due. Wednesday lecture C3/C4 plants and cyclic vs non cyclic plants. Thursday photosynthesis review. Friday Worksheets on photosynthesis to be finished for Monday which will be our test day.
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