Week of 3/14/16

AP Biology...
Mondays lecture will wrap up respiration. Muscle Fatigue lab due! Tuesday we will quiz and set up the seed lab. Wednesday we will read lab results and clean up. Be sure to share info with those on the math trip. Thursday introduction lecture to DNA. Friday focus on DNA replication process.

Academic Biology- We start our week with an overview of pedigree charts A worksheet reinforcement will follow and carry over onto Tuesday. Completed assignment due Wed. Wednesdays focus will be twins. Topics will include how formed, when mistakes happen, Importance of. Thursday will be a lecture on blood type heredity. Worksheet will follow due Friday blood typing lab.

Week of 3/6/2016

Ap Bio is working on Photosynthesis. Monday we will lecture the light reaction and read chromatography lab results. Report due Tuesday. Tuesday we will lecture the Calvin Cycle and complete a works sheet. Wednesday lecture unusual situations in photosynthesis followed by quiz review. Thursday is quiz day. If time permits we will lecture on respiration. Friday muscle fatigue lab.

Biology- We are working on Classical genetics and will spend most of the week practicing Punnett squares. Monday is incomplete/ codominance. We will do some square together in class. Tuesday is worksheet day. Wednesday jeopardy review with Punnett square races.Test Thursday. Friday introduce human genetics in lecture.

Bio II Lecture Hardy Weinberg starts our week. Ws on cladograms is due. Tuesday practice problems on Hardy Weinberg. Wednesday Fishy frequency lab. Thursday complete lab and calculations. Friday Quiz.

Week of 2/29/16

In AP Bio this week we wrap up the cell divisions Including lectures on cell cycle, binary fission and sex cell formation. Research questions will be assigned which will be due Friday and a quiz will be give on Thursday. Next topics are photosynthesis and respiration.
Biology will spend the next 2 weeks working with probability and genetics. Coin Toss lab will start Wednesday and be due Friday. No Quizzes or tests this week. Test probably Wed or Thursday next week. of next week.

Week of 2/22/16

Biology-This is the plan for the week unless the weather interferes. Monday- Jeopardy review for DNA test. Tuesday DNA test. Wednesday worksheet On the history of Genetics. Thursday Intro lecture to Genetics. Friday Punnett squares

AP Bio. We are wrapping up cells this week Monday we will try a new lab focusing on the role of surface area and volume in limiting cell size. Tuesday lecture junction and cytoskeleton. Wednesday Why are cells so small lab due. Intro lecture to cell divisions followed by in class review for Thursdays Test on cell organelles and transport processes. Friday. Lecture controls and stages of the cell cycle. Followed by Lab on stage identification.
BIO II- Monday lecture Patterns of evolution. Tueaday and Wednesday worksheets on patterns and homologies all due Monday 2/29. Thursday lecture artificial verses natural selection. Friday quiz.

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.

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.