Week of 11/27/12

Biology Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. It is never easy to get back to work after a vacation but this is a busy week. Tuesday- Academic classes will be given cell cycle flip books that will count as a quiz grade. They are due Friday. Wednesday will be Jeopardy review as a prep for Thursdays test on cells. We've been working with cells for 4 weeks so the test is a big one start studying early! Thursday- Test Day Friday- Intro lecture to photosynthesis...Flip books due for Academic AP Biology We are smack dab in the middle of our discussion of evolution. Tuesday we will try to demonstrate survival of the fittest with orgami birds Lab.that will carry over at least in part to Wed. Thursday and Friday in adition to lectures on importance of diversity and evolutionary design we will reinforce with a lab on Beaks of finches that demonstrates survival of the fittest

WEEK of November 19, 2012

BIOLOGY Short Week Guys HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL. Monday-Lecture on the cell cycle and meiosis/ a comparison make sure you have the transport lab handed in! Tuesday & Wed.- Today you will have a chance to test your ability to identify cells in the various atages of the cell cycle and do some calculationg as to how long they stay in each stage. We will finish the activity on Wednesday and the finished lab report will be due before you leave. AP BIOLOGY This week we start with Evolution a topic that will take us through Christmas. Good news labs start up again. Monday lecture on Darwin and the theory of Natural selection along with some supporting evidence of the process. Tuesday Lab Chemical evidence for evolution Lab Wednesday Lecture patterns of evolution followed by a start on lab beaks of finches.

Week of November 4 2012

Biology... Monday is a big day in Bio! Cell portfolios are due along with all of the requirements as listed on the direction page. Be sure you are ready to hand it in 20 points off for each day late. Tuesday Reading strategy on synthetic cells. Time to talk to the text. Wednesday we will watch a movie on clls to tie all our topics together. Thursday Quiz on cells and time to work on the word wall. AP Bio Monday- DNA lab followed by work sheets on protein synthesis and replication. Be ready for tomorrows Quiz Tuesday- Quiz Day. Followed by Meiosis Lecture Wednesday-Comparison of cell cycle and Meiosis worksheets Thursday-Quiz cell cycle Meiosis Lab notebooks due

Week of Oct.22 2012

BIOLOGY We will start the week with a new topic...cells. Directions will be given for cell portfolio assignment, due date to be announced.Lecture will end Mondays class cell theory. Tuesday in class research on cell time line completed for homework.Wednesday will be a full day lecture on cell organelles. Thursday and Friday will be lab work days. Plan on a quiz for Friday. APBiology Monday we will lecture cellular respiration.Followed be lab set up om seed respiration. Tuesday we will review discussion and read lab results. Wednesday class work time on presentations and research questions.Thursday assignments due and intro to genetics lecture.Friday From DNA to protein

Week of October 2th 2012

BIOLOGY Still working on chemistry, we start the week with pH. Monday will be lecture with a supporting demo. Tuesday we will update word wall and Intro organic Chem.With some notes on sugar. We will talk to the text Tuesday focusing on organic compounds.Bell Ringer on Wednesday we will cover properties of Fats and start a worksheet. Thursday lecture proteins Continue worksheets and Friday Enzyme Lab with report due Monday. Ap Biology Heading into 2 of the most challenging chapters this year, photosynthesis and repiration.Monday we introduce photosynthesis with lecture on the electromagnetic spectrum and chloroplasts. Tuesday the light reaction will be a treat with lab on chromatography and Rf calculation. Wednesday we will Calvin cycle with reinforcement worksheet. Thursday Lecture C3/C4 plants and cyclic verses non cyclic .Web quest(yes we will try again)will fill the 2nd period. Friday will be a quiz followed by time to complete the web quest.

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 24,2012

BIOLOGY Well, our first chapter is now behind us and a new topic is on the horizon. The Chemistry of life. Monday and Tuesday are lecture with worksheets on Bohr Models and the periodic table. Wednesday we will start properties of water lab. The completed lab is due by Friday which will also be our quiz day for the week. AP Biology. The wonderful world of cells is our focus for the week. Moday will be a lab on Fractionation giving us a chance to use a centrifuge and see organelles outside of the cell.Tuesday will be a cell quiz followed by the worksheet on enzymes. Wednesday and Thursday our labs will focus on enzyme action. and it looks like cell Test will be Friday!

Week of September 10th 2012

BIOLOGY We will start our week Monday with a lecture on characteristics of life. Tuesday will be a lab that reinforces experimental design.Report will be due Wed. Wednessday- Lab is due and lecture on the microscope.Bell ringer THursday -Friday-will be lab using the microscope Report will be due Monday9/18. AP BIOLOGY Our focus for the week is Organic molecules and Life Monday will be a lab day on the polymer polyacrylamidewith time to review carbs and fats with a worksheet. Tuesday we will lecture proteins and nucleic acids update worksheet. Wednesday activities on plastic, styrofaom and GAK. Thursday is Test Day on Chapters 1-3 We will introduce cell in lecture Friday.