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Agenda for Honors Biology: FIRST SEMESTER

Dear Students,
I really enjoyed working with you this year. I know I pushed you hard and stressed you out at times, but I did it because I care about you and your future and know how important it is for you to develop self-discipline and good study skills. I really appreciate all of your effort this year and hope you feel proud of yourself for all that you accomplished. Please keep in touch and let me know how you are doing from time to time. You can email me at kmajda@yahoo.com or message me on Facebook (just search for my name).

I have a lot of projects left in my room and some binders. Please come pick up your stuff by Friday if you'd like to keep it.

Best Wishes to you All!!!

-Ms. Majda

P.S. if you want to be on my website, send me a quote and a photo!

SECOND SEMESTER

Table of Contents for Binder (please let me know if you see anything is missing from this list)
Human Illness Review WS
Answer Key for the Honors Ecology Worksheet
Answer Key for the Evolution Worksheets
Part 1 of the "Secret Life of Germs" questions
Part 2 of the "Secret Life of Germs" questions

Monday, June 7, 2014

Part 2 of Final Exam (Critical Thinking)
HW: finish preparing for "Germs" Quiz for enrichment (quiz tomorrow)

Friday, June 6, 2014

Part 1 of Final Exam (Content Knowledge)
HW:
1) Study for Part 2 of Final Exam (Critical Thinking)
2) Finish reading "The Secret Life of Germs" and answering the enrichment questions (see links above)

Thursday, June 5, 2014

Ms. Majda out sick..."I am so, so, so sorry that I could not make it today. As a result, we will have to postpone the first part of the final exam until tomorrow and the second part and "Germs" test until Monday. This means we won't have time to return our textbooks on Monday during class so you will need to do this on your own time when you get a chance. Sorry! But at least you have an extra day to study for the final."
Study for Final Exam and work on "Germs" questions
HW: Study for the final exam (see helpful hints above). Binder due Friday (the TOC is posted above). Include all enrichment for the whole year in your binder, including all new enrichment that still needs to be graded. Last day to turn in any additional enrichment is Monday.

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Peer Review Human Illness Projects
HW: Study for the final exam (see helpful hints above). Binder due Friday (the TOC is posted above). Include all enrichment for the whole year in your binder, including all new enrichment that still needs to be graded. Last day to turn in any additional enrichment is Monday.

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Peer Review Human Illness Projects
HW: Study for the final exam (see helpful hints above). Binder due Friday (the TOC is posted above). Include all enrichment for the whole year in your binder, including all new enrichment that still needs to be graded. Last day to turn in any additional enrichment is Monday.

Monday, June 2, 2014

Peer Review Human Illness Projects
HW:
1) Work on Evolution Study Guide (textbook reading guide) due tomorrow, June 3 (you must click on the link and print this assignment yourself)
2) Start preparing for the final exam - Start preparing for the final exam (see helpful hints above).
3) Work on your enrichment - you need at least 50 points by June 9th - that's in two weeks!
Check the enrichment page. Some new assignments to watch online videos for points were just posted.

Monday, June 2, 2014

Human Illness Project Scavenger Hunt
HW:
1) Work on Evolution Study Guide (textbook reading guide) due tomorow, June 3 (you must click on the link and print this assignment yourself)
Use the following chapters to find the answers to the Evolution WS above:
- Chapter 15 of CP textbook
- Chapter 16 of CP textbook
- Chapter 17 of CP textbook
2) Start preparing for the final exam - Start preparing for the final exam (see helpful hints above).
3) Work on your enrichment - you need at least 50 points by June 9th - that's in two weeks!
Check the enrichment page. Some new assignments to watch online videos for points were just posted.

Wednesday, May 28 - Friday, May 29, 2014

Lecture: Evolution and Ecology
HW:
1) Work on human illness project due June 2 (next Monday!) - you should be doing final edits and putting it all together
2) Work on Evolution Study Guide (textbook reading guide) due Tuesday, June 3 (you must click on the link and print this assignment yourself)
Use the following chapters to find the answers to the Evolution WS above:
- Chapter 15 of CP textbook
- Chapter 16 of CP textbook
- Chapter 17 of CP textbook
3) Start preparing for the final exam - Start preparing for the final exam (see helpful hints above).
4) Work on your enrichment - you need at least 100 points by June 9th - that's in two weeks!
Check the enrichment page. Some new assignments to watch online videos for points were just posted.

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Lecture: Evolution and Ecology
Stamp Ecology Study Guide (textbook reading guide) and discuss if time
HW:
1) Work on human illness project due June 2 (next Monday!) - you should be doing final edits and putting it all together
2) Work on Evolution Study Guide (textbook reading guide) due Tuesday, June 3 (you must click on the link and print this assignment yourself)
(After spending several hours reviewing the sections of the honors book about evolution, I have decided it is better for the honors students to use the CP book. Therefore I will be posting a copy of the evolution chapters online or a link to a website where they can be accessed. It may take a couple of days for me to finish doing this.)
3) Start preparing for the final exam (see helpful hints above).
4) Work on your enrichment - you need at least 100 points by June 9th - that's in two weeks!
Check the enrichment page. Some new assignments to watch online videos for points were just posted.

Monday, May 26, 2014

HOLIDAY - no school

Thursday, May 22 and Friday May 23, 2014

Lecture: Evolution and Ecology
HW:
1) Work on human illness project due June 2
2) Work on Ecology Study Guide (textbook reading guide) due Tuesday, May 27 (you must click on the link and print this assignment yourself)
3) Work on your enrichment - you need at least 100 points by June 9th - that's in three weeks! Check the enrichment page for new assignments.

Tuesday, May 20 and Wednesday May 21, 2014

Read "There's a Hair in My Dirt" and finish the story worksheet
HW:
1) Work on human illness project (you should have most of your research done and be working on writing the draft of each section)
2) Start preparing for the final exam - study your lecture notes and the following chapters: 2.1-2.3, 8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25.
- You will be provided with a final exam practice questions worksheet next week.
3) Work on your enrichment - you need at least 100 points by June 9th - that's in three weeks! Check the enrichment page for new assignments.

Monday, May 19, 2014

Finished Immune System Lecture
HW:
1) Work on human illness project (you should have most of your research done and be working on writing the draft of each section)
2) Start preparing for the final exam - study your lecture notes and the following chapters: 2.1-2.3, 8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25.
- You will be provided with a final exam practice questions worksheet next week.
3) Work on your enrichment - you need at least 100 points by June 9th - that's in three weeks! Check the enrichment page for new assignments.

Friday, May 16, 2014 - SUBSTITUTE

Read "The Secret Life of Germs" and work on book questions
HW:
1) Work on human illness project (you should have an outline in place by now and be finished with most of your research by Monday)
2) Enrichment Opportunities!
- Do the Malaria Online Assignment for 10 Enrichment Points.
- Do the HHMI Microbes Strike Back assignment for 10 Enrichment Points.

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Lecture: Immune System
HW:
1) Work on human illness project (you should have an outline in place by now and be working on researching each category)
2) Read chapter 2 and answer the check and challenge questions on pages 56 and 60 (this is review); read chapter 24 and answer the check and challenge questions on pages 640 and 647; answer the 10 reviewing ideas questions on page 648. (DUE FRIDAY)
Enrichment Opportunity! Do the Malaria Online Assignment for 10 Enrichment Points.

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Librarian Mrs. Burns presented on how to use the EBSCO and the internet to do scientific research.
Mrs. Majda showed the class how to use PubMed.
HW:
1) Work on human illness project (you should have an outline in place by now and be working on researching each category)
2) Read chapter 2 and answer the check and challenge questions on pages 56 and 60 (this is review); read chapter 24 and answer the check and challenge questions on pages 640 and 647; answer the 10 reviewing ideas questions on page 648. (DUE FRIDAY)

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Lecture: Human Pathogens
HW:
1) Work on human illness project (you should have an outline in place by now and be working on researching each category)
2) Read chapter 2 and answer the check and challenge questions on pages 56 and 60 (this is review); read chapter 24 and answer the check and challenge questions on pages 640 and 647; answer the 10 reviewing ideas questions on page 648. (DUE FRIDAY)

Monday, May 12, 2014

Warmup: read and answer questions about article on antibiotics in ancient beer
Lecture: Human Pathogens
HW:
1) Work on human illness project (you should have an outline in place by now and be working on researching each category)
2) Read chapter 2 and answer the check and challenge questions on pages 56 and 60 (this is review); read chapter 24 and answer the check and challenge questions on pages 640 and 647; answer the 10 reviewing ideas questions on page 648. (DUE FRIDAY)

Friday, May 9, 2014

Peer-grade tests
Discuss Human Illness Project - use the following timeline to finish your project:
1) complete outline by May 12 (week 1)
2) complete all research by May 19 (week 1)
3) Write up pieces and finalize design by May 26 (week 2)
4) Finish putting together and editing project by due date on June 2 (week 3)
HW:
1) RL for 23.4-23.13 and Check and Challenge questions on page 617 and 626 due Monday

Thursday, May 8, 2014

Genetics Test
HW:
1) RL for 23.4-23.13 and Check and Challenge questions on page 617 and 626 due Monday

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Warmup - protein synthesis practice problems
Cancer Lecture
HW:
1) Finish practice test and study for test to be given TOMORROW (journal will also be collected TOMORROW)
2) RL for 23.1-23.3 and Check and Challenge questions on page 609 due Thursday (in journal)
3) RL for 23.4-23.13 and Check and Challenge questions on page 617 and 626 due Monday
Click here for ANSWERS TO "PRACTICE" TEST FROM LAST FRIDAY
FYI, these are the assignments I am looking for in your journal:
· Chapter 13 reading assignment from CP book: Section Assessment questions on pages 326, 329, and 333;
the "Explaining a Process" activity on page 326, copy of diagrams 13-5, 13-8, and 13-9;
and answer to "Calculating" question for diagram 13-8.
· RL on 40.1 from the CP book
· RL 9.1
· RL 9.2
· RL 9.3-9.6 and the Check and Challenge questions on pages 240 and 247
· RL 9.7 - 9.8 or the Check and Challenge questions on pages 254 and 257;
· RL 12.1-12.3 or Check and Challenge questions on page 324
· RL for all chapter 13 or Check and Challenges questions on pages 351, 358, and 365;
· Bonus Enrichment Points: RL 12.4-12.10 and the Check and Challenge questions on pages 332 and 339 for 15 Enrichment points
· Read chapter 14 and do the Check and Challenge questions on pages 381 and 387
· Read 15.1-15.3 and do the check and challenge questions on page 406
· RL 15.4-15.6 and the check and challenge questions on page 413
· RL for 23.1-23.3 and Check and Challenge questions on page 609

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Finish going over the practice test - the real test will be Thursday and journals will be collected
Discuss Human Illness projects and pass back proposals with assigned illnesses - DO NOT LOSE YOUR PACKET, you will need to turn it in again with your project to get your final grade!
HW:
1) Finish practice test and study for test to be given Thursday (journal will also be collected Thursday)
2) RL for 23.1-23.3 and Check and Challenge questions on page 609 due Thursday (in journal)
3) RL for 23.4-23.13 and Check and Challenge questions on page 617 and 626 due Monday

Monday, May 5, 2014

Discuss and peer grade practice test
Turn in Human Illness Project preference form and plagiarism assignment
HW:
1) Finish practice test and study for test to be given Thursday (journal will also be collected Thursday)
2) RL for 23.1-23.3 and Check and Challenge questions on page 609 due Thursday (in journal)

Friday, May 2, 2014

Turned in Paper Bag project
Finished Genetic Inheritance and Mutations lecture slides
HW:
1) Complete the Human Illness Project preference form and plagiarism assignment due MONDAY to get priority choice of the illness you want for your project. Remember, students who earn an 80% or higher on this project will get to use this for the critical thinking part of their final exam!
2) Complete the Practice Test and study for the upcoming real test (currently scheduled for Tuesday but we may wait and take it later in the week)
- NOTE: to complete one of the protein synthesis questions you will need a codon decoder

Thursday, May 1, 2014

Finished Lecture Slides
HW:
1) Paper bag project due tomorrow!
2) Study for the Test that will be given Monday! The following will be on it:
- Protein Synthesis (practice test)
- Meisosis
- Genetic Inheritance (use the worksheet practice problems to help you study and your animal project; also, study the types of inheritance in the second half of the lecture slides)
- Mutations (just know the slides I told you to study, including the three types of point mutations at the start of the last lecture and which are most harmful)
3) Journal due Monday

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Work on Paperbag Project
Finish Lecture on Genetic Inheritance
HW:
1) Do the practice test on protein synthesis and study for FRIDAY'S TEST (on Protein Synthesis, Meiosis, Genetic Inheritance, and Mutations)
2) Don't forget to print Part 1 of the "Secret Life of Germs" questions.

Here is the Human Illness Project instructions, sign up sheet, rubric, and plagiarism assignment. Complete these forms and the plagiarism assignment and turn them in by Monday to get priority choice of the illness you want for your project. Remember, students who earn an 80% or higher on this project will get to use this for the critical thinking part of their final exam!

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Predict Phenotypes of Paper Bag Baby
Punnett Square practice problems
HW:
1) Punnett Square practice problems worksheet
2) DUE WEDNESDAY: Reading chapter 14 and due the Check and Challenge questions on pages 381 and 387; Read 15.1-15.3 and do the check and challenge questions on page 406; Reading Log for 15.4-15.6 and the check and challenge questions on page 413.
3) Don't forget to print Part 1 of the "Secret Life of Germs" questions.

TEST THIS FRIDAY on Protein Synthesis, Meiosis, Genetic Inheritance, and Mutations. Here is a practice test you can use for the protein synthesis part of the test.
Here is the Human Illness Project instructions, sign up sheet, rubric, and plagiarism assignment. Complete these forms and the plagiarism assignment and turn them in by Friday to get priority choice of the illness you want for your project.

Monday, April 28, 2014

Finish gametes for paper bag project and mate animals
Punnett Square lecture
HW:
1) Note that the printer is working again so I will make copies of the PPT slides for you (yay!) However you need to download and print Part 1 of the "Secret Life of Germs" questions.
2) DUE WEDNESDAY: Reading chapter 14 and due the Check and Challenge questions on pages 381 and 387; Read 15.1-15.3 and do the check and challenge questions on page 406; Reading Log for 15.4-15.6 and the check and challenge questions on page 413.
TEST THIS FRIDAY! on Protein Synthesis, Meiosis, Genetic Inheritance, and Mutations

Friday, April 25, 2014

Meiosis Lecture
Make gametes for paper bag project
HW
1) DUE WEDNESDAY: Reading chapter 14 and due the Check and Challenge questions on pages 381 and 387; Read 15.1-15.3 and do the check and challenge questions on page 406; Reading Log for 15.4-15.6 and the check and challenge questions on page 413.

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Discuss genetics practice problems on PPT slides
Lecture on the human reproductive system and meiosis
Crossing over in paper bag animal chromosomes
HW:
The following work is due Friday, April 25 (note that I changed the due date):
- Reading Log for 9.7 - 9.8 OR the Check and Challenge questions on pages 254 and 257;
- Reading Log for 12.1-12.3 OR Check and Challenge questions on page 324
- Reading log for chapter 13 OR Check and Challenges questions on pages 351, 358, and 365;
- Bonus Enrichment Points: Reading log for 12.4-12.10 and the Check and Challenge questions on pages 332 and 339 for 15 Enrichment points

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Finish genotype/phenotype and chromosomes for paperbag project
Read the second section in "The Secret Life of Germs" and answer the five questions:

Why do we need germs? (List all of the ways germs are useful that are described in this section)
What is the earliest evidence of life on Earth?
What is the difference between the number of human cells that make up our bodies and the number of germs that live in or on our bodies?
If aliens came to observe Earth, what reasons might lead them to conclude that germs are the dominant life forms?
What are some ways that we might be able to use germs in the future to help humanity?

HW:
The following work is due Friday, April 25 (note that I changed the due date):
- Reading Log for 9.7 - 9.8 OR the Check and Challenge questions on pages 254 and 257;
- Reading Log for 12.1-12.3 OR Check and Challenge questions on page 324
- Reading log for chapter 13 OR Check and Challenges questions on pages 351, 358, and 365;
- Bonus Enrichment Points: Reading log for 12.4-12.10 and the Check and Challenge questions on pages 332 and 339 for 15 Enrichment points

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Turn in Enrichment and work on warmup worksheet (human traits)
Lecture on Genetic Inheritance
Work on practice problems on PPT slides
HW
1) Finish practice problems on PPT slides if you did not do so in class
2) The following work is due Friday, April 25 (note that I changed the due date):
- Reading Log for 9.7 - 9.8 OR the Check and Challenge questions on pages 254 and 257;
- Reading Log for 12.1-12.3 OR Check and Challenge questions on page 324
- Reading log for chapter 13 OR Check and Challenges questions on pages 351, 358, and 365;
- Bonus Enrichment Points: Reading log for 12.4-12.10 and the Check and Challenge questions on pages 332 and 339 for 15 Enrichment points

April 14-21: Spring Break!

Friday, April 11, 2014

Collect Grade Check & stamp HW
QUIZ and then grade quiz
Work on Paper Bag Project
HW (in case you want to get ahead over the break)
1) Next Enrichment check will be Tuesday, April 22. You will turn in any new enrichment on this date. You should have at least 50 pts.
2) The following work is due Friday, April 25 (note that I changed the due date):
- Reading Log for 9.7 - 9.8 OR the Check and Challenge questions on pages 254 and 257;
- Reading Log for 12.1-12.3 OR Check and Challenge questions on page 324
- Reading log for chapter 13 OR Check and Challenges questions on pages 351, 358, and 365;
- Bonus Enrichment Points: Reading log for 12.4-12.10 and the Check and Challenge questions on pages 332 and 339 for 15 Enrichment points

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Grade Check
Finish discussion of protein synthesis
Discuss HW worksheet
HW:
1) Bring back signed grade check
2) Study for Quiz tomorrow on 9.1-9.6, including the protein synthesis lecture slides
3) Reading log for 9.3-9.6 and the Check and Challenge questions on pages 240 and 247 due tomorrow.

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Lecture: Protein Synthesis
Fill in phenotypes for paper bag animals
QUIZ Friday on 9.1-9.6 plus the Protein Synthesis lecture notes
HW:
1) Complete Protein Synthesis WS due tomorrow.
2) Reading log for 9.3-9.6 and the Check and Challenge questions on pages 240 and 247 due this Friday.

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Check HW (RL 9.1 and 9.2) and collect Gattaca essays
Lecture: Protein Synthesis
Hand out paperbags and assign gender of paperbag animals
HW:
1) Complete your paperbag animal using the following guidelines (due tomorrow):
a. Eye shape: slit or oval
b. Eye color: brown, blue, green or yellow (both eyes must be the same color)
c. Eye lashes: has them or does not have them
d. Nose shape: triangle or circle
e. Hair color: black, brown, or yellow
f. Ear shape: round or pointed
g. Males only: decide whether or not to give it a tail (females cannot have tails)
h. Fill in the rest of your animals details using your imagination - be creative!
i. Give your animal a name
2) complete Protein Synthesis WS due Thursday.
3) Reading log for 9.3-9.6 and the Check and Challenge questions on pages 240 and 247 due Friday.

Monday, April 7, 2014 - SUBSTITUTE

Protein Synthesis discussion, movies, and questions with the sub (click here for the PPT presentation)
Work on homework if time at the end of the period
HW:
1) Reading log on 9.1 and 9.2 due Tuesday
Note: Ms. Majda will collect Gattaca essays when she returns.

Friday, April 4, 2014

Quiz on 40.1 and the Human Illness Graphic Organizer
Finished discussing the "Secret Life of Germs" questions
Discussed test, enrichment and other end-of-quarter announcements
HW:
1) Gattaca essay due Monday (see instructions below)
2) Reading log on 9.1 and 9.2 due Tuesday
Don't forget that there are several great enrichment opportunities this weekend! Be sure to visit the home page for a list of upcoming special Enrichment Events! They are posted about half way down.

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Read part 1 of Secret Life of Germs and answered the discussion questions:

Infectious diseases are the number one killer world wide and have been for most of human history. What was probably the number one killer before
them, when humans were first evolving?
What are the top three killers in developed country? Why is there this difference in primary causes of death between developed and undeveloped countries?
What contributions did Girolamo Fracastoro make to medical science?
What human behaviors prevent populations from being isolated from one another? How do these influence infectious diseases?
When should people wash their hands? Why do you think they don’t do it?

Discussed the first part of the discussion questions
HW:
1) Reading Log on 40.1 of the CP book: Human Illness due Friday (there will be a quiz Friday on this section and the human illness graphic organizer)
2) Gattaca Essay due MONDAY - Discuss the legal and ethical issues that are raised in the movie Gattaca and propose a set of laws you feel would help prevent this type of future from becoming a reality.
- essay should have a thesis, and introductory paragraph, at least three supporting paragraphs, and a conclusion
- should be at least one full page, TYPED, 10pt font, single spaced, 1 inch margins
- don't forget name, date, period, class, and TITLE

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Finish watching and discussing Gattaca and the Gattaca essay assignment
Copy Human Illness Graphic Organizer into journal
HW:
1) Reading Log on 40.1 of the CP book: Human Illness due Friday (there will be a quiz Friday on this section and the human illness graphic organizer)
2) Gattaca Essay due MONDAY - Discuss the legal and ethical issues that are raised in the movie Gattaca and propose a set of laws you feel would help prevent this type of future from becoming a reality.
- essay should have a thesis, and introductory paragraph, at least three supporting paragraphs, and a conclusion
- should be at least one full page, TYPED, 10pt font, single spaced, 1 inch margins
- don't forget name, date, period, class, and TITLE

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Watched second part of Gattaca
HW:
1) Work on enrichment
2) Work on Gattaca essay due next Monday: Discuss the legal and ethical issues that are raised in the movie Gattaca and propose a set of laws you feel would help prevent this type of future from becoming a reality.
- essay should have a thesis, and introductory paragraph, at least three supporting paragraphs, and a conclusion
- should be at least one full page, TYPED, 10pt font, single spaced, 1 inch margins
- don't forget name, date, period, class, and TITLE
Also, If you have any late/makeup work to turn in, last day to turn it in is TOMORROW.

Monday, March 31, 2014

Watched first part of Gattaca - Instructions for the Gattaca Movie Essay are posted on the whiteboard in class and will be posted here tomorrow.
HW: work on enrichment
Also, If you have any late/makeup work to turn in, last day to turn it in is Wednesday.

Friday, March 28, 2014

Environmental Education presentation in the PAC
If you have any late/makeup work to turn in, last day to turn it in is next Wednesday.

Thursday, March 27, 2014

TEST
If you have any late/makeup work to turn in, last day to turn it in is next Wednesday.

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Reviewed for test
HW: STUDY FOR TEST!

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Finish Biotechnology Lecture (cloning and stem cells)
HW:
1) Complete the Chapter 13 Review Worksheets - you can print them and fill them out or you can write out the answers on a separate sheet of paper. DUE WEDNESDAY. Some questions on the test will come from these practice worksheets.
2) Complete the online practice test - and click "submit" then click the back button so you can either print out the test after you have filled in all of the answers or write out the answers onto a separate sheet of paper. You must click "Submit" though to get credit for the assignment otherwise your results will not be sent to me. We will go over the answers in class tomorrow. Your test will be very similar to the practice test.
TEST THURSDAY (last day for test corrections from the last test is this Friday)

Monday, March 24, 2014

Check Flashcards
Lecture: Biotechnology
HW: Complete the Chapter 13 Review Worksheets (click here) - you can print them and fill them out or you can write out the answers on a separate sheet of paper. DUE WEDNESDAY. Some questions on the test will come from these practice worksheets.
TEST THURSDAY (last day for test corrections from the last test is this Friday)

Friday, March 21, 2014

Movie Quiz
Lecture: Biotechnology
HW:
1) Complete a flashcard for each of the following technologies (due next MONDAY): selective breeding vs. hybridization, DNA extraction, Cutting DNA, Connecting (pasting together) DNA, Cell Transformation, Genetically Modified Organisms, Gene Therapy, PCR, Gel Electrophoresis, DNA fingerprinting, sequencing DNA, cloning, stem cell technology, human genome project
2) Complete the Chapter 13 Review Worksheets (click here) - you can print them and fill them out or you can write out the answers on a separate sheet of paper. DUE TUESDAY

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Movie: Cracking the Code of Life - If you missed part of the movie because you were absent, you can watch it online (click here). Be sure to take notes. There will be a movie QUIZ on Thursday and you may use your notes.
HW:
1) Complete a flashcard for each of the following technologies (due next MONDAY): selective breeding vs. hybridization, DNA extraction, Cutting DNA, Connecting (pasting together) DNA, Cell Transformation, Genetically Modified Organisms, Gene Therapy, PCR, Gel Electrophoresis, DNA fingerprinting, sequencing DNA, cloning, stem cell technology, human genome project

Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - SUBSTITUTE

Movie: Cracking the Code of Life - If you missed part of the movie because you were absent, you can watch it online (click here). Be sure to take notes. There will be a movie QUIZ on Thursday and you may use your notes.
HW:
1) Click here to download the DNA Fingerprinting Activity worksheet. Click here to download the DNA Fingerprinting and DNA Sequencing Activity worksheet. The entire worksheet is DUE TOMORROW (honors students must do BOTH sections).
2) Complete a flashcard for each of the following technologies (due next MONDAY): selective breeding vs. hybridization, DNA extraction, Cutting DNA, Connecting (pasting together) DNA, Cell Transformation, Genetically Modified Organisms, Gene Therapy, PCR, Gel Electrophoresis, DNA fingerprinting, sequencing DNA, cloning, stem cell technology, human genome project

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Movie: Cracking the Code of Life - If you missed part of the movie because you were absent, you can watch it online (click here). Be sure to take notes. There will be a movie QUIZ on Thursday and you may use your notes.
HW:
1) Click here to download the DNA Fingerprinting Activity worksheet. Click here to download the DNA Fingerprinting and DNA Sequencing Activity worksheet. The entire worksheet is DUE TOMORROW (honors students must do BOTH sections)
2) Complete a flashcard for each of the following technologies (due next MONDAY): selective breeding vs. hybridization, DNA extraction, Cutting DNA, Connecting (pasting together) DNA, Cell Transformation, Genetically Modified Organisms, Gene Therapy, PCR, Gel Electrophoresis, DNA fingerprinting, sequencing DNA, cloning, stem cell technology, human genome project

Monday, March 17, 2014

Warmup:
1) What is recombinant DNA? How is it made?
2) What is cell transformation?
3) What is the difference between selective breeding and hybridization as defined in our class notes?
Lecture: Biotechnology
HW:
1) Article summary - choose one of the following two articles to summarize and turn in TOMORROW. You can do the other for Enrichment Credit if you'd like. (Be sure to include all of the parts of a good article summary - if you are not sure what they are, look at the article summary instructions posted on the Enrichment page)
- A DNA Sequencing Breakthrough That Many Expectant Moms Will Want
- Making poisonous plants and seeds safe and palatable: Canola now, cannabis next?
2) Click here to download the DNA Fingerprinting and DNA Sequencing Activity worksheet. The entire worksheet is DUE THURSDAY (honors students must do BOTH sections)
3) Complete a flashcard for each of the following technologies (due next MONDAY): selective breeding vs. hybridization, DNA extraction, Cutting DNA, Connecting (pasting together) DNA, Cell Transformation, Genetically Modified Organisms, Gene Therapy, PCR, Gel Electrophoresis, DNA fingerprinting, sequencing DNA, cloning, stem cell technology, human genome project

Friday, March 14, 2014

Warmup: Why are restriction enzymes that make sticky ends used to make recombinant DNA while restriction enzymes that make blunt ends are used for DNA fingerprinting?
Lecture: Biotechnology
HW: Lab Report for Amgen Labs due Monday, March 17th (due date changed). Click here to download a copy of the Amgen Lab Overview which includes a copy of your lab results for Lab 1.2. Here is a copy of the lab report guidelines as a PDF. Click here for the image of the results for Lab 4a. Click here for an additional PPT presentation that you may find useful until I can get the Biotechnology Lecture Slides posted.

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Warmup: Do you feel foods that come from genetically modified organisms (GMO's) should be banned in the United States?
Lecture: Biotechnology
HW: Lab Report for Amgen Labs due Monday, March 17th (due date changed). Click here to download a copy of the Amgen Lab Overview which includes a copy of your lab results for Lab 1.2. Click here for the image of the results for Lab 4a. Click here for an additional PPT presentation that you may find useful until I can get the Biotechnology Lecture Slides posted.

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Lecture: Biotechnology
HW: Lab Report for Amgen Labs due Monday, March 17th (due date changed). Click here to download a copy of the Amgen Lab Overview which includes a copy of your lab results for Lab 1.2. Click here for the image of the results for Lab 4a. Click here for an additional PPT presentation that you may find useful until I can get the Biotechnology Lecture Slides posted.

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Finish Plasmid Activity
HW: Lab Report for Amgen Labs due Friday, March 14th. Click here to download a copy of the Amgen Lab Overview which includes a copy of your lab results for Lab 1.2. Click here for the image of the results for Lab 4a. Click here for an additional PPT presentation that you may find useful until I can get the Biotechnology Lecture Slides posted.

Monday, March 10, 2014

Discuss Lab Report
Finish Plasmid Activity
HW: Lab Report for Amgen Labs due Friday, March 14th. Click here to download a copy of the Amgen Lab Overview which includes a copy of your lab results for Lab 1.2. Click here for the image of the results for Lab 4a. Click here for an additional PPT presentation that you may find useful until I can get the Biotechnology Lecture Slides posted.

Friday, March 7, 2014

Dr. Malhotra presents on science electives available at TOHS
Discuss Amgen Lab 4 and Lab Reports
HW: Lab Report for Amgen Labs due Friday, March 14th. Click here to download a copy of the Amgen Lab Overview which includes a copy of your lab results for Lab 1.2. Click here for the image of the results for Lab 4a. Click here for an additional PPT presentation that you may find useful until I can get the Biotechnology Lecture Slides posted.

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Amgen Lab 4
HW: Lab Report for Amgen Labs due Friday, March 14th.

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Finish Lab 5 (record results)
HW:
1) Prelab questions for Labs 2 and 4 due tomorrow.
2) Lab Report for Amgen Labs due Friday, March 14th.

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Discuss Test Answers
Discuss Lab 5 - Bacterial Transformation
HW:
1) Click here to download the Genetic Engineering reading assignment. Answer all of the Section Assessment questions on pages 326, 329, and 333. Also do the "Explaining a Process" activity on page 326 and copy the following diagrams into your journal: 13-5, 13-8, and 13-9 and answer the "Calculating" question with the diagram for 13-8. - DUE WEDNESDAY.
2) You need to have the Prelab questions for Labs 2 and 4 done by THURSDAY.

Monday, March 3, 2014

Lab 5 - Bacterial Transformation
HW:
1) Click here to download the Genetic Engineering reading assignment. Answer all of the Section Assessment questions on pages 326, 329, and 333. Also do the "Explaining a Process" activity on page 326 and copy the following diagrams into your journal: 13-5, 13-8, and 13-9 and answer the "Calculating" question with the diagram for 13-8. - DUE WEDNESDAY.
2) You need to have the Prelab questions for Labs 2 and 4 done by THURSDAY.

Friday, February 28, 2014

Discuss Amgen Labs, Genetic Engineering and Diabetes (Click here to download a copy of the Amgen Lab Overview)
HW:
Next week we will complete the rest of the Amgen labs.
1) You need to have the Prelab questions for Lab 5 done by MONDAY.
2) Click here to download the Genetic Engineering reading assignment. Answer all of the Section Assessment questions on pages 326, 329, and 333. Also do the "Explaining a Process" activity on page 326 and copy the following diagrams into your journal: 13-5, 13-8, and 13-9 and answer the "Calculating" question with the diagram for 13-8. - DUE WEDNESDAY.
3) You need to have the Prelab questions for Labs 2 and 4 done by THURSDAY.

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Amgen Lab 1.2
Tomorrow we will discuss lab 1.1 and 1.2. You will compile your results into a final lab report that will be due next Friday.
HW:
Next week we will complete the rest of the Amgen labs.
1) You need to have the Prelab questions for Lab 5 done by MONDAY.
2) Click here to download the Genetic Engineering reading assignment. Answer all of the Section Assessment questions on pages 326, 329, and 333. Also do the "Explaining a Process" activity on page 326 and copy the following diagrams into your journal: 13-5, 13-8, and 13-9 and answer the "Calculating" question with the diagram for 13-8. - DUE WEDNESDAY.
3) You need to have the Prelab questions for Labs 2 and 4 done by THURSDAY.

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Amgen Lab 1.1
HW: Answer the Prelab questions for Lab 1.2 - DUE THURSDAY. If they are not done, you will not participate in the lab.

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Test on Chapter 8
HW:
1) Read the Introduction and Chapter 1 from the online Amgen Biotechnology Lab Book. Then click here for the Prelab Questions and answer the 1) Introduction questions and 2) Prelab questions for Lab 1.1 - Both sections are DUE WEDNESDAY at the START of the period. If they are not done, you will not participate in the lab.
2) Answer the Prelab questions for Lab 1.2 - DUE THURSDAY.

Monday, February 24, 2014

Warmup: Write out the steps of DNA relplication in the correct order
Discuss binder check and Egg Diffusion Lab - Lab REDO is due next Mon (but turn it in by Fri if you want to improve before D/F reports go out)
Game: Test Review
HW:
1) TEST TOMORROW! Make your own study guide for the test (chapter 8) and study! Click here for a summary of what will be on the test and here are some practice questions.
2) Prepare your binder to turn in on Tuesday. Click here for the TOC. Also be sure to include any Enrichment evidence in the enrichment section of your binder. You should have at least 25 points by Friday (half way through third quarter). You can turn in enrichment through Friday, just add it to the Enrichment section of your binder and put a sticky note on the front of your binder so I know to check it again before handing them back.

Friday, February 21, 2014

Warmup:
1) If you have a DNA sample that contains X base pairs, and 23% are cytosine, how many of each base does the sample contain?
2) What does the DNA in a cell "look like" at each step in the cell cycle? (Recall that there are three steps in interphase and four steps in mitosis)
3) What is nondisjunction? How does it affect each daughter cell?
Finish Lecture: Mitosis and DNA Replication (honors version)
Discuss DNA replication online assignment and answers to any other HW assignments
HW:
1) TEST TUESDAY! Make your own study guide for the test (chapter 8) and study! Click here for a summary of what will be on the test and some practice questions.
2) Prepare your binder to turn in on Tuesday. Click here for the TOC. Also be sure to include any Enrichment evidence in the enrichment section of your binder. You should have at least 25 points by Friday (half way through third quarter).

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Lecture: Mitosis and DNA Replication (honors version)
HW: DNA Replication Online Assignment (click here for PDF version) due FRIDAY (tomorrow)

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Warmup:
1) What is the difference between chromatin and chromosomes?
2) What is the role of the centromere? (What would happen without it?)
3) What is the difference between a chromatid and a chromosome?
4) What elements must happen in order for two sister chromatids to separate from one another and move to opposite sides of the cells? (What happens at the centromere? What happens to the centromere? What is the role of the mitotic spindle?)
Discuss mitosis puzzle/worksheet (add color to these and use the wording to update your flashcards with any additional info)
Discuss practice test (remember, study the concepts being tested don't just memorize the answers to the questions because the test questions will be different)
Lecture: Mitosis and DNA Replication (honors version)
HW: DNA Replication Online Assignment (click here for PDF version)

Tuesday, February 18, 2014 (Substitute Teacher)

Mitosis Puzzle Cards and Worksheet
HW: Get caught up on any old work and get your binder organized with all work we have done this semester. Also get some of your Enrichment work done.

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Discuss the answers to DNA Extraction Lab Quiz and DNA/Mitosis Practice Test
Finish videos/discussion from Chromosome Lecture, then start Mitosis and DNA Replication Lecture
Discuss HW (Check and Challenge questions on pages 216, 222, 225, and 229)
HW:
1) Study the DNA replication material in chapter 8 and then watch This video: http://www.biostudio.com/d_%20DNA%20Replication%20Coordination%20Leading%20Lagging%20Strand%20Synthesis.htm. Next watch the video and take the quiz at this site:
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072556781/student_view0/chapter11/animation_quiz_2.html
Write out BY HAND the answers to the five quiz questions. DUE TUESDAY, February 18.
Study! Study! Study! Test coming up on Chapter 8!

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Discuss the answers to the Mitosis Virtual Lab
Finish Chromosome Lecture (honors version)
DNA Extraction Lab Quiz and DNA/Mitosis Practice Test (honors version)
HW: Check and Challenge questions on pages 222, 225, and 229 due Thursday, February 13

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Warm up: (questions from sub day since he did not do them with the class)
1) What is the complementary sequence for the following DNA sequence: GTA
2) What is the sequence for the complementary RNA to the sequence above?
3) If you have a sample of DNA that is 500 base pairs long and 25% are adenines, how many of each nucleotide are there in the sample?
4) If you have a sample of DNA that is 1000 base pairs long and 10% are guanine, how many of each nucleotide are there in the sample?
Discuss warmup and answers to the DNA Extraction Lab
HW:
1) Study for lab quiz and Chapter 8 for DNA and Mitosis practice test
2) Check and Challenge questions on pages 222, 225, and 229 due Thursday, February 13

Monday, February 10, 2014

Warmup questions (these were supposed to be done Friday but apparently the sub did not assign them?)
1) What is the complementary sequence for the following DNA sequence: GTA
2) What is the sequence for the complementary RNA to the sequence above?
3) If you have a sample of DNA that is 500 base pairs long and 25% are adenines, how many of each nucleotide are there in the sample?
4) If you have a sample of DNA that is 1000 base pairs long and 10% are guanine, how many of each nucleotide are there in the sample?
DNA Extraction Lab - click Here to download the lab if you need to finish answering the lab questions
HW:
1) Finish the lab questions from today if you did not finish in class - due tomorrow (quiz tomorrow)
2) Finish the assignment you were working on with the sub: Review the information at http://www.cellsalive.com/mitosis.htm and then write out the answers in complete sentences to the three questions in the first section on this web page: http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/mitosis.html - due tomorrow
3) Mitosis Virtual Lab (come at lunch if you need help with this) - question #12 got cut off, it should read "If this entire cell cycle is 24 hours, how many hours does a cell spend in interphase?" - Due tomorrow

Friday, February 6, 2014 - Ms. Majda Out Sick, Sub Day

Warmup questions
1) What is the complementary sequence for the following DNA sequence: GTA
2) What is the sequence for the complementary RNA to the sequence above?
3) If you have a sample of DNA that is 500 base pairs long and 25% are adenines, how many of each nucleotide are there in the sample?
4) If you have a sample of DNA that is 1000 base pairs long and 10% are guanine, how many of each nucleotide are there in the sample?
Watch this video together as a class and study each step of mitosis: http://www.johnkyrk.com/mitosis.html
Then work with the substitute to do the online questions for mitosis from http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/mitosis.html#.UvT8ANJdV7s.
Answers should be written in complete sentences.
HW:
1) Review the information at http://www.cellsalive.com/mitosis.htm and then take the online quiz at http://www.biologycorner.com/quiz/qz_mitosis.html. Write out the answers in complete sentences. Then check your answers and rewrite any answers in a different colored pen under any answers you got incorrect. So for example, if you answered, "the first step of mitosis is anaphase," then after you checked your answers and realized this was wrong and the right answer is prophase, you would write in a different colored pen under your original answer, "the first step of mitosis is prophase." - DUE MONDAY
2) Mitosis Virtual Lab (come at lunch if you need help with this) - question #12 got cut off, it should read "If this entire cell cycle is 24 hours, how many hours does a cell spend in interphase?" - DUE TUESDAY

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Remove sample work from journal for Ms. Majda to copy
Discuss HW answers
Continue chromosome lecture
HW:
1) Finish flashcards due tomorrow (see the full instructions under last Monday's agenda)
2) Mitosis Virtual Lab (come at lunch if you need help with this) - question #12 got cut off, it should read "If this entire cell cycle is 24 hours, how many hours does a cell spend in interphase?" - DUE MONDAY

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

DNA Bingo while Ms. Majda grades DNA models
Lecture slides on Chromosomes
HW:
1) Check and Challenge questions on page 216 due tomorrow!
2) Flashcards due Friday

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Prepare journal and turn it in along with lab report
DNA practice problems from lecture slides
HW: Finish assignments listed yesterday (see below). DNA Model due tomorrow!

Monday, February 3, 2014

Warmup: Work with your partner and the nucleotide pieces to answer the following questions each in your own journal:
1) Draw the four nucleotides that make up DNA.
2) Draw the four nucleotides that make up RNA.
3) How do the DNA nucleotides differ from the RNA nucleotides?
4) DNA is made of two strands of nucleotides that "complement" one another. What parts of the nucleotides make up the "DNA backbone" of each strand?
5) The two strands of DNA molecules are held together by hydrogen bonds between the nitrogenous bases. If one strand has the following sequence of bases, what would be the sequence of the complementary strand: AGTCGT
DNA Lecture slides + discuss the DNA Model Project
Homework: (this is your homework for the whole week so budget your time accordingly)
1) Egg Dye Diffusion Lab Write Up due tomorrow - be sure to follow the instructions posted in last Friday's agenda! - Here is the PDF version of the lab for those who cannot view Word documents.
2) Journal(s). Be sure to bring ALL of your journals you have completed this year.
2) DNA Model due Wednesday (see last Friday's agenda for instructions and helpful links - be sure to follow the honors instructions!) - Here is the PDF version of the instructions for those who cannot view PowerPoints
3) Check and Challenge questions on page 216 due Thursday
4) Flashcards for the following (due Friday)
- DNA structure (at least three flashcards:
1) basic structure of a nucleotide 2) basic structure of a DNA double helix 3) complementary base pairing
- The cycle - one flashcard each: 1) G1 phase 2) S phase 3) G2 phase 4) Mitosis overview 5) Interphase overview 6) GO phase (new!)
- The five steps of Mitosis - one flashcard each: 1) Prophase 2) Metaphase 3) Anaphase 4) Telophase 5) Cytokinesis

Friday, January 31, 2014

Warmup: Calculate the ratio of the volume to surface area for each of the following:
1) a bacteria cell with a radius of 1 um.
2) a human eukaryotic cell with a radius of 10 um
3) an extra large cell with a radius of 20 um
The formulas to calculate the volume and surface area of a sphere can be found on this web page: http://math.about.com/od/formulas/ss/surfaceareavol.htm (remember that pi = 3.14)
Update the instructions you wrote in your journal to match the new lab instructions
Egg Dye Diffusion Lab
HW:
1) Complete a formal, typed write for the Egg Dye Diffusion Lab (due Tuesday). Write up should include:
1. Header with Title, Author, Period, Date
2. Introduction: summary paragraph describing what you did and what you learned, be sure to include your
informal hypothesis and discuss how your results supported or refuted it
3. Methods/Procedure: copy the numbered steps or write it up in paragraph form
4. Results: copy your results/data (you can take pictures of your drawings or re-draw them
5. Analysis/Discussion: Discuss the answers to the nine post-lab questions and end with a solid conclusion "
about the relationship between surface area, volume, and cell size based.
2) Journal due Tuesday with all work from semester 1 - Click here for the table of contents (note that I changed the due date)
3) DNA Model due Wednesday (click here for the instructions and sample models)
Here are some websites to help you - these include instructions for different projects:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN3tBkk8UjQ
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNztJjHKw98
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnpLMaWjhhc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnpLMaWjhhc

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Copy the prelab into your journal and then answer the pre-lab questions
Work on your homework while Ms. Majda conducts one-on-one conferences with each student
HW:
1) Reading log for chapter 8 - due Friday
2) Journal due Tuesday with all work from semester 1 - Click here for the table of contents (note that I changed the due date on this)
3) Pre-lab copied into journal and all questions answered

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Work on your homework while Ms. Majda conducts one-on-one conferences with each student
HW:
1) Reading log for chapter 8 - due Friday
2) Journal due Friday with all work from semester 1

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Complete the course survey for first semester
Copy the new Reading Log instructions into your journal
Work on your homework while Ms. Majda conducts one-on-one conferences with each student
HW:
1) Reading log for chapter 8 - due Friday
2) Journal due Friday with all work from semester 1

FIRST SEMESTER

Tuesday, January 21 - Friday, Jan 24, 2014

FINAL EXAMS - PER 7 on WED, PER 6 on THU, PER 5 on FRI. Study for the final exam! Use the Final Exam Review Sheet to get started. Make sure you have flash cards and/or study guides that cover all of the material on the review sheet

Monday, January 20, 2014

Holiday - no school

Friday, January 17, 2014

Finish lecture on cell control and communication
HW: Study for the final exam! Use the Final Exam Review Sheet to get started. Make sure you have flash cards and/or study guides that cover all of the material on the review sheet!

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Warmup: Final Exam Review Questions on Enzymes
Lecture: cell control and communication
HW: Study for the final exam! Use the Final Exam Review Sheet to get started. Make sure you have flash cards and/or study guides that cover all of the material on the review sheet!

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Warmup: Check test four and make sure your grade is accurate
Lecture: cell control and communication
HW: Study for the final exam! Use the Final Exam Review Sheet to get started. Make sure you have flash cards and/or study guides that cover all of the material on the review sheet!

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Warmup
1) What is the main ingredient in the cell membrane? What properties cause it to form a double layer?
2) Where does gas exchange occur in the body? (there are two places)
3) What are three types of molecules we have studied in class that contain phosphate groups in their structure?
4) Put the following in order of where digestion occurs: stomach, mouth, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, esophagus
5) Where does chemical digestion of proteins begin? Of starches? Of lipids?
Discuss warmup and HW
Start lecture on cell control and communication
HW:
1) Due Wednesday: Reading log for 38.3 and the five assessment questions on page 989.
2) Study for the final exam! Use the Final Exam Review Sheet to get started. Make sure you have flash cards and/or study guides that cover all of the material on the review sheet!

Monday, January 13, 2014

Warmup
1) Create a Venn Diagram comparing photosynthesis and cellular respiration
2) Which of the following compounds have ionic bonds and which have covalent bonds: CO2, LiF, MgCl2, PO4
Discuss HW and warmup
Review for final exam
HW:
1) Due Tuesday: Reading log for 3.5 - 3.8 and the challenge questions on page 97.
2) Due Wednesday: The 12 Reviewing Ideas questions on page 98-99 , the Using Concepts questions #1,5,6; and the first Synthesis question on page 99.

Friday, January 10, 2014

Warmup/Class work: Review Questions for Final Exam
The first step of photosynthesis is the Light Dependent Reactions. A general formula for this is:
H2O + ADP + P + NADP + H --> H + O2 + ATP + NADPH
What is the second step of photosynthesis? Write an equation that shows what goes in and what comes out like the one above.
What are the five steps of aerobic cellular respiration, starting with glycolysis. Write an equation for each step that shows what goes in and what comes out like the one above. Finally, identify where each step of photosynthesis and cellular respiration occur in the mitochondria and chloroplasts.
Turn in Binders
HW:
1) Due Tuesday: Reading log for 3.5 - 3.8 and the challenge questions on page 97.
2) Due Wednesday: The 12 Reviewing Ideas questions on page 98-99 , the Using Concepts questions #1,5,6; and the first Synthesis question on page 99.

Thursday, January 9, 2014

Warmup: Review Questions for Final Exam
1) How many protons, electrons and valence electrons does H+ have?
2) What is the chemical symbol for the ion that has 35 protons and 36 electrons?
3) How many kinds of atoms are represented in the equation 2H2 + )2 -> 2H2O?
4) What is the pH of water? What is the pH range of acids and bases?
5) What type of molecules are made of an amino group bonded to a carbon and then a carboxyl group; and have a variable group coming off of the carbon between the amino and the carboxyl?
Work on / discuss HW
HW:
1) Due Friday: Reading Log for 3.1-3.4 and Check and Challenge questions on pages 80 and 85.
2) Due Friday: Binder with all final Enrichment evidence (click here to download the TOC for your binder)

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Warmup: Review Questions for Final Exam
1) What is the formula for cellular respiration?
2) How many molecules make up the reactants in the formula for cellular respiration?
3) How many atoms are in a molecule of glucose (hint: for formula for glucose can be found in the equation for cellular respiration)
4) Where does the energy produced from the breakdown of glucose during cellular respiration go FIRST (as soon as it is produced)? What happens to it after that?
Work on / discuss HW
HW:
1) Finish the assignment that was due today if you have not already done so
2) Due Friday: Reading Log for 3.1-3.4 and Check and Challenge questions on pages 80 and 85.
3) Due Friday: Binder with all final Enrichment evidence (click here to download the TOC for your binder)

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Warmup: Review Questions for Final Exam
1) How many protons, electrons, and valence electrons does CA2+ have? What about Mg+?
2) Which three cell organelles have their own DNA? How did these parts evolve?
3) Which organelles are involved in manufacture and delivery of proteins? What is the job of each?
4) Over 96% of living matter is made of just six elements. What are they?
Finish correcting and discussing test on photosynthesis and cellular respiration
HW:
1) Due Wednesday: See yesterday (below) for the list of questions due tomorrow
2) Due Friday: Reading Log for 3.1 through 3.4 and Check and Challenge questions on pages 80 and 85.
3) Due Friday: Binder with all final Enrichment evidence

Monday, January 6, 2014

Warmup: Review Questions for Final Exam
1) Draw a Cl- atom. Label the protons, neutrons, and electrons and give the charge of each atomic particle.
2) How does your metabolism help your body maintain homeostasis?
3) What is the difference between populations, communities, and ecosystems?
4) Which three organ systems work together to control voluntary movement like running? What does each system contribute?
Correct and Discuss test on photosynthesis and cellular respiration
HW: (Due Wednesday, January 8th)
Re-read and study the material from 1.6 to the end of the chapter (pages 33-47) and answer the following questions using complete sentences (you do not need to copy the question because it should be embedded in your answer):
1) How is a phospholipid similar to and different from a triglyceride?
2) What role do phospholipids and cholesterol play in the body?
3) Describe how groups of phospholipids orient themselves as a result of the attractive and repulsive forces between their hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions and their watery surroundings.
4) If a protein is just 10 amino acids long (most proteins are several hundred to several thousand amino acids long), how many possible combinations are there for the order of the 10 amino acids if there are 20 different amino acids to choose from? (1.024x1013)
5) Proteins with a quaternary structure do not clump together randomly. What determines how the proteins in a quaternary structure orient themselves with one another?
6) The building blocks of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) are nucleotides. What three components make up each nucleotide?
7) Ribose is found in RNA and deoxyribose is found in DNA. How do ribose and deoxyribose differ from one another?
8) How are the bases cytosine and thymine similar to one another and how do they differ from one another?
9) How are the bases ademine and guanine similar to one another and how do they differ from one another?
10) Which base does uracil replace in RNA nucleic acids? How do these two bases differ from one another?
11) Which parts of the nucleotides bind to one another via phosphodiester bonds to form the “backbone” of nucleic acids?
12) What are the three primary differences between DNA and RNA?
13) In what year did Watson and Crick publish a paper first describing the structure of DNA as a double-stranded, helical structure?
14) Which bases pair with one another to form the double strand and what type of bonds hold them together?
15) What is meant by the term “complimentary” when describing the strands of a DNA molecule?
16) How does the sequence of nucleotides in a gene determine the sequence of amino acids in a corresponding protein?
17) DNA forms a double-helix shape because of complementary base pairing between two complementary strands. RNA is single-stranded, however, so what determines the shape(s) of RNA molecules?

Friday, December 20, 2013

Finished test

Thursday, December 19, 2013

Part 1 of Test (except Per 5 which took both parts of test today)
HW: STUDY for part 2 of test. Here is the answer key for the review worksheet.
Bring goodies to share with class if you'd like. We will eat and grade our tests and celebrate the much-needed break!

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Review Sheet for Test on Chapter 8 and 9
HW: STUDY! STUDY! STUDY! Practice all of the steps in each part of photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Here are the slides for chapter 8 (photosynthesis) and Chapter 9 (Cellular Respiration).

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Discuss Chapter Review questions for Chapters 4 and 5.
Review for Test on Chapter 4 and 5 (review chapter 2 as well as it will help you understand these chapters and the slides better)
HW:
1) Make flash cards for chapter 2, 4, and 5 (anything that you did not already include in the cards you made on photosynthesis and cellular respiration). Here are questions to help guide you through reviewing the chapters.
2) TEST on Chapter 4 and 5 moved to Thursday. STUDY! STUDY! STUDY! Practice all of the steps in each part of photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Here are the slides for chapter 4 (photosynthesis) and Chapter 5 (Cellular Respiration).

Monday, December 16, 2013

Finish Lecture on Cellular Respiration
HW:
1) Make flash cards for chapter 8 and chapter 9 (anything that you did not already include in the cards you made on photosynthesis and cellular respiration).
2) TEST on Chapter 8 and 9 moved to Thursday. STUDY! STUDY! STUDY! Practice all of the steps in each part of photosynthesis and cellular respiration.

Friday, December 13, 2013

Discuss HW (chapter 4 review questions and "Extension" question)
Lecture on Cellular Respiration
HW:
1) Chapter 5 Reviewing Ideas questions on page 150, and Using Concepts questions #2, 4, 8 and the first Extensions question on page 151) due Monday
2) Make flash cards for chapter 4 and chapter 5 (anything that you did not already include in the cards you made on photosynthesis and cellular respiration). Here are some questions to help guide you. This is as far as I got on Friday night, I will try to post more on Sunday; but use your textbook and the slides from class.
TEST on Chapter 4 and 5 next Wednesday. STUDY!

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Warm Up: "What does it mean 'to study'?" What steps are involved? What is the desired outcome? How do you know what to focus on?
Start Lecture on Cellular Respiration
HW:
1) Reading Log for 5.7-5.10 due Friday
2) Chapter Review Questions on pages 126-127 and the "Extension" question due Friday

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Warm Up:
1) For each stage of the Calvin Cycle, indicate how many carbon atoms make up each molecule.
2) At what point in the Calvin Cycle is energy transferred from ATP and then at what point is energy transferred from NADH?
3) What molecules go into glycolysis and what products come out?
4) When do cells do lactic acid fermentation (the anaerobic pathway)?
5) Where do glycolysis, fermentation, the Krebs Cycle, and the electron transport chain of cellular respiration each happen in cells?
6) Write out the chemical reactions for photosynthesis and aerobic cellular respiration.
Look at Movies on Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration. Here is the Photosynthesis Rap we saw in class, and the music vido on the Golgi Bodies.
Here are some more videos to look at. You can earn Enrichment credit by making your own video. Just post it to YouTube, send me the link, and turn in a copy of your lyrics with a description of how long the project took you to complete. Your video can be about anything we have learned in our biology class, but it must be educational and ACCURATE.
- Another Silly Music Video
- And this one too
- Bill Nye and the Discovery of Photosynthesis
- Review of the Light Dependent Reactions
- Review of Calvin Cycle
- How Cells Obtain Energy (14:02)
HW:
1) Reading Log for 5.7-5.10 due Friday
2) Chapter Review Questions on pages 126-127 and the "Extension" question due Friday

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Warmup:
1) Write the following in order of the light dependent reactions of photosynthesis:
- ATP is synthesized at an ATP Synthase enzyme
- Water is split up into an oxygen atom, two hydrogen ions, (H+), and two electrons
- H+ ions are pumped into the thylakoid space as electrons move through the electron transport chain
- Electrons are excited at Photosystem I
- Electrons are excited at Photosystem 2
- NADPH is synthesized from NADP and an H+ ion using two excited electrons
2) Why is H+ pumped into the thylakoid space?
3) The reactants that "go into" this process are H2O, ADP, NADP, and phosphate groups (PO4). What four products "come out"? Where does each product go after it is produced?
Discuss Warmup
Lecture: Calvin Cycle
Discuss Flashcards
HW:
1) Make a flash card for the Calvin Cycle of Photosynthesis
2) Reading Log for 5.3 - 5.6 due Tomorrow
3) Reading Log for 5.7-5.10 due Friday

Monday, December 9, 2013

HW Quiz - can use flashcards to help you
Here are the answers from today's quiz to help you study for the final exam:
1) Proteins are manufactured via dehydration reactions that take place at the ribosomes and then are folded into their final shape in the rough ER. Lipids are manufactured via dehydration reactions in the smooth ER. Polysaccharide synthesis starts in the chloroplasts of plant cells and in the smooth ER of animal cells that do synthesize starches, like the liver cells which synthesize glycogen. Nucleic Acids are synthesized via dehydration reactions in the nucleus during DNA replication just before a cell divides. Also different types of RNA is synthesized in the nucleus as well.
2) Phospholipids are the main ingredient in cell membranes, so the organelles that are made of cell membrane are the cell's plasma membrane, the golgi apparatus, the rough and smooth ER, the mitochondria, chloroplasts, vacuoles, vesicles, lysosomes, and peroxisomes. Most of the organelles in eukaryotic cells are made of membrane; however, ribosomes, centrioles, the cytoskeleton and cell wall are not.
3) Ribosomes are made of a protein-RNA complex.
4) Mitochondria must have evolved prior to chloroplasts since all eukaryotic cells have mitochondria but only plant cells have chloroplasts.
5) Animal cells have centrioles while plant cells do not.
6) See textbook for a drawing of a chloroplast with the membrane, thylakoids, grana, and stroma labelled.
7) Cellular Respiration (in which glucose and oxygen undergo a reaction that results in water, carbon dioxide and the release of energy) occurs in the mitochondria.
Discuss quiz in groups while Ms. Majda conferences with students regarding grades
Discuss quiz answers as a class
HW:
1) Make a flash card for photosynthesis and a second flashcard for the light dependent reactions of photosynthesis
2) BRING ALL ENRICHMENT EVIDENCE TO CLASS ON TUESDAY TO TURN IN - You should have at least 35 points by now!
3) Reading Log for 5.3-5.6 due Wednesday
4) Reading Log for 5.7-5.10 due Friday

Friday, December 6, 2013

Playdough Modeling
Flashcards
HW:
1) Add graphic organizers for the light dependent reactions and Calvin Cycle of photosynthesis to your reading log if you did not include them already
2) Finish making flashcards. You should have one card with an overview of the features of prokaryotes, one with an overview of eukaryotes, one for the endosymbiotic theory, and one for each cell organelle. Use the info in your textbook, from the review worksheets I gave you, from your test that I handed back to you, and from the Cell Review Slides part 1 and part 2 (HERE IS A PDF COPY OF THE SLIDES FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT HAVE POWERPOINT: click here) - due Monday.
Reading Log for 5.1 and 5.2 of the textbook due Monday
Reading Log for 5.3-5.6 due Wednesday
Reading Log for 5.7-5.10 due Friday

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Lecture on Photosynthesis
Playdough Modeling (if time)
HW:
1) Reading Log for Chapter 4 due tomorrow (including pre-reading questions, vocabulary, summary of each paragraph, and graphic organizers)
2) Bring flashcards to class this week to work on flashcards for the final exam. Create flashcards from the Cell Review Slides part 1 and part 2 - due Monday. HERE IS A PDF COPY OF THE SLIDES FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT HAVE POWERPOINT: click here.

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Healthy Kids Survey
Classwork: Answer the following questions (to be finished for homework if not done in class)
1) Draw the structure of ATP and ADP and explain how they differ from one another.
2) How does ATP store energy?
3) Compare and contrast ATP and Glucose.
4) What is photosynthesis? (Describe it in words AND using a chemical equation)
5) Where do plants get the carbon from to build sugars during photosynthesis?
6) Draw a chloroplast and label the following: thylakoid, granum, stroma. Also label where the light dependent reactions occur and where the Calvin Cycle occurs.
7) Copy Figure 8-7 out of your book.
HW:
1) Finish classwork questions
2) Reading Log for Chapter 4 due Friday (including pre-reading questions, vocabulary, summary of each paragraph, and graphic organizers)
3) Bring flashcards to class this week to work on flashcards for the final exam. Create flashcards from the Cell Review Slides part 1 and part 2 - due Monday.

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

HW Quiz on 2.9 - 2.11
Discuss quiz, look at cell review slides and check test corrections
HW:
2) Reading Log for Chapter 4 due Friday, 12/6
3) Bring flashcards to class this week to work on flashcards for the final exam. Create flashcards from the Cell Review Slides part 1 and part 2 - due Monday.

Monday, December 2, 2013

HW Quiz on Chapter 2, sections 1-8
Discuss/Review Test
HW:
1) Reading Log for Chapter 2 sections 9-11 due tomorrow
2) Reading Log for Chapter 4 due Friday, 12/6

Wed, Nov 27 - Fri, Nov 29, 2013

Have a fabulous THANKSGIVING!!!

Tuesday, Nov 26, 2013

Review Test
Review work passed back
Play game if time
HW: Reading Log on chapter 2 of textbook (section 1-8 due Mon, Dec 2; section 9-11 due Tues, Dec 3).You only need to do the concept questions, vocabulary, and summary of each paragraph. Graphic organizers are optional. HW quiz on Mon, Dec 2 - you will be allowed to use your reading log.

Monday, Nov 25, 2013

TEST on Macromolecules and Cells
HW: Reading Log on chapter 2 of textbook (section 1-8 due Mon, Dec 2; section 9-11 due Tues, Dec 3).You only need to do the concept questions, vocabulary, and summary of each paragraph. Graphic organizers are optional. HW quiz on Mon, Dec 2 - you will be allowed to use your reading log.

Friday, Nov 22, 2013

Discuss Test Review Worksheets & Prep for Monday's test
HW: Study for test on Monday

Thursday, Nov 21, 2013

Warmup: Work on Review WS #3 while Ms. Majda checks HW
Discuss HW / Lactose Tolerance
Finish Protein Lecture
Discuss grades and updates to website
HW: Test Review Worksheet 3 (due tomorrow, Fri. Nov 22)

Wednesday, Nov 20, 2013

Warmup in Journal:
1) Read article on Lactose Tolerance and highlight the main ideas and key vocabulary
2) List the thesis (a one sentence summary statement for the whole article)
3) List at least three supporting details (main ideas)
4) Describe how the info in the article has an impact on society and relates to what we are studying in class
Discuss Warmup and Article Summary HW assignment
Work on Protein Lecture
HW:
1) Read the two additional articles on Lactose Tolerance and compare them to the article we read in class. Write your own one page article on Lactose Tolerance that integrates the information from all three articles (professionalism counts - neatness, etc - good if it is typed) (due tomorrow - Thu, Nov 21)
2) Test Review Worksheet 2 (due Fri, Nov 22)

Tuesday, Nov 19, 2013

Warm Up: work on review WS
Discuss Reading Log
Finish Protein Lecture
HW: Test Review Worksheet 1 (due tomorrow - Wed, Nov 20)

Monday, Nov 18, 2013

HW Quiz
Discuss HW
HW: Finish the reading logs for chapter 6 (due tomorrow)

Friday, Nov 15, 2013

Discuss HW (Macromolecule Drawings that were due yesterday)
Lecture: Proteins
HW:
1) Reading Log on Chapter 6. Include concept questions, vocabulary, main ideas, and a graphic organizer (note that now I am requiring you to include the main ideas, something I have not required in the past). The prereading (concept questions and vocabulary) for the whole chapter are due on Monday. The main idea summary and graphic organizer for sections 1-3 are also due Monday. The main ideas and graphic organizers for sections 4-7 are due on Tuesday, Nov 19.
2) If you didn't do the HW assigned last Friday, you have until Monday to get it done or you will get detention (the Macromolecules in Depth online assignment - print the worksheet: Word doc or PDF and answer the questions as you watch each video)

Thursday, Nov 14, 2013

Warm Up: Write the full question and answer - 1) Name four things that both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells contain, 2) Name three things plant cells have that animal cells lack, 3) Name two organelles that are the result of a symbiotic relationship that evolved from larger prokaryotes ingesting smaller prokaryotes, 4) Describe two pieces of evidence that support the "Endosymbiotic Theory" described in question #3 above.
Jeopardy Review Game on Cells
HW: Macromolecules in Depth online assignment - print the worksheet: Word doc or PDF and answer the questions as you watch each video (Due Friday, Nov 15)

Wednesday, Nov 13, 2013 MIMIMUM DAY

Turn in and share cell projects
Quiz on cells
HW:
1) Finish the HW from last Friday if you haven't already
2) Macromolecules in Depth online assignment - print the worksheet: Word doc or PDF and answer the questions as you watch each video (Due Friday, Nov 15)

Tuesday, Nov 12, 2013

Warmup: Draw a Venn diagram comparing prokaryotes, plant cells and animal cells
Discuss Cell Projects - look at Cellsalive.com
HW:
1) Finish Cell Project - due tomorrow!
2) Macromolecules in Depth online assignment - print the worksheet: Word doc or PDF and answer the questions as you watch each video (Due Friday, Nov 15)

Monday, Nov 11, 2013

Veteran's Day Holiday - Please honor our Veterans

Friday, Nov 8, 2013

Discuss/check answers to Test 2 and Binders
Lecture/Discussion: Digestion - click here for notes
HW:
1) Draw each of the following: 1) Two amino acids joined by a peptide bond, label the peptide bond, 2) sucrose, label the glycosidic bond, 3) a triglyceride, label the fatty acids and the glycerol, 4) two nuceleotides bonded together, use "B" for the bases but draw out all of the atoms in the sugars and the phosphates
2) Continue working on Cell Project - due Wednesday, Nov 13

Thursday, Nov 7, 2013

Quiz
Discuss/grade quiz and HW
HW: Continue working on Cell Project - due Wednesday, Nov 13

Tentative - Wednesday, Nov 6, 2013

Warm Up: 1) what is gas exchange? 2) Why do we need oxygen? 3) what is the function of the circulatory system? 4) where does blood go after it leaves the left side of the heart? 5) where does blood go after it leaves the right side of the heart? 6) create a Venn diagram comparing arteries, capillaries, and veins
Lecture/Discussion: Circulation - click here for notes
Heart Dissection
HW:
1) Molecules of Life Online Assignment - due Tomorrow (was Wednesday but moved to Thursday)
2) Continue working on Cell Project - due Wednesday, Nov 13
3) Study for Quiz on Macromolecules - moved to THURSDAY - you will not be allowed to use any notes! (study reading logs for sections 1.6 - 1.12 and the Molecules of Life online assignment)

Tuesday, Nov 5, 2013

Warm Up: work on planning Cell Project while Ms. Majda checks HW
Lecture/Discussion: Respiration - click here for notes
HW:
1) Molecules of Life Online Assignment - due Thursday (was Wednesday but moved to Thursday)
2) Continue working on Cell Project - due Wednesday, Nov 13
3) Study for Quiz on Macromolecules moved to THURSDAY - you will not be allowed to use any notes! (study reading logs for sections 1.6 - 1.12 and the Molecules of Life online assignment)

Monday, Nov 4, 2013

Course update - where are we?
Overview of Cells and Cell Projects - Cell Projects are due Wednesday, November 13th
Watch Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFuEo2ccTPA
Bill Nye: Cells video and worksheet
Balloon w/vanilla demo (if time)
Discuss HW
HW:
1) Heart Worksheet (back of Bill Nye video questions handout)
2) Heart Dissection Lab WS - complete part 1 (due tomorrow - anyone who does not have it done will not get to do the heart lab in part 2)
3) Molecules of Life Online Assignment - due Thursday (was Wednesday but moved to Thursday)
4) Start working on Cell Project (linked in agenda above) - due Wed, Nov 13
Quiz on Macromolecules Moved to THURSDAY (study reading log for sections 1.6 - 1.12 and the Molecules of Life online assignment)

Friday, Nov 1, 2013

No School

Thursday, Oct 31, 2013

Turn in Binder
Grade Tests
Look at sheep heart and "cow brain" - Remember, never really eat raw brain. You could get a prion disease (like Made Cow's disease)!
HW: Have a safe Halloween. Get ahead on work in other classes because we have a lot to do when we come back next week!

Wednesday, Oct 30, 2013

Test
HW: Binder due tomorrow.

Monday, Oct 28, 2013 & Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013

Announcement: TEST REVIEW SESSION at LUNCH on Monday and Tuesday! In addition to the material on the test review worksheet, be able to answer questions from the labs and also do a hands-on practical (performance assessment) if given materials and a problem to solve.
Continue with Chemistry Lab - work through 2-3 more stations on Monday and finish/discuss lab on Tuesday - click here for the instructions for all of the lab stations to help you finish the lab and study for the test!
HW:
1) Study for test (make a study guide)
2) Prepare journal to turn in on Wednesday with the test.
3) Prepare binder to turn in on Thursday - need to have at least 50 Enrichment Points done, be sure to include the evidence in the Enrichment section of your binder. Click here for the updated table of contents for the journal and binder.

Friday, Oct 25, 2013

Test Review Worksheet
HW:
1) Study for test (use review worksheet as a reminder about what we have been learning and start making a study guide)
2) Prepare journal to turn in on Wednesday with the test.
3) Prepare binder to turn in on Thursday - need to have at least 50 Enrichment Points done, be sure to include the evidence in the Enrichment section of your binder.

Thursday, Oct 24, 2013

Chemistry Lab - work through 2-3 stations
HW: Work on Enrichment Activities

Wednesday, Oct 23, 2013

Finish Lecture: Acids & Bases, Activation Energy, Catalysts (click here for slides)
Station 1 of Chemistry Lab: Electrolyte Conduction of Electricity demo
HW: Finish the Chem4Kids.com assignment due tomorrow (see HW for Monday for full details)

Tuesday, Oct 22, 2013

Warm Up: Chemistry Practice Problems
Lecture: Acids & Bases, Activation Energy, Catalysts (click here for slides)
HW: Work on the Chem4Kids.com assignment due Thursday (see HW for Monday for full details)
Remember! Binders will be collected NEXT THURSDAY and your Enrichment Points thus far will be included in your second quarter grade. You still have until the end of the semester (Jan 10) to finish all of your Enrichment Points but I am including a progress check of sorts in this report card so your parents will know if you are procrastinating.

Monday, Oct 21, 2013

Warm Up: Meet with your group to discuss your lab results and the discussion questions. Elect a group leader to be your spokesperson.
Discuss HPLC Lab
Finish discussing chemistry worksheets and practice balancing chemical reactions
HW:
1) Do the practice problems on this web page: http://www.sciencegeek.net/Chemistry/taters/EquationBalancing.htm - write down the balanced equations in your journal. (Due Tuesday)
2) Go to the following webpage: http://www.chem4kids.com/files/react_intro.html. On the right hand side there is a menu. Read the following pages and take the quiz (link at the bottom of each page on the right, not the general chemistry quiz link on the left). Write the quiz questions and answers for each page down in your journal. (all sections are Due Thursday)
- Rates
- Thermodynamics
- Catalysts and Inhibitors (there is no quiz for this page - instead, make up your own quiz and write the questions and answers in your journal - your quiz shuld have at least five questions and they should cover the MAIN IDEAS not little details)
- Acids and Bases part 1 and part 2

Friday, Oct 18, 2013

Anouncement: Please note that I had erroneously set the "skills" section of your test to "graded" in my gradebook on Zangle even though this grade has not yet been entered into the computer. As a result, all of your grades reflected this as a missing assignment causing erroneous grades for all of you to be posted for the last two weeks (those posted were lower than your actual grade). I have fixed the error. Please check Zangle now to see your corrected grade. Sorry for any confusion and/or concern this may have caused.
HPLC Lab
HW:
1) Finish lab data table and Conclusion Questions (See notes below)
2) Work on Enrichment points! Two weeks until end of the first quarter. Next binder check I will add up your enrichment points thus far and include them in your grade. You should have 50 points or more by the end of the quarter in order to get an A for this part of your grade. You can earn extra credit by doing more than 50 points. You have two weeks - get it done!
Lab Notes:
Polar substances are attracted to other polar substances and repelled by non-polar substances. Non-polar substances are attracted to other non-polar substances and repelled by polar substances. Substances are most attracted to other substances with polarity that most closely matches their own. The sep pack (filter in the syringe) was very non-polar. This means that when the Kool-Aid was pushed through it, the non-polar substances in the Kool-Aid were attracted to the filter and held back while the polar substances were more easily pushed through and out. Water is more polar than either of the alcohols used: methanol or isopropanol. As a result, when you pushed water through the syringe, it would have attracted to and carried with it the most polar substances in the Kool-Aid. Each concentration of alcohol was created by mixing 100% alcohol with a fraction of water. So the 20% solution was 20% alcohol (methanol or isopropanol) and 80% water. The 60% solution was 60% alcohol and 40% water. Since water is more polar than alcohol, the solutions with the highest concentration of alcohol were actually the least polar. That is, water was the most polar, 20% alcohol was the second most polar, etc... and 100% alcohol was the least polar. So as you pushed each successive solution through the syringe (from highest polarity to lowest polarity) you were able to catch substances from the Kool-Aid in each fractionation from highest polarity (pulled out with the water) to lowest polarity (pulled out with the 100% alcohol). Given this information, you should be able to figure things out like which dye was more polar, which alcohol used was more polar, and why the blue fraction did not mix with the red fraction in the last step. Have fun! I look forward to discussing your findings on Monday!

Thursday, Oct 17, 2013

HPLC Lab
HW: Start working on lab Conclusion Questions

Wednesday, Oct 16, 2013

Warmup: Copy down video questions.
Video about Water
Discussion/finish lecture on Polarity & Solutions
HW: Finish the HPLC Lab Prelab (see instructions from yesterday's HW)

Tuesday, Oct 15, 2013

Warmup: Create a concept map that explains the different types of atomic attraction, including covalent bonds, ionic bonds, polar covalent bonds, hydrogen bonds, and Van der Waal's forces.
Discuss grades, warmup, HW worksheets, and HPLC Lab
HW:
1) Do questions on page 6 of the HPLC lab handout (due tomorrow)
2) Do the HPLC Prelab: first three sections on page 1 of the handout (Purpose/Objectives, Background, and Questions) and copy the data table on page 4-5 into your journal so you are ready to do the lab (due Thursday - if not done, you will not start the lab)

Monday, Oct 14, 2013

Work on Chemistry Review WS passed out in class (due Tues)
HW:
1) Finish the Chemistry Review WS passed out today in class (Due Tues)
2) Finish your Grade Planning Worksheet with parent signature (will be collected Tues)
3) Finish the Chem WS passed out last week in class. (use the following websites to help you: click here for help with part 2 and click here for help with part 3 (you can find more helpful links on the Helpful Resources page) (due Tuesday)

Friday, Oct 11, 2013

Last Minute Enrichment opportunity! See the Enrichment page for details about Farm Day tomorrow!
Due Today: Chemistry Crossword
Warmup: On the back of your Chemistry Crossword WS, write the number of protons, neutrons, electrons, and valence electrons for each of the following: 1) Mg2+ 2) Ar 3) Pt-160 4)F- 5) C-13 6) Si
Discuss warmup and grade planning worksheet
Continue Chem Review Lecture
New Homework: Chemistry WS (use the following websites to help you: click here for help with part 2 and click here for help with part 3 (you can find more helpful links on the Helpful Resources page) (due Tuesday)
Previous Homework: Grade Planning Worksheet (fix it and finish it and turn it in Tuesday - see me at lunch on Tuesday if you need help!)

Thursday, Oct 10, 2013

Due Today: Journal Check - Don't forget to turn in your journal if you didn't yesterday!
Bill Nye video (turn in video questions after)
Work on Chemistry Crossword handed out in class today and Chemistry WS handed out in class yesterday (due tomorrow)
Previous Homework: Grade Planning Worksheet (due Friday with Parent Signature), Chemistry WS
New Homework: Chemistry crossword (due Fri)

Wednesday, Oct 9, 2013

Warmup: "Build" a hydrogen atom and a Carbon-14 atom using play dough
Turn journal for grading
Work on Chem Review Lecture
New Homework: Chemistry WS (due Friday)
Previous Homework: Grade Planning Worksheet (due Friday with Parent Signature - last HW quiz, test grade and binder check will be in Zangle by Thursday - lab report and journal check turned in this week will not be posted until next week - do the best you can, come get help at lunch if you are not able to view your grades from home)

Tuesday, Oct 8, 2013

HW Quiz on 1.1-1.4
Chem Review Lecture part 1: Tissues, Cells, Molecules, Atoms, The Periodic Table, chemical bonds and reactions
New Homework: 1) Draw a Venn Diagram comparing ionic bonds, covalent bonds, and Van der Waals forces + draw the following atoms: H (hydrogen), C14 (Carbon-14), Cl- (chlorine anion), Na+ (sodium cation) (due tomorrow)
Previous Homework: 2) Grade Planning Worksheet (due Friday with Parent Signature) 3) Journal Check tomorrow (use the table of contents you used to organize your binder last week)
Important: Students can come to tutoring on Tuesdays at lunch to boost their D/F test grade. Students who earned an A on the test can earn Enrichment points by tutoring students at lunch on Tuesdays.

Monday, Oct 7, 2013

Due Today: Lab Report
Warm Up: Work with your group to fill in the Anatomy WS with the information we already discussed in class
Finish Anatomy Paper Dolls and work on Anatomy WS
Discuss Test, Binders, and Grades (come at lunch or after school to review your test!)
New Homework:
1) Grade Planning Worksheet (due Friday with Parent Signature)
2) Study for HW quiz tomorrow on 1.1-1.4
3) Journal Check on Wed (use the table of contents you used to organize your binder last week)
Important: Students can come to tutoring on Tuesdays at lunch to boost their D/F test grade. Students who earned an A on the test can earn Enrichment points by tutoring students at lunch on Tuesdays.

Friday, Oct 4, 2013

Warm Up: Draw a Concept Map for Tissues, including the four types of tissues and the three types of muscle cells (be sure to include connecting words or info in the boxes to help define each)
Turn in Lab Report today or Monday with rough drafts attached
Anatomy Paper Dolls & Discussion (start filling in Anatomy table handout)
No HW if you finished your reading logs and lab report

Thursday, Oct 3, 2013

Organize and turn in Binder for Binder Check.
Prologue/Scientific Method TEST
HW:
1) Finish Take Home part of test
2) Finish lab report

Wednesday, Oct 2, 2013

No warm up today. Work with your group on your lab reports and then work together on the study guide for Test 1. Ms. Majda will also host a STUDY SESSION at lunch.
HW:
1) STUDY FOR TEST 1 - make a study guide!
2) Organize your binder to turn in - see the updated Table of Contents
3) Final draft of lab report due Friday (provide support to your project manager to help get this done)
4) Finish Reading logs and questions assigned last week - they were due this Friday but we will not actually discuss them until next week so you can finish them over the weekend if you need more time

Tuesday, Oct 1, 2013

Warm Up: Read the sample lab you are given. Compare it to the instructions for how to write a lab report for our class. List at least five improvements that are needed in your journal.
Quiz on "The Human Body" reading assignment (Chapter 35, section 1)
Intro to Human Anatomy Lecture
HW:
1) Revised rough draft of lab report due Wednesday
2) Work on Reading logs and questions assigned last week due Friday
Be sure to make a study guide for Thursday's test and use the updated Table of Contents to organize your binder to turn in on Thursday!

Monday, Sept 30, 2013

Due Today: Worksheet from Friday's ACE assembly, rough draft of lab report section
Important: Note that I have made corrections to the homework assignment due Friday, 10/4. I have posted it below in the HW section for today in case you're not sure.
Warm Up: Read the sample lab you are given. Compare it to the instructions for how to write a lab report for our class. Make a list of all of the things that are missing or are done incorrectly in your journal.
Discuss Sample lab write ups in groups and then as a class.
Discuss Worm Lab Write Ups and meet with group to review the rough drafts and identify improvements that are needed.
Quiz on Reading Log HW for section 35.1 - postponed until tomorrow
HW:
1) Reading Log for "The Human Body" Handout - Quiz tomorrow
2) Reading Log for Chapter 1, in your JOURNAL, make sure your reading log captures the key concepts listed on page 48 + answer the Reviewing Content questions on page 48-49 (Due Friday, 10/4)
3) Finish second rough draft of your section for lab report (due Wed, 10/2) - your final report will be due on Friday
4) Test THURSDAY - make a study guide (you will be able to use it on part of the test) - Review session for test at lunch on Wednesday!
5) Binder check Thursday - make sure your binder is organized and ready to turn in. I will be posting an updated table of contents soon

Friday, Sept 27, 2013

Meet at Performing Arts Center for Assembly on Climate Change - Worksheet DUE MONDAY
HW:
1) Finish rough draft of your section for lab report (due Monday)
2) Reading Log for "Human Body Systems" Handout - QUIZ MONDAY on this assignment
3) Work on Reading logs and questions assigned Tuesday

Thursday, Sept 26, 2013

Warmup: Meet with group to fill in data table and prepare to present your team's lab data.
Present, discuss, and analyze lab data
HW:
1) Finish rough draft of your section for lab report (due Monday)
2) Work on Reading logs and questions assigned Tuesday - QUIZ Monday on 35.1

Wednesday, Sept 25, 2013

Warmup: Meet with group to make sure everyone knows their lab role.
Worm Lab
HW: Start working on assigned draft sections (due Monday)

Tuesday, Sept 24, 2013

Warmup: Read through the worksheet explaining how to write a lab report and the different roles for group members. Then work with your group assign a role to each group member.
Work with Ms. Majda's to complete the experimental design for our worm lab.
HW: Reading Log for Chapter 1, in your JOURNAL, make sure your reading log captures the key concepts listed on page 48 + answer the Reviewing Content questions on page 48-49 (due Friday, 10/4)
Here is a music file (click here to download) that we can use for our experiment - but feel free to bring some to class for us to consider

Monday, Sept 23, 2013

Due Today: Reading Log on "Worms" handout
Warmup: Look at question #3 from your Scientific Method worksheets that we did last week for HW (the one about bees and colongy collapse). Compare your experimental design (for part b) with that of the other people in your science group and together agree on the best experimental design or come up with something together that is even better.
Finish Scientific Method Lecture
Work with your group to agree on a "worm question" and hypothesis, then design your experiment. Rules: The experiment must be humane (no worm deaths or torture), able to be completed during a single period, and you must provide your own materials for the experiment (Ms. Majda will provide worms, water, and paper towels). Ms. Majda must approve your hypothesis and experimental design. Turn in a one page proposal to Ms. Majda by the end of the period.
Be sure to turn in your journal to Ms. Majda at the end of the period.
HW: Continue to work on your experimental design and background research (for example, if your experiment has to do with a worm's ability to sense color, do research to find out about worm vision and if scientists have already done studies on this and what they found out).

Friday, Sept 20, 2013

Due Today: Reading Log on "Are Viruses Alive?" article
Warmup: What defines something as being "alive"?
1) Make a list of 5 traits or characteristics that all living things have
2) Read pages 51-52 in your textbook and copy table 2.1 from page 52 into your journal
3) Tape the "A.I." prompt (handed out in class) into your journal and answer the five questions in your journal (finish it for HW) - you can read more about viruses starting on page 254 of your textbook
Continue Scientific Method Lecture (Experiments of Redi and Pasteur) & Discuss HW
HW:
1) HW: Reading log on "Worms" handout (due Monday, 9/23)
2) Finish Warmup activities (due Monday, 9/23)

Thursday, Sept 19, 2013

Due Today: One page of research about earth worms
Warmup: Work with your group to 1) create a Venn diagram in your journal comparing and contrasting the anatomy of earth worms to that of humans, and 2) list about five questions you are interested in investigating using earth worms
Discuss Quiz and binder/journal grades
HW: finish reading log on "Are Viruses Alive?" due tomorrow

Wednesday, Sept 18, 2013

Due Today: Scientific Method WS Questions 5 and 6
Warmup: Inferring Worksheets (take notes from the worksheets in your journal and then answer the questiosn in your journal)
Discuss Scientific Method HW (save these worksheets to put in the Handouts section of your binder - they go in front of the older handouts)
Quiz: Scientific Method & Prologue
HW:
1) HW: Collect research on earthworms (phylum Annelida, class Oligochida). What type of animals are they? What special features distinguish them from other worms? What are their characteristics? Their anatomy? Do they have eyes, ears, a circulatory system, etc? Etc.
2) Work on your other HW that is due this week

Tuesday, Sept 17, 2013

Due Today: Scientific Method WS Questions 3 and 4
Warm Up: Observation Worksheets (take notes in your journal regarding making observations from the purple worksheet and then complete the questions on the "Observing" side of the white worksheet in journal)
Vote on the top five posters for our class and handed back binders
HW:
1) Complete questions 5 and 6 of the Scientific Method WS handed out in class (see me to get a copy if you were absent) (Due Wed, 9/18)
2) Print the remaining slides (that I did not give you) for the Scientific Method lecture (Click here for lecture slides)
3) Read the Scientific American article "Are Viruses Alive?" (click here to download it) and complete a reading log (Due Friday, 9/19 - this assessment will be used to assign mandatory tutoring to anyone who is still struggling with the reading logs)
4) Study for Quiz tomorrow on Scientific Method and the Proloque of the textbook

Monday, Sept 16, 2013

Due Today: Scientific Method worksheets (2)
Warm Up:
1) Skim through your journal to read any comments I may have left you
2) Compare and discuss your answers on the Scientific Method WS and the Sponge Bob WS with those of your group.
Discuss Scientific Method HW (save these worksheets to put in the Handouts section of your binder - they go in front of the older handouts)
Watch Mythbusters (answer the scientific method questions in your journal)
HW: Complete questions 3 and 4 of the Scientific Method WS handed out in class (see me to get a copy if you were absent) (Due Tuesday, 9/17/13)

Friday, Sept 13, 2013

Warm Up: Create a flow chart of the development of the theory of evolution that includes the contributes of Lamarck, Lyell, Hutton, Malthus, and Darwin. Specifically, how did the work of these men, and Darwin's own work, contribute to Darwin's hypothesis and eventual theory of natural selection?
Lecture: The Scientific Method (Click here for lecture slides)

HW: Finish the Science and the Scientific Method WS and the Sponge Bob WS handed out in class (see me for a copy if you were absent) (Due Monday, 9/16/13)

Thursday, Sept 12, 2013

Due Today: Summary of section 1-3 from textbook (focus questions, vocabulary clarification, and one or more summarizing graphic organizers)
BINDER CHECK (turn in your Binder and Journal at the end of the period)
Warm Up: Create a Venn diagram comparing Hypotheses to Theories, Prepare Binder and Journal to turn in (fill out form, highlighting)
Discuss reading log for sections P4-P8

Wednesday, Sept 11, 2013

Warm Up: Create a Ven diagram that compares genetically engineered human growth hormone (HGH) with that taken from the pituitary gland of cadavers (dead people).
Presentation: Time Tracker
Finish discussing the reading log for P1-P3
HW: Use the steps in the "Steps for Technical Reading" Handout to summarize (including preread and clarification) sections P7-P8 (Due Thursday, 9/12) - note that this is an extension of yesterday's homework so in total a reading log for sections P4-P8 are due on Thursday.

Tuesday, Sept 10, 2013

Due Today: Summary of section 1-1 from textbook (including 10 questions, vocabulary clarification, and one or more graphic organizers)
Warm Up: HW quiz
Discuss summary of sections P1-P3 (pages 1-5) in the textbook
Homework:
1) Use the steps in the "Steps for Technical Reading" Handout to summarize (including preread and clarification) sections P4-P6 (pages 6-13). Be sure your summary answers or can be used to help answer each question in the Section Assessment on page 14. (Due Thursday, 9/12)
2) Make a list in your journal of the activities you plan to do to complete your Enrichment points. Highlight the activities you plan to complete and add to your binder by next Monday. (Due Fri, 9/13)

Monday, Sept 9, 2013

Due Today: Students who do not turn in their poster, lab student safety contract, and/or parent letter by today will receive detention
Warm Up: Scan the Prologue chapter in your biology textbook. Look at the section headings, the questions at the start of the chapter, the sidebars, the captions under the pictures, and the summaries and questions at the end of each section and chapter. Make a list of 10 things you think you will be tested on at the end of the chapter. Word these as questions. For example, rather than saying, "How to design an experiment" you would say, "What are the steps involved in designing an experiment?"
Discuss and Practice Technical Reading Skills by reading and summarizing section 1 together.
Homework: Use the steps in the "Steps for Technical Reading" Handout to finish summarizing section 1 (pages 1-5). Be sure your summary answers or can be used to help answer each question in the Check and Challenge on page 6.

Friday, Sept 6, 2013

Due Today:
1) Power of 10 Poster
2) Lab Student Safety Contract
3) Parent Letter
Warm Up: Turn in homework and prepare journal for safety video, read through safety video questions
Safety Video
Quiz
Homework: No new HW but students who did not any part of today's HW will need to turn it in on Monday or will get detention

Wednesday, Sept 4, 2013

Warm Up: "With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility" Regardless of their future career goals, why is it important for ALL students to study science, world history and government? Start your answer with the quote above.
Finish Safety Skits (group work)
Discuss homework and updates to course website
Review for Friday's Quiz
Homework: Study for Friday's Quiz on lab safety, root words, course syllabus (1st page, front and back, only)

Tuesday, Sept 3, 2013

Due Today:
1) Syllabus Scavenger Hunt
2) Bring all required materials (listed in syllabus) to class
3) "The Language of Science" worksheet
Warm Up:
1) Find Assigned Seat (posted on overhead)
2) Write your name on the front of your journal (composition book) and your contact info (in case it is lost) on the inside cover or first page
3) Organize your binder with the pages of the syllabus each in a clear sheet protector in the front of the binder followed by your five section dividers labeled according to the directions in the syllabus
4) Place your Syllabus Scavenger Hunt and your Language of Science Homework worksheets into the “Handouts” section of your binder
Discussion: Homework Worksheets, Questions about Power of 10 Poster due Fri
Class Activity: Safety Skit
Homework: 1) Parent Letter: print it out from website, get it signed, bring it back by Fri, 9/6
2) Read the Student Safety Contract and bring it back signed by you and your parents by Fri, 9/6
3) In Journal: Write a paragraph or concept map describing how you study.
Specifically, what steps do you take to ensure that you know the material prior to test time?

Friday, August 30, 2013

Warm Up: Write brief definitions for the following words: Biology, biosphere, ecosystem, community, population, organism, cell
Lecture/Discussion:
1) Power of 10 Website
2) Tour of the Course Website due Tues, 9/3
3) Science Terminology Roots (Latin, etc)
Homework:
1) "The Language of Science" worksheet
2) Power of 10 Poster due Friday, 9/6

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Warm Up: Student Info Card
Class Work: Syllabus Scavenger Hunt
Discussion: Course Syllabus
Homework:
1) Complete the Syllabus Scavenger Hunt due Tues, 9/3
2) Bring all required materials (listed in syllabus) to class on Tues, 9/3

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Introductions
Writing Assignment and Class Discussion (in honor of 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech):
1) Why is there so much variation in skin color within the human race (species)?
2) Does skin color affect other traits such as personality or intelligence?