Agenda for BIO LAB (College Prep Biology)


FIRST SEMESTER

Announcements:
  • The following are the points that will be added for the remainder of the semester:
    - All Enrichment was due Fri 1/9 - you need to have at least 50 points for the semester and up to 50 more extra credit 
    - Human Illness Table (due Tues, 1/13) (42 total illnesses - see list in last bullet of the announcements below) This assignment is counted as a TEST
    - Lab Packet (due Tue 1/13) - if your homework worksheet is not done you will need to come at lunch to do the lab 
    - Final Exam - 20% of your semester grade - click here for the study guide - almost every question will come from previous tests and the Cellular Reproduction WS - use your flashcards, reading logs, and lecture slides to help you remember the info on the tests and correct/learn any questions you got wrong - here are copies of the tests if you need them: TEST 1, TEST 2, TEST 3, TEST 4, Quiz on Mitosis & Cancer
  • Diseases You Should Have on Your Human Illness Table (click here for the list printed on the board and here for an example of how to fill in the columns)
    From Article (before winter break): E.Coli Intestinal infection, C. perfringens intestinal infection, toxic shock syndrome, food poisoning, botulism, tetanus, septic shock, syphillis, influenza, cold, herpes simplex, polio, ebola, smallpox (these last six can also be found in the Human Illness slides passed out in class on 12/15)
    From Lecture Slides (before winter break): gangrene, meningitis, acne, bubonic plague, chicken pox, HIV/AIDS, Athletes Foot, Malaria, Creutzfeldt-Jacob's Disease (these last five can be found in the Human Illness slides passed out in class on 12/15)
    From Textbook (after winter break): Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (35.5), Alcoholism (35.5), High Blood Pressure (37.1), Heart Attack (37.1), Stroke (37.1), Hemophilia (37.2), Edema (37.2), Chest Wounds/Puncture (37.3), Bronchitis (37.3), Emphysema (37.3), Peptic Ulcers (38.2), Appendicitis (38.2), Kidney Disease (38.3), Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 (39.2), Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 (39.2), Allergies 40.3, Asthma (40.3), Multiple Sclerosis (40.3), Cancer (40.4)  

REVIEW SESSION for FINAL EXAM WEDNESDAY after school from 3:30 - 5:30 pm (there will be PIZZA - feel free to bring some snacks to share as well - this review session will REALLY help you!!!) - I can stay later for those who need more help, and you can also work on your lab if you'd like.

Tuesday, Jan 13
  • Turn in Human Illness Table (Test Grade!)
  • Semester 1 Final Lab - rotate through stations completing the exercises and answering the questions on the Lab Worksheet - this lab reviews material that will be covered on your final exam - you will receive Lab points for each station you complete. There are eight stations and you must complete at least six of them for full credit, the last two are bonus points. If you miss some of the lab because you have to work on incomplete homework, then you can come in at lunch to work on the lab. You will have about 30-45 minutes to work on the lab the day of the final exam as well.
  • HW: 
    1) Homeostasis & Mammals WS (this was due Monday, stragglers can turn it in the day of the final exam) 
    2) LAB - due the day of the final exam
    3) Study for the final exam (click here for the study guide) - see announcements above for review session info
  • Don't Forget to turn in your SECRET LIFE OF GERMS book if you borrowed one to do the Enrichment

Monday, Jan 12
  • Turn in Homeostasis & Mammals WS (students who are not done will work on this instead of the lab)
  • Semester 1 Final Lab - rotate through stations completing the exercises and answering the questions on the Lab Worksheet - this lab reviews material that will be covered on your final exam - you will receive Lab points for each station you complete. There are eight stations and you must complete at least six of them for full credit, the last two are bonus points. If you miss some of the lab because you have to work on incomplete homework, then you can come in at lunch to work on the lab. You will have about 30-45 minutes to work on the lab the day of the final exam as well.
  • HW: 
  • 1) Homeostasis & Mammals WS (all pages due today - you will NOT be allowed to start the LAB until this is done) 
    2) Add diseases to your Human Illness Table (see list in announcements at top of page - the table is due TOMORROW - counts as a test grade!)
    3) Study for the final exam (click here for the study guide) - see announcements above for review session info
  • Don't Forget to turn in your SECRET LIFE OF GERMS book if you borrowed one to do the Enrichment

Friday, Jan 9
  • Turn in All Enrichment for the semester (including work already counted)
  • Quiz on Reading Logs 10.1, 10.2 and 40.4 & Mitosis & Cancer Worksheet 
  • Peer Grade Quizzes and turn them in stapled to Mitosis & Cancer Worksheet and the Reading Logs 10.1, 10.2 and 40.4
  • HW: 
    1) Homeostasis & Mammals WS (all pages due Mon - you will NOT be allowed to start the LAB until this is done) 
    2) Add diseases to your Human Illness Table (see list in announcements at top of page - the table is due next Tues, Jan 13)
    3) Start studying for the final exam (see notes on this in the announcements above)

Thursday, Jan 8
  • Finish Mitosis & Cancer Worksheet (refer to animations listed on Tuesday)
  • HW: 
    1) Reading Log on 10.1, 10.2 and 40.4 (was due Wed, quiz tomorrow) 
    2) Finish any enrichment you still need to do (all enrichment is due tomorrow)
    3) Homeostasis & Mammals WS (first three pages due tomorrow, remaining five pages due Mon) 
    4) Add diseases to your Human Illness Table (see list in announcements at top of page - the table is due next Tues, Jan 13)
    5) Start studying for the final exam (see notes on this in the announcements above)

Wednesday, Jan 7
  • Work on Mitosis & Cancer Worksheet (refer to animations listed on Tuesday)
  • Human Anatomy Paper Doll Project (Per 4 only - Per 3 will do this with the lab next week)
  • HW: 
    1) Reading Log on 10.1, 10.2 and 40.4 (was due today, quiz Thur or Fri) 
    2) Finish any enrichment you still need to do (all enrichment is due Friday)
    3) Homeostasis & Mammals WS (first three pages due Fri, remaining five pages due Mon) 
    4) Add diseases to your Human Illness Table (see list in announcements at top of page - the table is due next Tues, Jan 13)
    5) Start studying for the final exam (see notes on this in the announcements above)

Tuesday, Jan 6

Monday, Jan 5
  • Turn in Cell Sales Catalog if you did it 
  • Go over answers to test 4
  • HW:
    1) Reading Log on 10.1, 10.2 and 40.4 due Wednesday (there will be a quiz Wednesday)
    2) Finish any enrichment you still need to do (all enrichment is due Friday)
    3) Add diseases to your Human Illness Table (see list in announcements at top of page - the table is due next Tues)
    4) Start studying for the final exam (see notes on this in the announcements above)

WINTER BREAK

Friday, Dec 19
  • Turn in (1) Photosynthesis WS  (2) Cellular Respiration WS  (3) Reading Logs for chapters 19, 8, and 9  (4) Quiz on Chpt 8 and 9  (5) Ebola Article Summary - Enrichment  (6) Flashcards for chapters 19, 8 and 9 
  • Lecture on fungus and parasites found in the last part of Human Illness slides 
  • Holiday potluck

Thursday, Dec 18
  • Exam on Chapter 19, 8, 9 
  • Due to the short day, you will also turn in the following work tomorrow instead of today: (1) Photosynthesis WS  (2) Cellular Respiration WS  (3) Reading Logs for chapters 19, 8, and 9  (4) Quiz on Chpt 8 and 9  (5) Ebola Article Summary - Enrichment  (6) Flashcards for chapters 19, 8 and 9 listed in agenda below on Nov 13, Nov 14, and Dec 10

Wednesday, Dec 17
  • Review for Exam
  • HW: Study for TEST on Chapter 19, 8, 9 - will take it THIS TOMORROW. You will also turn in the following work tomorrow: (1) Photosynthesis WS  (2) Cellular Respiration WS  (3) Reading Logs for chapters 19, 8, and 9  (4) Quiz on Chpt 8 and 9  (5) Ebola Article Summary - Enrichment  (6) Flashcards for chapters 19, 8 and 9 listed in agenda below on Nov 13, Nov 14, and Dec 10 

Tuesday, Dec 16
  • Warm Up: Practice Problems
  • Finish Lecture Slides on Viruses
  • Model Virus Lifecycles with Playdough
  • HW: Study for TEST on Chapter 19, 8, 9 - will take it THIS THURSDAY. You will also turn in the following work on this day: (1) Photosynthesis WS  (2) Cellular Respiration WS  (3) Reading Logs for chapters 19, 8, and 9  (4) Quiz on Chpt 8 and 9  (5) Ebola Article Summary - Enrichment  (6) Flashcards for chapters 19, 8 and 9 listed in agenda below on Nov 13, Nov 14, and Dec 10 

Monday, Dec 15
  • Warm Up: Practice Problems
  • Lecture Slides on Viruses
  • HW:
    1) Add all of the diseases from the Human Illness slides passed out in class today to your Human Illness Disease Table, including the eight viruses,  Athletes Foot, Malaria, and Creutzfeldt-Jacob's Disease (The Human Illness Disease Table will be turned in at final exams)
    2) Study for TEST on Chapter 19, 8, 9 - will take it THIS THURSDAY. You will also turn in the following work on this day: (1) Photosynthesis WS  (2) Cellular Respiration WS  (3) Reading Logs for chapters 19, 8, and 9  (4) Quiz on Chpt 8 and 9  (5) Ebola Article Summary - Enrichment  (6) Flashcards for chapters 19, 8 and 9 listed in agenda below on Nov 13, Nov 14, and Dec 10 

Friday, Dec 12
  • HW:
    1) Flashcards for chapters 8 and 9 (due Friday) - see list of flashcards listed in yesterday's HW area
    2) Study for NEXT THURSDAY'S TEST on Chapters 19, 8, and 9. Please note that the following will be collected next Thursday as well: reading logs for all three chapters (19, 8, and 9), Quiz on chapter 8 and 9. Flash cards for all three chapters.

Thursday, Dec 11
  • HW:
    1) Finish photosynthesis WS we've been working on in class
    2) Flashcards for chapters 8 and 9 (due Friday) - see list of flashcards listed in yesterday's HW area
  • TEST NEXT THURSDAY on Chapters 19, 8, and 9. Please note that the following will be collected next Thursday as well: reading logs for all three chapters (19, 8, and 9), Quiz on chapter 8 and 9. Flash cards for all three chapters.

Wednesday, Dec 10
  • HW:
    1) Flashcards for chapters 8 and 9 (due Monday)
        - Autotrophs versus heterotrophs (pg 201)
  •     - ATP (what's its structure? how is ADP made into ATP? How is it used to store and release energy? what are energy carrier molecules?) 
          (pg 202, 203, 209)
        - Glucose (what's its structure? what is it used for in cells?) (pg 203, 206)
        - Oxygen Cycle (where do animals get oxygen from? how/why is it released from plants?) (pg 204-206
        - Photosynthesis (what is the chemical formula? is it exergonic or endergonic? why do cells do it? what are the two steps? 
          where does each occur in the cell? Fig 8-7) (pgs 206, 208)
        - Carbon Cycle (where do plants get the carbon they need? where do animals et the carbon they need?) (pg 206)
        - Nitrogen Cycle (why do organisms need nitrogen? how do animals get it? how do plants get it? what is nitrogen fixation and why is it important?)
          (look at the bacteria notes for this info)
        - Plant Pigments (what do pigments do? what pigment is used by most plants? why are most plants green? why are some plants other colors?)
           (pg 207)
        - Choloroplasts (which cells have them? what do they do? what are the parts? what happens in each part?) (pg 208)
        - Calories and Kilocalories (pg 221)
        - Cellular Respiration (what is the chemical formula? is it endergonic or exergonic?, what are the three steps? where does each occur in the cell?
          which cells do it? why is energy released in many steps instead of all at once? Fig 9-2) (pgs 222)
        - Aerobic vs Anaerobic respiration (what are the two pathways?     which one needs oxygen?) (section 9.1)
        - Glycolysis (what is the chemical formula? how does the number of carbons in the reactants differ from those of the products? 
           is the reaction endergonic or exergonic? what role does it play in aerobic and anaerobic respiration? Fig 9-3) (pgs 221, 223)
        - Fermentation (what is it? what are the two types covered in the textbook? when do prokaryotic cells do it? when do eukaryotic cells do it? 
          why do some cells do it when aerobic respiration produces more energy? what waste product causes muscle soreness, and why? Fig 9-4)
          (pgs 224-225)
    2) Use textbook to find correct answers to questions missed on the quiz, fix the answers, and write the page number where you found the answer next to each question (points for incorrect answers will only be awarded back to you if you include page numbers!) - will be collected next week the day of the test
  • TEST NEXT THURSDAY on Chapters 19, 8, and 9. Please note that the following will be collected next Thursday as well: reading logs for all three chapters (19, 8, and 9), Quiz on chapter 8 and 9. Flash cards for all three chapters.

Tuesday, Dec 9
  • Quiz on Chapters 8 and 9
  • Peer-grade quiz
  • HW:
    1) Use textbook to find correct answers to questions missed on the quiz, fix the answers, and write the page number where you found the answer next to each question (points for incorrect answers will only be awarded back to you if you include page numbers!) - will be collected next week the day of the test
  • TEST NEXT THURSDAY on Chapters 19, 8, and 9. Please note that the following will be collected next Thursday as well: reading logs for all three chapters (19, 8, and 9), Quiz on chapter 8 and 9. Flash cards for all three chapters.

Monday, Dec 8
  • HW:
    1) Reading Log for 9.1 and 9.2 due tomorrow - be sure to do ALL 3 PARTS of each reading log (pre-reading questions, summary including vocabulary and main ideas for each paragraph, and graphic organizers) - THERE WILL BE A QUIZ ON CHAPTERS 8 and 9 TOMORROW

Friday, Dec 5 - substitute teacher
  • HW:
    1) Reading Log for 9.1 and 9.2 due Tuesday - be sure to do ALL 3 PARTS of each reading log (pre-reading questions, summary including vocabulary and main ideas for each paragraph, and graphic organizers) 

Thursday, Dec 4 - substitute teacher
  • Read "Poop" article and answer the following posted on the board and turned in at the end of the period:
    1. What is a fecal transplant?
    2. Why do doctors perform fecal transplants?
    3. Why has it been challenging in the past to get healthy microbes for fecal transplants?
    4. What is the new method for collecting and screening microbes so that fecal transplants are now easier to perform and more widely available?
    5. Copy down the power words from the back of the article and rewrite each definition in your own words
  • HW:
    1) Reading Log for 9.1 and 9.2 due Tuesday - be sure to do ALL 3 PARTS of each reading log (pre-reading questions, summary including vocabulary and main ideas for each paragraph, and graphic organizers)

Wednesday, Dec 3
  • HW:
    1) Return Progress Check with parent signature (was due Tuesday)
    2) Reading Log for 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3 (first two pages of 8.3 ONLY) - be sure to do ALL 3 PARTS of each reading log (pre-reading questions, summary including vocabulary and main ideas for each paragraph, and graphic organizers)
    3) Catch up on flash cards (see Thurs, Nov 13 and Fri, Nov 14 for the list of flashcards for this unit so far) - these will be included in your grade
    4) Work on Enrichment for semester: 
        - Read Ebola Article (we will discuss it when we get to viruses in class) - optional: summarize it for enrichment points
        - Read Antibiotic Resistance Article and answer questions on the handout for 15 Enrichment Points
        - Work on any additional enrichment from Enrichment Page
        - Cell Organelles Sales Catalog (can count for lab grade or enrichment points)

Tuesday, Dec 2
  • 3) Reading Log for 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3 (first two pages of 8.3 ONLY) - be sure to do ALL 3 PARTS of each reading log (pre-reading questions, summary including vocabulary and main ideas for each paragraph, and graphic organizers)
    4) Catch up on flash cards (see Thurs, Nov 13 and Fri, Nov 14 for the list of flashcards for this unit so far) - these will be included in your grade
    5) Work on Enrichment for semester: 
Monday, Dec 1
  • HW:
    1) Return Progress Check with parent signature
    2) Reading Log for 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3 (first two pages of 8.3 ONLY) - be sure to do ALL 3 PARTS of each reading log (pre-reading questions, summary including vocabulary and main ideas for each paragraph, and graphic organizers)
    3) Catch up on flash cards (see Thurs, Nov 13 and Fri, Nov 14 for the list of flashcards for this unit so far) - these will be included in your grade
    4) Work on Enrichment for semester: 
        - Read Ebola Article (we will discuss it when we get to viruses in class) - optional: summarize it for enrichment points
        - Read Antibiotic Resistance Article and answer questions on the handout for 15 Enrichment Points
        - Work on any additional enrichment from Enrichment Page
        - Cell Organelles Sales Catalog (can count for lab grade or enrichment points)

Friday, Nov 21

Thursday, Nov 20
  • HW:
    1) Flashcards for chapter 19 due Friday (see the list from last Friday of topics to include)
    2) Turn in any work that you have completed but was missing from your binder TOMORROW, including any Enrichment Points you want added to your grade - progress grades go out as soon as we get back from break
    3) Optional: Read Ebola Article (we will discuss it when we get to viruses in class) - optional: summarize it for enrichment points
    4) Optional Read Antibiotic Resistance Article and answer questions on the handout for 15 Enrichment Points

Wednesday, Nov 19
  • HW:
    1) Flashcards for chapter 19 due Friday (see the list from last Friday of topics to include)
    2) Read Ebola Article (we will discuss it when we get to viruses in class) - optional: summarize it for enrichment points

Tuesday, Nov 18
  • Lecture Slides on Bacteria
  • HW:
    1) Flashcards for chapter 19 due Friday (see the list from last Friday of topics to include)
    2) Make corrections to chapter 19 quiz
    3) Read Ebola Article (we will discuss it when we get to viruses in class) - optional: summarize it for enrichment points

Monday, Nov 17
  • HW:
    1) Flashcards for chapter 19 due Friday (see the list from last Friday of topics to include)
    2) Read Ebola Article (we will discuss it when we get to viruses in class)  - optional: summarize it for enrichment points
    3) Finish filling in the diseases from the You Make Me Sick article (stamps will be given tomorrow first thing)

Friday, Nov 14
  • Review Test 1 and Test 2
  • Check reading logs and first two flashcards
  • Ebola Article Summary for students who are already done with the homework (will count for enrichment)
  • HW:
    1) Reading Logs for 19.3 due Monday (be prepared for a quiz on 19.1-19.3 on Monday)
    2) Flashcards for chapter 19 due next Friday, November 21 - be sure to include at least one card for each of the following
        (these are in addition to the two cards you made earlier in the week):
        - Eubacteria vs. Archaebacteria 
        - Heterotrophs vs. Autotrophs
        - obligate aerobes vs. obligate anaerobes vs. facultative anaerobes
        - Binary fission, conjugation and sporulation
        - Usefullness of bacteria (decomposition, nitrogen fixation, and human uses)
        - Viruses (basic structure, what do they all have in common, how do they get into cells, which cells do they infect, are they alive?,
           retroviruses, bacteriophages)
        - Viral lifecycle (lytic infections vs. lysogenic infections)
        - Methods of protection against viruses and bacteria (antibiotics, vaccination, sterilization, preservation)
        - How bacteria cause illness
        - How viruses cause illness (lytic infections and oncogenic viruses) 
        - Prions (what are they? how do they cause illness?)

Thursday, Nov 13
  • Finish discussing yesterday's warmup
  • Make flashcards from Human Illnesses Graphic Organizer based on the questions in the warmup (listed in yesterday's agenda)
    - questions #1-3 on the first flashcard and #4-5 on the second flashcard
    - click here to download an image of the content to write on the back of flashcard #1
    - click here to download an image of the content to write on the back of flashcard #2
  • HW:
    1) Reading Logs for 19.1 and 19.2 due Friday (be prepared for a quiz)
    2) Reading Logs for 19.3 due Monday (be prepared for a quiz)

Wednesday, Nov 12
  • Warmup: Use the Human Illnesses Graphic Organizer to answer the questions on the board 
    1) Which types of illnesses may be directly caused by genes passed down to you from your parents?
    2) Which     types of illnesses can be directly caused by pathogens?
    3) Which types of illnesses can be directly caused by toxins?
    4) Which types of pathogens are unicellular (single-celled)?
    5) Which types of pathogens are multicellular?
  • Organize Binders
  • HW:
    1) Reading Logs for 19.1 and 19.2 due Friday (be prepared for a quiz)
    2) Reading Logs for 19.3 due Monday (be prepared for a quiz)

Tuesday, Nov 11
  • Veterans Day - NO SCHOOL

Monday, Nov 10
  • Warmup: List as many types of illness as you can think of (infections, injuries, etc)
  • Discuss warmup and create a list of illness types
  • Peer Grade and Discuss Exams
  • HW:
    1) Reading Logs for 19.1 and 19.2 due Friday (be prepared for a quiz)
    2) Reading Logs for 19.3 due Monday (be prepared for a quiz)

Friday, Nov 7
  • Tests (biochemistry retake + cell organelles)
  • Survey on which diseases students are interested in studying
  • Turn in  Binder
  • No HW

Thursday, Nov 6
  • Finish Cell Types and Cell Organelles Lecture Slides 
  • Practice for Test (Cell Organelle bingo)
  • HW: 
    STUDY for the two tests TOMORROW using your flashcards: Cell Organelles Test and Retest on Biochemistry (material from chapter 2, pgs 291-294, and the protein/amino acids handout)... if you don't have all of your homework and flashcards done, now is the time to catch up!
  • REMINDER: Volunteer at the GCSN Conference this Saturday and you can earn up to 50 enrichment points!!! There is also a science speaker TONIGHT in Thousand Oaks (15 Enrichment points). See the home page for full details on both of these opportunities (scroll down to the information about enrichment).  

Wednesday, Nov 5
  • Warm Up: answer biochemistry practice questions (click here to see them)
  • Go over Cell Organelles quiz and review for test on Friday
  • HW: 
    1) One flashcard on prokaryotes vs Eukaryotes and Last five biochemistry flashcards (due tomorrow): 1. Intramolecular bonds vs Extramolecular bonds, 2. Enzymes, 3. Solutes & Solvents, 4. Carbon (why is it special?), 5. Chargaff's Rule (see your original Test 2 for a sample question on this)
    2) STUDY for the tests on Friday using your flashcards: Cell Organelles Test and Retest on Biochemistry (material from chapter 2, pgs 291-294, and the protein/amino acids handout)... if you don't have all of your homework and flashcards done, now is the time to catch up!
  • REMINDER: Volunteer at the GCSN Conference this Saturday and you can earn up to 50 enrichment points!!! See the home page for full details (scroll down to the information about enrichment)

Tuesday, Nov 4
  • Substitute during period 3
  • Biochemistry Review Quiz (click here to see it)
  • Cell Organelles Quiz (finish at home and bring back tomorrow)
  • Work on Cell Types and Cell Organelles Lecture Slides 
  • HW: 
    1) Flash cards on the 16 cell organelles due tomorrow
    2) STUDY for the tests on Friday using your flashcards!

Monday, Nov 3
  • Work on Cell Packet
  • Start Cell Types and Cell Organelles Lecture Slides 
  • HW: 
    1) Flash cards on the 16 cell organelles due Wednesday
    2) STUDY for the tests on Friday using your flashcards: Cell Organelles Test and Retest on Biochemistry (material from chapter 2, pgs 291-294, and the protein/amino acids handout)... if you don't have all of your homework and flashcards done, now is the time to catch up!
  • REMINDER: Volunteer at the GCSN Conference this Saturday and you can earn up to 50 enrichment points!!! See the home page for full details (scroll down to the information about enrichment)

Friday, Oct 31
  • HW:
    - Make flashcards: (due Monday)  
       1) acids, bases and pH (Example questions: Which type of substances produces H+ ions in water? Which type of substance produces OH- ions in water? What is the pH of water (neutral)? Is each of the following a strong acid, weak acid, strong base, or weak base:  pH 1,  pH5,  pH 8, pH 10?
       2)  polar molecules, hydrogen bonds, hydrophobic vs hydrophilic 
       3)  chemical reactions, reactants, products
       4)  endergonic vs exergonic
       5) protein folding (primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structures)
  • - Reading Log for 7.1 and 7.2 due Friday. Be sure to do a graphic organizer for 7.1. We will do the graphic organizer for 7.2 in class.
    - Cell Organelles packet due Monday (finish filling in the table, color and label the pictures - use your textbook and www.cellsalive.com to help you)

Thursday, Oct 30
  • Cell Organelle Lecture and Bingo: here are some images of animal cells to practice with - animal cell 1, animal cell 2, animal cell 3, animal cell 4, animal cell 5
  • HW:
    - Make flashcards: - due tomorrow  
       1) basic structure of atoms (including parts of an atom and their charges, definitions of atomic number and elements)  
       2) ions  
       3) isotopes  
       4) molecules vs. compounds 
       5) ionic bonds versus covalent bonds (intramolecular bonds)
    - Reading Log for 7.1 and 7.2 due Friday. Be sure to do a graphic organizer for 7.1. We will do the graphic organizer for 7.2 in class.
    - Cell Organelles packet due Monday (finish filling in the table and coloring and labeling all of the pictures)

Wednesday, Oct 29
  • Warmup: Answer survey questions on side board related to study habits
  • Discuss grades, study habits, and college
  • How to make flashcards
  • HW:
    - Make four flashcards on the marcromolecules of life (nucleic acids, proteins, lipids, starches) - due tomorrow  
    - Reading Log for 7.1 and 7.2 due Friday. Be sure to do a graphic organizer for 7.1. We will do the graphic organizer for 7.2 in class.
    - Cell Organelles packet due Monday (finish filling in the table and coloring and labeling all of the pictures)

Tuesday, Oct 28
  • Warmup: Cell Review Match Up (do it on a separate sheet of paper since I have your lab notebook)
    Match each of the following:  
       - cell membrane, cytoplasm,     , cytoskeleton, mitochondria, ribosomes, nucleus, chloroplasts, flagellum  
    With Each of the following:
       - tail-like structure that helps the cell move around
       - fluid that fills the cell
       - holds the cell together and controls what enters and leaves the cell
       - where sugar is broken down to release energy for the cell to use (cellular respiration)
       - where energy from sunlight is captured and converted into ATP to produce sugar molecules (photosynthesis)
       - where proteins are built out of amino acids using instructions sent from the DNA
       - structure that surrounds and protects the DNA
       - internal network of protein filaments that help to give the cell its shape
  • Complete this statement on your warmup paper: "A cell is like a city because..." - then pair-share your response and create a more complete response to share with the class (write main ideas on white board)
  • HW: 
    - Reading Log for 7.1 and 7.2 due Friday. Be sure to do a graphic organizer for 7.1. We will do the graphic organizer for 7.2 in class.

Monday, Oct 27
  • Turn in Enrichment Article from Friday
  • Go over answers to TEST 2
  • HW: 
    - Reading Log for 7.1 and 7.2 due Friday. Be sure to do a graphic organizer for 7.1. We will do the graphic organizer for 7.2 in class.

Friday, Oct 24

Thursday, Oct 23

Wednesday, Oct 22

Tuesday, Oct 21 - Substitute
  • Discuss answers to HW (fill-in blank review worksheet)
  • Work on second review worksheet
  • HW:
    1) Finish Review Worksheet handed out in class by the substitute (due tomorrow)
    2) Finish the post-lab questions for the Enzyme Lab (these are posted below in the agenda for last Friday, and are due with your lab notebook when you turn it in next week)
    3) Prepare lab notebook and biology binder to be turned in the day of the test

Monday, Oct 20
  • PER 3 ONLY - come at lunch to make up the Enzyme Lab
  • Warmup: finish answering the questions that have been posted on the board since last week in your lab notebook:
    1) Which parts of each amino acid bond to other amino acids to form polypeptides?
    2) What causes proteins to fold into specific shapes?
    3) Why do enzymes only catalyze a single, specific chemical reaction?
    4) How do antibodies help protect us from illness?
    5) How do hormones and other signaling molecules transmit messages within your body?
  • Discuss answers to questions above 
  • Discuss structure of DNA and build DNA model using licorice and marshmallows
  • HW:
    1) Finish Review Worksheet handed out in class (fill in the blanks) - on the back of Mrs. Majda's reading log for pages 291-294
    2) Finish the post-lab questions for the Enzyme Lab (these are posted below in the agenda for last Friday, and are due with your lab notebook when you turn it in next week)
    3) Prepare lab notebook and biology binder to be turned in the day of the test

Friday, Oct 17
  • PER 3 ONLY - finish yesterday's agenda and come on Monday at lunch to make up any parts of the lab we don't have time for today
  • Finish videos about proteins: Introduction to Proteins and Protein Folding- Enzymes (also see this Introduction to Enzymes)
  • Finish Enzyme Lab Lab
    Post-lab questions:
    1) Is this reaction endothermic (endergonic) or exothermic (exergonic)?   H2O2  -->  H2O  +  O2
    2) What molecules are the bubbles made of that are produced when you add hydrogen peroxide to the liver?
    3) Draw an image of H2O2 (hydrogen peroxide) binding to catalase's active site and the products that are released.
    4) Create a table recording your observations about the rate of the reaction for each experimental group, including the control (enzyme at room temperature), "cold" (enzyme refrigerated), "warm" (enzyme at body temperature), "cooked" (enzyme heated to a high temperature so the liver changed color and texture), and "acid" (vinegar added to liver)
    5) Write a 1-2 paragraph conclusion/summary explaining why the reaction was different in each case above.
  • Discuss additional types of proteins
    - Antibodies: How do antibodies help protect us from illness?
    - Signaling and Receptor Proteins: How do hormones and other signaling molecules transmit messages to parts of your body?
  • HW:
    1) Finish the post-lab questions for the Enzyme Lab (due with your lab notebook when you turn it in next week)
    2) Reading Log for pages 291-294 of the textbook (due Monday)
    3) Prepare lab notebook and biology binder to be turned in the day of the test

Thursday, Oct 16
  • Warm Up: Answer the review questions written on the board
  • Discuss Types of Proteins
    - Enzymes (also see this Introduction to Enzymes): Why does each enzyme only catalyze a single, specific reaction?
    - Antibodies: How do antibodies help protect us from illness?
    - Signaling and Receptor Proteins: How do hormones and other signaling molecules transmit messages to parts of your body?
  • Discuss Prelab Questions and start Enzyme Lab if time
  • HW:
    1) Finish the     pre-lab for the Enzyme Lab if you have not already done so
    2) Complete the Enzyme worksheet handed out in class (due Friday)
    3) Reading Log for pages 291-294 of the textbook (due Monday)

Wednesday, Oct 15
  • Stamp HW (Enzyme Prelab)
  • Warm Up: 
    1) Answer the following question in your lab notebook: What parts of each amino acid bond to other amino acids to form polypeptides (proteins)?
    2) Create a model using a chenille stem for a protein with the following amino acid sequence: DDCADSTQQQYPVLLPAGQATLLCHLHL
  • Continue Amino Acids & Proteins Discussion and Modeling: What causes proteins to fold into specific shapes?
    - watch videos about proteins: Introduction to Proteins and Protein Folding
    - create a model using a chenille stem of a protein with an alpha helix and a pleated sheet   
    - using a chenille stem, model primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structures of a protein (work with a partner for the quaternary structure)
  • HW: 
    1) Finish the pre-lab for the Enzyme Lab if you have not already done so
    2) Complete the Enzyme worksheet handed out in class (due Friday)
    3) Reading Log for pages 291-294 of the textbook (due Monday)

Tuesday, Oct 14
  • Turn in HW
  • Warm Up: Answer the following questions in your lab notebook:
    1) How does an atom become positively or negatively charged?
    2) Answer #1-10 on page 57 of your textbook (write out each answer in a complete sentence; for example, for number one you would write "the positively charged particle in an atom is the...") 
  • Amino Acids & Proteins Discussion and Modeling: What causes proteins to fold into specific shapes?
    - highlight or place a box around each R-group
  • HW: Read through the following website (click here) and then answer the following Prelab Questions for the Enzyme Lab in your lab notebook:
    1) How do poisonous chemicals most often get into your cells?
    2) How do your cells deal with these poisonous chemicals in order to prevent them from causing damage to the cells?
    3) What happens when you pour hydrogen peroxide on a wound? Why?
    4) Write out the chemical formula for the reaction that is catalyzed by the enzyme catalase
    5) Describe the relationship between catalase and hydrogen peroxide. Indicate which is the enzyme, which is the substrate and what occurs during the reaction.
    6) At what temperature should catalase be most effective? 
    7) How can you tell if the chemical reaction catalyzed by catalase is endergonic or exergonic?
    8) How can you tell if catalase is reusable? (That is, that it is not used up in the chemical reaction?)
    9) For each of the following, predict how you think it will affect the catalase enzyme:
        (A) increase the temperature    (B) decrease the temperature
        (C) increase the pH                   (D) decrease the pH
    10) What body tissue is being used in this lab to provide the catalase enzyme?

Monday, Oct 13
  • No School  

Friday, Oct 10
  • Retakes for TEST 1 today at lunch! Your chance to bring up your grade! 
    (click here to see the Test 1 you already took)
  • Warmup: Copy the diagrams on the white board
  • Count the beads and connectors in your modeling kit to make sure they match the number written on each bag
  • Build Models of fatty acids and amino acids
    - Demonstrate the difference between saturated and unsaturated fatty acids
    - Demonstrate how peptide bonds form
    - watch animation about enzymes
    - Demonstrate how enzymes can speed up the reactions that form proteins 
    - Demonstrate protein folding
  • HW:
    1) Check your reading logs for chapter 2 against Ms. Majda's reading logs (click here) and add any missing main ideas. Also make sure your graphic organizer(s) is/are complete. See Mrs. Majda's graphic organizers for ideas. Yours don't have to be the same, but should express the same information. 
    2) Macromolecules of Life online assignment (click to download) due Monday
    3) Macromolecules of Life In Depth online assignmen (click to download) - due Monday (extra credit if you do BOTH online assignments - will help make up for any bad quiz grades)

Thursday, Oct 9
  • Discuss Enrichment
  • Discuss Test Answers
  • HW:
    1) Check your reading logs for chapter 2 against Ms. Majda's reading logs (click here) and add any missing main ideas. Also make sure your graphic organizer(s) is/are complete. See Mrs. Majda's graphic organizers for ideas. Yours don't have to be the same, but should express the same information. 
    2) Macromolecules of Life online assignment (click to download) - try to finish it by Friday, to be checked on Monday
    3) Macromolecules of Life In Depth online assignmen (click to download) - due Monday (extra credit if you do BOTH online assignments - will help make up for any bad quiz grades)
  • Volunteer at Family Science Night tonight and earn 20 enrichment points! Located at Barbara Webster School in Santa Paula (1150 Saticoy St., zip 93060), from 4:30 - 8:00 pm.
  • Test Retake Tomorrow on Chapter 1

Wednesday, Oct 8
  • Quiz on 2-4  (click here to see part 1 and part 2 of the quiz)
  • Discuss Quiz and 2-4  
    - discuss chemical reactions: reactants, products, endergonic, exergonic, activation energy, enzymes
    - hand boiler demonstration
    - baking soda and vinegar quick lab
  • HW:
    1) Check your reading logs for chapter 2 against Ms. Majda's reading logs (click here) and add any missing main ideas. Also make sure your graphic organizer(s) is/are complete. See Mrs. Majda's graphic organizers for ideas. Yours don't have to be the same, but should express the same information. 
    2) Macromolecules of Life online assignment (click to download) 
    3) Macromolecules of Life In Depth online assignmen (click to download) 
        (extra credit if you do BOTH online assignments - will help make up for any bad quiz grades)
  • Test NEXT FRIDAY on CHAPTER 2

Tuesday, Oct 7
  • Quiz on 2-3
    1) List the four types of organic macromolecules that make up all living organisms.
    2) List the monomer (individual type of molecule) that makes up each of the four polymers listed above.
    3) How many bonds can carbon atoms form?
    4) Which type of organic macromolecule provides instructions for how to build proteins?
  • Discuss quiz and last two questions from Polarity Quick Lab
    - watch video on polarity
    - watch video on the cell membrane and phospholipids  (Model It - if time)
    - see website explaining soap 
  • HW:
    1) Check your reading log against Ms. Majda's reading log (click here) and add any missing main ideas. Also make sure your graphic organizer(s) is/are complete and include all or most of the main ideas. 
    2) Reading log for 2-4 due tomorrow

Monday, Oct 6
  • Warmup: Copy down the Quick Lab questions into your lab notebook
    1) What molecules make up water?  (explain and illustrate)
    2) Why is water polar? (explain and illustrate)
    3) Why does the plastic cover stay on the inverted jar of water?
    4) What happens when you cover the mouth of the jar full of water with a screen and then invert it and remove the lid? Why?
    5) How does the meniscus of a half full test tube differ from that of a test tube that is filled just past capacity? Why? (draw both test tubes)
    6) How do hydrophobic and hydrophilic molecules respond to water?
    7) If water is the main ingredient in the fluids on the inside and outside of cells, then how do cell membranes work?
    8) Why do we use soap to help clean our hands?
  • Perform and discuss the Polarity Quick Lab 
  • HW:
    1) finish reading log for 2-3 (was due today but we won't check it and take the quiz until tomorrow)
    2) Reading log for 2-4 due Wednesday

Friday, Oct 3
  • Quiz on 2-2 (click here to view a copy)
  • Discuss 2-2 HW 
  • HW:
  • 1) Reading Log for 2-3 due Monday - be sure to do the WHOLE thing, which includes pre-reading questions, summary of main ideas and vocabulary, and one or more graphic organizers that collectively include all of the main ideas (there will be a quiz)
    2) Compare your reading logs for 2-1 and 2-2 to Mrs. Majda's reading logs and add any main ideas you missed to your reading logs. Also make sure that you have complete graphic organizers for each reading log and then put both into the Reading Logs section of your binder.
  • If you need to make up the Strawberry Flip Book or TEST 1, be sure to attend ZAP on Saturday in the Rio Mesa Library from 8 am - 12 pm

Thursday, Oct 2
  • Warmup: Fill in the graphic organizers for 2-1 displayed on the white board (click here for the first one, and here for the second one)
  • Finish discussing 2-1
  • Go over the answers to TEST 1
  • HW:
    1) Reading Log for 2-2 due Friday - be sure to do the WHOLE thing, which includes pre-reading questions, summary of main ideas and vocabulary, and one or more graphic organizers that collectively include all of the main ideas (there will be a quiz)
    2) Reading Log for 2-3 due Monday - be sure to do the WHOLE thing as described above (there will be a quiz)

Wednesday, Oct 1
  • Quiz on 2-1 (click here to view it)
  • Discuss quiz answers 
  • Review reading log for 2-1:  click here for a copy of Mrs. Majda's reading log for 2-1 and then add any missing details to your reading log. 
  • HW:
    1) Reading Log for 2-2 due Friday - be sure to do the WHOLE thing, which includes pre-reading questions, summary of main ideas and vocabulary, and one or more graphic organizers that collectively include all of the main ideas (there will be a quiz)
    2) Reading Log for 2-3 due Monday - be sure to do the WHOLE thing as described above (there will be a quiz)

Tuesday, Sept 30
  • Warmup: answer the following questions on the back of the video questions worksheet passed out in class:
    1) What are atoms? What are they made of?
    2) What makes one atom, like hydrogen, different from all other atoms, like carbon?
    3) What is a molecule?
    4) What is a compound?
    5) Are all molecules compounds? Or are all compounds molecules?
  • Discuss student characteristics of life graphic organizers from reading log 1-3: why do we need to know chemistry to understand biology?
  • Watch Bill Nye: Atoms and Molecules  and answer the questions on the video worksheet handed out in class
  • HW:
    1) Reading Log for 2-1 due tomorrow (there will be a quiz)
    2) Reading Log for 2-2 due Friday (there will be a quiz)
    3) Reading Log for 2-3 due Monday (there will be a quiz)

Monday, September 29
  • Test on Chapter 1
  • Work on Article Summary for Vitamin C article (handout)
  • HW:
    1) Finish article summary due tomorrow
    2) Reading Log for 2-1 due Wednesday 

Friday, September 26
  • Warm Up: Use the strategies described in the  "Steps for Technical Reading" document passed out yesterday to rewrite these sentences from the textbook:
    1) An inference is a logical interpretation based on prior knowledge or experience. (pg 4)
    2) Scientists try to explain events in the natural world by interpreting evidence logically and analytically.  (pg 5)
  • Discuss Sponge Bob HW packet - click here for the answer key for part 1, here for part 2, and here for part 3 (scroll down to the bottom of each document to see the answers)
  • Review Game for Test - click here to see the review game presentation
  • HW: Study for Test 
  • TEST next Monday on Chapter 1 of textbook - study reading logs and quizzes

Thursday, September 25
  • Review graphic organizers for 1-2
  • Discuss "Steps for Technical Reading"
  • Discuss Sponge Bob HW pages
  • HW:
    1) Finish Sponge Bob Practice Problems worksheet - page 5-6 due tomorrow
    2) Study for Test
  • TEST next Monday on Chapter 1 of textbook - study reading logs and quizzes

Wednesday, September 24
  • Quiz on 1-1 and 1-2
  • Review Reading Log for 1-1 and 1-2
  • Discuss "Steps for Technical Reading"
  • SpongeBob practice problems (if time)
  • HW:
    1) Sponge Bob Practice Problems worksheet - page 1-4 due tomorrow, page 5 and 6 due Fri 
    2) Graphic Organizers for 1-2 reading log due tomorrow (see handout of Ms. Majda's reading log)
  • TEST next Monday on Chapter 1 of textbook 

Tuesday, September 23
  • Watch video on the scientific method and take notes, then discuss a sample problem 
  • Work on reading log for 1-1
  • HW:
    1) Finish Reading Log for 1-1 and 1-2 due tomorrow (do the pre-reading questions and main ideas/vocabulary, do the graphic organizer if you feel like you have the ability to do so) 

Monday, September 22
  • Turn in Strawberry Flip Book 
  • Discuss Binder Grades and Go Over Answers to Scavenger Hunt
  • Finish Discussing Lab and Turn in Lab Notebooks
  • HW:
    - Reading Log for 1-2 due tomorrow (just do the re-reading questions and main ideas/vocabulary, we will do the graphic organizers together)
    - Reading Log for 1-2 due Wednesday (just do the re-reading questions and main ideas/vocabulary, we will do the graphic organizers together)

Friday, September 19
  • REMINDER: Coastal Clean Up Day is TOMORROW Saturday, September 20). Earn 20 Enrichment Points in just one day!  (5 pts per hour, up to 20 pts). Click here to learn more about this event and download the parent waiver. Get a verification form or letter signed by one of the event leaders that states the total number of hours that you participated.
  • Turn in Biology Binder with all work inside and Parent Letter to tray on side counter 
  • Finish Strawberry DNA Extraction Lab and work on Post-Lab Questions:
    1) Why do we use alcohol to keep the DNA in the little vial? What would happen if we used water instead?
    2) Your answer to #1 is a hypothesis. What could you do to test your hypothesis?
  • Discuss Lab & Turn in Lab Notebook 
  • Note: In order to receive full marks for your lab, it must include:
    Lab Notebook (due today)
    1) Lab instructions copied completely, by hand, including safety precautions
    2) Your original answers to the pre-lab AND post-lab questions written in complete sentences
    3) All revisions we made to the lab procedure summarized at the end of the lab in a "Revisions to Procedure" section
    4) Incorrect answers to the pre-lab and post-lab questions highlighted and correct answers given at the end of the lab in a "Corrections" section
    Flip Book (due Monday)
    1) Complete examples for each level of hierarchy, colored, labelled, and with sufficient detail (high effort = high marks)
    2) Vial of DNA taped to the Molecule page of the flip book along with your drawing of DNA
  • HW:
    1) Work on Strawberry Flip Book (due Monday) - Organism (strawberry plant), Organ (strawberry), Cell (page 174 - be sure to use a plant cell!), Nucleus (pg 175), molecule (use DNA - pgs 291 and 294 and  this page), atom (pg 35)

Thursday, September 18
  • Turn in Parent Letter to tray on side counter
  • Strawberry DNA Extraction Lab (those who did not complete the pre-lab will have to sit in the back and work on it instead) 
  • HW:
    1) Return Parent Letter (due tomorrow)
    2) Lab notebook with Strawberry DNA Extraction pre-lab - will be collected tomorrow after we finish the post-lab questions
    3) Work on Strawberry Flip Book (due Monday) - Organism (strawberry plant), Organ (strawberry), Cell (page 174 - be sure to use a plant cell!), Nucleus (pg 175), molecule (use DNA - pgs 291 and 294 and  this page), atom (pg 35)

Wednesday, September 17
  • Pass out Parent Letter (let Ms. Majda know if you need one in Spanish) 
  • View the Power of 10 movie and Power of 10 website (if projector is working) and discuss the hierarchies of biology 
  • HW:
    1) Return Parent Letter (due by Friday)
    2) Finish Strawberry DNA pre-lab: copy instructions and answer questions in lab notebook (due TOMORROW) - if it's not done, no lab for you
    3) Work on Strawberry Flip Book (due Monday) -     Organism (strawberry plant), Organ (strawberry), Cell (page 174 - be sure to use a plant cell!), Nucleus (pg 175), molecule (use DNA - pgs 291 and 294 and  this page), atom (pg 35)

Tuesday, September 16 (Back to School Night)
  • Work on Article Summary
  • Discuss Strawberry DNA Pre-Lab
  • HW:
    1) Finish article summary (put it in Enrichment section of binder)
    2) Finish Strawberry DNA pre-lab: copy instructions and answer questions in lab notebook (due Thursday) - if it's not done, you don't get to do the lab

Monday, September 15
  • Find your seat on the New Seating Chart
  • Assemble binders: 
  • - organize tabs in correct order and place Name Placard and Syllabus and Rules/Safety Contract into sheet protectors in front
    - Syllabus/website scavenger hunt (goes in Daily Assignments section)
    - your own questions and main ideas for 1-3 and 35-1 (goes in Reading Logs section)
    - the reading log packet Ms. Majda handed out with her version of the questions and main ideas (hi-lighting those you missed), and the two completed graphic organizers for 1-3 (goes in Reading Logs section)
    - your graphic organizer for 35-1: the Human Body Systems table (goes in Reading Log section)
  • Quiz on 1-3 and 35-1
  • Summary on article about how we learn (to demonstrate how to do an article summary) - students will earn Enrichment points for this assignment
  • HW: 
    1) Finish first part of article summary: highlighting and vocabulary (due tomorrow)
    2) Strawberry DNA pre-lab: copy the procedure below into your lab notebook and then answer the pre-lab questions in your lab notebook. (Due Thursday) - if you don't have this done, you don't get to do the lab.

Strawberry DNA Extraction Lab
We are going to be doing a version of this experiment (click here to watch)

Instructions
  • SAFETY: This lab is relatively safe, but you will be working with some substances that could harm your eyes if splashed into them, so you must wear your safety goggles. Also, the strawberries can stain your clothing so be cautious of getting it on you and clean up any spills right away. As always, DO NOT put anything in your mouth and wash your hands with soap well at the end of the period. You will be allowed to take the DNA home. DO NOT open the vial at school and if you do open the vial at home, be sure to dispose of the contents safely down the drain and wash your hands after.
  1. Place 2 large (3 small) strawberries into a plastic ziplock bag. 
  2. Add 10 mL DNA extraction buffer to the bag, seal it, and squish up the strawberries for about 5 minutes (you need them to get completely broken down and mixed with the extraction buffer, and the whole thing needs to get warm from your hands)
  3. Place a coffee filter over the mouth of the larger plastic cup so that the center sags down into the cup but the edges are folded over the lip of the cup.
  4. Using the pipette, wet the part of the coffee filter hanging into the cup with about 5 mL of the DNA extraction buffer
  5. While one person holds the edges of the coffee filter around the lip of the cup to keep it from falling in, a second person should pour the strawberry solution slowly out of the plastic bag until it reaches the top but does not overflow the coffee filter. Then, as the solution filters through the filter, keep adding more to the coffee filter until it has all filtered through. This will take about 10 minutes. DO NOT try to squeeze the solution through the filter or poke at it with a pipette. If you break the filter, your lab will be ruined.
  6. Discard the coffee filter with the strawberry solids into the trash. Wipe up any mess you make with a paper towel.
  7. Fill the glass vial about half full of supernatant (the strawberry solution that passed through the filter).
  8. Using your pipette, gently drizzle 2 pipettes full of ice-cold 90% isopropyl alcohol along the inner wall of the glass vial so that it gently comes to rest on top of the supernatant (strawberry solution). Do this by tilting the glass vial at a slight angle and pressing the tip of the pipette against the inner wall of the vial.
  9. Let the vial sit for about 1-2 minutes. Look at the interface between the supernatant (strawberry solution) and the alcohol for a white precipitate to form. 
  10. Use the pipette to fill each team member's small plastic vial half way with ice-cold 90% isopropyl alcohol. 
  11. Using the pipette and/or tooth pick, gently collect a bit of DNA precipitate from the glass vial and move it into the small plastic vial. Do this for each team member so that all team members have their own small vial of DNA. Gently swirl the tube just a bit between each extraction to help more precipitate form. It is okay to suck up a little of the clear alcohol with the DNA precipitate but take care not to suck up any of the pink supernatant  This means you should be careful to keep the tip of the pipette above the surface of the pink solution at all times.
  12. Use the pipette to fill any remaining space in the small plastic vials with 90% isopropyl alcohol and then tightly screw on the lids.
  13. Clean Up: Empty any remanning alcohol and strawberry solution into the sink and then wash and dry the plastic cup, glass vial, and toothpick. Wash the pipette by pipetting water in and out of it several times and dry the outside. Return all of your supplies to your lab bin. Use a wet paper towel to wipe down your desk and then a dry one to dry it.
  14. Tape your personal vial of strawberry DNA into your Strawberry flip book.
Pre-Lab Questions
Use this website and any references to other websites and pages in the textbook below to help you answer these questions: http://www.gs.washington.edu/outreach/dhillon_dnaprocedure.pdf
Some of these questions are difficult. Think of yourself as an investigator trying to solve a mystery. Do the best you can to find the answers on your own, but don't be afraid to come get help if you need it.
You do not need to write down the questions. But you do need to answer each question in a complete sentences. For example, your answer for the first questions should start as "The objective of this lab is to..."
  1. What is the objective of this lab? That is are we trying to accomplish?
  2. Why are we using strawberries as opposed to some other organism? (describe all three reasons)
  3. Why do the strawberries need to be pulverized? How does this help to release the DNA? 
  4. What are enzymes? (see pages 49-53 in your textbook)
  5. What is a chromosome? (see pages 295-297 in your textbook)
  6. What ingredients make up the DNA extraction buffer? What role does each ingredient play in helping us extract the DNA?
  7. What is the common name for sodium chloride? (Google it)
  8. What is a cell membrane, also known as plasma membrane? (see pages 174 and 184 in your textbook)
  9. What is a lipid bilayer? (see pg 184 in your textbook and this movie)
  10. Why do you think that we filter the DNA solution through the coffee filter?
  11. What is a supernatant? (you should be able to figure this out from the instructions, but if not, Google it)
  12. Why does the isopropyl alcohol form a separate layer on top of the supernatant rather than mixing with it? (remember that the supernatant is primarily water with dissolved particles in it - see this movie and this website and this movie.
  13. What is a precipitate? (Google it)
  14. Why does the isopropyl alcohol cause the DNA to precipitate? (this is based on the same principals as question #12, use the same resources to help you figure it out)
  15. Why do you think that the isopropyl alcohol needs to be ice cold? (hint, it has something to do with the strawberry enzymes - see pg 53 in your textbook)
  16. Why do we store the DNA precipitate in isopropyl alcohol and not in water? (think about your answer to #14 and try to figure this one out)

Friday, September 12
  • Work with team members on determining which organ systems apply to each characteristic of life and add these to the concept map titled "Characteristics of Living Organisms" included in Mrs. Majda's reading log packet (the handout from the first bullet above)
  • Work on "Levels of Organization" graphic organizer (from packet) and your own Organ Systems table (see description in HW below)
  • Homework: 
    1) Obtain necessary course materials (listed in the course syllabus and on this page) including your BIOLOGY BINDER- due Mon, Sept 15
    2) Create a table out of the body systems presented in 35-1 - due Mon, Sept 15  (to do this, create a table that has the following three columns: "organ systems", "structure", and "function" and then fill in the table using the information on pages 892-893 of the textbook)
    3) Complete the Student Survey (click here to view it) - due Fri, Sept 12
    4) Be sure to complete the reading log components so they are ready to put into your binder on Monday. Your binder contents on Monday will include all handouts and work completed this week:
    - Course Syllabus
    - Rules/Lab Safety Contract
    - Syllabus/website scavenger hunt
    - your own questions and main ideas for 1-3 and 35-1 (which we worked on in class on Tues-Wed)
    - the hi-lighting of Mrs. Majda's main ideas identifying those you missed, and the two completed graphic organizers for 1-3 included in Mrs. Majda's handout (which we worked on in class on Thurs and Fri)

Thursday, September 11
  • Turn in the syllabus/website scavenger hunt (those who fail to turn in the homework were required to come at lunch to complete it - those who failed to do so will be assigned a detention for next week)
  • Highlight main ideas on Mrs. Majda's reading log for 1-3 and 35-1 that you did not include in your own reading log (click here for the handout)
  • Work with team members on determining which organ systems apply to each characteristic of life and add these to the concept map titled "Characteristics of Living Organisms" included in Mrs. Majda's reading log packet (the handout from the first bullet above)
  • Homework: 
    1) Obtain necessary course materials (listed in the course syllabus and on this page) - due Mon, Sept 15
    2) Create a table out of the body systems presented in 35-1 - due Mon, Sept 15  (to do this, create a table that has the following three columns: "organ systems", "structure", and "function" and then fill in the table using the information on pages 892-893 of the textbook)
    3) Complete the Student Survey (click here to view it) - due Fri, Sept 12

Wednesday, September 10
  • Reading Log for 35-1 
  • Homework: (new assignments are indicated in RED)
  • 1) Complete the Syllabus / Website Scavenger Hunt worksheet - due tomorrow
    2) Obtain necessary course materials (listed in the course syllabus and on this page) - due Mon, Sept 15
    3) Create a table out of the body systems presented in 35-1 - due Mon, Sept 15  (to do this, create a table that has the following three columns: "organ systems", "structure", and "function" and then fill in the table using the information on pages 892-893 of the textbook)
    4) Complete the Student Survey (click here to view it) - due Fri, Sept 12

Tuesday, September 9
  • Reading Log for 1-3 (while Mrs. Majda collects homework) - instructions for reading log written on board:
    1) Pre-Reading Questions: Scan scan section 1-3 (pages 16-22) in the textbook and write down four main-idea questions that you think will be answered in this section.
    2) Main Ideas (including vocabulary): Read section 1-3. As you come across important vocabulary and main ideas, summarize them in a bulleted list. Include any examples that you feel may help you when you study your notes in the future.
    3) Graphic Organizer: A) Create a concept map for the characteristics of living things, B) Create a table for the "Levels of Organization" like the one on page 21 and add your own examples
  • Finish Discussing Syllabus 
  • Homework: (new assignments are indicated in RED)
    1) Finish name placard and bring it back tomorrow (new students)
    2) Return Rules & Consequences and Lab Safety Contract with parent signature - due tomorrow (new students)
    3) Complete the Syllabus / Website Scavenger Hunt worksheet - due Thurs, Sept 11
    4) Obtain necessary course materials (listed in the course syllabus and on this page) - due Mon, Sept 15
    5) Finish part 1 and 2 of the Reading Log for 1-3 - due tomorrow

Monday, September 8
  • Name Placards (placard should be divided into thirds and include your name in the top third, your future career aspiration in the middle third, and one life-science related question you hope gets answered by the end of the year in the bottom third)
  • Course Introduction (first two weeks of course were taught by other teachers, this will be an introduction to Mrs. Majda and her course expectations) 
  • Homework
    1) Finish name placard and bring it back tomorrow
    2) Return Rules & Consequences and Lab Safety Contract with parent signature - due tomorrow
    3) Complete the Syllabus / Website Scavenger Hunt worksheet - due Thurs, Sept 11
    4) Obtain necessary course materials (listed in the course syllabus and on this page) - due Mon, Sept 15

Week 1 & 2: Aug 21 - Sept 5
  • Students were introduced to basic science practices and protocols, and learned about the history of the earth and how the processes that formed the surface and atmosphere enabled life to evolve.